Bloody Monday 86

Chapter 86

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Title: File 86 The Assassin's Bullet

172-173

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Kanou: It's in Russian?
Sasha: It's a code.
Kanou: I see.
Kanou: He wrote a message on his skin in an ink that reacts to ultra-violet light...

Sasha: If he thought it was possible he would be killed, leaving a message on his body was the obvious course of action.
Kanou: The mission is more important than your own life...huh?

Sasha: Of course.
Sasha: The lives of millions of citizens can be riding on our missions.
Sasha: Are this country's agents not that dedicated?

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Kanou: What does the code say?
Sasha: "Wormwood blossoms on the day of a solar eclipse."

Sasha: It's a set of coordinates.
Sasha: It points to the location of the neutron bomb.

Kanou: Hey,
Kanou: Sasha!!
Kanou: Tell us what those coordinates are!
Kanou: We'll send a unit right away!!

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Sasha: I can't let you do that.
Kanou: What!?
Sasha: If a Japanese agency recovers the neutron bomb, there's a good chance you'll give it to America.

Sasha: Russia...
Sasha: won't let that happen.

Kanou: Are you serious!?
Kanou: Don't you know what'll happen if the neutron bomb is detonated!?
Kanou: And if that man knew the coordinates, why didn't he contact you!?

Sasha: His transmissions had been marked by the CIA's "ECHELON".
Sasha: If his coded email or conversation wasn't good enough, it would be intercepted and the many CIA agents hidden in this country would get there before us.
Sasha: Then the military secrets of the Russian made neutron bombs would be in America's hands.

Sasha: I understand everything this implies.
Sasha: If it is detonated, the city will remain but every human, every stray cat, everything living will be annihilated.
Kanou: Sasha!!

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Sasha: If you don't want Tokyo to become a "city of death", leave the neutron bomb to us.
Kanou: We can't do that.
Kanou: How can we trust millions of Japanese lives to foreigners!?

Sasha: Oh, I see.
Sasha: So you're saying you can do something about it on your own?
Sasha: Don't make me laugh.
Sasha: Leaving things to others is the way Japan does things.

Sasha: You let American troops be stationed in your country and had them protect you.
Sasha: Am I wrong?

Kanou: Sasha...
Sasha: ...I said too much.

Sasha: First, contact your superiors.
Sasha: Tell them that we'll help you on the condition that Russia gets to take control of the bomb.
Kanou: That's a pretty short request,
Kanou: Miss Russian Agent!

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Sasha: I'm aware of that.

Fujimaru: A normal office...where you can see a shining bridge...?
Kirishima: That's what Munakata Hitomi said.
Kirishima: I'd like for you to get to work immediately.

Fujimaru: ...Damn it.
Fujimaru: And I was in the middle of making my "Personal ECHELON"...
Kirishima: What was that?

Fujimaru: Oh,
Fujimaru: nothing.
Fujimaru: It'd be bad if he found out I was making a internet wiretapping system...

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Fujimaru: "A normal office where you can see a shining bridge" is pretty broad...
Kirishima: If we limit this to the Tokyo area, there are only two possibilities for the big shining bridge.

Otoya: The Rainbow Bridge...
Otoya: and the Yokohama Bay Bridge.

Kirishima: Yes.
Kirishima: And we can narrow it down to a certain extent from building height and window direction.

Fujimaru: What data can I use?
Yajima: You have access to all of the data from the Construction and Public Works Section.
Yajima: You also have the specification data from the applications of buildings that underwent the construction inspection...

Fujimaru: Oh, that'll make this simpler.
Fujimaru: But after coming this far, couldn't you do the rest, Yajima-san?
Fujimaru: I'm sure you've got plenty of people who know how to use a computer...

Fujimaru: With this I've narrowed it down...
Fujimaru: to 280 buildings.
Fujimaru: Hmm...
Fujimaru: That's still too many.

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Kirishima: What we want...
Kirishima: are images from inside those buildings.

Fujimaru: ...I see.
Fujimaru: You want me to hack into the surveillance cameras!

SFX: *crack*
Fujimaru: Can do.
Fujimaru: I guess I'll get started.

Otoya: About that Russian agent...Can we trust her?
Otoya: She may be planning to destroy the evidence...
Kirishima: We don't trust her either.
Kirishima: But Kanou-san's with her... He won't let her do as she pleases.

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Otoya: But a neutron bomb...
Otoya: How could they...?
Kirishima: It has only enough of a blast to destroy a single building.

Kirishima: But...
Kirishima: It will also emit neutron radiation in a radius of 100 kilometers around it which will break down the chromosomes of all living things.
Kirishima: Without the chromosomes telling the cells how to divide...

Kirishima: It won't be an instant death...
Kirishima: but, in a few days, almost all living things will die.

Kirishima: Neutron radiation can penetrate materials well, so you won't even be safe in the subway.
Kirishima: Hiding does no good...
Kirishima: because there's nowhere to hide.

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Kirishima: We're doing as much as we can at the moment.

Kirishima: Fujimaru-kun.
Kirishima: It might be tough because of how many there are, but I'd like you to finish this by morning...
Fujimaru: ...Okay.

Fujimaru: I'm already done!

Kirishima: What!?
Fujimaru: I've overcome some pretty difficult hurdles recently.

Fujimaru: I guess I leveled up or something.
Kirishima: You did 280 of them!?

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Yajima: Anyone can do this level of hacking if you give them enough time.
Yajima: But the hackers known as "Wizards" can use shortcuts that others can't.
Yajima: They can do the difficult parts quickly and simply...

Yajima: But...even so...
Yajima: Hmm...What exactly did you do?
Fujimaru: I hacked into the security companies' control servers.

Fujimaru: There are usually about 2 or 3 security companies that everyone uses in the same area, right?
Fujimaru: I just hacked into those three companies!

Fujimaru: This is Company A, this is Company B,
Fujimaru: and this is Company C.
Fujimaru: Of course, the security at a security company is a little tougher...
Fujimaru: But well...
Fujimaru: That means no more to me than a padlock does to a key maker.

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Fujimaru: From my past hacking experience, I knew it would take a certain amount of time for each camera in an office building.
Fujimaru: But once I knew the code for each company telling what the camera angle was...
Fujimaru: I could narrow it down to the cameras inside the building pointing towards the window.

Fujimaru: And that gives you this...

Otoya: A normal office building where you can see...
Otoya: a shining bridge...

Fujimaru: And the rest...
Fujimaru: is up to "Third-i".
Fujimaru: Kirishima-san!

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Kirishima: Minami.
Kirishima: Bring Munakata Hitomi here.
Minami: Roger.

Kirishima: Also...
Kirishima: prepare an assault team!!

K: Cheerfuuul.

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K: Cheerfuuul.
K: Cliniiic.
SFX: *type type*
SFX: *type*

Aoi: Another email, Mako-chan? You've been doing that a lot.
Aoi: Did you get a boyfriend?
K: It's a seeecret.

K: Speaking of boyfriends, Aoi-senpaaai.
K: What about you?

K: You really were getting close to...
K: Takagi-senpai's dad back then...
Aoi: Eh!?

Aoi: Th-that was just because Ryuunosuke-sensei was injured...
Aoi: He's just someone I look up to...
Aoi: Wait...Haruka-chan!?
Aoi: That's not it, okay!? I...

K: So...
K: it's actually Takagi-senpai you like?
Aoi: Of...
Aoi: Of course not. He's just...

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K: Thank god.

K: I'd be at such a disadvantage if Aoi-senpai was my rival.
K: Eh heh.
K: I...confessed to him yesterday.

Aoi: ...Eh?
K: He hasn't given me an answer yet...

K: But...
K: I'll wait as long as I have to.

Aoi: O...
Aoi: Oh...
Aoi: Is that so...?

Haruka: O-
Haruka: Onii-chan!!!

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Haruka: Ah!
Haruka: This is the place!
Text on door: Cheerful Clinic
Haruka: Cheerful Clinic...

Aoi: Haruka-chan!!!

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Aoi: Orihara...-sensei!!?

Maya: Oh...
Maya: Who might you be?
Maya: I wouldn't think I would forget a girl as brave as you.

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Maya: Well...it's time for you to stop pretending you can protect her.
Maya: If you stay put, you might not get hurt.

Maya: Okay, little girl?

Aoi: Mako-chan.
Aoi: Run!!
K: I-I can't.

K: M...
K: My legs...
K: My legs won't move...

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Aoi: Wh...
Aoi: What's going on!?
Aoi: Isn't...
Aoi: the terrorism over?

Aoi: It's...not?
Aoi: So that's why those two...
Aoi: have been leaving so often...!?

Haruka: So it...

Haruka: really isn't...
Haruka: over...!!

SFX: *chomp*

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Aoi: Let go of...
Aoi: Haruka-chan!!!

Maya: You really are...
Maya: an eyesore.

Aoi: Ah...!!

K: Kyaaaah!!!
K: Aoi-senpai!!

K: Now, Maya.
K: It's time to do your job.

K: Kill her!!!
Text at bottom: [To Be Continued in Volume 11]