After arriving at the shelter, Yoshikuni let out a fake sigh of relief. She had no intention of letting down her guard now, and she soon saw it was for a good reason. A boy approached her and let out some kind of a remark on a test that might be canceled and then pretended to be dumb and ask how long the earthquakes usually take. Rolling her eyes a bit, she look at him "Its kind of hard to say. I think its different each time. No idea why though." She said, playing innocent and dumb.

She then turned away from the boy and went to take a seat on one of the benches in the shelter before looking around. She wondered what was taking Suichiro so long, because she knew that probably less than a minute until the actual earthquake occurs and a part of the school will be taken out. Yoshikuni wondered if anyone else was up there and still headed to the shelter or not.

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Hearing the sudden order from the man made the commander let out a curse before kicking the roof "Damn DEM, why did they have to interefere now..." She said with an angry tone before pressing the earpiece "Every spirit must be taken out, because all of them pose a threat, regardless of how big or small their earthquakes are! Even if Shadow doesn't kill, she still harms people, making them unconcious! Then they need to spend time in the hospital to recover just because of that, which is time the doctors could spend on other people who need the help more urgently!"

After finishing to shout at the man on the other side, the commander let out a sigh while the group of AST agents around her looked at her with a confused look "We will be there in five." She said and removed her hand from her ear and then made a wave to all the AST around to follow her "I swear, if its another DEM lecture, I'll blow myself out. Last one was only for the commanders, now they want all of the AST to be present? What are they planning?" She muttered to herself.

Chou followed the commander in silence and shared confused looks with a few other agents, and after five minutes they were indeed at the AST headquarters, entering the debriefing room. All of the agents that weren't present at the school were there, all in their CR-units, and all of them shared a confused look. Chou spotted Kyoko and went to sit next to her while watching the commander go to the front of the room, where all of the agents could watch her.

"Before this begins I should explain something quickly. DEM, Deus Ex-Machina Industries, are the ones who are incharge of supplying the AST with all of the technology we use. This is through a contract between the government and DEM, which also makes DEM our superiors, besides of the government. The man you just heard speaking is a man from DEM, which is why I assume all of you were confused. Due know that the next time you hear this voice, you need to simply obey it, as DEM can get each and every person in this room fired from the AST and possibily harm any kind of future you had planned." The commander said before looking around.

"Seems like the man who called for this is getting ready. Until he is ready, sit in silence and behave. If I hear even a hint of a whisper, you will have my wrath on your head. All of you." The commander said before moving to take a free seat in the front row. Most of the AST agents simply looked around, understanding now but still confused as to the purpose of this, as it appeared the commander did not know either. Chou looked at Kyoko with a slightly confused look, wondering her friend had any idea what was going on.