Nerima Ward.
After learning from the deeply wrinkled old landlord that their target was home, three soldiers armed with loaded weapons silently approached the apartment door.
The next second, one soldier kicked the apartment door open and charged in first.
"Who are you? Why are you breaking into my home?"
Inside, an unshaven middle-aged man holding a bowl of natto rice stared wide-eyed at the soldiers bursting through his door in disbelief.
But to the middle-aged man's surprise, after confirming his appearance, the armed intruders opened fire without a word.
Ratatatat!
The crossfire from three Type 20 Assault Rifles riddled the middle-aged man with holes.
Yet what made the soldiers' scalps prickle was that even under such a barrage, the middle-aged man still hadn't fallen.
"...Damn it! Have I been found out? Why!"
Blood-red tentacles rose from the middle-aged man's back, writhing as they prepared to attack.
But just then, a woman's voice rang out:
"Please move aside!"
The three soldiers instantly leaped to either side at her voice, and then a final gust of white wind swept past.
Looking at the ice crystals covering the tatami and ceiling, and the Ghoul frozen into an ice sculpture.
A tall woman with intermingled black and white hair walked into the room from behind the three soldiers. Looking at the ice sculpture, she pressed the device hanging from her ear and said:
"S-Class Ghoul 'Wild Fox,' confirmed killed."
"Copy."
Hearing the response in her ear, the woman turned to the dumbfounded soldiers and said in exasperation:
"What is it~? Have you soldiers never seen a snow woman before? Why are you making those faces?"
"There's one more target nearby. Get up already. I don't want Her Highness the Princess saying we're as slow as turtles."
At her words, the three soldiers fell