Soon the day of the operation arrived. Tamazawa Shuxin had a persistent sense of unease. "Am I just imagining things?" He went to check the day's deployments, but found nothing out of the ordinary. As planned, he went first to pick up Miyano Akemi and brought her to the orphanage. "Motoki, why are we here?" "We're leaving Britain today. A car is coming to pick us up, so wait for me here."
Tamazawa Shuxin returned home and called out the member tasked with looking after Miyano Shiho. "Lord Whiskey, what are your orders?" With a dull thud, the man collapsed to the floor. The sound startled Miyano Shiho awake, and she began to cry. Tamazawa Shuxin hurried over, picked her up, and soothed her. "Shiho, it's okay." He gently patted her back, carried her to Miyano Akemi, and said, "Akemi, I'm heading to the laboratory."
Pushing open the door, he found the Miyano couple not working on any experiments, but sitting near the entrance as if waiting for a long time. "Ms. Elena, Mr. Atsushi, it's time to go." Long after his voice fell, neither of them made a move to get up. A growing panic took hold of Tamazawa Shuxin as he began to realize what this meant. Just as he opened his mouth to speak, the two of them stood up, walked over, and pulled him into a simultaneous embrace. "You've worked hard, Motoki."
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