The meeting place agreed upon with the Investigation Department's Fourth Executive Department was a conference room in the Third Main Teaching Building.
It was about a fifteen-minute walk from the training hall where the laboratory was located.
Perhaps because Little Rabbit had just been frightened by Teacher Unohana Chiyo.
The atmosphere among the girls was somewhat quiet along the way.
Unohana Chiyo led the two girls into the Third Main Teaching Building.
The moment she entered the main building's lobby, Su Youzi could clearly sense that something was off.
Burly, crew-cut men in black combat uniforms stood along both sides of the first-floor lobby.
Their expressions were cold, obsessive, and even sharp.
They stared straight ahead, like silent gargoyles standing in the lobby.
These people were all combat personnel from the Investigation Department's Fourth Executive Department.
Under their gazes, warm sweat seeped into Saotome Yukina's palms, leaving her little hand soft and damp.
Sensing Little Rabbit's nervousness.
Su Youzi gripped Saotome Yukina's hand a little tighter.
[ Ding-- ] [ Reliance: Saotome Yukina Affection +1. ] [ Received Affection Boost Reward: Maid-Style Lace Stocking Garter (Right). ] [...]
When they saw the girls enter the lobby and confirmed their identities.
A young woman in a tight black combat suit slowly stepped forward.
She respectfully bowed in turn to Unohana Chiyo, Saotome Yukina, and Su Youzi.
"Lady Unohana--"
"The superintendent is already waiting for you."
She then turned and began leading the way.
Su Youzi gave the woman's retreating figure another look.
She had actually bowed to Teacher Unohana Chiyo first, rather than Little Rabbit, who had the Saotome Family backing her? Thinking of Teacher Unohana Chiyo's enormous debt, counted in "Medical Unit"s.
Su Youzi suddenly felt that Unohana Chiyo might not be so simple after all.
The star rating in "Operator Cultivation" did not seem to be the sole standard for measuring value.
Just like Yamabuki Nanako.
Though she was only a one-star Operator with extremely poor combat ability.
But... as the chief executive and chief scientist of the Shiritsu Megumi Garden Academy Technology Department.
Yamabuki Nanako's value was obvious.
That said.
If Su Youzi really had to choose an Operator to cultivate.
She would definitely still choose a good-looking six-star Operator who could fight.
Hmm...
She glanced at Soga Toyura, who was once again lying on the bed in "Operator Cultivation," hugging her pillow and rubbing against it.
She should cultivate the five-star Little Rabbit instead.
Glancing at the burly men, Unohana Chiyo ignored the sharp stares of the combat-uniformed giants and explained things to the two girls.
Unlike the ordinary Investigation Department, which handled Altered User attacks and Altered User-related crimes within the city.
The Investigation Department's combat power was limited.
When facing high-sequence Altered Users, they often had no choice but to request assistance.
Though... under normal circumstances, high-sequence Altered Users could not possibly appear in the city in the first place.
But the Investigation Department's Fourth Executive Department was completely different.
Their combat power was in no way inferior to that of the Assault Department.
In fact... when facing Altered Users, they might be even stronger.
These people lived by the creed of hunting Altered Users.
Everyone who joined the Fourth Executive Department was a revenge-seeker whose family had been destroyed by Altered Users.
Especially the head of the Fourth Executive Department--
Kujo Ryuko.
Her Older Sister was the once-renowned "Empire's First Archer."
Kujo Iruka, who had been hailed with countless titles such as "Star of Humanity's Hope," "Empire's Tiger," and "Imperial Capital University's strongest Valkyrie in a century."
Since childhood.
Kujo Ryuko had worked hard with the goal of becoming someone as dazzling as her Older Sister.
But... Kujo Ryuko's life.
From the day Kujo Iruka fell and became the one whom no one was willing even to mention... the "Abyss of Eternal Smile"--
Had completely collapsed.
Listening to Teacher Unohana Chiyo's introduction of Kujo Ryuko, Su Youzi froze for a moment.
She knew that name.
Kujo Ryuko.
She was also a famous six-star Operator in the game.
A sadistic girl who wielded a chainsaw.
A battle-crazed maniac known as the "Executioner."
Her ultimate goal in life was to personally kill her Older Sister, who had entered an Anomalous state.
At the same time... she was also one of the six-star Operators closest to entering an Anomalous state.
Honestly, Su Youzi rather liked Kujo Ryuko's... character art, interactions, and Defeat CG.
But now that Su Youzi had truly transmigrated into this eroge world.
Life was short, and life was precious.
When it came to this kind of sadistic, yandere lunatic, she would definitely stay as far away as possible.
Upon hearing that name from Unohana Chiyo, the young woman leading the way suddenly wore an exceedingly strange expression.
But she quickly composed herself, turned around, and bowed to Unohana Chiyo and the two girls.
"We're here--"
The woman stood waiting outside the conference room door.
Unohana Chiyo stepped forward and pushed open the conference room door.
Then... she froze in place.
Su Youzi, standing behind Unohana Chiyo, froze as well.
Inside the conference room... a maiden dressed so provocatively it was excessive sat in the seat of honor. Her legs were crossed and propped atop the conference table.
Su Youzi could not help taking another look at the maiden.
What she wore was actually the game's standard combat uniform... a heavily modified version.
The combat uniform had already looked alluring in the game, but in reality, its charm was a hundred times more intense.
Su Youzi immediately felt that... the game had not included enough close-ups of this combat uniform.
The originally bulky long jacket and pants had all been replaced with matte black stockings.
The long-sleeved combat jacket on her upper body had also been cut down until it barely covered her chest, displaying the maiden's charms to the fullest.
Besides that...
The boots on the legs she had propped on the table were different lengths.
The boot on her right leg rose past her knee.
The one on her left barely covered her calf.
At the same time, as if out of malice toward herself.
The I-shaped leather straps on the maiden's left leg... and arm, meant for mounting weapons, were all pulled so tight that they dug into her flesh.
She sat with her back to the window.
Though she was seated in sunlight, her pretty face was completely shrouded in darkness.
She looked at Unohana Chiyo, who had pushed open the conference room door, and slowly lowered her legs from the table.
Tap--
A heavy sound.
The maiden rose to her feet, her scarlet eyes blinking.
"Long time no see..."
"Teacher Unohana."
It was clearly such a gentle, mild... even languid voice, like a cat in one's arms acting spoiled because it wanted to nurse. Yet Su Youzi could not sense the slightest trace of warmth in it.
The conference room was freezing to the bone.
"Kujo..."
"Ryuko."
Unohana Chiyo looked at the maiden with a grave expression.
[ Ding-- ] [ Part.5: 'Chance Encounter'. ] [ You encountered a wild top-tier Operator. Try recruiting her. ] [ Mission Reward: Operator - Kujo Ryuko. ]
Su Youzi, standing behind Unohana Chiyo, could no longer smile.
Send me back!!!
I don't want this reward! I don't want it!
So happy~ I pulled Ling.
Also, sorry... I got the names wrong in the previous two chapters.
The Sixth Sequence Altered User is Kujo Iruka.
The one in the description is Kujo Ryuko, Kujo Iruka's younger Sister.
But I seem to have written the wrong name in the previous two chapters... I wrote Ryuko instead of Iruka.
It has been corrected. My deepest apologies!!!
If you can't find it by searching the book title, try searching for the author instead. It may simply have been renamed!
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