Note to all personnel reading this chapter:

Forgive me for the long, awaited new chapter.

The reason why it took me long to write this chapter are as follow:

1. Overthinking of gaps in the chapter

2. Loss of motivation

3. Confusion of the storyline in the chapter

4. Too much characters.

5. School exam, which in nearly a week without a laptop

6. Corona-virus quarantine

Of course, with all of that out of the way. You may enjoy your time reading this chapter.

Be advised, this chapter has applied with translations for those who don't understand Russian.


Mission Briefing

Task Force 141

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Detecting small attacks and sabotages within the country.

Makarov's current location: Unknown.

Entering Red Alert.

Repeat: Entering Red Alert.

Makarov must be considered armed and dangerous.

All personnel expects to be vigilant for any hostile incursion in Japan.

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Miho: There's still nothing about him?

Vicek: Nothing substantial. Only we're still receiving reports of attacks through bombs. The military installation is also included. Blyat.

Ogin: Is he trying to get himself known to the world?

Yuri: More or less, he's going to be back in the grid soon. And soon it will be an international issue to the world.

Anzu: How dangerous is he?

Price: Enough to light a fuse to a new war.

Ami: I'm surprised he hasn't attacked your base.

Nikolai: Don't push your luck, comrade. He's just getting started.

Kay: Is there any way to draw him out?

Chemo: We are currently sending out UAVs to do a search and recon around Japan. The JSDF is also helping us out to search and patrol around Japan for enemy threats.

Royce: So, in short. We don't know any way to draw him out. We are going to need something big for him—a big target.

Chiyo: What kind of target are we talking about here?

Chrome: Enough to create controversy among nations. International or even national.

Akaboshi: Wait, what about the tankery match tomorrow afternoon?

Price: Hm? Explain.

Shiho: There will be a match in Wakayama City. Bellwall school vs. Blue Division High School. It will be a big show tomorrow.

Maho: A lot of people will be coming for that for sure. You… do know what tankery match looks like, right?

Price: Clear as an hourglass.

Rinnai: Wait… no way. What makes you think he will attack that match?

Miho: He brought chaos in his footsteps. If the same thing happens to the match…

Morley: Shit… we're talking about another war here.

Ami: But we can't cancel this match again. It's going to cause outrage to our citizens!

Yuri: If we cancel the match, a lot of lives will be saved.

Price: But she has a point. Makarov might use the citizens' outrage for advantage. But the problem is, if Makarov got wind of the cancellation, he would be planning for something worse. And if he's one step ahead of us, he could be looking for us right now.

Akashi: So what do you suggest?

Yuko: Captain Nishizumi?

Miho: Miho, just Miho. As for the plan… I really hate to say this, but we have to blend in.

Geshiko: But Miho… what about your identity? Along with the others with you?

Miho: We can take the risk. For now, we have to worry about civilians' safety.

Garhaaye: We have to come up with a plan for this one.

Miho: And we have to improvise if we have to. So ladies…

Nikolai: Are you willing to risk your lives for your people?


Counter-Chaos

12:34:37

Maho Nishizumi

Task Force 141

Wakayama City, Wakayama Prefecture

"We'll blend in, she said. We'll be fine, she said."

The only thing Maho had thought while she's in the middle of the crowd.

Maho is walking with Miho and Kay, followed up by Price and Yuri behind them from afar. Maho is in her usual KMM uniform along with KMM black jacket. Underneath her black coat was the concealable Kevlar vest with SMG pouches, while her belt is converted to a tactical one that can hold bags of Pistol ammo and its holster for Fort-12 pistol, and yes, it's hidden. Kay is in her usual Sensha-Do uniform, except that today she's wearing jeans and has her VP9 Pistol hidden on the back, showing that she currently does not wear any Kevlar vest or even tactical belt. Miho is in her black assault jacket fitted for the SAS unit, which most people nearly see that as an odd thing and a pair of grey pants. M9 Beretta is holstered on her side of her belt underneath her jacket, along with a holstered combat knife.

Price and Yuri wore the same thing back when they were in Czech. Yep, Czech, not back in Africa. Except that both men lack military gear, but Price still has his military Boonie hat right now. And like what you guess, they have their respective pistols hidden under their jackets. They have earpieces, especially the girls, which makes them a bit conspicuous and odd to students of Sensha-Do. Their guns have suppressors, enough to dampen the real noises of each respective pistols.

The plan they had for this mission is damn complicated, so a lot of improvisations are needed. Now, they're heading for a particular restaurant in the Food Court area. Maho and the girls are going to meet up with Darjeeling and Pekoe there, with both men supervise from afar. Of course, they can't let their guard down just yet.

"All units, any updates?" Miho asked in the intercom.

"Rotten 2-1, Plaza clear." – TF 141

"Ghost, patrolling the east side. The coast is clear." – TF 141

"Morley here! Spectators' area secure" – USFJ

"Ami here, nothing new so far." – JGSDF

"Nikolai, I got nothing on the surveillance drone." – TF 141

"Ogin, at the café and souvenir shop. Still secure." – TF 141

"Frost, patrolling the Sensha-Do Department. No threat on sight." – Delta

"Kremlin 4-1, patrolling around the tank hangars. Ice clear." – FSB

"Wallcroft, we're standing by. No threats here, and still drinking our cup of tea." – SAS

"Sniper Team 3. Area still secure." – TF 141

"Chrome with the KMM girls. I forgot the 'sorry' bullets again." – TF 141

Maho sighed on Chrome's part. "Is it really that necessary, Chrome?"

"It's a tradition!" Chrome responded. "Now, I have to use my damn notes!"

"You killed people then left a sorry note in the middle of a war," Kremlin 4-1 stated. "Is that even polite, Canadian?"

"You would understand if you were in Canada," Wallcroft responded. "They are obliged to leave a 'sorry' in the size of a cornfield."

"Sounds scary," Anchovy stated in the radio, much to Maho's ease.

"How are you doing, Emerald?" Miho asked on the radio.

"I'm at an Anzio stand with my mother and friends," Anchovy replied happily. "Everything's fine for now. I hope it doesn't get any worse."

"You brought your shotgun, right?" Maho asked to confirm.

"Do you know how hard it is to hide it inside a food stand?"

It's a good question. Miho ever did that months ago in KMM school, and it was a bit hard. Maho shivered at the thought.

"I know, just keep an eye out, darling."

"You bet."

Miho just shrugged happily. "That calms me down for a moment."

"This is not the right time for a honeymoon, you know?" Price half-joked on the radio.

"It's a shame you didn't get one, old man," Miho countered annoyingly.

Kay and Maho burst their mouths to stifle their laughs. "That's rude, Miho," Maho told her.

"Nice counter," Kay agreed with a smile.

Price could be heard chuckling in the radio. "Nice joke, old girl."

It only took them for about four minutes to get to that particular restaurant. It's just a one-floor restaurant at the food court. By the time they enter, Maho was the first to notice Darjeeling and Pekoe, and surprisingly Mrs. Yuri Isuzu is sitting at a corner to her right next to the windows. They are sitting at the table for six people; only Maho recalled that she, along with Kay and Miho, should sit there while the two men find a seat for themselves.

The Glorianas and Mrs. Yuri greeted them as Maho and her team greeted back. They then take a seat, Maho and Kay sat across them while Miho sat next to Darjeeling. The first thing that Darjeeling noticed was the presence of Maho's and the team's earpieces, but thankfully she quickly dismisses it. But Maho could feel that Darjeeling is suspicious about it.

"Glad you came over," Darjeeling happily commented. "We thought you'd be late."

"That's alright," Miho replied with a nod. "I was having a little chat with Emerald."

Pekoe chuckled. "You mean Duce Anchovy?"

"Yeah," Kay added with a smile. "They're adorable."

"And Kay, I thought your school is not having a match today," Darjeeling informed as she eyed her clothes.

"Wrong uniform," Kay replied sourly. "I forgot to wash them."

"I hope it's not because you're lazy about it," Mrs. Yuri replied with a smile.

"It's not like that, Isuzu-sama," Kay replied as she waved a hand. "I had to a bit cleaning back in my place up to the point I forgot about my uniform."

"Finally?" Darjeeling asked her. "Do you remember the last time I was in your apartment?"

"Don't remind me about it," Kay replied with a smile. "Besides-"

*BOOOM*

The conversation went quiet after they heard an explosion from a distance. Maho, who was sitting next to the window, looked out. Much to her shock, is that there's a cloud of smoke flying in the air.

"What the…" the words left Maho's mouth.

Everyone in the restaurant gazed at the smoke in the air. "Is there a gas explosion?" Pekoe concernedly asked.

"Unlikely," Maho and everyone gazed back at Miho.

"What do you mean?" Darjeeling asked, but her question is ignored.

Maho only sees her sister reached her earpiece and radioed. "Какие-нибудь подразделения, что, черт возьми, это было?!"

(Any units, what the hell was that?)

Mrs. Yuri, Darjeeling, and Pekoe stare confusingly at her as their worries grew, with Maho and Kay looked back at the explosion.

"Любые подразделения в Сьерру 1. Что, черт возьми, только что взорвался?!"

(Any units to Sierra 1. What the hell just exploded?!"

"Кремль 4-1, у нас вражеское вторжение в танковый ангар! Еще раз говорю, у нас вражеское вторжение в танковые ангары!"

(Kremlin 4-1, we have enemy incursion in the tank hangars! I say again, we have an enemy incursion in the tank hangars!)

Maho widens her eyes in shock as she looked at Miho. "Scheisse."


Kremlin 4-1, Lieutenant Vosbodich

"We suffered civilian casualties! All students are injured, and we got seven 200th, requesting medical attention to Bellwall hangars!"

"Kremlin 4-1, it's Nikolai. Combat medical has been dispatched to the hangars; you need to clear the hangar now and ensure civilians' safety."

*BRRRRTRTRTRTTRT*
*DOR-DOR-DOR-DOR-DOR-DOR-DOR-DOR-DOR-DOR*

*BRARATATATATATAAATAT*

Vosbodich and his team of 6 men were immediately in a battle with the Ultranationalist that raided the tank hangars. Thankfully, his team intercepted the attack just in time. Except for the explosives that were planted on a couple of tanks.

"Blyat, we engaged five armed hostiles!" Vosbodich replied as he peeks out and shoots. "Pyotr, Ranov, get the civilians out, now!"

As the team of six men suppresses and getting the surviving civilians out, more ultranationalists show up on the other side of the hangar.

"Ебать, пошли, пошли!"

(Fuck, Go, Go!)

"Защитите мирных жителей! Защитите мирных жителей!"

(Protect the civilians! Protect the civilians!)

"Я красный! Красный!"

(I'm red! I'm red!)

"Контакт в 13 часов!"

(Contact on 13 o'clock!)

"Прикрой меня, я кидаю гранату!"

(Cover me, I'm throwing a grenade!)

One of his men, Dima, throws a grenade at the terrorists. "Ложись!"

(Fire in the hole!)

"Граната!"

(Grenade!)

*BUARM*

The lieutenant and his team immediately continue to return fire as Pyotr got hit in the shoulder.

"Дерьмо, я получил yдар!" Pyotr exclaimed. "Я все еще могу бороться!"

(Shit, I'm hit! – I can still fight!)

"4-1, 4-1 to Kremlin 5-1," 5-1 radioed in, who is also FSB. "Covering you from the hangar doors. Work it!"

"Работает!" Ranov loudly responded as they suppressed the hostiles by the tanks.

(Working!)

"Kremlin 4-1 to all units," Vosbodich radioed as he ducked in his cover. "The FSB will be locking down the tank hangars as we engaged the enemy. We won't be available in other areas for now!"


Sierra 3, Maho Nishizumi

"Understood," Maho whispered in her radio. "Keep them distracted."

When the FSB is radioing units in the area, the Ultranationalists have conquered most of the exhibition area, including the restaurant they're inside. The bastards came in numbers, a lot of them are roping down from the hinds next to the restaurant. They came in force, bringing terror to those who were, unfortunately, standing in their way. Most of the civilians are taken hostage, but there are a few who got shot for trying to run away.

She could see Darjeeling and Pekoe are scared to death. The fact that the girls, including Maho herself, stood from their table and faced Ultranationalists with their hands up. There were about 5 Ultranationalists; three of them met at the girls while the other two glance at Yuri and Price, who are blending in with civilians and close to the bastards. Maho, Miho, and Kay were a bit close to the bastards.

So far, the only units which have been engaged with the terrorists are only the FSB. Delta, 141, JGSDF, USFJ, and SAS are blending in for now until Miho says so or compromised. From what she saw, some of them bastards are making a run for the hangar since she saw a number of them running past the restaurant. For now, the open field in front of the restaurant is empty except some soldiers in the very distance.

However, she noticed what Darjeeling and Pekoe are glancing at. They were glancing at Miho, who has her head hidden under the hood of her jacket. Maho didn't bother about it and turned her head back at the bastards.

One of the terrorists inside gave a threat. "Nobody move. Try to do anything stupid, and you'll be dead!"

Then she heard her sister chuckled. "Then what are you going to do with us?"

The bastard in front of her replied to her, with the rest of them watch the crowd. "What is it to you?"

"Taking us as hostages for a ransom," Miho replied flatly.

"Heh, idiot," the terrorist replied. "Do you think we're just here for that?"

Miho only shook her head casually. "Spread terror and start a war with the western block. Isn't that what you want to do, Ultranationalists?"

The civilians, including Darjeeling and Pekoe, were confused and looked at her. The terrorists, on the other hand, they were taken off-guard of her question and immediately turned their heads at her. The one Ultranationalist in front of Miho already had his finger on the trigger.

Miho then continues, but her hands are no longer in the air. "It was such a shame. You didn't really think that war back there went sideways, correct?"

The terrorist in front of Miho aimed at her, while the rest of them ready to be happy triggers. Darjeeling and Pekoe looked pretty horrified about how Miho is angering them. Maho looked over to Kay, Price, and Yuri and gave a quick slight nod to signal them to get ready.

"Who the blyat are you?!" the terrorist asked aloud at Miho.

Miho only stood there for a moment. She opens her hood instead of answering him. She then glares daggers at the terrorist. She said three words to him.

"Пошел иди нахуй."

(Go fuck yourself)

*SHIIING*-"HUUEK!"

*SHAAK-SHAAK-SHAAK-SHAAK *-"AAAAKH!"

Everyone is quickly frightened with the sight of Price and Yuri stab the two terrorists from behind. The three terrorists promptly turned around and aimed their AKs at the two men. Maho and Kay quickly pulled out their suppressed pistols from under their jacket and shot two terrorists who nearly pull the trigger in a burst. Miho takes care of the last terrorist by kicking the bastard's right elbow from behind and sent his AK flown away.

The bastard then turns around at Miho and quickly grabs her neck with his left hand. Miho responded fast as lightning by pulling out her knife and jabs it to his left elbow. His scream was cut short when she pulls out her knife, and her neck is free. She then turns around and holds the bastard's arm, before flipping him over hard to the ground. Miho then quickly stabs his neck through, to which he expires in a blink of an eye. She then pulls the knife out of him and promptly holsters it back.

Everyone, including Darjeeling and Pekoe, only stared in shock at what just happened. Maho only gives a blank stare to Miho's takedown.

Miho sighs, before stating this.

"For Queen and country."

Which was enough for Darjeeling and Pekoe to cringe at her in fear and… awkwardness. And the feeling of Miho went monarchy all over again.

However, everyone, including the two Glorianas, can't help but notice that Maho and Kay have their pistols out.

"W-whaa… how did you…?" Pekoe then trails off as her mind went blank.

"I-I thought you said only Miho has a gun!" Darjeeling complained in fear.

"It's not a good time to talk about that," Kay responded to her. "Clear?"

"Clear."

"Clear."

"Clear."

"Чистый."

"Price, check the kitchen," Miho ordered as Price went to the kitchen. "Yuri, got the bag?"

"Wha-hey!" Mrs. Yuri Isuzu responded angrily. "That's rude!"

"Not you, Mrs. Isuzu," Maho replied to her, then points at the man who is Yuri. "That's Yuri."

Her friends can't help but be dumbfounded to know the person they meant was the Russian Yuri. Mrs. Isuzu then looks at the man Maho mentioned. "Wait, Miho-san, isn't that the friend you ever talked about before?"

"Yes, that's Yuri," Miho replied with a nod as he brought his duffel bag to the girls.

Maho could see Mrs. Isuzu's eyes upon him, before complementing. "He's handsome."

All 141, Darjeeling and Pekoe then stare at her. "Seriously?" Yuri asked as he was dumbfounded.

Maho walked over to the duffel bag and wore off her jacket. Everyone inside is surprised that Maho has a Kevlar vest on her, but then they were shocked when Yuri opens the duffel bag. All the 141 picks up their choice of weapons and Kevlar vest right when Price finished checking the kitchen and assured it was clear. Kay and Miho wear on their Plate Carrier Vests, which could hold rifle magazines, but Price and Yuri only wear chest rigs.

Maho got her UMP 45 w/ Reflex sight as her primary weapon. Miho uses HK416 w/ ACOG while Kay is using her Famas w/ Holo Sight. Both Price and Yuri use G36, and only Yuri has an under-barrel grenade launcher while Price has a Holo Sight. Maho and Kay switched their earpieces with Comm headsets, only that Kay wears a 141 cap first. Miho wears a tactical visor.

Once done, they immediately headed for the windows. "Everyone, stay down," Maho ordered everyone as they looked out.

"All units, Sierra 1," Miho radioed. "Sector 1-Alpha is secure. Valkyrie 1, green light."

It's a tense situation, which Maho heard Darjeeling. "Who are you, people? Seriously, why do you have weapons like that?"

Maho looked at Miho, who glances at Darjeeling. "141."

If her widen eyes weren't enough, her eyes are about to go blank with her skin turns pale. "Oh, bloody hell."


Valkyrie 1, Anchovy.

Anchovy had heard Miho's status, and it was her turn.

Anchovy still has her hand raised along with her friends and her mother, who are right behind the food stand. Aside from the presence of a lot of civilians, there are two terrorists on guard watching to ensure that no one does something stupid. Anchovy was fortunate to hide the shotgun underneath the food stand in front of her. And her pistol hidden under her usual cape. And her expression shows her careful and fearless against these bastards.

"Don't you try to run, chuvak!" one of the terrorists warned. "You run, then we don't have to bother about keeping you alive."

She could see everyone around her; the civilians, Anzios, Pepperoni, and Carpaccio shook in fear. Coincidentally, Jajka and Mika are present at the food stand, and she can tell they are tired of having their hands up. Anchovy noticed that the two terrorists are looking away from her. That's when she takes the chance to slowly and carefully reaches her hand out to underneath the food stand.

"Duce, what are you doing?" Pepperoni whispered her in concern.

"Quiet," Anchovy whispered back hastily as her hand is reaching in the food stand's drawer.

"Anchovy," Mika called lowly. "You should stop."

"Just stay silent."

"Are you asking for a dead sentence?!" Jajka whispered, panicked. "Stop it!"

Carpaccio calls her lowly. "Anchovy-san-"

"Shush," Rinnai responded. "Quiet."

"Ey, who's a whisper-" the terrorists turn around and alarmed when they saw Anchovy reaching for something in the food stand's drawer. One of them raised his rifle at her. "Hey, hey, hey, what do think you're doing, little princess?"

"Uum…" Anchovy awkwardly replied with a false smile. "Reaching for my phone?"

"Heh, nice try, chuvak," the terrorist beside him replied as his finger is on the trigger. "Give us your phone."

Her friends glance at her in fear, which Anchovy could only sigh with her eyes closed. "Well, here goes nothing."

Her hand inside the drawer then pulls the trigger.

*BAR*-"AAAGH!"

The bastard who aims his gun at her is quickly thrown back from the buckshot.

"Chyort! Suk-!"

*BAR*

And the last one is thrown back from the shot and ended up crashing the food stand behind him. The two terrorists are dead from the buckshot. Everyone, including her friends, cannot help but to process of what just happened before their process of thinking is cut short by Anchovy. She pulls out her shotgun from the drawer and aims it at the dead terrorists. Intense? Yes, but she managed to freak out everyone in the vicinity.

"Merda!" Pepperoni responded aloud in shock. "How the hell did you get a shotgun!?"

Anchovy looks at her with her shotgun lowered. "Got it from Miho, of course."

*DOR*

The shot surprised them, and they saw an enemy popped out from their right. But he quickly fell down and had his face sliding through the ground. That's when they notice the poor sod had a shot in his head. Anchovy and her friends then turn their heads to Anchovy's right.

Rinnai Chiyomi, who disliked firearms, for the first time, killed a bad guy with a headshot. You have to see how pale the students are to see Anchovy's mother is still aiming her pistol at the dead sod. Anchovy felt terrible to kill them, but it's their life or nothing.

It's maybe loud, but there's no sound of terrorists coming up to them in the distance. Gunshots from the tank hangars are the one pretty obvious for everyone. Assured that the area is clear, Anchovy then pulls out the bag under the food stand and opens it up. Her friends stood frozen to see that it contains Kevlar vests, ammo belts, and ammo. Anchovy releases her cape and wears on the plate carrier while her mother wears on the CIRAS (Combat Integrated Releasable Armor) vest. Both Anchovy and her mother wear on their ammo belt.

After they're ready and ignoring her friends' shock, Anchovy radioed in. "Sierra 1, Valkyrie 1. Area in sector 2-Alpha is secure. Waiting for your go."


Wolf 1, Erika

"Wolf 1, you're green light."

"Copy. Greenlight."

Erika and her KMM team are in a tankery shop just North of Sierra's position. They are all on the second floor of the shop, along with their fellow KMM students and Ooarai students. Team Anglerfish, Duck, and Hippo are present in the shop on the second floor. Everyone has their hands up along with Erika's team. There were a few who got shot for trying to run away, it was grim, but thankfully those who got shot survived and wounded on the second floor.

Four terrorists occupy the second floor while the other two hold the ground floor. They armed with rifles but unbeknownst to them, KMM has their respective suppressed pistols ready hidden under their jackets. Erika eyed up to her teammates and gave a slight nod to them. The three terrorists are patrolling and kept their eyes on the civilians and 3 of her teammates on her right. The last terrorist in front of Erika looked away to her left, which gave her enough time to execute the attack.

Erika, Akaboshi, and Sangou reacted first by raising the side of their jackets and pull their pistols out. Erika headshots the terrorist in front of her as Sangou and Akaboshi executed the other two bastards overlooking to Erika's right. The executions didn't go unnoticed as the last terrorist in the room was frightened to see his boys were dead and looked at Erika and her two friends.

He aimed his AK at them. "Вы умер-!"

*SHAAK*-"Aaakh!"

Mauko tackled the bastard as she stabbed him on his left side of his stomach. Once Mauko pinned him on the floor and on top of him, she then continues to stab his side many times with all her might continuously. After she pierces his left chest, he immediately expires. Mauko then stands up and gets her knife back and holsters it. Erika was glad to see Mauko brought her knife to do something like that, it was excessive, though. There's some blood on Mauko's hands from all that stabbing.

Mauko only throws her hand in the air to wipe the blood off her hands. "Didn't think it go that well."

"You did just fine," Erika replied as she walks over to her and the civilians. "Ritaiko, Geshiko, watch the stairs."

"Got it," Geshiko responded before she and Ritaiko walk to the stairs and have their pistols trained there.

"Akaboshi," Erika called. "Where's the bag?"

"On it."

As Akaboshi finds the bag, Erika looked over to the crowd of civilians and students. Aside from the fact that the civilians and KMM students are relieved and frightened, the Ooarai students gave a very different reaction. Team Anglerfish, Duck, and Hippo all stood there in shock, frozen, and disbelieve. They even forgot to put their hands down after the bastards are dead.

Yukari was the first to talk. "…HOW?! How did you all get a gun?! I thought only Miho had that!"

"Keep it down, Yukarin," Erika asked her.

"How did you manage to kill them like that?" Erwin asked in disbelieve, now they remember to put her their hands down.

"Shut it!" Sangou ordered her lowly.

"Эй, ребята!" the terrorist from the lower floor shouted. "Что продолжается там?!"

(Hey, fellas! – The hell's going on up there?!)

"Scheisse!" Erika swore lowly. "They heard us."

"Эй, ад продолжается там?!"

(Hey, the hell's going on up there?!)

Geshiko and Ritaiko looked back at Erika, waiting for orders. "Geshiko, Ritaiko, on control."

"On it," Ritaiko responded.

The two said girls were about to go to the stairs, but when a hostile shows up on the stairs, they both quickly dispatch him in five shots. The bastard drops dead without a scream, but surely sound of his body tumbling down the stairs startle the last target below. Geshiko and Ritaiko headed down the stairs in pace and side by side. Erika watches Akaboshi coming over to her with the bag full of equipment as she heard suppressed shots from below.

Erika and her team begin to gear up as Ritaiko and Geshiko returned from the ground floor. Akaboshi and Sangou were the first to go down the ground floor because they have geared up with equipment and weapons. Once Erika, Mauko, Ritaiko, and Geshiko have geared up.

The last four girls gear up with their plate carriers and their respective SMGs and rifle. They then immediately take positions at the windows as Erika signaled everyone in the building to stay low. Erika peeks out the window as she sees a lot of Ultranationalists out there. Some of the bastards are making their way to the hangars. Other than that, their sector is transparent.

And then someone barged in from the stairs to the second floor. They aimed their weapons at him, but then quickly lowered their weapons since the man who showed up was Chrome.

"Scheisse, Chrome," Erika swore. "Where the hell were you?"

"I was a bit busy in the back of the building," Chrome replied with a thumb. "And I just left some sorry notes to the terrorists you killed downstairs."

Everyone, including the civilians, stares at him in confusion or maybe in fright.

Akaboshi shook her head to him with an empty stare. "What is wrong with you?"

"Huh?" Chrome looks at her, perplexed. "That's a tradition. Nothing is wrong on that."

Erika only looks back to her teammates with her empty eyes. "That's so Canadian."

"Erika," Mauko called. "Remind me not to get shot by him."

"How is he going to get you shot?" Ritaiko asked, which she thinks that's impossible.

Chrome answered. "Accidental Friendly Fire, of course."

To which everyone glares at him with their frightening, shadowed eyes. And they are speechless.

"What?"

Erika decided to turn her head back to the window, minding her business back at hand.

"Sierra 1 to Wolf 1, Sector 1-Bravo is clear. I say again, Sector 1-Bravo is clear."


Shinobi 1, Shiho Nishizumi.

"Shinobi 1, it's Sierra 1, you're green light."

"Shinobi 1, executing targets."

Shiho and her team are in the small building west of Sierra's position. It's a two-story exhibition building. Her outfit comprised of herself, Chiyo, Ami, Yuko, Murakami, Anzu, and lastly, Ogin. Anzu, Ogin, Chiyo, and Yuko were on the ground floor while Murakami, Ami, and herself are on the second floor. Shiho could tell it's grim right now after the Ultranationalists took over this building. There were civilian casualties because the bastards opened fire first before holding everyone hostage. Five casualties, three wounded, and two dead. She understood why her daughter despised them so much.

Known relatives of Shiho among the civilians are Karin Itsumi, Erika's mother, Emi, Hitomi, Kita, and finally, Yoshiko Akiyama. They tensed up but calm as their hands are in the air, except for Hitomi, who's been terribly shaken in fear. Shiho only gave a slight nod to Murakami and Ami when the three terrorists on that floor didn't look that way. Of course, one of the bastards shows his back to Shiho, in which she takes the opportunity. Do not even mind the civilians are around, Shiho quickly pulls out her knife from behind her back and promptly kick the bastard's right knee from behind. He could produce a yelp when he fell to a kneel before he is stabbed on the back of his neck.

Aside from the civilians' shock, the other terrorists got wind of it and saw Shiho executed him. They did aim at her; however, they didn't get the chance to pull the trigger. Ami did her normal execution with her knife by stabbing one of them in the back. But Murakami, on the other hand, actually goes ham on the last bastard. Shiho even surprised to see it coming.

Murakami actually lifts him before slamming him down to the ground, and his rifle is thrown away. Before she proceeded by stomping his face so hard that a crack was heard for everyone, Shiho figured Murakami was so pissed to witness the bastards killed a few civilians, and for the first time to watch her goes ham. After their execution, they heard some quick screams from below. She figured that Yuko, Anzu, and Ogin managed to dispatch the hostiles quickly than she should expect.

After making sure that the area is clear, Shiho looked at Murakami. "You brought the equipment?"

"On it."

*BRAK*

Then there is another terrorist barged in through the door of that floor, much to Shiho's surprise.

"What the blyat?!" he then aimed his rifle at Shiho. "Vot su-!"

*PANG*

That's when both Shiho and the terrorist froze to that sound. Before the terrorist dropped forward to the ground unconscious. Shiho looks up on who hit his head from behind. She opened her mouth without conscious of the person. Much to her annoyance, Bazarov is standing there, holding a pan in his hands.

"Privet, comrades!" Bazarov greeted with his pan behind his head. "Just in the nick of time, eh?"

Shiho, Ami, and Murakami groaned simultaneously in their response of annoyance. "Not you again."

"Hey, hey, hey," Bazarov responded flatly. "Is that how you greet a friend?"

"Shiho-same," Anzu called out as Ogin, Chiyo and Yuko followed up behind her. "The ground floor is-"

Anzu and her teammates then stop in their tracks once they see Bazarov is at the door along with the terrorist he knocked out with a pan. Everyone, including the civilians, gave their best blank stares at Bazarov and the knocked out terrorist. Before everyone looks back up at Bazarov.

"Guys," Yuko called as she blankly stares at him. "Why is he here?"

"Huh, what's with that question?!" Bazarov pouted at her.

As Shiho's teammates began kitting up, she radioed to Miho. "Erm, Sierra 1, Shinobi 1, Bazarov's here."

"Bloody hell," Miho radioed in. "How in Queen's name he got here?"

"Hey, I can hear you, you know?!" Bazarov radioed in a bit loud to the civilians. "Did you think you can have all the fun by yourself without inviting me?"

"And he has a radio," Shiho radioed again.

"I noticed," Miho radioed back in annoyance. "Just gear up and get ready. And make sure he didn't bring any experiments for this mission."

Shiho raised an eyebrow to that. "Experiments?"

"Haha haha, what experiments?" Bazarov faked a smile. "I won't do such a thing, seriously."

"Long story," Miho responded with a sigh. "Just get ready."

"Copy that."

As Shiho begins to gear up, Emi called her. "Shiho-sama."

Shiho then looks up to her. "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!?"

"Aaaayy, calm the blin down!" Bazarov countered with his open palm raised as he also got sick to hear her screaming. "We're here to stop the terrorists from killing people."

"Hah, terrorists?!" Karin Itsumi asked in shock. "Is that why they tried to kill us first?!"

"And why Shiho-sama and Chiyo-sama have weapons and gears like that?" Yoshikawa asked in concern.

"Simple answer or the long answer?" Chiyo asked them.

"Simple," Hitomi and Kita responded flatly.

Anzu then cocks her AKS74u before answering to them. "We're with the 141."

Shiho could notice the shock of her relatives and her friends had. Their eyes turned empty to hear that. Her relatives and friends who are civilians can't express anything and fell speechless for the moment. They eyed on the operators, JGSDF women, Chiyo, and Shiho, along with the equipment they had.

What's the first thing they say simultaneously?

"Impossible!"

"We know," Shiho responded with a nod after gearing up with her plate carrier and armed with G36. "Keep your heads down."

Shiho then took cover by the windows next to Ami and Chiyo, before she heard Emi asked her. "I thought you're working for the Sensha-Do Department."

"I'm not working for 141, I'm working with 141," Shiho replied to her. "Besides, I'll be dealing with Miho if I was to join 141."

Shiho's relatives were caught off-guard by that, Karin was the first to ask that. "Wait, what Miho has to do with the 141?"

"It's obviously because she's the leader of Task Force 141," Ogin replied to her.

Shiho has mostly noticed the shocked expression Emi had. "MIHO'S WHAT?!"

"Miho is the leader of Task Force 141," Shiho replied to her. "She has good reasons why she didn't tell you that."

Shiho sees Emi looked down with a tense face. "Verdammte scheisse, Miho."

"I heard that."


Sierra 3, Maho Nishizumi

"Sierra 1 to Shinobi 1, sector 2-Bravo is clear. We're ready for action."

"Miho, everyone's good to go."

"Good, now-"

"Shh, you hear that?"

Upon hearing that question from Price, everyone silences their mouths and have their ears sharp. They heard footsteps – no, a lot of steps from outside. And then they hear a combination of resentful screams, groans and pleads. Since Maho is very curious about what was going on, she slowly peeks out the window within her eye limit. She was frozen to see what was going on outside.

There's a crowd making their way from other parts of the plaza into the open, with Ultranationalist escorting them on tow. Maho didn't know why are they bringing people into the open next to the building they're in, but she knew it was awful. Maho looked at her younger sister, only to be surprised by her dark glare at the terrorists putting fear into the crowd. Somehow, Darjeeling, Kay, and Pekoe, who noticed her glare went fright to see it.

"Dammit," Yuri swore angrily and lowly. "It's Prague all over again."

"What happened in Prague?" Kay asked him.

"They massacred the civilians," Price responded quickly, much to Kay's shock.

"Shit," Kay swore as she looks back through the window. "Didn't think it would be that bad."

Maho then aimed her rifle from her window as the rest did the same. The civilians, Pekoe and Darjeeling, back off from the windows and duck their heads down. It was a shame that the building wasn't a second-story one; they would have an advantage over the bastards since the crowd obstructs their view. But neighboring building across them where Shinobi team is has that advantage. After the crowd made it to the open between Shinobi & Sierra, Ultranationalists screamed at them to kneel with hands on their back.

"Sierra team, we got the targets on our scope," Sniper team 3 radioed in. "We spotted 5+ hostiles around the crowd. Permission to engage?"

"Standby," Price radioed back, then to Shinobi. "Shinobi 1, you got eyes on the targets?"

"We see them," Shiho replied. "Need to check your fire."

"Nikolai, is that all of them?" Miho asked on the radio.

"Da," Nikolai responded. "The rest of them are busy deep into the area to the north. The FSB did a good job keeping them busy. Delta and USFJ are engaged as well in the west, JGSDF on the east."

"The westerns working with the FSB?" Murakami curiously asked on the radio.

"Not the first time."

"Sierra 1, it's Wallcroft. Our squad got the area covered and ready to strike the hostiles from the north. Waiting for your go."

Maho nodded to Miho to let her know everyone's ready.

"Sniper Team 3, This is Sierra 1. Send it when you're ready."

"Roger, sending it."

*BLAR*

Once one of the bastards is shot in the head, the crowd and rest of the terrorists went panic. Thankfully, the crowd of civilians was wise to keep their heads down. Not for the bastards, however, since they stood out in the open and didn't think about threatening the civilians. Shots were released from three sides, and they didn't have the time to pull the trigger.

*DAR-DAR-DAR*

*BRRT-BRRRT-BRRTT*

*BAMBAMBABMBAMBABM*

*BARBARBARBARBARBARBARBAR*

*BRRRRTRTTRTRRRTRTRTRTRRR*

*DAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKKADAKKADAKKA*

All 5+ hostiles immediately mowed down to the ground, and thankfully none of the civilians got shot from the attack. Maho smiled in to relieve that they saved the civilians in the nick of time. But also, she wondered about what she just heard. Since this mission was supposed to be a Close-Quarter Combat mixed with urban warfare.

Why did she hear a machine gun firing among them?

No, no, she knew some of the Ultranationalist they killed brought their PKP Pecheneg MGs. But why was there the sound of a machine gun among them?

"All clear?" Kay asked on the radio.

"Clear," Bazarov responded in the radio, which annoyed Maho.

"Clear!" Wallcroft responded, then she saw his boys come out from the north to the civilians. "Set up a perimeter!"

"Get the civilians out," Miho ordered as Maho and her team exit the building. "Wallcroft, would you kindly make sure there are no loose ends in this area?"

"With pleasure," Wallcroft replied, to which then Maho is a bit surprised to see the SAS soldiers dead-checking the deceased Ultranationalists.

"You're making sure that all of them dead?" Chiyo asked in concern.

"Unless you are happy to get shot by one of them who is pretending to be dead," Wallcroft politely replied. "I'll be happy to leave one of them alive."

"Sometimes, your sense of humor is worrying than my optimism," Anzu commented as her team comes out from the neighboring building. "Just like Miho."

"I'm more worried about Miho getting snapped than my sense of humour," Wallcroft replied as he looked at the said person. "No pun intended."

"I take that as a compliment, thank you," Miho politely replied in her odd British manner as the operators secure the perimeter and get the civilians out to the south. "Wallcroft, can you get the people in the buildings out? Along with Bazarov?"

Maho produced a blank stare as Wallcroft actually stares at Miho in agitation. "Nevermind, Bazarov, you're with us."

Bazarov looked pretty happy. "Haha, you won't regret it!"

Everyone sighed with their eyes close. "We're going to regret it."

"Hey, I'm still here!"

"We know, Bazarov," Maho responded with an annoyed sigh. "Just get a move on."

Maho then looks over to Murakami by chance but then dumbfounded at what weapon she's holding. "Wait, are you holding a machine gun?"

"Yeah," Murakami simply replied. "Why?"

Maho only gives a blank stare at her. Her sister and the other teammates knew why she stares like that. Using an MG M249 SAW around civilians' proximity is pretty dangerous.

"Mate," Miho called her. "Don't overthink it."

"All units, it's Akashi," he radioed in. "We're making our way to checkpoint Kilo-Lima. We're facing light resistance, over."

"Major Akashi, this is Wolf 1," Erika responded on the radio. "We're coming to you from the south. ETA 5 minutes."

"Copy that," Akashi replied.

"Sierra 1, this is Morley," he radioed in. "We have a problem."

"Send it," Miho responded in the radio as Maho noticed that the open area they're in is clear of civilians.

"My boys are pinned down here along with the Deltas," Morley replied on the radio. "We got hostiles firing machine guns at us from a third-story building to our east. We also got civilians in the crossfire. We need backup immediately!"

"Sierra 1, this is Kremlin 4-1, we cleared out the hangars," Kremlin 4-1 responded in the radio. "But met up with hostiles occupying the spectators' area and the control building. We also need a hand on this OPSEC, priyom."

"Copy that, standby," Miho replied as Maho walks over to her.

"Who's going to help USFJ and Delta?" Maho asked her.

"Shinobi, help the Americans," Miho lets Price do the orders. "Wallcroft, set up a safe zone alongside the southern area and get the police here. No one goes in and out, excluding our mission's objective."

"Got it, boss," Wallcroft responded with a nod, with Shinobi team immediately left for Delta and USFJ.

"Nikolai, get reinforcements on the line, now."

"Da, contacting nearby reinforcements."

"Rest of you, and Bazarov," Maho is pretty sure concerned after Price said his name. "On me."

"Moving," Yuri stated as Maho takes a last look on the evacuated civilians before moving out.

"Nikolai, Sierra 3," Maho said on the radio. "Do we have any air support?"

"We only have a black hawk and a little bird available," Nikolai replied flatly. "But they are currently being refueled and rearmed for now. We'll have them ready for a few minutes."

"That's the only support we got?" Yuri asked.

"For now," Nikolai responded.

"Better than nothing," Kay happily replied. "I wished that was an AC-130."

"That is way overkill," Maho responded, giving the implication of that lousy idea since civilians are around.

"I don't want any unnecessary collateral damage from AC-130 just because we're trying to save civilians from terrorists, alright?" Maho swears that her younger sister actually felt the fright in that idea. "Besides, that is high profile, and do you even know how the world reacts to us?"

"Guess you have a point," Kay responded with a disappointed tone.

"What's the fastest way to Kremlin Team?" Maho asked.

"We need to cut through the central plaza," Price replied as they walked through the empty stands on their left and right. "That's the fastest way to Kremlin Team."

"Sierra Team, I'm detecting enemy signatures ahead of you," Nikolai radioed in. "Be expect to face heavy resistance. Rotten 2 and Valkyrie are waiting for you at the central plaza."

"Copy that," Miho responded. "We're on our way."

After a minute of walking towards the central plaza, they could gunfire sounds are getting closer. After they walked through a few empty stands, they found Rotten two teams are taking cover behind the carts and turned tables along with Valkyrie Team. Maho and her team are pretty happy to see them there, but then immediately ducked to cover after Price warned of an incoming RPG. They barely dodge it as it flew next to Yuri before exploding behind him. Resistance is up ahead, 10+ additional hostiles in the open, and there are four hostiles with RPGs assisted with infantry units hiding behind the plants on the far back of the enemy line.

Maho took cover next to Anchovy, who asked. "Do they often send rockets like that in your war, Miho?"

*TCHWANG* "Pretty much," Miho replied as she casually ignored the bullet flew over her head. "They don't have to worry about money if you ask me."

"Oh," *TCHWANG* Rinnai replied with a blank stare as she ducked her head from a bullet hitting the edge of the table she's hiding behind. "And how are we going to advance if we're getting shot at right now?"

Maho looked over to Dioxide, the Mongolian member of Rotten 2, is handling a small armed robot. "I have just the thing, my dear."

"Is that a robot?" Kay asked after she returned fire, then Miho returned fire.

"An assault bot," Price responded, before looking at Maho. "Is it ready yet?"

"Hang on," Dioxide calmly replied despite the intense gunfire they have now. "Alright, bot armed with 7.62 calibers is ready to go."

"Maho, control the bot," Price ordered before shooting back. "Clear the way for us."

"I'm on it," Maho quickly grabs the console from Dioxide and begins the startup of the bot.

It took a few seconds before the bot is good to go. Maho then controls the bot to move out from the cover and begin its slow advance on the enemy. Bazarov got out of cover to assist the bot in eliminating the enemy. Maho only knew a little to control remote weapons, but she managed. Thankfully, the bot is hard for the enemy to deal with due to its small size so she can dispatch the targets with little ease.

"Flank them from the right. We'll take care of these flanks."

Maho controls the bot to the right flank as Rotten 2, Valkyrie, and her team move cover-to-cover around the left side. Bazarov made sure to suppress the bastards from next to Maho with his AK74. Maho got the bot to pass the enemy line and flank the bastards who are shooting RPGs from behind the plants. The RPG shooters are surprised but failed to evade the shooting bot. The RPG shooters were shot and killed with the last one on the far left received and did a backflip from the bullet's knockback. Maho then gets the Assault Bot to ambush the remaining three hostiles from behind. She managed to kill the last three after one of the Ultranationalist managed to put a scratch on the bot.

"Чистый!" Miho screamed.

"Clear!" Yuri screamed, who translated what Miho said.

Maho quickly got out from her cover and run over to Dioxide to give back the console. After a moment of everyone arming themselves up, they marched forward from the plaza to make their way to Kremlin 4. They met some civilians on the road and told them to go from where the teams came from to reach evac point.

"Wallcroft to Sierra 3," Maho radioed. "We have civilians inbound to evac point from the north. Escort them and get them out."

"Copy, our boys are standing by."

"Sierra 1, Sierra 1, Kremlin 4-1," Vosbodich radioed in. "Where are you? We're getting pinned down here and Ranov's wounded. Please hurry up."

"Roger that, we're on our way, ETA 2 minutes," Miho responded as they move closer to the next gunfire sounds.

"Ahh, suka," Nikolai was heard on the radio. "We have a problem."

"What is it, Nikolai?" Price asked.

"We are detecting enemy aircraft coming into the area."

"All units, this is Wallcroft. We spotted enemy aircraft crawling all over the area. How to copy?"

"Shinobi, we spotted enemy transport birds coming to our position. Frost, Morley, and their team are taking them down with enemy RPGs."

"Wolf 1, We have helicopters dropping down the enemy in our sector. We'll be busy at the moment."

"Sierra 1, it's Nikolai. Be advised; we are detecting enemy gunship moving to your position from your six."

Maho and the teams immediately halt in their tracks.

Kay reached her radio. "Did you just say there's an enemy gunship coming for us?"

"Yes, I did."

*WHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRR*

They slowly turn their heads around to behind them. In their speechless state, they saw the Russian enemy gunship already stationed 30 meters in the air. Armed with machine guns and missiles, and it was loaded for bear. Usually, they have to dutch and make a run for it. But Bazarov seemed to be happy because he was chuckling at the hind.

"Bazarov, the hell are you laughing about?!" Kay asked aloud as everyone aimed their weapons at the hind. "We need to run!"

Bazarov only waved to the team. "Don't worry; I got this one!"

Bazarov only proceeds to change his mag when the hind is still not shooting yet before Bazarov empties the whole magazine onto the hind. At first, everyone excluding Miho, Anchovy, and Rinnai cursed to themselves of Bazarov's insanity. But then, they began to notice that the hind's body of metal began to melt, especially on the rotor if Maho sees it from its smoke. It ends with the hind slowly to spin uncontrollably, and it flies out of Maho's sight to the right. Before they even know it, they heard a loud crash, and then 5 seconds later.

*BUUUARRR*

The whole team has their empty eyes to that nonsense, with Maho is the only person who left her mouth open. They then looked back at Bazarov…

"HAHA! IT WORKED!"

Who is pretty much happy right now.

"Uh…" even Nikolai confused about what he saw. "What.. just happened?"

Maho heard Miho sighs on the radio. "He actually perfected the corrosive ammo."

Everyone in her team gave a dark glare to Bazarov. Only Miho, Yuri, and Price stare blankly at him.

"Such a crazy bastard," Price commented with a smirk. "Where the bloody hell did you get him?"

"Well…" Miho paused for a moment. "He's an ex-Ultranationalist."

Everyone then stares at her, including Bazarov. "What?"

"And you haven't told me about it!?" Yuri asked, who is an ex-Ultranationalist, in bitter fright.

"Surprise?" Miho asked back.

"We should keep moving now," Maho said to the team to interrupt their current conversation. "Kremlin's still sitting ducks out there."

"Sierra, be advised," Nikolai informed. "Friendly reinforcements coming in from your six. Japanese Police, JGSDF, and USFJ response units on site."

Maho nodded as the team saw the said reinforcements on their six. "Confirmed. We need all the hands we can get."

"Good, then let's go," Miho ordered, to which then the teams move out along with the reinforcements.

They are only moving in one direction to the north. The gunfire becomes louder as they come closer. There's a second story building ahead of them and a circling path to the right. Maho and the teams enter the building as the Rotten group circled the building. The reinforcement secures the back door and reinforces the structure. Maho and the teams found hostiles inside on the first and the second and dispatched them. But it was mostly Anchovy's work, as she somehow managed to shotgun most of them by surprise and unscathed.

Maho and Miho pretty sure didn't teach Anchovy about CQC on clearing the rooms. To see Anchovy did that just fine and quick is surprising.

From the windows, Maho and the teams quickly engage the enemies in front of them, who are busy pinning the Kremlin team on Maho's right. A lot of yelling occurred while in the shootout—especially Kremlin 4 and Kremlin 5, who kept yelling each other too loud in their Russian language.

Amid the shootout, as Maho shoots her SMG out the window. She caught a glimpse of a grenade landed at the door, where Kay is covering at.

"GRENADE!" Maho shouted as she turned at Kay.

"KAY, A GRENADE BY YOUR FOOT!"

"Wha-?" Kay looked down just in time to see the said grenade.

"Oh shi-!"

Kay kicks the grenade back quickly, and it flew back at the targets. The grenade is thankfully blown right in front of an Ultranationalist's face.

The hostiles are getting thinner by the second, but then she spotted an enemy is going to shoot at her with-

"RPG!"

*PWUUSHHH*

Yuri, who was right next to Maho, tackled her down just in time to dodge the rocket flew through her window.

"GET DOWN!"

*WUUUUSSHH-BLLLAAAAARRR*

Everyone in the building temporarily stunned from the explosion behind them, with Bazarov screamed. "SUKAAAAAA! Everyone's alive?"
"What do you think, Bazarov?" Dioxide asked him sarcastically.

"Someone get the last bastard over there!" Miho ordered to anyone as Maho and Yuri stand up from the ground and shoot at the last bastard 20 meters behind a cover.

Of course, Yuri managed to get the job done before Maho could.

"Дaю ГП!"

(GL away!)

He sent a GL at the bastard and is killed by the blast.

"Ceasefire, cease fire!" Miho ordered aloud and to her radio. "All clear?"

"Clear!" - Vosbodich

"Secure!" – Rinnai

"Clear!" – random JGSDF

"Clear, boss!" – random USFJ

"No fascist on sight!" - Bazarov

"Bazarov shut the hell up!" – Price

Maho's team went over to Vosbodich outside while the rest stayed inside. Most of Kremlin squads are doing fine, but noticeably some of them are wounded.

"Status?" Miho asked him.

"I got two 300th on my team, Kremlin 5 got three wounded," Vosbodich replied. "Not very critical, but they need medical attention."

"Sanitater!" Maho yelled to everyone. "We need a medic!"

"One moment!" a USFJ medic shouted who came up to the wounded along with other medics from JGSDF.

"I never thought the bastard would make a daring move like this," Miho sourly commented. "He just sent a small army in the middle of the city by Transport Hinds."

"Well, we can't undo what has happened," Vosbodich responded with his head bowed. "We just need to get the job done for now."

"I hope we got enough forces to secure the other sectors," Price hopefully added. "The enemies are spreading throughout the whole area."

"Don't worry about that, Price," Nikolai responded on the radio. "You got a lot of reinforcement both from Japan and the US military into the area. They've been sending sitreps throughout the commands. Also, we've got good news."

"What is it?" Maho asked.

"The Little Bird and Black Hawk have arrived to provide armed overwatch and air support if needed," Nikolai replied. "We also managed to contact and divert some of the allied aircraft to your position in ETA 10 minutes."

"Glad to hear that," Miho replied with a nod. "Then, all that's left for us is only to take over the Sensha-Do control building."

"Da," Vosbodich replied, he then tilted his head to his right. "It's in the northwest."

"Alright, Rotten 2, secure this sector with the reinforcements and tend the wounded," Miho ordered. "The rest of you, on me."

"Copy, we're moving," Maho obeyed before they immediately moved out.

The control building that they mentioned was a third-story building that its purpose is overlooking the whole Sensha-do Match and the area around it. It took the teams for about 2 minutes to get there, and Anchovy was the first to notice that one of the second-floor windows is barricaded. Anchovy screamed everyone to take cover just in time to avoid an MG fire from that barricaded window. Maho was a bit lucky; an MG bullet scratched her right shoulder before she hid behind a car.

"Son of a-!" Maho nearly swore because Anchovy was right next to her. "How in the world are we going in there?"

"Sierra 1, this is Diamond 2-1," the radio responded, to which Maho and the teams saw a Black Hawk emerged from their six. "Looks like you need some help. Would you like a thousand rounds of bullets to be sent at the enemy?"

"Of course, Diamond 2-1," Miho replied, oddly playing along with Diamond's British-like conversation. "And don't forget to give them a spoonful of shrapnel."

"With Pleasure."

Then the chopper turns around kindly in front of the building.

*BRRRRRRRRTRTRTRTRTRTRTRTRTRTRTRTRTRTRT*

The Gatling gun rounds tore through the barricaded window like paper, and it rips the window open. But for the moment, Maho was lost on Diamond's and Miho's British-like conversation. A bit too late for decency such at this time.

Even Maho noticed Anchovy's blank eyes to hear such radio conversation.

After the barricaded window destroyed and the gunman is dead, Diamond 2-1 radioed. "MG emplacement destroyed. We'll keep an eye on the other floors while you storm the building."

"Copy that, thanks for the help," Miho radioed with a happy tone. "Bazarov, do your thing!"

"Working on it!"

*PWUUUSH-BUUUAAARMMM*

The 'thing' Miho meant was for Bazarov to open the damn front door with a rocket.

And everyone, except Miho, stares at him in disbelieve.

"What?"

"Since when did you get an AT4?!" Kay asked at him, aloud and in annoyance.

"Magic."

Maho mentally facepalmed to his response. Miho ever mentioned that Russians are magicians.

Wait.

"Hang on, why didn't you use the rocket on that MG emplacement?!" Maho asked him.

"I was about to ask the same thing," Diamond 2-1 stated in the radio in disbelieve.

All they got was a shrug from him instead of an answer.

"Sometimes, I wonder what's wrong with your men, Miho," Price commented in concern.

"I agree, my friend," Vosbodich added.

"Can we discuss this later?" Yuri asked with a sigh.

"I agree," Rinnai answered. "Let's go."

Maho and the teams move into the blown front door and stack up. Maho was next to the door and entered first. Maho and the teams checked the hallways before making theirs to the lobby. From there, they encountered resistance armed with rifles and PKP MGs. Maho had to give a hand to protect Anchovy and her mother from any harm because the only next thing that Maho had to worry about is not only for their safety. It's also to prevent Miho from enraging.

It was a bit hard to shoot the bastards if not for the cubicle present on that floor. Even Kay and Vosbodich had to do a blind shooting at the hostiles. Maho warned and threw a grenade to the enemies behind the turned table and vending machine, which killed two hostiles by the blast. Maho had also managed to kill a hostile by shooting through a cubicle 10 meters ahead of her. The last enemy was dealt with by Miho, who threw a knife she got from a kitchen they happened to pass by.

The FSB and Bazarov told Miho that they'd stay on the ground floor while Maho, Valkyrie, and her team secure the rest of the levels. Miho leads the way to the next floor with Maho and the rest on the tow. Miho, Price, and Yuri went to the right hallway from the stairs as Maho, Anchovy, Rinnai, and Kay take the left corridor. They have their weapons trained forward as they walked side by side. They reached a three-way intersection and cleared out the hallways from the there.

*DRTRTRTRTRTRTRT*

*DARDARDARDARDARDARDAR*

Four hostiles are down, and Miho, Price, and Yuri show up on the other end of the right hallway they just cleared out. Miho and the men cleared out all of each room in that hallway. Maho and the teams went to the left corridor and cleared out any place that hasn't been breached on that floor. Most of them are empty until they entered the last room on that floor. A hostile was holding a woman hostage with her head gun-pointed. Before the hostile could take any chances, Maho puts a bullet in his head, which startled the hostage but, at the same time, saved her from death.

"Kremlin 4-1, we found a hostage," Maho radioed. "We need someone to keep an eye on her."

"Copy, we're on our way."

They make there to the next floor. And surprisingly, it's devoid of any enemy activity. But Gatling gun sounds are heard, though. They took a turn around the corner and found a hallway full of dead hostiles littered around. Miho thanked Diamond 2-1 for their assistance, but also Diamond informed that the enemies locked themselves in with the hostages in the control room. Diamond needed to stay clear from the windows just in case the bastards are starting to do something stupid to their hostages.

The team stacks up at the two doors available to the control room. Frankly, Miho stated this reminds her of that time back in the Russian oil rig. Maho, Anchovy, Rinnai, and Kay stacks up the door on the right while the rest stacks up on the left.

"Maho, breach the door when ready," Miho radioed.

Maho looks at Kay, who replied. "I'm ready."

Maho lets her weapon hanging by her front shoulder for the moment to grab the knob charge. She then locks it around the knob and pulls the cord of the explosive. She stood back with her weapon trained back to the door. Maho and Kay stand by for the blow.

*BUUARRRM*-*BUUARRRM*

Maho and Kay immediately went in and began engaging hostiles inside as the others on the other side of the room did the same. Maho managed to kill 2 out of 7 enemies in the office of 10 hostages. Kay got one, and the other members got the last four hostiles. The room is clear in a blink of an eye, and none of the enemies managed to pull the trigger. Maho and the team are pretty sure the hostiles are dead, so they went over the hostages to calm them down.

Surprisingly, Katyusha, Nonna, and Klara were among them.

"W-what?" Katyusha paralyzed for a moment. "Maho, Kay, Miho?"

"Sestra!" Miho called gladly. "It's good to see you're okay."

"Miho," Nonna called her as Maho joins the conversation. "Can you tell me what the blin is going on now?"

"Terrorist attack," Miho responded.

"What do you mean 'terrorist attack'?" Klara asked her.

"We're dealing with Miho's old nemesis, apparently," Maho replied, much to their surprise.

"Wait, since when Miho had a nemesis?" Katyusha asked in surprise.

"Since Makarov stepped into our world," Kay responded, much to their shock.

The three Pravdas just stared in shock at Miho at the said name. "W-wait, isn't that the name that got you snapped months ago?" Klara asked Miho.

"Say that name again, please," Miho politely asked. "So, I could send a rocket to his terrorists."

The three Pravdas and the other civilians stood back with widening eyes; they didn't expect that response.

"Miho, calm down," Price told her. "I brought some tea if you want."

"Thanks, old man."

Maho could only stare at Price with disbelieve. Price merely shrugged at her for a response. Didn't think some tea could calm her down.

Before any of them could speak, Maho noticed Nonna glanced at Maho. To which much to her panic, Nonna pulled out her hidden Five-Seven and aimed it at Maho.

*DOR*

Everyone startled at the shot, and any of them nearly raised their weapons at Nonna. Maho just froze as she thought Nonna tried to kill her. But then, they heard a yelp. They all then turn around to behind Maho.

Apparently, one terrorist is already on his knees. And Nonna shot him in the head before he fell to the ground.

Everyone then slowly looks back at Nonna, Maho is noticeably empty faced at Nonna.

"Nonna…" Maho paused for a moment. "Never do that again."

Nonna lowers her pistol, then shrugs. "No choice."

"' Chovy, Ms. Chiyomi," Miho called. "Calm the hostages down and get them out."

"What about them?" Anchovy asked, mentioning the Pravdas.

"They can stay."

"Okay, Miho-chan."

As Anchovy and Rinnai control the hostages, Nikolai radioed in. "Sierra 1, have you secured the control building?"

"Da, Nikolai," Miho responded. "What if the other sectors?"

"The Delta, USFJ, and JGSDF have secured most of the sectors. The SAS Already extend the safe zone area with the Japanese PD and military assistance. Additional fast-response units are on-site. Be advised, we have captured several surrendered hostiles."

"Good to hear that," Yuri responded with a sigh. "What's the count of casualties?"

"Total of casualties are below our expectations," Nikolai responded, everyone, relieved to hear that.

"Thank you, Jesus," Kay commented with a smile.

"But Wolf team have suffered a casualty."

That shocked everyone except the Pravdas, who didn't have a radio. That's Erika's team.

"How many?" Maho asked concerningly.

"Only one, Geshiko, she's critical," Nikolai responded. "Erika said that a bullet went through her throat and came out her back."

Maho's face darkened to hear that; she's beyond shock. Maho only froze a moment, before she fell to her knees, SMG carelessly hanging from her shoulder. Maho can't believe what she just heard. It was enough to tell that everyone shocked to listen to that.

Kay, who is very concerned about Maho's well-being, felt the same pain as well to hear that. "Miho, I'll go check on Geshiko."

"Do it," Miho nodded.

Kay only gave the last look at Maho before leaving the control room. Maho could only straighten her back to look up at Miho. Miho only muttered "goddamn bastard" to what had happened. This is such a dark time for them. Even it was enough to keep the Pravdas to stay quiet.

"No one will be safe as long as that bastard is still walking," Price said as he and Miho look out the window.

Miho sighs to herself. "I knew he could come here one day. I never expect he'll do something like this."

"It won't be long until he executes another attack," Yuri added as he looked over Maho. "The longer this occurs, there will be another unnecessary and troubling war that would destroy the course of history. Your history, Miho."

Maho sighs to herself, before slowly lifting herself from the floor before walking over to Miho. "What do we do now?"

They all only stare out the window for what it feels like an eternity. Maho only enjoys the silence despite the faint gunfire they heard from a distance and below. Maho only looked over back to Miho, waiting for an answer to listen to. Miho trailed her eyes to Maho as her face never leave the window.

Then her sister's eyes returned to the window. "We hunt him down."

"And we'll destroy the element he uses to fight against us. We'll follow the shell, we'll strike them down, and we'll strike them deep."

"C нaми бoг."

(God is with us)