Himeko and her party entered the company lobby. Just as at any normal company, someone from reception immediately came forward to attend to Himeko, a distinguished guest whose clothing looked anything but ordinary.
At the same time, the receptionist immediately asked her Intelligent Chip about Himeko's identity.
Company employees' Brain-Computer Interfaces were all connected to the company database, allowing them to easily access plenty of information unavailable to ordinary people.
"String Bean, String Bean, what are these people here for?"
[Let me give you the most direct, unambiguous, straight-to-the-point answer: they are Wanted Criminals, with a combined bounty of 2,500,002,000.]
"What!"
The receptionist paled in shock.
"Then what should I do?"
[Don't panic. The most important thing right now is to stay calm. You absolutely must not reveal that you know their true identities. Protecting yourself comes first. Whatever they ask for, agree to it for now.]
Agree to it for now? Good idea!
Realizing that the woman before her was no harmless soul, the receptionist broke out in a cold sweat, but dared not show the slightest fear or let Himeko notice any of it.
She absolutely could not let Himeko know that she knew who Himeko was!
Himeko paid no attention to the receptionist's condition and got straight to the point.
"We'd like to meet your President, Yamada."
Meet the President? What nonsense was this person spouting?
Did a criminal gang worth two billion think they could see the President whenever they wanted?
Throw a brick in this company and you could kill a whole bunch of employees who could cough up two billion. Random nobodies off the street should know better than to come here-but she would never dare say that aloud.
While plenty of people in the company could produce two billion, what did that have