The spotlight at the docks fell, and the blonde girl stood outside the car door, pursing her lips. The gun in her hand showed no signs of wavering, as if intended to shatter the dark future with a single shot.
Phoenix Academy Maggie outwardly didn't seem shaken by Saffit's comnts, but in truth, she felt a bit embarrassed.
It was the first ti she was doing sothing like an interrogation through torture, getting the process wrong, thinking she should shoot first and then ask questions to appear more formidable.
She hadn't expected that this person's spine was so soft, that he confessed everything without needing a shot.
Watching the blood gushing from Saffit's thigh and his expression, as sweat poured down like rain.
Alright, perhaps being shot feels more painful than Phoenix Academy Maggie imagined.
She lowered the gun towards the ground, keeping her expression icy as she continued, "Speak, where have all the military weapons gone?"
Saffit took a few deep breaths, his voice shaking as he said, "Before this operation, I hired two ships.
One was for military weapons, the other carried a reported shipnt of handbags for backup, registered under another company in Ueno as a precaution against information leaks.
In a critical mont, allowing the two cargo ships to swap places."
"I was asking about the ship carrying the military weapons."
Phoenix Academy Maggie raised an eyebrow.
Saffit shook his head and hurriedly raised his hand, saying, "Don't shoot!
Don't be hasty to shoot.
I'm not refusing to tell, I genuinely don't know the whereabouts of that ship; the other ship wasn't under my control, it was coordinated by the Higashino Group.
About three hours ago, they approached saying we were exposed, inviting onto their ship while they sailed away with the military weapons ship, leaving the route.
That's when I felt sothing was amiss, thinking that without the weapons, it wouldn't be serious, so I didn't leave."
"Are you joking, if the Higashino Group knew we were standing guard here, would they still have so many people guarding here?"
Phoenix Academy Maggie scrutinized Saffit's body, seemingly searching for where the next shot should go.
Saffit, still sweating from earlier pain, wiped his brow and said, "They claid to be from the Higashino Group, but in reality, who knows.
I really don't know. I am just a military weapons rchant; how could they tell so much?"
His complexion had already turned pale, and he trembled, saying, "I feel like I need a doctor."
Phoenix Academy Maggie, expressionless, raised her hand again and shot his left thigh.
"Ah!"
Saffit scread in pain, shouting, "I really don't know who he was!"
Phoenix Academy Maggie, with an icy stern deanor, said, "I know you're telling the truth, but even though these truths aren't important, you even tried to swim away to escape, wasting my ti.
This is your punishnt."
She could tell that this person confessed so readily because Saffit himself didn't have much to divulge.
Not because he was cowardly or spineless.
But even for these inconsequential revelations, he still wasted her ti.
Phoenix Academy Maggie wished she could fire another shot.
She didn't do so, instead putting the gun back in its holster, thinking about where the ship might be.
Three hours ago, which is when the operation began, the news had already leaked.
At that ti, SAT's third team should have confiscated all communication equipnt, with the Police Director, her, Takahashi Saeko, and SAT's team leader having a little ti to make phone contact before executing the mission.
Or perhaps, the mbers of SAT's third team received ergency assembly orders and secretly alerted soone.
Who is the mole?
Phoenix Academy Maggie pondered this question briefly before discarding it and focusing on finding that cargo ship carrying military weapons.
If Tokyo Port was no good, then there was only Yokohama Port!
Phoenix Academy Maggie's eyes flashed with a sharp glint, issuing orders to Takahashi Saeko, "Deploy a helicopter imdiately, we're heading to Yokohama Port."
"Miss, are just us going?"
"Ti is of the essence!"
Phoenix Academy Maggie's face remained cold; she initially didn't want to cause large-scale casualties, which is why she opted to dispatch so many people for an encirclent.
Being too many people made it easy to leak information.
Now she decided to take direct action, determined to intercept this batch of military weapons for her mother.
"Send him to the ambulance."
Phoenix Academy Maggie didn't let Saffit die either; he was more useful alive than dead.
...
Yokohama Port, with a history of 130 years, is alongside Kobe Port as Japan's busiest and largest port by cargo throughput.
It features a natural deep-water harbor that can accommodate the world's largest container ships.
Imports are mostly petroleum and coal, while exports predominantly consist of ships, automobiles, radios, televisions, and textiles.
The port's annual throughput exceeds 100 million tons.
Yokohama Port, Dock No. 41.
A 50-ter cargo ship was docked here, and boxes were being unloaded and transferred into waiting trucks.
The boxes were filled with lethal military weapons.
Sumiyoshi-kai's President Masao Handa watched this scene with a full smile, thinking that Clown truly lived up to his international reputation as a well-known arms dealer, fulfilling his promise to deliver the weapons.
Though Clown himself wasn't on the ship, which puzzled Masao Handa—such a major transaction, yet the other party only sent an assistant.
Or perhaps, arming 3,000 n is just a small transaction for that renowned arms dealer?
His eyes shifted, a smile appearing on his face. "Mr. Calonni, Mr. Clown must indeed be very busy."
Calonni, standing tall at 195 centiters, with dreadlocks, his dark skin representing his African descent.
His expression was cold and severe, always reminding people of hard objects like steel and granite. Regarding Masao Handa's question, he replied indifferently, "This is just a small amount, no need for Mr. Clown to show up."
The reason he said this was because he didn't want to make it clear that the Sumiyoshi-kai was just a backup.
If there were no surprises in the plan, of course, the Higashino Group would proceed, but if there were any, the Sumiyoshi-kai would serve as a backup.
The transaction location was chosen at Yokohama Port.
In this era, there are never a shortage of ambitious people, or rather, there are never a shortage of them in any era.
What they lack are opportunities.
When the opportunity to seize supre power appears, ambitious people beco the best pawns.
The Higashino Group is like that, and the Sumiyoshi-kai is the sa.
Calonni's eyes flashed with disdain.
Rumbling sounds ca from the distant sky. He turned his head to see colored lights adorning the surface of a helicopter as a powerful spotlight was turned on, inspecting a cargo ship at Yokohama Port.
Calonni sneered. How dare they pilot a helicopter over without notifying any ground support units.
It seems like they're desperate to accomplish sothing.
"What is going on here?"
Masao Handa frowned.
Calonni calmly said, "President, you're about to make a move; surely you aren't afraid of just a single helicopter?
Shoot it down with the M72A3."
"Indeed."
Masao Handa quickly cald down.
Already fifty-seven years old, he should be inclined toward caution at such an age.
However, his willingness to risk it all and reach for supre power stems partly from not recognizing a woman holding national power.
The other reason is that he believes that supre power brings one closer to the Different World.
He had heard the governnt had a massive plan that required significant funding.
Yet he did not know the details within the plan.
No matter how large the Sumiyoshi-kai is, it is always excluded from political power.
If he wants to enter it, the only route is ard insurgency, seizing power by force.
"Which box has the M72A3?"
"No rush."
Calonni gestured, and imdiately, a crew mber retrieved an M72A3 anti-tank rocket launcher equipped with a rocket from the cabin.
He hefted it onto his shoulder, aid at the helicopter scanning the cargo ship, and pulled the trigger.
Boom!
The rocket scread through the sky, its trail forming a brilliant arc in the night, like a teor streaking across the heavens.
"Takahashi."
"Copy that."
Takahashi Saeko, holding a Barrett M95, had little ti to aim and relied on instinct, pulling the trigger at the approaching rocket.
Bam, boom!
The 12.7×99 mm caliber bullet struck the rocket with precision, erupting into a massive ball of fire mid-air.
"Get closer over there."
The firelight illuminated the girl's cheeks. Her expression was steady, with a hint of excitent, having finally found the cargo ship loaded with military supplies.
Calonni's face darkened slightly as he imdiately said, "Quick! Bring over ten more M72A3s."
Masao Handa roared, "Equip the M4A1 carbines and prepare to et the enemy!"
This gun may be old, but against the Self-Defense Forces, it's a fair match.
While the two were issuing orders, the helicopter was still so distance away. Phoenix Academy Maggie had already donned a parachute, carrying a heavy ammo chain bag, and around her neck hung a Minimi 7.62 Mk3 machine gun, recently procured by the Army Self-Defense Forces from the Belgian FN Herstal Company.
Fully ard, Phoenix Academy Maggie exuded a hint of heroism in appearance.
"Safe travels~"
Takahashi Saeko said with a cheerful smile.
Phoenix Academy Maggie suddenly exerted force with her legs, causing the helicopter to sway twice.
Takahashi Saeko held her sniper rifle in the back as cover.
The wind roared in her ears as Phoenix Academy Maggie plumted like a teor, even Calonni was montarily stunned by the maneuver.
As she approached, she deployed her parachute to slow her descent.
Her Mk3 machine gun aid at the port.
The mbers of the Sumiyoshi-kai had just equipped their carbines, without even having ti to raise their barrels.
Rat-a-tat, a series of light sounds erupted from above as machine gun bullets rained down like a fierce storm, blooming into a spray of blood on the ground.
Masao Handa and Calonni hurriedly dodged to the side, raising their guns to counterattack.
Phoenix Academy Maggie drew a combat knife with her other hand, slashed the parachute lines, and dropped ten ters to the ground without even a twinge in her legs, bending low and flanking the enemy at high speed.
Bang bang, bullets peppered the ground, leaving pockmarks everywhere.
Phoenix Academy Maggie felt her heart pounding fiercely as she held the Mk3 machine gun, sweeping forward.
Like a farr wielding a scythe harvesting wheat.
In an instant, six or seven people fell.
In the sky, Takahashi Saeko was also scoring headshots, taking out the rocket-wielding threats one by one.
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