(Seven·Startup)
"Report tracking point location."
"Nos. 1 to 14 are located in the center of the 'Fortress'. Nos. 17 to 22 have left the monitoring area. The signals of Nos. 15 and 16 have disappeared and cannot be traced."
"How is the condition of the airship?"
"They are all in the fortress atrium, and there is no sign of taking off yet."
The two investigators looked at each other and nodded to each other.
The silver-haired young man stood up and ordered in a deep voice, "Act ahead of schedule - all personnel will change equipment and gather at the B4 terminal in five minutes."
The group of people who received the order responded in unison and ran to the equipment room next door in a well-trained manner.
The purple-haired investigator put on his combat uniform very quickly, and while adjusting the position of the Poke Ball control device on his wrist, he said without looking back, "Nishihori, contact Inspector Akae, the channel password -"
The voice suddenly paused.
She saw the screen of the mobile phone she had stuffed into the cabinet suddenly light up, and a message appeared.
It was a mixture of letters, numbers and special symbols, almost meaningless gibberish. But the name of the sender made it impossible for her to easily ignore this seemingly incomprehensible email with no explanation.
[From: Rein Kassel]
Recalling what he had asked his mind-reading friend to do, the recipient re-read the sixteen characters and kept them firmly in mind.
"Senior Xingyu?"
The young man who had not waited for a long time raised his head in confusion.
The purple-haired investigator shook his head and put on his helmet.
"——Channel password, E356Z."
After the words fell, green characters spread out in the field of vision inside the helmet like a tide.
[Iris authentication·passed]
[User: First-level Investigator·Xingyuye]
[Brain wave docking·successful]
[Daytime indoor environment tactical mode·enabled]
[Channel password: E356Z]
[——Channel has been created]
The next second, the man's hoarse voice spread across most of Mihara City, ringing in the ears of the people in the search department who were about to enter the battlefield.
"Good news, everyone." Chief Inspector Akira Akira of the Kanto Public Security Department said lazily, "One of the final goals of our mission - the national treasure professor to be rescued is in the 'Fortress'."
"How about we just stop doing the same thing and do something big-ticket along the way?"
(8. Madman)
Pale sunlight pierces the clouds, blurring the contours of the mountain peaks into an overexposed old photograph.
The towering mountains of the Ibuki Mountains surround the buildings. Only birds in the sky can see the huge ring-shaped buildings entrenched in the mountains. There is a thin corridor in the atrium of the Ring of Steel that runs from north to south. The outer wall of the central circular room is covered with optical camouflage, almost disappearing between the rocks and vegetation.
However, the "bird's" eyes saw through that seemingly impeccable disguise.
"Intelligence from Spearow Reconnaissance Plane No. 3 - There is nothing unusual in the central control room."
Nishihori reported as he observed the faint green numbers that continued to appear in the field of view inside the helmet.
Investigator Shenyu nodded. His long hair has been meticulously tied up and restrained in a full-coverage helmet, leaving no trace of silver exposed.
Six heavily armed men were standing quietly in the shadow at the foot of the mountain. The only person who hadn't put on a tactical helmet yet - Akira Koyuki raised his eyebrows and cast his gaze away.
The mountains were so quiet and unchanging, as if no criminal's anti-human research base had been established in them.
"Anyone who has awakened human genes is a lunatic."
Chiwei cursed and put the helmet on his head - no matter how fanciful the slogans of this cult-like organization were, he believed that making humans covered with scales or growing wings was equivalent to evil.
"You don't have to admit much." The Metropolitan Police investigator who stood quietly aside said coldly.
"You bastard, why are you talking to your superior?"
Perhaps because the conversion of electromagnetic signals is different from air propagation, it has a cold, mechanical feel. The voice of the Inspector General of the Kanto Public Security Department was surprisingly devoid of anger. He looked at the four people from the search department and asked, "What are your thoughts?"
The silver-haired investigator who took the initiative in this mission said succinctly: "This is a rare opportunity to save people."
The voice coming out of the helmet's micro-loudspeaker was rational and sure, as if it was just an ordinary choice.
Inspector Chiwei smiled.
"——Sure enough, we are the same kind of people."
The curtain wall composed of green text once again bloomed in the field of vision of the tactical helmet, carrying the smell of blood and gunpowder smoke.
[Command entered]
[Log in as executive——]
[Captain: First-level investigator of the Kanto Investigation Department, Shen Yutian]
[Team member: First-level investigator of the Kanto Investigation Department·Xing Yuye]
[Team member: Second Class Investigator of the Kanto Investigation Department Naoki Nishihori]
[Team member: Second-level investigator of the Kanto Investigation Department, Dongjiang Renhua]
[Team member: Chief Inspector of the Kanto Public Security Department, Akihiro Akae]
[Team member: Special Investigator of the Kanto Public Security Department Anichi Aosawa]
[Mission Type: Rescue]
[Mission goal: rescue high school student Jia Fengshou]
(nine side roads)
"The main road of the 'secret passage' is blocked." Qingze stopped tapping the virtual keyboard in his palm and said concisely.
Since the original goal changed from "monitoring the transfer direction of the fortress personnel" to "sneaking into the fortress to rescue high school students and professors", detecting the distribution of personnel within the base became a crucial task - even though the six people present had already known the location of the fortress. The building floor plan and daily personnel distribution are more familiar than their own names. However, these cunning criminals seem to have heard something and are busy moving bases. The usual personnel distribution has long been forgotten.
In the preliminary investigation, public security investigator Qingze used hacking technology to build a "secret channel" to the fortress' monitoring system, which allowed him to observe the fortress' monitoring information without anyone noticing. Unfortunately, this secret passage in the data world seems to have been discovered in advance, and the demolition is comparable to an electronic version of an abandoned factory blasting site.
"The main road? Does that mean it has not been completely destroyed?" The silver-haired young man was keenly aware of the meaning behind the words.
“These are the only remaining shareable surveillance cameras.”
Perhaps the "branch paths" were hidden very cleverly by Mr. Hacker. In the cleaning up of the online world, there are still a few narrow paths that have survived. As the investigator finished speaking, layers of screen data were transmitted to the eyes of the other five people along the fixed channel.
The silence that came with reading the message lasted only a few seconds. Before half of the members had time to count the number of remaining surveillance cameras, Investigator Xingyu suddenly spoke, "Nishihori, you brought the HX08 equipment component, right? - Captain, take a look at the surveillance camera No. 72."
"Yes, I carry equipment components No. 5 to 9 of the HX series." Nishihori raised the heavy equipment box in his hand to indicate without knowing what was going on.
At the same time, Investigator Shenyu's eyes stayed on the back of the young boy in the surveillance screen, and he suddenly understood what his old partner was thinking.
The leader, who was always smart and decisive, hesitated for a rare moment.
But it was only for a moment.
"Dongjiang, call the rescue department and ask them to be on standby at the lurking point in fifteen minutes." Investigator Shenyu said, turning slightly sideways. The dark helmet completely covered the young man's face, but the person being watched could vaguely feel the gaze falling on him.
"I agree with your plan."
The commander of this rescue operation said calmly.
(10. Cargo)
The boy walked out of the snow-white building.
He was wearing a somewhat ill-fitting white gown, his light pink hair was curled and disheveled, and his bangs half covered his sleepy, somewhat gloomy eyes.
The area near the airship's port of call was surrounded by carrier vehicles, which were crowded into the airship's warehouse to unload their cargo. The boy just walked into the traffic in a daze, and the staff maintaining order turned a blind eye to him.
When he walked out of the harbor, he already had a sleeping creature in his hand.
Perhaps the sudden change in the environment caused uneasiness. The mentally fragile "cargoes" howled at the top of their lungs when they were locked in the carriage. Although they could not break the shackles and the inner wall of the strong alloy carriage, the noise was still disturbing. So, the carrier simply sprayed these experimental products with strong anesthetic gas - it was only effective on Pokémon, and even hyperactive apes had to sleep for more than twenty hours.
The Denden Insect in the boy's hand was obviously one of the anesthetized goods. Even if it was carelessly dragged back and forth by one leg, it showed no tendency to wake up.
He passed through the dense patrols and left in a swaggering manner.
His pale fingers were pressed against the screen of the security lock, transmitting the fingerprint information into the controller. The moment the door opened, the young man's movements were imperceptible.
A thin needle shot into his neck.
(Eleven·Mask)
Until the boy's limp body was grabbed - the six people hanging on the roof rushed into the door with lightning speed - the unconscious boy was dragged into hiding around the corner - the door was closed and a series of processes unfolded in a few seconds After the performance was completed in seconds, Chief Akawei sincerely praised: "Your department is really talented and courageous."
The Dongjiang investigator who remained silent only responded with a cold sound of the anesthesia gun returning to its position.
The end of the corridor where everyone is hiding is a blind spot for surveillance, but someone may still pass by at any time. Therefore, the executor of the next plan - Investigator Xingyu, did not have time to chat. While taking off his helmet, he motioned to Nishihori to take out the equipment.
The equipment components of the HX series are all non-combat auxiliary equipment. Among them, No. 08 has a name that is too long to be written in size 5 on an A4 paper - and the abbreviation for it in the industry is "Human Skin Mask".
A cold and heavy mechanical helmet was buckled on the young man's head. After just a few seconds, the green indicator light came on, and Nishihori quickly took it off and helped his senior put it on. The other two investigators had silently and quickly taken off the boy's clothes and handed them to their companions one by one.
"There are many people in the fortress. It is recommended to take him to the roof for temporary placement - and it is expected that someone will pass by here in forty seconds." Qingze reported quickly.
After the words fell, the person gathered in the middle took off the heavy helmet.
At this moment, her face had completely changed, looking like a copy and paste of another person who fell to the ground. Only the expression in her pupils that had turned dark gray was completely different from that of the target person - her eyes were still clear and calm, even when she was in danger.
"The freight elevator connecting to the top-floor warehouse is the only breakthrough. We will find a way to get into the freight elevator first. It's up to you how to get the elevator card." Akami said.
Employees are not allowed to ride on the fortress' cargo elevator. Only elevator cards with corresponding permissions below can control its movement up and down. Freight carriers in warehouses are usually only responsible for putting the required goods into the car - obviously, this is a design used to defend against "one's own people" rather than external enemies.
As an old policeman, he knows the difference between a way out and a cover. Nine times out of ten, what appear to be loopholes on the ground are traps used to lure the enemy. On the contrary, only places that appear to be full of obstacles can be exploited. opportunity.
The silver-haired investigator stopped counting with his eyes closed and said succinctly, "You have four minutes."
The person being watched raised the corners of his mouth and showed a smile that the "self" would never have.
"enough."
