"Really?"
Suzuki looked at his status plate as he was in the accounting office in a trance. He knew well that the Absolute Contract was powerful, yet he had never expected that it would be this powerful.
Yes, absolutely.
No one could break their contract, and if they did, they would face consequences. Naturally, the punishment wasn't just a fine or something ambiguous. Instead, it was a real punishment, as he could take away their everything, from their jobs, status, and skills.
Also, the most important thing is that this ability could erase others' memories of him.
While Kouki could become a hero, Nagumo created many modern weapons, and Suzuki felt that his skill was the most useful, as it was impossible to betray him. Even if they could, their memories would be wiped away, as everything was taken.
Also, this assassin was so wealthy!
"It's great that I don't have to pick them up."
The wealth of the assassin, which had been hidden away, was directly transferred to his storage, making him sigh with relief, knowing that when others tried to break his contract, he would no longer have to risk trouble to collect their wealth.
Still, why was the assassin affected by the contract, even though the assassin didn't even sign a contract?
It was because of the minister.
Among the contract's clauses, Suzuki had written that anyone sent by the minister to report on or harm him would lose everything, including their memory, jobs, skills, and status.
Yes, his contract was unfair, but wasn't it the minister's fault for signing it without even reading it?
The problem of the people in this world, or many worlds, was that they were too lazy to read the contract.
Yet this was normal, since whenever a contract was created, it had to be long and complicated, and, more importantly, written in a small enough font that people were too lazy to read it.
However, this was also why people were taken advantage of, and Suzuki wouldn't show mercy to those suckers, as they weren't good guys either, so he didn't feel any guilt or whatever when they had lost everything.
After all, in this world, it was kill or be killed.
The demon might be evil in the eyes of humans, but if they hadn't become evil, wouldn't they all be killed by humans?
Did the demon have no right to live?
Yet, Suzuki didn't care about the demon since at that moment, his goal was to take over this kingdom, make it bankrupt, take it over, as he made those who had summoned him to this world live in despair as he took their everything, and they were forced to work under him in manual labor, paid in the minimum wage, living in poverty as they could only wish to die faster, yet they couldn't, as they had debts that they had to pay.
Yes, the ultimate revenge had never been killing.
Killing meant that all of their torments would be over; they might even become martyrs in the eyes of everyone, be remembered, yet to make all of them work on manual labor, living in poverty, and drowning in debts that they had 99 years or even more to pay?
It was the ultimate revenge!
Still, was he such a cruel guy?
No, Suzuki wasn't, since if one had good faith, such as would pay him in cash for a transaction or come with him for a business, then he wouldn't do anything; instead, he would also treat them in the same courtesy, as a win-win solution was the best.
Yet, this kingdom and the church were different, after all.
The two were under the assumption that it should be everyone's greatest honor to be chosen as heroes to fight against demons, as they were forcefully being summoned to this world!
There were no payments, insurances, or even guarantees that they could all return to their original world!
It seemed like they were treated like pawns that could be discarded at any moment, since if they were all killed by the demons, then the kingdom and the church would only summon another hero, right?
If his future was bleak, and he had no future, then gaining a second chance in this world might be great, but when he thought of all the sacrifices that he had made, where he had to sleep for two hours daily, spending his 22 hours daily to study, training, and also working, just so that he could secure his future—all of that became useless when he came to another world, and he felt like he wanted to snap the pope's head off!
"FUCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!"
The more he thought of this, the more emotional he became.
"...calm down."
Suzuki rubbed his face, trying to calm himself, since he knew well that he couldn't let his emotions take over him. He poured his Dajeerling tea, sipped it softly, and felt relaxed as he gazed at the yard's scenery.
Watching his classmates, who worked with their sweat, as they were beaten, dirty, and exhausted from their training, as he stayed in his office, planning a hostile takeover of everything, made him comfortable somehow.
"...." Everyone.
"Nagumo..."
Suzuki looked at Nagumo, the MC of this world, the one who would beat the shit out of everyone after he crawled out from the abyss.
Even though he might have said that Nagumo was an edgelord, a Chuunibyou, who threatened to kill people all the time, he knew well that the experience that this guy had on the abyss made him to have a trauma, threatening everything by killing them, was his way to cope since instead of being betrayed by others, he might as well kill them first.
So, would he let Nagumo fall into the abyss, following the plot as Suzuki let Nagumo handle all the problems? At the same time, he waited on the sidelines, investing in Nagumo, then went back to the original world.
Or should he be the one who handled everything?
"Hmm..."
Suzuki hesitated for a while since he knew that entering the abyss and conquering the dungeon wasn't easy. His original job was as a merchant, which made his combat status definitely not as good as others'. He might have been the "Manager," yet even so, there was still a limit to what he could do.
In the end, he was a "Merchant."
However—
"Assassin..."
As Suzuki looked at the new job that he acquired after the stupid thing that the minister of finance had done, his expression became subtle, realizing that he could fight.
Instead, considering the skills, if he were dropped into the abyss, he had a higher chance of clearing the dungeon.
Still, before that, he wondered whether there was a way for him to acquire the "Synergist" job.
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What jobs do you think are good for him to acquire?