But if I couldn't focus on keeping things together now, it didn't matter what they threw at me in the future. Yes, it was entirely possible they'd go after me for revenge, no matter what I was holding over their heads. Yes, the tactics I'd used to get rid of them were dirty, dangerous, and definitely illegal. Yes, I'd done something very risky by cutting off most of my top executives.
I stayed in my office until evening, facilitating the restructuring of the freshly-trimmed workforce, and tried not to think too far ahead. One more weight lifted from my shoulders. By the end of the day, the forms were signed and Daimon had left the building. “Do you want to know where the other leads?”Īs it turned out, he did not. One of these choices leads to a quiet retirement with your current savings and what's left of your reputation.” A thin smile stole over my face. “–and leave KaibaCorp peacefully, or you can continue to make a fool of yourself. You can sign these–” I tapped the table just beside the forms. There was something truly priceless about the sight of a grown man flapping his mouth open and closed like a fish. As of this moment, you are still a proud employee of KaibaCorp.” He'd only shut up once, for a few seconds after I slapped the resignation forms down.Īt first, this farce had been entertaining. To make matters worse, he'd started yelling the second I walked into the meeting room. His eyes were raw and red, his hair and suit both messes. That wasn't to say my preparations had been ineffective. It would've been convenient to take care of Daimon the same way, but my former right-hand man was too cunning to fall for it. The second he put his hands around my throat, I had photographic evidence of assault on a minor, and he was bending over backwards to avoid jail time. A systematic campaign of isolation? Clear signs of tampering on his computer? The theft and destruction of every shred of evidence related to his deal with Industrial Illusions? Child's play.
It had taken me very little effort to get Ota to snap. I ratcheted up my opinion of him obligingly. He was in a great deal of trouble and he knew it. His hard-earned skills at brown-nosing and manipulation had failed him. The allies he'd gathered had already been fired, encouraged to quit, or coincidentally placed on dead-end projects. Three weeks after I woke up, I sat across from Kogoro Daimon, a small stack of unsigned papers on the table between us, and told him to get out of my company. Road to Nowhere Discord Recs Stats: Published: Updated: Words: 27537 Chapters: 9/? Comments: 239 Kudos: 305 Bookmarks: 126 Hits: 4939
vague mishmash of continuities because I took all the fun bits for reasons."magic is bullshit and so is reincarnation" says the reincarnated sorcerer.Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga).