NOVEL WEB 85 – Acts 27:14
Acts 27:14
And after a little while, the wind of a hurricane came upon us called “Typhoniqos Euroqlydon”.
=Busujima Estate, James' Office, Evening=
James was sitting on a luxurious tufted black leather chair with purple buttons. In front of him was an antique Macassar ebony desk. The sun had long gone down and the light of the screen was illuminating his face. He was focused on various reports regarding his organisation and companies when there was a knock at the door.
"Come in," James said.
Tsumugi walked in confidently. There was a slightly exaggerated sway to her hips that brought a smile to his lips.
He smiled. "Good, you're here," he said.
When she arrived in front of his desk the bowed, "accidentally" showing off some of her cleavage her slightly unbuttoned dress shirt revealed. The slight mischievous smile pulling at the corner of her lips gave her intentions away though.
"Good evening Sir. You wanted to see me?" She asked.
He nodded. "That's right. I want to know our progress on project Typhon?" He asked.
She pulled up her tablet and navigated it. Just few moments later he got a notification on his computer regarding some files she had sent him.
"It took them a lot of efforts, but Mio and her team were eventually able to hack into their mainframe and get the building blueprints..." she said before hesitating for a few moments.
"Taking control over their systems has been more challenging though as there are multiple levels of security both digital and physical. From what we can tell there are even backups in case their system completely fails relying purely in their employees and quirks," she continued.
A low hum escaped his lips as he perused the data she had provided including the blueprints she mentioned.
'Surrounded by the sea and huge reinforced walls with only a single access point... The place is like the ultimate fortress. Worse yet the bridge is rigged to collapse if necessary preventing escape. Not that that would be a problem for me. The autocannons lining the wall might disagree though,' he thought.
He swiped across a few more pages worth of data. It looked like he was merely scrolling through to get to the end, but with his enhanced physique having improved both his eyesight and brain it wasn't hard to read and memorise the data despite not halting his scrolling.
'This is indeed unlike any of our previous projects. Breaking Himiko out of what was effectively a mental health institution with slightly improved security was a walk in the park. Even stealing Eri out from under one of the largest criminal enterprises in Japan would be easy compared to this though,' he thought.
He looked back up at Tsumugi. "How confident is Mio in penetrating their defences? Does she think she would be able to take down at least the autocannons for long enough to escape by air if it becomes necessary?" He asked.
She shook her head. "She hasn't been able to yet. She promised she would be able to if given just a little longer. She hasn't slept in three days trying to find a way to take control," she said.
He frowned. "Make sure she sleeps. Although I appreciate the dedication, we can't afford any slip-ups for this operation. We need her looking at this with fresh eyes," he said.
"Of course sir," she said.
"Keep me up to date on this. I want to move as soon as everything is in place," he said.
Her gaze turned serious as she nodded. "You'll be the first to know," she said.
“Anything else new worth mentioning?” He asked.
She seemed to think for a moment.
One of your father’s board members passed away due to a heart attack,” she said.
His eyebrow quirked. “Was it us?” He asked.
She shook her head.
“Was it one of my father’s corporate enemies?” He asked.
She shook her head once again. “It appears to be of completely natural causes,” she said.
He sighed. “Then what’s notable about it?” He asked.
She smiled subtly. “Due to his untimely death we investigated everything we could about the situation. Who would have imagined while investigating we found out he has been selling information regarding your family and its company. He had actually gotten his hands on some important internal information recently, but died before he managed to leak that…” she said, her smile widening to a smirk as she continued to explain the situation.
Tsumugi looked at him curiously. Not just her, but many others in their organisation had noticed the strange coincidences that surrounded their master. People that were acting against his interests would have unusual things happen to them. Some had accidents, or got sick, or got caught by the authorities while doing something illegal. If not them then sometimes those close to them. There was no real discernible pattern. It wasn't even all of them, but enough of them for it to stand out to people aware of what the connections were.
At first they thought he was doing something to cause this either himself or was having someone else do it, but as the one with the most contact with him she knew in most cases her master wasn't even aware of these people or what they were doing at the time these suspicious accidents happened. She wondered if it was some unconscious side-effect of his quirk, but there was no real way to confirm her speculation.
This only furthered the fervour many in the organisation had towards their master. There were even whispers about whether he wasn't just a powerful quirk holder, but possibly more. People talked about the religions that used to rule the world.
James shrugged. Unlike them, he was well aware of what the cause of these incidents was. It wasn't someone else's quirk or even his own, but the effect of his wish. The strange incidents that happened to those moving against his interests were simply the most noticeable effect of his wish. No one had even realised the positive effects it was causing throughout his life. Things just had a knack for working out in his favour.
He smirked and walked over to her from behind his desk. She didn't mind the invasion of her personal space. Quite the contrary as her heart sped up the closer he got to her.
She tried to look down out of nervousness when he got within an arm's length of her, but he caught her chin forcing her to face him. Her breath hitched.
He leaned in closer until their lips met, causing a sigh to escape her lips. His hands travelled down to her as caressing it over the taut fabric of her pencil skirt.
They broke apart a few moments later. "How about you join me in my bedroom?" He asked.
Her smile widened as she quickly followed him out of his office.
