Chapter 4

The two heads bounced around, moving closer to the Fragile Heart.

One sprouted fangs, while the other taunted me.

"An intern, trying to manage up?"

"In this company, hierarchy is everything."

"We're leaders! We'll manage you, if you even have the qualifications!"

I was terrified, wanting to jump out the window and escape.

*Inside, I was thinking: Please, spare my life. I'm just an ordinary slacker.*

But my mouth sneered:

"You two clueless idiots, all you do is stare! I've got you by the short hairs now, and my rules are the *only* rules!"

Sam, seeing my imposing demeanor, looked at me with adoration.

"Sister Alice, I knew you had it in you!"

"You tiny heads, you'd better obey my sister!"

The two heads were furious, launching themselves at the Fragile Heart in my hand.

I squeezed my fist so hard, terrified, that the Fragile Heart warped in my grasp.

The double-headed specter changed with it, caving inward and shrinking to half its original size.

They bumped into me like two soft cotton balls, limp and powerless.

They looked at each other, then finally fixed their gaze on me, yelling angrily:

"You despicable woman, how dare you hold our weaknesses against us!"

I was about to speak when a voice interrupted me.

The AI notification sounded: "It's 5 PM. Current players: 6."

"Three hours until the assessment begins.

"Failure to complete the mission will result in inability to promote to company executive. Failed players will face elimination."

Sam's face was anxious:

"Sister Alice, we need to think of something quickly! We have to get out of here! If we don't complete the mission, we're dead!"

I glanced at the glass door outside, feeling helpless.

The ground was covered in green liquid; touching it meant rapid corrosion.

I wouldn't be able to walk two meters before my shoes, even with a three-centimeter lift, would be completely worn down.

I took a few deep breaths, steeling myself.

I looked at the heads.

*Inside, I was thinking: Please, take us out of here.*

But my mouth commanded:

"Consider yourselves lucky I'm using you! Come here, I'm going to step on you to get out!"

Sam's eyes gleamed, and the two heads looked nervous.

I manipulated the Fragile Heart, forcing the two heads to obey.

I made them bite onto the soles of my shoes and carry me up to the nineteenth floor.

The nineteenth floor was dimly lit. In the huge hall, there was only a round table and a projector.

A beam of light from the projector cast a long-haired vampire onto the center of the round table.

It lay on the table, beckoning to me.

"Come closer, we're just missing one dish."

I have night blindness, so all I could see was a blurry silhouette.

Smelling the aroma of food, I shamelessly walked forward.

I had barely taken two steps when the heads under my feet began to tremble violently.

The left head whimpered:

"It used to call me a lazy pig and made me into pork vermicelli!"

The right head cried:

"It used to call me a stupid donkey and made me into donkey meat sandwiches!"

"Leader Alice, we don't want to go!"

Both heads desperately tried to escape.

As I got closer, I finally saw what was in front of me.

A long-haired vampire, with no facial features, only an electronic menu screen for a face.

I froze in terror.

*Inside, I was thinking: No, thank you, I don't feel like eating right now.*

But my mouth snapped:

"You call *this* hospitality? Do you want to die tonight?"