D-Genesis: Volume 4 [Parts 1 to 4] by KONO Tsuranori

Author:KONO Tsuranori
Language: eng
Format: epub

December 31, 2018 (Monday)

Yoyogi-Hachiman, Office

“So, to make a long story short, you wouldn’t happen to have any beautiful, talented drill instructors who just happen to have some time on their hands, er, would you?”

“Mr. Yoshimura,” Secret Agent Tanaka said on the other end of the phone, sounding agitated. “Need I remind you that my office is not a staffing agency?”

Given this was New Year’s Eve, no doubt he’d picked up the phone expecting some sort of urgent request for another foreign-agent retrieval. I suppose my request would have been pretty agitating, in that light.

“We were worried that if we put up a general help wanted notice, all sorts of foreign agents might apply,” I explained. “Of course, if that’s fine with you and your office...”

A moment of silence followed.

“I can’t give you an answer straight away. Would you allow me to contact you at a later date?”

“Of course, of course! No problem! I leave it in your capable hands!”

“Ah, before you go,” Secret Agent Tanaka added, “there is one other thing I’d been meaning to run by you.”

“Huh?” I said. “What is it?”

“The building diagonal from the back of your office—do you know who’s taken up residence there?”

“Diagonal from the back of our office?” Come to think of it, I had seen a number of moving vans heading over there recently. “You mean that huge estate-type place?”

“One could describe it that way,” Tanaka answered.

“I don’t know. I’ve just seen a bunch of trucks. Although it does feel like a lot of people have been leaving the area recently. Maybe it’s haunted or something?” I joked.

Tanaka’s next words caught me by surprise.

“You may not be far off from the truth.”

“I’m sorry?” Tanaka wasn’t one to play around. “What is this? Trying to scare me as payback for calling you on New Year’s Eve?”

“Wouldn’t dream of it.”

“Then...what? You know something about the people in that house?”

“Not at all. Please forgive my assumption. If there hasn’t been any trouble, I’d prefer to leave things at that.”

“Whaaat? You mean you’re not going to tell me any more?”

“Well then, until our next chat.”

“Uh, yeah, thanks, I guess,” I said, hanging up.

Seeing me put down the phone, Miyoshi came wandering over.

“You’ve really been practicing how to get under Tanaka’s skin. Is this resentment for not getting to go to Machu Picchu?”

“That’d be your resentment, not mine.”

I didn’t have any particular interest in traveling so far off-grid. Although I did have to admit it would be cool to see the Salar de Uyuni—the world’s largest salt flat.

“Suit yourself. What was that bit at the end?”

“You know, I’m not sure myself...”

I explained the conversation to Miyoshi.

“Haunted? Well, the apartment building behind us already seems to have its share of ghouls.”

Miyoshi brought her hands up to the sides of her face and started creeping towards me in an impression of a typical Japanese ghost.

Certainly, lately droves of people had been leaving the area, even though ordinarily move-outs should have been more scattered.

What’s more, hardly anyone seemed to be moving in.

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