"This report is unqualified. Send it back and have it rewritten." Sitting behind the exclusive desk in the manager's office of the Shinomiya Conglomerate Tokyo branch, Albedo frowned as she examined the report in front of her. "However, the core idea of his report is quite good. Give him two days to reorganize his thoughts. If the next report is like this one, tell him to go to finance, collect his pay, and get lost."
"Yes!" The branch manager's secretary beside her wiped the cold sweat from her forehead, then carefully held the report Albedo handed over in her hands.
"Also, fire that person named Zhaotian from the Shinomiya Conglomerate Kansai branch. He has violated the rules."
The secretary swallowed hard, then responded once more.
Although the so-called Kansai branch Albedo mentioned was actually the headquarters of the Shinomiya Conglomerate, and that Mr. Zhaotian was the vice president of the headquarters and the most loyal subordinate of Lord Huanguang in the Shinomiya Conglomerate, now that even the head of the headquarters had become Lord Albedo's dog, who else couldn't be fired?
As for the true person in charge of the Shinomiya Conglomerate... Lord Huanguang hadn't been there for half a month.
And the reason for firing Vice President Zhaotian... Lord Albedo had spoken, who cares about the reason!
Let's just say he embezzled the valuable personal property of the Shinomiya Conglomerate's distinguished clients.
The branch manager's secretary was silently thinking about which reason to use to fire Vice President Zhaotian, completely unaware that she had accidentally stumbled upon the truth.
Yes, that's right, Vice President Zhaotian was the shield Shinomiya Oko used to transfer assets.
Albedo had already gained control of about eighty percent of the power in the Shinomiya Conglomerate, and the remaining twenty percent happened to be controlled by Zhaotian, so she had long begun collecting dirt on Zhaotian, preparing to drive him out of office through legitimate means.
It turned out that when she was swallowing up the real estate of the Shinomiya Conglomerate, she discovered the tricks he had played, so the order to fire him was issued as a matter of course.
Albedo is now rapidly learning and adapting to this society.
The new things she learns every day can quickly enrich her personal knowledge repository.
She now feels that she finally understands her master's true intention in letting her enter the Shinomiya Conglomerate.
Learn, and then grow!
Only when it becomes a matter of making the rules of human society adapt to her, rather than her adapting to the rules of human society, will it be a victory!
And the knowledge acquired in this world can just help her reconstruct the rules of society.
In short, Albedo believes she has upgraded from Humanities Society LV0 at the beginning to Humanities Society LV3!
"Hehehehe, humans as a species are no worse than demons when it comes to playing tricks and schemes." Albedo put down the document in her hand and couldn't help but exclaim.
The cruelty and terror of commercial warfare, Albedo had fully experienced in these past half a month.
It is another form of war, completely different from the battlefield.
The control of human hearts and the sense for business are the keys to standing firm in this world.
Even though she is a demon, one careless move could lead to a total defeat.
But, isn't magic meant to be used at times like this?
"As expected of Master, even this was calculated." In the empty office, Albedo, with a flushed face, recalled her master's face in her mind.
"Albedo! Give me money!" Without even knocking, the person who ran in with a frustrated look was Aura, Albedo's only trusted partner in the Shinomiya Conglomerate at the moment.
"What's wrong, Aura? I remember that the money I prepared for you should have been enough for you to completely control the real estate of the Shinomiya Conglomerate."
"Albedo, you underestimate human greed." Aura jumped onto Albedo's desk without hesitation, sat on the edge, and wagged her finger. "The appetites of the grassroots personnel are easy to fill, but the high-level members who have swallowed quite a bit of rotten meat following the Shinomiya Family are not so easily satisfied."
"If it weren't for Master's request to try not to have internal bloodshed, I would really want to set the dogs on them to bite them to death! And then hang their corpses on the streetlights!" Aura said through gritted teeth. "Compared to them, I even feel like I'm an angel."
"It's just a request to try," Albedo rolled up the document and tapped Aura on the head to remind her. "It's not mandatory."
"If those scums stand in our way, and letting them join us is our last mercy, then those scums who reject this mercy have no necessity to continue existing."
"Should I—?" Aura made a slashing gesture across her neck.
"Idiot! I'm telling you to drive them out of the game." Albedo looked at Aura helplessly. "What we are doing now is not killing and fighting, but swallowing everything up without shedding blood."
"Eh—why is that." Aura muttered somewhat reluctantly. "I suddenly feel that the days of killing and fighting were the most enjoyable, knowing who the enemy is and just killing them directly."
"Instead of being like now, where I can't even figure out who is an enemy and who is a companion."
"Aura, did you get something wrong?" Albedo looked at Aura with a gentle smile and placed her hand on her head, rubbing it gently. "In the Shinomiya Conglomerate, only you and I are companions. Others, besides dogs, are just scums to be driven out."
"There is no such thing as an enemy."
"And in this whole world, only you, me, and Shalltear are companions. Lord Daniel is the master, Lord Artoria is the master's friend, a distinguished guest we must value. Other than that, there are only eyesores, passersby, and reptiles that follow behind our butts that can be given a little sweetness."
"...Albedo, have you become even scarier than before?" Aura looked up at Albedo blankly and asked.
"No, I just clarified my position." Albedo shook her head and replied. "Master needs us to be obedient, not us acting on our own."
"You should have realized this too."
Aura nodded.
"I understand, so that's why you haven't been sneaking into Master's room at night, right?"
"Ahem, ahem, ahem." Albedo blushed slightly and glared at Aura. "So, don't do unnecessary things like Shalltear."
"Ah, Shalltear." Aura sighed helplessly and shook her head. "She has been getting too close to humans lately."
"That's right. If it were just getting a little close to the humans named Ai Hayasaka and Kaguya Shinomiya, it wouldn't be a big deal. After all, even I can't find any faults in their service to Master. But... what's up with that girl named Chika Fujiwara? Why has she started calling a human 'Master'?"
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