While many things happened to Eri, Nifuji didn't have time to think about her and just continued to smoke his cigarette; the room was filled with the scent of nicotine.
Frankly, if it were someone else, they would curse him and even scold him, but even if many others breathed his secondhand smoke, no one complained, since, while it was strange, the smell of his cigarette didn't make them uncomfortable, and it even made them feel strangely relaxed.
Yes, while they weren't sure, they felt like Nifuji's scent was just so good, so they were quite relaxed, especially when they weren't the ones who were being judged by him.
Still, frankly, Nifuji never thought of firing someone, as he knew that it was perfectly normal for corruption to happen, and even if it didn't happen, there were many ways for one to take the company's money, such as a reimbursement, for an entertainment purpose.
Yup, for entertainment purposes.
While it was weird, it was extremely common for the company to entertain its clients, and the company also prepared a necessary expense for that activity, but while it was necessary, many often used those expenses to have fun, such as spending that money on a sugar daddy.
Nifuji's previous manager wasn't the only one, he thought.
Regardless, while those who played smartly could escape, Nifuji had put them on the list, but for those who were clearly guilty, he quickly took them down, and told them to resign on their own, since if they didn't, he would put this problem in court, and naturally, he would embarrass them in front of everyone first, killing them socially, so if they didn't want that to happen, they had to resign on their own
Why did he do this?
It was because he knew that if they didn't resign on their own and the company fired them, the company would have to give them "appropriate remuneration" for being laid off.
The compensation wasn't a light expense, and it was immense.
Still, to make sure that everything was okay, he also called the corporate lawyer that their company had hired, so everything could be done legally.
Naturally, while he wanted to fire them off, the one who did this was the HR department, since he knew well that if he did everything on his own, those people would be hateful to him.
Did he fear them?
Probably, but frankly, he just wanted to be careful.
After all, wasn't there a saying, "the wounded beast is the most dangerous"
As they had lost their jobs, or even their everything, they would go crazy, and what the crazy people would do definitely couldn't be comprehended by normal people!
This was why the HR was the most secure job in the company, since they attracted all the hatred, considering all of those who were fired were executed by the employees of this department.
Moreover, it wasn't a good feeling to fire people.
It was like how people with power would hire others to do the dirty work; Nifuji was in such a position.
Still, as he had cleaned up some garbage in the toy department, the one who accompanied him needed to ask him the most important question: "Sacho, what's your plan after this?"
Yes, what was his plan?
Nifuji had removed all of the garbage, so what would he do after this?
"Nothing."
"....." Everyone.
"My information about this department is still limited, and I still need to read more about the toy market, trends, and everything, so just continue the work as usual. Nothing changes, just do as you usually do."
Nifuji wasn't so arrogant as to think that he could do everything like he was the most powerful being. He also wasn't the legendary king, who gained the knowledge of everything in the world, and if he wanted to improve, he needed to learn from the beginning, from scratch, as he knew nothing about the toy market.
"Y-Yes, Sir!"
Yet, this also made everyone feel relieved since they thought that Nifuji was ambitious, thinking to change and improve, which was something that they didn't want to see the most.
Everyone was used to the previous system, and it worked, so why should they change?
The toy department might not make much money, but even so, it didn't lose money, yet Nifuji knew that according to the trend, if he did nothing, this department would be at a loss.
Still—
'It isn't my responsibility.'
Yup, by the time that this department lost money, Nifuji wouldn't be in this place, so he planned to do nothing, especially since, as he had said before, he knew nothing about the toy market.
In his previous position, his work was just to sell, but this time, as he was in the highest position of the department, he knew that his work wouldn't be so simple, and what he needed to do was to improve this department, yet he really had no idea.
In his mind, there might be many memories of his previous life, but how could he remember them so perfectly?
Lastly, he had no knowledge of all of the things on the market.
Still, he understood that one thing that had never changed was the need to sell.
He needed to sell a lot of toys, and because of that, could the toys of his company be sold a lot?
He thought he needed some time, but he could think of that later, and just took all the documents after working two hours a little late from the working hours.
Still, when everyone saw that he had gone home, they all sighed in relief, never expecting that they could go home so early.
Yes, in this country, no one thought to go home at five, as it was a social norm to work one or two hours more for the company. Even if they didn't have work, many of them pretended to work for a bit since that's how it was in this country. The norm, the uniform, and yup, while it was meaningless, it had to be done since if they didn't, then they might lose their jobs or lose their qualification for a promotion.
Lastly, one shouldn't go home before their boss, so when Nifuji had gone home, everyone stayed for a bit, talking for a while, and frankly, everyone had a good opinion of him since he had erased all of those scourges from the department.
Yes, he was tough, but it was for the best.
Yet, Nifuji, who had left the office, stretched his arms high, thinking to go home, and went to be comforted by Eri and Mayuri. He was exhausted, and they were the ones who made him recover faster.
He also needed to take care of the issue of the property that he had just acquired, which came from the "free house" voucher.
Still, when he thought to go back, while also buying something before he went home, all of a sudden, he was hit by an immense softness and sweet, delicate scent that made him stiff all over before—
"See? I am with my boyfriend, so go away!"
"....."
Nifuji was silent, staring at the woman, who suddenly clung to him, and said that he was her boyfriend, but when he frowned and wanted to refute, he looked at the woman, who happened to be familiar with him, and also a group of useless young men.
Why did he say it was useless?
He knew from their sleazy appearance that they must have often picked a lone woman by ganging up on them together, forcing them to drink alcohol, and... it was clear, right?
Still, as it happened in front of him and he also happened to know this woman, he said, "Get lost."
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