"The city is in lockdown, no way in and no way out.” Doctor Kane observed.

"They can't persist doing so, especially in this war." She explained.

"So indeed." Said Doctor Kane as he looked at the city plans, before shifting to his new friend“hey thanks for housing me at your home."

"No problem," She responded, her clothing is a bit less tighter than the one he saw with Shikabane the night before, still having the aura of a femme fatale.

Doctor Kane calculated the assets he could be using at that present moment. The sewer system is certainly not an option, if RIM is as fanatical as she sets it out to be, then god knows how long he's stuck in this city. He's had worse, but he needs to calculate it carefully.

"Captain Kariya was it? His name?" Doctor Kane asked.

"Spy hunter. Hunts down spies going around RIM as if it was breakfast for him." She posted his picture on the wall. "He's quite strong with the higher ups, and of course the RIM leaders only act tough from the outside. Wanting him to resolve the issue before their heads get bashed in the door. RIM figureheads of the city cling onto him to secure their security."

"Pitiful."

"I don't like how he waltzed into the club that day demanding answers from my client, of course he doesn't have a warrant yet. So he can't do anything." She mentioned, as she went to the kitchen. “that's the thing about R.I.M, they're so bound with black market dealers that they think they own the entire game, they believe they can get any transaction for free. While the Big boss wants to keep everything sailing smoothly in here with the law, he's not very pleased with how the Captain waltzed into stuff like this. R.I.M needs us more than we need them, the world of under the table weapons trading is far larger than these airheads think."

"Hmm." Doctor Kane mused

"And I don't like his nose, dastardly thing." The girl mentioned as she threw a knife to his picture from the kitchen ”By the way we heard a new player is going to strike R.I.M soon, with Agot gone I guess they're going to start the flames."

"Special Operatives?" Doctor Kane asked.

"They seem official. I can't tell who they're working for though. Just another country that doesn't know its place."

She then laid down on the chart filled table infront of him with a drink on her hand.

"Alright 'Detective', right now from what I can see is that you're invisible to anyone and everyone in my apartment. From what I can see is that you wait the entire thing out, negotiate for your freedom or get your employers to set ya free." She said as she offered him a bottle of water, of which he graciously took.

"I can definitely wait it out,” Doctor Kane said, “they will definitely lose interest soon. Fanatics or not, you can't leave a city embargoed for so long, and once the wheels roll out, I can definitely hitch one up... I am sure Shikabane has also told the Captain of who those squealers are."

"Of course he did, but the captain didn't care.” She mentioned. “He never did, he lost his lead to information of Agot, as if it hasn't been made public already, and he wants his revenge. Besides, unveiling the Agot info would certainly ensure his promotion, if you didnt cockblock him.”

"Someone should put a bullet in his head to knock some sense into him." Doctor Kane responded as he sat on the tabe.

"I'd definitely shoot one through his nose first, provides him an incentive to change it, if he's alive." She said as she drank what was left on that cup of moonshine of hers "What of your employers?"

“What of them?”

“They can help you out?” She asked.

“…..If my employers are involved they would easily bribe the officials to look the other way, or instigate a coup. They can basically do anything imaginable, this issue is nothing to them.” Doctor Kane mentioned, “they can have a nuclear missile delivered to R.I.M right now in exchange for my safety. If needed, they would raze the entire city to the ground had their operation be at risk. They have the assets to do so."


"...." She looked at him, a bit drunk.

"Unnecessary deaths are unnecessary." Responded Doctor Kane as he clanged his bottled water to the glass of liquor.

“I can drink to that.” She responds as she took out a game of cards from wherever she’s been holding them, “Whist?”

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The MSF camp has been established in Shibuki, and services have already been made to the displaced nationals. Makeshift camps grew larger and operations to visit the other parties are going smoothly.

Professor Zee has already contacted a couple of the parties in play on the field. WPR is definitely alright with having a neutral medical base for its nationals. He needs however, to negotiate with R.I.M if he were to start another camp in the south of Reizen. He has sent a letter to come to the RIM capital, but he heard of a certain lockdown. Which uniquely smells like a past student of his.