Ga-Rei -Zero-: Files of the 4th Division

By: Ominae

Rating: T

NOTE:

All characters of Ga-Rei -Zero- are under the copyright of Ei Aoki, AIC Spirits and asread. All other characters are either under the jurisdiction of their respective copyright holders or are under my own.

Chapter 8: Unusual Job

Briefing Room, Paranormal Disaster Countermeasure Headquarters, Ministry of Defense, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

"Sir, is this right?!"

Everyone from the 4th Division's 1st Platoon had the shock of their lives when they have heard Konparu's briefing; Kuno had shouted out his frustration to him.

"Yes." Konparu replied calmly. "I'm not kidding. The assignment that you had regarding the escorting of Commander Betters to the MOD had been compromised."

"Is this really the truth?" Masaki asked. "I mean, it could be..."

"I got our intelligence division to work after I was informed of the attacks." Konparu cut Masaki off, preventing him from completing his suggestion.

"So who was responsible, sir?" Nobuo asked, reclining on his seat.

Konparu sighed before he said. "It's Okamura."

Toru was shocked. "Sir! You mean Okamura, the head of the Joint Staff?!"

"But why commander?" Natsuki in turn began to ask her question. "He's not the kind of person who would turn to the dark side."

"I know." Konparu replied while nodding his head. "I had some people research into his background carefully." He then turned to the projection screen behind him, showing the face of Okamura behind him. The team got a look at the career JGSDF officer, who was in his early 50s family with short black hair in a suit and tie. He had neat hair, thanks to a recent haircut.

"This was taken by a two-man plainclothed surveillance team yesterday from intelligence after he was reported to be in Shinjuku." Konparu explained to the team. "But the strangest thing is that we have suggestions that he was collaborating with unknown paranormal forces."

"Unknown forces?" Toru got confused. "What kind of...forces?"

"It's a Class A." Konparu told Toru. "But for some reason, it's been reported that it was in Shinjuku when Okamura was reported by our plainclothed team."

"Could it be that he made a deal with a rogue spirit?" Kudo offered a suggestion.

Konparu pondered on Kudo's suggestion. "Could be possible. But there's no way we can tell."

"So what does this mean?" Ryo asked, who yawned under his balaclava. "The General's meeting with this...spirit?"

Junko scratched her head. "I'm confused over the facts, commander."

The 4th Division commander answered Ryo's question after hearing Junko's concern. "You're not the only ones who are confused about this." He then said, "We need to conduct surveillance on the general before we make our next move."

"What kind of move?"

"That's need to know."

Near outskirts of Shinjuku Station, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

"Why did I have to be assigned near this place?"

Masaki was stationed near the outskirts of the Shinjuku Station, particularly in the northeast.

"Shut it. You're lucky that Ryo and Nobuo volunteered to be near the Kabukichō, which was suppose to be our location."

Toru sighed at Masaki whining; both of them were in civilian clothing and not in their 4th Division orange uniforms. Konparu had given orders for Kudo's team to begin undercover surveillance operations on General Okamura of the Joint Staff.

Man, did I felt a breeze there? Masaki wondered, zipping up his black windbreaker to half. Toru, on the other hand, merely had his brown windbreaker fully open.

"Well, anyway." Toru went to stretch his arms. "Doesn't look like that he's arrived from the station..."

"Has the target been spotted?" Kudo went to ask Masaki and Toru on their earpieces.

"None yet so far, Kudo-san." Toru replied to the transmission. "H-hold on a second..."

"What's the matter, Toru?"

"I think we've spotted the target." Toru said after he and Masaki spotted Okamura emerge from the Shinjuku Station, not noticing the two 4th Division operatives.

"Where is he going?" Kudo asked the two.

Toru urged Masaki to follow Okamura from a short distance when he said. "We're still checking. I'll get back to you."

The two operatives kept following Okamura, the man heading northeast away from the station.

"Toru." Masaki whispered next to his comrade. "Look at where Okamura's heading to."

"Goddamit..." Toru hissed, seeing where the JGSDF General was going.

"Kudo-san." Masaki went to make contact with Kudo. "I think Toru and I already know where he's going?"

"Where to?" An impatient Kudo asked, awaiting for Masaki's answer.

"Up there." Toru pointed out to Masaki the very place where Okamura was heading to.

"Is that..." Masaki did not believe where the general was heading to.

"It's Kabukichō."

Somewhere in Kabukichō, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

"Man I hate this..."

Toru grumbled when he walked in the streets of the Kabukichō district with Masaki, being eyed by some of the women hanging out in front of the clubs and bars. Some of them grinned at them while others gestured to the two 4th Division operators to come towards them. So far, the two rejected their advances.

"This seems to be a logical spot for the general to come to." Masaki suggested to Toru. "No one would bother to ask him why he was here in the red light district, unless he was still married and followed by undercover reporters."

"Where the heck is he going?" Toru spotted Okamura making a left turn in one of Kabukichō's many side alleys. "Kudo-san, the general made a left turn in an alley. We're going to go and follow them."

"Copy that. I'll get the others to follow you in Kabukichō ASAP."

Some alley, somewhere in Kabukichō, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

"Look." Masaki whispered, motioning to Toru as they watched Okamura speak with someone hidden with a brown trenchcoat and a fedora hat to hide the person's facial features.

The two had been hiding behind the alley corner by pretending to act like they were hanging out there.

"Anything?" Kudo came into contact with Masaki and Toru on their earpieces.

"Not sure." Toru replied. "I can't seem to tell who he's talking to."

"Stay there! I've got some of the guys coming to your position in 5."

Toru observed the two talking while Masaki covered Toru's rear. The former continued to observe the two talking in the alley until the fedora-wearing person directed his gaze behind Okamura towards him.

"It's quite rude to spy at us." The unknown person said, gazing at Toru's position. "In fact, why don't you come out of there and join us here?"

Shit! Toru sidestepped out from the corner, entering the alley with one of his Walther P99 QPQ pistols drawn out from his pistol shoulder holster.

"It seems that the cat's already out of the bag, my dear General Okamura." The person sighed and tossed away the fedora and the trenchcoat away, revealing an almost familiar face to Toru.

"It's..." Toru began to grit his teeth, not believing who was standing near him.

"Amazing isn't it?" A familiar white-haired teen was staring back at Toru, his right eye concealed under some white hair.

"Mitogawa!" Toru was tempted to fire his QPQ right at the noggin of one Kazuhiro Mitogawa, the one responsible for the death of his girlfriend Aoi and a majority of his comrades in the PDCH.

"Don't move!"

The Kasuga siblings, Natsuki and Nobuo, moved in on Okamura and Mitogawa from their rear. Junko later arrived behind them. The four 4th Division operators surrounded their targets, having their sidearms at the ready.

"Oh well." Mitogawa shrugged his shoulders. "I'm afraid I can't give you what you want."

"W-wait..." Okamura implored to Mitogawa, despite the current situation.

"I already warned you..." Mitogawa began to disappear before his sight. "I can't give it..."

"NO!!!" Okamura dropped to his knees when Mitogawa left the alley, making Toru and the others move in.

"What is this about?" Natsuki was the first to converge in on Okamura, aiming her Springfield XD Service pistol at him. "What's this deal that you made with Mitogawa?!"

"He promised me..." Okamura then stood up, feeling defeated. "He promised me that he would be able to get me together with my wife..."

"Wake up old man!" Nobuo shoved him towards the alley wall. "Do you even know what you're doing..."

"No..." Okamura answered calmly. "No, I don't."

"Hands up." Masaki told the JGSDF General. "We're here to take you back to the MOD."

Suddenly, Okamura was hit on the chest before he went down on his knees. Three silenced gunshots struck the general down.

"Who the..." Toru crouched in front, aiming outside of the alley while civilians began to run for their lives.

"Dammit..." Nobuo hissed, looking at the downed general. "Who shot him?"

Natsuki sighed. "That's what I like to know too..."

"He's not breathing." Junko went to check on Okamura's pulse.

Rooftop, somewhere in Kabukichō, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

Kudo and Ryo were crouching on the rooftop of a 3-story building somewhere in Kabukichō near the alley, the latter having his face covered with a black ballcap. Both of them were in civilian clothes; Kudo had a blue flight jacket on while Ryo wore a brown bush jacket. The two sat down to avoid being detected while trying to crouch.

"Is it alright?" Ryo was armed with a silenced Brugger & Thomet Advanced Precision Rifle 308 sniper rifle.

"Yeah." Kudo observed the scene below. "It's alright. We haven't been spotted."

"I can't believe the rest of the Joint Staff and the head of the MOD himself approved of this hit."

"Me either." Kudo sighed. "But I suppose that's for the protection of Japan."

"What now?"

"We leave." Kudo began to collect the discarded 7.62 NATO shells. "I'll take care of the shells. We can't risk being caught by our own comrades."

"Understood." Ryo began to take down the rifle, starting with the scope followed by the 10-round magazine. "Do we head back to HQ?"

"Negative as I'd say." Kudo answered. "I'm not sure if that would work."

"I see." Ryo, having placed the scope and magazine onto a long duffel bag, taking off the stock before placing the entire receiver in the bag as well.

Somewhere in the Greater Tokyo Area, Japan

Mitogawa watched the city from the tip of the Tokyo Tower, now reverted back to his child look.

"People these days..." Mitogawa chuckled. "They're so gullible that they'll try to do anything to get something they want."

"He, he, he." He later disappeared, leaving a trail of butterflies.

Chapter 8 END

PS - I made this partly based on the last episode of a Canadian TV show called the Border where someone important (Won't spoil it to those who haven't watched it) is shot somewhere in the Greater Toronto Area. I thought that would be interesting since I made the chapter with a hint of espionage and all that.