Main Research Facility

A week had gone by and now they are standing right in front of the checkpoint of the walls. They must go through inspections before they can get inside. But before that, they are waiting for their next guide. The informant inside the walls.

"He's late…" Chizuru muttered in a whisper as she glanced at her watch for the umpteenth times. "It's already been 30 minutes."

"Maybe there is some problems?" Tobias asked. But as soon as the question left his lips, there was a commotion as a lavish limo emerged from the inside of the wall. "Oh wow, that is something. Puts my car to shame," he said with awe.

Much to their surprise, the limo stopped right in front of them. The door opened to reveal a middle-aged man in an expensive suits. From what they see, the man is not local Japanese, but instead, a Caucasian.

"About time!" Chizuru exclaimed. "Can't you arrive on time?"

"I apologise, there are some trouble in processing one of the member's permit when he shares the same family name as the one who developed the pills. I had to do everything to convince them that they are not related," the man replied. Chizuru only shook her head and glanced back at the team.

"Alright, everyone. This person here is your guide inside the wall. His name is Graham McMiller. He is also the owner of McMiller pharmaceutical corporation and our greatest informant. He had been smuggling few pills outside the wall every now and then, but because of the heightened security he could only smuggle half a dozen in one trip, which is close to useless," Chizuru didn't sugar-coat it when she said the man is ineffective in his smuggling business. "Seriously, I would rather you just stop trying to smuggle and focus on gathering information."

"My conscience does not allow it when I know someone out here needs the pill very much. Half a dozen might not be much, but if it can save even one life, I'd feel better!"

"Right, anyway they are in your care now," she replied before turning back to the team. "Everyone, this is as far as I go. The next time we'll contact each other will be during the day of the operation. I will be your operator at the time and how I do in my job will all depend on the information you gather."

"Right. When this is all over, we'll see each other again," Tobias nodded at her then turned to Graham. "Mr. McMiller, shall we go now?"

"Yes, of course! Get inside the limo. With me around, you won't need to get in line for the inspection," he said as he ushered them into the limo. "I'll see you again, Miss Nonomura. Send my regards to your father!"

When they entered the limo, they couldn't help but look around the interior. Never in their life they had seen something this lavish. "Speak about money…" Loreno said in a whisper to which they all nodded. Tobias then looked at Graham and gave the older man a smile.

"I believe an introduction is proper," he said and proceeds to introduce himself. "My name is Tobias Mitchell, the leader of this team. The short haired girl there," he said as he pointed at Veronika, "Is Veronika Koshkina. The girl beside her is Esther Fiedler," then he paused for a while so the girls could greet the older male. "Next, on my left, is Loreno Vecchione, Eleutherios Afroudakis or just call him El. And finally, Saki Koizumi. He is the youngest of us all," he finished the introduction.

"Yes, he is Mr. Atsushi's son, is he not? I have heard a lot about him from his father. A born genius," he Graham replied. A knock on the windows stopped them from talking as Graham lowered the window. The officer asked him a few questions. A few nods and a set of papers from Graham, then he turned back to the team. "Your rings will be inspected now, please hand them over to the official."

They had been ready for this, which is why they prepared a dummy spatial ring while their real spatial ring is inside Saki's ring. They handed the dummy rings to the official for inspection. Then, they ordered for the limo to be driven past the detection gate to make sure they did not have any more spatial storage device.

Saki is confident enough that his rings won't be detected. After all, his ring is different from the rest. It cannot be obtained in the market, nor are there any duplicates. It wasn't because of the metal he used, instead, it's how he made it that the spatial space undetectable. Almost as if it's not a spatial space, but a black hole.

They passed the detection gate without a problem, and when they are on the other side, their rings were returned with the permits earlier. When they had passed the checkpoint, they are finally inside the wall.

"Now, let me properly welcome you to Japan's central wall. Here is your permit," he handed the paper to each of them per their names. "You are registered as students who are here for internship in my company from Japan's north wall. It is almost time for the annual programme where companies like mine are allowed to send workers to the main research facilities. There, you will be shown few new and upgraded technologies. Unfortunately, they won't be sharing the making of the pills. Nor do they allow for workers sent there to take notes. It is the reason why companies send in their best employee. It is the only time we can steal those technologies. Another unfortunate thing is, just as notes are prohibited, copying data are also prohibited. If found guilty, not only the employee is kicked out, the company whence they came from, will be forced to shut down its business operation. So, I do hope you do not do anything to implicate my business… I do love my lifestyle right now," he said in an almost begging tone.

"You don't have to worry about that, Mr. McMiller. Although she doesn't seem like it, Veronika has a photographic memory. And all of us, maybe with exception of Loreno," that got a discontented 'hey' from Loreno of which Tobias ignored as he continued. "Is pretty good with memorising stuff. Saki, especially, as you know, is gifted when it comes to technologies."

That being said, Graham felt reassured of his companies' survival. For the rest of the car ride, they talked about normal things like favourite foods, or how they should act when asked about Graham's company. The list goes on and Tobias decided that they should study and research Graham's company just so they won't appear suspicious.