[Hime's PoV]

  The assassination of the United States' Secretary of Defense.

  The Amazon Forest Insurgency.

  The Europe Terror Bombing.

  Those are one of the few crimes that have been committed by a beastmen terrorist organization known as The Army of Five or The A5.

  They used to have an extensive global terror network and considered it to be a top priority not only by governments across the globe but also by the Corpos such as Ishigawa and Sun Yoon.

  The war against the A5 sted almost 10 years when the governments decred that they are no longer a threat to global security.

  Who would have thought that the infamous organization would start their terror attack here in this mall.

  Right now there are only 4 people guarding the hostages. I don't know the exact number but I estimate they must have at least 20 people to at least maintain control over the mall.

  "For now I suggest that we retreat and find a way to exit the mall first. Let's just leave this to the w enforcement."

  I gave my suggestion to both of them. The beastgirl looks like she is weighing on the pn but the boy seems like he has another pn.

  "How about we take them down right now?"

  "What?! Are you crazy? You can see that they have hostages with them! One wrong move will put them all in danger!"

  "Listen up, by now all of the entrances have probably been guarded by the terrorists. So if we force our way out, the chance of them killing the hostages is high.

  So my pn here is to take these guys down and save the hostages so that the police and the other heroes can easily arrest all of them."

  I can't argue with his reasoning. Getting caught by them will do more harm than good.

  "You said that but did you have any pns on how to take them down?"

  "Direct attack is dangerous, so let's isote them first and take them down one by one."

  ***

  A tiger beastmen and a wolf beastmen are currently patrolling them on the third floor looking for any hostages that may be hiding.

  As they are patrolling they can see something moving inside the clothes store not far from them.

  The tiger beastmen signal to his partner to walk quietly to avoid spooking whoever inside.

  They approached the changing room and opened the door one by one. At the st door, they take a deep breath and pull the door open.

  But there is no one inside the room. They sigh and as they leave, suddenly a girl with a long bck appears in front of them.

  Surprised they tried to shoot the girl when they got hit from behind. The beastmen bodies went limp as they fell to the ground.

  ***

  "Did you find her?"

  "No sir we are still patrolling the mall but we can't find the cat beastgirl anywhere."

  "That guy said that the girl will be in the mall. Look around and find her no matter what."

  The lion beastmen ordered his men to continue searching for their target. The lion beastmen then take out his radio.

  "Iren how is the explosive?"

  A bear beastgirl picked up her radio.

  "We are pcing the c4 now. We need more time."

  Then suddenly another beastman with the radio chimed in the call.

  "Commander I don't think we have much time. The cops have this pce surrounded."

  "Iren we need the bomb, fast."

  "We'll try to move as fast as we can."

  'We didn't even manage to find that girl either. Did she manage to get out of the mall? Did that old bastard make a mistake on his info? Argh! Fuck it let's focus on current situation first. We can find that girl after this.'

  Outside the mall, police have set up a perimeter to contain the terrorists.

  Journalists can be seen not far from the police cordon and began to report on the hostage situation.

  "At 1.45 pm we got a report that the long dormant Army of Five has taken over the Helton Mall. 20 people have been confirmed to be held hostage by the group. Detective McAlister NEPD hostage negotiator is currently in contact with the terrorists..."

  ***

  "We have multiple demands, we want our leader the Beast King and our comrades to be released from prison. We also want the city to guarantee that they will provide assistance to the beastmen in the city."

  The lion beastmen list his demands to the detective.

  "And one final demand..."

  The beastmen then show a picture of a cat beastgirl.

  "I want this girl."