Noah patiently listened to the suit-clad, urban white-collar creature in front of her, a so-called partner but actually a commercial scout, who had been spouting meaningless data reports and a plethora of contract demands that were ostensibly gestures of goodwill from business giants but actually probes. She had been subjected to his endless, insubstantial rhetoric for a long time. She tried to interrupt several times, but the other party might have been promoted from a sales department, making it difficult for Noah to find a moment to breathe amidst his rapid-fire speech.
Perhaps her tapping on the wheelchair became increasingly impatient, and Kuro also felt quite annoyed. So, before Noah could say anything, he stepped forward, grabbed the chattering fellow by the collar, and lifted him up. Kuro's height of one meter eighty was very convenient at such times. The noisy fellow was then thrown out of Noah's office.
As for whether it would provoke the business magnates to make an issue of it, Noah was already indifferent. She already knew how condescending these business magnates were towards her. They offered only petty gains, yet expected her to immediately bow down. One or two might be acceptable, but after encountering so many with the same attitude, Noah suddenly felt that her blindness, while causing many to underestimate her, was being underestimated too much, wasn't it?
She wanted to do things discreetly, but that didn't mean she wanted others to tell her how to do things!
She propped her chin, saying with a touch of helplessness, "Next time, can you just not let this kind of person in?"
"According to your previous guidelines, they do meet your requirements—" Manner's expression didn't change, but Noah always felt he was doing it on purpose, deliberately causing her some suffering. Although there was no evidence, that's just how she felt!
Now, she missed the time she spent with Maria immensely. At this moment, Maria should have come to her for afternoon tea. She began to miss the time when she fed Maria macarons. Although Maria's face would then wrinkle up because they were too sweet.
But at least it counted as… well, sweet times, right?
"Next time, don't let people like him in… I don't need to see everyone, and my time is very valuable." Noah wasn't really that angry; her tone was merely helpless and joking. "Also… Oripathy Hand Sanitizer? What is this?"
Noah tapped her headset. Her headset had a small camera that would automatically scan the documents in front of her and read them out in her ear. Although there were occasional errors, it could mostly read for her. And this time, what she heard was truly a bit strange— "The manufacturer of hand sanitizer?"
"The other party is very sincere," Manner replied concisely. "And it's the most legitimate-looking commercial contract today."
"…Just how illegitimate were the others?" Noah shook her head. "Never mind, let her in."
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Hintleyya, stepping into Hungry Horse Company for the first time, frowned. To be honest, she never thought she would have to dress up as a business white-collar worker to infiltrate a company. As the Platinum Position of the Shieldless League, wasn't she being a bit too cheap? Just to scout a location, she actually needed to disguise herself like this…
Although she didn't mind dressing like a career woman, even wearing plain glasses and looking refined. But if it was for the sake of disguise, it was a bit… much.
However, since it was Roy who suddenly showed up and dragged her in for urgent overtime, she couldn't refuse. Ever since she got on this pirate ship, many times she could only be a pawn. She finally managed to become part of management, but with the Shieldless League's peculiar management system, at the very bottom of this inverted triangle, which was her, the unfortunate Platinum, had to do everything. And now… she, the esteemed Platinum Position, actually had to personally scout a location.
However, the Hungry Horse Company was quite familiar to Platinum. After all, the food delivery software developed by this company was indeed very useful; even Platinum would occasionally order a few deliveries. She just never expected that one day she would have to go to their company's premises, and she wondered if it counted as overtime pay…
If this continued, would Roy make her disguise as a delivery rider to carry out an assassination next?
Thinking of herself in a blue uniform, wearing a small blue helmet, riding a small electric scooter, zooming through the streets, Platinum's heart almost turned cold. She had only wanted to be an idol knight back then, and that dream was shattered. Then she wanted to be a hardworking laborer; although the work wasn't clean, at least she earned money with her own skills. But now… she might be reduced to a food delivery rider.
If she couldn't beat Roy, she would have already given Roy a cucumber skull-crushing blow!
Inner thoughts aside, Platinum at least maintained the acting skills expected of a Platinum Position, or perhaps she naturally showed little emotion. As the elevator doors opened, Hintleyya, the Platinum Position of the Shieldless League, had composed herself. She walked in high heels, clip-clopping, to the office door of the Hungry Horse Company's chairman. This person, said to be the youngest spokesperson of the Commercial Federation in history, also had many legends in Kazimierz—
However, most people didn't know this person's true identity and appearance. Although for the Shieldless League, this wasn't a difficult thing to investigate, the Shieldless League had only been watching this person for a short time, and the information hadn't yet reached the Platinum Position.
So, in her imagination, the person who would appear across the desk should be a brilliant entrepreneur, a magnate who could command millions with a wave of a hand. It was said that this important figure also had a very formidable bodyguard… But this time, she wasn't on an assassination mission; no matter what, she couldn't possibly clash with that legendary bodyguard, could she?
But the moment she actually stepped into the office, her vigilance immediately peaked—
"Hello… I am the business representative for Oripathy Hand Sanitizer…"
Platinum took out her business card, first performing a standard bow, and then looked up. It was this upward glance that froze her entirely.
"…I am not the boss."
Manner stood before her, his height of one meter ninety like a wall… a high wall that Platinum would probably never be able to overcome in her life.
She was startled at first, then took half a step back in fright; the blond middle-aged corporate drone who appeared before her didn't exude any dangerous aura, but his face was consistently high on the Shieldless League's bounty list, and to this day, no one had truly managed to claim that bounty.
Even with a hundred million bounty on his head, it was unlikely anyone would want to assassinate this person.
"...You...hello."
Platinum felt her body trembling.
She reminded herself again that she was just here to scout.
Why didn't Roy tell her...
That Manner Lim Kwong would be here!!!
Am I delivering myself with this takeout?!