The bomb had been installed inside the vehicle. No matter how strong its armor was, it couldn't withstand an explosion from within.
After a loud boom came through the phone, followed by dead air, Kanzaki Rin slowly hung up.
She wondered whether the bureaucrat, with death staring him in the face, regretted ever trying to pin the blame on those at the bottom.
Probably not. He was more likely to resent them for causing him trouble.
Kanzaki Rin had killed Ishii Ryo not only to avenge her parents, but also to intimidate the Area 11 government.
He was a high-ranking cabinet official—one of the ruling class of Area 11.
And Ishii Ryo wasn't the only one. Kanzaki Rin had made sure that all fifteen officials from the prison system who had escaped punishment back then, from the highest to the lowest, got what was coming to them.
She had been reborn and held back for eleven years without taking action, allowing these enemies to live eleven years longer, all for tonight.
The deaths of these officials would deal a tremendous psychological blow to the rest of the ruling class.
Since entering the modern era, Area 11 had faced its share of hardships, but its ruling class had never been threatened. They had remained comfortably ensconced in their ivory tower, unaffected by the changes of history, their status and safety never in jeopardy.
Tonight, this corrupt and degenerate group had finally experienced fear for the first time.
Dozens of explosions had rocked the Tokyo metropolitan area. The blasts had barely touched the common people at the bottom, yet more than a dozen members of the lofty ruling class had died in one fell swoop.
The Area 11 government was indeed shaken. The SAT Mobile Team, which had been preparing to go