Tokyo: Magical Girl Shatters My Dream of Going Public

"So, can we talk about collaboration now?"

Kurokawa dusted off non-existent dust from his body, completely unfazed.

Conventional weapons cannot effectively damage magical wraiths.

At the same time, it is difficult to harm magical girls.

The same applies to magic-powered combat suits.

Kurokawa glanced at the shock in the eyes of the six people in front of him and was not surprised at all.

Ultimately, the combat suit is a technology developed by the company ten years later.

It was an exceptional technology for its time, one that could make magical girls feel threatened.

It's said to be ten years ahead of its time...

No.

Considering that the next decade will be an era of technological explosion.

It's no exaggeration to say that it's fifty years ahead of today's era.

This is technology that could only possibly appear in science fiction.

Kanzaki's gaze swept back and forth several times between Kurokawa's calm face and the warhead on the ground, which had completely lost its threat.

The shock had not yet completely subsided, but the soldier's rationality had already taken over his mind.

He took a deep breath and ordered, "Lift the alert."

The team members looked at each other, disbelief lingering in their eyes, but long-term training and absolute trust in their captain made them subconsciously carry out the order.

The gun barrel dropped, the safety was off, and the tense shoulders relaxed slightly.

The team member with a severe leg injury had been standing by sheer willpower, but now that his spirits had relaxed, his body swayed uncontrollably and he collapsed to the ground. The color drained from his face at a visible speed, leaving him deathly pale.

Kanzaki's heart tightened as he glanced at the increasingly grim faces of his teammates.

Time is truly not on their side.

"I agree to cooperate," Kanzaki said decisively. "I am Jin Kanzaki, captain of the third detachment of the Special Assault Team."

Kurokawa raised an eyebrow slightly upon hearing the name.

Kanzaki Formation?

He remembered the name.

In the previous timeline, approximately three years after the "Magic Outbreak Incident," an extremely powerful ace combat instructor rose to prominence within Yagi Heavy Industries.

That person rarely appeared in public, but the combatants trained by him far surpassed their peers in both tactical skills and combat capabilities, and achieved remarkable results in several high-difficulty missions to eliminate vengeful spirits.

Rumor has it that during a C-level vengeful spirit warning incident, he led a small team deep into the core area to carry out a "decapitation" operation, ultimately escaping unscathed.

It's important to know that C-rank is the dividing line between magical vengeful spirits. In the previous life, even with the explosive development of technology in the civilian world, the level of vengeful spirits that ordinary people could defeat was only around C-rank.

And the instructor's name seems to be... Kanzaki Jin.

All he knew was that the instructor was one-eyed...

Kurokawa glanced at Kanzaki Jin, who had just been injured and whose left eye was still bleeding uncontrollably, and immediately understood everything.

Looks like I didn't mistake him for someone else...

Kurokawa suppressed the subtle ripples in his heart and calmly met Kanzaki Jin's gaze.

"Nice to meet you, Captain Kanzaki." He nodded slightly as a greeting, then introduced himself with the title he had already prepared. "We belong to the [Night Watchers] team. I am the commander of this operation, codename [President]."

His gaze shifted to Chika, who was standing to the side, slightly relieved after hearing the word "cooperation," and secretly rubbing her aching scalp.

"She's one of my teammates, her codename is 'Fledgling'."

When Qianxia heard the code name, she was stunned for a moment, then her cheeks puffed out slightly, as if she was a little dissatisfied with this name that clearly meant "newbie" or "rookie".

But under Kurokawa's calm gaze, he ultimately didn't dare to utter a sound, only giving a soft "hmm".

"Night watchman... 'President,' 'Young bird,'" Kanzaki repeated.

These codenames don't sound like any known military or police special units, or even like the style of a regular security company.

It also exudes a... casual and even eccentric aura.

But considering the protective technology that the other party demonstrated, which was completely beyond our comprehension, this "strangeness" actually seems reasonable.

Perhaps this is simply the style of doing things in a special field that he doesn't understand.

"So, Mr. President," Kanzaki skipped over the probing about the codename and cut straight to the point, "what exactly is the content of our cooperation? What information do you need from us? And what will we gain from this cooperation?"

Kurokawa's desire is very simple.

"A map of the facility, and detailed information about the objects contained within," he said bluntly. "I need to know which vengeful spirits have broken through containment, their specific abilities, rules, and weaknesses. The more detailed, the better."

"In exchange, I can guarantee to eliminate or at least severely damage the vengeful spirit blocking the road outside, opening a safe retreat route for you. If conditions permit, I will try to deal with other containment entities that pose a direct threat."

This condition was almost exactly what Kanzaki was thinking.

For them, who were in dire straits, there was no more tangible promise than this.

"Deal." Kanzaki didn't hesitate at all, immediately turning to the vice-captain beside him. "The map."

The vice-captain deftly pulled a folded book of papers from a waterproof lining inside his tactical vest.

He unfolded the map on the ground.

Under the stark white light of the emergency lights, the complex lines and divisions appeared exceptionally distinct.

"The main building of the observatory has three underground floors."

Kanzaki crouched down and began gesturing on the map with his index finger.

"We are currently in this independent safe house in the southeast corner of B1 level." He pointed to a square area that was marked in bold. "B1 level mainly consists of office areas, living support areas, and some low-risk sample storage areas."

He moved his finger downwards.

"Level B2 is the core containment area. Most of the containment objects determined to be 'low threat' or 'high research value' are placed here."

Continue moving downwards.

"Level B3, the isolation zone. Containment objects marked 'high risk' on the blueprints, as well as the facility's power core and control room, are all located on this level. The entrance has a separate biometric and physical locking system."

Kanzaki's finger returned to the safe house they were in, and then moved with difficulty along a dotted line marked "Emergency Passage-7" towards an access point on level B2.

"The problem is, no matter which passage you take, if you want to go from here to level B2, or from level B2 down to level B3..."

His finger finally stopped at the end of the dotted line, where a conspicuous cross was marked in red pen.

"We all have to get through that area where the monster was hiding. It's stuck here, like a living gate."

Kurokawa's gaze swept across the map, quickly scanning every passage number, every functional area division, and every marked defensive facility or potential exit.

The information on the blueprints flooded into his mind like a tidal wave.

He was very confident in his memory.

"Understood." A dozen seconds later, Kurokawa raised his eyes; he had memorized most of the details of the map.

He asked the most crucial question.

"How many vengeful spirits have been confirmed to have breached containment? What abilities and rules do you possess?"

Kanzaki's expression turned serious. He glanced at the vice-captain, who shook his head slightly.

"The researchers at the base...when we arrived and tried to establish communication, confirmed survival signals were already extremely sparse. At present, it can be basically determined that they have all perished."

Kanzaki sighed helplessly.

"Regarding the abilities and rules of these... 'things,' we cannot provide 100% accurate data. We don't even know how they breached containment. We can only provide observations and inferences after engaging them."

Kurokawa replied, "That's enough."

Such classified facilities typically contain intelligence data in a "black box".

Once the inside is breached, this data, which is not connected to the internet, can only be recovered through physical means.

It's understandable that Kanzaki and the others don't know more about the truth right now.

Kanzaki nodded and shared the information he knew.

"Based on the mission briefing we received and limited internal information, there are three 'special entities' routinely contained within this observatory."

He held up three fingers, then bent them down one by one.

"The first one, file number F-54, codename [Fleshman]"

"The second one, file number F-59, code name [Maiko Doll]"

"The third one, and theoretically the most threatening, is file number E-33, codenamed 'High-Speed ​​Granny'."

Kurokawa was taken aback.

Grandma on the highway?