But in the End

Operation, Begin

We made it to the office and learned that Atsushi and Kyouka were out delivering an envelope to a court judge. However, they had a run-in with a Port Mafia Executive, Oszaki Kouyou, that tried to take Kyouka back to the Mafia.

Kunikida and Kenji showed up, thanks to his foresight of making Kyouka's phone alert him if a call was ever received. But, it seems the Guild began to make a move as they ended up in an altercation with the whole group, where they were taken down.

"That's what happened, huh..." I trailed off, going over the information that we were told. "Wasn't it you that told me to never get injured when working at the Agency, huh Kunikida?" I taunted the man, to which he just groaned in annoyance.

"Dazai, where are you going?" Kunikida asked, glancing at the man, who was making his way out of the room.

"I'm going to have a little chat with our guest, see if I can get any intel out of her." Dazai replied, walking out the door and to, what I assume, the infirmary.

Just then, Yosano walked into the room, giving a wave. "I assume they filled you in on everything, already?"

I nodded my head as she made her way to stand beside me. "Yeah, the gist of it, at least."

She crossed her arms, glancing at the three males, who had their heads on the desks and glowing with smiles on their faces. "Seriously, what am I gonna do with you guys? If you didn't have me around, you'd all be six feet under right now."

"How're you all feeling?" Yosano and I turned our heads to see the President had walked in.

"President!" Kunikida snapped out of it, standing in attention. "I apologize, I was too careless."

I snickered at the bespectacled man's seriousness as the President waved him off. "It's fine. I'm heading out." He exclaimed, making his way out the door.

"Wait- isn't it too dangerous right now?" Atsushi asked, turning to watch as the President left.

Yosano let out a chuckle, staring at the door. "Well, someone's pretty riled up, it seems."

"You're telling me." I replied, staring blankly at the door. "Can you blame him?"

———

I sat in one of the pews of our temporary base of operations, listening to the tapping of keys as Jun'ichirō typed on the computer, waiting.

I didn't have to wait long, as the sound of the door opening and closing alerted all of us. Turning, we were met with the President walking down the pews. "Listen up. The Port Mafia seeks to eradicate the Agency, the Guild seeks to usurp the Agency. We must do all we can to protect ourselves from both of these foes." The President came to a stop, opening his eyes. "Dazai, please continue."

"You got it!~" Dazai replied. "The Guild has substantial financial assets; the Port Mafia has the benefit of numbers. So, we'll split into defensive and offensive teams, and engage them in guerrilla warfare."

Dazai paused, glancing over to Yosano. "The primary goal for the defensive team is to make sure Dr. Yosano is protected. As long as we don't die outright, her healing ability can cure our injuries. The offensive team will split into two sections and surprise the enemy using Jun'ichirō's mirage ability and my nullification ability."

Dazai summed up, turning to look back at the president. "The crux of this strategy is to keep our base of operation hidden. If our enemies hit us here with everything they've got, our defenses will never hold."

"Of the three organizations, only one of us can survive." The President spoke up again. "Our only option is to fight. A three way war, a war of the gifted."