"Relocate. We have to relocate!" The moment she stopped in the room, Jodie forcefully stressed her opinion. "The Organization can no longer be kept in the dark about Rena Mizunashi being here. No matter how much effort we put into protecting her, it will be meaningless. We'll only become prey waiting to be surrounded and hunted! That's far too passive. This isn't what we planned from the start!"
After all, they were operating on foreign ground and had not gone through any official channels. Apart from their own people, they could not even find outside firepower to support them.
Yet this was the Organization's home turf. The resources it could mobilize were simply beyond their ability to predict. The enemy was hidden while they stood exposed; Jodie could not ignore the danger of their situation.
Not to mention...
Looking at Shuichi Akai's calm profile, Jodie lightly bit down on her teeth.
If they confronted the Organization head-on in such haste, Shuichi Akai would never choose a cautious, moderate strategy. He was absolutely the sort of person who disregarded his own safety...
"This will be difficult." James gave his conclusion as soon as he spoke. "Finding Haido Central Hospital was already a stroke of luck."
The only reason the hospital would cooperate in concealing a patient's information and turn a blind eye to some of their activities there was that its director had once been caught up in certain trouble and saved by Shuichi Akai. It was entirely founded on personal trust and gratitude.
As they had said before, this was not their territory. They had no right to be picky about the resources available to them.
"If we stay in the hospital, we can maintain a certain degree of control over the situation no matter what happens. If we truly