The siren went off around midday.

"Shiro-kun has pinpointed the creation of an Emergence Gate below a shopping center roughly ten minutes from our location. There may already be casualties."

After the fully evacuated construction site, a busy shopping center would be an entirely different experience. While other emergency workers would definitely be on route to assist in the evacuation, in this case it was the Department's duty to get there and wipe out the threat as soon as possible.

"Devil class is confirmed," Shiro had said as they boarded the vehicle, "I will detect any further threats on site."

The shopping center was a large building, its and it was surrounded by people who had presumably been going about their daily routine quite freely until this moment. The evacuation effort had only just begun, but for the most part it seemed as if panic had not spread through the crowd as of yet.

"Oh, I'm so glad you're alright."

"Has anyone seen my daughter?!"

"Do... do you think it's really..."

"Mom, I'm scared...!"

"There's no way, right?"

"I hope everyone's gonna be okay..."

Ayako glanced over the slowly-swelling crowd as the evacuation effort ramped up.

"The fastest way to help them is to eliminate the demon and ensure the Emergence Gate is closed," she said, simply, "So no matter what you hear, focus on your objective. Shiro-kun?"

"Deploying Demon Denial Field," came the Doll's monotone voice.

Soon, the hazy purple-gold sheen had surrounded the entire building.

"Move out, operatives. You've got work to do."

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