Game Start

It's only five o'clock, the sky is already dawning, the mist of the dark night has gradually dissipated. The sun slowly rose, the city also woke up.

On the asphalt roads that were still wet from the rain from last night, the first rays of sunlight touched the ground, causing the road surface to quickly dry again. The noisy and disturbing cicadas woke up the whole city. Everyone wakes up and prepares for the morning.

Mihohara Mito has just started her summer vacation, she decide to sleep more than usual. If it were normal, she would have to wake up very early to go to school. It's been a while since Mito had a chance to sleep in without being disturbed by the loud alarm bell.

Normally, when her older brother reminds her, Mito know how to limit her laziness, but because her brother is currently on a business trip away from home, Mito have the opportunity to have fun and sleep a lot without worrying about being disciplined.

It wasn't until nearly noon that Mito finally left the bed. After brushing her teeth, Mito trudged into the kitchen. She took the box of food from the refrigerator to warm it up to eat, then she sat on the sofa and turned on her phone to see if there was anything new.

As soon as Mito unlock the screen, her attention is immediately attracted by an unfamiliar application located in the corner of the screen.

It is an application with an icon of a black high-rise building with a white background, and below there is a line of text, which is the name of the application —『Business Simulator』.

... What the hell is this?

Mito remember that she haven't downloaded anything lately. Even though Mito like playing games, most of the games she play use a controller. The number of mobile games she've played is so small that one hand is enough to count them all.

So where did this application come from? Virus?

Mito raised her eyebrows in confusion.

Without thinking much, she decided to delete the app.

Then, something extremely miraculous happened.

No matter how many times Mito press delete, that application still does not disappear. Five minutes later, that app is still sitting above her mobile contacts, unmoving.

People from all over the world come here to see, there is a haunted app here!

Mito threw her phone on the sofa, then backed away a few meters away from it, her expression looking wary as if the phone could turn into a monster at any moment and tear her apart.

After waiting for nearly five minutes and still nothing happened, Mito slowly approached, using her fingertips to carefully flick her cell phone.

The monster in her imagination has not appeared.

... Maybe it's just a promotional trick from the game company. I should stop watching too many horror movies.

Mito smacked her lips and consoled herself, thinking as she pick up her phone to explore more about the strange app.

If she is a normal person, her reaction right now is probably to panic, speculate that her cell phone has been hacked, then frantically look for help.

The problem here is... Mito don't belong to the category of "normal person". Simply put, she is the type of person who can still maintain a calm expression even if a mountain falls right before her eyes. People often say that she probably lack a few nerves in her head, so sometimes her reactions are quite different from other people's.

For example, right now, Mito should be scared, but she was just a little confused, then she wasn't scared at all but curiously clicked on the app to check.

Turns out it was a game. After Mito open the app, her phone screen goes black, three seconds later, a few lines of white introductory text appear on the screen.

...【Do you want to build your own company? Do you want to enjoy the fun of doing business?】...

This is... a business simulation game?

Mito have played some similar games such as farm business, hotels, etc. At first, she was very patient in building her business in the game, but when she reach a certain level, Mito will gradually lose the initial interest, because repeating the same job over and over again is really boring, moreover, she have also achieved achievements in the game. In her eyes, the game is no longer challenging, so Mito decided to quit the game.

Play for a while then quit, after repeating that process a few times, Mito have ended her interest in business games.

Mito assumed this game would be the same, so she wouldn't be foolish enough to waste her time playing it.

But as if the game knew what she was thinking, a new line of text suddenly appeared on the screen.

...【The game is created with the most advanced technology today. In this game, you will experience the extremely realistic feeling of building a career! Lovely graphics, interesting plot, characters with very diverse personalities and pasts, and there will be random events to challenge players. What are you waiting for? Start playing now!】...

Extremely realistic experience? Unexpected event?

Even though Mito know there's a high possibility that this is just a PR trick by the publisher, she still feel a bit curious.

If this wasn't just a boring stereotypical business game... Mito frowned, thinking she could consider it a bit.

After all, it's summer vacation… Mito think, she should have something to entertain herself with.

Mito couldn't hold back her sigh, she knew she had been successfully seduced by the publisher.

Just an opening paragraph of the game and the publisher has successfully made Mito feel excited, even if she still don't know the details about the game.

Mito sit up straight and tap the screen to turn off the intro.

After the introduction, a long line of terms and conditions of the game appears.

...【1. The game is real, so once the game is over, you will have to start from the beginning, please play very carefully....

...2. The game has a very high degree of freedom, all possibilities can happen, please be cautious....

......】...

Without reading the third term, Mito immediately click on the word "Agree" in the lower right corner, she hardly hesitate for even a second. Normally, no one has the patience to read all the cumbersome terms of the game, she is no exception.

Next, a piece of parchment appears on the screen, a letter written in black ink, the content is roughly informing Mito that she have inherited a plot of land. At the bottom of the letter are two spaces, on the right write【Portrait】, on the left write【Name】.

Mito chose a frontal photo of herself as her portrait, then she filled in her name in the blank box. As soon as she pressed "confirm", the parchment curled up and disappeared into nothingness, her portrait and name appeared in the upper left corner of the screen. The screen went black for a few seconds, then before Mito's eyes appeared a rather dilapidated three-story house. The information written above the house tells Mito that it is located on Hizume Street in the center of Yabunaka, a fictional district within the Greater Tokyo Area.

Next to the house stood a four-legged beast, it looked like a cross between a fox and a cat. Its fluffy fur is pink, its ears are quite long, one of its left ears has a cherry blossom-shaped earring, its long tail is decorated with a red ribbon, its ruby eyes are big and adorable.

Mito know this must be the NPC that guides her at the beginning of the game, so she patiently wait for it to speak, but she waited for a while and still don't see the NPC say anything or even move, so Mito took the initiative to gently poke the NPC's head. At this point, it was as if the "start" button was pressed, it began to introduce itself.

"Hello, Boss! I'm Momoemon, a familiar, or you can think of me as your assistant. I will help you build a unique company!" It spoke in a sweet and lively voice. Through its voice, Mito could determine that it was male.

"... Doraemon?" Mito mumbled, the name "Momoemon" unconsciously made she think of a blue robotic cat with a four-dimensional pocket.

"It's Momoemon, not Doraemon!" Hearing that, the familiar immediately bristled as if his tail was stepped on. Seemed that his name was mistakenly heard as "Doraemon" quite often, so he paid close attention to this matter.

Seeing Momoemon respond correctly to her statement, Mito blinked in shock.

"Wait, how can you talk to me? Are you controlled by a real person?" Mito curiously poked the familiar again, then was surprised to discover that Momoemon actually leaned away from her finger, as if he could really see and feel her touch.

"No no no, I am super artificial intelligence." Momoemon shook his head slightly, denying her guess, "Isn't it clearly stated in the terms that this game is real?"

Mito unconsciously averted her eyes, Momoemon immediately understood, he smacked his lips, "You didn't read it carefully, right?"

"Who's bored enough to read all that?" Mito rolled her eyes, "I just skimmed through it and I'm sure it must have at least twenty terms."

Momoemon opened his mouth as if he wanted to argue, but in the end, he decided to ignore it. After all, as long as he was here, if Mito didn't understand anything, she could ask him.

"You can simply understand that... Every character in this game, even me, can interact to you like a real person, we all have emotions and thoughts. Even though I'm an AI, you can treat me like a living creature." Momoemon squatted on the ground, using one paw to pat his chest boastfully, "So, if you have any questions, feel free to asked me!"

Mito widened her eyes, "Really?"

Mito have played many games of all genres. Although she don't dare claim to be very knowledgeable about games, she still have a certain amount of understanding. Mito have never played any game with such high realism that all characters, including NPCs, can respond to the player just like real people.

Her interest is piqued, Mito take a pillow from the sofa to put it under her arms to make it more comfortable, then continue playing the game.

"So..." The first time Mito talked to the AI, she couldn't help but feel a little awkward, but because Momoemon responded to her like a conscious living creature, she felt much less awkward.

"Can you introduce the game?"

"Of course, it's my duty!" Momoemon's tail swished as he spoke.

Mito saw him raise one front leg towards the house next to him, "This is the company's preliminary design. You can zoom in to see details or zoom out to see the entire company."

Mito follow Momoemon's instructions and click on the house, surprised to discover that she can see detailed structural details inside, including information about each object in the house.

Mito pressed on a corner of the ceiling and saw a small text appear on the screen.

...【Spider web: Not harmful, but affects aesthetics, players are encouraged to clean it up】...

Mito, "..."

This much detail?

Mito excitedly turned around, then... Her facial expression could only be described as "overwhelmed disappointment".

What catches her eye are moldy walls, peeling wall paint, flashing electric lights, broken windows, corners of the room filled with cardboard boxes containing miscellaneous items, and the ceiling covered with cobwebs and dust.

This place looks damp and dilapidated, like a haunted house in an old horror movie.

"Why does it look dirtier than the landfill near my house?" Mito wrinkle her nose in disapproval. Luckily this is only a 2D game, if the graphics looked exactly like reality, the shabbiness would have multiplied tenfold.

"Ahem!"

Hearing Mito disparage the "company" like that, Momoemon felt embarrassed. He kept clearing his throat and coughing as if he wanted to expel both lungs. Mito can even clearly see a drop of cold sweat running down his forehead. Maybe he can't think of any reasonable reason to refute, because what she said is not wrong.

If Mito compare this place to a homeless person's shelter, the homeless person will feel insulted by her.

"Err — That's because... No one has lived in this place for a long time, and it hasn't been repaired regularly, s-so it's understandable that it looks so shabby." Momoemon explained with a weak voice.

Seeing Mito’s face increasingly wrinkled, knowing that she was disappointed, Momoemon fell into panic, he was very afraid that Mito would lose interest and quit playing the game, so he quickly said, "B-But Boss, don't discouraged! I believe that under your guidance, it is only a matter of time before our company becomes the world's leading company!"

"Being on top of the world sounds a bit far-fetched..."

Seeing Momoemon so worried, Mito sighed, reluctantly giving this game another chance.

She pointed at the screen, "Is there any way to fix this place? If a company looks as damp and small as a mouse hole like this, who would dare apply for a job?"

"Yes, there is a way!" Momoemon reassured Mito, he had finally found a way to pique her interest.

On the screen, the familiar pointed one paw above his head, and on him appeared the symbol of a hammer and a shovel crossed over each other.

"You can proceed with the construction, cleaning and redecorating of the company as you wish."

After Mito click on the icon, the game interface immediately changes. At this time, the game system informs Mito that she can freely use in-game gold to buy furniture and build additional areas in the company. From kitchens, restrooms, canteens, dormitories... to sundries such as wall paintings, ceiling lights, ornamental plants... The number and variety of designs are no different from real life, making you gasp in shock.

Mito immediately find this game interesting again, she is so engrossed in decorating the company that she forget to pay attention to the time. Mito even feel like when she decorated her bedroom in real life, she didn't pay half as much attention as she do now.

Mito comes from a wealthy family, in real life, she is known as a very liberal person, in the game, of course, it is no different. The furniture she buy must be the most expensive in the store, sofas, chairs, desks, computers,... all must be the best! Even the two decorative statues placed at the entrance are expensive works of art.

Mito didn't need anyone to teach her how to improve her company's architecture. Mito clicked the plus sign in the lower right corner, and within just a few dozen seconds, she had built a few dozen more floors. Mito then carefully divided which area was the working area, which area was the rest area, entertainment area, canteen, file storage area, staff dormitory,...

Seeing that she is passionately buying more furniture, not only does she show no signs of wanting to stop, but she also buy more and more enthusiastically, Momoemon smelled the smell of bankruptcy. He shouted loudly in panic, stopping her from continuing to throw money out the window.

"Boss, Boss! Stop it for now, the amount of money in your account has been reduced by more than half!"

Once Mito heard that, she temporarily stopped buying things. She looked at the corner of the screen and noticed that the 10 billion Gold startup money that the system provided her had long disappeared, currently only about 3 billion Gold remained.

Coming from a prestigious family, Mito still don't realize the severity of the problem.

"Isn't money meant to be spent?" Mito replied with a poker face.

She even seemed confused when Momoemon stopped her from continuing to spend money.

... Isn't this a classic statement of the rich? Momoemon choked on his words.

"T-That's true, but you also have to spend money on recruiting employees, then distributing salaries, advertising the company, exchanging goods,..." Momoemon explained.

"Advertising? Is this game that realistic?" Mito was increasingly surprised by this game.

"I already told you, this game is real, so you need to set your own salary and preferential policies of the company, then you only need to pay a certain amount every month, the system will help you advertise your company on social networking platforms, NPCs may be attracted and apply for jobs. Regarding interviewing and selecting employees, the system will take care of it itself."

"What else can the system do?" Mito asked curiously.

"Basically, you can pre-install everything and let the system do most of the work for you, like importing goods or exchanging goods. When you're offline, the system will manage it for you. Even so, you still hold the greatest power." Momoemon spoke briskly, "But I still encourage you to regularly review the company's development process yourself and not rely entirely on the system."

Momoemon also had a personal reason for saying that, he was secretly worried that Mito would throw all her work to the system and quickly find this game boring.

"Because you know... The system is a low-level AI, not like me, so it will only work mechanically, that's why it cannot intervene in areas that affect the company's development. For example, human resource management. If workers work hard, you can consider increasing wages and promoting them. On the contrary, if workers are lazy or work too slackly, you can arbitrarily demote or fire workers. You can do everything because you are the Big Boss, but the system does not have that right, it can only approve job applications and accept more employees."

That's exactly the problem Mito was worried about. If the system has as much power as her, then this game doesn't need players to play anymore, they just need to throw all the work for the system to do. But fortunately, in this game, the player is still the one who holds an important and irreplaceable position, and the system can only do a few simple things.

Mito felt this game was very promising.

In real life, because Mito is the youngest child, she is not responsible for managing the family business, her older brother is the official heir. Mito felt lucky because she didn't like managing the family fortune, she wasn't interested, but Mito couldn't deny that she was also quite curious about what it would be like to be the head of a large company.

This game can meet her needs, moreover because it is just a game, so she don't have any psychological pressure.

Thinking about it, Mito decided to continue playing this game.

After Mito had built fifty floors, decorated all the work areas and the cafeteria, she temporarily stop, not because she ran out of money, but because Momoemon cried so pitifully. Mito really didn't want her ears to continue being tortured by the ear-splitting crying, so she decided to stop.

From the outside, Mito’s company has completely transformed. From a dilapidated abandoned house, it has become a brightly decorated high-rise building.

Next is the naming stage.

Mito rubbed her chin as she watched the familiar parchment appear on the screen. After ten seconds of contemplation and consideration, she decisively enter a name in the blank box — Kirahoshi (1) Fresh Flower Company.

^^^《(1) Kira (ギラ) is part of the word "kirakira" which means "glittering" or "shining". Hoshi (星) means "star". So this name can be literally translated as "glittering star" or "shining star".》^^^

"..." Momoemon silently stared at the name written on the parchment for a minute, then he tried to advise Mito to change to another name that sounded cooler, but no matter what Momoemon said, Mito still insisted on using this name.

"My company must have a unique name!" Mito declare eloquently.

In the end, this childish name was assigned to the top of the building.

...【Please set the worker's basic salary.】...

Mito tilted your head, "What is the normal salary?"

"100 Gold coins is the normal salary. You can set the salary as much as you like, but please note that a high or low salary can affect the employee's work attitude."

It's reasonable. If Mito pay too low and workers have to work hard non-stop, they will quickly become bored and lose motivation, eventually working more and more slackly and may even resign.

It may sound a bit extreme, but Momoemon has confirmed to Mito that this can happen. Because the level of realism in this game is very high, even NPCs will feel dissatisfied with being exploited for their labor.

"100 Gold coins? Looks like I have to adjust the salary accordingly." Mito mumbled, then frowned as if in deep thought.

Momoemon interpreted Mito’s statement to mean that she criticized the salary of 100 Gold coins as a heavy loss, so he nodded, "I understand what you mean, Boss, I will help you reduce the salary..."

Mito interrupted him by lightly clapping her hands together, "Then increase it to 500 Gold coins per person!"

"Understood... Wait a second, 500 Gold coins? 500?" Momoemon gasped, then he stammered, "Slow down, Boss! 500 Gold per worker? Are you serious?"

Momoemon suspected that he heard wrong, because the number was too large.

"You heard right. Furthermore, I want to add to the advertisement, I will let each new employee receive half a month's salary in advance, the company will provide accommodation and necessities. Oh! And remember to clearly state that each year the company will organize several events on major holidays for employees to relax, along with preferential policies..."

"But!" Mito held up a finger, a cruel smile slowly bloomed on her face, "On the condition that every employee works a full week!"

Mito chuckled evilly as she rubbed her hands, "First, I will use high salaries to attract them to apply for jobs, then provide accommodation and food, so they will be moved and volunteer to sell their lives for the company. I will take advantage of people's greed for money to turn all employees in the company into Shachiku (2). This is the profit, not a loss!"

^^^《(2) Shachiku (社畜) is a term used for office workers in Japan. This word appeared in the 1990s and gradually became famous in Japan, then spread to other countries in East Asia. ^^^

^^^Shachiku means corporate slave/wage slave (wagie). Sha (社) is from Kaisha (會社) and it means "corporate", "club" or "group", chiku (畜) is from Kachiku (家畜) and it means "domestic animal" or "cattle".^^^

^^^Shachiku is a word used to mock people who, for the sake of the company, put aside their own dignity.^^^

^^^Shachiku is domesticated. They work a lot and prioritize company than their private. They looks like living for company, they just work from morning to midnight.^^^

^^^They sometimes satirically call themselves "kaisha no inu" (会社の犬), "company dogs".》^^^

"..." Momoemon took a deep breath, his eyes looking at Mito were filled with admiration.

"As expected of a Big Boss, such a cruel capitalist... Ahem! I mean... You are truly a talented, wise, farsighted Boss!" Momoemon quickly cleared his throat.

"So let me set the salary and preferential policies, then advertise the company on social networks. Do you want to recruit workers right now?"

Mito nodded, and Momoemon immediately got to work. The words【Recruiting employees...】appeared on the screen.

The time in the game is identical to real time, so each employee recruitment will take a long time to complete, because the recruitment process is exactly the same as in real life, including CV submission, interview, screening, etc... Luckily, the system would complete all of this work for Mito so she didn't have to do it herself.

Obviously, Mito won't sit still and wait, the game has a time acceleration function, so she didn't hesitate to choose "x 2 speed". In a flash, several days have passed in the game and the recruitment process has ended.

"The first round of recruitment has been completed. The system has based on each character's stats and arranged them into appropriate positions, but you can freely change the position of each employee."

Mito went into the company to take a look and saw about twenty employees inside the building. Some are walking around in their free time, some are hunched over writing something in the office, some are sitting in front of the computer and focusing on typing.

Momoemon introduced each function of the game, "You can click on each employee to see their status."

Mito randomly clicked on a character sitting in front of the computer, on top of the character's head were two squares that said【special stats】and【status】. The【special stats】is gray, proving that it is currently not unlocked, probably because her level is currently too low.

Mito clicked to see【status】, then a long list appeared before her eyes.

...【Name】: Fujiwara Hiro....

...【Gender】: Male....

...【Age】: 25....

...【Birthday】: October 7....

...【Height】: 176 cm....

...【Weight】: 68 kg....

...【Resume】: ... (locked)...

...【Current status】: Hard working....

...【Working efficiency】: 100%....

...【Personal stats】: Intelligence B, physical strength D, fighting skills E, social skills C, charm E, reasoning D, knowledge D (maximum index is S)...

...【Special ability】: None....

...【Mental state】: Gratitude, joy, excitement — [Just got hired and received half a month's salary in advance... Boss, you are my life-saver! Without you, I would have had to sleep under the bridge tonight!]...

...【Physiological state】: Hunger 5 (stable), thirst 10 (stable), fatigue 20 (still able to work), health 100 (healthy),......

"... Too real!" Mito really wanted to express her praise to the game developer.

Even small things like hunger, thirst and fatigue are clearly recorded.

"Because this game is real!" Momoemon said proudly. Mito has gradually gotten used to Momoemon boasting about the game.

"Currently, all workers are working very hard, even if you don't command them, they will still work automatically, but to avoid the situation where you go offline, employees will take the opportunity to be lazy, you can choose a person to be a manager to supervise and command employees to work on your behalf."

Of course Mito can't supervise employees forever, so she follow Momoemon's advice and promote Fujiwara Hiro to manager, then she adjust the company's main product on the advertising page to be wedding flowers.

After the installation is complete, Mito press x 2 speed, lie down on the sofa with peace of mind and turn on the TV to watch movies.

Who would have thought that in the afternoon, when Mito just logged into the game, she would receive shocking news from the system.

...【Your company has gone bankrupt!】...

"... What?"

Looking at the blood-red text on the screen, her mouth opened as wide as if it could fit a chicken egg. Mito felt as shocked as if she had just learned that the Earth is square.

When Mito regained her composure, she kept poking at the screen, angrily calling out, "Momoemon, where are you? Come here right now!"

Momoemon fearfully poked his head out from the corner of the screen, "I-I'm here, Boss..."

Mito pointed to the notification, "What does this mean? How come it's only been a few hours and my company has gone bankrupt?"

Momoemon sighed, his expression looking gloomy. As an NPC leading the way, it's also very painful. The player's company going bankrupt so early is no different from a slap in the face, as evidence of his failure to guide the player to develop the company.

"It's only been a few hours to you, but almost a month has passed in the game. You already turned on x2 speed mode, have you forgotten?"

"Even so, the company went bankrupt too quickly!"

"Because the company only sells wedding flowers. For almost a month, the company only sells the same thing over and over again... How many weddings do you think will be held in Yabunaka each month?" Momoemon said. He really wanted to hold his head and lament.

Momoemon witnessed with his own eyes that Mito’s company was heading towards destruction. Even though his heart was in pain, he couldn't do anything. He is just an NPC responsible for answering players' questions, so he has no ability to influence things in the game. He can't even help Mito sweep the floor, let alone manage the company.

"... Wait, haven't I given the company to someone else to manage for me? Even if he is a fool, he should at least know how to change the products he sells, right? Surely it's because the manager! Where's Fujiwara Hiro?" Mito gritted your teeth in frustration as she clicked on the building, entering the manager's name into the character search bar to locate him.

Mito originally intended to find Hiro to reprimand him, but who would have thought that when she used the location function, she found Hiro on the top floor of the building, which was also her private office.

Mito didn't know why Hiro came to her office. Could it be that he realized that he was doing a bad job so he voluntarily came here to submit his resignation?

However, when Mito zoomed in, she was shocked to discover... Hiro was quietly stuffing valuables in the office into a sack, then he gingerly dragging the sack toward the stairs, trying to escape.

Mito, "..."

Momoemon, "..."

Momoemon faltered, "He is... He is..."

Mito calmly interrupted him, "Where are the other employees?"

Momoemon hesitated for a moment. He looked at Mito’s face with fear. Even though she was smiling brightly, Momoemon had the feeling that if he dared to say a lie, Mito would immediately exit the game.

Momoemon knew he shouldn't hide it now, but should openly declare it.

He fearfully replied, "Almost all of them have resigned and applied for jobs elsewhere. Currently, the company still has about... about..."

"Tell me, don't be afraid. How many employees are left in the company?" Mito smiled gently.

Momoemon hid behind the pillar as if afraid Mito would hit him after knowing the answer.

"About... Ehm... Six people, Boss."

"..."

Mito suddenly have the urge to smash the phone.

Perhaps this game felt that the news of the company's bankruptcy was not shocking enough for her, so it also prepared a finishing blow behind it.

The newly established company collapsed after a month, most of the employees quit, the manager betrayed, this game is so disappointing!

Momoemon felt embarrassed and tried to explain to calm Mito’s anger down, but he realized that it only made the situation sound worse, "Because the game is real, so when the company goes bankrupt, of course the employees won't stay."

"I understand the employee resigning, but what about this guy..." Mito pointed at the chibi character on the screen, who was smiling greedily as he stuffed valuables into a sack.

Damn it! The more she looked at him, the angrier she got! This bastard clearly felt that the company was hopeless so he decided to betray! Moreover, he also intended to steal the company's goods.

Does he know how much effort she spent choosing those items?

Mito was so angry that she burst out laughing, she felt like her efforts to build the company had been trampled on. She was about to ask Momoemon if there was a way to teach Hiro a lesson, when the system chose the right moment to pop up a notification.

...【Warning: Your worker shows signs of betrayal, please handle it promptly!】...

"… Handle?"

How to handle him? Report to the police? How to use the phone in game anyway...

Mito squinted her eyes to follow Hiro. Suddenly, she stretched out a finger and swiped it across Hiro's leg.

Effective! Her eyes lit up when she saw Hiro fall down the stairs as if someone had pushed him down, the sack slipped from his hand, causing many precious objects to scatter all over the ground.

It turns out players can even interact directly with characters in the game, this is exactly what Mito need!

Mito smiled evilly as she reached out a finger to grab Hiro's collar, then she lifted him up and tried to slam him into the wall next to him as if she was tossing a rag doll.

"Do you dare to betray the company? Do you dare to steal the company's things? Die die die!" Mito threw him away while cursing aggressively.

Every time Mito swung the chibi character in the game towards the wall, the game emitted extremely realistic sound effects, proving that every time she threw him, she caused huge damage, even though she actually just gently moved her finger back and forth across the phone screen.

When Hiro was suddenly knocked down by an invisible force, above the chibi character's head, a speech ballon with a question mark and exclamation mark popped out, expressing the character's terror and confusion. When he was dragged through the air by Mito, he panicked and struggled, but of course, he couldn't escape Mito’s finger.

After being thrown against the wall several times by her, Hiro finally passed out. Seeing him suddenly lying still, Mito confusedly shook his collar a few times.

His eyes have turned into circular swirls, and the speech ballon above his head also appears as a spiral, showing that he is dizzy. The character's face is covered in blood, but because the game is drawn in chibi format, it looks like tomato sauce, not scary at all.

"... Ha!" Mito lost interest and threw Hiro to the floor, then she pressed the button to fire Fujiwara Hiro, the character Hiro immediately disappeared from his original position with a system text appearing, notifying Mito that he has been fired.

Mito quickly dismissed Hiro from her thoughts, because according to her, stupid people weren't worthy of her attention.

She looked at the sack full of valuables lying on the ground and sighed, "Momoemon, is there any way to return all of these things to their original places?"

Momoemon quietly crouched in a corner and watched Mito punish Fujiwara Hiro. When he heard she call his name, he jumped like an animal targeted by a hunter, then he nodded rapidly.

"Y-Yes, Boss, you just need to press the clean button, the system will automatically return everything to its original position."

"Why are you so afraid?" Mito raised an eyebrow when she saw Momoemon's head covered in cold sweat.

"... I just feel scared by your cruelty." Momoemon lowered his head and answered honestly.

"?" Mito was confused.

Cruel? She just threw Fujiwara Hiro against the wall a few times.

Mito is completely unaware that her perspective and the perspective of the characters in the game are completely different.

From her perspective, this game is drawn in 2D, all characters look small, with big eyes, short arms and legs, so even if they have a scary face, she still find them adorable.

Furthermore, because it's a 2D graphic game, the fight scenes are simplified, the blood looks like tomato sauce, and the wounds look like they were painted on. Everything doesn't look scary at all.

But for Momoemon, the blood is all real blood, the wound is also real, so in his eyes, just now Mito beat Fujiwara Hiro nearly to death.

Mito temporarily put this matter behind her head and click on the broom icon that appears on the screen, the sack and objects on the ground immediately disappear into thin air, she know everything has been returned to its original position.

Fortunately, there is a system to help her, Mito don't want to do the cleaning work herself.

Mito rubbed her chin thoughtfully, she was about to think of a way to revive the bankrupt company, but when she glanced towards a corner of the screen, she suddenly discovered a group of characters hiding behind a wall. They stared at the position where Fujiwara Hiro had just been lying. They were all trembling in fear, their faces as white as chalk, some of them were so scared that they were in tears, they looked terrified as if they had just seen a ghost in broad daylight.

At the same time, system notifications continuously appear on the screen.

...【Awe + 20】...

...【Loyalty + 20】...

...【Awe + 10】...

...【Loyalty + 20】...

...【Affection - 20】...

...【Affection - 30】...

...【Affection - 20】...

.........

"Congratulations, Boss! Just now when you punished Fujiwara Hiro, your employees all saw it. They realized how scary you are, so no one dares to despise you anymore! Their loyalty also increases, the rate of betrayal will decrease with their loyalty." Momoemon was overjoyed.

"What is the use of these things?" Mito pointed to the system notification that kept popping up, "And why did the affection decrease?"

Momoemon cleared his throat, "Maybe... Because you scared them, and you gave the impression of being a violent person?"

Mito, "..."

...----------------...

Suddenly one day, in the center of Yabunaka district, a fresh flower distribution company named Kirahoshi appeared.

Many people flock to apply for jobs at this company. Although the company's admission requirements are extremely strict, because of high salaries, many people still urge each other to apply for jobs.

Not only are the salaries surprisingly high, when they first start work, employees will immediately receive half a month's salary, and the director also provides accommodation and foods, completely free of charge. Kirahoshi Company in the eyes of the communes is nothing more than a life buoy they come across when they are about to drown. No one regrets applying for a job at this company.

There is only one problem that makes everyone confused, that is that all employees have never had the opportunity to meet the director, they don't even know whether the director is male or female, how old they are, or what their name is.

Furthermore, this company also has many strange points, most worth mentioning is its development direction. The director has never appeared, so the entire company has been assigned to management. The director doesn't seem to care where this company will go.

There is no self-directed director, and the manager is someone without strategic vision, everyone had predicted the company's fate, but they did not expect that after just one month, this company would go to the brink of bankruptcy!

Because they only sold wedding flowers for a whole month, they were not able to compete with rival companies, and the management also made some wrong decisions, leading to heavy losses for the company.

A promising new company in the blink of an eye went bankrupt.

All employees were disappointed and began to consider looking for a new job. They did not have much pressure to resign, because even when the company was about to collapse, their director still did not show up.

Many people left, only a few employees remained, hoping that a miracle would happen, but gradually, watching things get worse and worse, their ray of hope slowly faded.

The director doesn't show up, the company is going downhill, there's no motivation at all...

At that moment, their manager was the first to decide to betray the company. When the employees saw that even the manager was betraying them, they all felt that this company had completely lost hope. They also had thoughts of leaving the company.

But before anyone could do anything, their attention was attracted by a horrifying scream coming from the stairs.

Everyone looked at each other, there was confusion in their eyes, then they all abandoned what they were doing, and curiously walked towards the stairs to see what was going on.

They were shocked to see the manager lying face down at the foot of the stairs, his posture looked twisted, next to him was a sack full of gold, silver, jewels and valuables in the company.

This is... Retribution comes early?

They stared at the manager and wondered what had happened to make his face look as pale as a dead person.

Then they saw a scene that would haunt them for the rest of their lives.

It was as if an invisible hand grabbed the manager's neck, lifting him into the air. No matter how hard the manager struggled, he couldn't escape. Then that hand strongly threw the manager towards the nearby wall, "it" did it easily as if what "it" was throwing was a light item and not a young man weighing nearly 70 kg.

Everyone was as quiet as cicadas in winter, only the sound of the manager being tortured continuously and his mournful cries echoed throughout the hallway. Everyone's hair stood on end, they trembled and hugged each other tightly as if trying to find some sense of safety.

They saw the manager being lifted up again. At this moment, he looked very pitiful, his whole body was covered with injuries, his face was bloody. He was unconscious, but the invisible hand seemed not sure if he was still awake or not, so "it" shook him several times.

... God above, please save us!

The employees panicked, but perhaps because they were too scared, their feet seemed to be fixed to the floor, making them unable to run away. They could only open their eyes wide and watch this entire "torture" take place.

But then, the manager suddenly disappeared into thin air with the sack on the ground. It happened so quickly that no one had time to react. Some people suspected that they were hallucinating, but the wall still covered in blood proved to them that what had just happened was real.

The staff swallowed their saliva in fear, then slowly turned their heads to look at each other, all still confused, hundreds of thousands of questions swirling in their heads.

Whose invisible hand was just now? Who attacked the manager? Where was the manager taken?

No one answered their questions.

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