บท 322: 'The best defense is a good offense'?"

September 7, 11 pm.

Jonathan, Crystal, and Meteor arrived at the Federal Administrative Center.

Returning to the city evoked feelings similar to their last visit, albeit heavier. Each challenge seemed taller than the last. The difficulty of rescuing Meteor and infiltrating Venus's core hangar was on entirely different scales.

"Since our first goal this week is destroying Venus' database, and our comrade 'Mirror' can't assist us continuously, we need to plan our actions ahead of time," Jonathan began methodically. 

"Venus won't undergo inspection and upgrades soon, so its systems won't shut down and enter dormancy like the Investigations Department's AI. But it does have routine manual checkups - the next one is our chance...likely our only infiltration opportunity this week."

He tapped on his communicator, displaying a date: September 9th.