Chapter 35 Section 1

In early December, Takuya saw Yumi Nakamori in a strange place.The temperature dropped, and the heating of each building became stronger. The strange place refers to the warehouse behind the experimental building used by Takuya and the others. There are piles of machines that have already exceeded their service life, or samples that have not been completed because of the call of the middle of the project, all of which are scraps of copper and iron waiting to be discarded. The reason why Takuya entered there was to reclaim the discarded power supply.He originally thought that the old stable power supply would never be needed again, but now a small experiment needs to use it.

The light in the warehouse was on, which meant that someone had come a step ahead of him. Takuya walked inward subconsciously.The first person to come was Yumi, Takuya almost cried out, but endured it. Yumi stood at the innermost side of the warehouse, and from Takuya's perspective, she could see the right side of her face, and his eyes were fixed on the iron block directly in front of her. That's—that iron block seemed familiar. It is "Naomi", a robot dedicated to assembly.Naomi has left the production site since the accident last year and is now sleeping in this warehouse.

Yumi stared at Naomi, who kept staring at her without moving. Takuya took a step forward, and there was a metallic "click" sound in his ears, as if he had kicked some parts.Startled, Yumi turned her head towards him, and then showed an even more surprised expression. Takuya could feel her gasp.Then, she wanted to leave quickly, but she stopped because she heard Takuya say "wait a minute". Her reaction was like an electric current running through her body. He walked up to Yumi, and she lowered her head. "I have something to ask you," Takuya said, "You're investigating me everywhere, right? What are you going to do?"

Yumi glanced at him, but immediately lowered her head again, and said in a barely audible voice, "I don't know." "Stop pretending!" Takuya said coldly, her body trembled again. He looked at her drooping eyelashes and said, "I know you asked strange questions about the factory in Saitama, and you read the report I wrote in the reference room. I want you to explain." But Yumi's lips trembled slightly, and she said, "I have something urgent." She wanted to pass by him, but Takuya quickly grabbed her arm, a slender catkin.Takuya didn't know how to use his strength, and easily made the petite her unsteady.

As she let out a cry of "ah", something fell down with a "snap", it was an off-white folder. Yumi wanted to pick up the folder, but Takuya pulled her arm to prevent her from picking it up. "Please let me go. It hurts," she said. "Let me guess what's in that folder. It's about Naomi's accident last year. How about it? Am I right?" Yumi raised her head, her eyes widening.But Takuya glared at her, and she turned away again. "Speak! What are you investigating? What do you know?" Takuya pulled her body closer to him, grabbed her by the shoulders, and pressed her directly against the nearby wall.

Yumi frowned. "I said, I just said it, please don't be rough." "If you're honest, I'll let you go." Takuya exerted force on the fingertips that grabbed her shoulders, and her thin shoulders were almost crushed. Yumi bit her lip and stared at Takuya's face. "I... I was supposed to marry Mr. Takashima Yuji." "Takashima?" Takuya groped his memory, he had no memory of the name.Perhaps because he couldn't remember, Yumi showed a resentful expression. "You probably don't remember, you always forget things too much, Mr. Takashima. Yuuji... is the operator who was killed by that robot." She pointed at Naomi with her chin.Oh, Takuya found the name from memory.Takashima Yuji, he does have that name.

Takuya relaxed his fingertips.Yumi escaped under his arm, picking up the folder that fell on the floor.She did not go away, however, but turned to him.Tears began to fall from her bloodshot, red eyes. So she was the operator's girlfriend—— "Yong Er, he was killed by you." She said with a trembling voice: "We should be living a happy life now, but you killed him..." "Wait a minute, I don't understand what you mean. It was indeed a regrettable accident, and I sympathize with you, but it happened because of Takashima's negligence. We were not at fault."

"You lied! Yong Er, he won't make that kind of mistake." "I didn't lie to you, this is our conclusion after full investigation." Then Takuya looked at her again. "But why do you want to investigate it until now? You haven't been doing this kind of thing since the accident, have you?" So Yumi fell silent with a little hesitation. "After the chief passed away, I found this in the office." After speaking, she handed out the folder in her hand. Takuya took it and turned the pages. It was the file folder that he peeked at in the reference room earlier.

"Is this the chief's?" he asked. "Yes, in fact, before that, I only knew what the director was keen on investigating. I was always curious, what was he doing when he was clearly not interested in his daily work? This time I found this folder, I think he must be investigating the accident." "So you want to re-investigate, too?" Yumi nodded. "To be honest, I had already given up my mind. Although I couldn't accept that accident, I was helpless. But after I found this folder, I changed my mind and wanted to investigate again. I thought, so It can also repay the kindness of the head of the room."

"Good intentions?" Tuoya asked back, "What do you mean?" "I think the director knows that I am Yuuji's fiancée. That's why he transferred me, who was depressed because of the unfortunate accident, to the current department with a lighter workload, and tried to treat me considerately." "It's unbelievable." Takuya shook his head frequently, "Why did the chief care so much about that accident? He should have nothing to do with that person." "No, I think they are related." Yumi said decisively: "That's why he was killed... I always think so."

"Are you kidding me?" After Takuya dropped those words, he suddenly thought of something and stared at Yumi's face.She might have sensed something too, and stepped back a little. "Hey, the reason why you investigated me," Takuya said in a deep voice, "isn't it because of this? Could it be that you thought I thought the director's actions were an eyesore, so I killed him?" She took another two or three steps back. "It's not what you think... But before the chief was killed, you and Mr. Hashimoto met the chief, right? Two of them died..." "I'm the only one who survived, so you suspect me? Come on. The conversation at the time had absolutely nothing to do with it. Besides, you seem to be trying to connect everything to that accident, but leave me alone." , Hashimoto is studying extreme robots for space development, and he has nothing to do with accidents." Perhaps because of her serious tone, or because she couldn't refute Takuya's claim, Yumi bowed her head silently.She seemed to be in tears, holding the corners of her eyes with her hands from time to time. "He may have nothing to do with the murder, but..." Not long after, she started to say again in a low voice: "But I can't accept the death of Yuji. I have studied the robot a little bit. Although I heard that operation errors often occur, the book mentions that program errors may also occur." "However, it is very rare." Takuya said: "Besides, there are very few cases where accidents occur due to noise that prevents the robot from acting according to instructions, or factors of the robot itself. I think, human-made The probability of negligence is much higher than the probability of accidents caused by such things.” So Yumi shrunk her chin, slightly raised her head to look at Takuya. "Yuji often said that elites care more about robots than operators. To them, operators are consumables." Takuya smiled wryly.Because he did think so, there was no way to deny it.But the expression seemed to annoy her. "You're crazy," she said. "There's something wrong with your head." "Sooner or later you will understand," said Takuya, "that human beings are a lackluster creature." Takuya felt that Yumi swallowed her saliva, but she didn't expect that she looked weak on the outside, but she had a strong personality.She walked towards Takuya and held out her right hand. "Please return the folder to me." "No, leave this with me first." Takuya tucked it under his arm. "You don't...you don't have that right." "Then do you have it? Do you have the right to possess your boss's information without authorization?" "..." She bit her lip. "If you have any objections, you can ask your current boss and say that you want to borrow this information." She returned an unwilling look.Takuya thought to himself, what kind of look is this?What's the use of wasting your mind for someone who has passed away? "Do you come here often?" Takuya felt slightly overwhelmed by her aura, so he asked. "Rarely," she said, "like a depression comes." "You'd better not come again, it's a waste of time." But she didn't respond, just said "Farewell", then turned and walked away quickly.When her figure disappeared, Takuya realized that he felt inexplicably relieved.so, what happened?It's impossible for me to get along with that kind of little girl... No, that kind of thing is not important, what is important is this - Takuya opened the folder.