"Has anyone heard from Obuchi's Rescue Force team since the incident?"

"No, but I think they're still making arrangements"

"How long before he's declared dead?"

"That's going to be a while according to Captain Ishiguro, they don't want to make the same mistake twice"

"Understood"

"If he's not being declared dead what arrangements are being made?"

"Who's paying his apartment, what to tell the public, who's in charge and if they're getting a temporary new member who understands the situation, things like that"

"Oh"

"Yep"

Finally the part time Rescue Force team was situated and things went on like normal, but one day at the fire station a fire broke out and Obuchi's team had finally gotten a new member and the Captain did something automatically without thought

"Obu...sorry Kanzaki-san I was thinking about another person, I forgot that I no longer need to do this"

"Captain?"

"I'll explain later, for now we've got a fire to handle"

"Right"

Eventually the fire was out and as such the team went back to the fire station

"Okay Captain what's going on?"

(Sighs) "I was acting on autopilot Kanzaki-san, you see the person who was here before you needed sunglasses due to light sensitivity in regards to the sun and due to incidents back when he first started here I needed to hold onto the sunglasses and have kept them with me since including spares. He's recently been declared Missing In Action though he's most likely dead and we simply haven't found his body yet"

"So I'm just here to replace a dead person?"

"No, even if he's alive he won't be coming back to the station because the higher ups have decided he's been here long enough that it's time for a transfer whether he likes it or not"

"Did he know before the incident?"

"Yes actually, but he was also thinking about talking to the higher ups because he has a valid reason not to want to transfer, a reason I don't think they're taking into account"

Meanwhile in another part of the city was another boss about to talk to a person and knew the person wasn't going to like what was about to be said

"Akeshi, I know you're not going to like this but I need you to go to the solar plant"

"Picking up or dropping off?"

"Both actually"

"Fine, but don't expect me back any time soon"

"I already know that, but you're our only option"

"Fine"

"By the way sunglasses"

"I know"

"You dropped them when you got here and I have them"

"Oh, okay"

Akeshi gets the sunglasses from his boss and heads to the solar plant, the one location he loathed with a passion for good reason

"Boss why does he wear the sunglasses whenever he has a transport assignment and why does he hate the solar plant transport?"

"He has his reasons which I am not giving, but some of those reasons are why I never give him the solar plant assignment unless I absolutely have no other choice and unfortunately right now I don't have any other options"

"Why not?"

"It's complicated okay?"

"Fine"

Akeshi went to the solar factory and dropped off the parts they needed while grabbing the parts his job needed and then immediately left after being forced to stay at the place a little too long because he had to be careful with his eyes because of how sensitive they were and as such he always took longer to handle the solar plant and even then he needed a few moments to get a handle on his vision because he may be wearing his prescription sunglasses which help but the light was focused and intensified at the plant and as such it was a very dangerous place for Akeshi but finally he arrived back at the job

"Here boss, by the way I need at least five minutes in the dark room my vision is extremely spotty right now and that's an improvement from before"

"Okay how did you get back safely?"

"Easy I simply ignored the blurriness as much as possible and that was only after I stopped seeing completely white"

(Sighs) "I hate sending you to that place but unfortunately..."

"Yeah unfortunately"

Akeshi then went to the dark room and stayed there initially for five minutes and then discovered that it was not one of her better days and ultimately had to be in there for fifteen minutes before he could finish his shift

"Akeshi can you finish the shift?"

"Yes, sorry it took so long"

"I figured it might, what I don't get is just why things are so severe for you at the moment"

"That's something I don't understand myself sir but it is what it is and quite frankly I am really getting tired of the current situation I am in thanks to my eyes"

"Is there a cure?"

"No, any more surgeries and we risk eye trouble beyond what I have now"

"Understood, for now though get back to work"

"With pleasure"

Three months pass this way and eventually Rescue Force was forced to declare Obuchi dead, not because they found evidence but because they weren't being given an option by several people who were higher up in the food chain then them and Obuchi as Akeshi went to the funeral naturally wearing his sunglasses and also staying in the shadows to make sure no one noticed him

"Don't worry guys I'll be back eventually, but this enemy is stubborn I need to get on the inside and have yet to do so but once I do don't worry I will reveal myself in time"

He waits until everyone leaves and then he himself went to a grave that had been there a long time and placed a single rose there

"See you around Kiriko"

He leaves and heads back to his temporary apartment knowing that with his Obuchi identity finally being "buried" the enemy would most likely step up their plans

"Now all I have to do is get noticed by the enemy who thinks no one knows what they're doing but I do, I know the truth which is making this fight last longer than most and why breaks are taken every so often. I know what I am about to do is dangerous but I must for everyone's sake even if it means my death"

Akeshi then gets sleep and continues his work when one day the place he worked at was attacked and since the fight started inside things actually went pretty well, he had already explained his knowledge of self defense to his fellow co-workers one day early in his employment when a customer got a bit out of control explaining he had been bullied and teased when he was younger and his parents decided that martial arts would be a good self esteem builder. When the fighting got outside he lasted the five minutes but then quickly put on the blindfold that was now needed

"Akeshi what are you doing?"

"Don't worry, I know how to fight blindfolded I've been practicing for a long time now for reasons you guys still don't know"

"Actually we do, remember that incident recently?"

"Oh that, okay so you do know about my eye issue, and that's why I know how, I taught myself with help how to fight like this if I ever needed to"

Eventually though Obuchi was overrun and taken captive with his enemies making sure to grab his boss who had his sunglasses that day

"Sir we've brought a good mechanic for you, however he apparently needs these sunglasses if he's going to be working out in the open sunlight"

"That's fine with me, and besides he probably won't be outside much anymore but if he does need out we'll make sure he has the sunglasses"

Then Obuchi was whipped a few times to let him know that they were in charge and that he could expect punishment at any given moment and though he didn't know it yet punishment could include being forced to be outside without his sunglasses yet still having to work

"Follow me"

"Yes sir"

Once he was left alone Obuchi began his plans to help the Rescue Force and Rescue Fire teams bring the enemy down. A little sabotage here, a little there missing parts for a little bit, tiny things that wouldn't get him noticed at first because not only was he simply testing the waters he was also being extremely cautious to keep the other hostages safe until he felt the time was right to enact his grand plan of escape and take down

"Just you guys wait you're going to regret taking me on as part of your slaves because I am Rescue Force R1, I am Daen and I have a plan that will slow you guys down from the inside out"

Obuchi kept using his Akeshi identity but he noticed he was slipping into his Daen personality more and more often as the months went by. Obuchi started off small scale but eventually upped the ante on his sabotage. The enemy punished him mainly with whipping but occasionally he would be forced to work outside without his sunglasses that he really did need. Due to the fact that his vision was compromised whenever outside he always took longer to complete work and was occasionally whipped as a result, though his captors soon learned that he needed time to rest his eyes if he was to work inside afterwords so those periods of rest were the only times he wasn't being punished for not working, and while he didn't get the rest he needed to completely recover from being outside he was allowed to recover enough to the point where he was functional again. One day he had been given the eye punishment as it was called and after fifteen minutes was forced back to work