The timeline returned to daytime. The Takagi family estate was a sprawling manor. Takagi Saya's father, Soichiro Takagi, was a councilman, so he naturally wielded considerable authority.
Her mother, Yuriko Takagi, was the daughter of the head of the business conglomerate that chiefly supported Soichiro Takagi's political career.
Their union might not have been anything remarkable in Japan, but in Bed Town, it was like a thunderclap on level ground. Backed by the financial power of the conglomerate behind them, Soichiro Takagi swiftly gained control over a great deal of power.
He also had enough money to recruit retainers and put them to work for himself. In Bed Town... almost no one dared to offend the Takagi family. As a figurehead of the right-wing forces, there were quite a few combat personnel in the estate.
Some of their equipment was even top-of-the-line, purchased from the United States at tremendous expense. It was no worse than the gear used by the special units of the Self-Defense Forces.
He was a cold-hearted man. He had joined with a woman he did not love because of ambition—the desire to reach the pinnacle of power in this country. Even with Dead Bodies running rampant, he had no intention of giving up in the slightest.
When Yuriko Takagi asked him to send a small team to rescue their daughter, he considered it again and again before refusing. At a time like this, they needed every available hand. Even a well-equipped team crossing the bridge to get over there... would be like sheep walking into a tiger's den!
Besides, he could not be sure whether Takagi Saya was even still alive.
After the initial chaos had passed, he forcibly brought the nearby residents into the estate and placed them in hastily erected tents. The process had