Chapter 66: Sadistic Tendencies
Chapter 66: Sadistic Tendencies (22)
The mouth of the Tokyo Metropolitan Underground Facility Passage.
Several figures gathered here.
"It seems that even Bu Luo can't deal with that dark guy."
A somewhat dejected female voice sounded. She leaned against the wall, admiring her newly done manicure, but her face looked listless.
The others looked at each other without saying anything. At this time, the roar of a motorcycle came from the river mouth, and several people turned their heads to look.
The man who rushed in from the waterway on a motorcycle stopped and looked at the bored people around him.
"Where's Baluba?" he asked.
"do not know."
The woman said calmly, "How dare they leave us here to wait for so long? And I don't know what those guys are doing. It's so boring. I really want to start the game quickly."
Hearing her words, the black cheongsam-wearing girl on the other side looked at her expressionlessly.
The next person to play the game should be her.
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Honshu Island.
At the foot of the mountain where the snow never melts all year round.
Baluba, wearing a white dress, appeared at the entrance of a dark cave and looked inside with a calm expression.
"The belt is impossible to repair. That person will eventually evolve into the ultimate darkness. You have no power and there is no way you can defeat him. What are you going to do?"
"It's ok."
A faint light appeared in the cave, and a clear boy's voice came out with an innocent smile.
"As long as we find a more powerful force," he said without seeming to care.
"You don't have much time." Baluba said calmly.
"It's okay, I've found it~"
As these words fell, after a light laugh, the white figure in the cave gradually faded into the darkness inside and then disappeared completely.
Baluba stood at the entrance of the cave and stared at the darkness, this time with no expression on her face.
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June 6, working day.
09:10am.
Chiyoda-ku Technology Building.
When Kawahara was carefully analyzing industry data, a staff member next to him in the corporate studio suddenly slid his chair towards him.
"Hey, Kawahara-san, do you know——"
He leaned in closer and spoke in a low voice, and the drawn-out tone at the end of his words seemed to be an attempt to keep you in suspense.
However, Kawahara remained unmoved: "You'll know once you tell me."
The staff member could only sigh and continue, "I heard that a new executive director has come to the administrative department. He seems to have been transferred from Nagano Prefecture, and he is super strict!"
Kawahara remained calm: "Oh."
But the other party was still in a teasing mood: "Kawahara-san, you better be careful. If you often leave the company under the pretext of visiting the market, you will be punished if you are caught~"
Kawahara finally looked at him.
Then, after reading the other person's eyes that were expecting a response, he continued to work like a ruthless office worker.
When he's working, he exudes 101% indifference.
“…How boring.”
……
Kawahara really didn't care much.
Because this job is not so much a necessity for him to maintain his life as it is a regulator he uses to balance his life.
Around noon, when everyone was about to finish their morning work and go for lunch break, the president came over with the newly appointed executive director to introduce himself.
Amid the hypocritical applause, Kawahara took a closer look at the new employee.
She was an extremely stern woman, and looked a bit strict and rigid, like a head teacher.
She was wearing a neat professional trouser suit, black-framed glasses, and a measuring, elegant smile on her face. She looked at the employees as if she was looking at meat on a chopping board, as if she was ready to catch an unlucky guy and make an example of him at any time.
As expected, he is the Dean of Smiling Tiger...
Kawahara looked away, hoping that the new director would not execute him. He was indifferent.
As a result, not long after he finished lunch, the dean came to his workstation with a smile on his face.
"I checked the attendance records of all employees this morning and found that, Mr. Kawahara, you have been away from your post on weekday afternoons at least half of the time since you started working. Although the reason given was visiting, I think this seems a bit unreasonable." She pushed her glasses and said.
The gaze looking down from a high position, even after being refracted by the lenses of glasses, still could not resist the look of contempt and disdain.
Kawahara looked at her expressionlessly.
Everyone else in the studio looked over cautiously, waiting to see the show; the atmosphere was so tense that one could hear a pin drop.
Before Kawahara could say anything, the section chief who noticed the situation came running over with a nervous look on his face: "Wait! His application to go out has actually been approved!"
"Oh?" The woman raised her eyebrows when she heard this.
"I have the documents here, we can talk over here..."
The section chief, who had his back to Kawahara, made a silent gesture behind his back and left with the newly appointed director of administration.
But before leaving, the other party glanced at him sideways.
That's a disgusting and condescending attitude.
Kawahara lowered his eyes slightly.
It was really strange. Maybe this woman was just being too arrogant and mean, but he actually felt such disgust that he wanted to punch her.
This punch would probably break the person into pieces.
Could it be that the cruel thinking when fighting against Owl Gurongi the day before yesterday is still affecting him?
Kawahara pinched his brows to calm himself down.
The employee who reminded him in the morning quietly slid his chair over and said, "Hey, are you okay? That new director is really scary!"
"It's okay, at least there's no entanglement." Kawahara said with a sigh of relief.
"As expected, it's because you're absent too frequently that she targeted you first. But the section chief really protects you~" he said, turning his chair left and right.
"You can try harder." Kawahara said calmly.
"Eh……"
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After a busy day, the sky was dyed with the color of dusk.
05:45pm.
Kawahara, who was leaning on his motorcycle, looked at the time and waited for a while. Then, a woman in a neat and formal suit walked out of the building.
After leaving the company, the other party went directly to the roadside and took an expensive taxi.
After the taxi drove some distance, Kawahara, who was waiting for the target, put on his motorcycle helmet, stepped on the accelerator and followed far behind.
However, the taxi eventually drove into a very ordinary residential area with people coming and going, and did not go to some strange place or a more secluded apartment as Kawahara had thought.
He watched the woman get out of the car and walk into a single-family house, then he looked away.
——Isn’t it Gurongi who is so annoying?
Although it was not a good idea to have such an idea, Kawahara was still looking forward to the woman suddenly turning into a weirdo, and then he would naturally punch her.
As expected, my subconscious mind has become more extreme...
Kawahara patted his head.
Because the new minister polluted the air, he was no longer in the mood to go back to the company to work the late shift, so he simply stepped on the accelerator and returned to the cafe.
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Lunch and evening meals are the busiest times for PolePole Cafe.
Godai Yusuke, who was busy as hell, was a little surprised to see him come back: "Eh? Mr. Kawahara isn't working overtime today?"
"Well, I don't want to work overtime."
Kawahara gave a thumbs up, then looked around the store and asked, "Do you need my help? Why aren't the manager and Nana here?"
"Nana has been busy with performing arts courses lately, and daddy realized halfway through that he didn't have enough ingredients, so he took the opportunity to go out and buy some. He hasn't come back yet... So, thank you, senior Kawahara!" Godai Yusuke also gave a thumbs up with a smile.
"Ha, the manager may be taking the opportunity to retaliate against you for often skipping work when it's busy!" Kawahara couldn't help but teased after hearing this.
"Why do you say that? I also have something urgent to do..." Yusuke Godai muttered.
Even though Yusuke Godai has stated many times that he is "Kuaga", the jewelry store manager has never gotten it once and just thinks that this guy is really good at running out and being lazy!
Kawahara smiled and felt much better.
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(End of this chapter)