Our Office Is Open for Business (3)
Our Office Is Open for Business (3)
Bang—! Creeeak....
The old door, fully exposed to senseless, ruthless violence, lets out a scream.
No! My door...!!
Since I'm broke and don't even own the building the office is in, technically it's the landlord's door. But my thoughts didn't reach that far.
It wasn't because I felt bad for the door, but because of the other beauty who appeared right after.
I wonder if all the beauties in the city have gathered here, but since the game I possessed is a male-oriented character collection game, it's only natural that most people who visit are beauties.
Besides, the people who are supposed to come are already determined, and their appearances are exactly as I remember them.
She has long, sunset-colored hair that looks like the setting sun, tied back tightly, with black streaks dyed here and there. Her fierce eyes, perhaps meant to show off her highly combative nature, are her defining feature, but she's still a beauty.
And below that... oh my.
She's wearing what's barely a palm-sized piece of cloth as a top, and covered her entire body in black tights. Was it because she prioritizes movement? But with an outfit that clings so tightly to her curves—to the point where you'd go, "Wow, is that her belly button?"—I can't help but think she'd be incredibly hot in the summer.
Still, she did leave a hole under her chest as some sort of sweat vent, so it does look cool, but... do only perverts become ability users in this neighborhood? Or do they become perverts after becoming ability users?
There was quite a discrepancy between seeing it in a drawing and seeing it in person.
I definitely knew the outfit, and while I thought it was quite lewd, it didn't really feel like a pervert's outfit, but seeing it with my own eyes, she's a total pervert.
"Is this the Agabang Hunter Office!"
The door-slayer and pervert shouted, shamelessly and boisterously saying "Agabang."
Seriously, is there not even a decent nameplate in front of the office?
Hmm... looking at that pathetic name, I can understand why we wouldn't put up a nameplate. Still, she found her way here just fine, didn't she?
"Are you Ms. Dolorence?"
"That's right! It is I! The A-class ability user! Dolorence——."
"It looks like the door is broken, so I'll bill you for the cost after the operation is over."
"Uh... my apologies. I was just so excited about receiving a mission after such a long time.... Ahem."
"Please sit over there."
Dolorence's mouth, which had been loudly announcing her presence, suddenly clamped shut, suppressed by Seora's spirit.
With a round, cute face and a small stature. If you were to remove the massive mass from her center, Seora would look like a cute little animal, but because of that, she must have been subtly looked down upon.
That's why she knows well how to step up firmly when she needs to.
Dolorence might be in a crappy position, but it seems to have worked well.
Following Seora's guidance, she sat down obediently on the old leather sofa with a thud.
"Hmm. Everyone's here. Actually, it's a C-class operation, so there's not much of a briefing... but it's better to eliminate variable factors, right? You understand?"
"Eliminating variables."
Dolorence, who had been sitting dejectedly, was quiet, and only Hwaran's eyes sparkled.
She kept muttering and giggling, as if she liked the word 'variable' that much.
"While we're at it, since we'll be working together for a while, it's good to get to know each other's faces, right?"
"Oh, are there already more operations scheduled?"
At my words, Hwaran and Seora's gazes landed on me simultaneously.
Hwaran's gaze was filled with the anticipation of a rookie burning with the passion of being employed for a long time to come, while Seora had an expression that said she didn't understand what I was talking about.
To think there's an operation that even the Director's secretary, full-time operator, and only employee doesn't know about.
Of course, there's nothing scheduled right now.
Just a few trivial operations attached to upcoming C-class operations. No matter how inexperienced they are, it's not a mission that would require a B-class ability user to bring along an A-class one.
But who am I?
Am I not the one who has seen the future of this game... no, this world?
Having seen the bright future (the road of hardship) of the office, I can guarantee it.
"Hmph. It's just a C-class mission anyway——."
"Tsk."
"Ugh.... Why only to me."
Despite crawling into such a shabby office because she had no missions, Dolorence was too arrogant.
Not to mention that the number of people hiring her has dropped sharply due to causing various accidents.
Big missions attract big-name ability users. Individual skill is important, but teamwork also affects the success or failure of a mission. Naturally, big offices want stable problem-solvers, not someone who runs off and goes wild alone.
The situation is similar for small offices that happen to take on big missions. If an office is capable of taking on such missions, they usually already have team members who are in sync, and they mostly hire outsiders only when necessary.
Naturally, the number of missions falling to Dolorence, who runs around acting like she's the best, decreased.
So, wouldn't she have drifted into such a small, shabby, and weirdly named office?
Still, the number of forces deployed at once is small and the risk of the mission is low, so she's a talent worth hiring.
For us, it's good if she adapts here.
"Seora-ssi? Please give us the briefing for this operation."
It's not that I'm passing it off because I'm lazy.
Isn't that what operators are supposed to do?
Mission briefings, guiding through sudden dangers, reciting information about unidentified persons in front of you, bringing coffee... wait, wasn't the last one not it?
"Yes, this operation is a mission designated as C-class by the Association, and......."
Seora, who explains by displaying the materials she prepared diligently as if she had been waiting for her turn, and Hwaran, who listens to the presentation with passionate eyes. Hmm, what a nice scene.
"Yaaawn...."
And Dolorence, yawning lazily.
Even if it's an operation that doesn't reach A-class level, isn't her attitude too lax?
Her behavior is just like a thug nodding off with nothing to do.
But. It is a bit sleepy.
When watching on screen, it passed by quickly so I didn't know, but listening to the explanation directly, it seems a bit boring... Seora's gentle tone was perfect for dozing off.
It was content I already knew, and since I already remembered things like variables that Seora didn't know, I focused on doing something else.
I feel like I'm about to make a new discovery in the ceiling pattern......
Ah, come to think of it, aren't there things like status windows or quest windows?
Of course, since I possessed a character in an existing original work and I'm in a manager role, the protagonist isn't particularly an ability user.
Still, I'm a bit curious.
It could exist, right?
-Status window.
I whispered to myself as quietly as possible.
So that no one could hear.
But it was quiet, and there was no translucent blue window appearing in front of my eyes.
Hmm. That's a shame.
Did I say it too quietly?
Then, suddenly, the talking stopped, and feeling something strange, I looked up—.
"......."
Isn't everyone looking at me?
"Ah, ahem. Is the briefing already over?"
Damn, did they hear me?
I cleared my throat awkwardly and changed the subject.
Then, the gazes that were staring at me with blank expressions turn back to me.
Huh? Were they not looking at me?
†
While the briefing, boring to some and incredibly serious to others, was in full swing, a frivolous 'ding' notification sound suddenly spread through the office.
The eyelids that were drooping lazily, the eyes that were glistening with passion, and the eyes that were reading the materials in a business-like manner.
All at once, heads snapped toward the source of the sound.
Who would make a notification sound during the sacred briefing...!!
Of course, it wasn't particularly sacred, though.
The culprit of the sound was the Director.
The beauty who was fidgeting alone under the desk was muttering to herself in a way that was hard to understand.
Ah, what the. It was the Director.
If it were someone else, I don't know, but since she's the boss here, there was no need to give her a warning.
However, the three pairs of surprised gazes didn't know how to look away and were still directed at the Director.
More precisely, toward the translucent blue square above the Director's head.
The status window that the Director had been desperately searching for with her muttering was floating above her head.
It's not that there are no ability users of this type at all, but usually, it only appears to oneself and is not visible to others.
And the contents written on the status window are also just strange.
[Name : ???
Age : 25
Gender : Female(?)
Status : Virgin
Number of partners : 0
Number of climaxes : 0]
What a scandalous... bizarre status window is this.
For a status window that provides information, there are few things properly recorded. The name is covered with question marks, and what's with the gender being marked with a question mark when anyone can see she's a woman?
But because of things that stood out even more than that, the three people's minds went blank.
If someone with quite a bit of knowledge in this field had been here, they would have just thought, "Ah, that's something commonly seen in eroge," and moved on, but the people here had somewhat poor common sense in that regard.
As they stared blankly at the status window, reading it down, their faces flushed, and they all lowered their heads at once, realizing they had all seen the same thing.
A silent exchange of glances.
Can you see that? Uh? You too?
Then they looked at the Director again.
"Ah, ahem. Is the briefing already over? I'm sorry I couldn't focus for a moment."
Seeing her flustered and not knowing what to do with the gazes gathered on her, it seemed she couldn't see what was above her own head.
The three people felt that her face, flushed with embarrassment, was quite cute.