Nakayama Takuya took the proposal, flipped it open and gave it a cursory glance before closing it and setting it aside.
"That was fast." Nakayama Takuya watched the scenery race past outside the window. "Is the prototype built?"
"It is." Mitsui Chuta quickly picked up the thread, turning half his body toward him. "The casing was modified from old molds, but the core infrared transceiver module and motion-recognition logic are already working. We invited you over today specifically to see the results on site."
Nakayama Takuya nodded.
Bandai's Shizuoka factory had always represented the highest standard of plastic model manufacturing in Japan and even the world.
Bandai's path into model kits had begun with its acquisition of the factories and molds of Shizuoka's Imai Science Co., Ltd.
Bandai Model's R&D center had been placed here precisely to turn technology into physical products at the fastest possible speed.
An hour later, the sedan drove through the gates of the Shizuoka Design Center.
It was an aging two-story building right beside an enormous production workshop.
Mitsui Chuta led the way, pushing open the door to a laboratory at the end of the second floor.
The room was thick with the smell of rosin and the scorched odor left behind by heated soldering irons.
The broad workbench was piled with plastic shells in every color, exposed green circuit boards, and bundles of wires.
A middle-aged man in gray coveralls was bent over the table, soldering an extremely thin copper wire with painstaking care.
Hearing the door open, the middle-aged man's hand jerked. He hurriedly put down the soldering iron and turned around.
He was just over forty, with somewhat messy hair and heavy bags under his eyes, but he was full of energy.
"Managing Director, this is Kondo, the chief engineer of the