Editing Mushi Uta:Volume 5 Chapter 1 (section)

==1.01 Daisuke Part 1==

In the center of Nishito City, the main road connected to the station was crowded with a great number of pedestrians.

As this time in morning could be called rush hour, there were many office workers wearing suits and students wearing school uniforms. 

Kusuriya Daisuke mixed among these people, advancing directly ahead on the sidewalk.

Even among 16 year-old high school students, he had no outstanding features and had an average build. His hairstyle was also plain, as was the ordinary sports bag slung on his shoulder. However, there weren't any students to wear the same blazer he had. Because it was the uniform of a school in another city known as Ouka City. 

None turned back to look at Daisuke as his appearance could be called nothing else than completely ordinary. It was precisely for this reason that he purposely had this appearance with no special features.

Even so, Daisuke realized a certain fact.

''I'm being followed—'' 

And it wasn't by just one or two of them. He searched for the presence at his back without standing out.

"Four, no, five people…"

He muttered inside his mouth. His mutter was erased by the car honking in the road, so even the woman who passed close by enough to touch his shoulder wouldn't notice it.

Daisuke began thinking.

''…I've been followed ever since I came out to the main road. Are they tailing me knowing that I am Kakkou? It could get troublesome if I carelessly call my comrades. Maybe I should lure them to a deserted spot myself and then catch them—''

For Daisuke, the title of a high school student was only meant to hide his real nature.

Special Environmental Preservation Bureau's East Central Branch surveillance squad Blaze Class Rank 1 member, Kakkou. That was Kusuriya Daisuke's real position.

Since he hunted Mushitsuki despite being a Mushitsuki himself, there were countless people who hated him.

But that was only if they knew he was Kakkou. Normally he played the part of a normal high school student. There should have been only few people who knew his real identity.

"…?"

While Daisuke thought of how to deal with the problem, the presence tailing him suddenly vanished.

Not understanding the goal of his opponents, he tilted his head.

"Well, if they're gone I can leave it alone."

Only the area with Ouka City at its center was under the jurisdiction of the Special Environmental Preservation Bureau's East Central Branch that Daisuke belonged to.

Nishito City was outside of his jurisdiction, and because of that he couldn't take any offensive actions beyond the absolute necessary. There was one time when the fact he had taken part in a large-scale battle outside his jurisdiction became a problem. 

It would be best for him to not have to fight unnecessarily.

"Fuah…"

As the tension was absolved, he let out a yawn. He had barely gotten any sleep ever since arriving at Nishito City the previous day.

"I have to first make sure if there's anything in this city."

The front of the main road was a traffic circle.

It was Nishito Station. Looking to the side, police tapes surrounded the luxury hotel nearby. Looking up, he could see that the windows of the top floors were destroyed. Because the local police and people related to the construction work came in and out of the hotel's entrance, it appeared one couldn't enter the building.

He was curious, but decided to postpone the hotel. There was a place he had much more interest in. 

The Nishito Mega City Project, 'URBAN'.

The tower seen at the other side of the station appeared to be called Urban Tower.

Undoubtedly it once exhibited a beautiful appearance, but it was now a shadow of its former self. 

—When Daisuke had arrived in Nishito City yesterday, the great tower was enveloped by crimson flames. He even saw the large fire-trucks surrounding the tower hosing it down, but the force of the fire was dreadful. The fact there were a lot less ambulances than fire-trucks was due to there not being any people inside, probably because of the suspended construction work.

The fire was extinguished after lasting the entire night. People who entered the station raised their faces to look at Urban Tower that burnt down to ashes with mixed feelings.

"First comes 'URBAN'… The timing is far too good with me coming here."

Crossing the station's roundabout, he headed for 'URBAN'.

"It might have something to do with Fuyuhotaru… with Shiika."

He naturally hastened his walking pace.

Daisuke had come to this city due to receiving the information that "Fuyuhotaru is in Nishito City" from a certain person.

Secret Class Rank 1 Mushitsuki, Fuyuhotaru.

Anmoto Shiika.

"Shiika—"

He unconsciously looked down at his own palm. Although he had only held Shiika's hand once, he could clearly remember its warmth even now. He recalled the smile of that mild-mannered girl.

Forgetting that he was a Mushitsuki, even forgetting he had been followed, Daisuke's expression softened. It reverted from the expression of Kakkou, which everyone feared as the reaper, to the true face of Kusuriya Daisuke.

"…"

''I want to see you''—he closed his opening mouth just as he was about to blurt out.

Coming to Nishito City was fine, but what would he do if he actually met Shiika? He fully knew what would happen then.

They would probably end up fighting again.

Being the only Mushitsuki who ever managed to revive from the Fallen condition, Shiika was a key figure. Since Daisuke belonged to the Special Environmental Preservation Bureau, he was in a position to pursue her, and Shiika was currently on the run. To say nothing of the fact that they were both Mushitsuki who possessed the most dangerous powers. If they ended up fighting, they wouldn't be able to get out of it unscathed.

Biting his lips, Daisuke's expression returned to that of Kakkou.

"Even if there is some connection… she's probably not here anymore."

The entrance of 'URBAN' facing the highway was blocked by a police barricade, with only the officials coming in and out of the premises. He could also see people who seemed to be the media.

According to a newspaper he had seen in a convenience store on the way there, the fire that assaulted 'URBAN' was concluded to be man-made, meaning it was arson.  

However, the scale was too big for it to be mere arson. Daisuke thought that someone probably used the tower to accomplish some goal. They probably tried carrying out something different from the original reason for its construction. 

In front of Daisuke's eyes was nothing more than ruins. It was merely the stage left after the actors had left.

Nevertheless, there should still be some traces left. Unless he investigated that, it was meaningless for him to have come here.

"Minmin also came from the direction of 'URBAN'. Seems like there's no mistake there was a battle there."

Daisuke went around the site, looking for a spot that had no barricade or people.

He had come to Nishito City to find the tracks of Shiika, yet met a different person there.

Former member of the Special Environmental Preservation Bureau's East Central Branch, Blaze Class Rank 6 Minmin. 

She was supposed to have turned into a Fallen during the mission to capture Fuyuhotaru last Christmas.

''—Be careful, Kakkou-kun… Central Headquarters is hiding one of the Original Three…''

The girl, her real name Horisaki Azusa, left these words to Daisuke before turning into a Fallen again.

''—Aah… I want to meet you once more… Keigo-san…''

The girl who adored Haji Keigo, the Branch Director of the East Central Branch, muttered this at the end.

Daisuke had already thrown away the emotions known as compassion and pity long ago. And yet, he still prioritized Minmin's safety—probably because he sympathized with her feelings.

At the end, Daisuke devoted himself to protect Minmin in the hideout that had been prepared for his use for the whole night without any sleep. Because of that he lost his chance of searching for Shiika.

"Central Headquarters is hiding one of the Original Three, huh? Those guys have been hiding secrets since long ago… What on earth are they scheming—" 

The distrust he felt for the Central Headquarters until now rose conclusively.

He could no longer trust them.

"If I can find even a single clue here, I'll settle everything next time."

On the part facing away from the highway Daisuke found an inconspicuous entrance. He snuck into the premises of 'URBAN' and approached the tower that was now only burnt ruins. Moving to the shadows of the heavy machinery left behind, he entered the interior through a large hole opened up in the side of the tower.

Inside the building were policemen taking pictures of the location of the fire and a few journalists. They were using a certain stopped escalator in the center of the building, moving to inside the tower. 

Daisuke walked behind the destroyed pillars, aiming for the emergency stairs at the back. The wall's coating was charred black and there seemed to be no human traffic there.

While heading to the upper floors he equipped the goggles he took out of his bag. They were large goggles that covered his face completely. That was standard equipment for members of the Special Environmental Preservation Bureau.

"The marks on the first floor… they're traces of Mushi fighting. I'll keep going up."

Daisuke climbed up the stairs while stifling his footsteps. 

There was no mistake that the traces of destruction etched on the first-floor lobby were made by a large Mushi. He had no idea what conclusion the local police reached, but he would never mistake that.

''I'm tired of seeing Mushitsuki battle traces—''

As far as Daisuke, who had accumulated more battle experience than any other Mushitsuki, could see, there were no traces of Shiika's ability. If Fuyuhotaru had fought there, there would've probably been nothing left of the tower.

"Was Shiika at an even higher floor…? No, she might not have been here in the first place…"

And even if she was, Shiika hadn't used her power. Meaning—

"Did someone protect Shiika? Or had something completely different gotten involved in the battle…?"

That was the limit of what he could conjecture based on the current state.

While aiming above he peeked into the lobby from time to time, checking the state of the ruined interior. There were places policemen were still inspecting, but also empty floors.

"So there were two Mushitsuki fighting at the very least."

Putting the damage from the fire aside, the scars engraved in the building could be divided into two categories. There were traces that seemed to have been slashed by large claws and parts that seemed to have been gouged by impacts related to heat. Most likely the former came from a Minion Type Mushitsuki, but the latter was harder to pinpoint. 

"But…"

If this was a battle revolving around Shiika, it was natural to think it was an assassin sent from Central Headquarters.

Another possibility was someone with a position protecting Shiika—such as Mushibane.

"Were there any other Mushitsuki as powerful as Rina still in Mushibane…? Never mind Akatsuki, there's a high chance they're hiding other troublesome ones."

The resistance group created by the Mushitsuki hidden in the general public to oppose the Special Environmental Preservation Bureau—Mushibane.

It was believed that when Mushibane had lost Tachibana Rina—their leader who was known as Ladybird, they would only keep weakening. But, there was apparently a need to re-evaluate them again.

"If Shiika had been caught by the SEPB then Touko-san would've immediately contacted me. Since it didn't happen, does that mean Shiika escaped safely… or does it mean that Central Headquarters is hiding her?"

Daisuke's field of vision suddenly opened up.

The emergency staircase ended and he reached a transparent space.

It was an observation deck. All sides were fitted with glass.

Except for Daisuke there was no one on the floor. In the space at the center was the continuation of the suspended escalator. It had probably been surrounded by a cube-shaped plastic, but heat melted it into a miserable appearance. 

Climbing the escalator, he reached the roof.

It was perhaps in the midst of being disassembled as there were the remains of a crane there. A drum that looked as if it would contain fuel was crushed, losing its contents. He could see a destroyed water pump further back.

The high altitude winds of Nishito City blew past Daisuke's blazer.

"…Tch."

He thought that perhaps he could find some clues such as scraps of clothes about the ones fighting here, even if it wasn't Shiika's. However, there was nothing.

Maybe, it was all burned down in the fire, or the local branch of SEPB could have possibly destroyed all evidence already. The SEPB already had a system in place to deal with any Mushitsuki-related incidents.

"So, it was all for nothing, huh. Requesting for cooperation from the local branch would reveal my presence in this city amongst many other things… Will investigating through Touko-san be fine?"

Leaning on the fence stained by soot, he brought out a cellphone from his pocket.

He then dialled the number that connected to the East Central Branch's intelligence division and waited for a reply. The other party immediately picked up.

"Please confirm that there is no third party in a radius of 10 meterztha! —I, I did not stutter! I really did not! Don't mind it, Maimai-chan! No one will find out if you just correct yourself and pretend nothing happened!"

"…You'll really get fired if you don't cut that out…"

The East Central Branch Daisuke belonged to had several staff in the intelligence division, but he apparently drew the short end of the stick. The girl who cannot manage to calm down tried to restate herself.

"U-umm, please confirm that there is no third party in a radius of 10 meters and state your member code—"

Cutting off her voice, Daisuke immediately recited his member code.

The communication circuits connecting the Special Environmental Preservation Bureau were all checked in real time by cutting-edge information technologies. This was done to prevent non-members from obtaining any information related to the Mushitsuki. 

"Member code confirmed. Comparing voice print. —Complete. Switching over to special communication channel. Um, this is the Special Environmental Preservation Bureau's East Central Branch information management division. Starting from now, the conversation will be recorded under the personal records of East Central Branch monitor squad member, Blaze Class Rank 1 Kakkouwoaw. —D-don't mind it, no one has found out yet, so you're still OK!"

"You'd better prepare yourself for when I come back… Leaving that aside, connect me with Touko-san. This isn't as urgent a business for a direct line, so just pass on a message for me if you can't get her."

"Okay, the Acting Branch Director then. I will confirm her current location, so please wait. How about a song in the meanwhile? ''La~lala~la~… Kyan!''"

"Ah, Kakkou-san? Is that you? Good, I have something I must talk to you about—"

"Touko-san? Why are you at the intelligence division…"

The girl he was just speaking to was probably thrust away by Goroumaru Touko. He could hear some clamor like, 'D-don't mind it, Maimai-chan! It's not like you almost bumped your head against the corner of the desk! You're not bleeding or anything! Even if your vision is dyed all red and you cannot see tomorrow, the shining future is—', and so forth in the background. 

"I just contacted the branch in charge of Nishito City. Since I don't know how the various branch directors go about trading highly-classified information, I came here to do so directly…"

It was a miserable voice, fitting neither her 23 years of age nor her position as the higher-up in charge of a branch. Since it was her, she was probably tottering around without fixing her bed hair today as well. 

"Classified information? With the branch here?"

"Y-yes. Umm… oh right. How's the siutation on your side, Kakkou-san? I was thinking I'd like to hear about your matters first if possible."

Her voice coming from the phone sounded unusually stiff. Especially so when considering that after the other girl he just talked to, Touko was next in line among the staff of the East Central Branch who lacked tension.

Daisuke raised an eyebrow, but he spoke about his situation first for the time being just like he was requested to.

"I've secured Minmin."

"…!"

Declaring this without any preface, Daisuke could hear her gasp.

"She's already gone back to a Fallen, but she said something peculiar at the end. —It'd be better off to think of the Central Headquarters as being untrustworthy, Touko-san."

"Did Minmin-san really revive? Ah, but why did she go back to a Fallen… W-why do you say we can't trust the Central Headquarters…?"

"I'm hiding her at my hideout currently. Since only you and I are supposed to know its whereabouts, I'd like for you to arrange transport as soon as possible."

Ignoring Touko's panic, he continued.

"I wasn't able to ascertain if Fuyuhotaru really was here, but I found traces of a large battle on site. I wanted to try asking the local branch if they knew anything about it, but… I didn't think you'd have already contacted them. So, you actually do your job sometimes, huh."

"H-how rude. Even I sometimes… no, I always do my job but… umm, since there was something worrying this time—"

"Something worrying?"

"Y-yes. Umm, how do I put it…"

Touko hesitated. Daisuke became increasingly puzzled.

"Please listen calmly, Kakkou-san. Okay?"

"What's going on, Touko-san. You're giving me a bad feeling."

"Since I confirmed this with the local branch, there's no mistake but… Oh, but I wasn't able to ascertain whether or not it has to do with the battle you told me about, Kakkou-san. So it doesn't necessarily mean she was exposed to danger. She might have simply run away from home."

"…Run away from home?"

He repeated her words, having completely no idea what was she trying to tell him.

"Since yesterday, a certain girl from Nishito Sousei High School disappeared. The contact with the low-ranking member of the local branch in charge of monitoring her was also lost at the same time."

Even Touko-san, who would usually complain one way or another, seemed more dismayed than usual today.

"I've had a bad premonition, ever since I heard of Nishito City from Ume-san… but I thought it was just a coincidence. Because only Keigo-senpai and I were supposed to know about it, and he even concealed her identity from the local branch here…!"

"Calm down, Touko-san. Just who is this girl you are talking about—"

"She left a will-like message in her house. It apparently says, 'I remembered. I'm going to look for my brother'."

She then took a deep breath as if finally resolving herself before speaking.

"Her name is… Ayukawa Chiharu."

The wind stopped.

At the same time, Daisuke's breath halted.

The scenery in front of his eyes froze over.

"The name she had before her mother remarried was Kusuriya Chiharu. —Kakkou-san."

Touko's sad voice sounded as if it came from very far away.

"She is your sister."

Daisuke's sister, Chiharu.

Ever since they end up being separated five years ago, never mind seeing her, he did not even know what kind of life she had been leading.

And that very sister had lived in this city, and went missing since yesterday—

"I have ascertained that your mother is fine. But, as for Chiharu-san, we couldn't grasp her tracks even from her friends' testimonies. Without any reasons whatsoever, the one in charge of monitoring her—as you know, the close family of high-ranking Fusion Type members are kept under surveillance, but anyway that person's whereabouts is also…"

Daisuke was standing stock still, ruminating more about the content of the note his sister left behind rather than the fact that she went missing.

—'I remembered'. 

What had his sister, from which he was separated for so long, recalled?

He did not know.

However, the fact remains that his elder sister had left the words, 'I remembered' behind and vanished.

This woke up the memories buried inside of Daisuke.

"…Kakkou-san? Are you listening?"

He recalled the bewitching voice burned into his ears from the time he was in elementary school.

''—Fufu, if one day your sister…''

He recalled that inescapable sense of defeat along with those rainbow-colored pupils.

"'If one day'—"

Daisuke's mouth moved on its own.

''—Ends up recalling everything that's happened this day…''

"'Ends up recalling everything that's happened this day'—"

"Kakkou-san? What's wrong? What are you saying…"

The sound of his strongly clenched molars creaking echoed in his ears.

Thoughts of his search for Anmoto Shiika and the investigation of the battle that happened at 'URBAN' were completely gone from his mind.

''Could what I heard about five years ago be happening '''now'''…?''

His heartbeats growing in intensity, he desperately held on to his composure.

"Kakkou-san? Can you hear me?"

"Y-yeah…"

Even just saying that took all of his efforts.

"G-good. Umm, so, I have to acknowledge that she is in an extremely dangerous situation. Having the person monitoring her also disappear makes the SEPB anxious—because it could mean that their assumption of Chiharu-san becoming the same kind of Mushitsuki as you turn out to be true. Not to mention that if Central Headquarters were to come to know of this, it's possible that they would acknowledge her to be dangerous…"

"Chiharu is—"

He was going to speak when he came to a start.

If what Daisuke feared would come to pass—

Then, he had no time.

In addition, he could not rely on the Special Environmental Preservation Bureau while trying to stop that from happening.

He could no longer trust Central Headquarters. There was even the possibility that they would try to hinder his actions.

If that wasn't enough, the East Central Branch which he belonged to—lacked all kinds of resources in their current state.

In the first place, all of their correspondences were being recorded. If the Central Headquarters wished to, they could find out everything he talked about with Touko. And that would be the end of everything.

"—No."

Daisuke grimaced, clenching his cellphone.

He was probably the only one in the whole world who knows of what would happen in the worst-case scenario.

"Touko-san."

The will mentioning, 'I remembered', left by his missing sister.

A certain happening etched deep within Daisuke's memories.

Now that these two facts combined into one, he had to act.

Even though he knows that nothing but despair awaits him there—

"Even if I'm gone from the East Central Branch, don't lose to the Central Headquarters, okay."

Hearing him, Touko was at a complete loss of words for a moment.

"Eh…eh? Ehh? W-what do you mean by… ''Hyaa!''"

Touko's voice vanished with a ''Thump'', as if something had bumped into her.

"I sense an external interference on the current line."

It was the voice of the intelligence division girl. 

"Attempting to trace it back to its source—Failure. Attempting to designate the frequency—Failure. Searching for the device used—Failure. Don't mind it, Maimai-chan. Assuming this is an intrusion by a Mushitsuki ability. In accordance to the East Central Branch Secrecy Rule Article 3 Clause 12, Maimai will forcibly destroy the corresponding device. Good~bye~, Kakkou-san."

"Wha…?"

"P.S., isn't this a failure on your part? Don't mind it, Kakkou-san."

At the same time as when the girl's voice vanished—

A liquid oozed out of the cellphone Daisuke was holding, staining it black. The liquid wriggled, and swelled up rapidly. 

He dropped the cellphone out of surprise, but it was crushed to little pieces from the inside before even hitting the ground.

This was the result of the ability of the girl on the phone, Maimai. She is a Special Type Mushitsuki, and her Mushi inhabited the goggles of all the East Central Branch members.

"—'I've secured Minmin.'"

Daisuke turned around as he heard a voice from behind.

"…!"

Black shadows surrounded him on the roof.

"'Kusuriya Chiharu. —Kakkou-san. She is your sister.'"

As if replaying a recording, Daisuke and Touko's voice echoed on the roof.

The one transmitting it was a Mushi that swayed its swelling antenna-like feelers. Its body shone with a black luster like that of a manufactured mirror.

Daisuke immediately pulled out the black long coat from his bag. Throwing away the now empty bag, he put on the standard equipment of the East Central Branch.

''Does that guy have a wiretap ability—''

Aside from the black Mushi, several other Minion Type Mushi also surrounded Daisuke. The people standing next to them all wore black masks that covered their faces.

There were five people. However, the number of Mushi he could see was three.

"Where did you hide Horisaki Azusa?"

A lanky and thin silhouette standing atop the roof of the pump shed questioned him. It seemed to be a man judging by the voice, but there wasn't anything resembling a Mushi around him.

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Something buzzed deep inside Daisuke's eardrums.

The sound of the wind had stopped at some point. Now, he could not even hear his own steps.

Not only that, but he hadn't even felt the presence of the men in front of him currently.

"A Special Class that can erase your presence… ''Tch'', so purposely revealing yourself just now was to make me lower my guard?"

It was truly failure on his part just like the girl on the phone said. Although he had noticed someone was tailing him, he had lowered his guard when he felt that their presence was gone at some point.

To speak nothing of being taken by surprise, he had even allowed them to eavesdrop on his conversation with Touko.

On top of the fact that he had secured Minmin, he even divulged to them about the existence of his sister—

"Where is Horisaki Azusa?"

The man on the roof repeated.

In the space where all sound was gone, he could only hear the people present.

''The ability to control sound… No, is it a mental pollution type that allows them to specify what sound come through…?''

While analyzing his opponent's ability inside his mind, he asked back.

"Who're you? Did you come after Minmin?"

"I'm asking you where she is."

"Are you from the Central Headquarters' Annihilation Squad or whatever? What's your connection to Chiharu?"

The Annihilation Squad is said to be an assassination group unofficially managed by the Central Headquarters of the SEPB. They are not officially recognized and their structure unknown, but the squad made its appearance every time Central Headquarters made threatening movements.  

"…"

"So you won't answer, huh."

Inside the soundless space, a green checkered beetle flew down. 

Daisuke drew a large automatic handgun from the holster hidden in his uniform.

"Seeing as you're not answering—you're my enemies then."

As if in response to his mutter, the body of the checkered beetle atop his shoulder burst. Countless green feelers stabbed into his body, assimilating with him as if being absorbed. In his hand, now covered in a green pattern, the handgun became one with the checkered beetle's jaw. 

He could tell that the black masks surrounding him grew tense. Perhaps unable to withstand the bloodlust Daisuke emitted, a large Mushi rushed at him.

"You idiot! Don't act on your own!"

The scolding voice of the man standing on the roof was erased by gunfire.

The bullet from Daisuke's gun crushed the several times larger Mushi into smithereens. 

Immediately after, his head was assaulted by a loud sound. The tremendous volume made him lose his sense of balance.

"We have no choice… finish him at once—"

While the man was trying to issue out instructions, his mouth was obstructed by Daisuke's left hand.

Daisuke had instantly leapt onto the roof of the shed with his superhuman leg strength.

"So, you can manipulate hearing? I'm already used to fighting those with sensory deprivation-type abilities though. It won't work on me."

He sent the man flying with the grip of his gun.

Immediately after the masked man was blown away, the sounds around him recovered. As its host has fainted, the Mushi's ability was also absolved.

A large shadow covered the area.

A flat Mushi bent over toward Daisuke from overhead. With a body large enough to cover the entire rooftop, it was trying to crush the crane installed nearby along with Daisuke.

Yet, the large Mushi raised a shrill howl immediately after.

Its cry became even louder which accompanied the echoing sound of a hard object breaking down.

In the end, its cry turned into death throes.

Daisuke had ripped the Mushi's body apart with sheer force. The dying Mushi then vanished as if melting into thin air.

His whole body showered by the Mushi's bodily fluids, Daisuke looked around.

"So, two of them escaped…"

The desolated rooftop already had no traces of the remaining masked figures. The bodily fluids stuck to his body started vanishing, leaving not a single stain.

"If those guys were from the Annihilation Squad… it means that the Central Headquarters would also know about Chiharu."

Daisuke bit his lips.

—'I remembered.'

If these words were true, he had to take action.

"Chiharu—"

He had fought all this time from when he became a Mushitsuki up until now.

Even till the extent that he was now known as the reaper and even acknowledged as a Rank 1, strongest of the Mushitsuki. He wasn't going to lose no matter who his opponent was, and he would survive any battle no matter how harsh they were.

Yet this time he could only imagine an ending of despair.

He also knew that he could never be able to accomplish this objective with his power alone.

But even so—none other than Daisuke had to do it.

"…"

Removing the goggles from his head, he threw them at the ground.

The goggles had a function that indicated the position of its owner installed on it. —Daisuke couldn't allow the SEPB to track him. If the Central Headquarters had guessed his goal, they would probably hinder him. Still, he also couldn't involve the East Central Branch with this.

The sound of gunfire reverberated.

Leaving behind the goggles shattered to pieces, Daisuke left 'URBAN'.