Pure Love ✕ Insult Complex

324. My friend, why?

Okay, line up again.

The battle is Reihua, the support is not involved, Michi, Ning and Snow are in the middle. I, Lord Shinkansen, is Margo.

Until now, it's the same as before.

Behind that Margo...... take a distance of about ten meters and Sister Edie will come after you.

(In his own hope, with dear love, we were to call him 'Sister Edie')

In the meantime, because around this shelter for VIPs is the back hallway of the hotel employees... the surveillance cameras and hidden microphones were small and almost peeled out.

On the 21st floor, as Wisdom destroyed each and every piece of those equipment... the surveillance system in the back hallway of this 22nd floor seems to have been destroyed by Margo and the others.

So, so far... our rendezvous or Sister Edie's accession is unknown to Chief Tanzawa or Miss Cordelia.

But all the routes down the back hallway to the lower floor are sealed off.

The only way to get to the lower level is to... go out into the hallway of the table again.

The surveillance system in the front hallway is so numerous that it can't be compared here... and the way it's hidden is ingenious.

Very, we can't just break the surveillance devices one by one.

If so...... I just have to distance myself from Sister Edie.

"'Pretend you're following us, follow me'"

I think Margo is telling Sister Edie something like that in English...

Then it would appear that Sister Edie is alone in pursuit of our escape from the small theater ahead of time.

That should look like it to Miss Cordelia who saw the surveillance camera images.

Anyway, that's what Sister Edie is going to do...

At least you don't think you're with us.

"'Just watch out for the guardian of Kazuki Security Services'"

"'It's okay......'"

Sister Edie has skills as an assassin.

Turn off the signs and track them, they're good at it.

So... the original seven plus, a little further afield, in a formation called Sister Edie, we leave.

"… from here, you can exit in the hallway of the table"

It was a business elevator hall where sheets were collected and transported around the laundry.

Seki-san opens the lock on the big metal door beside the elevator.

Is this the border between the table and the back?

...... gacha, gi.

It was a much thicker door than I thought.

Well, I can't open it if they plant a bomb on me.

First......

Michi explores the 'chi' outside.

"It's okay...... no sign"

Still, Reihua pops up first...... explore the area.

Seki-san also puts up a gun and prepares for an unforeseen attack.

Earlier, Michi... was raided without being able to capture Miss Cordelia's 'chi'.

So act just in case.

"… forward, including to the ceiling, no abnormalities"

Reihua said.

"There's nothing wrong with the rear."

Seki-san also confirms.

After receiving the two reports... Michi, Ning, Yukino, and I's "Middle Group" dive into thick metal doors.

Then, Mr. Margo...

"I don't see the 'enemy' now, but maybe he's hiding around there. If you encounter an 'enemy' ahead of you, you'll escape through this door to the back hallway again. So I'm gonna keep this door open..."

With a tone of mouth that speaks to us... Margo tells the hidden microphone.

Not locking the door again is really for Sister Edie.

So leave the door open.

"Fujimiya, take the hallway to the right... there's a staircase down the second corner."

Kan's memory is perfect.

"… Copy"

Reihua in the lead... we walk out.

Keep it up...... I'll follow Seki-san's instructions.

Michi keeps exploring 'Chi'.

Apart from that, Reihua and the others are concentrating their minds to be able to deal with sudden raids at any time.

I was... worried that Sister Edie was coming after me from behind.

Of course, turning around and checking the rear is unacceptable.

Because we should assume that everything we do in this corridor is being monitored.

I can't do martial arts or anything, but it's weird that I feel signs of an assassin, Sister Edie.

"It's okay...... it's following me properly"

Michi taught me to whisper.

Michi's 'chi' sensors seem to be properly caught by Sister Edie.

"It's not good to be nervous even to us... Yo"

Ning smiles nicely.

"Calm down... let's go by nature! Come on."

That being said......

"Right, it's just useless to worry about. Anyway, you can't do anything."

Tell me, just like Snow made a fool out of me.

"Please be magnificent. I will definitely protect your masters. Believe me...!

That's what Michi tells me... very grateful.

◇ ◇ ◇

Keep it up... to the 21st floor.

I have already told Seung-san that the small theatre "Between the Stars" is a waiting area for Miss Cordelia and the others.

So Mr. Guan chose the route to go downstairs through the furthest from "Between the Stars".

Counting backwards from that route, they went out of the business elevator hall on the 22nd floor earlier into the front hall.

Somehow the inside of the hotel is mazed and divided everywhere.

Vigilant, passing through the floor...... to the stairs to the lower floors.

In the meantime, there was no raid here.

We're going down to the floor on the 20th floor.

"Miss Cordelia, weren't you on the 21st floor?

I asked Margo in the rear.

"Maybe... things are changing over there."

And we arrive safely at the 20th floor guard's locker.

… and.

"... Yes, this is Seven Songs Department Investigation One!

Are you taking the ext phone... Kudo Father?

There's also a cat.

"You idiot! That's about it, do something about it. I'll take care of G-4 on the sixth floor. If you mess with Mend, lock him up in the right room. The Russian chimps have not been informed of the locks. It's useless to interrogate."

Gachan and I hang up...... Kudo Father.

"Whoa, what's up, you guys?

He notices us and speaks to us.

Keep peeking inside through the entrance to the room...... us.

Sister Edie seems to be hiding behind the shadows.

"Here... what are you doing?

On behalf of everyone, I ask.

"You'll see. I'm in command. It's time to pack up."

Kudo's father points to a lot of monitors in the room.

The footage of every surveillance camera in the hotel has been shown… one after the other.

"Wireless could be intercepted. I'm using the hotel's ext phone to contact my people."

Huh... how.

Cat shows Kudo's father the monitor.

"The Red Falcon team has entered Zone B-6 on the eighth floor."

Looking at the monitor, I guess it's a team of free guards. I can see five of the flashy colored outfits walking down the hall armed.

"What's the closest ext to them?

It's 08603.

Mr. Cat looks at the list of extensions per floor and responds instantly.

Soon, Kudo's father pushes an ext phone.

Inside the monitor screen...... installed beside the hotel aisle, the ext phone rings plurl.

In the team, a man in green picked up the phone.

"It's me... Green Rhino" Green Cy "? Switch me to red."

Answer the phone, the guy in red...... this guy is the team leader.

"In front of you, there's about twenty Russians in the B-7 area. Kick my ass. I hope you knock him down and keep him in proper custody."

"... ok."

Red people hang up their ext phone when they reply like that.

'Let's go!

"O!"

Five super beast warriors raise a roar.

"Those guys were originally a team of three, but they added two dead buddy brothers to the team. Well, they're pretty dependable."

Look at the monitor, says Kudo father.

"Now all the Russian troops, other than Viola's main unit, drove in. We'll have a piece right here."

This way, I'm checking the current location on the security cameras... using the nearest ext phone in the direction of travel and sending instructions.

"Well, you've thought of a good hand… Wired for an ext phone, so it's a little tricky, but you don't have to worry about being bugged from the outside."

Margo tells Kudo's father.

"Don't you? It was my idea."

Happily, said Father Kudo.

"Besides... if you're having an ext conversation, Chief Tanzawa is also checking everything at" HQ, "right? It'll save you a lot of time reporting it."

... Huh?

"Oh, unlike halfway through a guard jar like here, Osama's room in Tanzawa is the hub of the hotel's surveillance system. This way, if you talk to me and each team on the outside, Norma will put together a status report."

Margo explores the relationship between Chief Tanizawa and Kudo Father......

Father Kudo doesn't seem to think about the possibility of Chief Tanzawa's betrayal at all.

"Even Osama Tanizawa... if he wants to instruct me, he'll be in this room with an extension."

"Have you said anything from Mr. Tanizawa after that?

"Nothing... for now, you're letting me handle it. How'd it go over there?

"All the executives let them escape to the upper floors. We also found the origin of the information breach."

Seung-san describes the 'traitor' among the executives as such.

"Well, you're out of my jurisdiction. I'll take care of your Excellency and Osama Tanzawa."

Father Kudo doesn't even know Ji is missing.

Chief Tanizawa has not communicated anything important to Kudo's father.

"By the way, Kudo... can you monitor 'Between the Stars' on the 21st floor from here?

Mr. Margo said.

"'Between the Stars' huh? … can you, cat"

"I can't... I can't come from this room because it's an important classified area"

... Confidential area?

It was just a little theater.

"That's what's going on?

"As an example… I engaged the missing group of four while they were the first to break in."

Mr. Margo tells even more lies.

It wasn't on the 21st floor that Miss Cordelia was attacked.

"Really, as far as I'm monitoring from here, I didn't realize such a fight... hey cat"

"Yes."

Now I know......

Chief Tanzawa thinks the footage of us being raided by Miss Cordelia or gunned down by the top elite of the Kazuki Security Service... is meticulous enough not to look like Kudo fathers.

"Because it was a moment... maybe I was overlooked. Anyway, it seemed like four 'enemies' escaped towards that 'Between the Stars'..."

"Ok... tell the cat, Osama Tanizawa"

"Yes......"

Mr. Cat, take the ext.

"Well, Osama's 'headquarters' in Tanzawa would be a classified area, but I would be monitoring them all... so they'd deal with it right away"

Kudo's father's trust in Chief Tanzawa is enormous......

"Oh, hello, Tony? Mr. Tanzawa, are you there?... eh, are you out of your seat?

Chief Tanzawa is... not at 'HQ'?

"Oh, yeah. Then tell him. Margot and the others have encountered 'enemies' around the classified area on the 21st floor… 'Between the Stars'. Oh, Mr. Tanizawa's men, will you send out a search party? That helps, us... because it's time for good luck. Okay, please. If anything happens, call us. Kudo and I are still here for a while."

Mr. Cat, hang up.

"Osama Tanizawa, what's wrong?

"Mmm... he said he was going to the bathroom."

... lying.

There's something going on at the same time.

... I'm sure.

"Fair enough. This way, all units other than Viola's main unit are going to be able to take control soon. Let's get it cleaned up early. Well, it's all Russian chimps..."

While changing the CCTV footage one after the other again... Kudo Father said.

"What happened to Viola's main unit?

Seki-san asks.

I just shredded my 30 troops to 20 by my Uncle Dadaddamu.

I should have been trying to replenish the troop strength by then joining the two Russian units that were ahead of me...

"That's what... got me into a lot of shit"

... Huh?

"I have succeeded in attacking the converging troops and reducing their numbers… Still, more than twenty people have been absorbed by Viola's main unit. That's less than fifty people."

You mean a good number of people... are protecting Cizario Viola?

"Then... the executives of the troops, they missed their armbands."

... That.

Viola's army, which has invaded the hotel, all wear the same black combat clothes, goggles, black masks.

From the outside, I can barely tell the difference.

Only three of Cizario Viola's executives, Lorenzaccio Bandini, Giuliano Jenca and Romeo Montague, had different colored armbands... so I managed to identify the person...!

If I remove my armband, I'll be lost among the other combatants.

"And they... they split up."

... Split?

"Now there's a group that invades the upper floor to one, and a group that goes down to the lower floor to two… are acting apart into three groups. They're all around twenty."

Up and down, going at the same time???

"... what do you think, Mr. Margo?

Kan asks Margo for his opinion.

"Originally, Cizario Viola was the only one who focused on this one… I think Lorenzaccio Bandini decided to withdraw because he decided it was unfavourable"

"So it's the viola that's going up... the other executives, down there?

Margot laughs bitterly at my words.

"It's not that simple. Remember, there were only thirty child combatants brought in by Viola from the United States."

Yeah...... of the more than 150 'enemy' combatants who have entered the hotel......

Only thirty of them are Viola's men from the beginning.

The remaining 120 were mafia-crumbling chimps picked up from Russia.

"Those thirty people were cut by twenty... we had no choice, so we joined the Russians who were putting them ahead. But... will these Russians once again move as ordered under the command of the violas?

"... I don't think I can. There won't be many of those Russians who understand English, nor will there be anyone with military experience. He's just a young man in the criminal reserve... and I don't think he's going to follow the barely faceless American lead."

Michi answered.

"I think so, too. So the violas have no choice but to divide the fighters they've rallied again."

Twenty Americans, solidify as they are... and begin retreating to the lower level.

Nearly forty Russians, divided into two units… up and down, you mean?

"Troops headed up to the top floor," he said. I was dumped to prevent the retreat group from being chased from behind. "

I see......

"I think Viola herself is probably in the retreat. More than Lorenzaccio Bandini decided to withdraw, because Viola also has no choice but to bend her will. He won't have the guts to go upstairs with just one Russian."

Mr. Margo smiles.

"Of the two groups headed downstairs, I think only the Russians are ahead. This one, I guess, is going to use it as a shield for the violas. But I think some of these Russians are getting some Americans mixed up. The Russian brothers will soon be destroyed."

The fighters of the viola organization are incorporated as reinforcements….

"If you think rationally, I guess that's what this is all about"

Kudo Father affirms Mr. Margo's opinion.

"But... I have some questions."

"What do you mean, Kudo?

Seki-san asks.

"No...... something, hey, don't go too far"

... Sure?

"They... they don't seem to be doing any downchecks at all, do they? I don't know about this hotel, about the Kazuki security service, about us... I just don't think I've been able to figure it out. On the contrary, there are even signs that I thought, 'If we go in with 150 armed combatants, it will be easy to win'..."

Father Kudo thinks deeply.

"I can't believe you haven't done any research. Is it possible in that Cizario Viola organization? Since" Your Excellency "designated this hotel as a dueling ground, there has been plenty of time to investigate… I would definitely look into it."

No... even the violas should be doing a preliminary investigation.

So Miss Cordelia and the others were able to break into the hotel...

In the first place, the connection between Miss Cordelia and Chief Tanzawa would also be part of pre-op activities.

...... hmm.

... Wait.

... possibly.

As Chief Tanizawa could possibly be betraying Ji...

If Miss Cordelia is also betraying the violas......

"... Mr. Margo"

"... oh"

Mr. Margo is also aware of the possibility.

Ms. Cordelia definitely has information about hotels and fragrance moon security services.

This is for sure.

Yet... to Sizario Viola, suppose he was spreading information of lies...

Hotel...... It's a normal building. Security is no big deal, either.

Kazuki Security Services...... I don't have a lot of talent, so don't worry about it.

That's the kind of report... if you let the violas perform tonight's assault...

"I can't solve it."

Kudo's father looked like his heart was in a mood and he couldn't help it.

Even I'm moaning.

"So I've been telling you that for a while."

A cat tells Kudo's father.

"The first four people who disappeared were real assassinations... and all 150 of them came later."

"But... is Cizario Viola going to be the one? Besides, I'm in a terrible predicament..."

"I don't know... but while we're at it, I hope four of our assassin squadrons get what they want."

Mr. Cat's reckoning is... sharp.

Miss Cordelia and the others may be what 'the enemy' wants.

"I don't know... you're under the jurisdiction of Osama Tanzawa. Besides," Your Excellency "has two monsters attached to the guard: Dade and Tensemoto. We'll just have to leave it to them."

Those two... they're not at Ji's side.

"Let's focus on what we're told to do."

That's what Kudo said.

But... I am.

Jitsch and Sister Minaho know she's missing.

Chief Tanzawa is suspicious.

... Damn.

In the end, unless Chief Tanzawa and Miss Cordelia know what the deal is...

The truth is, I can't see...

"Father... Master Mama has been fired from Kazuki Security Services"

Suddenly, Michi changes the story.

"Etsuko... why?

Surprised...... Kudo Father.

"I was disposed of by Mr. Tanizawa for violating orders and abandoning my workplace..."

Seki-san, supplement.

"Abandoning the workplace for violating orders... isn't that the kind of woman that does that?

"Dear Mama... I have taken more men than work"

In the words of Michi... Kudo Father, ceases.

"... right, ok"

And take a big, deep breath......

"Let's stop this story now... Cat, let's assemble a team of allies. Destroy each of Viola's main squads in three...!

"Right... now let's focus on what's right in front of us"

Cat will check the current location of each team….

"Leading group of those headed downstairs...... I think most of them are Russians, but they'll have three guys from Bumbalby catching up to them soon"

"Just fine... why don't we force Barbie and the others to scout first?"

Kudo, Father, take the ext.