Chapter 35 (1/2)
Chapter 35
Is that Office Love, Senpai?
With the infor to apply for the position on the research lab
Developing modified humans and weapons, the research lab was an important asset to Metallica If Neito, who had no faction supporting hie chance of his position being unstable
Since that would be the case, he needed to establish his full authority of the research lab
Again, if Ikeno’s inforht, the head of the section that the coreat amount of influence in Metallica
Neito, who had been constantly fighting in the front lines, needed to ood impression on the company with the first department he would handle
That hy he chose the research lab as his first step
He didn’t tell Tsurugi, but he also had an interest on cheering for Maki as a participant of the competition
Maki’s concept was using bio-technology to create [physical enhanceth increase that carowth], which was different fros
On the other hand, Maki’s co a proposal for the eable superhuy supply and drastic modification of the body] He was under Ikeno as the position of science adviser in the global ement department
As the first section’s chief, Ikeno probably thought of taking Keith’s idea before Maki’s
Neito didn’t knohether he could defeat Ikeno, but there was no other option He must win
A h his application for the research lab, it was announced that the research lab was going to be split into two, and Neito would be assigned to the second section of the lab The same went for his subordinates It seened its members as a whole
Research lab Section 2 Chief:Komori Neito
Research lab Section 2 assistant Manager: Tsurugi F Gardner
Research lab Section 2 Research Chief:Mayuzumi Maki
Research lab Section 2 Board Member:Anice Jairus
Research lab Section 2 Board Member:Niina Kazuma
Other than them, there were five technicians, and twenty-one other workers Neito headed about thirty people in his neorkplaceThe farewell party at the Okinawa branch ended up being quite exciting, but he was scolded by the GA departover
[But still, the research lab is quite far don’t you think? Are we there yet? I’ the sea]
Riding Metallica’s exclusive cruiser, Neito and his group departed from Tokyo Bay and headed out to the open ocean The yacht was fully equipped with a kitchen, trulydistance luxury travel They were scheduled to arrive to the night at sea
Niina hined in disappointment
[It’s obvious that the island would be far off into the sea, seeing that they don’t want it to be easily discoveredIf
you’re a rumble about it, Niina]
[‘Kay…]
Tsurugi tried cheering Niina up This was a common occurrence for this team
[Nate, do you want coffee?]
[Ah- yeah Thanks]
Anice was really good at pouring coffee Neito, as looking out into the sea, went in and took a seat on the sofa
The research lab was registered under the main office, but technically they acted independently from the main office They needed to prepare various equip the possibility that they et attacked, it was obvious that Metallica would keep the location of the research lab secret fro about this, Neito took a sip of coffee
The sofa was U-shaped [コ], and Maki was sitting across hiar in her coffee
[By the way Chief Koether! This makes me so happy!]
Maki was clearly excited For so to Neito, but her expression was light and cheerful
[? Yeah I’ll doyou down in your competition And you can call me the usual Neito We’re co-workers after all]
[…Yes! Again, I look fororking with you… Neito-kun] Maki laughed happily Her joyous face made her even more attractive
Ah~ she’s very cute
[Hmm? Is that office love, senpai?]
[T-That’s n-not it… umm…!!]
Maki turned red after Niina tried teasing them
[Are you stupid? How did you come to that conclusion?]
Neito tried to shut hi jokes Neito finally found a coularly
[Are you stupid? How could you interpret it like that? You’re so sly Nina]
Anice mimicked what Neito said and added some side remarks
[…Ah …uht Niina-san Please don’t make fun of us]
A bright and happy atmosphere surrounded us
Aren’t we supposed to be a group trying to create weapons of mass destruction to conquer the world? We don’t look like that from the outside… Well that’s fine
But they had things they needed to do
[Well, that’s that, I’ve been thinking Since we’ve have all the main members here, why don’t we decide our roles as board members and our policies before we arrive?]
[I agree We are, after all, racing against time here We’ll listen to what you have to say first]
Tsurugi was the first to agree with Neito’s idea The others also followed
[…eh, well, I suppose]
For the past few days, Neito wasn’t able to sleep soundlyHe had been studying the functions and development of the research lab
Neito, who only did office work, tried e his team efficiently
[For that cos we need to do: we need to e and remodel the new depart prototype as well as look at the reports on the performance analysis After that…]
Niina, asn’t listening until this point, raised his hand
[Ah, should I do it? I think I would be the one most suited to do that job, and I really don’t want to participate with the daily training and all]
It was a light-hearted suggestion, but Neito was thankful for it Actually, he also had thought the same This would take some of the burden off from Neito Niina may not look it, but he was more suited for mental tasks rather than ones that were physical Recently, Niina had started taking interest in their work Neito didn’t knohether it was because of hilad he could help Niina develop himself
[Is that so? I’ll leave it to you then]
[‘Aye]
[What’s left is the testing of the weapons We need to runto be used by the cyborg… Can I count on you for this, Tsurugi?]
It wouldn’t be possible for anyone other than Tsurugi to do it, and he’d be able to do more than as necessary for the test Even if he was up against a sword, Tsurugi was strong enough to break its blade with an ordinary sharp knife Certainly, his keen eyes and strategical thinking contributed to this
[Understood, Boss]
Tsurugi fori was truly grateful for the task given to him
[What about me, Nate?]
Anice was franticallyto appeal to Neito
[Anice will be assistingaround quite a bit, is that okay?]
[Yeah! Okay~ ♪!] (EDN: inal, so I put it in)
Although Neito kneas favoring Anice because of her [special situation], and that he shouldn’t get too close with her past a certain degree, seeing the always bright and cheerful girl by his side made him reconsider
[So, we still need to do the revision and the i and talk about the coo to your cabins and rest
Neito already thought of a plan for the co before he could announce it in front of everybody
Everyone obeyed his words, and proceeded to each of their cabins Neito, who stayed behind, went up to the deck He gathered his thoughts and spent his alone tithen his conviction
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