After finishing her part-time job, Miyuki returns home at around 20:40 every night. This time, while watching T.V, she stumbles onto the coverage of the recent incident concerning the escaped Gopher. She did indeed hear the explosion but paid no real attention to it at that time. Now, however, she is intrigued by how accurate the timing of the explosion and the Gopher’s current location, allowing the beast to perform a perfect escape under the pressuring chaos.
“Noting that schools and universities will remain closed for the next couple days to confirm no terrorist activity is in progress.” – News man
“Oh!” - Miyuki
At the same time, the agency was filled with people running around and furiously typing on their virtual keyboards. A certain person of authority marched through with 2 of The Eagles following closely with their heads down.
“HOW THE HELL DO YOU LET ONE RODENT SLIP RIGHT UNDER YOUR NOSES YOU USELESS PIECES OF SHIT!!!” - unknown
“NOW I HAVE TO ANSWER FOR ALL THE STOLEN GOODS!!” – Unknown
“W-We’re very sorry ma’am. That explosion really put us off track. It even disturbed our radar system.” – Eagle 1
“And, where were Agent Denki and Captain Ichino at that time?” – Unknown
“We lost contact with them after the location of the thief was obtained” – Eagle 1
“Sigh… Those two cretins probably went off drinking in a bar somewhere” – Unknown
The pretentious lady then stomps off to her office.
“Ma’am, a matter of urgency, some information from HQ has just come in” - Underling
“Ugh bring it in” - unknown
The two eagles make their way back out of the agency.
“The boss really lashed out today huh Shin” – Eagle 2
“We have to take it out of our own pockets to repair both the damages and repay the stolen goods… Really give her a reason to scold us” – Shin
“Anyways, uh Alvina y-you... still wanna go on that date? – Shin
“Sure and we’ll take a lot of sausages… Then. I’ll. Take. Yours ;3” – Alvina
(Shin to himself) “YES, finally my best girl will steal my virginity T_T”
Shin punches the air upwards as Alvina walks out.
While navigating the underground tunnels, The Gopher stumbles upon an open area with countless uncanny but familiar markings written on the walls. He knew what it was or at least had heard rumours. The Red Sect. A powerful cult-like organisation running the underworld of Hitotake city. Anything illegal passes by them be it drugs, weapons or human/creature trafficking. Gopher knew it would be trouble walking into the sect out in the openly due heavily rumoured hate against his species.
(Gopher to himself) “I remember Jiu telling me how they would dissect any rodents they would come across and feed us to the myrmidons. I couldn’t sleep for nights after hearing that story.”
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Gopher prowled to avoid being noticed. He successfully manages to skip most of the area and finds a way out the sewers… until he bumps straight into one of guards
“…” – Gopher
“…” – Guard
“…” – Gopher
“I was never here” – Gopher, sprinting away
“Hey boys I found one of those dirty rodents. Its hunting time” – Guard
And the chase begins. Gopher moves quickly around the sewers while being fired at with Ak47s from all directions. At the end of the line, he takes a leap of faith and just barely manages to grab onto the ladder leading to the surface.
(Gopher to himself) “Why am I so lucky these days?”
The Gopher scurried along till he reaches a house with an open window and jumps in without much thought. He lets his guard down and crashes down on the floor, only to be met with a screaming kid wielding a frying pan in one hand with a back scratcher in the other.
“AHHHHHH TAKE THIS YOU DAMN INTRUDER” – Takeru
“HOLY SHIT” – Gopher
Gopher quickly dashes out the way and immediately tries to reason with the boy.
“HEY, HEY CALM DOWN NOW BUDDY MY LIFE WAS FLASHING BEFORE MY EYES JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO” – Gopher
“I DON’T HAVE TO LISTEN TO YOUR BULLSHIT HYAAAA” – Takeru
Takeru misses once again while Gopher keeps running around him and then, after closely observing the intruder Takeru speaks up
“Wait a second… aren’t you that Gopher who managed to escape from The Eagles this afternoon?” – Takeru
“Yeah, yeah! That’s me! Did I, like, make it on the news or something?” – Gopher
“Hell yeah you did, you made it on the front page of Flash Break Corporation after that stunt you pulled… and I did kinda saw you jumping from the rooftops back at my school... You really are agile bastards aren’t you?” – Takeru
“Best thieves in town what can I say” – Gopher, boasting
“So, you attend that clock tower school?” – Gopher
“I do and have been since the past few years” - Takeru
“…I’m Reginald” – Reginald
“Oh, so we’re doing this... I’m Takeru” – Takeru
“Uhmm, do you mind if I stick around? I’m currently on the run” – Reginald
“And why the hell, do you think I’d allow you to do that?” – Takeru
“Listen man, I can’t move out of here at the moment. I’ll be killed the moment I’m found. THEY GONNA SERVE ME AS CHOPPED HAMSTER MATE!” – Reginald, with great tension in his voice
“UGHHH I’m too tired for this” – Takeru
“I’ll grab you a blanket. You’re going on the couch.” – Takeru
“Holy… thanks man, from the bottom of my heart!” – Reginald
Takeru sighs heavily
At the local bar, called FlyingMinds, a place where most cops or similar officers hang out, Ichino can be seen drinking heavily, thinking he had done a good job earlier, when he gets a phone call… from his boss. He very reluctantly picks it up.
“H-Hey boss” – Ichino
“… listen, Ichino, I would love to rupture your eardrums right now but there are far more important matters at hand.
“Meet me at my office tonight at 21:00 sharp.” - Boss
“Yes ma’am” – Ichino
Ichino parks in front of the agency doors, sauntering to the office. Upon arriving, he knocks on the aluminum frame.
“Ichino reporting” – Ichino
Ichino could feel the intense aura of fear and anger coming from the office.
(Ichino to himself) “The one that stands behind this door is Hanagiri Yon, one who supposedly had the power to demolish large buildings effortlessly”
“Headquarters relayed information to us on the potential arrival of a long term B level threat in the land. They say he has been jumping from country to country to avoid being caught by the agency and is very notorious. I’m going to debrief you on some more details later but for now I assign you this mission to track down and tail this guy and NO objections. You may leave now Captain” – Yon
(Ichino to himself) “She used calmly with a more jovial mannerism and cooperativeness but nowadays she seems always on edge. It’s probably due to the fact that she just had a divorce and has to handle more responsibility at home with her two children”
(Ichino to himself) “That aside, I’m the one in deep shit now…”