f their injuries are treated quickly, then they'll be saved."

From the inside of his helmet, an excuse that would do nothing to assuage their conscience came out. This wasn't an excuse to justify his act, but an excuse to get Fumiya and Ayako's consent.

"..Are we going to leave them like that?"

Fumiya wasn't condemning Tatsuya. He was just wondering if they should leave the enemy here.

"These are USNA soldiers. Kidnapping them is probably a bad idea, and moreover, they probably have no clue about Gu Jie anyway."

"Understood."

Despite answering so, Fumiya wasn't entirely convinced. They intervened in his mission despite being soldiers of the USNA, and for him, that meant that they had to have some clue about the whole affair.

However, he could understand why capturing USNA soldiers would be a foolish action.

"Well then, let's retrieve the enemies that have been knocked down in the hospital."

"Two Generator corpses are lying down in the 3rd floor's corridor. I'll show you the way."

Nodding to Tatsuya's proposal, the three of them returned in the building.

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"Major Canopus. The obstruction force has been annihilated."

"Wait until the Yotsuba members withdraw to retrieve them."

"Understood, sir."

At that time, in the USNA aircraft that had landed in the base of Zama, such a conversation was taking place.

"Did the car that Heigu boarded manage to escape safely?"

"No pursuing vehicle detected."

"Good. Keep an eye on it with the satellite."

"Yes, sir."

Canopus was currently a step ahead of the Yotsuba regarding the pursuit of Jiedo Heigu. It was all thanks to their intelligence agency. As part of the precautionary measures regarding foreign Magicians, the Psion wave pattern of Gu Jie had been analyzed when he was in their country.

That, coupled with short distance radars that could recognize specific Psion wave patterns, was a technique that Japan didn't have yet. It was as if the USNA Army had already captured Gu Jie.

However, Canopus wouldn't move in to restrain Gu Jie's course of action. He was diligently following the instructions he was given by Colonel Balance.

How to guide Gu Jie to the high seas while obstructing the movements of Japan's pursuit units? Canopus thought about this for a long time.