(Thank you very much to 'Whispering Moon' and 'Luo Shuke' for the rewards!)
Where was this?
This was a Self-Defense Force military camp built right beside the Monolith.
The Monolith was so close. What Gastrea would ever appear here?
Anyone could tell that unless they were forced to, Gastrea would never come to a place like this when Varanium was their natural enemy.
Yet in this basement, there were hundreds, even thousands, of Gastrea.
This unreasonable phenomenon undoubtedly told them one thing.
These Gastrea had all been secretly transported here.
And who would transport Gastrea into the Tokyo Area?
Not long ago, Noah had encountered one such group.
—the Five Wings Society.
That mysterious organization capable of controlling Gastrea had used a Stage IV Gastrea in an attack last time.
"Most likely, these Gastrea were also raised by the Five Wings Society, weren't they?" Noah analyzed with remarkable calmness.
"And since these Gastrea were secretly hidden here, it was obviously Soma Munekazu's doing."
The key to opening this basement was on Soma Munekazu.
On top of that, all these Gastrea had appeared in the basement of a Self-Defense Force military camp. Who would believe that the Self-Defense Force commander had nothing to do with it?
"So Soma Munekazu was an officer of the Five Wings Society?" Rentaro said, then immediately rejected his own conclusion.
"No. If Soma Munekazu was an officer of the Five Wings Society, how could Hiruko Kagetane have killed him?"
"Besides, I didn't see the Five Wings Society's tattoo on Soma Munekazu either." Noah spoke thoughtfully.
"In my opinion, Soma Munekazu was probably just being used."
"Used?"
"That's right." Noah swept his gaze across the cages holding Gastrea all around them.
"Soma Munekazu most likely had no idea that these cages contained Gastrea. He was deceived by