282. Chapter 282: Raid! The Prison Falls!
In the blink of an eye, time had already reached midnight two days later.
"88%."
On a steel frame tower in Tokyo's 23rd Ward, Xia Shang stood at the top, looking at the Panel suspended before him, and said softly.
[RC Cells fusing, current progress is 88%]
Meanwhile, on another steel frame, Sen Takatsuki, whose entire body, including her face, was wrapped in bandages, gently squeezed her right hand towards Cochlea Prison opposite the high tower.
"Dong!" A gentle breeze blew, causing her red cloak and floral scarf to flutter slightly.
"Queen, everyone is here," Tatara, who stood beside her and knew that Eto Yoshimura was the leader of Aogiri Tree, bowed respectfully.
He wore a long red high-collared robe, was tall, and had short white hair. He also wore a blood-colored armored mask on his face, somewhat resembling the lower half of a gas mask. His eyebrows and hair were white, and his expression was solemn.
"I didn't expect that after only two days of my disappearance, some guys in Aogiri Tree would start stirring," Sen Takatsuki's tone was calm, but it carried a strong killing intent.
"They are just a bunch of clowns. That video from two days ago made them mistakenly believe that the Queen had fallen, so they were stirring up trouble behind the scenes. But please rest assured, Queen, Noroi and I have already cleared them out."
There were only three direct executives in Aogiri Tree: Eto Yoshimura, whom Sen Takatsuki was currently impersonating.
Tatara, a former member of the ZG Ghoul Organization, the Red Tongue Association. His brother, Yan, was the leader of that organization. However, due to ZG's severe crackdown on Ghouls, after the Red Tongue Association was destroyed, Tatara fled all the way to Japan and was eventually taken in by Sen Takatsuki, becoming one of the three major executives of Aogiri Tree.
And the Noroi he mentioned was Noroi, who was also one of the three major executives.
Noroi never spoke and always wore a white mask with an exaggerated smile. He also had a slender ponytail on top of his head.
At this moment, Noroi stood quietly beside Sen Takatsuki, motionless, like a clay statue.
"After you enter Cochlea Prison, remember to stay away from that man and Rize. They are here to feed. If you get too close, I'm worried you'll become his nourishment," Sen Takatsuki looked up at Xia Shang on the tower peak.
"You've seen that video too. With him here, I can't control the situation. If an accident happens, I won't take revenge for you."
"Understood," Tatara replied, lowering his head.
However, he knew the Queen's personality. If they were truly killed, the Queen would definitely use every means possible to take revenge for them.
"Go ask her when the operation will begin," Xia Shang, standing on the tower top, looked at the Cochlea Prison before him and said to Rize Kamishiro beside him.
"Wait a moment."
Two Rinkaku emerged from Rize Kamishiro's waist and wrapped around the steel frame. She leaped forward, and a few seconds later, she was hanging upside down in front of Sen Takatsuki.
"She said... now."
Rize, who had returned to her original position, looked towards the distant Cochlea Prison with Xia Shang's gaze.
As a large containment facility used by the CCG to imprison Ghouls, Cochlea Prison occupied a vast area, like a steel behemoth sprawled on an open ground. There were also several searchlights constantly sweeping back and forth around the prison to prevent suspicious personnel from approaching.
According to Xia Shang's knowledge, there were a total of four floors inside, housing Ghouls ranging from C-rank to SS-rank. Additionally, the walls inside were coated with a layer of Quinque Steel, a special and extremely hard steel material typically used to manufacture Quinque weapons.
"Follow them," Xia Shang said calmly, watching the group of Ghouls charging towards Cochlea Prison.
With a leap, his arms transformed into black wings several meters long in the air. Boom! Instantly, countless high-temperature gases sprayed out from the dense puncture holes at the ends of his wings! Xia Shang, like a massive, pitch-black strange bird, cut through the night sky and flew directly towards the Vent at the top of the prison.
"Almost forgot about you," Xia Shang adjusted his direction in the air and then lifted Rize Kamishiro.
This method of flight was something he had learned from the One-Eyed Owl, and after his modifications and adjustments, although the speed was not as fast as the Supersonic Flight superpower, it was not far off. Without a reference object, Xia Shang could only judge based on his own experience that his current speed should be around mach three to five. If flying at high altitude... it could be even faster! Xia Shang suddenly looked up and flew towards an altitude of ten thousand meters!
Three hundred meters, five hundred meters, one thousand meters... three thousand meters... five thousand meters!
As his flight altitude increased, the surrounding temperature dropped rapidly, and the air became thinner.
With the combined effort of three Heart Engines, Xia Shang's speed was still climbing crazily. Violent sonic booms sounded like firecrackers, a truly shocking sound, signifying that Xia Shang was constantly breaking through the air barrier.
Unconsciously, a thick layer of frost covered the surface of Xia Shang's body, but under the high temperature, the frost quickly melted, then turned into mist and dissipated.
"Cold... so cold," Rize Kamishiro shivered from the cold, only able to hug herself tightly with her arms to preserve some heat.
"That's enough."
Although low temperatures were nothing to Xia Shang, this method of flight consumed a lot of energy.
He didn't want to land in a sorry state just because he experienced high-altitude flight.
He slightly retracted his wings and swooped down!
Finally, with a loud boom! He landed on the roof of the Cochlea Prison building. At the same time, a shockwave visible to the naked eye spread outwards from Xia Shang's center!
The surrounding Aogiri Tree members were all blown away, slamming heavily against the walls.
The sudden loud noise.
Also caused a commotion inside Cochlea Prison.
"What a monster," Rize Kamishiro, who had been put down by Xia Shang, complained softly while breathing on her hands, "I almost froze to death. I should have just run over myself."
"With your strength, there's no need to demonstrate to me again, is there?" Sen Takatsuki was a little speechless.
"Don't misunderstand, I just wanted to test if the famous Cochlea Prison was hard enough."
Xia Shang retracted his wings and slowly straightened up from the deep pit. "The fact proves that Cochlea Prison is indeed worthy of its reputation."
After his subordinates had adjusted their state.
Sen Takatsuki gave the order, "Move out!"
The Aogiri Tree members surrounding the Vent collectively performed freefall.
This scene reminded Xia Shang of dumplings dropping into a pot.
As they fell one by one from high altitude, this surprise attack operation officially kicked off! "Raid! Attention everyone, the highest level alarm has sounded! A ghoul organization is attacking Cochlea Prison!"
(End of Chapter)