The Story Where I, the Strongest Mercenary, Was Reincarnated as a Bullied Introverted High School Student ~ When I Was Freely Enjoying My School Life, for Some Reason the Girls Around Me Started Glancing at Me~

“Fushimi! You’re fired! Let Dojima take real good care of you!”

“I get it, so hurry up and give me my part-time wages. You always pay in cash, right? Don’t skim off the top this time, okay? Give me the full amount.”

I never intended to continue working at this store anyway.

I had gathered enough information, and by working today, I had figured out the limits of this body’s information processing capabilities.

So there was no need for me to stay here anymore.

However, when quitting voluntarily, legally you’re supposed to give two weeks’ notice.

I could have ignored that, but having Saida get angry and fire me like this was more reliable.

That’s why I deliberately provoked him like a kid… but it was disappointingly easy.

“The hourly wage is 1000 yen, right? I worked 8 hours today, so that’s 8000 yen. Give it to me properly.”

I probably did several tens of thousands of yen worth of work, but whatever, it’s fine.

I needed to pay back at least a little money to Char.

“Idiot, like hell I’m giving it to you. You think I’d give money to someone who’s quitting?”

“Huh?”

It seemed like he still wanted to experience more pain.

Just as I was glaring at Saida with that thought, the store’s entrance door opened.

“That won’t do. We saw him working too.”

“Yes, it was good customer service that brought smiles to the customers’ faces.”

Saying this as they entered were Chairman Inagaki and President Mizushima, dressed in expensive suits.

These were the two people Saida had hurled abuse at this morning without knowing who they were.

“Huh? What’s with you guys? I feel like I’ve seen you somewhere before.”

Meanwhile, Saida still hadn’t caught on.

These were the two people who could fire him just like he could fire me.

Chairman Inagaki and President Mizushima smiled at Saida.

In terms of power difference, it was probably like an elephant versus an ant.

“Saida Naoki. We’ve had you investigated.”

“Your submitted resume was full of lies. On top of that, you were fired from your previous company for power harassment.”

“…W-what kind of ridiculous things are you saying? That’s right, you’re the old geezer and hag who came this morning, aren’t you? Why are you wearing suits like that—”

As Saida was getting flustered, the black-suited man accompanying the two spoke up.

“Old geezer and hag?! These two are the representatives of Yamano Holdings, Chairman Inagaki and President Mizushima!”

Saida apparently knew at least the name of the parent company.

His face turned pale and he started sweating profusely as if caught in a downpour.

“It’s fine, we are indeed an old geezer and hag.”

“That’s right. It’s fine ‘for now’. However, if one came as customers, you should have provided proper hospitality. That kind of attitude is naturally unacceptable.”

“Am… am I going to be fired…?”

Saida suddenly became meek.

The two smiled brightly.

“Fired? What kind of lukewarm thing are you saying?”

“Didn’t we tell you? ‘We’ve had you investigated’. You probably already have some idea what that means, don’t you?”

“…T-that is… I-I understand! I’ll quit, I’ll take responsibility and quit, so please have mercy…!”

Saida was already sweating as if he’d taken a shower and prostrated himself on the ground.

While the two were smiling, their eyes looked at him as if viewing a criminal.

“Saida Naoki, we will prosecute you for multiple crimes including document forgery and violations of labor standards law.”

“A person like you makes those around them sad. For the sake of society, we will thoroughly pursue you in court, including any additional crimes. Taking responsibility means exactly that, doesn’t it?”

(Saida, this is probably the situation you feared most.)

A lawsuit brought by people with abundant funds for the sake of social justice.

The outcome was already clear.

And criminal punishments stacked up.

I didn’t know exactly how many crimes Saida had committed, but it’d probably take quite a while before he got out.

“And of course, Fushimi Jinta-san will also be paid his proper salary.”

“We heard the conversation earlier, but what’s this about ‘1000 yen per hour’? This store’s actual hourly wage is ‘1300 yen’, isn’t it? The reports you submitted stated you were paying the proper hourly wage, didn’t they?”

Oh no, seriously?

I was suspicious when it was a cash payment, but it turned out this guy had been skimming nearly a quarter of my wages.

The moment those words were spoken, all the store staff glared at Saida.

“Huh? What do you mean? 1300 yen per hour?”

“No way? That’s completely different.”

“Don’t mess with us! Give it back! All the money from when we’ve been working!”

“You’ve been pocketing it all along, haven’t you!”

Even the girls who couldn’t voice strong complaints because they were afraid of Dojima backing him got furious at this.

Of course they did, they’d been doing 1300 yen worth of work but only getting paid 1000 yen.

Saida prostrated himself to them as well with an exhausted expression.

“I-I don’t have it! I don’t have the money to pay back! I used it all on pachinko…”

Chairman Inagaki and President Mizushima bowed deeply to us.