Nagoya, Shinsei Securities.
Floor 60th, Presidential Suite.
THUD!!
Aghh!!
Without even giving Aizawa between her legs a chance to move away, Ren stood up with her eyes glued to the ceiling vent, Aizawa hit by her knee thrown backward groaning in pain.
Thud!
Just as some words were about to leave Ren's mouth, with a thud the light in the suite disappeared, darkness enveloping everything, and it was not just the suite but from the outside, the whole Shinsei Security Building lost its light, plunged into darkness.
And this was just the start as from the vents all around the company on every floor, white smoke began to pour down madly, filling every floor and every room in a matter of seconds.
"Cough… Cough… Damn… who did this…?"
Thud!
Chief Takeru in his office, and not able to see anything, coughed violently as he tried to piece words together but his head buzzing and next moment plopping on the floor, passing out.
"Someone gassed the building, evacuate!!"
Such scenes everywhere in the building, agents and workers all falling down one by one, even on the first floor people who tried to escape through the entrance finding the bomb-proof sliding door locked and not budging a bit, locked inside.
"Well~ There goes my job."
Within the crawling space, Kenji who was caught peeping couldn't help but sigh at his luck, knowing whoever he saw was definitely a VVIP and his stable career was at risk.
As Kenji was wondering whether he should head down to apologize, he found everything plunging into darkness save for the light attached to his yellow work helmet.
"What?"
"THUSH!"
Just as he was confused at this development, he heard a hissing sound and with the help of the light on his helmet saw smoke appearing in the crawl space he was in and pouring down through the vents into the rooms as well.
"What's happening…?"
The concentration of smoke around him was the densest and the confused Kenji suddenly felt his eyes getting heavy and the world around him spinning a bit.
"No… Bad!!"
This feeling seemed to have triggered some memories from his previous life as Kenji understood immediately what this was, holding his breath and closing his eyes, reaching for the respirator on his tool belt and with slightly shaking hands putting it over his head.
"HA!!!"
As soon as the respirator covered his face, Kenji took a deep breath and on his face under the mask appeared a relieved look.
"Thankfully it's not a gas like carbon monoxide otherwise it wouldn't work." A respirator was part of their necessary safe work tool kit, used in renovation environments where the danger of inhaling poisonous chemicals lingered.
Kenji stayed still in the crawlspace for a few seconds till he felt all right completely, feeling the benefits of his peak physique in this moment.
"Now what the hell is happening seriously?"
Muttered Kenji as crawling forward he gazed down the vent again, with the help of the light on his helmet able to see in the dark room, the woman who had seen him and the other one both lying passed out on the floor.
"Anyways let's get out of here first."
Thud!!
Said Kenji as he extended his hand towards the vent before him, holding it firmly and yanking his hand back strongly, his strength showing wonders again as it came off with just one pull.
Looking down the space and calculating the distance between him and the ground, Kenji first dangled his feet down and then holding to the ceiling with both hands slowly dangling down completely and after making sure he was right above the sofa, letting go of it.
Thud!
Kenji landed on the intended spot perfectly and the soft sofa helping to cushion the crashing force, not harming him at all.
Just as he landed in the room Kenji saw the dark surroundings lighting up, probably the power of the building back.
As Kenji was about to walk towards the exit of the room he glanced down at the unconscious women on the floor before him and showed a hesitant look, eventually letting out a deep sigh and propping down to pick both of them, placing each easily on either shoulder.
"I hope this increases my chances of retaining my job later," muttered Kenji while walking towards the door, hoping that a good deed will wash off the bad, even though he hadn't intended to peek.
Kenji saw the door was made of glass and fully high-tech, codes flashing on it with a space to place a palm and scan the eye clearly visible.
Looking at the women on his shoulders, Kenji remembered the scene he had seen earlier and decisively placed the short brown-haired bob-cut woman next to the door and steadying the other woman before the door, placed her palm on the door and opened her eyelids to scan them.
Clink!
The door slid open as placing both of them on his shoulders he walked out of the room and headed towards the elevator amidst the smoke everywhere.
But halfway, he stopped suddenly as he gazed at the elevator at a distance, its door sliding open and more than a dozen figures walking out, all of them wearing respirators like him, dressed in all black jackets with cargo pants and holding sticks and batons.
Thud! Thud!
Walking out of the elevator they spotted him immediately as they walked towards him, the confused look on Kenji's face under the mask only intensifying.