Forewords

WARNING!

This is where the poop hits the fan! There may not be as much gore as Mission 1, but the action may induce seizures. I will not be responsible for any seizure reaction that occurs after the reading of this book, as a warning has already been given.

Just kidding...

Chapter 3: The Skirmish Begins...

Time: 1120 Hour; 10th of August, 2125.

Location: CEO's Office, STI HQ/ Summers Estate.

LT is seen working on something at his desk with a holograph computer.

"How about this?" LT acquired some opinion from Harrison, who is standing next to him at the moment.

"I'll say... The eye color's a bit off..." the right hand man replied.

"Then how about this?" LT asked again after making adjustments on something.

"That'll hit the spot!" Harrison gave his superior two thumbs up.

"Alright then, begin scanning." LT said as he pressed something right on the holographic display itself.

After a few seconds of the screen displaying "scanning photos", the screen changed to a window with the text "1 match found"

"There they are..." LT said as he pressed the window on the holographic display, and the screen changed to show a scene from the POV of a Raiju Defense Force surveillance camera in Hikigawa, Asahi.

LT and Harrison looked at the recording for awhile, before closing the window to reveal 5 photo over a bare background. The photos were of no other than the very five Gensokyian that were hailed as heroines in their home country: Reimu Hakurei, Marisa Kirisame, Sakuya Izayoi, Youmu Konpaku and Sanae Kochiya.

"I think I know what you're thinking, boss..." Harrison said.

LT dragged the photos into a corner of the holographic screen and placed them in a stack. He then opens another window, this one to write something...

"Let's see..." LT said as he began typing something on the new window. "Status: Alive; Subject: Communists; Options..."

LT thought of a while what to write in the Options section. He then continued typing...

"Options: Shoot to kill, no negotiations possible..."

...

Location: Hikigawa, Asahi.

"Anata wa anata no shimin-ken no mondai no tame no shinken no shita de." [You're under custody due to problems with your citizenship.] the policeman repeated.

"I knew it!" Sanae whispered to the others. "Our cover was blown on the very first level! It wasn't even close to easy!"

"You shut up!" Reimu whispered back.

The girls looked at the policeman with worry written over their face.

"Kudasai watashi wa buki o shiyo suru kiso shimasen. Kono yona jokyo ni iru kokusai-ho no seidesu." [Please do not prosecute me to use weapons. It's because of international law that you're in this situation.] The policeman thought they we're confused, and explained, as he prepares to draw his gun.

Marisa slowly slid her hand into her hat, and then quickly drew out something from it. It was her mini-hakkero. "Arrest this!"

Reimu tried to stop the black-white. "Marisa, no!"

But it was too late. Small danmaku bursts are fired from the mini-hakkero, the shots hitting the policeman in the chest multiple time, and then he fell down on the floor, knocked out by the shots.

The other police officers cared no less on whether their comrade is still alive. Each of them quickly drew out their guns and fired lasers at Reimu and co, who had no choice but to retaliate.

"Damn you, Marisa!" Sanae cursed as she drew out her gohei and fired danmaku at the policemen, knocking out some of them.

"I'll be sure to severely punish you when we get back to Gensokyo..." Sakuya said as she threw knife-shaped danmaku at more policemen, most of them hitting the cars instead.

Outside the crossfire, commuters ran away from the scene while screaming. A policewoman was behind the door of a police car as she spoke through a build-in radio. "Hassha no shotto! Kurikaeshi, yogi-sha no happo!" [Shots fired! I repeat, shots fired by the suspects!]

A fellow officer near the policewoman took several shots to the chest and fell limp on the ground.

The policewoman became terrified and began yelling loudly into the radio. "Wareware wa, yakuin o ushinatte iru! Bakkuappu o yokyu suru! Watashi wa kurikaeshi, bakkuappu o..." [We're losing officers! Requesting backup! I repeat, requestin...]

But before she could finish her sentence, a stray danmaku tore through the window of the door she's hiding behind and hit her square in the head, knocking her out.

"Do natte iru nodesu ka?! Oto!" [What's going on?! Respond!] The officer on the other side of the radio replied, getting no response. He tried contacting the other officers at the crossfire, getting no response from all of them.

"Hikigawa no 5 bumon de tsushin o teishi shite imasu. Ima suku bakkuappu o shosin!" [Communications with sector 5 of Hikigawa has ceased. Sending backup right away!]

...

All the officers at the plaza laid on the ground and in their cars, all limp. Some of the windshields have bullet holes on them.

"Everyone okay?" Reimu turned and asked the others. They were all fine.

The red-white then turned toward and grabbed Marisa by her collar.

"Why you... You could've got us all killed!" Reimu scolded the black-white angrily.

"I... I thought there was the Spell..." Marisa tried to plead.

Reimu dropped the witch on the floor. "Idiot! Yukari said that the Outside World doesn't have anything that resembles the Rules! She said that any form of combat here is bound to have people injured!"

"I wonder why was she even picked for such a Myon job...?" Youmu wondered while having her arms folded.

"Never mind that, let's get out of here before anymore trouble arises..." Reimu said as she began walking toward an unoccupied street...

...Only to stop when several more police cars, as well as Armored Personnel Carriers arrived at the scene. Policemen with riot shields and strike force units with what looked like assault rifles came out of the APCs and surrounded the plaza, blocking off the girls from all direction.

An APC with a slightly different design parked up next to an abandoned double-decker bus, as the newly arrived officers carried their fallen comrades to safety. "Kare wa ikite iruga muishikidesu." [He's alive, but unconscious.] Said a strike force officer as he checks the fallen for pulses.

Reimu and co stayed where they are as they watch the strike force units pointing their guns at them.

"I guess dirty things has just hit the fan..." Sanae deadpanned.

Someone emerge from inside the different APC on the top. He pulls out a megaphone from inside the vehicle and pointed it at Reimu and co. Sakuya had prepared her knifes, and Youmu her Hakurouken in case of bigger problems emerging.

"Shinken-ho shikko kikan ni taishite raibu heiki no shiyo no tame Raiju boei-ryoku no shita ni arimasu. Kore wa tero koi o minasu koto ga dekimasu! Teiko wa mudadesu, nigemichi wanaidesu." [You are under custody of the Raiju Defense Force for using live weaponry against law enforcement. This can be considered an act of terrorism! Resistance is futile, there is no escape.] The officer with the megaphone said.

As the warning ends, riot polices and strike force officers began closing in on the girls, whom fired danmaku at them with no damages dealt to the metallic riot shields.

Afterwords

Yet another cliffhanger, and Reimu and co is still in the exact same location as the previous chapter.

The Raiju Defense Force here is named after the real-life Kaiju Defense Force of Japan, just in case you're wondering.

Shout-out index:

[What's going on?! Respond!] [Communications with sector 5 of Hikigawa has ceased. Sending backup right away!] - This is how the nameless commanding officers of the enemy soldiers in Metal Gear Solid 2 responds if you manage to take out the attack team in normal or higher difficulty.

[...Resistance is futile...] - He's just referencing the Borg. He's just referencing the Borg...

That is all. "Sayonara..."