"Ashimura! How will you compensate for this loss?! It's two billion yen!"
(Damn... Is this really my fault? Wasn't it the department head who placed the order...)
It felt like a situation straight out of a drama, never did I expect to be caught up in it.
The regular customer's order quantity was different this time, so I mentioned it to the other party. However, the department head, without waiting for confirmation, had placed the order at the factory in my name.
By the time I realized, it was already too late, and as a result, all the responsibility fell on me.
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"Sigh..."
Alone in the empty company, I was working overtime.
No, this wasn't really overtime. I just didn't want to go home...
"It's no good... There's no outlet for the excess products..."
No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn't find a solution.
Am I going to carry this debt for the rest of my life?
I walked on the company's rooftop...
Climbed over the wire mesh and fell down.
( This kind of life... I wish I could start over..)
Two years of failing the university entrance exams, giving up and joining a black company, a life without a girlfriend...
"I want to start over..."
My consciousness faded here.
Masao Ashimura at the age of 35.
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"Ring~ Ring~"
(Alarm? No, what... a phone call...)
"Hello... This is Ashimura."
"Masao! What about university? Did you pass?"
It was my mother's voice from the countryside on the other end of the phone.
"Mom? Why bring this up now... You know I failed the university entrance exam, right?"
"What? We don't have money to support a repeat student! Earn your own living expenses from next month!"
Click
"I'm already working, Mom... Huh?"
The phone in my hand wasn't my familiar smartphone, but an old mobile phone.
This was definitely the mobile phone I used ten years ago. Wait... didn't I jump off the rooftop?
I checked the time on the phone...
!!
October 2002?
Fifteen years ago??
I quickly went to the bathroom, looked in the mirror, and saw a 20-year-old me reflected.
"No way... is this really..."
"Ring~ Ring~"
The phone rang again.
"Hello... Ashimura here."
"Ashimura? It's me, Yamaguchi."
Yamaguchi? Oh! He's my senior from high school!
"You failed university, right? Why don't you come to work at our company?"
The company... that's right! Everything started from there!
"I declined!"
"Is that so? It was a good offer, too bad. Well then, see you."
Click
"That wasn't a good offer at all."
There were no bonuses, and the overtime pay was minimal, it was like a human hell!
(But why did I join that company at that time?)
Ding Dong
This time it wasn't a phone call, someone had come.
"Hello."
"Ah, Ashimura-san. Good morning."
The visitor was the landlady of the apartment. She took over the job from her parents after graduating from university last year, a very beautiful and elegant landlady.
"Good morning, landlady."
"Um... Ashimura-san... it's a bit awkward to say this, but... about this month's rent..."
"Ah!"
I remembered! I joined my senior's company at that time to pay the rent!
"I'm sorry! Just a little more time! I'll definitely pay by the end of this week!"
I bowed my head to the landlady.
"Understood, I'll wait until the weekend... By the way, about university..."
"I'm sorry... I failed..."
"Take care of yourself! Good things will come your way!"
Fond memories... of the landlady's encouragement.
I moved here for my commute after starting work, but I still liked this landlady.
"Alright! Let's start looking for a job right away! For the landlady's sake!"
I turned on the old desktop computer in the room. I decided to start searching online first.
"Huh? Didn't I turn off the power last night?"
The computer screen displayed last night's (fifteen years ago) website, it was an adult video company's site.
"That's right! I remember at that time I didn't have money, so I could only watch sample videos online."
Nostalgic... no, I need to find a job quickly.
Then, the first line caught my eye.
"Staff Wanted! Beginners Welcome"
This is it!
Decided to enter the adult video industry in my second life.
At that time, I still hadn't realized the changes in the world...