Next day,
Inoue Tetsuya wore a wrinkled uniform.
After arriving at the workplace, the wrinkled uniform became a wrinkled white shirt, drawing quite a few surprised looks.
Jobs here are lifetime positions. If nothing unexpected happens, everyone will be colleagues for life.
So after one year on the job, Inoue Tetsuya knows which people around him love gossip. He knows today he won't escape a scolding.
Current—
[Inoue Tetsuya]: Status, working, spiritual power 0.
…
Honestly, last night when he got home he took off his clothes and fell straight asleep, had nightmares for half the night.
In the morning he showered, changed into old clothes, accepted his fate, and didn't feel much.
Time came to 9 a.m.
His status changed from off work to working. The prehistoric power inside his body vanished clean.
So the system he loaded is called the "Off-Work System." Only after work can he strike hard.
"Inoue Tetsuya!"
At this moment, a very strict voice sounded nearby.
Inoue Tetsuya stood and bowed. "Group Leader Hanada, good morning."
Opposite him, planning team leader Hanada Shizuka wore a standard OL suit and 7-cm red heels. Long hair in a bun, black-frame glasses. Her face and figure were not bad, but those sharp eyes and cold temperament gave a feeling of keep away.
Hanada Shizuka said, "Member Inoue, did you forget the most basic workplace dress code? If you're too lazy to wash clothes, you can hire a housekeeper. If you can't afford one, then work hard and strive for promotion soon."
Inoue Tetsuya: "Yes, group leader. Please rest assured, I'll work hard."
Yesterday, she was exactly the rigid woman he cursed.
Their planning team mainly handles various promotional proposals.
Inoue Tetsuya dares say he already did his best.
Yet it was still overtime, overtime, overtime, and in the end he still didn't get this woman's approval.
Maybe fortune turns after the worst. At noon, when Inoue Tetsuya was smoking on the rooftop, the "new" phone received a notice of 200,000 yen received.
The so-called mission confirmation only needed photos of the scene and entering the address.
All the follow-up cleanup, spirit masters don't need to care.
After fighting evil spirits and monsters to the death, they're already tired enough.
Next step is just wait for money.
Inoue Tetsuya immediately transferred 100,000 to his landlady.
Then used his own phone to leave a message: rent paid, wish landlady forever 18.
After finishing, the heart he'd been holding finally relaxed.
Leaning on the railing, he took a drag of his cigarette, then exhaled. "Landlady is a good person. If the age gap wasn't so big, I'd really want to say, Auntie, I don't want to work hard anymore."
After speaking, he looked again at the phone left by the headless woman. No brand, but works no different from a normal phone.
Want a difference? Easy. Open the app with the icon "Spirit," and the whole interface turns dark red.
After that, the phone only has three functions left: Spirit, calls, friend chat.
Last night was too late and too sudden. For now he only studied this much.
"Right now I don't have time either. Work's busy. Hope that woman Hanada doesn't trouble me again this afternoon."
…
He was right. Work time passed fast. In a blink it was 8 p.m.
He rubbed his face hard. Damn, overtime again today.
Luckily he wasn't the only one. Of the ten people in the group, after he shut down his computer there were still one man and one woman writing fast.
"Senior Sato, Nanako, I'm heading off. See you tomorrow."
"Inoue, see you tomorrow!"
"Inoue-kun, see you tomorrow!"
…
Dragging his tired body, Inoue Tetsuya walked out the company doors.
At the same time,
"Ding-dong~"
Prompt: Exorcism system online.
[After a whole day of busy work, your body feels hollowed out.]
Prompt: Your spiritual power increased.
Prompt: Your spirit increased.
Prompt: Your physique increased.
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Inoue Tetsuya: (･⊝･∞)?
He's seen many movies and novels, but never one where going to work counts as cultivation.
Not finished, not finished!
"Ding-dong~"
Prompt: Today, you were scolded by your boss 1 time. Extra reward: permanent spirit attribute.
…
Prompt: Times colleagues mocked you behind your back: 58. Extra reward: permanent spiritual power attribute.
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Prompt: Worked overtime 2 hours while hungry. All above rewards +20%. Spiritual power level temporarily +20% (until 24:00).
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Prompt: Because you were the last overtime employee to leave the planning team, extra extra +10%.
…
Inoue Tetsuya's ears were numb from listening.
"The hell, this shouldn't be called Off-Work System. It should be Heart-Stab System!"
Getting scolded by your boss doesn't stab the heart?
Or coworkers gossiping behind your back doesn't stab the heart?
It's already past eight and he still hasn't eaten dinner.
And he is…
"Eh, wait."
He reacted. "I was third from last, not last."
[Whisper: You thought two colleagues stayed overtime with you. Actually they're in an underground relationship. You thought they were working hard. Actually while chatting they also mentioned you, like… why is this guy still here not leaving?!]
…
He understood. Out of those 58 times, the two upstairs definitely contributed.
"Heart stabbed and force-fed dog food too, damn…"
Even 130% spiritual power didn't feel good anymore.
But with spiritual power support, he once again became light-footed.
If it's only this, there's no need to worry about consumption.
So first he happily caught the night bus home, then found a ramen shop he often goes to and ate his fill, and only then went home to study the spirit-master app.
His job, the system already showed clearly. No need to say more.
So if he wants a truly good life, he has to rely on the spirit-master side job.
One hand carrying his coat, one hand holding a cigarette, walking along the pedestrian road, he felt a bit dazed.
From corporate slave to spirit master, the jump is too big.
Suddenly he laughed. "Damn, this trash system is garbage, but I can still extract useful info from it."
Sato in the seat next to the next seat is secretly dating Nanako.
Tomorrow he finds Sato and says: "Senior Sato, you wouldn't want Nanako to…?"
Asking for hush money equal to one month rent isn't too much, right.
Find Nanako: "Nanako-chan, you wouldn't want… pfft…"
Can't go to the girl, otherwise it becomes a paid storyline.
So, "There's nothing useless in the world. What's missing is eyes that discover beauty."
At this point, his stabbed heart finally felt a bit better.
But when he saw the rental room under 30 square meters, and the message his landlady just sent, "Rent is quarterly, quarterly!", his heart hurt again.
Two words: make money!
With the system in hand, how could he not make some cash.