*Tire squeak*
Fumihiro's car parked near at the warehouse.
"Wait here..."
"Okay..."
Fumihiro got out of the car, walked near the warehouse as he spotted Yuji standing with a stony face, put on the hooded cloak, his hair has much grown. His expression has become much more melancholic and depressed after one-year time skip.
"This is a surprise? Why you here at my turf?"
"How's your trip at the Sector XXVII?"
Yuji vaguely asked. Fumihiro answered formally,
"Well... I walked into dealer's turf and ask to lower the Refraline rate they were selling, even her absence Antheia has everything accounted for, obviously they yelled, saying, 'What's your fucking problem? We're paying the full amount every month.' And showed me over. I don't know how, as Misaki predicted, that drug ring became mole nest for Imperium Police Agency, mainly for feeding off information about our operation to Supreme One's Ichiro Kyousuke, so. I did what she commands, they won't be bothering us anymore or ever. Got spare time so I have Cecile and Yugiri to show around."
"Did you get her message. To wrapped up the supplies until we got notice from her."
"Hey, do me a favour and mind your business, stop lecture me about how I run my own business."
Fumihiro commented in disgruntle tone
"Oh really...? Come here for a second."
Yuji said nothing more, take Fumihiro inside, away from the scene.
"Why did you—"
*Bang! *
*Aragh... Heavy groan*
Having no scrupulous or sympathy whatsoever, Yuji ruthlessly jabbed in Fumihiro's abdomen, with his muscular arm, caused Fumihiro to vomit everything in an instant which grossed out Yuji.
"Ugh... That's disgusting..."
"Why the fuck... Why the fuck did you that for!? You're fucking callous brute!"
"Sorry, Fumihiro. I'm not mature enough to hold back the aggression for the fuck up. Brat like you should put to death."
Yuji roughly gripped Fumihiro's groaning body, only to be punch him again, kneeled him down.
"Refraline has been poisoned."
"What!?"
"Someone has increased the psychoactive-level. Either Ichiro's undercover agents successfully infiltrated our organisation to find manufacture location or...."
"What?... Gulped. You think I am that mole!"
"No... Anyway... We must find who's behind all of this."
"Then stop staring at me like that!"
"What like this?"
"Like you're doing right now: glaring like an intimidating predator."
"I always look like this."
"Scoffed. Go to hell then..."
Yuji paused at moment, staring at Fumihiro in distrust, recent days Fumihiro's activities aren't so bright, caused Yuji put him under suspicion as a reaction Fumihiro got intimidated for no reason.
Despite the sour mistrust between friends and family, Yuji knows there's no honour among thieves.
After Misaki Mayumi took over Imperium State's underworld, she spilt the Yellow Zone and Brown into her underboss and Lieutenants. Both Zones have had 24 sectors — each sector consumed two to three districts of population of each are 20.000. All controlled by Lieutenants; if anyone went out of line, or switch sides, defected into Empire, the duty falls under Yuji as the underboss to root out those flaws in the organization with undying loyalty.
In the Athenaeum Syndicate, when Misaki decides, she passes instructions down through the chain of command. Whenever she issues orders, gives them to the Lieutenants. She give orders to the advisor or the underboss, who in turn passes them to the Squad Captain. it is the Squad Captain who passes them to the soldiers in his crew. For years, this made it extremely difficult to indict a boss for illegal acts, since the soldiers almost never receive orders directly from him. A Lieutenant acts as a buffer between the soldiers and the boss. Effectively, the Advisor operates his own small army within the framework of a larger army.
"Tashima Yuji, don't you think you been too harsh to this young child."
"Who's this herculean muscle!"
Fumihiro utterly stunned, when--
An Extremely tall, tough, powerfully-built man with paled-yellow hair stylized slicked-back. With a beak-like nose and large cleft chin. He wears the "professional white three-piece suit". Notably, he has a large scar over his left eye. He has a menacing immovable statue-like appearance, even more menacing stone-like glare. Appeared behind.
"Oh, this is Allen Wilczek. A Polish-Mutant veteran Sergeant in the Europa League's special force and the replacement of Ashiya Kuro.
Allen nodded politely. Which Fumihiro replied to Yuji--
"Polish-Mutant, huh? You sure this Allen guy can fill the role of Ashiya Kuro? I mean Old Kuro is... well, was a repudiated psychopath! from a family of psychopaths, leading an army of psychopaths — and their sigh is a mutilated corpse, deranged psychotic sadist, kill thousands, even he didn't know how many people he killed, even Imperium were wary of those lunatics. The Empire who made its citizens live out dehumanized and fearful lives, feeling the government's eyes upon them at every waking moment, being afraid to step out of line for even a moment lest they be brutalized or worse, "disappeared" by the Secret Police. Expect curfews; they're a sure-fire cue card for oppression. Misaki knew it was a bad idea, and pretty much everyone else did as well when she ordered of killing Imperium Police Agency--"
"Scoffed. You only said because you don't know Allen."
Yuji lights a cigarette. Summarise the Allen's story
"After discriminatingly discharge from the special ops. Afterwards, used to working European criminal syndicate as the most prolific Hitman known as the "Butcher" he's the one who taught our boss Misaki all sorts of military training, from handle firearms (handgun to heavy machine guns to a mini-cannon) to became master of hand-to-hand combatant expert."
"She was always a good student. Little angry and impulsive at first, but she's tough, ambitious, unwilling to gave up her dreams. I believed in her. Eventually her anger rashness was overcome."
"Really? Never heard of you until now."
"Many things you don't know about Miss Antheia. Because you don't smart enough to notice, understand?"
"He hehe..."
Allen and Yuji both laughed, mocked him severely. Only Fumihiro can do is endure.
"And how about Shinsuke's RMS and his Mutanic Crusade. Misaki said she need an army to counter Brittonian military?"
"And she will get it. Miss Antheia joined forces with Kazuico Benjamin."
Brittonian-Far Eastern (not Imperian) Mutant - Kazuico Benjamín is a former Imperium drug lord who founded and led the Imperium Cartel or "Little Chapo Organization" until his organisation dissolved latter joined Misaki's Athenaeum Syndicate, brought to heel though Misaki's tough negotiations.
"They have men, money, and guns ten times larger than any organisation. Shattered around not TYZ's borders. Every corner of the Imperium State's territory. Waiting for the order to strike."
"Fine. It's seems you figured things out!"
"Nothing is fine! Find out who's mole is, what's the matter with you...?"
*Dhoommmm.....doom, doom, doom*
An expressive loud from heavy engine motorcycle, Lockyer arrived at the warehouse (long white hair, keep up into a low ponytail and amber-coloured eyes Ajunk Trader's Lieutenant now Athenaeum's soldier) with news.
"Know your mole is, who keep interfering your supplies."
"Who!?"
Asked Yuji.
"Pretty good reason for you to bust at here show off loud-ass bike."
*Doommmmmm-dggggg!!!....*
"Ahhh.. Stop that!!!"
In response Fumihiro's rude grudge, Lockyer boost up the bike's engine's sound, boosted Fumihiro's annoyance went into murderous rage.
"You fucking ho—"
"Enough Fumihiro! Lockyer, you're saying..."
"Right.... Varix is behind of this. From antagonise the Refraline distribution to seizure of Brittonian weapon contrabands."
"Ugh... Shouldn't knew..."
Hearing the name always stoic Yuji's expression changed with disgust. Therefore, Fumihiro asked—
"What, who is Varix?"
"A Vermin. The Guy's is a phantom. No one knows of its real identity, don't have a photograph, only known it used to work with Murder Sue's, and self-proclaimed Misaki's arch nemesis."
"Really he's that dangerous?"
Fumihiro inquired in a few moments of disbelief and contempt.
"I thought Misaki "Antheia" Mayumi is the scariest woman in the city. Feared no one."
"There's a different between self-proclaimed and being earned, Fumihiro!" Yuji frowned, snarled. "Varix is a plague, a disease that needed to be taken care of!"
First time Fumihiro saw Yuji this fanatic.
"Relax Yuji aren't you too overreacting—"
"Is that so...through the black-market opportunism Varix rose to the top, become an executive abusing loophole or outright flouting the law to aggrandize itself by immoral means such as drug dealing, contract killing, smuggling, illegal arms dealing narcotics."
Justifiably the system, the Brittonian government is caused many inequalities:
Class struggle, racial and ethnic oppression: Somewhat of an out growth of the first variety, but with an especial focus on the effects of capitalism on certain races and ethnic groups in the forms of slavery, segregation, imperialism, and/or colonialism.
Ableism: a more recent critique, like Class Struggle and Racial and Ethnic Oppression. Examples of this critique include barriers to employment, lower quality of life, and discrimination, faced by persons with physical or cognitive disabilities.
The world outside of Imperium is one gigantic dystopic hellhole, born from the sheer, horrific build-up of intolerance, hatred, repression, Mutanic fanaticism or racist jingoism, cruelty, hedonism, decadence, greed, and every other vice you could possibly imagine, over the span of decades and will for millennia.
Quite possibly the worst component, however, is simply neglect. The fact that many of said vices have physical form, are sentient, and actively working towards the eventual destruction of everything probably doesn't help. Nothing is ever going to get better there. There's a faction of bunch of fanatical "well intentioned" extremists who are naive because of that belief. Given the fact, there's probably a kernel of truth to that. And the craziest part was that faction is not Akagi's Fraternity. Instead the Imperium of Brittonia Empire itself.
*Ring. Ring*
"Hello. Yes. Yes. Now you are talking!"
Once disconnected sudden excitement filled in Yūji's face.
"Alright. Yes. I can do it. Leave it to us."
"Who's that?"
"Doesn't matter, its November. The Mutant Emperor has made his decision. It was Tomita Mitsumasa by the phone, from Antheia's request to gather up the necessary item to accomplish the goal. Some manpower some automatic guns and an unmarked Dropship."
"What's the mission?"
Asked Fumihiro and the other. Yuji response.
"To assault the Raizen Supermaxim again!"