"It's true that Yukioka-san said there was no attack today, but is it really okay for us to remain vigilant tonight?"
The bald-headed security chief who visited the lab asked Junko.
"It's okay. According to my reading, it's definitely tomorrow. I think that if we leave the day off today and keep the security guards here tense for the whole day, they'll attack the next day. That's why I'm going to take a good rest tonight and prepare for tomorrow."
"got it"
After bowing his head respectfully and making his bald head glisten in the backlight, the Security Director left the lab.
Kura was taken to the hospital, and Kakinuma was also stripped of his number two position, leaving all of the remaining executives and managers of Hachiku's rest to rely on Junko.
Due to his instinct to obey and rely on the strongest, it was only natural that he would naturally regard Junko as the current leader. Junko is also her Junko, and now she is acting as she pleases in the rest of the bamboo, beyond the domain of her guests, but no one complains. She complies uncomplainingly.
"Well, I have to do my best and finish it by tomorrow."
With her cheerful voice, Junko encourages her researchers. They threw away the work they had been doing until the day before and made something as Junko told them to do.
Using the equipment and devices for creating battle creatures, the person who was laid on the operating table was in the process of being remodeled into something other than human. At first, the researchers were a little bewildered by the immoral act of remodeling the human body, but now they were enthusiastic and absorbed in the work.
"Fufufufu, how does it feel to play with her former boss?"
"Yukioka-kun, isn't that a line from a villain?"
Fukuda laughs as he says this, but in collaboration with Junko, he enjoys the ominous work of transforming humans into monsters.
The production and sale of battle creatures is also an important source of funding for the rest of the company, so genetic manipulation and bioremodeling are common occurrences, but it was the first time for humans to be turned into battle creatures. Naturally, the transformation of humans into battle creatures is strictly prohibited by international law, but there are endless rumors of underground organizations that are doing it, and there are even stories that it's being done by the nation.
Anesthetized, unable to move, but still conscious, despairing that he would be remade into something other than human, Kiichi Kakinuma stared up at the ceiling with bloodshot eyes wide open. She kept crying non-stop.
Fukuda didn't feel any sympathy when he saw that. Originally, he looked down on Kakinuma as a foolish young man who was just lucky, and on top of that, he was trying to betray his boss, Kura, so his current situation makes me feel even better.
"I'm looking forward to tomorrow. Let's remodel it into a super strong monster with everyone's hands and meet Tsukinami-chan and Amano Yumio-kun and the others."
"Ooh"
"I'll do my best"
"That's exciting"
Junko said with her carefree smile, and her researchers responded with smiles.
"You've become an idol here, huh."
Such Fukuda also began to like Junko. Fukuda thinks it's only natural that she is a girl who is always lively and creates a bright mood in the place, and the content of her conversations is fun. It's the first time she's met this type of person.
Despite this, Fukuda found it all the more appealing that what he was currently doing was human remodeling surgery, which was far removed from humanity and ethics. The same is true for researchers.
"Hmm, if you say that, you'll get mad at me. I plan to leave this place as soon as this play is over. As a result, I've messed up this organization."
After she says this, Junko realizes that she carelessly told the truth.
"If it's us, we won't have any trouble finding new employment, so don't worry about it.
But Fukuda didn't seem to notice and she was smiling. No, even if he had noticed, he might have said the same thing and laughed.
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"This world is designed so that misfits will always appear." Misbehavers sometimes go against ethics and commit crimes, disrupting the order of the world.
"But they have their own value." There are some things that only outsiders can do. In order to prevent them from committing disorderly and evil deeds, the backstreets exist in order to keep them within the framework of professional criminals and to make them a part of this country's industry and serve as a cog on the other side of the world.
Tsukinami Mika didn't become a misfit because she liked it. If she had just followed her own instincts, or had followed her parents and behaved naturally, she would have stood out from the ordinary.
Her father, who is a martial artist, thoroughly hammered into Mika only the kind of theory of spiritual theory, and Mika naturally accepted it, always approaching everything with enthusiasm, and taking only one way of speaking. She has become a very painful girl called Nori, a cheerleader all year round.
Because of that, she couldn't get along well with her surroundings, she was seen with strange eyes as an oddball, and she was sometimes abused and oppressed, and as a result, she despaired of the world and stepped into her back alley.
"You have a lot more power than a normal person."
The girl with short brown hair wearing her white coat told Mika with a smile. From her close range, she is looking into Mika's face and she is talking. Her crimson eyes give off a mysterious and alluring gleam, and despite being of the same sex as her, she feels strange when someone stares at her.
"That's why you can't fit in a normal frame. You can't measure it with a normal ruler. A standard-sized container will overflow. But you have the potential to leap beyond a normal human being. I'll set you free. Fate. You can wield the power to turn even destiny into your ally.
The red-eyed girl looked two or three years older than me, but her philosophical storytelling and detached aura made her seem many times more alive than I was. .
Years have passed since then, but she still looks the same as the girl who changed her destiny. She now looks older than she is when she stands next to her.
This was an exchange between Mika and Hachiku no Ikoi a few days before they entered into a conflict.
"It's boring to go too far as you want. It would be better if an irregular situation occurred. But well, it's still a stage before setting the stage..."
The girl, whose appearance has not changed over the years, continues her monologue while laughing amusingly at the three-dimensional display floating on the table at the coffee shop "Kiwi" on the first floor of the Kando Building. Seeing that, Mika entered the store.
She said, "Why are you grinning all by yourself!"
She sat down on the seat across from Junko and called out to her.
"Ah, Mika-chan. You've come to a good place."
Raise her face and she smiles.
"Could you please do me a favor?"
"It would be a terrible job to ask me to do something instead of just entrusting it to you!"
"I want you to do something else, so I want someone to help me. It doesn't have to be Mika-chan."
As she said this, Junko again turned her attention to the 3D display projected in the air from her computer.
"Did you know that it's called Red Tormenter again? A virus that was used in massacres during the conflict in the Republic of Banara. That's right, they remodeled the Red Tormenter I made without permission and sold it without permission. It's a commodity
"I know the name, but I've never heard that it was sold without your permission! I definitely thought you were involved!"
"You think so, don't you? I don't complain about anything, so everyone seems to think so, right?"
"That's a daredevil act! Who are you! Who did such a thing!"
Even if it wasn't Mika, it was an unbelievable story for those who knew Junko. It's like blatantly picking a fight, and the person you're picking a fight with is too bad.
"It's an arms smuggling organization called Hachiku no Ikoi.
"So you're going to destroy that organization! Namo Amida Butsu!"
"Just crushing it won't be fun. It's an organization that's not a big deal, so it'll be over if you send Shin-kun alone."
Junko flipped the holographic display projected in the air toward Mika.
The display showed the country of Banara and the face of a man.
"This man is a revolutionary!?"
Of course Mika also knew about the man. He is world famous. There's no way he doesn't know.
"Well, Yumio Amano, who is said to be the greatest hero of the 21st century. Just like you, he is my mouse. Right now, the conflict for the liberation of ethnic minorities is in the middle of the Banara Republic. That said, I was the one who recommended the Novum National Liberation Army to call him for help—or more precisely, I was the one who arranged it."
Mika also understood why Junko said it was interesting.
"I'm proud too. To think my mouse has become so major. I'm also interested in how much this child's ability has evolved. By the way, I was the one who recommended Banara to sign a contract with Hachiku no Ikoi. Judging from his behavior pattern so far, I think there is a high possibility that he will come to Japan after the civil war and try to destroy the rest of his life.Not only those who used inhumane BC weapons, I feel like I can't forgive a bad organization that made something like that and sold it.So, Mika-chan had Yumi-kun and the others act together, and when Yumi-kun activated his power, he secretly filmed it. I want you to put it in a box and send it to me."
"You said you wanted help, but I really don't understand why you're asking me instead! Tell me!"
"Shin-kun and I dare to take the side of Hachiku and go around to the enemy's side, it feels like we're balancing our power. In order to collect this child's power after fully observing it, I'd like to do something like that." I think it's better to have a position."
Mika understood that it was just her usual play.
The strange reality is that the person who turned Mika into an ally of justice who helps the weak and defeats the bad is a trickster who pulls in the lives of many people under the theme of research or observation. If he was an ally of justice, he should have killed the girl in front of him first, but he doesn't feel like doing that.
On the other hand, however, she has no intention of silently overlooking Junko, who is plotting and trying to do something worthless.
"Understood! Let's take it!"
By accepting this task, I can stop Junko when she tries to do something outrageous. Even though Makoto obeys Junko, she betrays her by pretending to obey her when she doesn't like it, so Mika also tried to learn it.
Furthermore, she thinks that Makoto will cooperate with her, so she decides to secretly keep in touch with Makoto without telling Junko.
"Ah, and I'd like to ask Mika-chan to investigate and eradicate this resting place of broken bamboo. In order to avoid trouble, Yumio-kun will probably contact Mika-chan.
"You say I'm going to pick a fight for you to take a break!? Without a good reason, you can't have a conflict!
"There's a reason for this. These people, it seems like they're doing human experimentation on people they bought through human trafficking. From my aesthetic point of view, that's the kind of thing I hate the most. On mutual agreement." Or rather, it's my rule not to conduct actual experiments unless it's someone who was hostile to me.A request from me driven by righteous indignation.Isn't it useless if Mika-chan sympathized with that and acted?"
"That's fine! Let's take it!"
Junko is a villain, but she always protects the line she has drawn for herself. Because she doesn't step over her line, Mika doesn't harbor any clear animosity toward Junko either. This is because she has never directly dealt with anyone other than those who are hostile to her or those who she desires and desires.
"There are many cases where the lives of unrelated people are stolen due to her playthings..."
A few days after Mika accepted Junko's request, the civil war in the Republic of Banara ended, and Yumio Amano and Takahiko Shijuman returned to Japan.