"Hmm..."
'Something… The atmosphere is strange these days?'
Today, Choi Go-eun sat at her desk until well past 9 o'clock, reviewing the final report materials for the Monday report that was coming back.
Recently, she felt the atmosphere in the company surrounding her was different.
Knock knock knock
She nervously tapped her fingernails against the thick report materials, but no matter how much she thought about it, she couldn't figure out the exact reason. Could it be because she had worked at this company for a long time?
'There's definitely something there…'
There was definitely something that was subtly getting on Choi Go-eun's nerves.
'The expressions of the team members during the meeting? The CEO who didn't ask any additional questions during the start-up report meeting? The vice president who looked at her with a sinister look?'
Everyone was quiet, but there was no female employee who didn't know the vice president's habit of blatantly looking at the good female employees.
'The vice president was always like that.'
Ttuktuk
Choi Go-eun, who thought of the vice president who was looking at her with evil eyes, was a little annoyed and took out her anger by writing a useless report.
The reason she insisted on wearing only tight suits that were suffocating. It was because she didn't want to hear useless comments from men like the vice president about her clothes.
'Hehe, isn't your skirt a little short today?'
'You were really nervous today? Are you going on a blind date or something?'
'Isn't it too casual to go to work?'
When she dresses up, the men say that she looks like she's dressed up, and when she dresses comfortably, they say that she feels relaxed. She didn't want to hear such useless comments, so she naturally preferred to wear suits since she was a new employee.
Of course, the pervert vice president always blatantly glanced at her suit, so she could say that it was the same as usual.
"What is it..,"
There was definitely something... Choi Go-eun's intuition was blaring an alarm bell. However, even though she continued to sit in the office until close to midnight, she was unable to figure out the true nature of her anxiety.
..............
swish swish
As if time had stopped, the only constant sound in the office was the sound of paper turning.
"Hmm..."
The CEO slowly read Choi Go-eun's final report that she had reviewed until midnight yesterday. He had slightly bald but gray hair neatly combed to the side. He was a high-ranking civil servant who had passed the civil service exam and had risen to the position of director in a central government agency.
Perhaps because of his long career in the public service, the CEO was the type of person who meticulously examined not only the content of the report but also its format and design.
The reason Choi Go-eun was promoted to a key position in the company as the head of the Organizational Innovation TF team was because of this tendency of the CEO.
Because there was no other employee in the company who could write a report that was close to perfection that would satisfy the CEO.
"Team Leader Choi, you've organized the progress well so far. Thank you for your hard work. But… um… no. You can leave now."
Shashashash
The CEO took out a fountain pen from his pocket, signed the report, and returned the document to Choi Go-eun. He always had a satisfied expression whenever she reported directly, but today, he seemed uneasy and trailed off.
'What the heck?'
If you're going to muddle through, then don't do it. Choi Go-eun, who hates vague or indirect expressions like her personality, wanted to tell her not to approve it and to explain what she was dissatisfied with.
However, even Choi Go-eun couldn't just slam the CEO. She bowed and quietly left the CEO's office with the approval documents in hand.
Flapping
As soon as she left the CEO's office, Choi Go-eun furiously handed over the report she had written. She looked over it carefully again, but couldn't find any typos or mistakes.
'Of course I wouldn't make a mistake. But what was that expression at the end?'
The report was perfect as usual. However, the CEO's expression and reaction seemed to have a problem. Choi Go-eun was so frustrated that she couldn't figure out why.
'Again and again and again'
On her way back to the office after finishing her CEO report, she felt the gazes of her employees. Choi Go-eun was used to the gazes of people always looking at her because of her tall height and her always emphasized chest, but she felt that something was different in their eyes than before.
'Something… no, definitely there is.'
The anxiety Choi Go-eun felt became real and was slowly encroaching on her surroundings like a dark cloud.
...............
"The following is a proposal for the company's organizational chart that will change in the future. We will reorganize the current five headquarters and three direct offices into a completely horizontal structure..."
Choi Go-eun announcing the organizational restructuring plan at an interim report meeting attended by team leaders from major departments such as human resources, organization, budget, accounting, and IT.
As expected of someone who doesn't tolerate even small mistakes, she memorized all the scripts and proceeded smoothly despite the visual PPT and presentation that lasted over an hour.
Her presentation was the epitome of a perfect report, with precise pronunciation and a comfortable voice like an announcer.
'Oh, thinking about how I couldn't even go home and make that…'
'I had to revise that page 10 times.'
'Oh, I feel like vomiting even after looking at it again.'
The four members of the Organizational Innovation TF, including Hyunwoo, recall the terrible times they had torn apart by Team Leader Choi Go-eun's perfectionism every time they turned the page of the PPT.
Still, watching Choi Go-eun's perfect presentation made them feel a little, just a little proud.
"This concludes the Organizational Innovation TF interim report presentation. Thank you."
Choi Go-eun and her team members had expected enthusiastic applause at the commencement report meeting. However, the team leaders who filled the conference room remained silent without any reaction.
"Ahhh... Then, let's have a Q&A session about the presentation. If you have any questions, please ask..."
Choi Go-eun was slightly taken aback by the team leaders' reactions that were different from what she had expected. However, the important thing was from now on. The perfect Q&A session could be said to be the final stage of the proposal presentation.
Hands started going up here and there in the conference room as soon as she finished speaking.
Quickly
Park Hye-soo, who was waiting on one side of the conference room, quickly handed the microphone to the team leader who raised his hand first.
"I listened to the presentation well. However, the content you proposed is far removed from the company's actual practices..."
"Of course, the organization needs to change, but the content is difficult for the members to accept..."
"There is an appropriate timing for change, but no matter how much it is a trend, isn't it indiscriminately accepting successful cases..."
As soon as the microphone was brought in, negative team leaders' opinions poured out here and there. The atmosphere was 180 degrees different from the inaugural report meeting, which was filled with anticipation and praise for organizational innovation, and Go-eun sensed something strange.
However, Go-eun logically answered unexpected sharp questions one after another. If she hadn't completely memorized all the contents of the report in her head, it would have been impossible.
"Definitely..."
'Your work ability is admirable. I also helped create it, but could you have refuted it point by point like that? Without even a little stuttering?'
Hyun-woo was once again impressed by her work ability. However, despite her perfect answers, the atmosphere in the conference room was heavy.
'It's starting to work.'
The employment contract that Hyun-woo had worked hard to collect while constantly teasing Ja-ji was used as a [slander] to bring down Go-eun.
Negative rumors about her spread among the management level.
The groundless rumors floating around the company gradually gained more specificity and naturally infiltrated the consciousness of the headquarters director and team leaders.
And Hyunwoo reduced the positive feelings of male employees toward Choi Go-eun, just like when he attacked Eunseol with [Slander].
[Trust] toward Choi Go-eun - decreased activation
[Favor] toward Choi Go-eun - decreased activation
[Respect] toward Choi Go-eun - decreased activation
...
...
Choi Go-eun had a positive image among many employees regardless of their rank due to her excellent work ability.
Among them, male employees did not have [Leadership] scores like female employees, so she could easily reduce their positive feelings.
'There is no need to attack, so there is no need for [Leadership].'
Hyunwoo thought it was fortunate that the developer who created the work system was not gay and completely excluded male employees from the attack.
Currently, Hyunwoo's leadership score is 5. There were 4 people registered in the [Female Employee] category: Kim Jiyoung, Seo Jinah, Eunseol, and Kim Hye-ri. There was only one spot left for Choi Go-eun.
Anyway, in this interim report meeting, I could feel that the efforts Hyunwoo had made to bring down Choi Go-eun were starting to take effect.
Positive images build up in people's heads very slowly, but negative images are imprinted on them very easily. The image she had steadily built up for 10 years was easily shattered by Hyunwoo's pranks.
Even so, judging from Choi Go-eun's expression, her usual poker face still didn't waver at all.
'Well, there's no tree that doesn't fall after ten strikes.'
Hyunwoo thought that the day when he would pierce Choi Go-eun's vagina in one breath with his heavy sword was not far off.
Crackle, crackle
The atmosphere of the report meeting was ten-fold, but Choi Go-eun, who had finished the Q&A perfectly, leisurely left the conference room as if nothing had happened. And the members of the Organization Innovation TF team follow her.
............…
'Then it's Kim Hye-ri's turn now.'
Now was important. Choi Go-eun's position was shaky. It seemed like a surefire way to completely destroy her was needed.
To do that, [employment contracts] were needed even more. Hyun-woo, who had obtained many [employment contracts] in one breath through Eun-seol and Seo Jin-ah, was going to use Kim Hye-ri as well.
'I have to suck up all three of them.'
Is it because she received a bad evaluation at the interim report meeting today? Choi Go-eun had a poker face on the outside, but the atmosphere in the office was cold and frozen. As a result, the team members were working overtime without being able to leave work and were watching the team leader's mood.
'I guess I'll have to go home early today anyway.'
Hyun-woo, feeling frustrated, went outside for a bit to get some fresh air. He was fiddling with his phone without thinking much when he saw the random chat app he had used to hide himself and Kim Hye-ri.
"Wait a minute... This is this..."
'Exhibitionist Kim Hye-ri... and a relationship with me but at the same time a submissive relationship with the owner...'
Sss-ss
As I put the puzzle pieces scattered in my head together, a pretty good scenario came to mind.
Hyun-woo, who couldn't focus on his work because he had to work overtime, suddenly got up from his chair and hurriedly ran down to the parking lot.
Beep
Hyun-woo sits in the driver's seat of his SUV and takes out the mask in the console box and puts it on. He immediately sends a message to Kim Hye-ri through the app.
0Connect the video call right now0
An order given out of the blue. Was he just fiddling with his phone? Hye-ri's reply comes flying in.
'Right now?'
'Yes. And the title. Did you forget it?'
'No. Master'
Then, the two of them connected for a video call at Hye-ri's request. Hye-ri is seen wearing a mask and wearing comfortable clothes, probably resting at home.
Is it because it's been a long time since we last had a video call? Even though she was wearing a mask, Hye-ri's face showed anticipation that could not be hidden.
[User Kim Hye-ri's obedience increases by 2.]
'Huh?'
Hye-ri's [obedience] increases just by video calls, perhaps because of her anticipation. Since she was the master and not Hyun-woo at the moment, it must have been [obedience], not [favorability], that increased.
"Take off your mask."
Hyun-woo suddenly orders her to reveal her face.
'Huh?'
"Why don't you like it? You're a pervert who rubbed your vagina with your fingers in the men's bathroom at the park, so you think it's a shame to reveal your face?"
'That... that's not it...'
"Then take it off quickly."
[User Kim Hye-ri's obedience decreases by 1.]
Hye-ri's [obedience] decreases because it must have been a big decision for her to completely reveal her identity. However, Hye-ri eventually cannot refuse and takes off her mask completely.
'Ugh... I can't...'
Hyunwoo, who had already revealed his face, now decided to put his plan into action.
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