Over the next few days, the Witch Investigation Team formed under AAA began investigating from several different angles.
First, they continued following Duanmu Huai's orders, using data and intelligence analysis to narrow down the areas where Witches might appear. They also investigated whether there was any news about Witches or Magical Girls online—after all, such information could very well appear on the internet, and it was not impossible that people would ignore it because it seemed too unrealistic.
Of course, besides that, they also had other work to do.
For example, the mission AAA had currently taken on.
"This is the objective of our mission."
Yugiri Ayano took out her phone and waved the photo on it at the three of them.
"Not long ago, AAA's intelligence personnel discovered a plan to assassinate the mayor in this student's apartment. Our mission is to protect the mayor from being assassinated by that student at the banquet tonight."
"How is this an AAA mission?"
Looking at the young man displayed on the phone, Chisato raised her hand in confusion.
"Dealing with terrorists has always been our Lycoris' job, hasn't it?"
Just as Chisato had said, terrorist activities like this had always fallen within the Lycoris' jurisdiction. In particular, when it came to terrorist attacks involving explosions or assaults, the Lycoris would blend into the crowd and subdue or eliminate the perpetrators when they were off guard. Since the Lycoris were all young girls dressed in uniforms, they would never attract the terrorists' attention, allowing them to succeed time and again.
Logically speaking, a public assassination of the mayor should definitely have been left to the Lycoris.
"Because we already suspected that he was Devil Possessed, we kept him under close surveillance. We discovered the plan purely by accident. He has disappeared, and