"President Takahashi, if it's possible, could you please not leave so soon?"

"Oh? Is there anything else?"

Takahashi Yu asked.

"I...I want to...repay the president."

Eriri blushed and said.

"Repay me?"

Upon hearing this, Takahashi Yu looked at Eriri, who was blushing, and pondered for a moment.

“Sawamura-kun, we are both decent people. While I understand your gratitude towards me, you didn’t really need to express it this way. To be honest, I prefer things to happen naturally.”

"Let nature take its course?"

Eriri's eyes widened in surprise, then her expression instantly turned red.

She understood what Takahashi Yu was trying to say. After all, besides being a high school student, Eriri had another identity: a well-known doujinshi artist, Kashiwagi Eri.

"That's not what I meant. I... I just wanted the president to stay for dinner. I'm sorry, I didn't express myself clearly."

Since she hadn't expressed herself clearly enough, Eriri had no choice but to explain, no matter how embarrassing it was.

Faced with Takahashi Yu's gaze at this moment, Eriri fully experienced the feeling of social death.

I should have pretended not to understand earlier. Instead, by understanding the president's words instantly and responding like this, I seem like one of those promiscuous girls.

"Want to have dinner?"

Looking at Eriri, who was looking down and didn't dare to look at him, Takahashi Yu shook his head helplessly.

"Let's forget about it. Although this matter has been resolved, I still need to handle the follow-up issues related to the videotape."

"Besides, even if I stay for dinner, does Sawamura-kun intend to cook for me himself?"

Cooking myself...

Looking around, Eriri immediately understood what Takahashi Yu meant.

Her parents have been drugged and knocked out by their daughter, and they are not expected to wake up until tomorrow morning. Even if she invites Takahashi Yu to stay, who will cook for her?

She certainly doesn't know how to cook, and if she doesn't cook, then the only option is to order takeout.

We invited them to stay for dinner, but ended up having to order takeout.

Eriri couldn't bear the shame.

Thinking about this, Eriri felt extremely ashamed once again.

What could be more devastating than dying once? The answer is dying twice.

It's one thing to be misunderstood when you invite someone to dinner, but now that the misunderstanding has been cleared up, you find that you can't actually invite them at all.

If it weren't for the fact that she couldn't do it, Eriri would have wanted to disappear into a crack in the ground right now.

"Alright, you don't need to worry about what happened today. After all, you're already my employee. Just consider these things as employee benefits."

Then Takahashi Yu spoke.

"Employee benefits?"

After hearing Takahashi Yu's words, Eriri realized that she had become some kind of unofficial staff member, and was now this guy's subordinate.

"If there's nothing else, I'll be going now, Sawamura-kun."

As she got up and walked towards the door, Takahashi Yu greeted Eriri.

"Just call me by my name from now on."

Eriri, who was seeing Takahashi Yu off, suddenly spoke.

"After all, I've become some kind of unofficial staff member, so it'll be more convenient to just call me by my name from now on, right?"

Turning his head to look at Eriri behind him, Takahashi Yu nodded in agreement.

"Then I'll be going now, Eriri-san."

"Take care on the road, Chairman Takahashi."

As expected, Takahashi Yu, after leaving Eriri's house, reaffirmed her previous thoughts.

This Eriri isn't arrogant at all.

......

It was already 7 p.m. when I left Eriri's house. Takahashi Yu arranged for a private car to take me to the base in the nearby suburbs.

"How's the videotape that was sent over earlier?"

"It is currently under strict supervision. The vengeful spirits inside are not making any unusual movements. It looks just like an ordinary videotape."

The base manager standing next to him spoke up.

"Do not let your guard down. Activate Level 2 security monitoring and prohibit any electronic devices from appearing within 50 meters of the videotape."

"As ordered."

"In addition, starting today, this base will be officially renamed the Anomalous Containment Facility, which will be responsible for containing and protecting dangerous contained objects, as well as assisting researchers in their studies."

"The purpose of the Anomalous Containment Facility is to contain and manage all anomalous factors, ensuring that ordinary people can live under relatively normal cognitive conditions. I will have personnel from other bases come to assist later. Your mission is to ensure that nothing escapes from this containment facility, no matter what."

Chapter 19: Research on Sadako's Videotape, Equipment Upgrade

"The purpose of the Anomalous Containment Facility is to contain and manage all anomalous factors, ensuring that ordinary people can live under relatively normal cognitive conditions. I will have personnel from other bases come to assist later. Your mission is to ensure that nothing escapes from this containment facility, no matter what."

"As ordered!"

The base manager's expression became noticeably more serious.

"By the way, how's the follow-up investigation on the videotape going?"

All that could be heard was Takahashi Yu asking.

"According to the subsequent investigation, the videotape was initially picked up and taken home by a middle-class manager of a company two days ago. It is said that he thought the videotape had some collectible value, but his health deteriorated, and he suspected that there might be something wrong with the videotape."

"After trying to draw lots, exorcise evil spirits, and pray, all of which failed to improve his condition, he decided to get rid of the videotape. However, he was worried that throwing it away directly might cause some bad things, so he found an opportunity to give it to someone else."

“During this period, the videotapes did not come into contact with anyone other than them.”

The base leader shared the intelligence they had gathered with Takahashi Yu.

"I see, it's good that there are no problems."

Not many people have access to the videotape, which means that the subsequent handling will be much easier. At least there's no need to worry about Takahashi Yu having to run to someone's house, knock them out, and then eliminate the vengeful spirit, just like when he helped Eriri.

"In that case, we will send a group of people to closely monitor their actions and keep records. They should report to me immediately if anything happens."

Since the vengeful spirits inside Eriri and her parents have been eliminated, Takahashi Yu is currently lacking the reactions that would occur if he were possessed by a vengeful spirit for a long time.

Now that there is a ready-made test subject, Takahashi Yu naturally will not waste it.

Of course, Takahashi Yu would never let the other party lose their life because of this. However, it would be fine if the vengeful spirit clone inside the other party didn't erupt. Once it did, a good scare would probably be inevitable.

Consider it punishment for the target's murder of their friend.

......

He ordered his subordinates to strictly monitor the target, and then Takahashi Yu arrived at the laboratory.

"How's the situation? Have you learned anything from this?"

He hadn't forgotten that, in addition to having people investigate the aftermath of the videotape, Takahashi Yu also had people study the videotape itself.

Sadako's videotape, strictly speaking, was the first research material about ghosts that Takahashi Yu obtained in this world.

Although he had killed quite a few vengeful spirits before, once a vengeful spirit dies, it basically leaves nothing behind. In addition, Takahashi Yu's ability is that of a Stand with extremely strong attack power, such as Killer Queen. It is easy to kill vengeful spirits, but it is difficult to leave something behind for research.

This resulted in the fact that, before obtaining Sadako's videotapes, Takahashi Yu's base did not have any research materials on vengeful spirits or other ghost types.

Now that they've finally obtained Sadako's videotape, Takahashi Yu is naturally looking forward to seeing what the researchers will discover.

"How is the research progressing?"

Upon entering the laboratory, Takahashi Yu asked the group of researchers a question.

Before long, an elderly-looking researcher came out excitedly.

"Lord Takahashi Yu, we've made a new discovery! We've made a new discovery!"

"Don't rush, let's figure things out first."

Upon hearing this, Takahashi Yu spoke to him.

The researcher first calmed his agitated emotions, while Takahashi Yu took the opportunity to obtain the experimental report on the videotape from the other researchers.

"Through studying this videotape, we inadvertently discovered a secret."

The elderly researcher slowly began to speak.

"When this videotape was first sent to this base for research, we tested it, and after testing, we found a magnetic field around the videotape that was completely different from other things."

“Everything has a magnetic field around it, whether it is a person or an animal, a plant or a stream of water, or even a stone. However, this videotape has an extremely unusual and special magnetic field around it. After testing, this magnetic field is different from the frequency of most magnetic fields on Earth.”

"Afterwards, we tried to replicate this unique magnetic field frequency and used it to create some unique props."

As they spoke, the group of researchers led Takahashi Yu to an experimental table in the very center of the laboratory.

On the lab table was a pair of goggles that looked like night vision devices, and an alarm that was about the size of a watch.

"By optimizing the function of detecting changes in magnetic fields and inputting the recorded frequencies in advance, we can immediately detect any similar changes in the frequency of the surrounding magnetic field."

"We temporarily name the thing that causes this special magnetic field change 'resentment energy,' and with the help of this special device, ordinary people also have the ability to detect resentment energy."

"Currently, these two devices are only in the initial optimization stage. If there is enough time for further modifications, it is expected that the modified special night vision device will allow ordinary people to roughly detect the trajectory of resentment, while the alarm can detect a wide range and immediately sound an alarm once resentment is detected within the range."

Chapter 20: Progress in the world of Akame ga Kill!, Minister of the Imperial Assassination Squad

"In that case, let's continue our research and strive to achieve large-scale manufacturing as soon as possible."

Upon hearing this, Takahashi Yu nodded, acknowledging the achievement and understanding why the researchers had been so excited.

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