When Ye Lan woke up, it was almost midnight. By the time he finished talking with the Sephirahs who came to visit him, it was already 2 a.m. on Day 50.
He then said goodbye to the other box spirits and went back to his dormitory room to sleep.
When he woke up, it was Lobotomy Corporation's last working day—Day 50.
On this day, neither a meltdown nor a test will occur; the only thing the employees need to do is collect all the energy required for the day.
This day is a rare moment of rest for everyone, and it also heralds their imminent arrival at an eternal day of rest.
But A cannot rest until then.
There was another "person" waiting for him in the real construction department.
"You've already seen your own reflection, haven't you?"
Standing before the photos of all the company's former managers, a young man in a white lab coat, hands in his pockets, said to A:
"They must have tried to stop you from moving forward because their own future is already bleak."
"But you resolutely chose to abandon them, shattering the fragmented 'yesterday' along with them."
"And so, we were able to meet 'today'."
"Seeing that you came to me without hesitation, you must have already realized it, right?"
"I know that we have all lost our 'hearts'. I've known this for a long, long time."
"But I was unmoved, and I'm sure many people would have done the same…that's the difference between Carmen and us."
"Unlike us, she did not look away, but tried to save them and find their souls. She made an incredibly noble decision—to bring salvation to humanity."
"But I, a person without such ambition, have no choice but to carry on her last wish."
"Isn't that ironic?"
Sitting at the only desk in the construction department, A looked at himself in the mirror and was talking eloquently.
"Perhaps I was never the right person for this job."
"As you can see, I became a 'Wing' and committed the same atrocities as the other 'Wings'."
"Here, employees are repeating the cycle of thousands upon thousands of deaths, endlessly. My friends who are already dead are trapped in a painful cycle."
"But I sit here and coldly watch everything, using the excuse of fulfilling her dream."
"This sin is unforgivable. Nevertheless, I must do this. If this sin can break the cycle of evil, even just once, then I am willing to bear it all."
"Our mission is to sow seeds among people. Everyone has their own light. Stories are made by light, and people's existence is rooted in light."
"We are the ones who sow the seeds, but how the seeds grow depends on themselves."
"We... regrettably, cannot foresee what kind of forest we will grow."
"We still have one more thing to do. Something we've done countless times… to manage the Abnormalities."
"You can do it, I believe in you, come on. This will be your last job as a supervisor."
After the person in the mirror finished speaking, A was surprised to find that it was already work time. He hadn't even had time for breakfast before he had to begin his management duties for the day.
Angela appeared before him as always, speaking some incoherent words to him through the unchanging mirror.
Meanwhile, Ye Lan, waking up from his sleep, went into the dormitory bathroom as usual. He wanted to see if there was any new information from his former employer.
But it seems they have truly given up on him. The communicator inside the ornament has already executed a self-destruct program, so it's now just a broken ornament, completely worthless.
After a quick wash, he changed into a brand-new company uniform and left the dormitory room where he had lived for countless lifetimes.
Is there anything more delightful than wearing a new outfit to face the last day at the company and to welcome a new chapter in your life?
Thinking about what would happen next, Ye Lan walked towards the restaurant with a smile that made his colleagues who passed by wonder if he hadn't recovered from mental pollution.
There were no Sephirahs in the restaurant today, so Ye Lan quickly finished her breakfast and went to her dressing room.
Bo Ming was destroyed in yesterday's battle, and the Ego set he was given today was the [Adoration] set extracted from Dissolving Love.
However, what suit he wears today doesn't really matter, since he hasn't been assigned to any specific department. Both A and the Sephirahs think he should rest today, and his only job is to lend a hand if any department is overwhelmed.
In other words, he got it for free today!
As he entered the elevator and went into the construction department, four employees greeted him. These four were previously on duty in the training department, but had come here today as substitutes.
After explaining the management guidelines for the several anomalies, Ye Lan stepped into the elevator and headed towards the research and development department. He had originally planned to go to the control department to find Malkuth first.
But a sense of crisis told him that he seemed to have said something he shouldn't have to Malkuth yesterday when he was seriously injured, and now he would definitely be questioned by the lovely box spirit, Miss Malkuth.
After waiting in the elevator for a while, before it arrived, a jolt caused the elevator to temporarily lock itself in place. The total energy had reached the 10% threshold, and the elevator tilted 45 degrees to the right amidst a tremor.
As energy is collected, the headquarters facilities will gradually rotate until they are completely inverted, with the construction department positioned above the company.
After the shaking of the company facilities stopped, the elevator Ye Lan was in returned to normal, and he soon arrived at the R&D department again.
Binah was sitting idly in the R&D department manager's office, and as usual, she didn't need to work today, much to her amusement.
However, just as Ye Lan felt sympathy for Angela, Binah also felt sympathy for her to some extent. No, that might not be accurate. Rather than feeling sympathy for Angela, Binah was more interested in seeing what Angela could do with the Seed of Light.
The two, each harboring their own secrets, sat facing each other in the research and development department, quietly waiting for the company to finish its rotation and rise to the surface.