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Please come in. - OK.

Everyone! This is our long-awaited new member

Asabuki Mika!

Accounts Department

Asabuki Mika

I'm Asabuki Mika!

"Asabuki" means "linen blowing in a refreshing breeze".

"Mika" is written with the characters for "beautiful" and "brilliant".

Oh! Your name describes your body. - Thank you.

Yes! Okay!

I previously worked as an assistant manager at Morris.

I'm good at horse-riding and calligraphy.

"Calligraphy"? - A way of writing beautifully.

Oh, penmanship. - Ah...

My favourite words are...

I want to do everything correctly, both at work and in my own life.

Ah... Asabuki, please sit next to Moriwaka.

Yes, sir.

I look forward to working with you.

I'm Moriwaka. I look forward to working with you, too.

Thank you.

Welcome.

My name is Yutaro Takura.

Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you.

Wow! Wow!

How can you call yourself "beautiful and brilliant"?

And did you hear her say she's like "linen blowing in a refreshing breeze"?!

Win-win! - Madoka!

Secretary's Office

Arimoto Marina

Now she's beautiful and brilliant.

Arimoto Marina from the Secretary's Office.

No, no, no.

Bad personality, and too much make-up.

I'm sure she doesn't use our "Moisture Heaven" products.

You said it...

And how do you track the receipts after payments?

You need permission from a senior staff member to do that,

so if necessary, please ask me or Takura.

Moriwaka, you're senior staff? - No, I'm not,

but for now the only senior staff members in Accounts

are Mr Shibata and Takura, so as a special exception...

That's not fair. Boss, I want that permission too.

Boss. - Boss, she's talking to you.

Oh, does "boss" mean me?

Oh, right. Asabuki, should I order a uniform for you?

A uniform? Is that a must?

Huh? What do you mean? - We aren't required to wear uniforms.

It's optional. - Then I won't.

There's no need to wear a uniform for Accounts-- - Alright. That's fine.

I wanted to see Asabuki in uniform, though.

Oh, here. I ordered a stamp for you.

A stamp? What for?

Lots of things. We use them a lot, to stamp receipts and so on.

What? - What?

After you process a document, you stamp it then give it to Mr Shibata. Then...

Hold on. You mean we're stamping sheets of paper?

Yes. When entering data into the system, we stamp the receipts printed out by each department.

Printed out? Can't we process everything in the system?

Isn't that wasteful?

It's the rule. - Moriwaka.

Do you always blindly follow the rules?

You're still stamping print-outs in this paperless era?

Is it still Showa here? Has time stopped?

Showa era: 25 December 1926 - 7 January 1989.

Time has not stopped. It's Reiwa here too!

Reiwa era: 1 May 2019 - present.

Boss! She's too loud, so please stop her!

What?! - What do you mean, loud?

I mean, you're too loud! - Alright, alright, okay!

Let me, the boss, explain.

The reason Ten-Ten Corporation has not gone paperless

is that our clients include small hot-springs resorts and pharmacies in the countryside.

They may not be used to other systems

or may not be connected to the Internet,

so we sometimes use handwritten receipts

and cash payments when dealing with them.

Cash?! - Yes.

Another reason is that, when we receive receipts, we in Accounts

can talk to the other employees in person, face to face.

Why is that necessary?

So we can read information from their faces that isn't shown in the figures.

I don't understand.

Is that part of our job in Accounts?

I think you'll learn to understand soon.

I can't accept that. We have to reform these illogical methods.

Reform is not part of our job in Accounts.

Moriwaka!

Yamada Taiyo, nice interruption.

Please take this.

I can't leave you alone.

I want to be with you.

Are you alright? - I'm fine.

Let me do it. Practice makes perfect.

Go ahead.

Oh, are you...? - I'm Asabuki Mika.

"Asabuki" means-- - I thought so. I'm Yamada Taiyo from Sales.

You're very beautiful.

People occasionally tell me so.

What is it? - Nothing.

Yamada, what is this?

Dry cleaning: 1 blue men's suit, 1400 yen

This is... - Not a business expense!

Volume 6/10: The rabbit and the tiger

That's OK. Now stamp it here.

I'll get it.

Hello, Accounts?

Yes. Got it. Excuse me.

Moriwaka, she's asking for you again. Arimoto Marina from the Secretary's Office.

Okay. - Sasaki, that coffee...

Yes? - Um... - Moriwaka.

Please take Asabuki with you to the Secretary's Office.

Secretary's Office

Excuse me.

Thanks for your hard work. And who is this?

I started in the Accounts Department today. I'm Asabuki Mika.

"Asabuki" means... - We're planning to put her in charge of special-category employees, so please treat her kindly.

Special category? - Asabuki, got it.

Don't worry. There's no need to be nervous. - Nervous? I'm not nervous.

What? - Can we take your documents?

Hold on. I just printed them out.

And take whichever summer gift you like. I have too many.

Thank you, as always.

Mikado Inn... - Something wrong?

No, just an unfamiliar name.

That's amazing, Moriwaka!

Have you memorised all of our client's names?

Not quite.

Arimoto Marina

Here. - I'll take care of these, then.

Why? = What?

When anyone has receipts that need processing by Accounts,

I was told that they bring them to our department themselves.

We can talk about that later. - It's fine.

She only started today, after all.

Of course she hasn't learned everything yet.

I'm busy, you know.

Everyone else is busy, too. - Asabuki.

Excuse us.

Asabuki Mika.

I'll remember you.

How kind.

I'm sorry for not explaining it in advance.

But please consider the TPO when you speak.

If an exception is justified, I don't think there's any problem with asking.

There's no justification.

Arimoto is just selfish.

Selfish? Then why do you go along with it?

It's unfair. - In this case,

going along with it makes things even. - Even?

Of course, we've told Arimoto many times.

We told her to bring her documents to Accounts herself, just like the other employees.

But every time, she'd come up with endless excuses,

Morris - 2 years NYF Journal - 2 years

and she made exaggerated complaints to senior management and caused a huge fuss.

Collecting them ourselves is faster and easier.

I see. So that's what you mean by "even", Moriwaka.

Yes. - But still,

she's getting whatever she wants just because she complains.

Those who quietly follow the rules lose out,

and those who complain and break the rules benefit.

Isn't that wrong?

I'm disappointed.

When I first met you this morning, for some reason,

I thought we were kindred spirits. But I see I miscalculated.

Miscalculated...

Sanako! I mean, Moriwaka.

Aren't you hungry?

We'll be finished in 30 minutes!

Oh! - Here you go.

Thank you. It's hot...

Here.

She just decided we were kindred spirits, so it's her own fault if she's disappointed.

Yes, you're right. - She said it was wrong,

and that's true. - Yes, yes.

Why are you laughing? - Sorry. I'm just happy.

Isn't this the first time you've complained to me about something?

I'm sorry, I... - Why are you apologising?

I'm happy! Really!

We ate meat buns together

But I think Asabuki seems like a good person.

Why is that?

Hm... Intuition? - Intuition...

I have really good intuition, you know.

For example?

Hm... you're really cool at work, Sanako,

but I knew you were actually a really kind and cute person.

I'm not cute. I mean, I...

You're cute.

I just ate a meat bun!

Wait, wait! Why?

I'm running! I'm really running!

What is this, a drama?

15,321 sheep. 15,322 sheep.

15,400 sheep.

Work: 12 missed calls Sasaki Mayu: 5 missed calls

I messed up

Good morning. - Good morning!

That's how we always do it!

That's no reason to ignore a mistake, is it?

There's never been a problem with it. Not even once!

Sorry, I'm late.

He's really angry.

He's fading into the background.

M-M-Moriwaka...

And Production and Sales use different categories, as you know.

That's what Yu and Asabuki were fighting about.

And she told me off too, earlier.

So you're slacking off, aren't you?

But it's not like I ever go out just to buy coffee,

I get it on the way back from the bank or when I go out for other work.

If you want coffee, there's a server in the kitchen.

It's not that I want to drink coffee, but...

No? Then it's even more of a waste of time, isn't it?

I think Yu was annoyed with me too, for not saying anything back to her.

That's all.

I sent an email to you by mistake.

Please delete it immediately.

Please don't read the email.

General Affairs, Secretary's Office, Arimoto Marina.

Mayu, was Arimoto from the Secretary's Office here?

Yes. Isn't that unusual? She usually just phones.

She made a payment, and she wanted to talk to you about something.

She left me a note. What was the payment?

A hot-springs resort ordered a year's supply of soap, face lotion and body milk all at once.

She paid in 250,000 yen in cash.

This is the order form. - Alright.

Which resort was it? - Mikado Inn.

You know, they made the summer gift you got from the Secretary's Office.

Oh...

I gave those sweets out to everyone this morning.

I kept your share, Moriwaka.

Here you go! - Thanks. - Sure.

Asabuki and Yu, here are yours too.

Oh, and this letter was in there too. Here.

Mikado Inn Kadoya Saburo

Maybe I should have taken it to Arimoto right away.

Don't worry. I'll give it to her later. Thanks. - No problem.

From: Arimoto Marina, Ten-Ten Corpora...

Delete

Moriwaka, why would Arimoto from the Secretary's Office pay in a sale, instead of someone from the Sales Department?

And in cash, too.

Because she's a special-category employee.

What does that even mean, special category?

We have some clients who deal with the Secretary's Office directly, without going through Sales.

Why the Secretary's Office?

Well, because special-category employees report directly to the company president.

Special category

In short, it's about social obligations.

If the president feels a debt of gratitude towards a client,

we keep doing business with them regardless of profitability.

Regardless of profitability?

For example, a hot-springs resort that orders 50 boxes of soap from us for 50,000 yen in total,

we spend 300,000 yen in travel expenses because of it,

but that resort lets the president and senior staff stay there.

What? That's unbelievable.

How can this company still believe in fairy-tales like The Grateful Crane?

The Grateful Crane? - Yes, the one about the weaver!

This company is so backwards.

Is that why you still do business in cash and by fax?

I think that's one reason for it, yes. - God!

Oh! Did you just say "oh my God"?

Yes, boss. - Wow, that's the first time I've heard it in real life.

Me too.

I'm sorry! - I'm sorry.

Our president puts a lot of trust in Arimoto,

which is why she's a special-category employee.

She probably received this cash payment herself directly while visiting Mikado Inn.

We need to reform this "Old Man Who Made Trees Blossom" corporate culture.

I thought it was "The Grateful Crane." - What?

It's nothing. - Is the "Old Man Who Made Trees Blossom" the one with the dog who digs stuff up?

You just don't get it!

Reforming the company is not our job!

I think all employees have the right to reform the company.

Listen! - Now, now, now. Come on.

Let's eat a snack and calm down.

Here. - I can't concentrate, so I'm going to the meeting room.

Yu, I'll help you. - Don't forget this.

I don't need it.

Taiyo.

Yes? - Were you listening?

Sorry. I wasn't listening at all. - Don't say that so happily, alright?

What is it? Some kind of trouble? - No, I just got impatient.

Impatient? - It's nothing.

It's not nothing! RCC, RCC!

Report, contact, consult! - Calm down, Kamamoto.

Yamada! Okuda! - Yes.

What? You ran away? Why?

I don't even know.

Before I knew it, I was running away.

You like him, don't you?

I don't know. I'm just scared.

Scared? Of what?

Even if something went wrong, I could deal with it myself,

and I was happy just supporting myself alone...

I liked being like that.

But I don't like the way I am now.

I complain, I'm late, and when I'm alone...

You're lonely, you're worried and you feel like something's missing?

How did you know?

That's love.

You found someone who you like more than you like yourself, right?

You sound like such a child all the time.

You have to change. Change!

Oh? What's this?

Arimoto gave it to me. A summer gift from Mikado Inn.

Mikado Inn? The temple hot-springs resort? - You know it, Mitsuki?

Yes. I went there a few times when researching spring water quality. It's in Kyushu, isn't it?

Kyushu?

Arimoto Marina

General Affairs, Secretary's Office

As I thought, Arimoto's last business trip to Kyushu was six months ago.

No, no. Don't chase the rabbit.

Moriwaka, can I ask you something? - No.

What? - Oh, sorry.

I didn't mean for that to slip out.

About the payment Arimoto made,

when I checked her travel expense records,

I saw that the last time she went to Kyushu, where Mikado Inn is,

was 20-22 February. That's six months ago.

Why did she check it?!

Even if she did get a cash payment back then,

why would she pay it in now, six months later?

Please, don't chase the rabbit!

Should I call Mikado Inn to check?

You can't do that, Asabuki. - Why not, boss?

Because they only deal with us through the Secretary's Office.

Why? -"Why?" Didn't I say so already?

Because the president said so. Special-category employees are untouchable.

Untouchable...

Asabuki, let's not chase the rabbit.

What rabbit?

I mean, sometimes it's better not to question these things.

You mean "let sleeping dogs lie"?

Well... - I really hate that saying.

Whether you're dealing with a dog or a god, you should correct mistakes and unfairness,

and if you have doubts about something, you should question it.

Even if someone gets hurt?

I'm surprised.

I didn't think you'd say something so sentimental.

Asabuki. - This morning, Arimoto from the Secretary's Office

brought a cash payment to the Accounts Department.

I think it's because of what I said to her yesterday.

Just like I said yesterday, I'm choosing to keep things even.

It's the same with Sasaki's coffee. - Coffee?

For her, buying coffee when she's out for work is a switch that lets her change pace.

If a detour of a few minutes helps her focus and work more effectively, it's all even.

She should win that fight by herself, shouldn't she?

This is ordinary work, not a battle ground.

I think everything is a battle. Work, and life.

Who are you fighting with, Asabuki?

Isn't it obvious? With myself!

Battling against yourself and winning is how a person starts to grow.

It offends me that Arimoto and Sasaki have decided they can't do that.

People can change by winning against themselves.

People can change

You press this, then plit. - You really plitted it, sir.

It's not "plit", it's "flick".

Didn't he always go on about how flip phones are better?

Listen, Kamamoto, Okuda.

If you shrink from challenges, you stop growing and you just get older.

People can keep changing until the very end!

You shouldn't fear change.

What wise words! Write that down, everyone.

Hey, let's make a group chat for everyone in Sales!

What? - Come on.

Give me your 2R codes!

Sir, it's "QR". - What? - QR!

Is this company okay? - You idiot, I mean this black thing.

Where are you going, Moriwaka?

To make a withdrawal at the bank.

What are you two doing? - The boss was telling me about your...

Um, please show Asabuki how to make withdrawals.

Please let me come with you.

Oh, Moriwaka.

Thanks for your hard work.

I'm sorry about this morning. - I deleted the message without opening it,

so don't worry. - I see.

I processed the payment from Mikado Inn, too.

In the summer gift you gave me-- - May I say something?

Asabuki, wasn't it? Are you settling in?

Yes. About the payment from Mikado Inn,

could you show us your copy of the delivery statement?

The copy of the delivery statement? Do I have that?

Arimoto, you last went to Mikado Inn on business six months ago, didn't you?

So why did you make a cash payment this morning?

I don't know what you're trying to say.

Let's all go in here for moment.

When did you receive the cash and the order form from Mikado Inn?

Yesterday. They sent them by registered mail. Is there a problem?

What kind of envelope did the order form come in?

A normal one. This kind of size, you know.

How odd. - What?

You gave us an A4-size order form...

This is the order form. - Alright.

...with no creases in it.

I guess it was an A4 envelope, then.

I'm busy. I don't memorise every single envelope.

And where is that envelope... - You're very curious, Asabuki.

As expected for a former NYF journalist.

Even though you didn't publish a single article in the 2 years you worked there,

and you've changed jobs 6 times in the 15 years since then.

With such a wonderful work history, why are you working in Accounts now?

That's a rude way of putting it. You're insulting Moriwaka, too.

You were rude to me first!

I was not. - You were!

You practically accused me of fraud. - If you think that,

isn't it a sign of a guilty conscience? - You're the one with a guilty conscience.

You've been fired 6 times in 15 years.

I wasn't fired. I quit.

And it wasn't 6 times,

it was 7.

This must be tough for you, Moriwaka. Goodbye.

It's not tough. Asabuki is an excellent employee.

Her broad range of experience could be very useful to us in future.

As you probably guessed, I changed jobs because of interpersonal issues.

I couldn't get along well with others, so I even tried to act differently.

But I destroyed the hems of all my suits.

What? - I kept gripping them unconsciously.

Like this.

Asabuki, do you still think Arimoto will understand if you just talk to her?

Of course. People grow. They can change.

You have to believe in them and do the right thing.

You might be disliked or ostracised at first,

but they'll definitely understand in the end.

The boss told me about it earlier.

About how you dealt with those two cases of fraud.

Moriwaka. You did the right thing.

You didn't do anything wrong.

Mr Niijima.

Can I have a moment of your time?

Order form Mikado Inn

Moriwaka, Moriwaka!

Look at her engagement ring!

Ta-da! - It's beautiful! Congratulations, Kirika.

Thank you! - That's so great.

Yeah. - But it might be risky to wear that at work.

Oh, yeah.

It would really suck if Arimoto Marina saw it.

I know what you mean. I heard one girl was kicked out because Arimoto saw hers.

That's scary!

I'll be careful. - That's not what she meant.

Is it, Moriwaka? It will get in the way at work,

and it could be lost or stolen. Have some common sense.

Don't bring a ring like that to work.

Excuse me. See you.

How annoying. That tiger is the worst!

Tiger? - Doesn't she seem like a tiger to you?

She dresses in black and gold, and she'll sink her teeth into anyone.

But is it alright for Asabuki to be in charge of Arimoto's accounts...?

Isn't it fine? Those two women with bad personalities can just eat each other.

Maybe the tiger will expose those bad rumours about Arimoto Marina?

What bad rumours? - You don't know?

I heard she broke loads of rules for one resort so they would keep quiet about her affair with the company president.

Yeah, yeah.

Broke loads of rules? What does that mean?

Special-category employees are untouchable.

It's just a rumour.

Right. Don't chase the rabbit.

Sana-- Moriwaka.

Good work today.

I can't leave you alone.

I want to be with you.

Battling against yourself and winning is how a person starts to grow.

Then her cheating was discovered

Arimoto Marina really is guilty. She was caught cheating!

When I went to her office earlier...

So you're suspecting me of fraud, Mr Niijima?

We sent those products to Mikado Inn six months ago.

But the order slip you gave to Accounts for them

was dated 4 days ago, and the cash payment was dated yesterday.

Please explain. Why did you change the order date from six months ago to four days ago?

And why was the payment six months late?

Was it Moriwaka? - What?

Moriwaka told you about that email, didn't she?

What email? - Arimoto left a note on my computer yesterday,

asking me to delete an email she'd sent by accident, without reading it.

Never mind that. She altered an order form?

The order form Arimoto gave us yesterday was probably a fake.

What? - On what basis?

She said it came by post, but it didn't have any creases.

But if it came in a big envelope, there wouldn't be any, right?

Exactly. That in itself isn't the problem,

it's how Arimoto reacted when I pointed that out to her.

I read information from her face that wasn't shown in the figures.

I understood what you meant.

Also, the handwriting was different,

but the order form was written with the same kind of fountain pen as Arimoto uses.

You can only buy those ink cartridges in specialist shops in the city or by mail order.

I think it's unlikely that the owner of a country inn would use one.

You could tell that just from the writing?

I used to work at a stationery import company.

I was in charge of fountain pens. That's when I started calligraphy.

Huh... - But why did she do that?

Maybe she threw away the real order form she got from Mikado Inn six months ago. - But why?

To pretend there was no transaction

and keep the cash payment for herself.

Exactly.

So then why did she pay it in now?

Oh! Aren't they going to take inventory next month?

She must have thought her embezzling would be found out and paid it in a panic.

But even then, there would be no need to fake the date.

No, for cash payments,

the rules say you have to pay it in within 2 weeks.

Mr Niijima did well to notice it.

I told him. There were issues with the order form,

so I asked him to check it.

As expected of the tiger! - Tiger?

Ah... - Anyway, I wonder what was in it?

I mean, that email. - I suppose we can't restore it now.

Oh! I know who can do that.

But why...?

Of all people...

I once accidentally deleted an important email too.

Excuse me, Moriwaka. Can you put in your password?

Yes.

There. - Thank you.

There we go. Is it one of these?

It's this one.

Good. Okay, I'll be off now. - What? Look at the email with us.

I have work to do.

Thanks for your hard work.

Moriwaka, did you get an email from Arimoto by mistake yesterday?

We're just about to look at it now. - Oh, really?

Moriwaka, open the email. - Oh, yes.

What is this? - It looks like a reply.

To an email from Mikado Inn. - Yes. Read it out, Takura.

Why me? - Just do it.

Re: Sorry for the inconvenience.

Dear Mr Kadoya Saburo of Mikado Inn,

Thank you for your continued support. This is Arimoto Marina.

Thank you for your message.

Please don't worry about your late payment.

I'm glad to hear that your health has improved.

I'm looking forward to meeting you again soon.

Ten-Ten Corporation, General Affairs, Secretary's Office, Arimoto Marina.

What was the one she replied to? - It's this.

Dear Ms Arimoto Marina of Ten-Ten Corporation,

Thank you very much for waiting 6 months for my payment while I was in hospital. - It's the owner, then.

Fortunately, my health has improved a lot.

So Arimoto knew that the owner of Mikado Inn was in hospital and couldn't pay for the order,

so she faked the order form and waited six months to give him more time.

Yes. That's what she said, too.

Earlier, Mr Niijima and I asked Arimoto about it.

She thought we'd found out about this incident because of the email she mis-sent to Moriwaka.

She said "I hid it from the company to protect the owner's pride and keep his trust!"

Huh. What a nice story.

It's the kind our president would like, anyway.

But there's something strange about this email.

The rabbit...

Not many people would do that kind of thing, though.

Risking punishment to protect a client...

No, no. We should repay favours with as much gratitude as possible.

I just did what I was taught by our company president.

You really embody Ten-Ten Corporation's ideals.

I was wrong.

As long as you understand that.

Asabuki. - I was given a strong warning from the president.

The president? - He received a complaint

about unwarranted slander and emotional damage caused by Asabuki.

No way. - Right?

This Mikado Inn incident turned into a strangely moving tale, then.

It's because Arimoto has always been the president's favourite.

Sir, you're being rude to Arimoto.

What? - It was unfair of me to suspect Arimoto with no evidence.

I'm the one who needs to change.

I'm sorry for the trouble.

I was wrong.

Anyway, from now on, interfering with special-category employees is completely prohibited.

This incident is over. Okay?

Is it really alright to leave it at that...?

Moriwaka, you don't need to worry about me.

It's not for your sake.

No matter what, faking an order form is malpractice.

Trying to cover it up by making it into a moving tale...

If we allow this kind of precedent, it will make our accounting work more difficult in future.

And there's something else odd about this incident.

Let's leave it there.

I'm not satisfied either.

But Moriwaka, that's how things are in a company.

Drawing up accounts books, calculating profits, finding the reasons for anything that looks strange.

Informing the directors if there's a problem. That is the job of the Accounts Department.

That's what Yu taught me, sir.

And I learned it from Moriwaka.

Asabuki was just doing her job.

She didn't do anything wrong.

So please let me do my job, too.

I'll help too!

As your manager, it's my responsibility to protect you.

Have you forgotten, Mr Shibata?

You're the one who taught me those words!

I won't break the rule about not questioning special-category employees directly.

I have an idea.

And the rabbit...

Come in!

Excuse me.

What do you want? - Excuse me.

I'm sorry for the delay,

but this letter was in that gift from Mikado Inn.

You really wanted me to tell everyone what was in that email, didn't you?

To protect yourself from suspicion,

you sent it to me on purpose and pretended it was a mistake.

I don't know what you mean.

Did you really get that email from Mikado Inn?

What are you saying? - Would someone carefully handwrite a letter enclosed with a gift,

but then send such an important message by email?

Of course they would, in this day and age.

Even though they don't have Internet?

What?

Mikado Inn has no Internet connection yet.

Maybe they used a mobile phone.

There's one more issue.

In the letter, the owner refers to our company as "Ten-Ten Soap".

Yes, they were our client back from when we still used that name.

So what? - In the email,

it said "Ten-Ten Corporation".

What are you trying to say? - That you sent the email yourself, impersonating the owner of Mikado Inn.

Ahh! I'm sorry, but can you leave?

I have no time for your detective games.

We're not detectives. We're the Accounts Department.

We're here on behalf of the Accounts Department to discuss your dishonesty, Arimoto.

Dishonesty? Do you want a warning for slander as well?

This is just speculation with no proof.

We have proof.

We received this fax from Mikado Inn.

It's here, it's here!

It's the receipt for 250,000 yen that you gave them six months ago.

You asked them directly?

I'm special-category... That's against the rules!

They're the ones who asked us.

What? - Didn't you say so?

That they sent the cash payment by registered mail.

So what?

So we sent them a receipt for it.

We sent it by post as usual.

That's not against the rules, is it?

They phoned us right away.

They said you gave them a receipt six months ago in exchange for the cash.

Who cares? It's only 250,000 yen.

And I paid it in, too. It was just a bit late.

Six months is more than "a bit late". And it's not 250,000, it's 720,000.

We found two more similar receipts.

220,000 yen from Izumi Hot Springs Resort.

250,000 yen from Kumeno Mountain Retreat.

We haven't received the 470,000 yen for those yet, have we?

We didn't ask about those two cases directly, either.

We asked the owner of Mikado Inn to contact us

if he learned of any similar incidents at other inns,

and he checked it for us.

You should mind your own business.

Why did you send me that email?

If Moriwaka from Accounts said "I got this email,"

everyone would believe you, wouldn't they?

How kind. - I never thought you'd really delete it without reading it.

You wrote "Please don't read the email."

Most people would still read an email from someone like me.

And why did you only pay in Mikado Inn's money, when there were three different payments?

You even faked the order form.

Because I was scared of you.

You saw the summer gift, didn't you?

That scared me.

Why? - You got that guy from the Shizuoka plant kicked out for fraud recently, didn't you?

And there was that guy in Sales five years ago.

So I was scared.

I was sure you'd do it.

Do you enjoy ruining people's lives?

Does it make you happy?

She didn't ruin your life.

She saved it.

What? - She saved you from a terrible life spent hiding your crimes.

Moriwaka, you didn't do anything wrong at all.

Asabuki. About that misclassified memo we discussed earlier,

it seems Production and Sales used different formats.

Can you redo it? - Of course.

Can I say something too?

Going from here to the kitchen, getting coffee and coming back took 1 minute 50 seconds.

Getting coffee from a convenience store on the way back from doing outside work took 2 minutes 42 seconds.

So there's not much difference. And it helps me switch pace.

I feel motivated and I definitely work more effectively.

So I'd like to keep buying coffee outside as before.

I see. That's fine with me.

Thank you!

And peace has returned to our Accounts Department.

Right? I worked hard too.

None of you saw it, but I really told our company president.

Sir! Special-category employees

are just about your whims! And we...

Please take this. - Thank you.

What? Wasn't Arimoto fired?

I'm sorry. The only reforms I was able to make were

to have her bring her documents by herself

and to have special-category employees share their transaction records with us.

I'm sorry. - She probably went and cried to the president.

I thought this would happen. - It's too unfair.

It's fine. She'll definitely make an even bigger mistake someday.

Listen, Moriwaka.

Next time you don't chase a rabbit, I will chase it.

I definitely won't let the next one get away.

Because you're a tiger? - Why does everyone keep talking about tigers?!

I'm sorry about before! - No, I'm the one who's sorry.

I rushed you. - No, it's fine.

But I'm glad. I thought you were avoiding me.

You didn't message me even though I left you that note.

What note?

Just a minute.

What do you mean, a note?

I stuck it on your computer the next morning, Sanako.

It said "if you can forgive me, please send me a message".

I didn't get any note like that.

But maybe...

Unbelievable! That maximum limelight-hogging woman!

Maximum woman? - It slipped out again.

Slipped out?

These are the sorts of things I really think.

I'm not the kind of person you think I am, Yamada Taiyo.

No! You have to change, Sanako!

You have to make the move.

Let's go slowly.

Then I'll just have to change slowly.