01x06 - Sagamihara Neutralization Operation at Daybreak

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TIME 0300

OPERATION ROOM

Okonogi, what's the current status?

Yes, ma'm. Evacuation has begun

on neighboring residents from 0245.

TIME 0301 SAGAMIHARA

Emergency kaiju alert.

The epicenter is Sagamihara.

Neighboring residents, please follow

the JGSDF's instructions for evacuation.

-I repeat. Neighboring residents

-Why Sagamihara?

When's the JGSDF coming?

Mommy, I want to pee.

Don't panic, please.

The next vehicle is coming right away.

Please remain calm.

There will be enough buses.

How's it going with Self Defense?

We're setting up a SDF a*tillery

Regiment Command Post

in the Reon Mall parking lot.

-FO is ready.

-The observation area is set.

What's the information on evacuation?

How's the Honju?

After appearing at the Kannawa Fault,

it's been growing and moving underground.

We suspect it appeared on the surface

due to entering its breeding phase.

A large number of yoju

have appeared along with the honju.

Hey, just how many are there?

Fortunately, the neutralization area

isn't far.

Considering damages to the area,

Area Bravo is best suited

for the destruction of the honju.

I'll take care of the honju.

The sh**ting position will be Area Echo.

That way, we can target the enemy

along the Tokyo loop line.

This strategy will be named

the Sagamihara Neutralization Operation.

Good luck, everyone.

‪PRIVATE ROAD

Are you ready?

It's time to defeat the kaiju.

Our first mission.

Kaiju No.8.

I still can't believe it.

But don't let me down,

Kafka Hibino.

Vice Captain! Senpai's about to throw up!

I'm sorry. I ate too much from nerves.

-Most people can't eat from nerves!

-Open the windows!

I'll k*ll you if you barf!

-What's wrong with you?

-Please, spare my life!

ORIGINAL WORK BY NAOYA MATSUMOTO

TIME 0400 SDF 304 COMMAND POS

REON MALL SAGAHIHARA PARKING LO

SAME TIME: REON MALL SAGAMIHARA SHOP

EVACUATION AREA

SAME TIME

GSDF ANTI KAIJU SPECIAl BATTALION

SAME TIME

AREA E

HOSHINO PLATOON

This is the neutralization area.

And that is

the honju we're dealing with.

Here's the strategy.

The honju will be dealt with

by Captain Ashiro's platoon.

The problem is the yoju, which keeps

being produced in large numbers.

This neutralization area doesn't have

the necessary facilities or major

transportation for neutralization.

Your job

is to get rid of all the yoju in this area

without letting them escape.

It's an important task that greatly

influences the damages

and the time and cost

of reconstruction if it fails.

Of course, the platoon, including newbies,

will be placed at the very back.

In other words,

you're our last resort.

Any questions?

All right.

No matter how high you score

during training,

it doesn't save a single life.

Show us your strength on the field,

baby chicks.

All right, let's go!

I'm counting on you.

This is the SDF a*tillery

Regiment Command Post.

We've evacuated all residents

and set up an observation area.

Roger that. We thank you for your help.

All platoons and the SDF

have completed preparation.

Three minutes

until Captain Ashiro is ready.

It's finally time, Senpai.

Yeah. I have to do good work here or else

Keep this up, and you'll

never get promoted as an officer.

You'll be fired in three months!

I have no future here.

Nerves, panic.

All kinds of pressure are on us.

So, why is it

that I'm so excited right now?

It makes sense. It's the job

he's wanted to do for so long.

-Senpai.

-Yeah?

Let's make sure our first mission

is a success!

Yeah.

Confirmed yoju invasion in Area Echo!

They're here!

Let's go, Kikoru.

Why are you ordering me around?

-Don't die, Ichikawa!

-You too, Senpai!

All right! Let's succeed

at our first mission!

Let's go!

Captain Ashiro is now ready

at the sh**ting point.

Please continue to lure the honju

to Area Bravo and provide fire support.

Roger that. This is the SDF a*tillery

Regiment Command Post.

Initiating fire support

for the Defense Force.

Their debut match has begun.

Knock our socks off, everyone.

It's begun.

But it's not like the exams at all.

I feel oddly calm.

I can feel the suit working with me.

Release full combat power!

Don't go to the front!

You're a one-percenter,

so, stay back, all right?

Geez.

Why do we have to babysit

the newbie officers?

Just watch where you won't

get in the way, okay?

Listen up. We still don't know

the enemy's weak spot.

Be careful until we get information

from the frontlines.

Yes, sir.

We'll be careful and blow away all areas

that look like weak spots.

What the hell?!

That's not the power of someone

who joined a month ago.

So, that's Kikoru Shinomiya, huh?

Kikoru!

Nice job!

Of course I did a nice job! It's me!

Irregular vitals.

Sudden increase in heart rate.

Don't make such unnecessary reports!

AREA F

All right, I've taken out

two legs. Finish it off.

Great job, Furuhashi!

All right! You see that, Reno?

Did you do that without an assist?

Yes.

I changed the b*llet from burst rounds

to freeze rounds.

This works better for me.

I can slow down the enemy and fight.

If I get used to this,

I can hunt better than this!

Not yet. I have to be stronger,

so Senpai doesn't have to transform.

AREA J

Stay still!

What's going on with this year's newbies?

Platoon Leader Nakanoshima!

What's with them?

I'm losing my confidence!

I knew we had some good people

this year, but I didn't expect this.

I've already k*lled six.

You're a bit slow, Haruichi.

Okay, okay.

Don't forget that four of those

were assisted by me.

One's a wild type,

one's a cool, nice guy type.

LOVES MEN

-Yup, we sure got some good ones!

-You mean their looks?

I heard there were a few exceptional ones

from Vice Captain Hoshino,

but that's not all.

The average unleashed combat power

is high among the newbies.

The high-achievers

are making everyone level up.

-Eighth one down!

-That was mine!

Observation team, Area Juliet.

Confirmed zero yoju in the area.

All yoju are defeated.

Reports after reports of completed yoju

destructions. Everyone's so impressive.

Platoon Ikaruga invading with Ichikawa

and Furuhashi at the lead.

Ichikawa and Iharu, too!

This isn't good. Everyone's working hard,

and I'm only a burden.

Is there anything I can do?

Wait, if I remember correctly

Listen up. We still don't know

the enemy's weak spot.

Be careful until we get information

from the frontlines.

I'll use my own weapon.

Senpai, look there!

What the hell is he doing?

It's easy to take apart

with the suit, even at 1%.

Could they distribute these

to cleanup sites

once they're easier to mass produce?

It's a common fungal-type kaiju structure.

But its core isn't where it usually is.

Where is it? If not here, is it here?

What? Is this?

-Vice Captain Hoshino! I found the core!

-What?

It's at the base of the neck.

But it's located under a hard muscle fiber

that acts as the spine,

So, officers with low attacking power

might have to sh**t from the side.

I see.

And another thing. This is more important.

The yoju have reproductive organs, too.

It's the white, bumpy organ at the butt.

If we don't destroy these, more yoju

might be born from the dead bodies.

Kafka. Great work.

Okonogi-chan. Please share

that information with all officers.

Roger! I'll share the data about

the yoju's core and reproductive organs.

Your previous job experience helped,

but it's because you studied hard

every day.

Well done.

I was useful for the Defense Force?

I'm going to disable

all the dead bodies one by one.

I'll do anything I can do.

Until I reach

the position next to Mina

-What is it?

-They've started.

Honju has reached

the predicted enemy engagement area.

Requesting the SDF to withdraw.

The Defense Force has begun attacking

on the leg of the honju.

Please demobilize the honju

as much as possible.

Target captured. Coriolis has completed

gravity effect corrections.

No sh**ting attack target in the area.

First b*llet is locked and loaded.

Roger. All clear on sh**ting conditions.

Begin sh**ting now.

Let's bet on who becomes

the coolest Defense Force officer!

Kafka-kun.

This is who I am now.

Unleashed combat power, 96%.

Watch carefully, Kafka.

This is

the power of the person

you're working to stand next to.

-Second b*llet is locked and loaded.

-Roger. Begin sh**ting.

Honju's vital responses have disappeared.

It's collapsing!

-Third b*llet is locked and loaded.

-Roger. Begin sh**ting.

Honju has been destroyed!

All movements have stopped.

Ad expected of Captain.

Fourth b*llet is locked and loaded.

-But the honju has already been silenced

-Please provide the command.

Roger!

Damn. It's different from seeing it

on TV or through binoculars.

She's tremendously strong!

You ready to give up now?

To stand next to her means

you have to have that much power.

You say that, but can you do

what she did, Vice Captain Hoshino?

-No way.

-"No way"?

I have a low unleashed combat power

for sh**ting weapons,

so, I can't beat Captain Ashiro

when dealing with the big ones.

But with the small and mid-sized kaiju

Vice Captain, behind you!

I'm better at these than her.

A sword?

He was so fast, I couldn't

see his movements.

I come from a long line of kaiju

neutralizers since the Muromachi era.

I'm better at this stuff.

Captains and Vice Captains

are the strongest in the division.

They provide unique equipment

to suit your fighting style.

-Hoshina. I'm done with the honju.

-Roger.

We're done talking here.

The real fight's about to begin.

But they defeated the honju.

I told you. The problem

is the large number of yoju being born.

Even with the honju's dead,

the remaining yoju left in its dead body

Just as expected.

They're coming.

will flood out at the end.

All right, everyone.

This is the big finale.

Once we kick those away, let's go home

and have a good breakfast.

Kick them away? He makes it sound so easy!

You're already beat, newbies?

Your stamina isn't quite there yet.

You b*stards! Show them

that fighting isn't just about

unleashed combat power!

-Yes, sir!

-Yes, sir!

-Hey, you two.

-Platoon Leader Nakanoshima.

You could leave everything to your senpai

and take a break. What do you want to do?

-We're going, of course!

-We're going, of course!

OPERATION MEMBER OFFICERS

ACTIVITY INFORMATION

The newbies are getting tired.

Both their activity levels

and combat powers are going down.

It's a pretty laborious neutralization

for a first mission.

But once they get through this,

they might grow even more.

Most officers' unleashed combat power

stops at 20% to 30%.

They remain at the officer level

until retirement.

But there are a few talents that get over

that barrier and become captain level.

This year, only Kikoru Shinomiya

got over that barrier.

But I see that potential

in Reno Ichikawa, as well.

sh*t, I trained hard for five years

at technical college!

Why can't I keep up with him?

Iharu-kun. Looks like

there are no more yoju here.

Yeah, looks like it.

Confirmed yoju invasion at Area Foxtrot.

-They're here! Let's go back!

-Yeah.

Monster Sweeper?

Why is there a cleaner here?

Hey, you didn't hear the alert?

Cleanup will be done later.

Him, too.

The reproductive organ I placed

has been destroyed.

How did they find out?

Is there an officer

with extensive kaiju knowledge?

You know anything about it?