Chapter 9: Assault
A week has passed since the indiscriminate subway murders that shocked the nation. Senior officials from the subway company and the Transportation Bureau all stood down and apologized at a press conference.

As for dismissal?
Well, most of the security personnel and the supervisor who was said to be in charge of security were fired.

Because of some incidents that happened in the past two years, the Tokyo subway in this other world does have security checks, although they are all manual checks and not at every station. Even at stations with security checks, not everyone is checked.

Now that such a serious case has occurred in which more than a dozen people were injured and twenty people died, all security teams must be replaced with new ones, and scanning equipment must be introduced. There are not many opportunities like this to make a fortune and win the approval of taxpayers.

Although the actual murder weapon was both hands, there were not many footages of the killing, and the mobile phones left at the scene were all destroyed. If anyone wanted to find them, they would push the blame on the subway company, which would then push it on the Transportation Bureau, which would then push it on the Metropolitan Police Department. After this round of Tai Chi, most people would have no choice but to accept the defeat.

And buried beneath this big news, an official media reported that a natural gas pipeline leak and explosion occurred in the Metropolitan Police Department, resulting in several casualties. Unsurprisingly, this did not cause any ripples.

After a week of investigation, the investigation team has now locked onto the Holy Infant Society and obtained a list of most of its members. They are tracking whoever they can find around the clock, and the arrest operation will begin today.

Yashio City, according to intelligence, most of the currently known members rushed to a hot spring hotel here two days ago. The president, Hayabusa Nakai, rented a conference room and several guest rooms in the name of company travel. The investigation team speculated that they might be carrying out some activities.

At present, all members of the Holy Infant Church, including those who did not attend this rally, have been monitored by the investigation team. With just one order, all of them can be arrested within five minutes.

But the problem now is that the president, Hayabusa Nakai, and the members who came to participate in the event only showed up on the first day. Later, the hotel staff only met Hayabusa Nakai once. He told the hotel not to disturb the rooms he booked in the next few days.

Noguchi guessed that either they had run away or were performing some kind of ritual.

"The action begins!"

On the guest room floor where the members of the Holy Infant Society were staying, a large number of fully armed personnel suddenly rushed out of some rooms with sufficient weapons and firepower, and surrounded the target rooms.

At this time in Tokyo, whether in companies, street shops, or at home, a large number of armed men ran out of hidden buildings and arrested the suspects of the Holy Infant Society in a swift and brutal manner.

"Get down! Get down!"

"Hold your head with your hands!"

"Target No. 25 has been captured."

"Target No. 34 has been captured."

"Target 40 resisted, but was killed on the spot after warnings were ineffective."

As information continued to gather, the troops inside the hotel also completed a breakthrough into the guest rooms.

“616 has no target.”

“617 has no target.”

"There is a letter on the 618 desktop."

letter?
Room 618 seems to be the room of the president of the Holy Infant Society.

This means that the other party already knew about the investigation team's plan to capture them, and even had time to lure their main force to Yashio City.
"Tell me what's in the letter." Noguchi Takeshi had a bad feeling and couldn't wait to open it himself.

After a few seconds, a voice came from the other side: "Odagiri Masanobu, it says a person's name."

Noguchi's mouth opened slightly.

This is the name of the Criminal Minister.

"Contact Minister Odagiri." Kuroki Shinizumi beside her made a phone call, but the call couldn't be connected for a long time. She shook her head at Noguchi Takeshi.

Noguchi Takeshi took a deep breath and began to contact the staff at headquarters, but he had already realized something in his heart and it was probably too late now.

Ten minutes ago.

On the road to Nagatacho, in an inconspicuous black car, Odagiri Masanobu was resting with his eyes closed. He was so tired that he seemed like he could fall asleep at any time. If he was not afraid of interrupting his thoughts in the report that would be made later, he would definitely try to take a nap.

A major subway case, an attack on the Metropolitan Police Department, and dealing with inquiries from high-level officials. This week's workload was five to eight times more than usual, and it almost cost this old man, who was about to retire, his life.

But at the same time, there is also a hint of anticipation.

Will I be able to witness with my own eyes the birth of a major event that changes the course of humanity in the last period of my life?

If there is a technological explosion, perhaps my life span can be extended and I can enjoy a longer retirement.

It was a pity that his daughter was unmarried. He didn't think it was a big deal before, but now that he was getting older, he felt more and more regretful. But he couldn't say anything, after all, it was her own life. But maybe he could adopt an orphan.
"Minister, there is a car following us for a long time." The driver's words interrupted Odagiri's imagination and brought him back to reality.

"Then let's get to the Prime Minister's Office as soon as possible." Odagiri trusts his chosen subordinates very much. Since he said that someone was following him, they must have tried taking detours and other measures to confirm before reporting to him. This is also the reason why he is deeply loved by his subordinates.

"Yes." The driver nodded.

There were two other detectives in the car. Upon hearing this, they took out their guns and bulletproof bags, ready to respond to any emergency at any time.

Just the next second, the car behind signaled to overtake. The driver hesitated for a moment, but still slowed down and chose to let him overtake.

The car behind quickly passed the black car and accelerated, rushing forward as if in a hurry.

But just when the driver thought he had made a wrong judgment and breathed a sigh of relief, the driver of the car in front suddenly opened the door while driving, jumped out, and with an incredible force - bang, he smashed onto the hood of the black car.

The car lost control on the spot. The driver tried to steer the wheel to the side and rub the guardrail to slow down, but the next moment, a hand shattered the windshield and five fingers pierced directly into the driver's face. The driver let out a shrill scream. The man pulled back and the driver's head was easily removed, leaving him a headless corpse. Blood gushed out from the carotid artery and spilled on the roof of the car.

After circling the road for several times, the car finally stopped.

Everything that just happened happened in a flash. Even the detective in the passenger seat didn't have time to raise his gun before his head was smashed by another punch. His remaining limbs were twitching slightly.

Odagiri, who was sitting in the back seat, didn't even see what was happening in the front before he was pinned down and hugged by another detective in the back seat.

When the car stopped, the detective stood up to check the situation, only to see a scene of blood and chaos.

When he was about to check the situation in the front seat, there was a bang and the glass of the car door beside him was smashed. Before he could turn around, a big hand grabbed the clothes on the back, and then an irresistible force pulled, and a man of about 1.7 meters in height was pulled out of the car window in a sitting forward posture.

The crisp sound of bone cracking can even drown out the screams.

The man raised his foot and wanted to kick the half-dead man on the head, but when he looked at Odagiri who had just sat up in the car, he seemed to have the intention of teasing him.

He easily opened the car door, allowing Odagiri to take a closer look at the situation.

"It's you."

(End of this chapter)