No Choice but to Give Him a Little Face

"Beep—beep—beep—beep—!"

In the main area of Russian Branch, alarms were constantly blaring, waking everyone who was asleep.

"First team, head east!"

"Second team, head west!"

"The rest of the troops should search this area thoroughly!"

"We must find the intruder!"

Led by their captains, fully armed units began searching the main area of Russian Branch, filling every street with soldiers armed with heavy machine guns.

Under these circumstances, everyone who was awakened looked out of their windows and saw the situation on the street, and they were all surprised.

"Intruder?"

"There's an intruder?"

"Really?"

The main area of Russian Branch is not only inhabited by soldiers, but also by research experts and staff belonging to Fenrir, and even by ordinary residents on the outskirts.

Therefore, it's understandable how surprised people were to learn that someone had infiltrated the main facility of the Russian Branch and seen soldiers running back and forth in the streets.

Meanwhile, in one of the buildings, Soma, who was lying on the bed, also opened her eyes, but did not go to the window to check the situation. As if she had anticipated something, she got up helplessly.

"I thought this kid would at least do some preparation before carrying out the mission, but I didn't expect him to start infiltrating that very night. I hope he didn't expose his identity."

After saying that, Soma stood up.

Almost at the same time, there was a knock on Soma's door.

Outside the door, Sakuya Tachibana and Soma walked in, while Soma leaned against the door, their eyes both fixed on Soma.

Then, with a tense expression, Sakuya Tachibana asked, "Did the mission fail?"

Clearly, the members of the First Unit were aware of the infiltration operation.

"It's hard to say whether it's a failure or not; perhaps we've discovered something," Soma said thoughtfully. "However, the Russian Branch's reaction after discovering the intruders was so intense; it seems there's indeed some secret hidden here that we don't know about."

"What should we do?" Sakuya Tachibana said directly, "Judging from this reaction, if they can't find anyone outside, the Russian Branch will probably thoroughly search everyone in the base, right?"

"So, we should also go out and deal with this." Soma lit a cigarette and said somewhat casually, "After all, as outsiders, we'll be the first ones suspected."

"Tch..." Soma crossed his arms and leaned against the wall, saying coldly, "What a nuisance."

"An outsider?" Sakuya Tachibana gave a wry smile. "As a fellow member of Fenrir, calling him an outsider is a bit of an exaggeration."

"If the higher-ups want to scheme against each other, we can only play along," said Soma, seemingly unconcerned. "The larger the organization, the more likely it is to have conflicts."

After saying that, Soma stood up and walked out of the room with Sakuya Tachibana and Soma.

In fact, Soma's guess was correct.

After a fruitless search, the Russian Branch of the army began searching civilian residences and first approached the troops from the Far East Branch.

Moreover, the person leading the team was that captain.

Upon entering, the captain said to Soma, "I'm sorry, Captain Amamiya, we've encountered some problems here and need to conduct an investigation. We hope you can cooperate."

Without waiting for Soma's agreement, the captain waved his hand, and the soldiers behind him poured into the building to begin searching.

Everyone from the Far East Branch was assigned to the same residence.

After all, apart from the three God Eater, one soldier, and one communications officer from the First Unit, all the reinforcements sent by the Far East Branch had been killed in action, so the Russian Branch simply arranged for the group to stay together.

Therefore, in addition to Soma, Sakuya Tachibana, and Soma, Hibari was also present.

Seeing the soldiers conducting the search with great force, Hibari hesitated and asked Soma, "Rindou-san, is this alright?"

Soma did not have time to answer this question.

After glancing at everyone, the captain suddenly frowned and asked in a deep voice, "Captain Amamiya, shouldn't you have another soldier here? Where is he?"

Upon hearing this, everyone's hearts tightened.

On the surface, Soma showed no reaction, but her mind was racing, trying to figure out a way to get away with it.

However, the next second, a voice rang out, and Soma's heart immediately relaxed.

"What's wrong?"

As Fang Li emerged from one of the rooms, yawning, he complained, "Why is it so noisy?"

"Mr. Fang Li." Hibari couldn't help but feel a slight joy.

"Phew..." Sakuya Tachibana couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

"Hmph..." Soma remained indifferent as always, simply turning her head away, but the hands she had been tightly holding in front of her slowly loosened.

Under these circumstances, the captain glanced at Fang Li and asked, "Don't you know what happened?"

"I don't know." Fang Li replied without the slightest hesitation, "I just heard a very loud alarm. Are you conducting a drill?"

"That wasn't a drill." The captain's gaze sharpened as he questioned Fang Li, "Even if it were a drill, as a soldier, you should have reacted immediately upon hearing the alarm. Why did you only get up now?"

"I've been told the same thing countless times by the instructors back in the Far East Branch," Fang Li said, shrugging helplessly. "So, could you please spare me?"

"You..." The captain was immediately enraged by Fang Li's words and shouted at Fang Li, "I now strongly suspect that you are involved in the crime of hacking into the main facilities of the Russian Branch. Please accept our investigation!"

"Uh..." Fang Li was stunned for a moment, then looked at Soma with an innocent expression and asked, "Captain Amamiya, am I being targeted for personal revenge?"

"Well, don't say that." Soma immediately understood, patted Fang Li on the shoulder, and said earnestly, "He is, after all, a captain, with a much higher rank than you. You should at least give him some face."

"Is that so?" Fang Li looked troubled, and finally could only sigh, "There's no other way, so I'll just give you a little."

As Fang Li expression, as if he had suffered a great loss, made Sakuya Tachibana and Hibari tremble slightly, their eyes filled with laughter.

As for the captain, veins were bulging on his temples, and he was furious.