“Drip—drip—drip—” The intermittent reminder sound suddenly sounded in the quiet laboratory, causing the black-haired loli who was sitting in a swivel office chair and carefully studying a document to raise her head.
Rubbing his swollen temples, Luo Shiyin jumped off the swivel chair and came to a spacious test bench placed against the wall.
On it, a square white instrument about the size of a computer was constantly issuing sharp prompts, and the indicator light on it also changed from green to red.
Without any change in her facial expression, Luo Shiyin calmly grasped the handle on the front of the instrument and directly opened the lid without taking any protective measures. “careful!”
On the spiral staircase, Sanyelian, who had just come in and saw this scene, couldn’t help but exclaimed.
The next second, thick white smoke floated out of the instrument, but Luo Shiyin, as if she didn’t hear anything, reached into the instrument and took out – a plate of buns?
“I bought a meat bun from the next street this morning and forgot to eat it. It’s cold now. Do you want one?”
It was not until then that Luo Shiyin looked up at the pink-haired hot girl standing at the entrance of the laboratory and raised the plate in her hand.
That’s right, that thing that made that beeping sound just now was just a microwave oven.
As for why high-tech products like microwave ovens appeared in an era when even cars are luxury goods, we have to ask the talented but suddenly disappeared previous director of the institute.
“Sister Shion, using laboratory equipment to heat food is a bit too…” At the desk in the research institute, Sanye Lian looked at the plate of steaming meat buns with a complicated expression on her face.
Hearing this, Luo Shiyin, who had returned to her seat, nodded: “Well, it would be a bit of a waste if such a good thing is only used to heat up buns.”
“Sister Shion, you can think like this…””This thing can also be used to burn food and grill meat. Please help me move it to the conference room so that we can all use it together.”
Before the pink-haired Laman could finish, Luo Shiyin continued to talk on her own, and at the same time, she picked up a meat bun and handed it to the other party: “Want to eat?”
“…Thank you, Senior.”
Seeing the black-haired girl’s self-righteous expression, Sanye Lian felt a little helpless, but she could only raise her hand to take the bun and take a bite: “Mmm, delicious.”
“I know what you’re thinking.”
Seeing the other party’s helpless look, Luo Shiyin, who had been tortured by various documents for most of the day, finally recovered a little and picked up the thick document again: “But this [High-frequency Microwave Molecular Oscillation Entropy Increaser] was originally made by the previous director of the institute to heat food. When I found it before, there was half a steamed bun inside that was hard enough to crack walnuts with.”
“Eh, eh!? Is that so? But why would you put something like this in the lab?”
Hearing this, Sanyelian opened her eyes wide in disbelief.
In response to this, a vein popped out on Luo Shiyin’s smooth forehead: “Yeah, I also want to know why your genius researcher, whose brain is filled with magical girls, gave such a high-sounding name to a device used to heat food, and then left a 100,000-word explanation of the principle, and then stamped it with an “Important” seal.”
“I thought it was some important document, and after studying it for over a week, I finally understood a little bit, and now they tell me it’s a microwave oven!?”
“Well, or, maybe the director has her own considerations?”
Seeing the black-faced loli whose little hand holding the document subconsciously began to move hard, Sanye Lian couldn’t help but choked and could only laugh dryly to comfort her.
“Phew… I’ll be careful now. The other files marked [Important] also contain some weird stuff, but I can’t help but take a look.”
Glancing at the document in her hand that had only been flipped through one-tenth of it, Luo Shiyin sighed helplessly.
She felt as if she had finally copied down the formulas that the teacher had written all over the blackboard in school, only to have the teacher turn around and say, “This is a wrong way of thinking about the problem.”
“Since it left an important mark… maybe the instrument has other more important functions?”
“If there hadn’t been half a steamed bun inside this thing when I found it, I might have suspected that the microwave oven functioned as a time machine.”
After making a casual complaint, Luo Shiyin placed the document on the desk and leaned back in her chair: “Then, what is it that brings you to me?”
“Oh, I almost forgot. The boss is planning to hold a team-building activity.”
After hearing this, the pink-haired hottie remembered the purpose of entering the laboratory, and quickly repeated the message that Wansui wanted her to convey.
Hearing this, Luo Shiyin immediately perked up and sat up straight in her office chair again, with a hint of anticipation on her face: “There are signs of monsters appearing again? Will they attract other magical girls this time?”
“Well, Senior, you…are in love with magical girls too?”
Seeing the other party’s reaction, Sanye Lian’s hand holding the bun trembled, and the scene of the last time she entered the laboratory, with the magical girl posters all over the wall, suddenly appeared in her mind.
She felt a little scared – could this place really have a curse that makes people fall madly in love with magical girls!?
“What are you thinking about? I’m just a little interested in those little girls who symbolize miracles and purity, and I want to study them by the way.”
Seeing the expression on the other person’s face, Luo Shiyin rolled her eyes, selectively forgetting that she had teased a certain red-haired magical girl to the point where her ideal collapsed and was rebuilt, and that she had almost reversed the situation of another blonde magical girl in the swimming pool.
“I, I believe you can keep yourself!”
Swallowing his saliva, Sanye Lian didn’t even care about eating the buns, and begged the black-haired loli with an almost pious and sincere tone: “Senpai won’t become someone who is crazy about magical girls, right? It has to be like this!”
“Are you a little excited…” Looking at the pink-haired hot girl whose face was almost sticking close to her, Luo Shiyin’s eyes became suspicious.
Seeing this, Sanye Lian’s body stiffened, and then immediately shrank back to its original position: “No, no, I’m just a little worried… Well, this time it’s just a normal team building for officers and ordinary members, but the location can be chosen at will.”
“Boss isn’t going?”
“The boss said that the so-called team building is an activity that allows employees to relax in an environment without the leader, so he himself will not go… Although I feel that even if the boss wants to come, it will not have any impact.”
While saying this, Sanyelian also muttered something under her breath.
Luo Shiyin also agreed with this: “You guys decide the location. I’m not very familiar with the surroundings.”
“In that case, let’s go to the beach!”
Hearing this, Sanye Lian’s eyes lit up: “Wansui and Mutang also said it’s up to them. If you don’t have any objections, I’ll go talk to them~””Well, go ahead…By the way, how is that girl’s study going lately?”
After knowing that team building had nothing to do with magical girls, Luo Shiyin leaned back in her chair and her tone became lazy.
After hearing this, Sanye Lian briefly recounted Luo Xue’s learning situation during this period.
Perhaps because she was originally a cuddler, the girl’s learning progress is not very optimistic.
But she is obedient and willing to learn.
Although she has not reached the level of a normal loli, she can barely communicate in daily life.
“Team building at the beach… Let’s go buy a new set of beach clothes.”
Watching Sanyelian leaving the laboratory, Luo Shiyin did not touch the documents on the desk again.
A week and a half has passed since she was “grounded” by her boss after her last “cheat” with Xylitol.
During this period, she did nothing but study the documents left by the previous director of the institute.
The only result was the discovery of the microwave oven.
In order to avoid the second document in her hand also containing some strange things, which would cause her blood pressure to soar too high, Luo Shiyin felt that it was necessary to relax appropriately.
“And that guy will be here this time too, so it’s a good opportunity to ask some questions.”
Staring at the ceiling made entirely of metal, Luo Shiyin gently moved the desk on her toes, making the office beneath her slowly rotate.
After the last mission, she wanted to ask Xylitol about other organizations, but that guy disappeared the next day.
No one knew what he was busy with, and he was so mysterious.
Then there was the school where magical girls and monsters appeared.
She had not reported it yet because she did not want to implicate the red-haired girl.
She would have to investigate it after returning from the team building.
“Well – just relax for a while then.”
………………
The organization always gets off work very early.
Ten minutes after Luo Shiyin took Luo Xue home, Zhao Doudou and others came back one after another.
When a certain married woman finished cooking dinner and everyone gathered at the dining table, she clapped her hands gently, attracting everyone’s attention.
“Doudou and Sister Shiyin, I can’t cook dinner for you tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.”
With an apologetic look on her face, Yan Yaya explained: “My school is organizing a summer trip tomorrow. We’re going to the Golden Coast for three days and two nights, so Xiaochun and I won’t be home then.”
“Eh? You guys are going on a summer trip to the Gold Coast too.”
Before Luo Shiyin could speak, Zhao Doudou’s eyes widened in surprise.
Upon hearing this, Yan Yaya and Sudan Chun were also stunned.
Then the three girls turned their heads and looked at a black-haired loli with a surprised look on her face at the dining table: “Sister Shiyin, you wouldn’t…”“Not really.”
The surprise on her face subsided, and Luo Shiyin picked up the chopsticks again: “Our company is having a team building tomorrow. Although we are going to the beach, it shouldn’t be the place you mentioned.”
“Well, why?”
“Since that place was chosen by both of your schools, it means it’s suitable for children to play, which is different from the needs of my company.”
As she spoke, Luo Shiyin had already picked up a piece of sweet and sour pork ribs, but before she put the food into her mouth, the phone in her pocket vibrated – it was a text message from the organization.
As for the content of the text message…we will gather at the gate one hour in advance tomorrow morning and take the bus to the Golden Coastline for team building.