"It's obvious that the woman's accomplices were behind this," Asuka calmly analyzed the situation.

"Right now, we shouldn't be concerned about that kind of problem," she said. This was because Reimi Katsuragi quickly discovered the problem herself.

"Indeed, due to the explosion just now, the fuel in the plane's tank has started to leak," Reimi said. As she said, the fuel gauge was rapidly and unnaturally changing numbers.

At this rate, the plane could only fly for another 14 minutes at most. Reimi quickly calculated in her mind based on the current altitude and speed of the plane.

There was no way they could make it to the original airport. What should they do? Find another place to land? But even if they did, where should they go? Once they made a choice, there would be no turning back. They only had one chance.

Because she was smarter than anyone else, Reimi was more aware of the current dangerous situation than anyone else.

Just then, a voice came from the radio device. "This is the ground aviation command center. DL110 flight, please respond."

Perfect timing. Reimi could only hope that the other party could find a suitable landing spot.

"This is DL110 flight. The plane just experienced an unexpected explosion, resulting in severe fuel leakage. Additionally, we estimate that two engines are damaged," Reimi honestly reported the situation.

The other party quickly understood. "Since that's the case, we'll have to find another landing point. Next, we will guide you towards a place where you can land. So please follow our instructions and don't worry, as long as you follow our instructions, there won't be any problems."

"Understood," Reimi replied.

"In that case, please change the flight direction of the plane to the northeast, the distance is..."

Before they could finish, Reimi forcefully interrupted. "Northeast? Are you serious?"

She was speaking words that made no sense.

"As long as you follow our instructions..."

Once again, Reimi interrupted the other party. "Never mind everything else, why has there been a change in personnel?"

"What?"

"Just now, it didn't seem like it was you who was nice to me, right? I didn't remember it wrong, did I?"

"It's just because there was a shift change," the other party began stuttering.

"Oh... is that so? Even if it's just a shift change, your attitude seems too calm," Reimi said.

"What do you mean?"

Seeing that the other party didn't want to admit it, Reimi directly confronted them. "Isn't it about the explosion? After hearing that, you still reacted so calmly, and the timing of the contact was too coincidental, happening right after the explosion..."

The other party seemed to become furious. "What are you trying to say?"

"What I'm trying to say is that you never intended for us to land safely."

"What evidence do you have?"

"Evidence? Isn't it obvious? Just like you said earlier, fly towards the northeast, where there doesn't seem to be any landing spot. In fact, it's the opposite; that direction will only take us further away from land and into the vast ocean. You probably want us to crash directly into the sea."

...

It seemed like she hit a nerve, as the other party suddenly fell silent. After a long period of silence, they finally spoke up again.

"Since we've been found out, there's no other way around it. I'll just be honest and say that this plane is beyond salvation. There's no way it can land safely no matter what. Therefore, instead of crashing in some location and causing problems, it's better to let it fall into the sea. At least that way, the losses can be minimized, and it's also in the best interest of our country."

"......"