No one understands the laws of Collider better than me.

"How are things going in other places?"

"The other members of Team ZERO have already subdued all the floors below the rooftop. Now only the people on the rooftop remain. The surveillance footage shows more than thirty people carrying weapons going up there. Do you need nearby members to come and support you?"

“No need. The intelligence about this riot being related to the Black Organization was discovered through information transmission channels. I must personally investigate what exactly drove that director to such a crazy act, otherwise—”

Amuro Tooru imagined that if riots broke out in various prisons across Japan, the consequences would be unimaginable!

Initially, the Japanese police intercepted a chat message between a black-clad organization and an individual. Because the message was encrypted, the police did not know the specific content. However, the message contained transactions using digital currency, so it could be determined that someone had purchased something from the organization, and this thing was extremely expensive, with a single transaction reaching hundreds of millions of Japanese yen.

Then, through online tracking, it was discovered that the information originated from the Tokyo Detention Center. The police originally planned to investigate slowly, find the buyer without alerting anyone, and then put him under surveillance. However, just a few days later, this riot occurred, forcing the police to take immediate action and try to find clues about the organization before things settled down.

There were only two paths leading to the rooftop. Amuro Tooru walked up one of the stairs, observing the situation on the rooftop from the shadows at the exit.

Many prisoners with connections sat on the edge of the exercise yard, while Warden Izumi, holding a shotgun, pointed it at one of the prisoners and said:

"A person like you actually thinks he has human rights! He killed his own child and wife just to defraud insurance money!"

Then he pointed the gun at a thin prison guard and shouted at him harshly:

"And you! You're a prison guard, yet you're the first to run away when a crisis occurs! As a guardian, you're unqualified!"

Click!

Just as he was about to fire, Amuro Tooru raised his pistol and deflected the shotgun, causing it to miss its mark. However, it still hit the prison guard in the thigh, and the splattered blood splattered on half of Warden Izumi's face, making his appearance even more ferocious.

"Director Quanze, please surrender immediately and lay down your weapons."

Amuro Tooru stepped out of the shadows alone, facing more than thirty criminals armed with murder weapons.

Chapter 263 You Pay, I'll Pay

Things have developed to this point, and Amuro Tooru can no longer sit idly by and watch. Because this once honest and unassuming director has become like this, there is no way to explain it with threats or bribes. The only possibility is brainwashing!

He had heard within the organization that the boss had successfully created audio hypnosis and brainwashing software and used drugs to strengthen control in order to create die-hard loyalists for the organization. These successfully brainwashed loyalists were mostly bloodthirsty and cold-blooded, and extremely indulgent in their desires.

In a flash, after shouting the words of persuasion to surrender, he immediately put on his headphones to prevent himself from being brainwashed by audio.

Ah, ah ah, ah ah ah—

As if confirming Amuro Tooru's words, a symphony began playing over the detention center's loudspeaker, the resounding instruments and tenor's voice filling the entire facility. Kitahara Maki heard the music through the security cameras.

Amuro Tooru deduced the reason for Izumi Sawa's drastic personality change based on intelligence, while Kitahara Masaki knew from the intro of the music that the Black Organization had sold audio mixed with brainwashing effects, because he had heard it many times before.

After being rescued by Vermouth from the desert country, in order to ensure Kitahara Masaki's continued loyalty, the boss specially gave him a whole 'concert' to enjoy alone.

He managed to evade the drugs during training camp by acting, and avoided the audio hypnosis because Kitahara Masaki had just damaged his ears at that time. His experience of almost being killed by a cannonball in the desert country had damaged his ears to a degree that was difficult to detect. This injury made it impossible for him to hear the boss's brainwashing audio, but it did not affect his daily life or even his combat.

Through perseverance and luck, Kitahara Masaki immediately understood everything after hearing the audio. He also breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Amuro Tooru putting on the headphones. Although audio takes a long time to take effect, once a seed is planted, it is very likely to grow into a big tree. If Amuro Tooru is brainwashed by the boss, then there will really be no laughing matter.

"Ai, is your phone muted?"

Kitahara Masaki sent this via text message and quickly received a positive reply from Haibara.

"I've almost finished recording that music. After that, I can do anti-brainwashing programming. Although I can't turn the boss's puppets into your puppets, I can at least free them from the boss's control."

Nice! As expected of the genius girl that Kitahara Masaki went to great lengths to rescue, this will save him a lot of trouble. Kitahara Masaki not only needs to build his own team, but also needs to develop more moles within the organization. What he wants is not merit or justice, but what many people in the organization want to obtain—freedom!

Therefore, developing programs and antidotes to counteract the boss's brainwashing is of paramount importance.

While the two were discussing the boss's brainwashing program via text message, Amuro Tooru had already engaged in combat with more than thirty prisoners. These prisoners were carefully selected by Warden Izumi Sawa, and under his verbal incitement, they became even more insane. Having tasted freedom again, they could no longer let go, to the point that they attacked in a manner that involved exchanging injuries for injuries and risking their lives.

"Vermouth, are you inside yet?"

"Of course, while impersonating a police officer is difficult, impersonating a prison guard is more than enough."

After confirming that the Black Organization was behind the riot, Kitahara Masaki gave up the idea of ​​going to the detention center. If the boss was also watching the audio brainwashing effects through the surveillance cameras, he would be investigated by the boss in various ways the moment he appeared.

But Vermouth is different; as a long-time undercover member, she can even alter her gait. Even though Kitahara Masaki didn't want her to go in, she put on the headphones and went in anyway. Her goal was to bring out several prisoners so Ai could examine their brains and collect data to develop an antidote for brainwashing.

At this moment, Kitahara Masaki returned to his old profession—sniper. He put down the violin case on his back, quickly assembled a sniper rifle, and then lay on the rooftop, watching Amuro Tooru's active figure through the sniper scope.

Keep it up, big brother who works overtime every day.

boom!

While internally complaining, Kitahara Masaki didn't stop shooting. After aiming, he hit the prisoner who was trying to stand up again. The prisoner was 1.9 meters tall and had been an underground boxer. He was tough and thick-skinned. Amuro Tooru used his skills to knock him down three times, but he still didn't lose consciousness.

However, when the large-caliber sniper rifle hit his body, even though Kitahara Masaki used rubber bullets this time, the boxer was still thrown into the air like a rag doll, and finally fell helplessly to the ground.

"piece."

Amuro Tooru leaped high onto a fallen prisoner, and the baton that popped out of his brass slammed into the prisoner's head, making him feel like a boiled shrimp. Meanwhile, a guy who tried to stab a dagger from the right was hit in the wrist by a rubber bullet, and then had two teeth broken by the brass.

Two pieces.

An unknown sniper was helping him. Amuro Tooru had figured out the sniper's direction, but he didn't let the Public Security Bureau investigate him. First, the fact that this person could snipe at long distances proved his skill, and it would be too dangerous to send someone to investigate him rashly. Second, the person was using rubber bullets, so he should be able to communicate. Finally, the fact that he was here meant that the person was likely also connected to the organization!

Let's go check it out after this riot is over.

Three people rushed towards him. Amuro Tooru rolled behind one of them, grabbed the ankles of two others, and lifted them up. The two men, whose heads slammed into the ground, saw stars. The third man saw his companion being taken care of in an instant and then revealed a bomb hidden under his coat.

"Hahaha!!! Come with me to the River of Three Crossings!"

The death row inmate pressed the detonation button, but as he jumped up, a tremendous force sent him flying backward, exploding into pieces in the stairwell.

Amuro Tooru wiped the blood from his forehead with his sleeve to prevent it from flowing down into his eyes. The bloodstains naturally came from the prisoners. Even though Amuro Tooru was using non-lethal tools, his moves gradually became more vicious as the battle intensified. Several prisoners had their front teeth broken, and some had even suffered bone fractures and were unable to stand up at all.

Hiding among the crowd who had no will to fight, both councilors felt a chill of fear. If they had thought they could take this opportunity to slip away, they would probably have been caught that same day.

However, this time, neither Nata nor Tanikawa aimed to escape in one go, but rather to use the riot to get treatment at an outside hospital.

As they expected, the prisoners, blinded by rage, took their anger out on Amuro Tooru, targeting the defenseless group of incapable of fighting. Natsuta and Tanikawa, who had always lived a life of luxury and ease, continued to live a life of ease thanks to their assets even after entering the detention center. However, this time, in order to play their part to the end, they both received a thorough beating.

After Amuro Tooru dealt with all the prisoners involved in the riot, the medical staff only saw two men whose heads were beaten up like pigs.

Chapter 264 A Police and Gangster Blockbuster

The incident ended with the suppression of the riot. Since the facilities in the detention center were mostly destroyed, most of the prisoners, such as Nata and Tanikawa, who did not participate in the riot but were affected by it, were sent to a hospital in the city center. Amuro Tooru also searched the building where Kitahara Maki was afterward, but found nothing.

Until now, the police have finally found out that the sender is a hacker from the Tsukuyomi organization through the intercepted transaction information. He is the only one in the entire prison with this level of hacking skills. The police also found a laptop in his room, but unfortunately, the laptop was destroyed in the riot and is beyond repair.

Strangely, Tsukuyomi's hacker was killed by Warden Izumi, and the prison guard who helped bring in the laptop also died in the riot. The trail went cold there, as if someone was manipulating Izumi to silence those in the know. This is not impossible, since Amuro Tooru already knew about the brainwashing audio last night. It's just a pity that the police only recorded a small part and couldn't investigate the specific information about the brainwashing and hypnosis.

"So that means the real mastermind is very likely among these people."

The mastermind behind this must have had a device installed in the Izumizawa family home that could play brainwashing audio. Just after Amuro Tooru thought about this last night, the Izumizawa family home was burned to the ground. So now Amuro Tooru only has one option left: to keep an eye on the prisoners in the hospital.

Of course, it wasn't just Amuro Tooru who noticed the Black Organization cleaning up their mess; Kitahara Masaki also noticed it, which gave him a huge headache. It meant that the boss was definitely aware of this deal, perhaps to test the large-scale effects of the brainwashing audio, or perhaps to 'pollute' the Japanese Public Security Bureau. But whatever his purpose, the brainwashing audio had now reached Japan, and he had set his sights on it.

After that, there will definitely be more 'accidents', which makes Kitahara Masaki not very willing to get involved in this matter anymore. However, there are two former councilors lying in that hospital, and these two people may have contacted the Black Organization - they want to use the power of the Black Organization to escape from prison, or rather, kill 'Kitahara Masaki'.

After all, given their past knowledge of the organization, it's quite normal for them to know so much about it. So, it's only natural for them to seek help from the organization when they're desperate.

During the week of treatment, Kitahara Masaki instructed everyone to keep a close eye on the hospital, and Amuro Tooru also dispatched a large number of police officers to 'stand guard' there. Since the organization was involved, everyone knew that things wouldn't end so easily.

However, nearly a month has passed, and although both former lawmakers have recovered, there has been no further news. Meanwhile, Minamoto appears terrified, insisting on being questioned by the Public Security Bureau and urging that he be sent for further investigation and taken to the safest prison.

Meita's unusual behavior naturally caught Amuro Tooru's attention, but no matter how Amuro Tooru tried to get information out of him, Meita seemed to have learned from his experience with Kitahara Masaki, and simply repeated the same sentence: "They will definitely send someone to kill me."

With such an ambiguous description, Amuro Tooru couldn't be sure that what Nenoda was talking about was the Black Organization. He had investigated Nenoda's accounts and the flow of various funds—and found nothing wrong. Moreover, his demands were all reasonable. In fact, it was the Public Security Bureau that wanted to formally send the former politician to prison.

Therefore, the Public Security Bureau agreed to Nyota's request. In view of the previous riot incident, Amuro Tooru planned to personally escort the former politician to the prosecutor's office. The escort personnel had all passed the vetting and were ruled out as potentially brainwashed. A squad of riot police followed the escort vehicle, so Nyota had virtually no chance of escaping.

On the day he was escorted, Yuya Kazami personally drove the transport vehicle, while Tooru Amuro sat in the passenger seat. Two prison guards sat next to Nata in the back, and a doctor was in the middle of the vehicle. Of course, this doctor was randomly selected from the hospital and had been searched.

Everything was foolproof. Seeing the handcuffed and silent Mita, Amuro Tooru always felt as if Mita had succeeded. However, this escort operation was top secret, and even the Black Organization would never have the chance to carry it out.

For the first part of the journey, Amuro Tooru's gaze remained fixed on Nata. After Nata got into the escort vehicle, he was no longer as panicked as he had been in the hospital. Instead, he looked out the bulletproof glass window with extreme relaxation, as if he were the escorting police officer.

"Is the process of escorting someone always this oppressive?"

However, seemingly unable to bear the atmosphere, the doctor sitting in the center suddenly asked.

"After all, there's no reason for prison guards and prisoners to get along, especially when it's the first time they meet. Don't worry, doctor, it's only a 20-minute drive away, so you don't need to worry."

"Okay, okay, I was just asking."

Ta-da! Ta-da!

Just as Amuro Tooru was comforting the doctor, the sound of a piano suddenly came from somewhere!

Amuro Tooru skillfully put on his headphones, took the phone from the doctor's pocket that was playing audio, and after seeing the screen displaying an audio recording, he immediately stomped on it and smashed it.

The movements were swift and fluid, but it was too late. After all, no matter how fast a person is, they can't outrun a sound. The doctor, like the previous director, suddenly changed his temperament and lunged at Amuro Tooru. Amuro Tooru remained calm and pinned the doctor to the ground, pinning his hands behind his back.

The doctor, who looked like an octopus, grabbed the thing that had slipped out of his sleeve and pressed it down with a beep.

what!

Amuro Tooru initially thought it was another bomb, but they had already checked the underside of the car before driving, so there was no way they could have planted a bomb. Moreover, even if they used audio brainwashing, it would be impossible for a doctor who was completely disloyal to the boss to plant a bomb.

However, this time the organization's trick was no longer a bomb, but anesthetic gas. The doctor's remote control activated a device in the transport vehicle's air conditioning, which immediately released anesthetic gas. The high-intensity anesthetic gas rushed directly into Kazami Yuya's nasal cavity. In the moment of losing consciousness, he could only use his last strength to step on the brake. Just as his finger was about to press the button to lower the window, he still lost consciousness.

hateful!

As Amuro Tooru was thinking of opening the window forward, the doctor, who should have been knocked unconscious, secretly injected himself with adrenaline and gripped Amuro Tooru's ankles tightly with both hands. When the two escorting police officers behind him tried to help, they were hit in the chest by Yoda Hajime's elbow.

The small transport vehicle was originally intended to be a cover, but unexpectedly it became the reason why the anesthetic gas spread so quickly. In just ten seconds, the entire vehicle became a silent place.

Just as Amuro Tooru was thinking that the Public Security Mobile Unit following behind should arrive to provide support soon, two vans suddenly rushed out of the deserted intersection. The people inside were firing their guns indiscriminately. Even though the Public Security Mobile Unit immediately launched a counterattack, they were unable to break through the firepower of the two vans in a short time.

If everyone inside the transport vehicle is asleep, then the people outside can only open the door by brute force. However, the doors of the transport vehicle are specially made and not so easy to open.

However, the heavily armed criminals weren't stupid. After two vans blocked the riot police and the escort team, a tow truck specializing in handling accident vehicles appeared. Just like a thief who couldn't open a safe, they simply took the entire safe away. Anyway, as long as they found a place to slowly open it, the treasure inside would eventually be theirs.

After witnessing the escort vehicle being towed away, the riot police immediately requested backup from the police department. They had initially thought the enemy was coming to raid their home, but they never expected the enemy to be so greedy as to take their entire house away.

Chapter 265 No Longer Merciful

"Wow! I'm sure the mastermind behind this isn't that guy, Keita."

Kitahara Masaki used a drone to observe the 'battle' and simultaneously shared the video footage captured by the camera to Ai's computer.

“Indeed, the person who could prepare all this so quickly must have been sent by the organization... But this time, you and I weren't notified about the mission. Does that mean Gin is acting unilaterally again?”

Vermouth also raised a question at this point. Normally, such a big mission should have informed the two of them. However, they only found out about the attack on the transport vehicle and the previous detention center riot after they had already happened. If Kitahara Masaki hadn't arrived at the scene so quickly, they probably would have been like the British MI6, relying on news reports to gather intelligence.

"The possibility is very small. Do you think all these tasks might have been assigned to Rum? Someone as impatient as Rum might just start doing it without notifying us."

“Yeah, that’s true. He’s sent me that ‘time is money’ quote several times before. It’s not impossible for a man like him to abandon us and make such a big move in Tokyo. But what do you plan to do now, Masaki? Rum might be monitoring the whole situation. If we go there rashly, we might be discovered.”

"I know which way the tow truck is heading."