Tension in the Tokyo Meeting

Rewinding time a bit, two days before Hojin's call with Tanaka.

An unusual tension hung in the air in the conference room of the Sign Games Headquarters Building, located in Udagawacho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo.

A pair of individuals glared at each other across the table in the conference room.

They were Takahashi Yuichi, an Executive Director at Sign Games, and Ishikawa Yui, the Main Producer of the Chronicle Connect Team.

“I didn’t mishear, did I? Project Scrapping, you said?”

“You heard correctly.”

At Yuichi’s cold reply, Yui gritted her teeth and asked again.

“Why?”

“...”

“Director, you told me just a few months ago. You said all we had to do was continue as we were, didn’t you? You said the Executives’ reactions were positive.”...