Chapter 299 – Episode 34. What You Need to Prepare Before Becoming a Blonde Tanning Teacher.
“Ryuta, Alrik, it was fun. Thank you.”
When I brought him to the entrance of the East Weapon headquarters building where he was currently staying, he hugged me tightly. I heard a voice from behind Alrik and saw a middle-aged woman wearing a kimono coming out and looking at Alrik.
“You are… ?”
“Ah, my name is Egawa Shiho, and I am teaching Alric various things. “You are Ryuta Taira, right?”
I was told that there was a teacher teaching Aalik about housework and manners staying nearby during the training period, and it seemed like she was this woman.
“Yes, I am Ryuta Taira.”
“Ah… “It is the teacher.”
Still, the person who teaches is called teacher.
“Originally, there was training this afternoon, but you met with Taira Ryuta.”
“I’m going on dispatch starting next week, so I don’t think I’ll be able to see you for a few months. “I’m sorry if it interfered with your education.”
When I lowered my head, Egawa Shiho waved her hand and looked embarrassed.
“Oh, I didn’t mean to argue with Ryuta Taira. She said Mi Mata had told her in advance. “She was talking about her training schedule with Mr. Mimata, and this is how we met.”
Well, that’s how it happened. Now that we’ve met like this, I have to ask if Alric’s education is going well.
“Is Alrik learning well?”
“Yes, he is very smart and is learning well as you teach him. “It’s easy to learn things like complex lists of famous Japanese brands and recipes.”
Oh, you must be doing well. As I listened to Egawa Shiho brag, I could see that they really cared for Alric and had affection for him. Are you really trying to adopt Alrik as your adoptive daughter?
“I’m glad you’re learning well.”
“Well, but…”
“Yes?”
Is he really trying to bring up the story of his adoptive daughter right away? Seeing that he was trying to talk to me in such a hesitant manner, I thought my guess was probably right.
“Can I have Alrik as my adopted daughter?”
“Well, Alrik’s will is more important than my permission, so if you get Alrik’s permission, I will agree. Instead, even if you take Alric as your adoptive daughter, I hope that you will not force her to do anything in the name of the family…”
Egawa Shiho waved his hand and spoke to me as if he absolutely did not agree with what I said.
“Sure! “Alik is so cute, and I started to grow fond of him as I continued to teach him.”
“Then that’s a relief. What do you think, Alrik?”
When I asked Alrik, he was listening next to me and then opened his mouth.
“Alic, I don’t know yet. I like it, Master. But…”
In fact, unlike other children rescued from Krascano, Alik was not abused by his parents. It was a problem because his parents died young.
So, unlike other children, he had good memories of his parents, especially his mother. It was said that her mother gave her the nickname Alik, and the fact that she continued to use that nickname showed that her mother held a very large part in Alik’s heart. So, Alrik was not able to make an easy decision. Still, looking at his concerns, it seemed like Alric liked Egawa Shiho to some extent.
“Even if you become an adopted daughter, it doesn’t mean you’re betraying your original mother. Think about it carefully and tell Mr. Egawa.”
“Okay, I get it. “I’ll think about it carefully.”
I spoke while stroking his head, and Alrik responded, enjoying the touch. Egawa Shiho, who was looking at that, bowed his head to me.
“Thank you, Taira Ryuta, you are a good person.”
“Well, I just respect Alrik’s opinion.”
I left Alek with Shiho Egawa, went to the underground parking lot, got in the car, and headed to the Tokyo branch of the dark place. I had something to talk about with Eve and Han Yoo-kyung about business, so I decided to meet them in the dark.
It’s not that Han Yu-kyung is coming to the dark side in Tokyo, but she has Eve in both Tokyo and Seoul, and she said that they can talk as if they are next to each other through holograms, so if they can’t meet, she decided to hold a meeting this way.
As I walked down past the entrance of the black market disguised as Higashiyama Trading, Eve waved her hand to welcome me. I was a little embarrassed because I wore a tight white short dress before, but today I was wearing a black short dress again. Still, it was less embarrassing than before because it didn’t feel like it was stuck.
“Hello~! Mr. Ryuta, it’s been a while.”
“Hello, Eve.”
I greeted Eve and shook her hand. Today too, it was not a hologram, but a tangible android body. It’s so amazing. It feels like you’re touching real hands…
“Ryuta? How long are you going to touch me?”
“Oh, I’m sorry, Eve. “When I touched it, it felt real.”
“I know you’ll get a lot of compliments on how real it looks. Please sit here.”
Eve sat me down at a square table. And when she snapped her fingers, the whirring hologram machine came to life, scanning my body. Han Yu-kyung’s body is probably being scanned in Seoul as well.
Soon, a hologram machine was activated in the seat across from me, creating a scanned image of Han Yu-kyung. I will probably see myself across from Han Yu-kyung in Seoul.
“Yongtae~! It seems real… !”
“I was really surprised too.”
I was also quite surprised because it seemed like Han Yu-kyung was in front of me. Of course, you can see it with your eyes, but you can’t feel Han Yu-kyung with your other senses, so you can perceive that it isn’t there, but it seemed like more than 85% of it was visually realized.
“You shouldn’t stand up and try to touch it just because it’s interesting. “The hologram only covers where you are sitting right now!”
When Han Yu-kyung got up from her seat and tried to touch me, her Eve stopped her. Oh, so I assigned her a seat and showed her around.
“Are TG Tech preparations going well?”
“Yes, first of all, Yongtae almost built the factory using materials he obtained from the United States and materials from Energy-Link Industrial Company.”
Since there is already a lot of material to make items worthy of mass production, production can begin once the factory is almost completely completed.
“Is Lara Sinclair helping?”
I also asked Lara Sinclair, a battle android and former owner of Energy-Link Industrial Company, as she held the position of technical advisor. Eve answered her question about Lara Sinclair.
“Lara Sinclair is diligent in answering every question we ask. Although they don’t take the initiative to help.”
Still, it seems like they help if you ask. He was probably busy upgrading himself by exchanging Android technology with Eve.
“First, we can use the media to widely publicize that TG Tech will supply equipment to Vanguard and East Weapon as soon as it begins its activities.”
Vanguard and East Weapon were both famous security companies and PMCs in Korea and Japan, respectively, so if a new company were to supply equipment, it would attract quite a bit of attention.
Besides, if the president is the youngest daughter of Xinjiang Group, she can be trusted to some extent. Since Xinjiang Group itself is a conglomerate that developed into the military industry, it could have created the illusion that there would be no shortage of technology.
“What is the reaction of Korean superpowers?”
Because one of TG Tech’s equipment lines was equipment for psychics, handling psychics in Korea and around the world was important. Although I knew the future, my actions could have a butterfly effect and change the future, so I asked Han Yu-kyung.
“Public opinion is still not good, but… Representative Choi Seok-hoon, as you said, will probably die tonight. Then public opinion will gradually change.”
Han Yu-kyung’s words were strange. It was a nuance that suggested he would probably use his own hands. Choi Seok-hoon, a five-term lawmaker, was a representative opponent of psychics, so he was a person who would eventually have to disappear if psychics were to be active in Korea.
“How about Japan?”
In response to Han Yu-kyung’s question, I smiled slightly and nodded her head. Although I was very busy, I did not take action myself, but I provided money to a group of radical psychics, and as a result, there were already several mysterious deaths of members of the National Assembly.
Of course, most of the dead members of the National Assembly were people who had bad things to say about superpowers, so they didn’t say it out loud, but they had a general idea who the culprit was.
After a bit of a dark story, we talked about the company’s management policy while looking at various research data such as market reactions and public opinion surveys.
“Then TG Tech’s business will go smoothly!”
After about an hour, when we finished talking about TG Tech, Eve clapped her hands and said.
“Then, shall we talk about the bodyguard pet business? “I finally completed the prototype.”
Oh, I heard it’s made in a Tokyo factory, so the prototype has finally been completed. Eve brought a box and placed it on the table. Soon the box opened and a small Yorkshire Terrier walked out. Wow, it looks real? The shiny fur, realistic eyes, and moist nose and tongue didn’t feel foreign at all.
“Oh! It feels real… !”
“Really! How amazing. “Can I buy one too?”
Even though Han Yu-kyung couldn’t see her in person and was only seeing her as a hologram, she seemed very surprised.
“We are running a company together, so there is no need to live with us. I’ll just send you one. “Please just decide which animal it will be.”
The Yorkshire Terrier that came out of the box showed some tricks by walking around and even licking my forearm.
“Then let’s decide the price first…”
“Is that so?”
Since we couldn’t sell the Ai bodyguard pet openly, we had to use a high-end strategy. She decided to sell it by advertising it on a black market as a high-end pet that could not be sold legally, and the price was decided to start at 500,000 points. 500,000 points equals 500,000 dollars, so the minimum price must be over 600 million won. There are many rich people in the world, so those who will buy.
Since everyone wants different pets anyway, they have to be custom-made, so they decided to adopt a system where the price goes up when you choose the specification, size, and shape. For reference, if the highest level of technology was applied to the appearance of wild beasts such as lions and leopards favored by Middle Eastern royal families, the price would be a whopping $5 million.
“I’ll be going to Korea soon. About a month later?”
“Okay. “I miss you.”
“Me too.”
“Now I’ll turn off the hologram~!”
We looked at each other’s holograms and talked sweetly, saying we wanted to see each other, and then Eve turned off the hologram, ending our brief meeting.
“I’m curious.”
“What is it?”
Before I left the Tokyo branch, Eve spoke to me and I asked.
“It’s a feeling called love.”
“Well, I don’t know. “If you constantly miss the other person and want to give them what they want, isn’t it love?”
“Is that so?”
Well, not many people can properly define love. Eve made a strange expression, then returned to her normal cheerful demeanor and waved at me.
“Goodbye~! “I’m bored, so please stop by often, Mr. Ryuta!”
“I understand.”
I came out of the dark room while being seen off by Eve.
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Eve~!
