41 38 The conference is dancing, but I wont let it go!! (2/2)

Mr. Nostalfel hands over the documents he offers silently, and Bastet receives them with a bitter smile.

They know each other's conversational territory, and there is no waste in their movements.

With faster movements than before, the pervert goes through the documents.

Now, this time I, as a witness for the union, will take the lead. Good.

Yes.

Please.

Having finished reading the material to be fair, Bastet proceeded to speak.

Kitamiya nodded seriously and Nostalfel nodded irreverently.

I've read both sides of the argument, and I'll start with Kyra's side, but I have three demands. The first is the immediate reinstatement of Kitamiya Karen's party, the second is the punishment of Jiro Tanaka's party for acting with unauthorized party members, and the third is the request for the transfer of some of the parties in the same party in order to eliminate the bias in business efficiency due to the increase in the strength of the military force.

”Hey!　That's it!

Oh, I didn't expect you to point the finger at me too.

And, nice south.

When Kitamiya was about to scream, he stopped her by stamping his foot.

Still, the other side can tell you that you were going to do something.

”Of course, a few weeks in duration, the efficiency of their party I'm in charge of has dropped significantly since she left. This is not only interfering with their work, but it's also interfering with our business as a company. If they have permission to do so, or they are doing so without permission. You're Tanaka Jirou, right?　A rule is a rule that must be followed, and since you know it and break it, you deserve to be punished, right?　And we can't have all our forces in one place in case something happens. You have to reduce the risk.

You're going to be able to find out if you're going to be able to get a good deal more than you're used to.

Temporary is only a temporary system, originally implemented as a countermeasure when a party is disbanded or unable to perform its duties due to illness or injury.

The rules contain similar language in the company rules.

Let's leave the first one aside for now, there will be no problem with the second.

There is an exception for the second one, as long as you notify us and request an extension. It was well filed and submitted to HR and it was accepted.

I've been through it all.

It's common business sense to check for problems, and that's just nonsense to skip the formalities when you're at a disadvantage.

Well, this kind of back-and-forth is like a boxing jab and a probe.

I'll block where I can, and minimize the damage.

The problem is, the first and the third, for us the main battleground was supposed to be the first one, and now we've been given another battleground, the demand for the third one.

Now, leaving the first battle to Kitamiya and Minami, I'll have to travel to the third one.

The second one is probably an abandoned piece of equipment for them as well.

I'm not sure if they've looked into it or if they were expecting it.

They are elegantly sipping the tea Bastet has provided.

Now, this one is getting stuck here.

They're serious about what they stand for, too, explaining the risks of consolidating forces, asking for our understanding and giving us what we want.

Well, we are also trying to take away their strength and, in effect, they are taking it away.

I can't blame them for making such a demand.

I'm not going to pass.

Besides, the third demand will kick in, which will give us the momentum to add the second one to our demands.

Now, let's hold on.

Next, Kitamiya's demand. This one is simple. Your departure from the party led by Tohru Hokusumi and transfer to the party led by Jiro Tanaka.

I don't know what you're talking about.

Well, how about that?

”...... don't let anyone other than yourself suddenly enter the conversation?

Oh, scary.

you're a subhuman of the dragon lineage!

you're as good as you're supposed to be.

well...

”Unfortunately, I was going to be a part of the party just now, and I was going to give you some advice, but if you're talking about pulling our party out, I'm going to have my say.

Compared to Instructor Kio and Instructor Fusio, it's still a good level to look good.

To begin with, the other party leaders, including fire-clearing there, have given up their recruiting authority. And when the time comes, if there is a shortage of people, they will ask for personnel from somewhere. And that's where they have the authority to ask for your supplies. He's not wrong, sir. But it just doesn't make sense. Isn't that right?　By the way, did you tell your supervisor about this?

I applied and was rejected. We're already in the second round of selection and cannot give you recruiting privileges. I was also told that your authority would expire soon. But that's where it all started, when you pulled her out. It's interfering with his party behavior. Then don't you owe it to him to make up for the delay?　So I'm not going to hear any excuses around that?

These conversations are about how to minimize your own damage while confronting your opponent's disapproval and not letting them down.

It's a verbal slugfest.

Don't hold back and you'll lose.

Your opponent is in a higher position than you, but don't back down.

Use formal honorifics, but otherwise be belligerent.

I could say that at that time it was an emergency situation. In addition, the more forces the better, and there was a fire-clearing party that was on the verge of splitting up. Though it may sound like this, but from my standpoint as a third party, the fire-clearing party at that time was completely dysfunctional. It was so difficult to work together. So I asked for your help to defuse the situation. The decision to do nothing in a company emergency was not mine to make at the time.

But then, shouldn't Tohru have gone with them?　You didn't have to go out of your way to disrupt the scene by just pulling her out, did you?

”Unfortunately, he and I would not have been able to form a joint front. He wouldn't have been able to make the decision to work with me on his own, so I approached her on the spot to see if we could work together.

Honestly speaking, if Kitamiya had said no, I wouldn't have added him.

Then, if you ask me if I'd add fire-clearing, I'd say no, now and in the past.

So I'll tell you that Nostalfel's opinion is impossible.

To begin with.

It's a rare thing to be able to say ”Okay” when asked to join forces with someone who has looked down on you or been looked down on by you.

You've dug your own grave, your expression hasn't changed, but your eyes are changing color.

She got off on the wrong foot.

If they wanted to pull the party out of us, they had to go with a more rules-based approach, not the past.

”To begin with, I've never been asked to staff him directly, to scout for him. But it's not reasonable to demand that a person who has come here and is starting to become an asset be sent elsewhere, without regard to our work efficiency. The same goes for Kitamiya, she is a temporary party member at the beginning and should have a word with us when she left. That's right, that's exactly what happened, despite the fact that Fire Clear himself should have said something to me about the job, he didn't say anything.

”I skipped the advisory, didn't I?

It's about Kitamiya's transfer. It doesn't lead to a transfer from my party. What I take issue with is that it was too late to raise the issue, and he said it wasn't a problem at the stage of relinquishing his recruiting rights. If it wasn't a problem when the three of us were working together, why didn't he move at the reduced stage?

”That's it,

”Nothing is being said, no instructions, no signs . That's what I've been doing, I've been looked down upon by the surrounding parties. So, when they ask me to give you the manpower at your disposal, I'm not loose enough to nod my head in agreement.

”......

I won.

We had to push and push and push and push, and as long as the results were good, we won.

He's right, as far as the second and third demands of Kyra, their performance is not acceptable to the company.

Bastet came into the conversation at the silent stage.

Then he spread the material on the table between them.

''Their achievements, of course, before Kitamiya-chan joined. The demon king's ranking system became obsolete due to the many retirements, but the data is still available. Here's the track record of your party. There has been a sudden drop in performance since a certain point in time.

The line graph shows me and my business performance, the number of monsters defeated in the attack hierarchy, the loot and the report, and the overall number of figures that have been judged to be in the line graph, my party is slowly rising, while fire-clearing's party was higher than ours until a certain point, a certain boundary, that we produced. They were sluggish and starting to fall in the challenging phase of the hierarchy.

Not only this, they have a good track record compared to the other parties. I'm not going to let them apply to the top spot if it would destroy their party.

At any rate, the winner of the preliminaries has been decided.

After glaring at me once as if I were the starter, he brushed his hair out of his ear and said, ”All right,” without losing his attitude.

Now, your shoulders are hunched, but we're all set.

You're next.

Tanaka Jiro, twenty-eight years old, unmarried

Her Suela Hendelberg

Memory Tris

Occupation Dungeon Tester (full-time) + Recruiter (soon to expire)

Magical aptitude 8 (general class)

Post Warriors

Word of the Day

It takes a track record to voice an opinion, and if anyone finds out that their actions are bad, they have to shut up!