<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/c/cb/Rsz_kougami_shinya_manga_color_by_kurocchan-d5noq0p.jpg)</div><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>Name</td><td> || </td><td>Takashi Himura</td></tr><tr><td>Location</td><td> || </td><td>Shooting Range -&gt; Lazarus HQ - Entrance Hall</td></tr><tr><td>Tagging</td><td> || </td><td>Shizuru Satonaka, Mizuki Terasu, Maki Hoshi, Kumiko Akimoto, Eric Chambers, Kiritaka Ryotaro, Aizawa Shion, Raiden Tetsugi</td></tr></tbody></table><br/><hr/><br/>Takashi holstered his pistol to his waist and walked towards the Entrance Hall as soon as he heard Kumiko's voice through the speakers. A black sedan along with a convoy was headed towards here, but the man wasn't worried since it was very likely that it was only just the new pilot that most everyone heard was coming. Kumiko's over-zealous warning was unnecessarily causing tensions but Takashi liked her way of being prepared for any situation, especially in the mess that they were in now. Apparently Hiroyuki was on standby with his Saber if it was needed.<br/><br/>Takashi went up two flights of stairs and down a long hallway before making it to the entrance just in time to see that his suspicions were true and that the convoy was just the new pilot disguised in order to get here safely. He approached the crowd of people around the new pilot, who addressed herself as Mizuki Terasu. The man also saw that the group was well prepared to fight if it hadn't been Mizuki, as he saw Kumiko with a shotgun and both Kyotaro and Raiden with an assault rifle. Takashi addressed the group with a slight smirk,<strong>"Some of you are armed to the teeth, I see. Good thinking. If we're going to push back the Americans then we need to keep this sort of mentality."</strong>Then he spoke directly to Mizuki,<strong>"On behalf of everyone in the facility, welcome, Terasu-san, to Lazarus HQ. I am Takashi Himura, former lieutenant of the Japanese Army."</strong>He returned the special salute that only Lazarus operatives knew and continued to speak,<strong>"As for your request, just have your convoy park the containers with the parts in the hangar. Our capable mechanics and engineers will piece together your Machina without fail."</strong>Eric offered his help and it was certainly reassuring that he volunteered to do so.<br/><br/>Takashi's face turned more serious as he started to speak again,<strong>"I assume most of you have already heard, but for those that haven't, it appears that the Japanese government has officially resigned and we are now under US marshal law. You all already know this, but I want to reiterate the importance of staying aware and alert just as we did today."</strong>His fists clenched,<strong>"At anytime, we could be discovered, even more so now. We might have the upperhand in the technology of our Machina, but they are still just prototypes and the US still have a numbers advantage."</strong>Takashi sighed,<strong>"But, again, we all already know this, if we just carry on as we already were then we'll be okay."</strong>The Americans were crafty, but the group they had was even craftier. Hopefully, Mizuki could add to their already strong line-up and they could figure out a way to counter-attack.<br/><br/>Takashi then crossed his arms, looking at Kumiko and then to Mizuki, implying that the following questions were for the both of them,<strong>"So, did we get any orders? Or are we just sitting still for the time being?"</strong>The man tried his best not to sound demanding and like he was in charge, but it was difficult. Being a former lieutenant, he was used to giving orders and getting direct orders to relay. Takashi wasn't pretentious as to think that he had the most experience of the group just because he was a high ranked officer in the army. Everyone had their own field of expertise and Takashi had his own. He would like to think that he had the faith of most of the crew and other pilots, but would not feel bad if he still had to prove himself to the group.