In a compound in the territory of the Yakuza. Men are scrambling around, walking to and fro from different directions. All of them had a tattoo in their bodies, and equipped with different firearms
In the second floor, a man with a gentle temperament and a scar on his cheek, is watching them preparing for the counter attack that they will launch tonight. They will also fight alongside with the police forces. As the man is mentally preparing, his subordinate called out to him
"2nd lieutenant, the briefing will start now. Boss said that you will be the one to brief them on our plan"
The man with a scar on his cheek nodded
"Alright, I'll go now. Check the progress of our preparation"
The 2nd lieutenant walked towards the hallway and reached a room with guards, guarding the door of the conference hall. He walked towards them and nodded as he entered the room. Inside, there's a lot of team leaders that each will lead their men to assault the enemy's bases
He walked towards them and headed towards the large map of Tokyo on the wall. He looked at the red circles that's located on the inner parts of the city. And they're certainly a lot of them. Maybe about 90 enemy bases are going to be attacked by the police forces. When he saw this, he inwardly chuckles
'Hehe, it seemed that the police were really enraged by that attack. I hope they destroy each other'
He then looked at their target tonight and saw that there's about 30 enemy bases that they'll attack on the periphery of the red circles. He then faced the men in the rooms as he said
"Alright, listen up. Tonight, we will be going to attack the bases of the three black organizations that attacked us last night. Mainly, the Tora syndicate, Yami organization, and Sora business group. The police forces will also have an operation tonight so make sure that you don't cross your intended target, lest you be mistaken by the police forces and be fired upon. I'll have you lead your men to attack each of the 30 bases. I'll tell you later which base that each of you will attack"
He then looked around to see if there's any questions they want to ask, but there isn't one that has questions. He felt sad about that and couldn't help but think
'Am I that scary? Even though I made my gentle persona as to not scare them'
Though, of course. He didn't know that it's because of that gentle temperament that they were scared of him. A person with a smiling face of a saint, is ordering them to do horrifying things is really contradictory and frightening
He then continued
"The objective of tonight's operation is simple: wreck as much havoc in their territory and kill as much of their people as you can. You don't need to storm their bases. You can just fire an rpg or something to make their bases explode. Just make sure that they'll have a heavy casualties"
Then, he sat in his chair and said
"Team leaders, if you feel that you have caused enough damage to them. Don't hesitate to retreat. Also…"
He hesitated, then shook his head and continued speaking
"Also, the boss said that if you feel something is off about your situation. You need to retreat as fast as you can, but don't return to our bases. You will tour the city all night, you can change drivers so that you'll be able to rest while continuing to move your position. Also, you need to call the bases that you will be returning after the sun is up. Or we will welcome you with hail of bullets"
The 2nd lieutenant seemed to remember something and said
"Ahh, if you decide to retreat, remember to pick your path outside the city. Don't enter the inner city that the police force is currently on. Go outside of Tokyo if necessary. You'll be back in the morning anyway"
Then, he asked everyone
"Does anyone have a question?"
All of them shook their heads, except for one. A man stood up in the back and asked the 2nd lieutenant
"2nd lieutenant, is our boss going to join the operation?"
The other men inside the room gets excited and looked at the 2nd lieutenant with expectant gaze
The 2nd lieutenant sweated a little from their intense gaze as he shouted
"No she's not! Why would the boss personally move from a mere scuffle that you will be fighting!? Alright, that's enough discussion! I will now select whose person is going to attack who's base"
He then called names and assigned them to the place that they would attack. Then, after 20 minutes, the briefing ended and the team leaders all went to their men to plan their attacks. The 2nd lieutenant walked out of the compound and went into the three storey house across the road and entered it. He walked up towards the 3rd floor and knocked on the door. A female voice soon sounded inside
"Enter"
…
Ivana walked towards the terrace of the 3rd floor and leaned towards the concrete at the edge. She looked at the speeding cars that's going out from the compound across the road
She had received the report from her 2nd lieutenant earlier that the briefing had ended and the men were ready to go. She gave him the go signal and is now watching as the last vehicle exited the compound. She looked at the speeding car until it vanished in sight. She sighed
"This night really feels like the catastrophic event that happened 9 years ago. Only, there's no mysterious woman to end the war like the last time"
She looked at the stars and whispered
"Grandpa, Father. What should I do if it happens again?"
Ivana looked up and her eyes moistened. She trembled as the sounds of explosions sounded in the far distance. She's still a child when that war happened 9 years ago and it's also there that she…
Ivana shook her head and headed towards the room to prepare for eventualities. As she walking, she suddenly remembered Ilaya
'Ilaya also had a connection to that mysterious woman'
The mysterious woman is the one who ended the last war. Now that I feel that there's going to be a secret war again. Here's Ilaya, who had an extreme connection to that woman
'Is this fate?'
She thought for a bit, then, she removed the thought of the trembling crybaby that's wailing about killing someone who wants her dead
She then slowly stopped moving and thought
'It's just that…'
She also remembered the laughing demoness last night. She remembered the speed that Ilaya showed and her battle acumen. Although they only exchange a single blows to each other, Ivana felt that she's like a magnificent blade that's covered in rust
She stopped walking and put her hand to her chin as she think. Then she suddenly smirked
"Looks like I need to train her. She's going to be useful to me if she's strong"
Ivana's lips curved up as she couldn't help but feel sorry about Ilaya. She's definitely going to be black and blue again after she recovers
…
In the infirmary of the Yakuza. Ilaya was having a joyful conversation with Yamato about her travels in the city. As she's talking, she froze all of a sudden and shivered. Then, she grimaced
'Is my other self in my dream going to appear again? Sigh… give me a break'