Jason spends the day on a floor that resembles a hotel suite. There are guards posted about to keep any eye on him. He watches television for a time, even though he does not understand the language. He surfs the Internet and plays video games. He even checks out an exercise room for a while. He also gets to eat lunch and later supper.

The time comes when he is called and is led into another room where there is a large round table with four women seated at it. Four of the ministers are present, but another woman is there standing near Jason. She is a tall curvy Black woman with long straightened hair held in a high ponytail and wears a stripper type outfit.

"So," the Black woman begins as she walks up to Jason with her hands clasped behind her back and starts circling him. "You got trapped, then hid for the past five years right underneath their noses." Then stops to face him. "Until Reito Mizuhara and his acquaintences blundered upon you. State your name?"

"Jason. Jason Welsh."

"Please to meet you, Mr. Welsh," as she extends her hand for Jason to briefly and gently shake, "I am Pope, the messenger sent by headquarters to speak with the Ministers of the Japanese Branch of the United Women. I was briefed somewhat about the reason you are immune. But is it true that you also had cellular sclerosis and got the cure before the other four males?"

"Yes, and I didn't need to go into cryo for it. I figured that it must be that the pharmaceutical company that created it first did not want to announce it just yet until they could secure whatever patents they could get for it. That, and my grandfather had been the president of a bank, enabling him to get hold of the cure before the others."

Pope is silent for a moment as she makes a humorous quizzical expression.

"That makes sense," she finally answered. "Anyway," as she turns to walk over to that table, "I have some business to take care of first. Then you and I will be on our way."

"There's something I want to ask first," Jason said as he raises his hand momentarily, getting Pope's attention as she is about to sit at that table and glancing between her and the ministers.

"The Minister of Technology is dead," Pope simply stated as she sits at that table, knowing what his question was going to be.

"Dead?!" Jason echoed in soft bewilderment with a slight shrinking of his irises.

"She tried to have Reito Mizuhara and his acquaintences murdered because she discovered them in a place where they were not supposed to be," Pope explained. "But my comrades led by my superior managed to kill her before that attempt was made. Reito Mizuhara and his acquaintences are back safe and sound with my superior who is currently explaining the whole situation to them. Now, are there any more questions?"

"Ah," Jason pondered. "No."

"Good," Pope answered as she faces the other surviving ministers.

Jason watches as Pope converses with the ministers in Japanese. He watches their actions and expressions. He listens to the emotions in their conversation. There even seems to be a disagreement between them. The Minister of Justice suddenly turns and gestures to four Enforcers and they walk over to Pope, encircling her. He watches with baited breath but takes note of Pope snickering and saying something amusing, only to gesture and the Enforcers suddenly point their guns at the ministers.

There is a tone of confusion from Kihara, causing one of those Enforcers to answer her flatly. Pope continues talking arrogantly and that is when Shuto, the Minister of General Relations, jumps up, exclaiming something in that valleygirl manner of hers. This causes the Minister of Public Welfare to shout angrily what sounds like a question at Shuto. Pope next speaks in a respectful manner while staring and gesturing at Shuto who walks over to stand alongside Pope and smirk at her now ex-colleagues, causing the Minister of Public Welfare to jump up and shout angrily at Shuto once again.

Pope next makes a proclamation as the Enforcers seize the Ministers of State, Justice, and Public Welfare respectively and hustled them out another door.

After witnessing all that had happened, Jason concludes internally that those Ministers had done something and that Minister of General Relations not only knew that the UW would not approve of that something, but she herself also did not approve of it either and betrayed them.

"Now then, Mr. Welsh," Pope stated as she switches to English while standing, then strolls toward him, "with that situation taken care of, it is time for us to depart. And please refrain from asking me what that was all about. I was simply taking care of some UW business that did not concern you."

"Hey, it's no skin off my nose," Jason said defensively with a brief wave as he turns to stand alongside Pope as they await the elevator. Understanding that he will need to restrain himself from asking any questions as he is in no situation to demand any answers.

Once they reach the floor, due to the sudden stop and the dinging of the bell, the doors open and he walks out with them into an underground parking lot. They walk up to a military jeep just as two more prisoners arrive.

"Akane?! Sui?!" Jason gasped.

"Jeeson-san!" Sui exclaimed.

"Reito Mizuhara will be joining us soon," Pope said. "These girls have been supporting him and we are worried for his safety. There was an act of terrorism earlier and the final male was stolen, so we are acting before they can."

"I see," Jason said dryly.

The back is opened and the three are ushered inside, being made to sit in the back on one of two benches lining either side of the walls of the interior. The military jeep had come all the way from America because the driver's side is on the lefthanded side as opposed to the righthanded side for vehicles throughout Japan. There is an Enforcer behind the wheel.

"I'm being taken to the United States," Jason said to Akane and Sui. "But what was that about a terrorist incident?"

"They call themselves Izunami and they hijacked the airwaves for awhile!" Akane stated. "Tachibana Elisa was the spokeswoman. She was Reito's girlfriend before she disappeared while he was still in cryo."

"What?!" Jason exclaimed.

"They kidnapped the final male and revived him, displaying him on tv to show everyone," Akane continued. "They claimed that the UW created the MK Virus to try and get rid of the male half of humanity, then demanded that the rest of the immune males be handed over to them."

"Hey Pope," Jason called to the African-American woman outside before she could fully close the back doors, causing her to open them once again to regard him. "Is what she said true? That the UW created that virus?"

But Pope merely stares back at him for a couple of seconds, then slams the back doors shut without saying a word.

"She could have at least said no," Jason noted as he watches Pope walk away.

"Would you have believed her if she did, Jeeson-kun?" Akane asked, causing Jason to regard her.

"I might've," Jason answered, "I would have ended up doubting this Izunami group and instead ended up believing that the MK Virus was created by accident. Now, I would be unsure as to whether it was unleashed by accident or that someone had stolen it and deliberately unleashed it."

"That is pretty insightful," Akane mused.

"It'll have to do since she's not gonna add anything else," Jason said sarcastically as he makes a brief nod at the Enforcer behind the wheel.

"But in the meantime, we await our fate," Akane said.

"Oh yeah, I witnessed those ministers-" Jason began.

"Mother told me everything," Akane said. "She is the Minister of State. I snuck down to her cell and asked her."

"Is she now?" Jason mused. "Did she also tell you that the Minister of General Relations sold them out?"

"Yes," Akane said.

"And the Minister of Technology's death?" Jason added.

"I was with Sui, Reito-kun, and Maria-san in an abandoned hospital looking for Maria-san's friends." Akane answered. "We got discovered and she was going to have us done away with until American soldiers showed up and killed her and her assistants right in front of us. They were led by a woman we met earlier. Her name is Chroe Mansfeerd-san."

"I was told that," Jason verified.

There is knocking on the driver's door window.

"What do you want?" The Enforcer asked upon opening the window.

Only to suddenly spasm and convulse, then go still.

"What the hell?!" Jason gasped.

A few seconds later, the back is heard unlocking and the doors open to reveal Katagiri Rea.

"What are you doing?" Akane sneered.

"There is no time to explain," Rea answered in English for Jason's understanding while climbing in. "Turn around and I will free you two."

The two do just that as Jason watches.

"So now what?" Akane asked Rea.

"Now you take this and wait," Rea instructed as she hands her stungun to Akane, then continues while creeping up to the front to search the unconscious Enforcer and takes her stungun, then continues in English. "There will be two Enforcers accompanying that Black woman. You are going to have to handle the first one who enters and Sui will handle the second. I will handle the foreigner." Then backs out with Sui and takes hold of the doors. "Good luck." Then closes them.

"You heard her," Jason stated. "I'll let you know where those Enforcers will approach from. That will be either the side or the back. Of course, it is possible that one will approach the back while another approaches the side at the same time."

Jason watches out the window as Akane ducks low. The windows parallel two-way mirrors so that anyone outside will not be able to notice. Jason keeps looking around until . . .

"Here they come," Jason stated upon seeing Pope the two Enforcers as they escort Reito and Mira. "She's got Reito and I think that would be . . . Mira? Big breasts."

"Yeah, that's her," Akane sighed.

"Get ready because it looks like they are going for the driver," Jason said while staring at the approaching people.

"It looks like?" Akane asked sarcastically.

"Give me a moment to be sure," Jason stated as he continues watching the group approaching ever closer.

There is silence as the tension within that cab is thick as Jason continues watching Pope and her Enforcers as they escort Reito and Mira ever closer.

"Yes, the driver's side! I'm sure of it!" Jason stated as he can see that they are all making a beeline toward it.

Akane is quick to get up front, but crouches with stun gun at the ready. The escort finally stops some several feet away from the side.

"She's comin'!" Jason hissed desperately as one of the Enforcers keeps walking toward the driver's door while reaching out, her hand just seconds from clasping the handle.

The door opens and Akane points and shoots, dropping that Enforcer. Akane climbs over the still unconscious driver to reveal herself.

The other Enforcer draws her gun, only to fall unconscious from Sui hitting her on the back of the neck. This leaves Pope last to be dealt with, who grabs Mira into a headlock and points a gun at her head. Jason watches with baited breath, hoping that Rea can act.

Jason breathes a sigh of relief as he watches Pope collapse from Rea being able to stun her from behind. He next watches as words are briefly exchanged and they soon make their move as the back doors are opened so that Reito and Mira are able to get in.

"Jeeson-san?!" Reito gasped. "What are you doing here?!"

"They were on their way to take me back to the United States," Jason answered. "Let me guess, they were going to take you with me."

"That is right," Reito answered as he gets comfortable across from Jason, along with Mira.

The unconscious Enforcer is removed from the military jeep and Rea gets in the seat.

"So now what?" Jason asked.

"Now," Rea answered and looks back at Jason to give him an intense stare, "I will assume you are coming with us."

"Ah . . . ! Yeah! Let's go!" Jason fumbled at first, then with certainty.

"I am driving us to a hideout," Rea answered as she looks straight ahead and starts the engine. "I have contacts there who will get us out of the country."

They exit the parking lot and drive down a street. Since it is nighttime there are fewer people outside.

"Wait, what if they track us?" Jason asked.

"That's been disengaged," Rea answered. "Once we get on the freeway, we will lose them."

"Ah, that's great," Jason answered. "Oh, and Reito. Akane told me about that broadcast some terrorist group called Izunami had done."

"Yeah, my girlfriend was with them!"

"I knew that virus was created!" Jason stated. "I mean, a virus that targeted only the male half of humanity? Come on, that screams, artifical."

"I know," Reito admitted.

"And I am assuming that you were also told that those ministers had been arrested and stripped of their authority by that Pope woman?" Jason added. "I was witness to it."

"That's what Chroe-san told me," Reito said.

"Yeah, Akane told me about her," Jason said. "She also told me about how they saved you from that Minister of Technology. But were you also told that it was the Minister of General Relations who betrayed her fellow Ministers? The one with the bleached hair?"

"No, she did not," Reito admitted.

"I don't know what they were talking about in front of me because they were all talking in Japanese, that Pope included," Jason explained, "but from what I had witnessed, it was obvious that the Minister of General Relations did not approve of what her colleagues were doing so she ratted on them."

"I was wondering why she was broadcasting after they had regained control of the airwaves," Reito pondered. "But in the meantime, Katagiri-san, what are we gonna do when we reach this hideout? Are we gonna be whisked out of the country?"

"Yes," Rea said. "As soon as possible."

"What's going on?" Jason asked.

"We are going to be taken to a hideout to lie low until it gets dark enough so that we can slip out of the country," Akane answered.

"So Maria couldn't come?" Jason asked.

"No, she could not," Reito answered.

The group stop before a large building.

"Here we are," Rea said as she shuts the engine off and makes her move to get out. "Everyone out."

They all get out and gather together. It is late in the evening and the sun is half-an-hour away from setting.

"So this is the place?" Jason asked Rea. "What is it?"

"Just a place where we can lay low until it gets dark enough," Rea answered. "It is an orphanage to be exact. The children should be in bed at this time, so we need to be quiet."

"Then where will we go once it's dark enough?" Jason asked.

"Quiet now," Rea answered. "All that will come in time. Now come."

With Rea in the lead, they enter the building and head down a hallway of doors like an apartment building. They enter another room where four females are, two girls and two women. One woman is standing and appears to be grandmotherly with a rotund build and short white hair slicked back. The other is a middle-aged women sitting on a sofa with tousled hair in a ponytail and drinking from a glass. One girl has a reserved expression with freckles and twintails set low on her nape done into loops while the other has a livelier expression with twintails set high on the sides of her head.

"Rei-nii!" The girl with the high twintails and lively expression exclaimed, then makes an expression of awe at Jason. "Whoa! Another living male?! And a foreign one?!"

It is here that they wait until it gets dark enough for them to make their escape.