Chapter 159 157. Memories of the Kyoto Succubus (52): Pulling Tsukimi into the sea
The secrets of the world that ordinary people don't know actually always have extraordinary existences.

It's just that the number is extremely rare.

For example, there are several special areas like Amemonaka Town that are favored by "God" in other parts of the world.

The Tsukimi Group, one of the three great families in Kyoto, possesses an extraordinary power. Those who know it secretly call it the "Shadow Warrior" Legion.

Rather than saying that the "Shadow Warrior" belongs to the [Tsukimisato Group], it would be more accurate to say that they now only obey the orders of the group's sole helmsman, Tsukimisato Saki.

Ever since Tsukimi Ryosaki took over as president of the foundation from her aunt, the chairman, she has held all the power because her aunt was busy traveling around the world, and even the board of directors has no right to interfere with her.

Are you kidding? If the board of directors of the [Tsukimisato Foundation] can restrict the president whose last name is Tsukimisato in every way, is there any need for the board of directors to exist?
Similarly, Tsukimi Rinaki also obtained some usage rights of "Shadow Warrior" from her aunt.

As for the "Shadow Warrior", both the forces in Kyoto and the rest of the world's consortiums, families and countries know very little about his capabilities.

Lurking in the shadows and darkness, he possesses strong physical fitness and reaction ability, superb combat skills, and is proficient in all equipment. He is simply a natural killer assassin.

Fortunately, that group of "shadow warriors" cannot fly, nor are they nanomen who can appear in front of others at will. Otherwise, it would be "innocent but guilty of possessing a treasure". The [Tsukimi Group] would never survive unscathed, let alone become one of the three major families in Kyoto?

Even so, some celestial dragons are extremely afraid of being assassinated by the "Shadow Warriors".

Thanks to the intimidation brought by the "Shadow Warrior", the [Tsukimi Group] has always been the leader among the three great families in Kyoto...

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Kyoto, the president's office on the top floor of the Tsukimi Group headquarters building.

The extremely spacious office was silent. Not to mention the subordinates who were kneeling at the outermost edge and reporting the progress of the experiment in a trembling voice, even the female secretary did not dare to make the slightest sound of breathing.

A hand wrapped in hand silk reached out, black and shiny, gleaming with light, through the thin black hand silk, one could see fair and smooth skin, the arm as slender and tender as a bamboo was wrapped, the edge of the nail polish at the end was concealed, making one feel impulsive at the same time, with an indelible fear in the bones.

Seeing President Tsukimisato extending her hand, the nearest female secretary hurriedly handed over the report with both hands.

Saki Tsukimi has a serious obsession with cleanliness. She thinks washing hands all the time is a waste of time and energy, so she puts on custom-made hand silk that has been disinfected several times to isolate her skin from direct contact with the outside world.

Not only her hands, but also her legs are covered with stockings, needless to say. Tsukimi Rin even covered her entire body below the neck with stockings, completely isolating her body from everything in the outside world.

She is just that obsessed with cleanliness.

Tsukimi Ryosaki never looked at the experimental data handed to her. What she cared about first was the conclusion.

The word "failure" was eye-catching, and Yue Jianli threw the report on the table the next second.

There was no need for her to look down anymore.

The signal released by Tsukimi Saki's action doubled the pressure on the people below. They kept sitting in the doge respectfully, with their heads down and motionless, cold sweat on their backs.

Even so, they were still secretly happy in their hearts. Fortunately, there was no sweat dripping on the carpet from their foreheads, otherwise they might not see the sun tomorrow...

"Professor Honda." Tsukimi Ryou's voice was soft and pleasant, but to the people below it sounded like a death announcement.

The man kneeling at the front with gray hair was about to knock his head to the ground: "Yes..."

"You said you had a dream. How much money has the consortium given you in the past two years to help you realize your dream?"

"Three, three...three billion yen..."

"Three billion. If Professor Honda hadn't said it, I would have thought it was three hundred thousand." Tsukimi Ryosaki suddenly changed the subject:
"So Professor Honda is just trying to fool me with something worse than garbage?"

Hearing this, Professor Honda looked up with his eyes wide open. His hair was gray, but he looked middle-aged. He shook his head and said in defense, "No, President, Mr. President!

"We have used all our methods and means but still cannot extract genes from the shadow warriors. We can't even analyze them. How can we possibly make a serum..."

"That's enough." Tsukimi Rizaki was too lazy to listen to his nonsense: "I want to see results before the end of this year. This is the final bottom line.

"If there is still nothing, then there is no need for anything."

Seeing that Professor Honda and his team members were still making a lot of noise, Tsukimi Saki raised her hand and called a few "shadow warriors" to drag them away.

The "shadow warrior" of Tsukimi Rin Saki is not dressed like a traditional samurai or ninja in the island country. From the body shape revealed on the outside, all the physical characteristics of women are very obvious.

After escorting Professor Honda and others out and handing them over to the bodyguards outside the office, the four "shadow warriors" walked lightly back to their original positions.

The black tights bound their slightly slender and graceful body curves. They had cold expressions, with few changes in expression, like well-trained female agents.

Tsukimi Rizaki leaned back in a soft chair with her eyes closed. The "serum" project in Professor Honda's hands was one of the three key plans and projects she took after taking office, and it was never announced to the public.

There might not be any news about the project for three or four months, but once there is news, it is either because of a lack of money or equipment, or it is like today's report that there is no result at all, with all the first phase clinical trials failing...

How can I make Tsukimi Rinaki feel happy?
The good mood of the entire afternoon was ruined. The fact that she didn't lose her temper was the result of her good temper over the past three years since she took over the [Tsukimisato Group]!
She stood up and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window. Standing on the top of the skyscraper and overlooking the various creatures in Kyoto, Tsukimi Rizaki's heart was filled with pride, and her desire for control and her thirst for power and strength reached its peak.

Although she has never experienced it and does not want to experience it, Tsukimi Rizaki feels that the pleasure of having power and strength above everyone else far exceeds the excitement brought by doi.

Greedily closing her eyes for a while and enjoying the pleasure and comfort of being brought to the top by power, the rosy-faced Tsukimiri Saki breathed quietly and shallowly to calm her restless heart.

Her thoughts turned back to Project Serum and Shadow Warrior.

People outside are unaware of the specific situation. As the second-generation owner of the "Shadow Warrior", she is the only one in the world who knows the situation best, except for her aunt who travels around the world and no longer cares about the affairs of the consortium.

The so-called "Shadow Warrior" is an intermediate artificial intelligence robot that her aunt accidentally obtained.

Due to damage and service life, the number of shadow warriors has been reduced from 108 to 72 at present, and the number is decreasing year by year at a rate of two per year. Among these 72 "shadow warriors", the number of shadow warriors who protect Saki Tsukimi's aunt on a daily basis is always 20, and the excess will be replaced if there are too few.

How can there be more? How can there be a refund?
Every year, she just gives money to her aunt from Saki Tsukimi's share.

However, Tsukimisato Saki was not dissatisfied with this at all. Not to mention the [Tsukimisato Foundation]. The "Shadow Warriors" had nothing to do with her. The fact that her aunt was willing to hand over most of the "Shadow Warriors" to her showed her love and support for Tsukimisato Saki.

Tsukimi Rinaki now has only 50 "shadow warriors" that she can mobilize, not even half of what her aunt had at her peak, and the number of them in her hands is decreasing at a terrifying rate every year...

When she thought of this, Tsukimi Rizaki felt sad.

The [Tsukimisato Group] is a behemoth that stands at the top of Kyoto and even the island country. Other forces have always been in awe of the group.

Because the existence of the "Shadow Warrior" is beyond common sense and is considered extraordinary, everyone who knows the inside story is curious and awed. What makes them even more incomprehensible is why the [Tsukimisato Foundation] and Tsukimisato Saki's aunt have this power? And who gave it to them?
What is the time limit? What is the cost?
Nobody knows.

Tsukimi Rizaki didn't know how her aunt got the "Shadow Warriors", but she knew that her aunt only had 108 "Shadow Warriors" in total, and they were a non-renewable resource.

Once all of it is exhausted, the Tsukimi Group, which has lost its "Shadow Warrior", will only have more funds and a larger scale compared to other business groups.

Once the outside world knows that the [Tsukimisato Group] no longer has a "Shadow Warrior" or other extraordinary people, the business that the group has acquired over the years will probably be vomited out...

How could Tsukimi Ryoki let this happen! And in her hands!!

So on the day she took office, she launched the "Serum" project in a big way, with the aim of mass-producing super soldiers like the "Shadow Warrior".

Unfortunately, even though the biomedical technology of the Tsukimi Foundation is among the best in the world and a large amount of money has been invested, the so-called super soldier "serum" has not made any progress at all...

At the very least, there must be a blueprint for research, otherwise everything will be castles in the air, and no matter how much money and time are invested, it will all be wasted!
To put it simply, Tsukimi Rizaki is well aware of the difficulty. It is a rare thing for the extraordinary to come into reality. Who would be so lucky to become the one in a billion lucky person?
The late emperor died before he could complete his career...

Tsukimi Rizaki sighed, feeling that she was going to be made a fool of herself.

The female secretary who came closer with a bow interrupted her self-pity. Yue Jianli's unhappy and cold face was reflected on the floor-to-ceiling window. The woman's facial features were beautiful, like a work of art left behind by the gods in the world, and every part of her showed the beauty of being a woman.

Knowing that the female secretary might have something important to report, Tsukimi Rizaki suppressed her irritability and said, "Go ahead."

"Mr. President, Miss Chihaya Mizunotsuki from the Mizunotsuki family said she has something important to discuss with you."

"Chihaya Mizunotsuki? The illegitimate daughter? Dorothea who became famous on the internet yesterday?"

Don’t think that Tsukimi Ryoki is a rich spiritual world just because she is the female president of a large conglomerate. She only reads financial books or literary classics, and only listens to piano music and symphonies...

In fact, Tsukimi Rizaki is also a moderate internet addict. When she has nothing to do, she likes to visit various forums and eat melons. She creates a small account and pretends to be a beautiful rich second-generation girl to spend money in the comment sections of various video websites. Then she screens the comments and replies and only gives money to girls who have published historical works. She enjoys their worship and flattery, and enjoys the sense of superiority.

So how could she not be aware of the "teacher-student scandal" that shocked nearly half of the island nation's internet yesterday?
After learning that the heroine in the incident was actually the illegitimate daughter of the Mizunotsuki family who was used as a tool for marriage alliance, Tsukimi Rizaki sighed for a while.

Now, hearing that the female teacher whose fame spread across half of the island country wanted to see her for something, Tsukimi Ritsaki became curious, so she asked someone to bring Mizunotsuki Chihaya up to meet her.

"Long time no see, President Tsukimi."

Chihaya Mizunotsuki washed her face on the way here and put on simple makeup, and her tiredness was gone. Her blue eyes were sharp and bright, and beneath her high morale was a deep-seated resentment towards Hazuki Saotome.

"Long time no see, Miss Chihaya."

It was just a polite remark. Tsukimi Rizaki had never seen her before. Maybe she caught a glimpse of her at some dance or cocktail party?

Tsukimi Richihaya thought narcissistically.

“President Tsukimi, do you know…” It was not flattery, but Mizunotsuki’s innermost thoughts: “You have been my idol for a long time.

"I was thinking at that time that when I grow up, I will become as stunning as you.

"Then seven years passed, and it turned out that I couldn't do it..."

Having said this, Chihaya Mizunotsuki said nothing more; she just smiled at herself.

When Tsukimi heard what Mizunotsuki said, she wanted to kick her out immediately.

He really is not very smart, even his emotional intelligence is so low, what does "take me as your idol, and become like me when you grow up" mean! ?

She was only three years older than the woman in front of her, but she acted like she was thirteen years older.

The three years of training made Yue Jianli unable to vent her emotions even when she was happy or angry. She just nodded slightly and said, "I noticed Chihaya-san at that time. She was a little lonely and pitiful. I couldn't help but want to protect her..."

"Really..." Mizunotsuki's blue eyes lit up and then gradually dimmed.

This trick is useless to Tsukimi Rizaki. She is neither a man nor a woman. She just thinks that Mizunotsuki Chihaya's acting skills of pretending to be pure are terrible.

It's obviously known to everyone...why are you pretending to be innocent?

Too lazy to waste time talking to Mizunotsuki, Tsukimi went straight to the point: "I wonder if Miss Chihaya came to see me this time because she has something that requires her to see me."

After quietly lowering her eyes and thinking for a while, Mizunotsuki Chihaya raised her head and smiled: "Rather than saying it's a big deal, it's better to say that everything is related to one person, a man.

“He is a man that I, the sixth-generation priest and the next priest of Hidaka Shrine, as well as Haya, Oto, Onna, Ha, and Yue are all fighting for.

"His name is Toru Watanabe."

　Thanks to [Big White Bear] for the reward for the heroine "Kiko Shimizu"
　　
　
(End of this chapter)