NOVEL NEXT Chapter 43: The Woman in the Inspection Team
[Hmmm? Is she lost?]
Nitta, a member of MCTBH’s Public Relations Department, spotted someone who appeared to be a member of the joint European Inspection team wandering off the tour corridor and called out to her.
“Excuse me, miss, but you aren’t allowed to enter there.”
[Ara, I’m sorry.]
The woman who turned around and answered in beautiful Japanese was a woman of such beauty that the young Nitta was stunned.
She was probably not more than 30 years old.
She was slightly shorter than or about the same height as Nitta, who was 175 cm tall.
She had a calm atmosphere, blue eyes and brunette hair.
On her neck hangs a Visitor ID, and with her tall stature, the suit she’s wearing suits her well.
[You speak Japanese very well. Are you an interpreter? I’m Nitta, a member of the Public Relations Department of the company. I can show you around if you like.]
[Thank you very much. I got a little lost and got separated from the rest of the group…… My name is Louise. I’m here as an assistant interpreter, but the people in my home country I’m with are very important people…… so……]
[It must have been rough. Let me show you around.]
After seeing her pause, Nitta seemed to have understood what Louise was trying to say.
High-ranking government officials wouldn’t notice whether a local assistant interpreter was there or not.
Driven by righteous indignation, Nitta, like the young man he is, accepted the offer to guide her.
[Even though you seem to be very busy, I’m sorry to trouble you.]
[No, it’s alright. This too is part of my job.]
Nitta waved his hands at the beautiful woman, who was apologizing to him.
Today, a Joint Inspection Team from Europe came to MCTBH, and from this morning, all the employees were busy interacting with them.
The fact that the company is so short-staffed that even Nitta, who has only been with the company for a short period of time, has been called upon to respond to the first such event since the company’s inception is proof of this.
The Japanese government has been approached by United Kingdom, Russia, and France, all of which are nuclear power producers, as well as Germany and Sweden, which have been producing nuclear power in the past, and are therefore struggling with low-level radioactive waste and its storage location, to conduct a practical collaborative inspection of the company’s nuclear facilities.
The subject and reason for this are whether the treatment of radioactive waste that MCTBH claims to have accomplished is genuine.
Is the oriental miracle achieved by MCTBH, which until a few years ago was only a local company in a corner of the Orient, real?
If it is, then it would be a major strategic shift for the European countries, which have been strategically leading the world’s environmental issues, and for Russia, a situation that can’t be overlooked for the sake of national security.
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Hiroki and Ishida’s MCTBH management expressed a negative attitude towards the inspection, saying that it was beyond the company’s ability to respond to the situation, but perhaps, because some in the government, which holds the permits and approvals, were not favorable to MCTBH’s secretive approach, or perhaps, the government’s desire to have the other countries be indebted to them prevailed……
After many twists and turns, the joint European inspection team was dispatched and accepted prior to the IAEA inspection.
(T/N: International Atomic Energy Agency)
Nitta didn’t know what was going on with the higher-ups, but anyway, he had been running around all morning and thought it would be good to take a short break.
Besides, it would be nice to have the perk of talking to a beautiful woman.
[Speaking of which, I was wondering, is there a reason why that area is off-limits?]
Hearing the question suddenly asked by the beauty Louise, Nitta whispered in a low voice, feeling like showing off.
[Actually, that place is where the radioactive waste treatment facility is, which is the purpose of the inspection team.]
[Ara. I guess that really should be off-limits. It would be quite a disaster if terrorists entered there.]
Pleased by Louise’s surprised reaction, Nitta added to reassure her.
[It’s alright. I can’t tell you the close details for security reasons, but a government department has already dispatched a team of elite security guards with automatic weapons to be on the alert 24 hours a day. Surveillance cameras, emergency doors, and other barriers are in place, so no matter how many territories arrive, the place will be fully secured!]
[That’s very encouraging.]
The young Nitta blushed as the beautiful woman smiled at him, looking quite smug.
[W- Well then, this way! I will guide you!]
Feeling the blood rush to his head, Nitta briskly walked away.
He couldn’t help but wonder, was she French? Or perhaps, Russian?
Perhaps, if he becomes someone great, would he also be able to hire such a beautiful woman as an interpreter……
Nitta, who was leading Louise, was intoxicated with a small sense of happiness.
As a matter of fact, Louise was neither French nor Russian.
Nor was she an assistant interpreter, or even a member of the inspection team.
Staring at the back of the daydreaming Japanese walking in front of her, a cruel smile appears on Louise’s lips, the opposite of the warm smile she had shown earlier.