Lobotomy Corporation but with Simulation System?

Secretary in front, Manager in back. The subordinates in the front lead the way to open the door, while the superiors wait patiently in the back...

Passing through a long, dark tunnel, it was just from one closed room to another closed room. It's just that compared to the previous Manager's room, which was purely covered by metal walls, even though the light was dim, there was a bit of a peaceful atmosphere here.

The room is dominated by a comfortable, light yellow color. It looks like a restroom, but now there is no one, only Manager X and Secretary Angela.

Not long after they entered the room, they heard the sound of rapid footsteps... Someone was running here.

Soon, the door was opened and a young girl with short brown hair walked in. She was wearing a regular black outfit, with the initials M on her sleeve, and she was holding a notebook.

At this time, Manager X and Angela were also in the room waiting for a minute.

"Ho, Manager, Manager!"

It seemed that because she was in a hurry to leave, the young girl's voice was a bit hasty. Then, when she discovered that Manager X and Angela were both looking at her, she explained in panic.

"I'm not late, right? Ah... I'm sorry, I'm a minute late!"

"It doesn't matter, I'm the new Manager, I just arrived."

Manager X, on the other hand, doesn't mind these things at all, she's just a minute late, and then again, who would make it difficult for a lovely girl?

"Hoo, that's great, hopefully, there's still time. Manager, welcome to Lobotomy Corporation!"

The young girl with short brown sideburns showed a smiling face, smiling towards Manager X, like a lovely chestnut, or maybe like sweet honey.

However... Just because the Manager herself doesn't mind, doesn't mean the Manager's secretary won't mind.

[Hey, I don't want to disturb your first meeting, but every minute is a precious resource for the Corporation. Malkuth, next time please be there on time.]

[Please briefly introduce yourself, then go prepare for the conference.]

Angela spoke up to remind young girl Malkuth, that this seems to be another Corporation AI, but it seems.... Maybe the relationship is not good?

X hesitated, but in the end remained silent, watching Angela criticize this Dean. She is an outsider and does not understand the Corporation's internal situation, nor is she familiar with the Corporation and the Corporation's AI.

"Uhm... Angela seems to be in a bad mood today. It's okay, Manager, of course, I'm not the only AI here, other Deans are also very much looking forward to meeting you, maybe..."

Malkuth Dean exclaimed, feeling guilty and smiling at Manager X, she started introducing himself.

"I'm in charge of the Control Team Department Dean, you can call me Malkuth!

Look, I have a very heavy responsibility on my shoulders, haha. In short, I will do my best to help you improve our industry's overall performance!"

"Are you probably very nervous now? It doesn't matter, people always need to spend some time to adapt to their new job, so don't worry, I'm helping you again! You must know, I was also a problem employee before, uh... You understand."

"For example, when I'm cutting clothes, I put the buttons in a strange place... When I'm eating, I mistakenly use salt for sugar, which wastes the whole table of food. But those were all stories from a long time ago, but now I am extremely outstanding."

Malkuth Dean remembered something in her notebook. It looked like she was trying to write down these things. She mentioned these things inappropriately every day, probably forgetting Angela's previous reminder and simplified introduction.

[Malkuth, you've been talking too much nonsense, you can talk about it privately.]

Angela furrowed her eyebrows as if she couldn't hear anymore.

"Okay... Sorry, in short, since it's your first day here, I'll give you a simple assignment. Help you adapt to the situation, let us strengthen each other and work hard for each other!"

Control Department Dean Malkuth's energy shot out in all directions to introduce herself and quickly finish the job. Regardless, she left a good impression on Manager X, ten times stronger than a certain secretary... No, a hundred times stronger.

"Please be more considerate, Miss Malkuth."

X said so, deep down she couldn't help but hope that this lovely Dean could be her secretary, and not the AI next to her.

Harsh, domineering, not easy to live with at all, and temperament cannot be predicted.

X used the corner of her eyes to quietly glance at the self-proclaimed secretary AI. The blue-haired secretary even closed her eyes and frowned, as if she had been fooled by this scene.

And just when X wanted to find a topic to casually confide in and calm the atmosphere, the door suddenly rang, and there was a rapid knock on the door.

"Just let me open the door."

X went to open the door and saw a man wearing an employee uniform.

"I cannot bear it!! Are you... are you the new Manager?!"

"I don't want to wait in this weird place, I beg you to let me go! I know you have the authority to fire me! I beg you to give me a hand!!"

The employee held his head in immense pain. When he saw Manager X, at that moment, his eyes filled with blood-red eyes almost burst into tears. He knelt, slammed his head down, and used his head to knock on the cold, icy floor.

"This..."

X was a little confused, this must be a sudden situation, so Manager X unconsciously looked toward the two other people in the room, Secretary Angela and Control Department Dean Malkuth.

Roughly understanding Manager X's meaning, Malkuth Dean walked over, and the employee who was hanging around Manager X seemed to be from the Control Department.

"Hmm? Why do you want to leave this place? Do you not like working at the Control Department? I still enjoy my job very much."

Malkuth asked the employee, compared to X who didn't know what to do, she seemed much more calm.

"I really, really can't stand it! This strange place must drive me crazy, nothing is normal!"

The employee was screaming, crazy, and in a very poor mental state. So it's probably not at the level of being quickly driven crazy, but already crazy. For him, Manager X is his only hope.

Resign... Run away from this place, the only hope...

Manager X wanted to speak but stopped because the smile on Malkuth's face disappeared, she opened her mouth one step ahead and said to the employee:

"But I think you might be able to handle this part of the job, has."

X detected a hint of pity in Malkuth's voice, she had a bad feeling, but the employee didn't realize anything yet, so he still complained.

"I... I can't do it! I don't want to die yet!!!"

He shouted hysterically, his desperate words almost piercing Manager X's ears.

—— let him resign ——

The performance was too miserable, to the point that X had some sympathy for this employee, but X could roughly understand what the resignation represented. No person can leave the Corporation, including the Manager.

Even if u resign... U can't escape the Corporation.

"I'm sorry, Manager, for letting you hear this nonsense. I'm in charge of this employee, so please leave it to me to deal with it, okay?"

Malkuth smiled and said, but this innocent smile had a somewhat dangerous taste. Combined with the employee's desperate eyes, the sound of his head hitting the floor... Maybe, it was a little scary.

—— Hand it over to Malkuth?

—— Don't give it to her?

[The simulations have started ——]

[ Day 1—— employee handling ]

[At the meeting place, an employee barged in. He begged you to approve his resignation.]

[Malkuth Dean asked you to give her the right to handle the employee. You agreed so the employee was dragged away. Everything was fine, except for the groaning sound that came from the hallway.]

[You don't know what that employee will encounter when being dragged away, so don't dare to think too much. But you seem to have some kind of dark mentality, not daring to ask too many questions, afraid of disobeying Angela and Dean]

[Your mental state is very bad. Under this state, when carrying out Manager work, you are still not concentrating. But fortunately, the first day's work was very simple. You barely completed today's target. After reaching the target, you quickly finished work. ]

[After work, you kept waiting in your room, because of some psychological problem, you were impatient and restless. Finally, in fear, you broke the mirror and used the broken glass to cut through your throat.

[You committed suicide...]

[Achieved achievement — This time it was him, who will it be next time?]

[Warm reminder: Please remember your position, there are different positions in the Corporation]

[Please choose the reward for this result:

1. Fortitude (+1)

2. Prudence (+1)

3. Temperance (+1)

4. Justice (+1)]

This simulation is different from the previous two times. There are rewards you can choose.

X taciturn, although she did not know why it was transformed into this form, but this must be considered a good thing, but she also had to make a choice. The reward is extremely strange, but even if you look into the meaning of the words, it should be possible.

Manager X chose [Fortitude] among the four options because the word "Fortitude" just appeared on it, can it make me a little braver? I was probably a little too timid, or perhaps too modest, my status, position, and attitude were not compatible.

Because several simulations in the past, playing with the AI's intelligence led to erroneous results, X was also a little timid and scared. But now it seems that too much concessions will result in mistakes and self-destruction.

I cannot be complacent, nor can I be inferior... I must choose a suitable value between the two.

Want to do... Is it compatible with my position? X wondered.

After choosing the reward, X did not feel that there was any real difference. What helped was that those things that happened provided her with a train of thought, and each warm reminder also pointed out the crux of the problem.

—— Working as a Manager ——

—— She is the Manager ——

"Let me deal with this employee, Malkuth."

"Angela, give me the pistol on the table."

Manager X looked kneeling in front of the employee pleading with her, her eyes were cold. The shiny metal on the floor reflected the yellow-eyed Manager X and her cold expression at this time.

It's like looking at the ordinary expression of a dead person... No, it's probably just looking at the expression of a dead person.

Bang ——

The trigger was pulled, the bullet penetrated the employee's head, the bright red blood immediately dyed the floor red, and the body fell into a pool of blood. Because the distance was too close, the blood even splashed a little to the X on the face.

"Ah, Manager."

Malkuth was slightly surprised.

She was of course not surprised that the employee died, but rather surprised that the manager chose to personally handle the employee. At first, it was because she felt that X didn't have the heart to do these things that she prepared to do it instead.

"Sorry, I just remembered, maybe this employee still has value left, ah... The floor was also contaminated..."

As X spoke, she wiped away the blood traces on her face. The employee's hot blood stained her face, and even when her fingertips touched it, there was still a temperature left.

[ Not bad, Manager. Although this is indeed a bit of a waste, your mood seems to be very good. At least this employee successfully pleased you, he still fulfilled a certain value.]

Secretary kept standing, watching the time, clapping her hands, then approached Manager X, and spoke in her ear.

[You don't need to worry about employees making dirty floors, these marks will be cleaned up.]

The pure white handkerchief wiped away the blood stains on X's face, removing many pieces... very small, including the blood stains on X's finger, and wiped them all away.

After all this was done, Angela raised her head and shouted at the Control Department Dean.

[Malkuth, the situation has ended. Go back to your own Department, take care of those employees who neglect training, and don't let them lose face and be embarrassed in front of the Manager, I don't want to see such a situation a second time.]

Control Department Dean Malkuth was chased out by the blue-haired Secretary and passed through the door. The blood still warmed the employee's corpse. Whether it's Angela or Malkuth, they don't even look at the employee even once.

From the moment he said 'I want to resign', this employee's fate had been decided. Resignation has a meaning, don't you know it very clearly?

Roughly the only difference is how to deal with the problem, and how to maximize the value of an employee who 'Wants to Resign'. Just using a gun to kill someone would be too wasteful.

"Angela, an employee's death doesn't make me happy, and I don't want to do such a thing. I just want to help that employee leave in peace. As Manager, all I can do is approve his resignation and give him a way out."

X stared at the dead body lying in a pool of blood at the door, a little moved, but she was the Manager, and her level of pity was limited here. Being shot to death by her was still a bit better than being dragged away like in the simulation...

At least, the body is still intact.