The timeline rewound from the future, returning to the moment when Schiller had successfully arrived in the Death Realm.
While Death was busy solving Schiller's problem—in other words, busy making overseas harassment calls to Lucifer—Schiller had not been idle either. He had been constantly pitching to Death.
Although, by this point, both sides' primary goal was to win, Schiller had nothing better to do anyway. If he could develop another client, so much the better, so he pulled out all the stops and began discussing business with Death.
At first, Death ignored him completely. But as Schiller switched through various negotiation strategies, Death began to waver slightly. Though she pretended to be utterly uninterested, she listened carefully nonetheless.
Noticing that Death seemed somewhat swayed, Schiller became even more enthusiastic. A face-to-face pitch was different from a phone call. He could use all kinds of gestures, charts, even PowerPoint slides and proposals to fully explain just how advanced his method of cooperation was.
Before long, the two entered the haggling stage, fighting over every inch. In truth, this was the most difficult part. Neither side was willing to yield, constantly probing the other's bottom line, then adjusting their own, beginning a long tug-of-war.
The two of them ate and discussed business in the Death Realm, and things were quite peaceful there. But on OAA's side, some problems arose.
Death kept making harassment calls to Lucifer, Lucifer kept making harassment calls to Marvel, and OAA himself bore the responsibility of maintaining the universe's stable operation. Constantly receiving harassment calls clearly did not fall within the scope of stable operation, so he had to find a way to hang up.
OAA wanted to smash the phone, so he assigned the task to one of his subordinates, who passed it down to a subordinate's