Himeko and Dan Heng dealt with Amir and Inukai in succession, leaving Yamada with no more hosts he could escape into.
"All taken care of."
Dan Heng met up with Himeko again, and the Mobile Team Captain also contacted them.
"The problems at the Data Center have been dealt with too. All the city's smart systems have shut down, and String Bean can now only run on your systems. In other words, apart from the ones in your hands, there are no other full-strength AIs left anywhere in Los Angeles."
"What about Yamada? String Bean, check Yamada's data."
[Current information confirmed: Yamada's data no longer exists in Los Angeles. Unless he has another information database unknown to anyone else. Even then, however, he could only store himself in that database, with no possibility of leaving.]
[However, there are other anomalies in Los Angeles.]
Himeko glanced at the Exploration Progress.
[Misty District Exploration Progress: 74%]
It had already reached the value that allowed them to leave, but clearly, there was something more crucial they had yet to uncover.
"What anomalies?"
[While you were taking action, the company's senior management and its various business divisions were all bought out by an unknown force through various means. The company was consolidated within an extremely short period.]
[Furthermore, Los Angeles's public departments have also undergone changes, with almost all their personnel replaced. The Underground Black Market was immediately purged by the Mobile Unit. Certain businesses everyone knew about were likewise purged with extreme efficiency.]
String Bean reported the situation in Los Angeles to Himeko, item by item. The information piqued Himeko's interest.
"Someone who could seize the timing so precisely and act with such decisive force doesn't seem to have done this on a whim."
Himeko had a guess as to who was behind