When the support squad from the company arrived, the entire nuclear crater was already covered in flesh and vine-stalk-like tendrils. From a distance, it looked like a field of female faces and limbs, reminiscent of a set from some R-rated adult sci-fi movie.
Other companies also discovered that firing upon it was akin to watering and fertilizing this 'flower,' only promoting its growth, and so they ceased their attacks for the time being.
Li Pan stood on a rooftop that was nearly overrun with creeping vines, waving a signal baton to welcome the company's reinforcements, this time consisting of Aqi, Ashiya Suketomo, Yamazaki Rei, and Armored Floating Car.18.
Kotaro had gone to retrieve the shrine, whereas Lama and the others, neither being Modified Humans nor equipped with super prosthetic bodies, simply couldn't withstand the nuclear contamination and it was senseless to risk their lives by having them come, so they stayed behind at the company to help with the rollback.
