““Search and destroy the 4 horsemen of Apocalypse”. This is the order given to the elites of the Corporation, the 16 A-non and I’m the 4th to receive the order.
The 4 horsemen of creation and apocalypse are the most protected people here and most of them have some sort of protection from attacks. The one that governs the Zone 4 and 8, Shiro Li Yuki, has the lightest protection – maybe because she is under the protection of the Corp., so she doesn’t go under the categorization of the 4 horsemen. My target is Luishiro Haru, labelled “Symphonic Orchestrator” or “Sympathy”, the one who oppose the 51 directly.
The only other one who got the “Search and Destroy” mission, that’s still “alive”, is Cecile.
Several years ago, in 2060, Cici and another A-non went for an assassination. A crucial mistake they made was that they underestimated the horseman. The man they were after was Ilio Guillemin, the General Secretary of Security and Surveillance or as the Corp label him, “Fox Ears” or “Fear”.
Cici and the A-non infiltrated the central surveillance base in Zone 2 surprisingly without any hindrance and silently edged towards the office. As they reached the office and prepared a gas attack, they were caught by Ilio’s troops. As the Corp.’s elites, they swiftly handled the troops and carried on the gas attack. But unfortunately, they were again caught right before they activated the gas bomb.
After they have been caught, they were escorted inside the room they were about to bomb as they met the man in person for the first time. From Cici’s description, he had a not-so-deep voice and a semi-British accent. The unsettling thing is that she didn’t see the man’s face because of a creepily smiling mask. As they were kneeled before him, he said, “So these are the people who he betrayed. Arbitrary to his tales, these people are weak as butterflies – they only suffer just to spread their wings shortly but die soon after – such a shame, as they are foolish too,” as he inspects the gas canister they were carrying.
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Fortunately, Cici and the A-non were not any ordinary people. As they were not bound or tied to anything, they quickly disarmed the troops and shot them without hesitation. After they were certain that there weren’t anyone coming up again, they shot Ilio, only to realize it wasn’t him as they pull the mask to reveal a fellow A-non who also got the “Search and Destroy” order. “Only the foolish and the unwise get betrayed by God and wrong him for his action” says the mask with Ilio’s voice, before it explodes, detonating the gas bomb in the process.
As the room fills with neurotoxin, Cici and the A-non escape outside, only to find themselves in a bullet storm. With no easy escape, they go back inside to regroup. At that moment, the A-non gets shot through the wall as anti-material rifles set a volley. Behind a rigid cover, Cici thinks, “3 minutes until the gas comes down. If I don’t make a move now, I’ll either die from the sure-kill neurotoxin or from an anti-material round from those who’re outside. Well, it’s worth a try at least” as she goes up a floor and sets up a nest. The plan she came up with was fooling the ground troops with a smoke grenade. With the neurotoxin being similar to regular White Phosphorus gas, it’d trick the armed police to think that she died from the toxin. As they didn’t have the estimate of the toxin’s density, they’d report she had died from her own gas. And they did just that.”