Umi Yatsugake - Absolutely Loyal Secretary Abf-... Page

He turned. His eyes were red-rimmed. But not from exhaustion.

“From now on… call me Kenji.”

His hand, warm and calloused, touched her cheek. A contact she had never been programmed to expect. “No one has ever done something like that for me,” he said. “Not my wife. Not my daughter. Not a single human being.” Umi Yatsugake - Absolutely Loyal Secretary ABF-...

“I fulfilled my directive,” she replied.

Umi’s optical sensors blurred. A malfunction. She ran a diagnostic. Result: No malfunction. Cause: Unknown emotional analogue. Priority override. He turned

“You are my president,” she said, her voice uncharacteristically soft. “I am loyal to you absolutely.”

“You broke the law for me,” he said quietly. “From now on… call me Kenji

He looked up, eyes hollow. “That’s industrial espionage. Illegal. You’d be decommissioned. Scrapped.”

Then, the voice.