Disclaimer: Negima is owned by Ken Akamatsu, regardless of any claims I make otherwise in moments of insanity.
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A certain amount of secrecy is necessary when taking over the world. Hakase Satomi had come to expect that. She even understood that despite being ChaoÆs right hand, she would only receive information on a need-to-know basis. She couldnÆt muster a single complaint about that if she tried.
She did object however, to not being informed about the entire plan being scrapped, and a new one drawn from scratch a week before deadline. She could have at least been told before the Tank-Alphas were put into production. What were they going to do the battalions they had already created?
Setting aside amusing thoughts for uses of a massive robot army aside, Hakase had to admit that the new plan sounded like rubbish. Even thinking about who she garnered the idea from sent chills down her spine. There had to be some other reason for this change in plans, something Chao felt needed to be kept hidden even from her. After two years of plotting, scheming and preparing alongside her comrade, Hakase Satomi could come to only one conclusion: Chao had too many secrets for her own good.
The resident mad scientist released her frustrations on one of her pens, clicking it frantically as she made her way down an eerily sanitary sewer passageway. The passages had always baffled the researcher, they didnÆt even smell! It wasnÆt a bad thing. There was no way their plan or hideout could have remained a secret if they constantly reeked.
ôSomething troubling you?ö her senior partner in crime asked as Hakase arrived at the control room.
ôYou bet there is!ö Satomi barked, slamming her clipboard against an old scavenged desk. ôThis new plan is insane, even by my standards!ö
ôThereÆs a good reason for it-ne!ö Chao grinned. The mysterious girlÆs æI know something you donÆt knowÆ attitude grated on Hakase at times, especially because it was true.
ôWell would you mind telling me! And what are we going to do with all those Tanakas we have since someone neglected to tell me we wouldnÆt need them? Not to mention-ö HakaseÆs rant was cut off as Chao handed her a rather large binder.
ôI never said we wouldnÆt need them-ne.ö Chao offered as Hakase flipped through the new plan.
ô3-AÆs second war of lips? How would-ö
ôRemember the simulations for our ultimate weapon?ö Chao chuckled as she studied her colleagueÆs face while the other girl put two and two together. With a reassuring pat on her friendÆs shoulder, the slightly less sane scientist left the control room. Hakase quickly made herself comfortable and began going over the revised plan for the first time.
As she flipped the first few pages, she began to wonder if selling her soul for science was everything it was hyped up to be.
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A certain amount of secrecy is necessary when taking over the world. Hakase Satomi had come to expect that. She even understood that despite being ChaoÆs right hand, she would only receive information on a need-to-know basis. She couldnÆt muster a single complaint about that if she tried.
She did object however, to not being informed about the entire plan being scrapped, and a new one drawn from scratch a week before deadline. She could have at least been told before the Tank-Alphas were put into production. What were they going to do the battalions they had already created?
Setting aside amusing thoughts for uses of a massive robot army aside, Hakase had to admit that the new plan sounded like rubbish. Even thinking about who she garnered the idea from sent chills down her spine. There had to be some other reason for this change in plans, something Chao felt needed to be kept hidden even from her. After two years of plotting, scheming and preparing alongside her comrade, Hakase Satomi could come to only one conclusion: Chao had too many secrets for her own good.
The resident mad scientist released her frustrations on one of her pens, clicking it frantically as she made her way down an eerily sanitary sewer passageway. The passages had always baffled the researcher, they didnÆt even smell! It wasnÆt a bad thing. There was no way their plan or hideout could have remained a secret if they constantly reeked.
ôSomething troubling you?ö her senior partner in crime asked as Hakase arrived at the control room.
ôYou bet there is!ö Satomi barked, slamming her clipboard against an old scavenged desk. ôThis new plan is insane, even by my standards!ö
ôThereÆs a good reason for it-ne!ö Chao grinned. The mysterious girlÆs æI know something you donÆt knowÆ attitude grated on Hakase at times, especially because it was true.
ôWell would you mind telling me! And what are we going to do with all those Tanakas we have since someone neglected to tell me we wouldnÆt need them? Not to mention-ö HakaseÆs rant was cut off as Chao handed her a rather large binder.
ôI never said we wouldnÆt need them-ne.ö Chao offered as Hakase flipped through the new plan.
ô3-AÆs second war of lips? How would-ö
ôRemember the simulations for our ultimate weapon?ö Chao chuckled as she studied her colleagueÆs face while the other girl put two and two together. With a reassuring pat on her friendÆs shoulder, the slightly less sane scientist left the control room. Hakase quickly made herself comfortable and began going over the revised plan for the first time.
As she flipped the first few pages, she began to wonder if selling her soul for science was everything it was hyped up to be.
