257 – [5] Employment
#257
Next to the elevator on the first floor.
Someone standing hesitantly.
The tense expression on his face revealed that he had not been here many times.
He was a stranger or someone who had just come to Nartica.
I could have ignored it and passed it by, but next to her was a woman wearing sunglasses.
It felt like he was waiting to pass on the woman next to him, and from what I could see, he was waiting for me or Cheonma-ri.
I took a step back.
I approached them.
“…… Huh? Are you by any chance the Chief Hunter of Jiang Xian?”
“Yes, the Chairman said that someone would be waiting for us if we went to the first floor…” ….”
“Hello. “This is Seo Yu-min, the second director of the Human Resources Development Institute.”
We exchanged proper greetings.
She was a woman with no outward features.
A person you will forget when you turn around.
But the woman next to him…….
“What you asked me to do earlier has been completed.”
“A favor to do? Oh, no way.”
Blue eyes, dark blue long hair, looks like a foreigner.
And…… Cat ears and cat tail.
“I trained you well, cat.”
“Oh my.”
“He’s smarter than I thought, and he’s good at a lot of things, probably because he’s used to this job.”
At that time, the thief lost his master.
She also revealed that she was from the Yakuza.
Cat beastman.
Ayaka Kobayashi.
“Hello! “My name is Ayaka Kobayashi!”
This guy was hit by that cat at that time.
It changed from English to Korean, but there was no significant difference.
Wait a minute, no.
The language has changed, but how does it not feel different?
It’s been almost 3 months since we broke up, so how have you been teaching Korean?
It was not usually easy for adults to learn a second foreign language that was not their first language.
“Oh, you speak Korean too?”
“Yes, it was equipped with cyberware, so while I was replacing it, I also taught a new language.”
“It was equipped with cyberware?”
“The procedure was done in the cervical region to make it invisible.”
“Ah… ….”
It looks like language has literally been hammered into the brain.
Should I say I learned this or should I say I saved it?
Considering today’s technology, it would have been difficult to avoid problems.
It seemed like it had been successfully inserted.
“But there were no problems while teaching language or anything else, right?”
“There was nothing in particular. Well, I was able to endure it well because I had the will and a good head.”
Then I’m glad.
When I looked at Ayaka, she smiled brightly and commercially.
“I worked hard not to miss the second chance given to me.”
“But the way you speak… ….”
It was like that before, but it’s still a bit like that.
How can cyberware not do this?
If language can hit you on the head, what can you do with that way of speaking?
Did you not change it on purpose?
“The way he spoke seemed a little strange to us, so we tried to change it…… “It didn’t go well.”
“…… ? “Is it because you habitually use that way of speaking?”
“About half of the time, yes.”
“Half?”
Habitual yet not habitual.
What, is it an optional habit?
“What we found was that the firmware of the cervical vertebrae cyberware included parts related to speech.”
“Then I guess we can just push the firmware. Or replace the entire cyberware.”
“So I tried to do as you said, but…… “Perhaps it was an aftereffect of touching the brain, and even after the firmware was pushed out and the cyberware was replaced, some degree of speech remained.”
So, the way I speak now is a habit, but it was an artificial habit.
You poor guy got the wrong job and ended up speaking like that.
“That’s right, but compared to before, it has decreased to some extent now.”
I see.
I don’t know if this has decreased or remains the same.
“If Chief Hunter Kang Xian wants, I can at least perform surgery to eliminate the way he speaks.”
Surgery is possible.
I wish I had done it earlier, but I felt unsure about doing so.
“Soo, surgery? Well, that’s…… !”
The person concerned also seemed to have a strong sense of rejection.
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It was as if he was facing a terrible surgery with a deadline.
“Um…… “I don’t know what the surgery in question is, but is there a reason you didn’t have it?”
“Yes, it is a surgery where the frontal lobe is pierced with a stick…… It was a bit inevitable.”
“Ah.”
Pre-modern dynamic physical therapy.
Why on earth is this surgical method still available?
“Is this modern medicine? No matter how I look at it, I don’t think that will cure it.”
“According to the doctor, many of the side effects of cyberware and mental magic can be resolved by shocking the frontal lobe.”
What kind of machine are people?
If you hit it a few times, it will work properly.
“It may be presumptuous to say this, but ‘tightening a person’s head so that they cannot speak forever’ does not seem to be a treatment for speech at all.”
“…… I think so too. That’s why we didn’t proceed that far.”
Not only the cyberware side effects, but also the mental magic side effects were treated with this.
It was clear that the person who created this treatment was insane.
What is the UN doing by not putting the guy who created this in a camp for violating human rights? No, is it already included?
Anyway, I felt like I had to be careful not to fall prey to mental magic in the future.
“For now, let’s assume there is no frontal lobe surgery. “You can’t turn people into idiots by trying to change their way of speaking.”
I hated having my precious frontal lobe invaded.
Of course, I also didn’t like seeing other people’s frontal lobes turned into sticks.
“Is there no other way than that?”
“One last option is to drink TS potion.”
“…… “I think it would be better just now.”
Still, the cat beast is nothing more than a thief.
Giving such a person TS potion to correct his speaking style was an excessive punishment compared to the crime.
I shook my head.
Then, a thousand birds started staring at him.
“That’s right, it’s several times better now than having a medical accident for no reason.”
Oh my god.
I would never have thought that someone who loves punishment more than anyone else would say something like that.
Tomorrow the sun will rise in the west.
Soon, Cheonma-ri started stroking the guy’s head.
“Moreover, the way he speaks is quite cute. “I wish he would leave his speaking style the same.”
It’s not like surgery, it’s like saying not to do any additional education.
It’s not like it’s a request I can’t grant, but that guy was a member of Nartica in the first place.
“Isn’t he from Nartica? Then you can do whatever you want. “Why do you even bother asking?”
No matter what I said, there were a thousand of them.
But Director Seo Yu-min shook his head as if it was not true.
“I’m sorry, but this guy is not an employee of Nartica. “We just provided training at Nartica.”
“…… He was not part of Nartica, but he taught it? “Then isn’t he just throwing his money into the air?”
I even did cyberware maintenance and made a sloppy kid happy.
He is not an ordinary employee of Nartica, so does that mean he is a freelancer?
“Uh…… ? If you think about it, you can see it that way…….”
“I will do it?”
Director Seo Yu-min winked at Ayaka.
It was a suspicious signal.
“Hmm, I received training at Nartica in the first place to repay the Chief Hunter’s kindness.”
“Huh?”
“Therefore, I can say that I am not a member of Nartica but am assisting Chief Hunter Kang Xian and am waiting for one-person employment.”
What does this mean?
What kind of nonsense is it that he is assisting me?
“I have never requested or allowed anything like that.”
“Yes? When the Chief Hunter entrusted Ayaka to us, didn’t you ask us to train her so she could be put to use?”
“That’s right, Nyang! Moreover, you even agreed to work hard to repay the favor.”
I have never done that.
Furthermore, how can those words lead to him assisting me?
“I said that? I don’t remember. Even if that were the case, it doesn’t at all lead to you assisting me.”
“…… ? Oh no. Then the reason you entrusted Ayaka to us is… ….”
“I just sent it to Nartica to put it to good use. “I didn’t send it for you to use.”
Why do I need a secretary?
In the first place, you can handle the work by yourself and ask Cheonma-ri’s attendants for anything that seems a bit complicated.
“Hai go…” ….”
“Well, what happens to me then…?” … ? I’ve already received training on various things about cyberware…….”
I see.
I was thinking that I would become a regular employee of Nartica, but that doesn’t seem to be the case.
I received free education, but there is no one who can use it.
It was an absurd reality created by a mistake in communication.
“I didn’t know it would be like this.”
“I didn’t know it would be like this either. No, somehow I felt like the education was going on without much discussion.”
But even if I regretted it, it was already too late.
One person had received proper secretary/attendant training.
It was too vague to throw this away.
The resources invested were a waste, and other employees were concerned about holding on to it pointlessly.
“Oh. Jiang Shi, you’re not going to take this guy?”
“Is there anything I can take you with?” Anyway, my job is mine…….”
“Then I’m taking him with me?”
He pointed at Ayaka as if he liked a thousand horses.
She soon walked up to Ayaka and started playing with her cat’s ears, which were hanging on her head.
Her delicate yet rough touch was like touching her toy.
Ayaka was already frozen, but she froze even more.
She must be a burden because she is the granddaughter of an infinitely high person.
She will face a future that is completely different from the future she expected.
“That, that, that…” … Wow, thank you…….”
“Hey, you’re cute.”
Should I keep this?
I don’t think it would normally eat people due to its nature.
I could have seen someone get ruined for no reason.
Considering that part of Nartica Temple has become strange because of one thousand birds…….
I quickly took out my phone and checked my bank balance.
There was some money.
Employment itself was not impossible.
But if that’s the case, what on earth should I ask them to do?
“Hey, wait a minute. “I’ll just take him with me.”
You can think about it little by little.
If you don’t think it’s possible, just ask them to do the annoying laundry for you.
“Huh? “They said they wouldn’t take me.”
“I changed my mind. “Now that I think about it, I think I might need it.”
“What, am I putting spit on the secretary who bid the highest?”
“I didn’t want to, but I applied the needle first, right?”
But Cheonma-ri was not willing to give up Ayaka.
At a time like this, there was only one thing that could make a deal with that businessman.
“If you give up on him now, I’ll go to the baseball field with you soon.”
“Ha!”
I snorted.
He smiled bitterly, as if it was absurd.
“Do you think I’ll hand over my new secretary, our Ayaka, like that?”
“Yes.”
“He is a person raised by our company. Do you think he will hand it over to you for free?”
“Yes.”
“Do you think I’ll lightly hand over my new secretary just because you’re my childhood friend?”
“Uh.”
“Teacher, you know me very well. So when should we schedule it? “I think this is a more serious issue than the destruction of the world.”
That’s right.
How could you just ignore this?
The bait was very successful.
Cheonma-ri changed her attitude at an unbelievable speed.
“Nyan? What?”
I pushed Ayaka slightly in this direction.
That’s how Ayaka came to stand next to me.
De facto confirmation of employment.
But now that wasn’t important anymore.
There is only one important thing now.
It was neither a hunter nor a world tree, but a sport played by a small ball.
“I think the sooner the better. “Considering that the performance in the first half of this year was quite good, we will definitely play fall baseball this time”
Anyway, it worked.
I don’t know how to use it, but a secretary that didn’t even exist in Palja has been created.
“I never thought Kang-si would ask me to go watch baseball with him. “This is a clear sign that the sun is rising in the west and that the Eagles will win.”
A low voice comes out.
Of course, it seemed like that guy’s personality would still be the same.
Ah, yes.
When I return to the academy later, I will tell Cheonma-ri to stop playing baseball and keep an eye on her so she can focus on work.