Noda City lay at the northernmost tip of Chiba Prefecture.
Though it hadn't been abandoned and government offices still operated there, very few people remained. Most had moved to Tokyo or elsewhere in Chiba Prefecture.
Shimizu Park, at the southern end of the city, had once been a famous tourist attraction. But it had been bankrupt and neglected for years, and now weeds covered the place, leaving it desolate.
The Resistance Organization's base was hidden inside Shimizu Park.
Fang Cheng flew with the girl and reached Noda City in less than two hours, landing in Shimizu Park.
With the girl leading the way, he quickly found the disguised entrance to the base in a building hidden beneath the overgrowth.
According to the girl, the base had been built underground mainly to avoid the government's routine drone patrols.
Hidden surveillance cameras had been installed by the entrance. Fang Cheng didn't approach recklessly. Instead, he hid in the girl's shadow and had her take him inside to meet Nozawa Hana.
To his surprise, the girl was very cooperative and didn't object at all.
Fang Cheng had considered that her obedience might be an act—that she could be leading him into a trap—but it didn't matter anymore.
With his current strength, unless three Aces surrounded him, no one could stop him from escaping.
The girl glanced at her shadow, then walked up to the entrance and made a special gesture at the camera, as if greeting someone.
A few minutes later, a voice came through the speaker.
"Terashima Reiko, shouldn't you be carrying out a mission in Chiba Prefecture? Why did you come back without permission?"
The girl, Terashima Reiko, was no longer the model of obedience she'd been in front of Fang Cheng. She planted her hands on her hips and called