One thing mysterious is overflowing from the opening within the yard.

Hiroki’s doubts concerning that gap proceed to deepen.

Thus far, he hasn’t had any issues along with his physique.

In reality, he’s feeling too good.

He puzzled, might or not it’s that the chemical substances leaking out of the opening are making him superhuman……?

[Hahaha. No way. I suppose I’ve been reading too many American comics lately.]

A spider dude bitten by a spider, a speedster struck by lightning…… Hiroki feels troubled if he needed to put on tights at his age.

Work has been good for Hiroki recently.

The cash in his account is rising.

With much less work and fewer fear concerning the future, most individuals actually would develop into more healthy.

Hiroki thinks that the truth that he was capable of overpower hooligans was most likely as a result of muscle tissues he developed via bodily labor and the arrogance he gained via work.

[For the time being though, the local university’s labs that do geological and environmental research…… I still don’t know what to do with them.]

There are such a lot of totally different fields of science at universities, however with Hiroki’s stage of data, he had no concept whether or not he ought to begin with the chemistry division for regardless of the chemical substances the opening was exuding, the physics division to research the radiation, or for an environmental evaluation from the structure division.

[Hmmm, maybe I should just send an email to the admin office first……]

With that thought in thoughts, Hiroki contacted the college’s important workplace and was simply launched to the laboratories he wished.

For the reason that incorporation of nationwide universities, there was a miserable lack of funding for college laboratories.

Additionally, because the secretariat was selling the concept of industry-university collaboration with native firms, Hiroki’s want was fulfilled in change for a modest quantity of analysis funding.

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A number of weeks later, the college despatched gear and personnel from a number of laboratories to do the evaluation.

As anticipated although, the professors themselves didn’t come, because the employees was primarily composed of affiliate professors and postgraduate college students.

[So, President-san, you want us to investigate the environmental pollution of this land?]

[Yes, that’s right. It had already been surveyed by the prefecture, but since the site is so close to some houses, including my own, I thought it would be better if more detailed tests could be conducted so that the people around could feel more secure.]

[I see, so you’re focusing on business sustainability and regulatory compliance huh.]

[Yes, that’s right.]

Ishida, the graduate pupil from the lab he had been despatched to, talked loads.

What did he imply with that sustainosomething or compliwhat?

Hiroki couldn’t perceive the language utilized by intellectuals.

He thinks that they’re most likely some sort of educational phrases.

Clueless about what Ishida was speaking about, Hiroki simply affirmed in response.

The day earlier than the survey, Hiroki had lined the world across the gap with galvanized iron sheets in order that nobody might enter.

It might be troubling for him if anybody unintentionally falls into that gap in any case.

[What kind of tests are you going to do?]

[Let’s see…… In accordance with the Soil Contamination Investigation designated by law, we will test for heavy metals, volatile organic compounds and pesticides. Thus, the method we’ll be using is a combination of Soil Dissolution, Soil Content Investigation, and Soil Gas Investigation.]

[Huhh…… That sounds difficult, aren’t they?]

[No, no. Today, we’ll be taking topsoil samples from several locations in your yard, and after doing a boring investigation, we’ll be using the university’s equipment for analysis.]

[Ehh……]

[What is it?]

[By boring, you mean digging deep into my yard’s soil, right?]

[Yes, that’s right. Though I say that, we’re really just going to dig a hole of a few centimeters in diameter, so you don’t have to worry about the groundwater. We’ll make sure it won’t affect the nearby buildings.]

Hiroki felt anxious at his phrases.

If the opening in his yard had stretched vast, the laboratory’s boring drill might need arrived on the rubbish he had thrown into the opening to this point.

Regardless of Hiroki’s worries although, the folks within the lab started to organize for the boring by organising a tripod made from metal pipes.

Of all locations, they have been setting it up close to the galvanized iron sheets hiding the opening!

[……Are you going to dig there?]

[Yes. This is far enough from the residential buildings that it won’t affect them much even in the case of an accident.]

Researcher Ishida made level, so Hiroki couldn’t object.

[Then, digging start.]

Along with his phrases, the boring drill was lowered from the tripod, and with the ability of the jack, it dug deeper and deeper that an extension pipe was even added.

“”

[……It’s digging quite deeply.]

Judging from the size of the extension pipe, they will need to have dug about 4 meters already.

If there was an underground cavity beneath the opening, they’d have breached via it by now.

[It will be alright. The guys in the lab are used to this. So far, it doesn’t seem like we’ve hit any rocks or groundwater. The surrounding area used to be farmland, isn’t it? I think the ground around here is very solid.]

[Is that so?]

Did the world they buried simply occurred to don’t have any underground cavity in it?

In any case, Hiroki felt fortunate.

He secretly breathed a sigh of reduction.

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That evening, after sending off the individuals who had been dispatched from the college laboratory, Hiroki fortunately opened a can of beer.

[Well then, I’ll send the test results to the company later. I still wouldn’t know the details until after the analysis, but from what I see, I don’t think there will be any problems. After all, even for a waste disposal site, this place is very clean.]

Researcher Ishida assured him as such.

Even so…… Hiroki puzzled if the younger researcher Ishida seen something concerning the secret of the opening.

Even among the many many younger folks within the lab, he was a person of management, and he’s eloquent, even when speaking with the older Hiroki.

Pondering that such an individual would ultimately rise to the highest in his group, Hiroki slumped down a beer with a powerful bitter style.

Nicely, no matter.

Hiroki thinks that he ought to simply depart the good work to the good folks, whereas folks like him will do the work applicable for him.

Tomorrow morning, he’ll begin engaged on throwing all of the piles of rubbish introduced by the hopeless folks into the opening.

Hiroki might really feel it…… He has to fill that gap.

To try this, he has to gather increasingly more rubbish.

The conviction to do that steadily rose inside him.

Crumpling up the empty beer can with one hand, Hiroki threw it into the trash can within the nook of the workplace.

Thereupon, Hiroki heard the sound of a stray cat operating away, startled upon listening to the sound of a heavy metallic trash can being dented.

As the complete moon shone brightly within the evening sky, the black gap within the floor opened up.