Time rewound to before the concert began.
A group of people had gathered in a warehouse inside a building not far from the venue.
More than a dozen fully armed people were crammed into the warehouse.
They wore armor suits identical to those of the General Council's private forces, carried machine guns in their hands, had grenades hanging from their waists, and even wore gas masks over their heads. They looked very much like the Hound Unit.
The warehouse was also packed with all kinds of things.
There was gasoline.
There were unknown devices.
There were suitcases filled with ammunition.
There were laptops and all sorts of props for disguises.
Other than that, there was only a single table in the entire warehouse.
Four people sat around that table.
One was a burly man.
One was a woman covered in solid muscle.
One was a somewhat gloomy girl.
The last was an unremarkable man.
The fully armed soldiers around them surrounded and supported the four.
In other words, those four were the leaders here.
The burly man was called Sakumi Hiko.
The muscular woman was called Teishio Emi.
The somewhat gloomy girl was called Tetsuami.
The unremarkable man was called Yamate.
These four were members of "Block."
The dozen or so soldiers around them were subordinate members of "Block."
At that moment, everyone belonging to "Block" had their eyes fixed on the laptop in front of them.
It was displaying the current situation at the concert venue.
The audience cheered loudly on the screen.
The colors of glow sticks flashed continuously across the display.
A countdown in the upper-left corner slowly ticked down.
When that number reached zero, the concert would officially begin.
"As expected of a world-class songstress. A concert prepared in just one week is already this lively."