"...Who are you?"
"I'm a newcomer to this company."
Hearing the question, Fang Zheng suddenly felt like playing a prank. He smiled slightly and replied.
"I came to inspect... no, I came to check on the company, but there doesn't seem to be anyone around... Could you tell me where I can find the person in charge?"
"...A newcomer?"
Only after hearing Fang Zheng's answer did the figure cautiously emerge from behind the partition. She was a young woman in her twenties, with beautiful long hair tied behind her head with a red ribbon. She wore a white top, a short red skirt, and black over-the-knee socks. She was very pretty.
However, she looked at Fang Zheng and Asuna with trembling fear, as if the two of them were wild beasts.
"At the moment... Miss Shizuku Hazuki should be in her office... You can find... her... Just go to the room on the left at the end of the hall..."
After saying that, the young woman withdrew behind the partition again, like a little mouse returning to its nest.
"..."
Faced with the young woman's baffling behavior, Fang Zheng and Asuna exchanged puzzled looks. However, they said nothing and followed her directions to the office at the end of the corridor, whose door bore the words "Director." Fang Zheng then reached out and knocked.
Soon, a lazy voice answered.
"Come in."
Hearing the response, Fang Zheng pushed open the door and entered the room. However, at that very moment, a fat shadow suddenly darted out through the crack in the door.
"Ah!"
Seeing the shadow suddenly rush out, Asuna cried out. But when she looked closely...
"A cat?"
A fat cat, though not orange, was racing down the corridor at a speed completely unsuited to its size. Hearing Asuna's cry,