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Hayato was woken up the next day by the loud beeping sound of an alarm clock, even after everything the last day had put him through- he still had to go to school..
He went through his regular routine during the school day, going to class, answering questions, etc. It was all so mundane, and made even more mind numbing after the previous days events. Even in class his mind wondered off onto what that "Igor" man was on about. What was his "master" betting on, and why did he matte-
Just as he was lost in thought- thr final bell of the day rung and snapped Hayato back into reality. He exited the school building like everyone else, his mind lingering it on, even after a day of thinking. As Hayato walked out of the building- he saw everyone else. He wondered if everything that had happened had just been one grand- and fairly realistic dream.
While he walked to the road just outside the street- a girl jumped out infront of him, holding a notepad and pen in hand.
She had chestnut brown hair which was strung up into a low ponytail. The girl was wearing an seemed to be from The Clarke Private school. Her uniform consisted of a black jacket bearing the school logo on the right breast pocket with a velvet red skirt that was dotted with trims and a set of contrating, deep blue Mary Jane shoes.
"Have you heard of the Tomioka Cognitive Research Corporation, or T.C.R.C. for short?" She spat out in a quick voice.
Hayato, who was distrubed abruptly by the girl blurted out the only thing he could;
"Who are you?"
"Minoru. Minoru Miyajima." She said with a lighting fast response time, it was like she planned for this to happen the entire time.. "So tell me, what do you think of the T.C.R.C.?" She asked one more time. Her voice had a hint of annoyance in it, possibly at Hayato making her take extra time for this "interview".
"I... I don't really know what that is." Hayato said in a soft tone, avoided contact with the girl as much as he could, he could already tell that she wasn't going to be able to take much more of Hayato's lack of knowledge of the subject.
"It's an organization focusing on research into the human mind and how it functions. They've relocated their offices here in Hirachi." She said, her calm demeanor slowly wearing off.
"And how does this affect me...?" Hayato whispered, he didn't know what the point of this girl asking him about this corporation meant or what the purpose of this interview was, but before he could come up with possiblities- she spoke up.
"Well... First of all, theres going to be a radio and TV interview with the leader of the T.C.R.C. and secondly, theres going to be a tour of the offices tommorow to students of the three high schools." The girl finished writing up her notes, puf away her notepad and pen- before beginning to walk away.
"I'd recommend you go the tour, you'll get to see some of the first technologies of the future."