Movement Three: Storm of a Chance


"You're kinda rare." Okamura takes a sip of coffee, stands up, faces Kotonoha Katsura who is tied up to a chair. A crudely made prison jumpsuit makes a sharp contrast to her alabaster and exquisite skin; like waterfall, half of her silky, haunch-length dark-purple straight hair falls behind seat back, the other half clads on her tender shoulder. Her wrists and ankles are locked up by chains, for she will commit suicide if not to do so. "I had seen so many cases, everyone spares no expense to exculpate themselves, none like you seek for self-termination."

A wired metal claw is thrown to the wall of a watch-tower, tightly snapped into it. Major Yuriko climbs into watch-tower via the wire almost instantly, and knocks the guard out with a gas-operate anaesthetic pistol. Meanwhile, a muscular Lieutenant Jam stuns the guard at lower level by hitting his seldom-used head with gunstock of HK417.

"Clear!" "Deploy mines!" Major Deuterium is in charge of this three-person tactic squad, after issuing this order, he climbs on to watch-tower, levels an unlucky guard who just walks out from the gate by his crossbow. Yuriko and Jam sets up oriented mines outside walls, to keep withdraw path clear and fend off unwelcomed guests.

Price lead five commandos break into main building of bridewell: "Luke and Rico search first floor with me! Simcity, X, EЛиМинко search second floor!" "Roger." They immediately split into two groups, with triangle formation, scan every corner of this two-story building, as if it's their property.

"Death is simple. Only one bullet is needed." Okamura takes out a bullet, holds it to front of Kotonoha with two fingers. This chamber is beneath ground, no windows, only an iron door and several narrow ventilation shafts connect to outside. This cellar is so secluded, even beyond the reach of law, prosecutor Okamura himself represents all law and regulations here. "Just six months before, thousands were killed in Africa, but they begged for their lives before being executed." Upon seeing no response from the girl, he moves close and holds her chin to make her look into his eyes. Relies on this corrupted government, Okamura always overrun others' psychological defenses with ease by making eye contact, but inside Kotonoha's eyes, only hardened black. "Interesting. Very interesting." Okamura laughs by himself.

A hardened-rubber shell is launched form M203 grenade launcher attached to HK417, enables the targeted guard to fly for six meters. Almost the same time, another guard is knocked out by Price's gunstock. "What's going on?" Eight guards are rushing to here.

Rico: "We're making too much noise." Luke: "I don't mind to make it noisier." He throws a customized flashbang out of the door, a few seconds later, entire lobby is under the shower of supernova-class brightness, disabled those guards visions. Rico proceeds at first, he shuts down a guard with gunstock, then paralyzes another one with a kick more powerful than Tomoyo Sakagami. Luke, although seems not muscular, but he's wielding a guard as weapon to beat remaining guards. Rico: "The Force is indeed strong with you."

Second floor. "Freeze! (Note: Commandos speak standard Japanese when talk to Japs in order to avoid possible troubles)" A dragger appears from nowhere, right on a guard's neck. "Yes…yes." The guard is freaked out. "Sleep!" "Yes…what?" Guard is injected with quick-acting anesthetic agent by Major X. "You should use my way-faster method." EЛиМинко activates his specialized portable garrotter, captures a guard like a falcon catches a chicken, punches him. Like Major Deuterium, Major EЛиМинко is an experienced mercenary, has some exciting stories in Russia, Middle Asia and Eastern Europe. Years of playing with death had flattened his emotions, having little comments of what he had done, what he is doing and what he is going to do. EЛиМинко only cares the sharply increasing numbers of bank deposits, which he can enjoy by himself in secret hideouts. "Clear sector." Commander Simcity shakes his gas-operated tranquilizer pistol to clean freezing nitrogen. X: "Do you see her? Do you see 'Mave (Note: Kotonoha Katsura's codename)'?" Simcity: "Negative. Nobody's here, just like someone's womb."