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"We've set up roadblocks on every major roadway leading out of the sector, the SDF deployment into the city is almost complete." A young Taiyou officer reported as he offered a crisp salute to Defense Minister Kanou.

"We've ordered the Police to stand back, and we have them on Satellite tracking, last ping had them on the Yamagashi Causeway heading into Sector Five." The man reported, gesturing to a large screen displaying a map of the region, his hands moving a long pointed stick to the icon of the armored SUV as it traveled down the roadway.

All throughout the city, Tanks, armored vehicles, and soldiers were beginning to flood into the city. Some of them came by helicopter, while others came through via Niihama City's extensive public transit system.

Omar and Augee would find the Causeway mysteriously devoid of cars as they drove along, the wide concrete road offering little obstacles between them.

However the entire city had gone into lockdown. Augee and Omar had been branded terrorists by the Taiyou Military, and they were now being hunted by both the Police, and the Self Defense Army.

Far up ahead, where there were no exits to turn off the road, a roadblock could be seen as the road twisted ahead into the denser part of the city. There were two HAW206 Multiped tanks, their tan, armor glinting in the dim light of the city. These large four-legged tanks resembled mechanical scorpions, with two 7.62mm machine-guns mounted in two small manipulator arms at the front, with the 'stinger' armed with a 105mm howitzer.

Standing in the middle of these two tanks was a Taiyou Armor-Shrike, a humanoid mecha that stood roughly twenty feet tall, it was armed with a large autocannon, which hurled 30mm Armor piercing shells.

Manning the roadblock was about a dozen Taiyou soldiers, armed with their standard issue Seburo C26a assault rifles.

As the armored SUV approached the checkpoint, the Armor Shrike lifted it's weapon, and fired a single shot at the engine block, the 30mm Armor piercing shell would make short work of the crude armor plating that had been installed by the Yakuza, and should it hit, would pierce the front grille of the truck, and the engine block lengthwise, this would cause catastrophic internal damage to the engine, bringing an abrupt halt to the SUV.