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[No greetings, no introductions... Fumi's just getting right down to business. It's not often she bothers broadcasting things over the network herself, after all. Leaning back in her office chair briefly, she folds her arms before addressing the feed.]

For those of you who were acquainted with her, Miyako Hotsuin is no longer in the city.

[Her voice is flat and her face its usual deadpan expression as she says this.]

As this leaves me as the only official member of the JP's branch office, I will be assuming control of the newly renamed JP's Hinoto-Ri Branch. It's been here long enough that continuing to call it the Nagoya branch seems a bit silly, and I'm relatively sure Miyako had been preparing for an official name change anyway.

[But wait, there's more.]

Additionally, following the departure of Kandori, Takeba, and Kirijo, and in view of the fact that I worked with each of them personally before the recent attack, I will also be taking over administration of the MAGI facility following the cleanup and reconstruction effort.

[No questions, no voting, she's just doing it, apparently.]

However, as there were three branches of the MAGI facility itself without even considering the resources required for the upkeep of the JP's location, I will be conducting interviews for the additional staff and personnel needed to keep things running smoothly. For my own part, I will be acting in Takeba's capacity as the new head of the MAGI Research Branch.

At minimum, I will also require colleagues to take over Kandori and Kirijo's work as the respective heads of the Weapon and Development Branches. Please contact me via secured network communication to apply for any of these positions or as support staff for either MAGI or JP's. You may contact me in the same fashion if you have any questions about what the positions will entail.

...That is all.

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I never said I don't have fun at my job.

Whoa-! So even though you're in their presence, you still manage to have fun?

[Miyako alone seemed pretty determined to sap the fun out of any situation possible.]

That's pretty impressive!

Well, that mostly comes from genuine enjoyment of my work.

So it's self-motivated. But still--

Even if it was the most entertaining job in the world, with a boss like that I'm not sure I could find it all that fun.

I like a challenge.

With another Miyako for a boss? That must be one of the hardest challenges in the world.

The secret with those two is if you're competent enough to be trusted, you're given free reign to do your job in whatever manner you please. And considering they don't tend to bother with people they have to babysit in the first place, the system works out rather well.

Ooh? So they don't even bother with training phases?

The Chief prefers to hire people who already know how to do whatever it is he wants them to do. If any additional training is required, it's brief, and given only once.

That sounds pretty efficient. But... then again, knowing Miyako-chan alone, that's not surprising.

[Actually, that just makes it a little too efficient for his tastes.]

It is. I'm hoping to be able to carry on that sort of efficiency here, but it's proven difficult to say the least.

I suspect it will be harder for you to be as... ah, choosy about who to hire.

[Hinoto-Ri's population is far smaller, after all. There's just less resources all around.]

If I were to uphold the Chief's standards to their fullest, I would be the only one working there.

...They really got to pick from the best of the best, huh?

When you're working with an almost unlimited government budget, you can afford to be choosy.

That just sounds scary...! But then again, this does shed some light on why Miyako-chan acted the way she did.

Happy to help, I suppose.

But I've been wondering... Just how aware is your government of your operations? It seemed like a hush-hush kind of organization, but if you guys have that much funding, that has to leave its mark somewhere. Unless it's been hidden as other types of spending?

Geomagnetism research.

[To answer only the last question.]

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But that doesn't say anything about their awareness...

Or is that classified information?

[Fumi simply taps at the side of her nose.]

[Aha. Well, he's kind of classified information himself, so he understands how that goes.]

It sounds like you guys have some pretty fascinating work, then.

It keeps us busy.

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