"Hiss... ow, ow, ow..." Cheng Tian sat up, clutching his burning head, his vision going dark.
"Where am I?"
A folder was flung onto his desk. In front of him, a man of about forty with a full beard cursed him out without restraint.
"What the hell are you doing! You can't even finish this tiny task, and now you're sleeping at work! If you don't want this job, just say so! Get the hell out!"
Looking at that pig face he loathed so much, Cheng Tian's brain instantly crashed.
"Wait... why am I here!" Cheng Tian struggled to stand up. "No... Xiaohan's still waiting for me, and Greninja and the others might already be fighting. As their Trainer, I can't..."
"Have you lost your mind? What nonsense have you been muttering this whole time!" The supervisor's face was full of contempt. "Don't think playing dumb will let you deny sleeping on the job. Your bonus this month is halved! Type in this line of code, then run the software and test for errors. You're not leaving until you finish fixing it today!"
Cheng Tian clutched his head in pain. He felt as though he had forgotten something.
"No, this isn't how it should be..." That utterly familiar yet gradually fading feeling terrified him. "I... I shouldn't be here..."
"Are you all right?" Just then, a gentle female voice rang out, and a cup of coffee was pushed onto his desk. Cheng Tian looked up and found that the beautiful woman before him was his senior colleague at the company in his previous life.
"You don't look well," his senior said with concern. "Do you need me to finish writing this for you?"
Cheng Tian shook his head blankly. "N-no... thank you. I'll have it done soon..."
"Right... what nonsense