CHAPTER 1
It starts off with Astro in the middle of a speed test after getting a new atomic fuel cell, in which he was told to "run as fast as you can" and he does - going 135 kilometres an hour and nearly blowing up the treadmill. A new character, Dr. Shimo, tells Astro that the fuel cell is good to go, but there were two brief moments where it stopped working when Astro exerted himself, so he needs to be careful.
Astro gets dismissed and goes to look for Uran (called Zoran in here), since he has a new idea for hide and seek:
She would have two minutes to find a hiding place and he would hunt with his hypervision. [...] Zoran was pretty good at that game. Throughout their games, she had learned to hide by using all the resources of their playing field. To hide her thermal imprint, she pressed against a radiator; to conceal visually, she based herself in flower boxes.
When he goes up to Zoran's study room, Nora is there, but says that Zoran never went to her lessons and had gone for an errand with Ochanomizu (O'Shay in this book.) But he's not in his office, and nowhere in the building, and not even Yuko recalls seeing him since the night before.
Astro goes down to the super-secure security office, and a guard inside checks the cameras to see where O'Shay is:
The intercom was silent for a few moments. Astro really starting to get worried about his sister and the professor.
The voice spoke again, more urgent:
Astro, we have a problem. I'll open the door for you.
And chapter end! I have a shift at work today, but after that, I'll be back and ready to translate chapter two!