"How could you know that the Black-flag is targeting Simplex Mall?",
"Torao Onions",
"A what!?"
"Torao Onion, a dark web where our analyst found a large money transfer to the Athenaeum's account, amount was extraordinarily large thus, I began my investigation, turned out it's the account that Black-flag was using in TYZ."
Standing across the dense busy street of the luminous Green Zone, Zenjo inquired his subordinate Nobeshiba, who was well-known about his mission.
"Like you got serious about your previous failure?"
Zenjo scoffed, mocking Nobeshiba for their mistake in Budapest, although he was half responsible for not been there, nevertheless mocked him anyway. Nobeshiba retorts nonchalantly.
"Compared you who fuck chicks all day, I did way better."
"Heh."
Zenjo smirked, by Nobeshiba's answer and said sarcastically, with a wry smile
"Come now, I let it side because I don't want to smash your pretty white face."
"Piss off..."
Arakasu Nobeshiba didn't response any further, he's been used to mockery and minor insults, since his big brother Lida is the one who partake shaming and insulting him,
With in the indent in Budapest, Code Phoenix decided to confront their enemies undetected while the other Blackwatch police officials proceed as plans secretly guarding the mall for not escaping the terrorist.
As the sky went black, city lights consumed Green Zone,
However, a sarcastic voice approach behind Phoenix's squad,
"Acknowledging that proverbial failure, the high command order to the Black-flag tonight and so, no more fuck ups."
Code Phoenix's leader Hatteki appeared, casually announced his subordinates while playing on a tablet!
"That's a UsNet Info Responder!"
Nobeshiba bellowed Hatteki, for playing video games on an expensive tablet, nevertheless who can tell Hatteki what to do, thus kept on playing,
As evening turned night, within the luminous city lights, according to Nobeshiba's search on the Dark Web, the attack could occur during the night time, therefore Code Phoenix waited patiently,
"Here take this, I'm done waiting" Hatteki throws his tablet upon Nobeshiba before a silly 'warning'
"It's an online match, don't lose it."
"Huh!?!?"
Nobeshiba exclaimed but before he reacts anything, the tablet landed on his hand,
"Alright fine, I can do this!"
He accepts the challenge and went on playing an action game on the tablet during on an important mission!
With Nobeshiba busy winning the online game,
Hatteki advance silently into the supermarket's front entrance.
"Tck! Damn people, swelling around like pigs."
Instead of going to markets and malls people can make all their purchases from home, trying on clothes in virtual reality changing rooms and getting advice from AI.
However, when Hatteki entered only thing he saw people roaming around in the Mall, since Code Phoenix come in Simplex undeclared, they observe any suspicious, though there's Imperium police armed squad ready to storm the mall when told, Hatteki wanted to keep a low profile, fear that Athenaeum would suspect.
"It very surprising that an international Mutanic fundamentalist group such as Black-flag would hire organised crime syndicate Athenaeum to their work, although if it's truth how would I draw Athenaeum out in the open, presume they were already here and the Phoenix are after them"
While staring at the crowd, a cynical plan ignites Hatteki's mind,
"I should do the trick!",
Hatteki immediately pulled out his phone, call Tereko who was already waiting for him to return,
"Hello?"
"Tereko its me, listen I need to go inside the mall's security system and activate the fire alarm device there!",
"But!?"
"Just do it, and bring UsNet Info Responder tablet before going."
Tereko had lot of question about what Hatteki is thinking, nevertheless without asking, she hands over the tablet and ran towards the supermarket's security system,
"Here but why do you want that?"
"I'll explain later, go to the security system."
UsNet Info Responder is useful hacking tool which Blackwatch often use to hack enemies' computer systems
Hatteki use to hack Simplex Supermarket's surveillance cameras to monitor any irregularity in the supermarket.
"This is a hunch but if it's truth then",
Within web of Hatteki's monologue, creating an elaborate plan, while glaring the screen,
't's not about attraction or destruction, the Black-flag is a very dangerous organisation and they assigned Athenaeum to execute such high-risk job, thus Athenaeum's men must be desperate to avoid any screw ups, knowing the Code Phoenix is on their tail, if they were control by Antheia, she has to command their men to do the job efficiently and effectively, desperate men had to remain natural, avoid detection, with men has so consumed with their performance that they only one characteristic they will accommodate, a spontaneous decision!'
*Pip, pip, pip, pipppppp*
After alarm rang for no reason, everyone in the supermarket, the shop owner to customer, everybody gazes up, towards ringing alarm with terror in their eyes,
"FIRE! There is fire, run, run!",
The people without thinking critically, walked out of the supermarket,
Between the anxious crowd, Hatteki thoroughly checked every possible camera for any clues but it's very hard to keep track on since there were so many screens and Hatteki has one eye to monitor.
However, because the supermarket getting empty Hatteki noticed three black hoodie-wearing men, casually walks over the middle floor, carrying a private company parcel on a trolley, compare the unsettling environment,
"That's them!",
Hatteki command Tereko over the phone
"I got them, 12th floor! Tell them and the armed squad to move forward."
"Y-yes! Everyone, we have to move!"
She stuttered, move the Phoenix team as Civil squad to forward
Hatteki ran towards the 12th floor, suspected those three men could carrying the Black-flag's bomb over Simplex!
"Going somewhere?"
At right time, Hatteki reached, the three men who were indeed Athenaeum's men, precisely what Hatteki predicted.
"It's no way out from here" Hatteki informed the Athenaeum men with a slight tone on nonchalance.
"Civil armed squad surrounded the Simplex, better kill yourselves now, or…"
Within seconds Hatteki's great Blade manifested from his arm.
"Or I slice your body so thin that couldn't replace."
After Hatteki's self-absorbed warning, after eye exchange between Athenaeum men,
a man with red hair wearing a gasmask step forward standing across Hatteki,
After signalling the two to withdraw, the middle man activated his Noryoku, wrapping his legs, a broad-bladed lance stick on his heels.
"You're not going anywhere, Takamatsuke Hatteki",
The Red-haired man got into an aggressive posture,
"Athenaeum told me about you Hatteki, never thought you could the one!"
Hatteki frowned, ignored the man's quote as he more detracted by those two escapee.
"Don't be detracted, Hatteki!"
The Red-haired man pounced, attacking Hatteki,
Might have guessed, the Red-haired man was none other than Kishino Fumihiro, who was sent by Misaki to accomplished Black-flag's contract with Red-cross, the mercenary group which Misaki killed their leader.
However, Hatteki doesn't know Fumihiro's identity nor he met him personally.
Hatteki repelled Fumihiro's long-range blade when launched,
*Splitch*
The metal sparkled when their blades collide.
"TAKE this!"
While mid-air, Fumihiro kicks Hatteki, but he withdraws, evade his attack,
When landed, Fumihiro throw his blade again, at ground level,
Though Hatteki wouldn't do the same mistake twice, once bladed-lance tried to wrapping around Hatteki's arm.
With all his strength, Hatteki pulled Fumihiro's Noryoku along side Fumihiro, himself.
"Whoa!!!"
Fumihiro yelped while pulled by Hatteki's,
Once within range on the mid-air, Hatteki fiercely sliced Fumihiro's torso by his Noryoku Blade, blood spattered throughout the white floor, as Fumihiro collapse on the ground,
"Uwah... Fuck."
"Told you, you don't have a chance winning against me."
Hatteki walked towards the trolley containing the parcel leaving Fumihiro lying on the floor.
He is fully convinced that parcel contained the Black-flag's bomb.
"Wha!?"
Hatteki saw an empty box once he opened it.
"Damn, it's a decoy!"
He turned back glaring Fumihiro intensely.
"Where is it!?"
Once Hatteki turned Fumihiro already jumped through Mall's large glass sheet, once through, he grappled the top.
Hatteki followed but stopped because the phone rang,
"Tereko!?"
"Hatteki, we got trouble."
Once Hatteki answered, Tereko said with a distressed tone.
"The bomb is on 15th floor and Athenaeum betrayed...? Hold on."
"Tereko! Tereko, can you hear me!?"
The conversation suddenly broke down, however Hatteki knew The Red-haired man (Fumihiro) was above and his Phoenix were also presented.
Wasting any time, Hatteki storm towards the 15th floor.
...
"This isn't good."
"How we supposed to defeat that thing!"
Once Hatteki arrived, he saw gigantic behemoth roaring over them, with four Athenaeum men arguing with Fumihiro.
"Can you explain to me what happened?"
With the situation getting intense, Hatteki demand anyone to fill in the blanks,
"Athenaeum used a decoy to distract us, meanwhile they released a infant over the market floor who was the bomb all along, soon the child became the Behemoth! Went on mindless rampage, luckily the people were out but—"
"ROOOOOOOAR!!!"
Before Tereko finish explaining, the Behemoth roared in mindless rage.
"We still have to destroy that monster!"
"I'll handle that chubby bastard!"
"I come too."
Apparently Behemoth started to rampage over the shopping mall, Zenjo and Nobeshiba went on containing it.
"I go after the leader."
"Wait Hatteki!?"
Hatteki lastly said, before rash after Fumihiro as he already heads towards the stairs.
Once Fumihiro, the leader reached the Red-cross from Hatteki.
The leaderless mercenary group, immediately betrayed Fumihiro for avenging their real leader which Fumihiro's boss, Misaki brutally killed.
Fumihiro was certain, killing the traitorous mercenaries was the best option, however the Code Phoenix already went in ceases the terror threat and injects his objective.
For the sudden chaos that distracted Red-cross, Fumihiro had to flee and the Red-cross activated the bomb, hoped it will explode at the Phoenix member turned out, instead of a bomb, a child turning Behemoth caused the mutation.