"They've what?" Ban couldn't believe it.
Nor could anyone else, especially Umeko: "I can't believe they'd do such a thing? She's one of us!"
"I've tried to explain that to my superiors as well, back then." Doggy seemed to have some more to say, "They said that if we could somehow assure that Jasmine would form no threat to the police force or the universe... she won't be deleted."
"But by the first signs that she's a threat..." Hoji finished for him, "We must immediately inform them."
"And you're okay with that, partner?" Ban screamed to him, than to Doggy, "And you..."
"I never approved of such things!" he explained, "Since she was to work with Hoji, I had let him make the decission that he's comfortable with."
"And you were comfortable with... her deletion?" Tetsu asked Hoji.
"What other option did I have?" he answered, "Would you feel comfortable to work with someone that could kill you by merely thinking it? I felt a lot safer with the idea that she doesn't know about her full potential, and that I can delete her when she does."
"And you still do?" Ban screamed at him. When Hoji appeared afraid to answer, Ban repeated: "AND YOU STILL DO?!?!?!"
Suddenly, Doggy recieved a call: "Yes?!... I see!... Got it!... Thank you."
Sen asked: "What was that?"
"There have been calls about a kaijuuki attacking sector..."
"Wait a minute!" Ban interrupted, "A kaijuuki? Then our scanners would have picked it up!"
"Unless..." Hoji seemed to know the answer, "Unless they merely see it, but there really is none!"
"What does that mean?" Ban asked.
"That Jasmine is showing us what she can do!" Hoji replied, "Let's go!"
Immediately he left the room. Ban, Sen and Tetsu knew that they had no other choice, so they followed him. Umeko stayed behind for a second.
"Boss! We can't just fight Jasmine! She's our best friend!" Umeko pleaded.
"I know. But I have no say in this." Doggy sounded sad.
"And... what about Wells?" it didn't seem like Umeko is about ready to give up, "What do we tell him?"
"If you tell him anything, he'll only slow you down." Doggy replied.
"Umeko!" Hoji returned to the room just to pick her up, "You coming?"
She looked at Hoji, than back to Doggy, than to Hoji again, and decided to come with him.