Given that Misaka Mikoto was the only girl of her age in the entire shelter, and given Yakumo Yukari's remarkable talent for communication, Hayasaka Ai and Yakumo Yukari became much closer in just about half an hour.
Chapter 128: Hayasaka Ai's Dark History, Kihara Awaki's Loyalty
"Speaking of which, what kind of person does Ms. Hayasaka think the director is?"
In the rest area of the shelter, Yakumo Yukari, who had been led by Hayasaka Ai to her room, suddenly asked a question seemingly unintentionally.
"Director? You must be a very excellent leader."
Upon hearing Yakumo Yukari's words, Hayasaka Ai responded without hesitation.
"No, no, no, we're not referring to those objective opinions. What we want to know is... what is your personal opinion of Director Takahashi, Ms. Hayasaka?"
Yukari Yakumo shook her head and said, her expression a mixture of curiosity and restraint, as if she were simply asking from the perspective of an outsider.
"My personal opinion of the director?"
Upon hearing this, Hayasaka Ai paused for a moment, then stood there lost in thought.
If you were to simply ask what kind of person Takahashi Yu is, anyone you randomly pick from the containment facility could give you a standard answer, and it's not just limited to the members of the containment facility; even some of the contained objects could...
However, if we ask from her personal perspective...
Thinking back to her first meeting with Takahashi Yu during the Shuchiin Academy student council president election, and the series of events that followed after she was inadvertently forced to join the shelter...
"I think there is no one in this world more capable than Director Takahashi."
Hayasaka Ai spoke slowly.
Although she had only known Yakumo Yukari for less than an hour, these words were not a secret, so Hayasaka Ai did not recommend telling others about them.
"That's the truth, we agree."
As Hayasaka Ai spoke, Yakumo Yukari nodded in deep agreement.
Recalling the scene of being chased by Takahashi Yu in the gap and being captured by illusion magic, she also believed that there was no one more powerful than Takahashi Yu in the world.
Although she knew that she and Hayasaka Ai were definitely not talking about the same thing.
“From initially taking sole control of the conglomerate to later establishing the asylum center and gradually expanding it to its current scale, I believe no one has done better than Director Takahashi.”
"While developing the power of the shelters, they have been secretly protecting the world. Despite possessing such great power, they have never used it to do anything reckless to ordinary people beyond what is necessary."
At most, they were worried about cerebral palsy causing trouble, so while protecting the cerebral palsy, they also took back a little bit of power.
"In addition, Director Takahashi is a very good person. Although he has a very high position and power, he is very approachable in private, except in very serious situations."
Kaguya-sama must have felt this quite well when she was in school, and of course, Hayasaka Ai could feel it too. Almost everyone who was close to Takahashi Yu in the shelter could feel this.
However, most of the shelter members still perceived Takahashi Yu as someone with great authority.
"Besides that, it's probably just a perverse sense of humor."
At this point, Hayasaka Ai's face visibly darkened.
Thinking back to when she first joined the shelter, she suspected that the Takahashi Foundation had some kind of relationship with the shelter, so she took advantage of her friendship to harass Takahashi Yu relentlessly, trying to extract some information from him.
Until recently, the truth was revealed: Takahashi Yu, in his capacity as director, treated him to a hot pot meal.
At that moment, Hayasaka Ai wished she could go back in time and strangle herself.
After all, to do something as stupid as asking the boss about the boss, I was practically a genius back then!
"Drip drip..."
Just then, the communicator suddenly rang, and Hayasaka Ai immediately snapped out of her daze.
"It's the director calling me over, I have to leave now."
Upon hearing this, Yukari Yakumo nodded nonchalantly.
"It's alright, Miss Hayasaka, go ahead without worry. It'll give us some time to get familiar with our room."
"In that case, Miss Zi, please take your time to rest. I'll be leaving now."
Unaware of the ambiguity in her words, Hayasaka Ai left as quickly as possible after saying goodbye to Yakumo Yukari.
Yukari Yakumo stood still, stretching lazily, while organizing the information she had just received in her mind.
Takahashi Yu, the director of the Abnormal Containment Center, is generally mild-mannered and approachable, and is well-liked by her subordinates.
She didn't seem like a difficult person to get along with, but considering that she had caused her some trouble, and that Takahashi Yu, whom she had met, was clearly not as nice to her as Hayasaka Ai had described, Yakumo Yukari finally came to this conclusion.
"Looks like we need to be more careful lately, otherwise if they find an opportunity to make things difficult for us, we'll be the ones who suffer."
"And if there are any orders, it's better to work harder and try to gain forgiveness. Hopefully, the director won't have too much of a problem with us."
With that thought in mind, Yakumo Yukari turned around and opened a gap.
As for what I told Hayasaka Ai before about getting to know her room? That was obviously a lie. Although it looked nice, in this strange and dangerous place, only her own little space could give her a sense of security.
Even though this sense of security is also false, since my life is still in the other party's hands, it doesn't matter.
She can't change the situation, so can't she at least try to fool herself?
......
On the other side, Archer, who had just been teleported back from the world of A Certain Magical Index, took Kihara Azuki into the containment facility and then disappeared in a speck of light.
This is the scene after Takahashi Yu actively withdrew her clone.
"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting, Ms. Kihara Ayaki."
Takahashi Yu slowly walked out and said to Kihara Tamaki.
Is he going to be my future boss?
Looking at Takahashi Yu in front of her, Kihara Awaki, who had just arrived in this other world, thought to herself.
Although she already knew that those inside the windowless building were just clones, when she finally saw Takahashi Yu in person, she couldn't help but feel that he was a little too young.
It's just that this person, who seems to be around the same age as me, is able to confront and even cooperate with that terrifying Chairman Aleister.
Looking at myself, I've already been given away as a gift!
She didn't want to be treated as a gift, nor did she want to leave the world she was familiar with. Unfortunately, there weren't many choices in this world. At that time, she only had two options: to be disposed of by Aleister or to be sent to another world as a gift.
Undoubtedly, leaving one's original world for another strange and unknown world is a difficult thing for a girl of Kihara Ayaki's age to accept, but it is better than dying.
The girl, familiar with the dark side of Academy City, knew very well what would happen if she rejected Chairman Aleister.
"come on."
Upon hearing what Takahashi Yu said, Kihara Tsurugi obediently walked behind Takahashi Yu.
She knew that for a long time to come, she could only rely on Takahashi Yu in front of her, so it was better for her to behave herself.
“My name is Takahashi Yu, and I am the director of this shelter.”
“Since you are a gift from Aleister, I will not ask what you have been through or what kind of person you are. There is only one thing you need to do: obey me and start a new life in this world.”
“You should know very well that now that you’ve been sent out, Aleister will never let you go back.”
Hearing this, although she was still a little sad, Kihara Tsurugi finally faced reality and nodded.
"I understand. I will obey whatever orders you give. Please take good care of me, Director."
"That would be best."
Takahashi Yu responded.
"Don't worry, although I don't consider myself a good person, I shouldn't be considered a bad person either. I guarantee that you will live better here than when you were with Aleister."
"So now, let's swear allegiance."
Seeing the cane that Takahashi Yu had taken out from somewhere and handed to her, Kihara Ayaki looked puzzled.
...
P.S.: Just a little joke, if you don't like it, just pretend you didn't see it.
Chapter 129: Hayasaka Ai's Dissatisfaction, Ability User Training Chamber
When Hayasaka Ai came to Takahashi Yu again, the first thing that caught her eye was a broken cane.
"This is..."
Looking at the cane lying on the ground, Hayasaka Ai's face showed a hint of confusion, but she quickly dismissed it.
After all, the director always manages to do some confusing things, so it's not surprising.
More than that, Hayasaka Ai was concerned about Kihara Awaki, who was standing next to Takahashi Yu.
"Excuse me for asking, but where did you bring this young lady back from, Director?"
Looking at the figure that was almost pressed against Takahashi Yu, and the other party's enormous breasts, Hayasaka Ai was speechless and felt extremely uncomfortable.
After all, she had just settled Yakumo Yukari in, and then Takahashi Yu brought back another new person.
In just over an hour, the director had already brought back two girls, and it was at night.
Are young girls these days fond of going out and wandering around late at night? Or did our director start working part-time in the human trafficking industry?
"Let me introduce you. This is Kihara Awaki. She has a special superpower called Coordinate Movement, similar to Misaka Mikoto. She will be a formal member of the internment facility in the future."
"Kihara Ayaki, this is Hayasaka Ai."
After introducing themselves to each other, Takahashi Yu nodded.
"Although I'm still a little curious, since she's someone the director brought back, I, as her subordinate, naturally won't ask too many questions. I'll just take Ms. Kihara Awaki to familiarize herself with the environment first."
Hayasaka Ai spoke to Kihara Ayaki, who was standing behind Takahashi Yu.
Despite being extremely annoyed by Takahashi Yu's behavior of making her run around twice, Hayasaka Ai still maintained a businesslike attitude.
Since he was being groomed to be Takahashi Yu's confidant, he naturally needed to learn to think from Takahashi Yu's perspective.
If a superior is kissed on the lips by a senior subordinate in front of a new subordinate, it will inevitably damage the superior's authority.
Therefore, even if she was unhappy, Hayasaka Ai would not show it in front of Takahashi Yu, and she would not embarrass Takahashi Yu in front of her new subordinates.
"Wait a moment. Before we show Kyoko Tsurugi around, let's drop this off at the research department so we can study it thoroughly before we start execution."
Takahashi Yu handed the USB drive containing information on the technology for cultivating ability users to Hayasaka Ai and gave her some instructions.
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