10:07
Hotel Green Pacific, Sendai
The sisters saw Annabelle running out of her room. Lola said, "Ida, attach a drone on her tail. She must have some lead about Shadow's next target."
Ida said, "Already did it."
Mimi said, "So, we follow her now?"
Lola replied, "Yes. Get ready."
10:43
Sendai Chou Police Station, Miyagi
Sohel was put in a cell in the police station. The police left as they saw Sohel quietly going to a corner and sitting down. It was just what Sohel had wanted. Sohel whispered, "ARIA, you still with me?"
ARIA replied, "Always, Captain."
Sohel smiled. He said, "Nice. Load the Project Spectre files for me again. Let's finish reading. Also, I want you to do one more thing."
"Whatever you need, Captain."
An evil grin appeared on Sohel's face as he instructed ARIA.
As Sohel finished instructing ARIA about what she needed to do, ARIA said, "I'll get to it right away, Captain."
"Good."
Sohel then focused on reading the files he had missed before. He spent the next 7 hours reading. As he learnt everything that happened in the name of training Super Soldiers, he couldn't believe his eyes.
Little children, their age being as low as 7, were pushed to day-long heavy training. They were handed weapons and made to shoot at real prisoners of war. Most of the children succumbed to trauma and had lost their mental stability. Those who were able to keep their sanity were more unlucky ones. Mechanical chips were inserted in their brainstems to make them abide by the orders. If they refused to abide by the orders or got captured by the enemies, with one push of the button, they'd be killed. In the seven years that Project Spectre was operational, it produced only two functional super soldiers. Those being Naoki Kobayashi and Mei Watanabe. While Naoki Kobayashi was a full-fledged super soldier, Mei Watanabe was flawed. She had immense prowess, but the training had taken a toll on her mental health. Eventually, her memories of the training were wiped clean, replaced with a fake memory, and she was dismissed.
Sohel felt disgusted from his core. He thought, "How did SNA let this happen? And why?"
Just at that moment, ARIA suddenly spoke, "Captain, you got a message."
"Who sent it?"
"Sender unknown. It was sent through an encrypted channel."
"Hmm. Open it."
A message opened in front of Sohel. The message read, "Ghost, I know you've been sent ordered to find and bring me back. Don't try to come after me. I won't be coming back. Once I rip the Project Spectre out with its roots, I'll disappear. Go back before it's too late. If you keep following after me, it wouldn't end well for you. You're a good man, Sohel. I don't want you to die so soon. Go back while you still can. And beware of those girls who're following your LT. They're dengourous.
Goodbye.
From, Shadow."
Sohel thought, "What is going on here?"
He whispered, "ARIA, get me a secured line with Princess."
"Yes, Captain."
In a few seconds, Annabelle's voice came through, "Hello, Sahil?"
"Ann, where are you?"
"I'm on my way to Osaka. Shimizu Kurokawa is there?"
"Osaka? Shite, look behind through the rearview mirror. Is anyone following you?"
Annabelle replied after a few seconds, "No. Not anyone looks suspicious."
"Hmm. Is there a silver KIA behind you?"
Annabelle replied a few seconds later, "Uhm. Yes, there is."
"Try to lose that KIA. It's following you."
"What? Ok. ARIA, map me a course."
The call cut. Sohel then said, "ARIA, contact the SNA Naval base in Motoyoshi. Tell them to come and take me. And ask them to prepare a helicopter."
"Yes, Captain."
"Oh, one more thing. Ask them to go to my hotel room and bring me a suit."
19:41
Sendai Chou Police Station, Miyagi
A few people entered the police station. All of them were wearing military uniforms. The man in front had a sergeant insignia on his shoulder, and all of them were wearing Military Police armbands. The sergeant went to the captain's room and a few minutes later, came out with the captain.
Both of them stopped in front of Sohel's cell. The captain said to the sentry standing in front of the cell to open the cell. Seeing this, the policeman, who captured Sohel, ran to the captain and asked, "Sir, What are you doing?"
The captain said, "JGSDF is taking over this case. Hand them the pistol and knife you found."
The policeman replied, "Oh. Yes, sir. I'll bring them right away."
The sentry opened the cell, and an MP went inside. He handcuffed Sohel and brought him out. The policeman handed over the knife and the pistol to the sergeant.
The sergeant nodded, and all of them got out of the police station. The MP put Sohel in a military patrol car, and all of them got in. Once the car started, the sergeant ordered, "Uncuff him."
The MP uncuffed him. Sohel stretched his arms as the sergeant handed Sohel his gloves, Pistol and shoulder holster. He said, "Your clothes and a helicopter have been prepared for you in our base in Nigatake."
Sohel replied, "Nice."
20:32
JGSDF Base Sendai, Nigatake, Miyagi
Sohel got out of the car, and the sergeant guided him into a room on the 3rd floor of the main administrative building. Upon entering the room, he found a navy blue suit kept on a table. He smiled and quickly got changed. In a few minutes, he got out, fully dressed up and found the same sergeant waiting for him outside the room. The sergeant then led him to the roof, where he found a Bell-206 waiting for him.
He got on the helicopter and told the pilot, "I need to get to Osaka ASAP. How long would it take?"
The pilot replied, "Around 2 hours, sir."
Sohel replied, "OK. go."
The helicopter took off.