So Superman remembered his birthday?
Max's surprise deepened at once. Everyone in the company now knew that the Superman appearing in the news was their company's elusive major shareholder.
He usually liked staying in the laboratory. Rumor had it that the recently popular Self-Healing Bandage and rapid Healing Serum had both been invented by him.
He never expected him to remember his birthday.
"From now on, I'll serve the company properly!"
Max gave himself a boost in his heart. Although the other coworkers did not remember him, Superman remembered him.
The company's biggest boss remembered him.
The gloom in Max's heart vanished completely. It felt wonderful to be valued.
Max ate the somewhat overly sweet cake bite by bite, as though he were making an offering to God.
Boom!
Another loud crash rang out, and a torrential rain immediately poured down, raindrops constantly striking the glass.
Max looked outside through the window, then opened his computer with some concern and checked the company's intact electrical circuits.
There was no data indicating anything had been burned out yet.
He breathed a sigh of relief. Thunderstorms were the most likely to damage circuits, and emergency repairs would be troublesome when that happened.
Especially at the company, where the electrical system involved the power supply for many cold storage rooms and critical departments.
If anything broke, it had to be repaired immediately. It could not be delayed until tomorrow.
That was why he was always called in for emergency repairs in the middle of the night.
The sky grew darker and darker. Looking out through the window, Max saw clouds that seemed to have been filled with ink.
A rumbling roar rolled through the air like wheels passing overhead.
Suddenly, the clouds spat out a bolt of lightning, seemingly illuminating all of New