Two days later, the military transport carrying Miyuki Shiba arrived in Japan and landed at a military airfield.
Fang Zheng and his group had been waiting there for some time.
Besides Fang Zheng, two others had come with him to receive Miyuki Shiba.
One was Second Lieutenant Kyoko Fujibayashi of the National Defense Forces' Defense Ministry Technical Headquarters—the granddaughter of the head of the Kujima Family, one of the Ten Master Clans, known as the Electronic Witch. Because she held the dual status of a member of the Ten Master Clans and a military second lieutenant, she had come here to handle Miyuki Shiba's transfer.
The other was a girl who looked no older than thirteen or fourteen. She had black hair and wore Gothic clothing, her style quite similar to Black Cat's. She was Ayako Kuroba, eldest daughter of the Kuroba Family, a branch family of the Yotsuba Clan. Because of Miyuki Shiba's connection to the Yotsuba Family, she had come as the Yotsuba Clan's representative.
Strictly speaking, Fang Zheng was actually the one with the least reason to be here... The only reason for his presence was that he represented the Japanese Wizarding World. His personal relationship with Miyuki Shiba was not particularly important.
The plane slowly came to a stop before the three of them. Then the hatch opened, and fully armed STARS members escorted Miyuki Shiba out of the aircraft.
Fang Zheng could no longer recognize the Miyuki Shiba before him. Well, that was only natural. Her entire body was wrapped in a white restraint suit like those used to control psychiatric patients, and even her mouth was gagged. Judging by the black sealing straps surrounding her and the Yang Crystal Stones embedded in them, the United States had gone to considerable lengths to seal Miyuki