Chapter 31 Section 6

Takuya was generally satisfied with the company's internal reaction to Yasuko's death.The report in this morning's newspaper did not mention the details, but perhaps what the female employee who found the body said became a rumor, and most people seemed to think that she committed suicide.The first colleague Takuya met today also said to him: "Have you heard? I heard that Yasuko Amamiya from the director's office committed suicide with potassium hydroxide." The male colleague also said in passing: "I heard that she killed the head of Nishina and Hashimoto of the first section. I don't know what happened, but women are really scary."

"You're absolutely right." Takuya echoed with a serious expression. In the afternoon, he went to the factory in Saitama, where everyone was talking about the murder. "I know Mr. Hashimoto's character very well. He won't have any grudges with others, but there really is something between him and the woman who died this time." The man named Nagase, who was in charge of the production technology on site, seemed to want to start from Takuya dug up some interesting news related to the murder case, and kept going around this topic. "I don't know." But Takuya just answered like that.

The employee of the production technology department took Takuya to the second factory and said that the operation of the robots was not good. "It's definitely faster than the previous one, and it's less prone to missing products, which is very good. But you see, sometimes such defective products appear on the conveyor belt, and it will be assembled directly. Can you find a way to improve it? at this point?" Nagase said while holding the finished product that was considered inferior. "It's not a big problem, anyway, it will be knocked down in the follow-up quality control process."

"That's true, but if it's found earlier in the process, there's no need to waste parts." "Instead of improving this part, wouldn't it be better not to let that kind of blemish appear on the conveyor belt? There is an operator in charge of this in the previous process, right?" "Yes." Nagase's voice lowered, "This is a very delicate operation, so it can't be fully automated, right?" "As long as you rely on human labor for a day, the inferior products will not disappear. Don't push the bad results to the robot."

"I did not mean that." "You said that there are robots that are not operating well, is that the thing?" Takuya said sharply, "Did you ask me to come to Saitama just for this little thing?!" "No, there is actually a robot that doesn't follow instructions." Nagase took Takuya to another place where the robot was welding. "I heard that the robot was stopped, but the robot suddenly moved. That's why it turned off the power like this." "Yes," Takuya glanced at the robot.This robot is a slightly modified model for the trajectory when moving the arm. "Well, I'll look into it, and I don't think it's affected by the noise."

"I'm sorry to trouble you, after all, there was an accident like that last year, and the people working on the sidelines were all worried." Hearing Nagase say that, Takuya gave him a hard look. "The accident was definitely caused by the operator's negligence. If you don't explain it clearly, it will cause the employees to misunderstand. I am very troubled." "No, I have explained it clearly, but the people who work on the site can't get rid of their prejudices anyway." "Prejudice—you're right." Takuya said as he switched on the controller.

"Oh, yes," Nagase changed his tone slightly, "Yesterday the head office came to ask about Mr. Sueyong." "My business?" Takuya stopped what he was doing and turned around, "What did you ask?" "It's a strange question. The head office wants me to report the names of the robots you've handled so far... I think it's the fastest way to ask yourself this kind of thing." Takuya frowned. "This question is really strange, who asked you?" "The other party only said that he was the person responsible for sorting out technical information, the voice of a female employee."

"Oh...?!" Who the hell——Takuya began to feel a strong displeasure.