"She came that way. When you originally put in for your Rei - your first choice had been ninja, remember? Well, this is a ninja assassin who had been trespassing here. We used her for a few experiments and her memories have some gaps as a result - but she should still be serviceable," Ritsuko admitted, giving a small shrug as she did so.
"Ya experimented on her? How could ya do that?"
"Simply enough. It's part of what we do."
"And the cops don't have a problem with it?"
"Actually, they were all for it," the blonde answered before turning to face him. "Remember, she came in illegally, and was apparently planning to do some sort of damage. We are a major organization in high standing in society. There had to be some sort of consequence."
"But ta experiment on some girl...."
"Don't make it sound like that. We didn't do anything that we thought would hurt her too badly."
"Ya didn't?" he asked, glancing away from his 'guide' towards the lithe looking girl floating in the tube.
"Of course not. Not only would it be a waste of resources, it'd be a terribly absurd thing to do. Why would we want to use things that we know wouldn't actually do anything useful for us? If we wanted to torture someone, there are easier ways."
"I guess so...."
Patting him on the shoulder, Doctor Akagi joined him in looking at his third slave. "As it is, she was a test subject for some things that we can't always try on slaves."
"Why not?"
"Simple. Most of them are free people who willingly contracted themselves as slaves, or fell into it through debt or life circumstances. But she is a criminal, so a punishment of a sort was needed."
"Well, there is that. But won't she go and do somethin' bad ta me?" the pigtailed boy asked, frowning slightly.
"She isn't that sort of a person, to be honest. If she was, then we wouldn't let her out. Besides, the enslavement process does make a new slave subservient to her owner."
"Does that mean that Rei...."
"Rei is a... special case," Ritsuko muttered, and rolled her eyes when he wasn't looking. "What she does for you is natural. No process needed."
"Oh. Wow. And that Maya gal?"
"It's the life that she knows, and she... thrives in it, so to speak."
"Gotcha," Ranma stated simply, looking up at the third girl who would belong to him. From what he could see, her muscle tone was certainly that of a martial artist, which was good, not that she was bad looking either. Even with her large forehead, she was really quite pretty, and might have a cute smile. Hopefully though, she'd not be having any major quirks of her own, as he didn't think that he'd want more.
Name: Sakura Haruno
Body Type: Natural born Japanese, athletic build
Role Type: Ninja, martial arts minion.
Major Skills: Ninjitsu, chakra/chi use, Melee weapons: kunai.
Adding:Desire to dress up. (Recently developed upgrade, Beta testing phase.)Note: Subject has been previously used in experiments as a test subject, raising the possibility that resulting effects could effect future performance.
Enhancement of errogenous zones/reactivity. (Recently developed upgrade, Beta testing phase)
Enhancement of healing factor. (Recently developed upgrade. Now standard option for martial artist and bodyguard role types.)
"So, ya are done with her, so I get her?" the teenager asked.
Ritsuko smirked at him. "Don't be so surprised. It's not as if we're just giving you our trash. This will be your personal ninja, who will be whatever you want her to be. Your messanger, your weapon, or even your 'knife in the dark'. We just don't need her with us anymore. It'd be too... troublesome for her and us to force ourselves to keep her when it'd be better to have her with you."
"Ya can't use her anymore?"
"Not really. Oh, I'm sure that some of the boys would love to have her programmed to make them coffee or run errands for them, but as a test subject, wearing her out isn't so good."
"That does sound kinda bad."
"Doesn't it?" the scientist airily asked. "That's especially true since we wouldn't want it to happen to other slaves. Selling slaves doesn't work if the slaves are like a carpet that's been walked over too many times. Given that we're working on ways to improve the processes for making slaves, messing up the end 'product' isn't in our best interest."
"So, ya decided ta give her ta me?"
"When she's still useful, yes. Now you can use her to your heart's delight, and she can survive it."
"Eh?" he grunted.
"Well, think about it. She's a young girl, and she belongs to you. A lot of guys would love to have a pretty member of the opposite sex a their beck and call."
"I'd like ta disagree, but...."
"Exactly."
With an overblown sniff, Ranma focused his attention on the supple form floating in front of him, twitching in her unconscious state, while:
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