In the patient room, only sobbing can be heard. Yamato looked at Ilaya worriedly and he couldn't help but turn sad as well
'She's really a crybaby. But I can't blame her for that, she's probably so lonely from being alone'
He knows that Ilaya is homeless and didn't have any family from the report of the spy under him. If she's alone from the start before this happened to her. She's probably dead for a long time now at the hands of the killer. She would probably give up from life the moment the killer nudged her to the cliff.
But, because she received love and comfort from the people who treated her well.
She came to love life and she desperately do everything to survive at the hands of the serial killer, that's why he managed to go to her in time and take the bullet for her
But, it's also because she had comfort and support that she's weak. Only a person under pressure can become strong
'I'm almost in danger everyday, that's why I managed to become smart and cunning. I've also been in a situation that almost cost me my life more than once. After this event, my near death encounter increased again. Well, maybe not everyone is born for chaos. Ilaya is in the bracket of peaceful one'
As Yamato is thinking that, Ilaya, who stopped crying now, called to him
"Yamato, it seemed that they're really worried about me"
Ilaya smiled brightly at him. The moment he sees that smile. All his thoughts were blown away. The woman has a bandage all over her face. But it couldn't hide the shimmering blue eyes that contained happiness that couldn't be compared to anyone else. The light coming from the window beside her added to that backdrop, and made the view seem like it was from a painting. About an injured female knight who won a war and smiling, as if she about to meet her long lost lover
…
As Ilaya felt extreme joy, he saw Yamato didn't react to what she said. Confused, she's about to ask him why he's being quiet, when Yamato finally speak
"Ahem. Y-Yes, I told you so!"
Ilaya nodded as she looked at her phone, she fiddled with it while smiling
'It seemed that they're really worried about me. I hope I can go to them right now, but I need to heal myself first. Or they're going to be sad when they see me injured'
As Ilaya was feeling happy, she suddenly remembered what had happened in the forest. She pursed her lip and shook her head again
'Don't think of it. It's in the past already'
Then she laid down to her bed. She's agonizing about one thing that she needed to solve
'How do I deal with that dream?'
She thought that if that dream is always going to appear whenever she's asleep, then she's going to be sleep deprived for a long time. She sighed
…
Inside the police station, the meeting concluded an hour ago. The plan to destroy their enemy had been finalized. Many black organizations are included in the target of the operation that's going to start later, with the only exception of the Yakuza. Other police officers are confused about that, but that's an order so they had to comply
Michizugawa is currently cleaning his tools including the gun and rifle, as he looks at his other equipment. He looked at the grenades, flashbang, teargas and other types of explosive that he's going to use in the later fight
Then, as he's fully emersed in preparing his weapons, a knock sounded at the door
"Knock! Knock!"
Michizugawa looked at the door, then turn his gaze towards the wall clock on the wall
'6:00 pm. It's seemed that I've been too distracted by my work'
"What is it?"
He said to the one who knocked in his door. A voice immediately sounded outside
"Sergeant, the final briefing will start now. The team that you will lead is already waiting"
Michizugawa sighed
"Alright, I'll be there in a minute"
'I hope the operation succeed. I'm really having a bad feeling now that the time to move is drawing closer'
The mans voice outside responded
"Yes, sergeant. I'll tell them'
Then footsteps sounded outside as the man walked away
Michizugawa then, started to equipt his equipment like bullet proof vest, pistol, knife, and the explosive. After gearing up, he picked up his rifle and stared at it for a bit. Then, he walked towards the door and he opened it. He proceeded to walk towards the hallway and saw the briefing room
Before he entered, he felt his phone vibrates. He frowned
'Who could this be?'
He stopped and picked up his phone, and saw that it's his old friend
'He already sent me the information just a while ago. I wonder what's is this about?'
He answered the call and said annoyingly
"Old friend, I'll have to say that you always loved to call at the wrong time"
The man on the other side cough and said to him
"Sorry about that, it's just that the woman that I told you to find called us this noon. She said that she's already safe, but I can't easily believe that she's truly safe. Can you track the cellphone number for me? I just need you to locate her location. I'm going to personally check on her"
Michizugawa frowned again and said to him
"Old friend, your awfully close to this woman. Have you fallen in love again? Well, not that it mattered to me. Just send the number and I'll have someone to trace the location. I'm busy right so I'll hang up now"
Before he can end the call, the owners voice sounded at the other side
"Michizugawa, you better be careful in your attack tonight. The feeling that I got from the movements of those black organization these days, is eerily similar to what had happened… 9 years ago. The similarities are uncanny"
Michizugawa flinched as he heard his old partner mentioned that catastrophic night. He looked at the phone with complicated emotions
'For him to bring that up just to warn him. Heh, It's seemed that he still treats me as his partner'
He shrugged
"Haha, you know me, I'm not shy about retreating when I feel something off. I got to hang up now. Thanks for your concern"
Then, he cut off the call. He pocketed his phone and entered the room where geared up people is already waiting for him. He glance around and all their faces is full of resolved. He nodded and said
"Alright, let's start the briefing"
He goes to the table and looked at the map of the city. There's a lot of red circle in the map that the police forces will raid tonight. But, on the outer periphery of the red circles, there's a lot of black circles. When he saw the black circles, he frowned
'I hope those guys are useful'
He then started briefing his teammates