He called her into his office the first day after the New Year break, and she arrived precisely at the right time, notepad ready, posture straight, expression attentive.
He expected nothing less from Kamiyama employees, of course.
They started with polite chit-chat about how she'd gotten the job, how she knew his sister, compliments she'd gotten from her coworkers and supervisor, the usual. It took him no more than five minutes to get to the point.
"But, Sakurai-san, what I really wanted to discuss was some of your activities outside of work."
"My activities outside... well, you know I don't have much time outside of work, of course!" she laughed. "It's not like having clubs in high school... I mostly just spend time with my sister at home."
"Your sister! Yes, that _is_ how you spend your time, isn't it? I must say, I was very pleased and surprised to see the two of you the other night. You made such a lovely couple, I thought. I even took some videos... I think you'll find they came out very well, if I do say so myself..." he said, passing her the tablet over the desk.
When using his power like this, Shinji always appreciated how clear and predictable the reactions inevitably were: an obvious, almost exaggerated widening of the eyes, the mouth slowly falling open, the face becoming paler and paler, almost like a video game where the hero's life bar was gradually drained by some attack. The only truly random event was how long it would take her to realize that they were in his office - his glass office, where she was sitting with her back to the wall, and the tablet facing out to anyone who might be looking their way.
In Yukino-chan's case, it took nearly half an minute for her to suddenly look around guiltily, clutching the tablet to her chest, and then frantically trying to stop and delete the video.
Shinji waved his hand magnanimously. "Keep the tablet, please! They're so cheap these days, and, of course, I have the original video backed up on the cloud. Amazing how that works, look, I can even project it onto the wall screen here..."
"No!" Yukino cried, standing up before calming herself and sitting back down. "Kamiyama-san, I... don't understand. Why did you... how... what..." she trailed off.
Shinji smiled and nodded. "Just as it says in your employee file - intelligent, hard working, trusting. Naive... well, it doesn't actually say that, but you can read between the lines. Your supervisor thinks its a good thing, a benefit to the company. As far as corporate survival, I personally see it as a disadvantage, but it certainly makes things more straightforward for us."
"I..." she simply sat facing him, open-mouthed. He smiled wider.
"Let me be succinct. You are a very beautiful woman, as is your sister. I would like you and your sister to be my beautiful women. I would like to start by having the two of you join me at this hotel room at the date and time listed." He slid a card across the desk; she stared at it but did not pick it up. "I merely want you to do what you were doing while I watch... perhaps I will join in later, but mostly I'm fascinated to see something like this up close. Sakuya-chan mentioned that her crush was very beautiful, but I certainly had no idea that... well!"
"Sakuya... chan..." she said, still slack-jawed.
"She knows nothing about this, of course. In fact, I'm happy to leave it that way, as long as you keep quiet and follow my instructions. Nothing at all needs to change... as long as you and your sister are at the hotel. And if you're not... well, it's so easy for interesting videos to go viral these days, isn't it?"
He turned back to his screen, calling up a spreadsheet.
"You may go now. Don't forget the card."