Chapter 138 Thirty-two Cats
"...Kalua?"
I heard Bermode's puzzled voice.
The store manager looked up and followed the sound, his face expressionless: "Huh?"
Apparently, Vermouth seemed to have misunderstood something based on his reaction. She leaned closer to the store manager's ear and whispered in a low voice, "Sake is not here today."
The store manager, Nayue Chijiang, was slightly stunned and dug out this code name from deep in his memory.
The original person in charge of the A-drug series before Shirley took over the experiment. In the first world, his spirit also followed Amuro Toru to destroy the research data left by Sake in the past.
In this case, Sake in this world has also been alive. The manager was often harassed by that guy in the first two days after waking up. Sake kept applying to Karasuma Renya for new research projects, and 'Kalua' was the research object that Sake wanted.
A test subject who had slept for twenty-two years but seemed to have slept for only one night - Sake felt excited just thinking about it, and in the experimental plan he submitted to Karasuma Renya, he also clearly stated how many imaginary experiments he could do on the store manager.
Of course, those experiments would not endanger the store manager's life. Sake just wanted to use the store manager's special existence to conduct reasonable research on similar products, not to seek his own death.
Not surprisingly, Karasuma Renya not only refused to approve the sake experiment, but also removed his name from the list of people who could visit the store manager.
If it weren't for the fact that Sake had indeed made great contributions in the organization, Karasuma Renya would have wanted to kick out this subordinate who had touched someone he shouldn't have.
This is also due to the contribution of Akae Nazuki. After all, the manager's personality is pure and not a fool. As long as he acts easily persuaded when Sake comes alone, and then "innocently" mentions this matter to Karasuma Renya when he comes to visit, Sake will be given hope by the manager's attitude, so he will persist in attracting attention in front of Karasuma Renya, making the "kind old man" even more unhappy.
After repeating the above steps a few times, the sake that persistently wants to "harm" the store manager will naturally lose favor with Karasuma Renya very quickly.
However, Vermode's filter for the store manager seems to remain that of a naive two-month-old cub. Otherwise, she, who is smart and familiar with this extremely simple provocation, would definitely see that the store manager was not harassed at all, and it was the store manager who pushed Sake to be demoted here.
Vermouth probably thought that the store manager was worried that the sake would not go smoothly during the inspection, so he kindly reminded her. Akane looked at the beautiful profile of the female star, and the image replaying in his mind was the "Constitution of Japan" that she had left for him before. He felt very complicated for a moment, but he still pretended to be relieved and accepted the excuse that Vermouth made for him, and smiled slightly with a small arc at the corner of his mouth.
Although what he was thinking about had nothing to do with sake, it's not a bad idea to let sake take the blame.
About ten minutes ago, Akajinazuki received a call from Vermode in the data room, asking him where he was.
Akajinazuki simply used Gin and Rum as a shield. Because his description and wording were not clear, Vermouth mistakenly thought that the three of them had been together all the time, so he did not ask any more questions and just told Akajinazuki that he could go for a check-up.
By that time they had just gathered all the information they needed, and replaced it with the part that Shirley had prepared herself that could be confused for the real thing. Although the others were reluctant to part with the important information, they also knew that if the manager stayed any longer his whereabouts would be exposed, so in the end the manager left cleanly with the cats and dogs.
"Unless there are special circumstances, no one will be checking and monitoring at any time." The store manager said seriously, "You can hide back or just stay outside."
At first, he tried to hide these three in order to avoid the attention of Karasuma Renya, but after Karasuma Renya came back and asked Rum to take him to the interrogation room for a tour, even Akae Nayue couldn't figure out Karasuma Renya's thoughts for a while.
Did the old man doubt him, or did he have other ideas? He had mentioned before that he wanted to visit the research department, so why did he let Rum take him to the action team?
It was very troublesome to think about it, so Chijiang Nayue decided to just give up!
Specifically, after heading to the research department, he happily stuffed the suitcase containing the data and his little friend into his private lounge.
Of course, Furuya and his friends understood the store manager's concerns and had no objection to this.
The store manager is nominally the future successor of Karasuma Renya Kin-dun. Maybe if he brings the suitcase to the research institute, it might be tampered with by people like Sake, but they don't dare to go to his private lounge so openly. They can barely rely on this for a while.
I just don't know if the old man will take the opportunity to rummage through his suitcases.
The store manager sighed.
Rather than worrying about Furuya and the others, the store manager was more worried about the information that he would hand over to Shirley later. Well, think about it, there are still three "dangerous items" in his box, even if the dangerous items are now furry little animals, he still has some trust in him... right?
As for the physical examination...
As mentioned earlier, the store manager has been bedridden for twenty-two years. Even if he appears to be normal, others will still worry that there will be other changes in his body functions.
If the store manager hadn't been so determined to move out and live on his own, and hadn't wanted anyone to follow him openly, he should have stayed here and had his physical condition monitored every day. According to Karasuma Renya, this was also for his own good.
In response to this, Karasuma Renya only sighed to Rum through the video call afterwards. The latter complained in his heart that Kalua's rebellious period came so quickly, and secretly recruited a few more people to stay in Beika Town to protect him secretly.
He understood. The boss said that because he was worried that Kaluya might get into trouble outside. He understood everything. How could he be the second in command if he didn't understand!
This was my third physical examination after leaving the headquarters. The store manager had basically memorized the procedures, and with the cooperation of both parties, all the inspections were completed quickly, with only a small incident at the end.
While waiting for the report, the store manager wandered around the research department like he did the previous two times, recording everything he saw in his mind and comparing it with the headquarters research institute in the main world.
He casually walked to a door and asked the researcher beside him curiously, "Why is this office empty? Wasn't there someone here before?"
The researcher behind him wiped a cold sweat.
In the future, when their boss speaks, it would be bad not to answer, but if they do, what should they say? Should they tell the other party, "The sister of the original owner of this office died, and I defected"?
Oh my God, they are a legal company. If something so outrageous happened to them, what would their future bosses think?
The researchers had an illusion that the research department's future funding seemed to be all in this one move.
Or maybe it was not an illusion. They all felt that if they did not answer well, Kaluuya might really kill them one day. This guy had been sleeping for so many years but was still full of energy and wisdom. Who knew how he could become the future heir of the group under such circumstances.
Isn't this even more terrifying!
Perhaps the heavens heard their inner collapse, as the store manager did not seem to want to ask for an answer. He took two steps forward and knocked on the door symbolically, then turned around and asked them with a kind and gentle face, "Can I come in and take a look?"
Although he was asking, the store manager's hand was already on the combination lock outside the door. Before a researcher could even say no, he was stepped on and pulled back by his colleagues.
"Of course you can!" said the researcher closest to the store manager, sweating profusely and forcing a smile.
Woohoo, I hope Lord Kaluuya is interested in Shirley's office, otherwise they might be punished by the boss or Lord Rum for doing this in the future.
As soon as he finished speaking, the long-haired young man put on the clean white coat that the researchers had handed to him earlier, and while they were helping to open the door, he slipped in through the gap with light steps.
"I'll play by myself for a while, thank you~" The manager's voice came muffled through the door, and he sounded really happy.
The people who were locked outside were unhappy, but they didn't dare to open the door at this time. If the store manager got angry, they would be in even worse trouble!
This is the sadness of migrant workers.
Chi Jiang Nayue, who successfully sneaked in, didn't care about the mental health of the researchers outside at all. The happy expression on his face disappeared after he entered the door. At this moment, he was looking around calmly, looking for the things Shirley mentioned.
In order to research an antidote, it is far from enough to just bring back the original research data. They also need something very important.
aptx4869, a sample of that drug.
In order to avoid any complications, Shirley did not tell anyone other than the store manager about the matter. She only told the store manager that it would be best to get the medicine if possible, but if not, the store manager's safety would be the most important thing. She did not expect the store manager to really bring the medicine back this time.
After searching around, Chijiang Nayue stopped in front of a shelf by the wall.
He glanced at the rows of bottles and jars on the shelves, and the corners of his mouth twitched.
Putting coffee powder and sugar in a clean wide-mouth bottle and sticking a chemical label on it... As expected of Shirley, the organization's genius scientist.
Chijiang Nayue reached out, picked up the wide-mouthed bottle filled with coffee powder that seemed to have not been used yet, and shook it gently.
Ah, here it is.
As the brown powder in the bottle was poured out, a cloud of fine dust was raised and the bitter aroma of coffee instantly spread out. The savior who was addicted to coffee immediately showed a look of regret.
Shirley sauce is really good at it...
As the coffee grounds gradually decreased, the contents of the jar gradually became apparent.
Those are three small red and white capsules.