"I’ll give you so ti to review the docunts. Please let know if there’s anything missing or if you’re not okay with the terms that we’ve established. In that case, I’ll have to excuse myself. There’s a lot of work that I must tend to."
—...I understand. I will give you an answer after I review the docunt.
"Great. I hope to receive a positive answer."
With a smile, Matthias ended the call.
The smile quickly wiped off his face shortly after that as he checked his watch.
’That lasted longer than I anticipated.’
In general, he was sowhat satisfied with the new recruit. He looked docile and soone who would listen to orders.
He always appreciated such pushovers.
It made his job easier.
With that being said...
"The fact that he got laid off by Nightmare Forge Studios is quite worrying. Perhaps he might not be as talented as I anticipated."
He suddenly felt that the decrease in terms was more fitting now
The new recruit was going to see them soon, when he reviewed the contracts, and he was probably not going to be happy about them.
But it didn’t really matter.
Matthias smiled while thinking about his reaction.
’In the end, he’ll still end up joining the company.’
Matthias was confident about that. His ga was no longer doing well, and his subsequent gas were also going to fail.
Of course, this may co as a result of their actions.
Nonetheless, Matthias was going to make sure that he’d have no other choice but to enter their company. And the more he delayed, the lower the terms were going to be.
’I do hope he drags a little bit longer. This way we can pay him even less.’
Chuckling to himself, Matthias closed down the laptop and stood up.
It was just as he stood up that he noticed sothing hitting his foot, and as he lowered his head, he noticed a small red ball.
"Hm?"
He bent over to pick up the ball.
It was squishy, with a long line tracing the middle.
Squishing it a couple of tis, he tossed it in the bin next to him.
He shook his head as he did.
"Looks like the cleaners aren’t doing their job properly."
He proceeded to head to work right after that.
This was going to be a busy week.
***
"....."
I sat in silence, staring at the long contract in front of .
It wasn’t like I didn’t expect it, but reading the terms that were presented in front of , I couldn’t help but feel a twinge of anger.
"This is even more ridiculous and exploitative than my previous company!"
Not only was the salary reduced by half of what they had originally offered, but I was now required to work a minimum of twelve hours every single day with only one day off.
What sort of contract was this?
"In fact, how is this even legal?"
The worst part of it all? This was actually still a little bit better than my previous company.
"...It’s a good thing that I’m not desperate enough to join."
If not for the system, I had a feeling that I’d be forced to take an offer like this.
Closing down the laptop so that I wouldn’t see the contract for any longer, I leaned back on my chair and sighed.
My anger didn’t just stem from the fact that the contract presented to was extrely exploitative.
No, that didn’t piss off that much.
I had more or less guessed that sothing like this would happen.
The part that truly pissed off was sothing else.
It was the fact that the CEO had blatantly ignored despite the promise in the mail. For a brief mont, the entire interview felt like a total waste of ti. As though I were being toyed with by the company.
I could feel my blood pressure slowly rise with each passing minute that I spent on the interview.
Thankfully, I was able to remain rational enough and found a new target.
"In hindsight, I may have chosen the best target."
Like Matthias said, the CEO was only in charge of gathering sponsors and managing the company. The one who was truly in charge of the entire ordeal was Matthias.
In that case, he was the best fit for the haunting.
"...I don’t know how long I’ll have to wait for the haunting to take effect, but I’m sure it won’t be long."
I looked at the notification in front of .
[Matthias: 10%]
[Do you wish to send Mr. Jingles?]
▶ [Yes] ▷ [No]
It didn’t explain much, but sohow, I understood.
’The percentage indicates the level of hypnosis, while the second part is self-explanatory. The greater the percentage, the more hypnothized he will be.’
I pressed [No] for now and looked at the other items on the box. Touching the wig, I tried to send it over, but right as I did, a new notification popped up.
[Cooldown: 23:59]
"So there’s a cooldown."
I should’ve seen this coming.
Nodding my head, I put the wig back into the box before tucking the box under my desk.
"I’m in no hurry. I can wait a couple of days until I can increase the percentage to a level where I’m satisfied."
Checking the ti and seeing that I still had so ti, I decided to check my phone and answer any questions that the freelancers had for . In the end, I spent the next two hours like this before it was finally ti for to head back to the dorms.
As I packed my laptop into my bag and left the office, I was greeted by the sight of the Section Chief.
"Oh, good timing."
It looked like he was looking for .
"...You should’ve received the money by now. In any case, you said that it will take about a week for you to program the ga, correct?"
"Yes, about that much."
If everything went well, yes.
"Good, good. In that case, there’s a perfect opportunity for you to showcase the ability of your ga."
"Hm?"
I paused for a mont.
What did he an?
"The Guild has recently hired a batch of new recruits into the departnt. There are not many, about ten, but considering how we’ve lost quite a few, this might not even be enough."
"....."
"Well, either way, they’re all quite talented. I’d like to use your ga to train them. If all goes well, we might start using your ga to train the recruits. Oh, and..." The Section Chief paused, looking at with an ambiguous smile.
"A special guest will be coming."
A special guest?
"Who?"
"...That’ll be a surprise."
The Section Chief chose to remain on the ambiguous side as my leg twitched.
’He’s not a little ghost boy. He’s not a little ghos—wait, no. That’s wrong too.’
"That’s all from . I just wanted to tell you this before—"
"Wait."
I stopped the Section Chief before he could leave.
"Hm?"
He looked at curiously.
"You need sothing else? I thought the budget was—"
"No, it’s not that."
I cut the Section Chief before he could go on a tangent.
"Not that? Then...?"
I took a deep breath, trying my best to suppress my rapidly beating heart.
’It’s worth asking. It’s not like he’ll fire for asking...’
Staring directly at the Section Chief, I asked,
"Is it possible for to enter the gates by myself? Or at least, with so supervision, or just look at the general operation? I... I’d like to gain more experience."
I tried my best to hide the trembling in my voice as I asked the Section Chief for this request.
I was sowhat afraid that he’d reject , but as I slowly raised my head to look at him, I found a large and creepy smile marring his lips.
In that mont, I shuddered.
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