Chapter 546 - THE CHAOTIC CITY (2/2)

Everything was a big mess. And the day had started so well.

Her only meeting for the day was supposed to go easily. She only needed to convince Akira to take over the presiding panel of the Immortal Sword Brigade. After that, her evening was supposed to be free. She planned on having a nice supper with a few glasses of wine while checking up on her children.

Now, she felt like she was trying to put out a volcano with a glass of water.

She could not even convince the president to leave the city temporarily. He wanted to show solidarity with the people by being with them during the time of crisis. But the man did not consider the fallout if anything happened to him.

”What is the current status of the CAB? Are they closer to finding the bomb?” Minister Shimada asked her secretary.

The short and fat man was sweating bullets. ”They have evacuated the buildings identified by Ms Yamazaki and are currently doing a sweep. They have also captured several couples that looked like Bonnie and Clyde, but the people are of no use.”

”They all said that a man or woman paid them to walk around the city in the evening. They did not think they were doing anything wrong. The probability is that they were put there as distractions. The chaos in the city is quite intense.” The man panted.

Minister Shimada stopped and looked at her secretary. Unlike her former personal assistant, this man was not used to walking around. He was also quite overweight and seemed about to faint. But he was more useful because he had the necessary clearance and experience to learn about the internal operations of the ministry.

Unfortunately, he was a liability in a situation where she needed to be on the literal move. While the president was delivering a comforting speech to the nation, she had to be on the scene with the CAB. She could not afford to show weakness while Tokyo was in danger.

If she kept dragging the man around, he was likely to experience some strain due to excessive physical activity. Despite his high level of efficiency, he would not perform well in the adverse conditions of a field operation.

”Go back to the office and monitor issues from there.” Minister Shimada said.

”No, I will act as your aide until you find someone else.” The man was a little stubborn.

”Your skills would be wasted on that. I am sure I can survive for one night without someone taking my calls and carrying my bag.” Minister Shimada responded drily.

”But…” The man began again.

”Focus on keeping the office together for a few more hours. The crisis will be over soon, one way or another.” Minister Shimada countered. ”I have to go to the Crystal Plaza. Do not waste any more time. I am counting on you.”

With that, she went directly to her vehicle.