Chapter 317 – Showa 8 Fiscal Year Ootori Gathering (4)

We entered an intermission in the presidents’ meeting.

While I was idly chatting with Tokita and Commander Donrou, the dinner gathering came to an end, and the large banquet hall shifted into a cigarette break during the room change. I left the hall early and withdrew to a small room overlooking the main banquet hall.

Tokita and Commander Donrou were about to move on to their socializing time with the group members, so we parted ways. But before that, I spotted someone I recognized, so I decided to go over and offer my greetings.

“Kaneko-sama, it has been a while.”

“Oh, it’s the young lady. It hasn’t been that long, has it? Well, I suppose a child and an old man experience time differently.”

Saying that, he burst into hearty laughter. Perhaps the alcohol had gotten to him a little, as he