The hallway inside was unrealistically huge. Decorated with various weapons. An atmosphere comparable to a guild.
"Listen Kamiya-san, is it a house or a guild building?" Koji stopped asked with an anxious look.
"A guild?" Kamiya too stopped at the spot starts to laugh.
"Koji-san this is not a guild, it's how the house of a captian has to be." she continues.
"No way, this is way too huge. And also.."
"Also?"
"Where is my office building if this is my house?" he asked in a curious tone.
"Oh, the construction will start from tomorrow. It will be at the same place as Muto's but the whole building will be destroyed and then rebuilt under your supervision."
Koji chose silence and held his head.
"Do you have a headache Koji-san?" Kamiya worriedly asked.
Koji looked at her then looked back straight, sighed and said.
"I'll make this my office instead. It had enough rooms and place for any team I would want to make."
"But what about your house? And won't it be better to have valuables and decorations according to your desire?" Kamiya questions him.
Koji looked around and instantly verified everything in the building.
"Things here are enough for me. And just use Muto's place to build my house. Not too big though."
"If you say so..." she responds disappointingly.
"I'll stay here for the time."
"As you wish. Anyway let's keep moving."
They both stated to move forward to the hallway.
Koji's parents were standing at the end waiting for him.
The same parents who disowned him ten years ago were now excited to meet him.
'Look at those wishing faces, they are using me once again. This isn't right..but. I have decided to go what's beyond right so I'll play along with those disgusting disguise, afterall, at the endthey are my parents.'
As he got close to them, his mother ran and hugged him.
"Where were you all this time! I missed you so much, son" she cried as he help Koji in her arms.
[Lies] his instincts screamed at him.
'I know! I hate it that I know. But..I've just made too many enemies. They'll be exposed to danger if I stay away from them. So I'll just believe that they really care about me.'
[Believing Is The Biggest Lie Hiding Truth]
Koji hugged his mom and said in a low voice.
"I missed y'all too."
He looked at his sister who was staring at him in sadness barely holding her tears of despair.
Koji used telepathy telling her,
"Don't be sad, this time, I'll make them recognize me as their son rather than a worthless tool."
He smiled at her as she nodded and then greeted his father.
Kamiya was looking at them and could tell that they were only putting an act. She felt bad for Koji and thought he was clueless.
After Koji greeted his family,
she invited him at the roof to talk about something.
Later at evening, as Kamiya requested, Koji went to the roof.
'Whatever she wanna talk about, I hope it's not some bad news. I really hope not.' he thought as he went to the roof.
As he arrived, he opened the door, he was surprised to see that Yasuhiro, the bygone secretary of Muto.
As Yasuhiro saw Koji coming, he bowed and greeted him with respect.
Koji responded by raising his hand and glared at Kamiya who was also present there.
Kamiya walked up to Koji and whispered the details to him.
"Not so while ago, he knocked at the door and asked your audience saying he would like to negotiate. I don't know what he wants to negotiate but be careful."
"So this is what you wanted to talk about with me?"
She rolled her eyes and said,
"We'll talk about that later."
Yasuhiro then slowly walked towards Koji and pulled out his hand.
Koji responded his greeting with a statement
"What brings you here? Not for spying right?"
Yasuhiro freezed on the spot with a shocked look on his face. The atmosphere suddenly got dull.
'Huh? What? What am I forgetting!? Did I promised him something!?'
Koji gets all worked up with the situation but couldn't remember what he was missing.
The system went through his memory and stated the following.
[Notice : Apostle Of Isis Promised Hashimoto Yasuhiro Freedom.]
Koji realizing his stupidity, tapped on Yasuhiro's shoulder saying,
"Oh I haven't forgotten that Yasuhiro-san, the promise I made with you."
The shocked looked changed into astonishment and he said with an excited voice.
"So you know my purpose here right!? Also stop with the formalities."
Koji looked at Kamiya with his eyes pleading for help.
She sighed and complained.
"Yasuhiro-san, I don't think Koji-san knows anything about the system of the forces."
Yasuhiro looked at Koji with anxious eyes,
"Is that true?"
Koji embarrassingly responds
"Yes.."
Everything once again went silent.
"Let me just explain it to you. Though it's rather you skipping through years of course to become a captian." Kamiya disappointingly said with a stuffed up tone.
"Just let me through it!"
"Yeah right. In a force, there are squads. Not one or two but they are made according to the member's ranks. And to govern them, there are two main ranks. The captian and the person who usually assembles them is his secretary. During battles, the leader of a squad is chosen by themselves. It's a freestyle battle strategy which most of us use."
After feeding the explanation, the system suddenly exerts a special system skill 'Intelligence'
[Exerting System Skill "Intelligence"]
'Huh, I didn't do anything so why is it using a skill, and moreover what is this skill?'
[Checking The Probability Of Success As A Captain In The Following Order]
[Probability Is Less Than 80%]
'Well of course, when you're having two people looking after that many people, it sure will be tough to handle any revolt inside the squads.'
[Looking For A Possible Solution]
[Solution Found]
[The Solution Is.....]
'Damn, these systems really are amazing!'
"Alright, I understand now. So what about it?" Koji responded to Kamiya.
"Let me be blunt. As I am no longer a part of any force and I'm surely not gonna ever work under Muto, will you let me become your secretary?' Yasuhiro interrupted and requested.
Koji once again was confused by the situation and looked up to Kamiya for help.
"I'm sorry to break it to you but, I had the same request." she said in an innocent tone.
"Huh?! Aren't you a captian yourself!?"
"I'm powerless. I chickened up after seeing an A ranked monster. I'm not worthy of this post."
"Oh, I'm sorry, if I had let you take care of that you wouldn't feel like this." Koji said in an apologetic tone.
"Don't say that. If you weren't there, your sister won't be alive now."
'How can I tell her that I would've just been summoned to her if she was about to die.'
"But now it's tough for you, you have to select between us two. There is Yasuhiro-san who has extreme potential and power. He's a true leader. And then there's me who can only offer my intelligence and hunters. The choice is yours." she continued.
'What's this situation, a leader and a source of intelligence. I want them both but how?'
[Calculating Possibilities]
[Answer Found]
[Using The Solution Of Probability, The Apostle Of Isis Can Have Both As His Subordinates.]
'This system is making me feel so dumb..'
"So who will you choose?" Kamiya asked.
Koji started to laugh loudly and presented his idea.
"I'll take both!"