The unconscious officers of the Fifth Division were rushed to the hospital, and desks, chairs, computers, and other clutter were cleared aside.
In the cleared space, Special Assault Team officers carrying riot shields formed the front rank, with officers armed with loaded guns behind them. They advanced to within five meters of the section chief's office and stopped.
The Special Assault Team captain at the scene pressed the earpiece beneath his riot helmet, waiting for further instructions from the Metropolitan Police Department.
The temporary command post had been set up in the central surveillance room on the twelfth floor, two floors above the Fifth Division on the tenth.
The director of the Public Security Bureau, the director of the Criminal Affairs Department, Section Chief Akagi, and a number of other senior Metropolitan Police Department officials had all rushed over.
Every senior official present wore an extremely grim expression.
A Superhuman had actually struck at the heart of the Metropolitan Police Department. It was like a slap across the faces of all its senior officials, an utter humiliation.
"Is the surveillance data normal?"
The director of the Public Security Bureau asked with a solemn expression.
The Superintendent General was not at Metropolitan Police Department Headquarters. A Superhuman had infiltrated the Fifth Division, and Section Chief Mori had inexplicably led him there. With the situation so grave, the director of the Public Security Bureau had naturally been appointed temporary commander.
"The four cameras in the archive room are functioning normally. There's nothing wrong with the recordings, either."
"Then play it again, starting from when the Superhuman first appeared in the archive room."
The technician tapped at the keyboard. On the screen, a man wearing an Akatsuki cloak appeared out of thin air in the archive room like a phantom.
"What kind of