Akasaka Ryunosuke, gender: unknown (very likely a cross-dressing boy. Though this isn't an era where wrapping your chest in bandages is enough to pass as a man, considering we seem to be in a world from a two-dimensional anime, it's best not to jump to conclusions.)
Traits: long, straight black hair; feminine features.
You couldn't prove anything from one suspicion alone, but with two of them... Sogo Doma shuddered.
Intelligence: a genius, above ordinary people.
Notable work: Smart Maid
It was described as a cutting-edge intelligent system developed on the basis of artificial intelligence.
If you aren't familiar with it, go watch Marvel. It was basically the prototype for Iron Man's Jarvis, only Jarvis was more intelligent.
But!
Who was Tony Stark? It wouldn't be wrong to call him Marvel's richest man in the early days, and his intelligence was among the best in the Marvel universe. But what about Akasaka Ryunosuke? How much capital could he invest? And how much could he invest when designing Smart Maid?
He was still in high school.
At the thought, Sogo Doma rubbed his forehead. This really was a country where high schoolers saved the Earth. They could even come up with advanced AI black technology that was ahead of its time?
Now...
Sogo Doma felt that danger was drawing close again!
Even without transmigrators, these natives were all cheats in their own right. For example, that Senku, and that Senku...
Personality: "Mild social anxiety; severe fear of the opposite sex."
And so on.
That was more or less Sogo Doma's impression of Akasaka Ryunosuke, mostly based on his previous life and partly on his observations. As for Ryunosuke's gender... someone like the "call her a girl even though she's clearly a guy" type, or that "Little Angel" fellow... He absolutely couldn't take those things at face value.
Their first meeting didn't seem to have gone very well, either.
A long, long time ago...
At a company under the Doma Group.
"Lord Ryunosuke said he can handle the network maintenance." The boy, whose hair was black and straight but not yet long, looked at the HR representative with a determined expression. At the same time, his phone spoke for him.
That was enough to break a taboo. Never mind his childish face; answering through a voice app was guaranteed to get him rejected.
Naturally.
The HR representative's calm face gradually changed color. What a joke! How long had it taken him to earn respect? Decades! And now some brat who knew nothing but technology thought he knew anything? He even dared to answer with a voice app? He should apologize to his senior, right now!
"This guy..."
"This is ridiculous! We're a high-end network company. How could we possibly..."
People often said that a smooth face meant a smooth life, and that was especially true in Japan's seniority-based society. The boy's youthful appearance meant he was bound to miss out on the contract.
"I'm telling you, next time you recommend someone, could you take a look at them first? If we hire him, we might as well admit to taking on another child laborer. We'll all be in trouble then!" The furious HR representative continued venting at his subordinate.
"N-no way. I-I thought his technical skills were pretty solid..." Before he could finish, the subordinate realized he'd made a mistake. In this country, whether or not your boss was right, you had to put up with being scolded.
Sure enough.
The HR representative raised his folder as if to hit him.
"His technical skills are solid, huh? I'll show you how solid..."
Just then, a hungover Sogo had just left the chairman's office after getting chewed out.
"Yaaawn." He yawned and rubbed his messy hair.
Then he noticed the scene unfolding before him.
"Matsuda, what's going on?" Sogo Doma asked, blinking sleepily. Yeah, the old man had lectured him again. Maybe it was time to quit drinking?
Before the others could react, the HR representative, Matsuda, hurried forward. "Young Master Sogo, the situation is as follows: this subordinate was careless and nearly let a child laborer in."
"Uh." Sogo's attitude was to mind his own business and stay out of it. He nodded to show he understood, then turned to leave.
"W-wait, please!" At that moment, the subordinate everyone had ignored rushed forward and kowtowed. "Ryunosuke—Ryunosuke may not be old enough, but when it comes to computer skills, he's absolutely first-rate!"
"Uh!" Sogo nodded. Plenty of people with solid computer skills worked at the Doma Group. One more wouldn't make much difference, and neither would one less. Besides, child labor...
Getting caught would be a huge hassle. The HR representative had handled it well.
Seeing how unconcerned Sogo looked, the subordinate kowtowed again. "Please give Akasaka Ryunosuke a chance." It seemed the two of them had some kind of connection.
"No... Uh, all right, I understand. His name is Akasaka Ryunosuke, right? You and he, come with me."
Matsuda, standing nearby, seemed about to say something, but Sogo waved him off and sent him away.
Holy crap!
Wasn't this some two-dimensional genius who'd nearly developed something comparable to Jarvis without any investment? Better not mess with him. But—he looked only thirteen or fourteen. He was already looking for a job?
Well, that was very anime.
It was just like that proposal Sogo had once seen for investment in Doraemon's Anywhere Door. He'd heard it was based on a paper written by a high schooler in his teens. Sure enough, the geniuses here couldn't be judged by ordinary standards... Hahaha, geniuses were everywhere. Better not mess with them. It was best to keep a low profile.
By the way.
The guy who wrote that paper seemed to have become a NEET who didn't want to work. That really was very anime. Otaku were amazing.
"This world is getting harder and harder to understand. Still, why would I let talent walk right through the door without a fight?"
As for him...
Physics LV4: 33/9999 (You're searching for the truth, but it's meaningless.)
Mathematics LV3: 12/999 (It's completely meaningless.)
Sure enough, only physics and mathematics were eternal in this world.
Some people said: "The end of science is theology." It would be more accurate to say that the end of science was replacing theology!
Some people said: "The end of theology is philosophy." Then the end of philosophy was probably mathematics. When the weapon of philosophy tore through the body of a god, humanity would bury everything beneath the laws of mathematics!
Those were the few skills whose experience points his cheat refused to increase. It seemed that the damn thing was afraid of something, too... However, neither of those fields could be studied in isolation.
If he broke higher mathematics down further and further, then proved one of those ten famous conjectures, and followed it up with some major breakthroughs in physics—materials physics, high-energy physics... Great. Even though he was the second son of the Doma family, under the control of capital, he'd never be free for the rest of his life.
So he still had to keep a low profile. But that was fine. Nobody was better at lying low than him!
After giving it careful thought, Sogo Doma opened his office door.
Inside was a dazzling array of things that would leave anyone stunned—literally stunned by one jin's worth. There were seven or eight kinds of drinks alone, not to mention all the snacks and pastries. That was the food.
As for entertainment—from arcade machines to handheld consoles, from RPGs to fighting games, they were scattered all over the floor.
Looking at this place, the subordinate who had pleaded desperately and even kowtowed felt his teeth itch. "So the rumor going around the company was right. Young Master Sogo really is just here to pad his résumé."
Akasaka Ryunosuke was rather shy and hid behind the subordinate.
Sogo Doma: "—"
What the hell!? The employee recommended by his subordinate might be a little girl. What was he supposed to do? Would it be three years of profit, or three years of losses?
Wait, was this one a girl?
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