Tyberos nodded after hearing this, indicating his understanding. "If the Defense Force hadn't let you choose, you wouldn't have gotten these weapons and equipment."
He then turned his gaze to the other squad members, only to discover in surprise that nearly every one of them carried Gauss Rifles and various power weapons.
His expression immediately stiffened somewhat. After hesitating for a moment, he asked, "Could it be... that all of you chose Gauss Rifles?"
"Lord Tyberos, yes," Evans and the others answered Tyberos honestly.
"Weren't there supposed to be a large variety of individual weapons for you to choose freely? Then why did every single one of you choose Gauss Rifles without exception?" Tyberos frowned slightly, a trace of confusion appearing on his face.
Hearing this, Evans cautiously glanced at Tyberos's clearly displeased expression before answering awkwardly.
"My lord, you may not know this, but the Gauss Rifle is simply too powerful. It would not be an exaggeration to say that even an incredibly sturdy Chimera armored personnel carrier could be destroyed with ease by a Gauss Rifle.
"That is precisely why we all decided to choose Gauss Rifles as our primary weapons."
Tyberos shook his head forcefully and waved a hand again. "That isn't what I mean.
"Since the Defense Force allowed you to choose the weapons and equipment you needed, then logically, they didn't explicitly forbid you from carrying several different types of weapons, did they?"
"Uh..." Evans's eyes widened at once, his face filled with disbelief as he stared blankly at Tyberos and began muttering to himself.
"Lord Tyberos, could we really have taken more weapons of other types?
"Although the Defense Force did not explicitly say we were forbidden from doing that, I was worried that we might cause trouble if they disagreed. That was why