Psycho Pass FanFiction ~ The Perfect Society.

Chapter 14: Stand Tall and Follow your Gut.

   The ride on the aircraft was smooth and calm if you ignored the fact they were on the way to stop a sociopath with a bio-terrorist plan. Shinra might have even taken a short nap at some point during the flight. Sleep hasn't been regular nor decent these couple of days, and it was a miracle she could still functioning properly. She's just used to be exploited to the limit and that is probably the main reason she can still work without giving away her sleep deprivation. A five-minute nap to restore some energy wasn't bad right now but if you asked her if she planned it; she would tell you that she didn't.

     Shinra ends waking up by the slight changes in the aircraft's smooth movement, indicating their landing. Her eyes opened up and the action that followed was her arms stretching forward slightly with a quiet groan. Now she felt like new, sort of. Yet as soon as the aircraft landed, she unbuckled herself just as her colleagues did and as the door opened Inspector Tsunemori, Ginoza, and Shinra along with Enforcer Masaoka exited. Meanwhile, Enforcer Kunizuka was left inside the aircraft, to work through the system of the building.

     "Dammit! What a huge place..." Were the first words that left Ginoza's lips as they took a stand on the roof of that factory. "Well, this factory centrally manages the defense virus in order to distribute it to the entire Hokuriku area." Tsunemori mentioned, based on the information that was gathered and discussed during the flight. "It is amazing that such a large-scale facility can continue to operate in a fully automated manner." Masaoka adds somewhat impressed by the place.

     "And because is fully automated it makes it easier to attack than a place run by actual people. Or at least, makes it easier to go unnoticed." Shinra mentioned as she stood aside from Tsunemori and Masaoka, opposite side to where Ginoza stood. Her eyes studying the area with a serious expression on her face.

     "The bigger the prey, the easier is to target." Tsunemori comments to Shinra's words just as her own eyes stared into the distance of the large factory. Only getting a small grunt sound of agreement from the other female accompanied with a nod. "This sort of tactic is just like Makishima." Tsunemori states but soon their conversation was interrupted by the ringing of her wrist-com. The short-haired Inspector's eyes lowered as her arm rose, with a touch of her other hand she brought the caller ID into sight which was unidentified. The female turns to Ginoza as she calmly expressed. "It's probably from Kogami." Words that did seem to surprise the Senior Inspector. "If he's here, he must have seen us land." The female added before she pressed to answer the call. "Tsunemori speaking." The female spoke as soon as the call was accepted. Ginoza meanwhile was lifting his arm also to work his wrist-com.

     As for Shinra, she remained silent for the time being, her eyes simply falling on Tsunemori who in her understanding was acting a little...out of character. Though the short-haired Inspector was right on who the call was from as a familiar voice soon responded to her. "I didn't expect you to get here so soon." The man expressed honestly. Tsunemori's eyes carefully landed on Shinra from a moment as she turned slightly in her direction. "Don't underestimate the Bureau's resources. You are not the only one here capable of driving Makishima into a corner." The female expressed before her eyes shifted once again and simply stared off into the distance with the same serious face she wore from the start of the call. A small airy chuckle was heard from the other side of the line, probably in amusement. Though soon his tone gone serious as he began to speak once more. "He's already inside the facility. In fact, he's probably adjusting the Uka-no-Mitama virus right now using the equipment Kudama left in the lab. Or he might even have finished already." The male expressed but little did he knew that this trail wasn't found by the voice recorder he inserted on the victim's throat. Yet by someone whose way of thinking could sometimes be quite similar to Shogo Makishima's.

     "We're not going to let him have his way." Tsunemori replied immediately at the loose Enforcer. "Then we don't have a moment to lose. We have to shut down the entire facility before he's able to distribute the Uka-no-Mitama that he tampered with. The Bureau has the authority to cut off the power to this facility, right?" Kougami asked though his reasons had more than one motive as a goal. This causing Shinra to scoff from her position, shaking her head slightly as Tsunemori replied. "That would halt not only its operation but its security system as well. That's what you want, isn't it?" After her question, there was some silence.