Editing City Series:Volume7 Layer 6 (section)

===Record: 83: Suddenly===

'''09/15/1998

'''22:49

The cleanup of the bomb shelter was really starting to come together.

The whole monster thing from before had been solved, we all had our own private rooms, and we were all busy making those rooms a place where we could relax. The fighting over who got what room was intense. I didn’t see why it mattered since they were all underground, but according to the girls…

“If you aren’t on a corner, it feels like people are eavesdropping on you from every direction.”

When I told them they were way overestimating how much anyone cared about what they did in private, they kicked me really hard. No mercy from that bunch.

I walked to the exit, noticing all the luggage and trash still sitting around in the hallway. Senpai had told me to check on the guest room he had prepared before I left, but I couldn’t quite remember where that was located. It wasn’t like we had any real visitors, so I figured that could wait until tomorrow and checked to make sure all the hallway lights were working instead.

The place was surprisingly spacious inside. I had heard the civil engineering club had taken some measurements and taken out a wall. Would we eventually have a whole martial arts training ground in here? Oh, and an open-air bath would be great.

But the problem was we had to consider who would be using the place next.

It was currently September. We had joined the Chancellor’s Officers at about this time last year. This year’s Mountain training apparently hadn’t gone well and some placings were being shuffled around at the lower levels, but the top placements hadn’t changed. Lady and the Boss had said they would be leaving in a few days for some retraining, but that was something they were doing on their own.

In a way, I guess that shows how peaceful Tokyo is. No one had been badly hurt, no major mistakes had been made, and there hadn’t been any real trouble.

Then I saw a group carrying large work bags and wearing construction helmets turning the corner up ahead. They had to be the civil engineering club from the engineering school. The third year leading the group ran up to me with his work bag in hand.

“Excuse me, but we’re lost. We were just considering making a human sacrifice to pray for our escape.”

“Yeah, that’s a common tactic. But I would hate to lose a member of the team, so I’ll show you the way.”

I pointed behind me.

“Go that way and you’ll reach a dead end.”

“I see. So the other way leads to the exit, does it? Thank you. Is there anything we can do for you?”

“Open a hole only I can find in the wall to the room three down from here. That’s the girls’ bath.”

He gave a powerful nod and beckoned his team over. He gave a few instructions with hand gestures and around a dozen civil engineering experts readied their drills and whatnot.

“That’s some heavy-duty stuff.”

“The trick here isn’t making the hole – it’s making sure no one else will notice the hole.”

That opinion told me he was a real, trustworthy professional. We smiled, shook hands, and parted ways.

I kept walking and turned the corner they had appeared around when I heard a voice from behind.

“Please check on that room there. It is for visitors.”

''Oh, so that’s the place,'' I thought, looking to the room on my right. The sign on the entrance labeled it the guest room. But there wasn’t any kind of furniture inside. Only a window on the back wall giving a view of the night sky and clouds.

“What kind of visitors are we getting?”

I looked through the window and saw the moon rising into the night sky.

'''Author Comment:

The bomb shelter from before is being remodeled.

I think having a secret base is fun, but large buildings will have a big boiler facility in the basement, which can feel like a base if you sneak in.