"The path forward is only down." The boss sighed aloud.
Ray added, "Boss, I only mean it for the slave victims."
The boss shook his head. "No, kid, those words are true for everyone working in the cafe, including those in my position."
Ray stared wide-eyed. "Wait, that makes no sense. How can someone with as much power as you be in the same position as a slave?"
The boss looked up at the ceiling as if thinking about something.
He said after a moment of silence, "Kid, being a gamer, you must know better than me how the real power of the world has already started to shift. The future is with guilds. They are the opportunities of the next generation to progress without falling into darkness."
The boss looked back at him. "I believe you want to be part of my gang for the same thing, right?"
Ray did not deny it.
He had inferred all this based on what he already knew, though now, with the boss's confirmation, he was confident in his decision not to join those guilds directly.
