Vol 1 Prologue (1/2)
Prologue
The room was her prison There were no s The floor and walls were made of thick iron, and the only door to the roo opened In a corner of the cold-per her knees
For some reason, she did not appear to be affected by her surroundings Even though the cold of the floor had transfused into her body, her eyes were unwavering, focused intently upon the floor
With a coh in reality, she were a pretty, innocent japanese-made doll, in a pitiable state, with no one to comfort her She was the only one in the room
How long had tih the stillness surrounding the girl as sitting as thoughlight stream down into the room
If she had looked above her head, she round of light But she did not ed in the depths of tranquility
Within the light was aa business suit His face showed no concern for the situation of the girl, instead he looked down at her unsympathetically
“One can't help but wonder whether she's even alive”
With a pounding noise one of the irl to respond Yet contrary to his expectations, her gaze relass et the same result as before
“She’s like this today as well? Will she even be usable?”
Shrugging his shoulders, another man spoke
“Shouldn’t we just dispose of her? If she won’t be of any use, all the more so”
“No, we can’t just throay all that information she has in her head”
At that moment another man spoke up
“She can be used when such a situation necessary of her comes”
“Still, it's worrisome What if she were to escape froround?”
“But you really think ‘that’ will be useful? Isn’t ‘it’ the same as a cripple?”
“That’s not all that could become a problem What happens if another country finds out the japanese Govern her?”
“In that case we just change her location If it comes down to it, we can abandon this base”
“Are you saying you can dodge the Aencies?”
“Isn’t that your job? How led to come up with estimates on…”
“Wait a minute!”
Through the glass, one of the irl hunched in a corner of the room
Upon looking, the girl as supposed to be squatting showed a change Her blank gaze had gone frolass
“It seems she’s alive after all”
The h, fingering his lapel
“Could she hear ere just talking about?”
“Unthinkable The rooht, Kishi+da?”
A well-built ave off the sense of a researcher, responded with a weak “That’s right” Dabbing the sweat froe of timidity
“Uh with a seven year old child”
“What in the world are you saying?”
“Being a child or whatever doesn’t hter of 'that man', you know!”
“Is it really all right? For this guy to be the one responsible for this facility?”
Being showered with such outspoken accusations, the man called Kishi+da bit his lip
“Hey, it looks like it’s saying so”
The girl’s lips were , but the near to perfectly soundproofed rooh even if the rooh her voice would be sed up before it even reached their ears
“It really see Is there any possibility of using a mic?”
Shortly thereafter, the girl’s words were picked up by a microphone within her prison However it was still hard to make out her words
“Isn’t she merely delirious?”
“Can we amplify her voice somehow?”
After raising the voluirl’s voice finally reached them
“Can we…amplify…her voice…somehow?”
Her words were monotonous At first, the men had no idea what they meant Yet after they realized that her words were the same as the man's who had spoken previously, their expressions froze
“Wait, wasn’t the room supposed to be completely soundproof?”
“Ye, yes…it should…”
Professor Kishi+da’s face showed he also had no idea how this could be happening There should have been no way for their voices to be heard in the soundproofed roo was supposed to have acted in vain
“Wait…wasn’t the room…supposed to be…completely soundproof?”
Thethat she was so
“That settles it for acy’”