Upon receiving the ihe tactical team immediately split into two groups.

  Oeam advaoward the ter of Tsukikage Isnd, while the other headed for the back mountain.

  However, these two teams couldn't adepely, they o move in perfect sync to avoid alerting the enemy.

  As a result, both teams uheir operations simultaneously.

  The police preseargeting the unity ter was scaled down; their main task was to secure the area.

  In trast, the back mountain required more manpower due to its rger size and potential dangers.

  Thus, the sweep operation officially enced.

  At that exaent, back at Metropolitan Police Headquarters, many high-ranking officers finally breathed a sigh of relief.

  "Good… we made it just in time."

  Seated in the ter of the room, Superinte Shiratori wiped the cold sweat from his brow.

  This entire ordeal had been nothing short of a nightmare.

  "This situation… has been far too close for fort."

  He gnced around the room and addressed the gathered officers.

  "Everyooday's i is a failure on our part."

  "For two months, we've been iigating this massive drug traffig work a we let them establish operations on an isnd so close to Tokyo."

  "This is our responsibility."

  The superinte ran a hand through his hair, visibly frustrated.

  "If we don't hahis properly, I wouldn't be surprised if the et calls me in for questioning."

  The identities of the targeted young women were anything but ordinary.

  If these girls had been harmed by drug dealers, the eropolitan Police Department would have bee the public face of inpetence.

  Their names would've beeched into history on a pque of shame.

  "Those young women represent the future of this try's ey."

  "And we must not fet the Saginomiya shrine maiden and the Sanzenin family's young heir."

  "If anything happens to them, this try will suffer severe sequences."

  His gaze darkened.

  "Especially the Sanzenin family."

  The Sanzenin glomerate was heavily involved in iional trade.

  If their operations were disrupted or damaged by this i, the eic fallout could destabilize not just Tokyo, but the eion.

  "A's not fet the Saginomiya shrine maiden."

  He shuddered.

  "The Saginomiya family has been solving supernatural is feions."

  "And their current shrine maiden is sidered the stro in history despite her young age."

  "If she ends up as colteral damage…"

  He trailed off, his face growing pale.

  If that shrine maiden died here, the public backsh alone would be enough to sink his career.

  He might even bee the scapegoat, sacrificed to appease the Saginomiya family.

  Just imagining it sent a cold chill down his spine.

  "If that happens, I might as well resign and bee a watermelon farmer i."

  He cleared his throat and turo the officers.

  "From today onward, crag down traffig is our top priority."

  "We ot allow these criminals to tinue operating in Tokyo."

  "We will never let this situatio itself."

  He smmed his fist onto the table for emphasis.

  "If—and I mean if—I hear about another maj operation slipping past us…"

  "I will personally hold the responsible officer atable."

  "Is that clear?"

  The officers immediately responded:

  "Yes, sir!"

  The warning wasn't just for show.

  The officers khat Superinte Shiratori was dead serious.

  The drug dealers had nearly sent the entire poliand structure into panic mode.

  And there was ime.

  As for the drug dealers themselves?

  Their fate was already sealed.

  Anyone caught participating in this operation would be treated as an example, a lesson for the underworld.

  The isnd's fate was already determined:

  Swift justice.

  And for those drug dealers?

  Life impriso, if they were lucky.

  But sidering the high-profile nature of their crime…

  A few "unfortunate is" might occur during transport.

  unity ter - Tsukikage Isnd

  Meanwhile, at the unity ter, dozens of vilgers had gathered, many of them holding protest signs.

  The messages on the signs all referenced enviroal pollution.

  Kogoro and who had e to the isnd as private iigators also arrived, apanied by the local doctor, Asai Narumi.

  "There are quite a few protesters here," Mouri Kogoro noted.

  "Yeah…" 's eyes narrowed behind his gsses.

  The signs all mentioned pollution, specifically issues affeg the local marine enviro.

  Curious, Kogoro turo Asai Narumi.

  "Ms. Asai, are there any factories or facilities here that might cause pollution?"

  The doctor shook her head, equally puzzled.

  "I only e back to Tsukikage Isnd on weekends, but I fidently say there's no such facility here."

  "The isnd is too remote for that."

  "It's an archipego, far from Tokyo. The power supply is unreliable, and the water supply has to be transported in from the mainnd."

  "No pany would i here."

  The eic stagnation of Tsukikage Isnd was well-known.

  Its only asset was its pristine enviro, the very thing these protesters were worried about.

  "But if there's no factory here, where's the pollution ing from?" muttered to himself.

  Before anyone could respond—

  Click-cck.

  The rhythmic sound of heavy boots echoed through the square.

  A group of heavily armed men marched into view.

  They wore tactical gear, thick body armor, and carried submae guns.

  S..

  The Metropolitan Police Department's Special Assault Team.

  "...!?"

  Asai Narumi froze.

  Her mi bnk for a sed, struggling to process the sight.

  "Th-The… police? Special forces?"

  Kogoro immediately reized the unit.

  "That's the Special Iigation Unit from the Metropolitan Police."

  "I didn't think they'd deploy them here…"

  adjusted his gsses, his mind rag.

  "What exactly are they preparing for?"

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