The command for the 11th Ward Recapture Operation was still Marude Itsuki. At this time, he looked thinner than he did more than two years ago, and his eyes had become sharper. The other investigators standing beside him did not even dare to stand in front of him and look him directly in the eye.
Suddenly, he pressed his earphone.
"Is it confirmed? Good, no problem."
Although Marude Itsuki did not explicitly say anything, his unconsciously clenched fists indicated his mood at the moment.
"All personnel prepare! According to the original plan, after the 5-minute self-check is over, launch the –––––– Recapture Operation on the 11th Ward!"
"Yes!!"
Following Marude Itsuki's command, a mechanical prompt tone was transmitted through the earphones of all CCG investigators participating in this operation.
'All personnel begin self-check, proceed according to the original plan after 5 minutes.'
An extremely simple sentence made the palms of the people sitting in the armored vehicle continuously break out in a cold sweat.
Akira Mado, sitting at the very front, also turned around.
"Before the operation begins, I will remind you one last time. This is a collective operation, different from usual. I don't care if you want to compete for credit, want a promotion, or don't want anything at all, but remember, only those who are alive are qualified to 'want' anything, so you must survive this battle, understood?"
Whether it was Kuki Urie, Ginshi Shirazu, or Saiko Yonebayashi, they were all standard problem children. When Akira Mado was not around, the three could be said to be acting wildly. Kuki Urie and Ginshi Shirazu competed with each other for credit, one wanting a promotion to prove himself, and the other wanting a promotion to get more salary, and Saiko Yonebayashi was often holed up in the dormitory. The only normal person was Tooru Mutsuki, but this was only relative to ordinary people.
After experiencing restraint, lashing, and kidnapping, the three also learned their lesson, trying their best not to defy Akira Mado's orders, and after Akira Mado's training, they gradually discovered that their strength was indeed increasing. Although they never said it aloud, they were still very willing to obey Akira Mado's commands, not to mention that before setting off this time, Akira Mado had emphasized the importance and danger of this operation to them more than once.
"Understood!!"
Hearing the answers of her four 'subordinates', Akira Mado also nodded in approval.
After graduating from the academy, Akira Mado was initially assigned to Lancer subordinate because of Kureo Mado. Later, after Lancer 'disappeared', she partnered with Koutarou Amon, and when Koutarou Amon went to the headquarters for advanced training, she studied under her father.
Generally speaking, appointments do not favor the children of leaders, as it is inevitable to think of some negative descriptions when mentioning this, but Akira Mado was an exception. Regardless of her father's character or her own efforts, everyone saw them, and everyone knew her hard work and the results obtained.
But Akira Mado had never thought that she would one day come into contact with the headquarters' highest confidential information –––––– the Quinx Plan.
Akira Mado only finally figured out the specific reason for this 'Quinx Plan' when the plan began. All this stemmed from the extremely bizarre case more than a year ago.
A hospital affiliated with the CCG was attacked by ghouls. One must know that the relationship between ghouls and investigators is almost an endless cycle of life and death. Ghouls had considered attacking hospitals, but how could the CCG not prepare in advance? The final result was that after the ghouls tried several times and found that the effort and reward were disproportionate, they abandoned this operation that seemed good but was difficult to execute.
According to the post-incident statistics, one doctor and several nurses from the hospital went missing that time. In reality, the casualties of CCG investigators were very small, so this incident was classified as 'ghoul revenge'. However, it wasn't until she served as the executor of the 'Quinx Plan' that she finally learned that the missing doctor was actually not an ordinary person; he was secretly conducting 'ghoul surgery'.
Simply put, it was the transplantation of ghoul organs into a human body. According to the information found later, his experiments were carried out countless times, but no one had ever survived, except for one unexpected test subject –––––– Ken Kaneki.
When she first learned about this, Akira Mado was very confused. Although some investigators in the CCG would do some extreme things due to their hatred for ghouls, such as not caring about civilian casualties in order to eliminate ghouls, this was only a small fraction. Just looking at the files, if the CCG wanted to continue this research, who knows how many innocent people would die.
But later, she learned that the missing doctor's research data had been dismantled and re-engineered by the strongest scientist of the CCG Neon Branch, Akihiro Kanou, and finally transformed into the current 'Quinx Plan', which already had a sufficient theoretical basis. Now, all that remained was clinical experience.
Following that was the self-evident physical examination, finding suitable personnel from all CCG affiliated institutions to continue the 'Quinx Plan'. There were also many considerations for choosing Akira Mado as the plan's executor.
Akira Mado's mother was killed by the 'Owl'; her father was a famous radical in the CCG; and the last reason was because Akira Mado was female.
That's right, this was one of the important reasons.
In the eyes of the CCG high-levels, although 'Quinx' were humans who underwent special surgery, no one knew the impact of Quinque on the human body. One must know that the only known successful recipient of the 'Kagune transplantation surgery', Ken Kaneki, appeared during the Aogiri Tree's operation in the 11th Ward.
Therefore, they hoped for someone who was strong enough and could also provide a certain level of tolerance to these test subjects, and Akira Mado was finally selected based on her credible identity and good looks. But if they knew exactly how Akira Mado 'communicated' with the four 'Quinx Plan' test subjects with 'fist to flesh', would they regret their original choice?
But regardless of the method, at least under Akira Mado's management, the Quinx Squad, though fraught with difficulties, progressed steadily. They had previously subjugated several A-rated ghouls under Akira Mado's leadership, but in reality, their existence in the CCG was still similar to an 'urban legend'. Many people had heard of their existence but had never seen them. This time could be said to be their true 'debut' in the literal sense.
Everyone lowered their heads, thinking about their own things, but there is one thing in this world that never waits for anyone, and that is 'time'. Soon, 5 minutes passed.
'All investigators, please proceed to your respective locations according to the original plan under the leadership of your team's commander.'
As the voice in the earphone sounded, Akira Mado directly pulled open the armored car's door, then gripped her Quinque and rushed towards the predetermined mission location, and the other four in the car also filed out after exchanging glances with each other.
No matter what thoughts they held, once they were on the battlefield, they had no choice.