39 The Company II (1/2)
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Kazuya could only sigh and confirm another one of Miyamoto's teachings. This specific girl was being petty and held on to grudges. He shook his head because this girl decided to blackmail the wrong person.
”I heard your proposal and I reject it. You may leave now” Kazuya smiled at her.
”Good, now I want you to… wait… what did you say?” Yui couldn't believe what she just heard.
”I said you may leave the same way you came in” he kept the smile on his face as this girl couldn't believe he just turned down such an opportunity.
”You… were all the things you said to the mistress a lie!? Wouldn't you do anything to save them the trouble of dealing with those shameless people?” She was getting irritated. She thought that he was a decent person for saying those things and actually admired him when he said it which was why she was disappointed in hearing his calm rejection.
”My words weren't a lie. I just don't want to deal with someone who clearly went to blackmail me without thinking about it clearly” Kazuya said it as if it was a matter of fact which irked her. He then proceeded to take out his cellphone and played a recording of their current conversation. ”See? Even if I didn't go this far I would only need to say that you hold a piece of evidence to your grandmother and you would hand it over to them”
”You sneaky little fox! I'll erase it then!” she proceeded to take her phone out to erase the evidence in spite. This was when Kazuya made his move and grabbed her cellphone the instant it left her pocket.
”I advise you not to do that. You need to think about things more thoroughly. Remember, what I've been doing? I resumed recording our conversation so if you erase it now, then the consequences would be dear for you” he warned. The only reason he was not being hostile to this girl is that If the evidence she had really does make the other side take a loss in silence, then he would be grateful instead. His plan needed time to be implemented so avoiding a confrontation now would be the ideal scenario.
”You're even threatening me now!” She felt wronged. It was supposed to be her winning but it was turned over so effortlessly. She was now the one being forced into a corner.
”I'm not threatening you, I'm just stating facts” He was only responding to her threat accordingly. If Yui knew the consequence of threatening Kazuya then she wouldn't be acting so unreasonably.
”Meanie! Bully! I hate you!” she shouted. Kazuya sighed. He was the one being threatened and she was the one getting mad. Kazuya didn't feel like dealing with her anymore and looked at the video of Lee she took.
”This is certainly interesting. Good work” he praised her but she was still pouting by the side. ”But like I said, you need to think a little more about how you to make the best out of the situation”
”What do you mean by that? I'll just show it to granny and the mistress and this will surely be able to help them” This part she was sure about. Lee giving the direct order and the video even captured the iconic school clock outside the window so denying would be hard.
”You forgot to take account yourself first and foremost” Kazuya looked at her seriously. ”Sure, this is helpful but if they present this evidence, the first questions would be how did you get this? Who took this video? When your identity as a person of a Kouzuki household person is exposed then they can blatantly claim that this is a direct attack against them. Remember, you're a girl who took this inside the boy's bathroom. Not only will they have a reason to escalate this feud, you will also be at risk” Kazuya explained. He wasn't worried that Kyouko and Mei would take care of it but there were risks still involved.
”W-what should I do then?” Yui was nervous. She didn't even think about the points he just raised but they were indeed serious things to think about.
”Luckily, you presented this to me beforehand. I happen to have a good way to resolve this” Kazuya led her to his computer where he copied the file and then began his work.
Kazuya had a simple solution for their predicament, it would be to leave the dirty work to the public. He masked his IP and immediately posted the video on various public boards after primarily posting it on the school forums. That was not all, he even went as far and created funny memes out of Lee's raging where he made funny gifs and spread it as well.
”Young master you're a genius!” Yui was so excited that she hugged him from behind his chair. Kazuya continued doing his work and didn't pay her much attention.
Yui wasn't stupid and realized what he was doing. They could claim that they just found this video instead. Although the public didn't know the reason Lee was raging, their side could simply just give them the hint and it would be the public who decimates the conglomerate's young master and their reputation.
”No matter which world, humans always have a habit of minding other people's business. A rumor inside a small community travels at the speed of boredom” Kazuya turned at Yui who in turn looked at him. She finally realized that she had been hugging him from the back of his chair this whole time and quickly jumped back.
”I-I'll go ahead and tell them about the evidence” she couldn't look him in the eye and rushed out the building. Kazuya proceeded to do his work and went back to going to his original objective after making sure that there would be no further disturbance.
Kazuya opened the nostalgic online game and installed it. Being a student who worked after school and studied a lot, he didn't have much of a social life in his previous life. He was given a hand me down computer and he decided to play a game out on a whim. The game was called 'New Gods Online' and it was a game he played in his previous life.
The reason he played this game was simple, there were a lot of people who got inspired from this specific game and soon became famous in the real world. Being a person who wanted to repay Mei and give her a happy life, he paid attention to these people and learned from their interviews that they played NGO and it played a great role in their success.
Kazuya followed their example and used the game as a tool to socialize with people while having fun. It was the unique community of this game that helped build a lot of those successful people. He even found himself a great group of friends who like him, were constrained by life during the daytime and wanted to take a breather when they got home. He was part of the group called 'Nocturnal Pals' and played with a with a small number of interesting people. One of them could even be considered his virtual girlfriend since they were called recognized as one of the group's couples.
”Since Tang-chan said she started out playing this game when she was given a free copy during it's release, I wonder if she'll be there?” Kazuya wondered. He was never actually able to meet this person in his last life in person but that didn't matter to both of them. They cared little about those things and enjoyed each other's company after their busy days.
Of course, meeting up with his old friend is not the main reason he was going to play this game. He needed to find the specific people so he could convince them to join the company he was going to build.