Sephiroth's "whisper" had left Colonel Kujaku rather "tempted" by the words "Rear Admiral."
With her abilities and background, becoming a Rear Admiral was only a matter of time, and the same was essentially true of becoming a Vice Admiral.
Still, the prospect of becoming a Rear Admiral at twenty-two was very enticing.
Even with Vice Admiral Tsuru as her grandmother, Kujaku figured it would take at least three or four years to reach Rear Admiral through normal channels.
"...You really are an interesting man~"
As an intelligence officer, Kujaku had seen plenty of dark dealings, but this was a first.
All she could say was that most people in this world were relatively straightforward.
The ceiling for scheming was roughly the level of Heavenly Yaksha and Crocodile. Against the backdrop of Blue Star's history, that was fairly ordinary.
If he hadn't retained some scruples, and if he hadn't wanted to avoid stirring up too much trouble, Sephiroth would certainly have written a few books for this world-something like The Dark Art of War...
"But this way, everyone wins, don't they?"
Part of Sephiroth's goal was indeed to build good relations with the Marines. He admitted that getting closer to Kujaku was a factor too.
After all, as he understood it, a considerable number of Marines were good people in the conventional sense, judging by a basic sense of justice.
They were precisely the sort of people he could win over.
After a brief discussion, Kujaku gave Sephiroth a flirtatious look and left.
This wasn't something she could decide on her own.
...He watched Kujaku's retreating figure.
Sephiroth couldn't help feeling a little strange. Vivi had been so innocent and adorable earlier, and now this "wild" Kujaku had been flirting with him.
It really... made his old habit of "abstaining from