With the 'Owl' withdrawing, the Anteiku group was also preparing to withdraw, only the situation was a bit strange.
According to Lancer understanding of Kureo Mado, the latter should not have let Yoshimura Kuzen go, or allowed him to leave so easily, after all, the 'Owl's' situation was too bizarre, and with his obsession, he would definitely want to figure it out. However, when Yoshimura Kuzen left, he lowered his head and pressed his earphone, listening carefully to something.
"Lancer, how are you doing now?"
"Fine, what's wrong, Mr. Mado?"
"The 11th Ward Recapture Operation has begun. The other volunteer teams that were heading our way have also rushed to the 11th Ward. Akira is also in the car..."
In the eyes of the public, Kureo Mado was a 'weirdo' whose mind was only focused on killing ghouls, but those who truly understood him knew that the result of all this was his guilt towards his wife and his indignation at his own incompetence. These two emotions intertwined had made him somewhat mentally unstable.
If it were a normal battle, he wouldn't be so nervous, but the 'Owl' had escaped, clearly rushing back to the 11th Ward, while the CCG's strongest investigator, Kishou Arima, had already returned to the 1st Ward. After all, they could attack the 11th Ward while the 'Owl' was absent, and other ghoul organizations might also take this opportunity to attack the 1st to 4th Wards, so the latter certainly could not support the next operation.
And Lancer response to Kureo Mado's unfinished sentence was very simple.
"Amon! Let's go!"
Lancer threw the Gáe Bolg into the back seat, then sat directly in the driver's seat, and Koutarou Amon quickly put away his Quinque and followed. Amon's assistant, Seidou Takizawa, also sat in the back row, holding his Quinque.
And Kureo Mado said nothing more, beginning to gather the wounded and arranging personnel to cover their return to the branch, while leading the remaining investigators to rush towards the 11th Ward.
On the other side, Lancer just put his hands on the steering wheel when he remembered something.
"First Class Takizawa, it's okay if this car gets damaged, right?"
He remembered that the original driver of this car was Seidou Takizawa in the back.
"Ah?! No problem! No problem!"
Since it was a public vehicle, Seidou Takizawa naturally quickly said it was okay, and Lancer nodded.
"Fasten your seatbelt."
After Lancer finished speaking, he pulled the gear shifter with his left hand and stomped on the accelerator ––––––
"Sizzle~!"
Accompanied by the sound of tires rubbing, the speedometer in front of Lancer was seen continuously rising until it reached the highest position and kept shaking.
And Koutarou Amon and Seidou Takizawa, sitting in the passenger seat and the back row, felt their bodies sharply flung backward.
Lancer driving method could be called insane. After all, no normal person would start driving like this, shifting gears immediately. This was undoubtedly wearing down the car's lifespan, but Lancer, who possessed the 'Riding' ability, could drive an armored car, let alone a normal car; he could barely fly a fighter jet. Only Gundam was out of the question, unless he reached B+ or even A-rank.
Then, ordinary people in Tokyo saw an extremely exaggerated scene: a black sedan streaked through the traffic like a flash of lightning, and many people only saw two red taillights by the time they reacted.
The audacity to drive like this, aside from Lancer confidence, was more because the 11th Ward was not too far from where the battle had just taken place. It would normally take about half an hour to drive, but under Lancer frantic speeding, they were already close to the border of the 11th Ward in about ten minutes.
And at this time, Lancer also had a small earphone on his ear.
"Sizzle~"
Just then, Lancer, Koutarou Amon, and Seidou Takizawa all heard a static sound from the earphone.
"This is the 11th Ward Branch Command Post, please report your identities."
"First Class Investigator, 20th Ward Branch · Lancer."
"First Class Investigator, Patrol Squad · Koutarou Amon."
"First Class Investigator, Patrol Squad · Seidou Takizawa."
After the three introduced themselves one after another, a strange voice came from the other end of the communication channel.
"Huh? The 20th Ward Branch is here so fast?"
"Branch Chief Mado is on his way, we arrived first. Please assign the mission."
Koutarou Amon was not only the highest rank here, but he had also participated in numerous battles of various kinds over the past two years, so he was already familiar with such situations, and his reply was naturally extremely natural.
And the other side, although feeling a bit strange, still gave the order directly.
"Please proceed to Area A3, where there is dense fighting with ghouls."
"Yes!"
After speaking, an electronic map was quickly sent over, and Koutarou Amon began to direct Lancer toward the destination.
In the dark night, a car with its horsepower cranked up to the maximum was definitely a focal point wherever it went, after all, the loud sound of the engine was enough to scare most people. And when Lancer and the others were still a distance from Area A3, both the CCG investigators and the ghouls noticed them.
But at this moment, one of the ghouls saw an extremely bizarre scene.
A man in a black bodysuit actually climbed out of the car's ventilation opening on the roof.
Lancer, gripping a gun with one hand and holding onto the car roof with the other, glanced down, and after confirming that Seidou Takizawa had control of the car, he no longer hesitated.
"Watch out!"
"You too."
"Bang!!"
Accompanied by a roar, a small section of the car roof instantly collapsed. One must know that this was a sedan reinforced to fight ghouls, so the force of Lancer stomp was unimaginable, and the car also violently slid because of this force. Seidou Takizawa, gripping the steering wheel, forcibly controlled the car body, making it drift away toward the distance, while Koutarou Amon on the other side also took advantage of the vehicle's deceleration to leap out of the passenger seat, holding his briefcase.
"Smash~!"
After rolling once on the ground in an extremely standard posture, he sharply pulled open the briefcase, and then a mace-shaped Quinque appeared in his hand.
And at this moment, a ghoul beside him also fiercely pounced towards Koutarou Amon.
"Slap~!"
Turning around, he swung the weapon. The opponent's Kagune was forcibly bent and then directly hit the opponent's chest. Accompanied by a dull thud, the opponent flew back at an even faster speed and finally smashed into the roadside fence.
It was only then that Koutarou Amon had the leisure to examine the scene.
Looking across this Area A3, there were at least fifty-plus investigators, 70% of whom were Third Class Investigators. They relied on each other, shooting their firearms, while the investigators with Quinque were swinging their weapons to help them intercept the attacks of other ghouls.
But even so, people would occasionally be hit by a ghoul's Kagune and forcibly killed, but conversely, the ghouls suffered heavy casualties in the face of the dense firepower, and the ground was almost covered with ghoul corpses.
Overall, the situation should still be relatively good, right? What was the deal with the command post asking them to come for support just now?
And at this moment, Lancer communication came through the earphone.
"Amon, Takizawa, you guys help control the scene first, I'll go inside for support!"
"No problem! Leave it to me!"
"Yes!"