Surviving Among the Entities

As expected, I accepted the invitation.
I was not on bad terms with the Golden Omnipotent Corporation, and I did not wish to increase the likelihood of clogging the toilet by flushing the gold down it.

“Rather, it is something to welcome.”

For I had questions for them.
Why did the Golden Omnipotent Corporation give the “Forgotten Alchemist’s Equivalent Exchange Scales” to the Supreme Chief Justice?

‘Not directly trading entities is their policy, which has not changed recently.’

If it had changed, the Suitman branch manager would have informed me during my previous visit.
So if their policy did not change, yet this incident occurred, I could roughly infer the situation from the phrasing in the invitation.

“The ‘issue at our company’ means there was a Suitman who violated the policy.”

After completing my preparations, I went down to the basement.
I put all the gold bars piled in front of the toy well into my Void Pocket, then spent time reading the accumulated notes.

[Aah! The exam was too difficult! What should I do if I fail?]
[With more money and life becoming livable, I’m having various thoughts. I suppose all living beings want self-actualization once their survival needs are met.]
[I should get married soon, but where can I find a good partner? Sevulurum would be the best, but Pandenia is fine too. Ogustus has a reputation for lacking sexual desire, which is not great, and Leveling is too conservative, also not great. Hominos is, ugh, I don’t even want to imagine it.]

I read and replied to the backlogged notes from Singuhoe and Seed.

[You will be able to find a good partner.]
[Exams, fighting!]

I dressed formally and waited in the living room.
One hour after opening the invitation, someone knocked on the door.

“I have come to escort you, Mr. Seung-hoon.”

Outside was a female Suitman.

‘No, a Chauffeurman.’

While I could not distinguish her facial features like other Suitmen, instead of a suit, she wore a chauffeur’s uniform and guided me to a vehicle.

“I will swiftly and safely transport you to the Golden Omnipotent Corporation headquarters.”

The vehicle was a golden limousine.
Not merely painted or gold-plated, but seemingly made of actual gold, evident from the weight of the door handles alone.

“Refreshments for our guest are prepared inside, so please help yourself.”

I took out food from the refrigerator and warmer attached to the seats.
Each time, the Chauffeurman described the food I had taken out without even looking back.

“The Golden Kiwi has a truly beautiful golden flesh. It is not a gold kiwi, but a fruit directly created through genetic modification by our Golden Omnipotent Corporation, with 50% of its interior made of edible gold.”
“The Golden Rice has grains of gold instead of rice grains. This edible gold is also safe to consume.”
“The Golden Chicken is chicken fried in molten gold instead of cooking oil. It was fried by a chef directly trained under Mr. Ando, so you can experience an amazing taste.”
“The Golden Curry is just regular curry. Curry is golden from birth, the epitome of a complete food. Is there even a need to modify it?”

By the time I had finished eating, the limousine stopped.

‘I couldn’t see any of the outside scenery.’

Not because I was too focused on the meal, but because I truly could not see it.
Just as I could not distinguish the Suitmen’s faces, I could not discern the outside scenery throughout the journey.

“Mr. Seung-hoon.”

I exited the vehicle and looked up at the Golden Omnipotent Corporation headquarters.

“Welcome to our headquarters.”

The headquarters’ exterior was a building.
79 windows horizontally, and 79 floors vertically.

“To introduce our headquarters, 118 employees work here full-time. The number of personnel can increase to a maximum of 125 depending on the situation, but it never drops below 118.”
“I see.”

The Chauffeurman who had driven me here took over the tour.

‘There’s not much to see.’

Aside from everything being made of gold, it was the same interior of the Golden Omnipotent Corporation I had always seen.

“This is as far as I go. Once you enter, another Suitman will consult with you.”
“Thank you for the guidance.”
“Then, farewell.”

After parting with the Chauffeurman, I opened the door.
A familiar voice greeted me.

“Long time no see, Mr. Seung-hoon.”
“…..It really has been a long time.”

The Suitman who had initially been assigned to me, who had been promoted and transferred elsewhere.
Although I could not distinguish his face, his tone and mannerisms confirmed it was him.

“Huhuh, thanks to you, Mr. Seung-hoon, I was promoted to this position. Furthermore, I have recently been slated for another promotion.”

However, from his time being promoted, he had acquired a new feature – a tattoo on the back of his neck that he did not have before.

[I Love Gold]

“I am soon to be appointed as the branch manager for your residential area. While the headquarters is good, it mostly handles paperwork and follow-up matters like this incident. As a result, I was dying of boredom.”
“Don’t you usually prefer desk jobs?”
“That’s true. The headquarters offers overwhelmingly more opportunities to meet the President. But I wanted to handle gold bars…… I’m already experiencing gold withdrawal symptoms.”

The Suitman guided me to a seat.

“Then, until the President arrives, allow me to explain this incident to you.”

And it was as everyone had expected.

“The Suitman branch manager of the Earth dimension where you reside violated policy by directly trading an entity and entering an unfair contract.”

However, I did not expect that the perpetrator would be the branch manager Suitman I had met previously.

The overall content was as follows:

“I don’t seem to recall his name. Hmm, it must have been erased by the laws of this world……”
“I’ve been calling him the Supreme Chief Justice.”
“I shall refer to him as such as well. When he first visited our company, the branch manager Suitman was just an employee.”

The Supreme Chief Justice had met the branch manager Suitman when he was still an employee, and the branch manager Suitman had seen through his desperation.

“Eventually, he exploited that desperation to enter into a fraudulent contract. Not a physical trade, but an unfair contract through paperwork.”
“What were the terms of the contract?”
“The free lease of the ‘Forgotten Alchemist’s Equivalent Exchange Scales,’ and in exchange, the branch manager Suitman used that very scales on the Supreme Chief Justice to grant him two abilities.”

Those abilities were truly dreadful.

“The ability to pay the branch manager Suitman gold equal to the weight of those who died directly or indirectly connected to the Supreme Chief Justice, and the ability to forget the contents of that day’s contract.”
“So that’s why I couldn’t remember.”
“Through this, he collected illicit gold and rose to the position of branch manager, but I noticed the inaccuracies in his performance and transaction records and conducted a full investigation, exposing his corruption.”

Thanks to that, I was able to be appointed as the new field branch manager in his place.
The Suitman was overjoyed.

“In any case, he must have received a terrible punishment from the President.”
“Gold equal to the weight of those who died, but since it’s gold, it should be acceptable to you, no?”
“Such artificial gold is not desirable. You know imitation meat? It’s no different from that. Pure, natural gold is undoubtedly the best.”

I had thought they would love any kind of gold, but unexpectedly, they were discerning.

“Anyways! Our company wishes to apologize for this incident. When we heard you had been involved in that incident, you cannot imagine how anxious we were at the prospect of losing a VIP.”
“Since it was resolved, I am fine.”

It was then.
The Suitman’s body began trembling violently.

“Oh, ooh!”

I too felt the vibrations.
The vibrations flowing from the corridor beyond the door gradually intensified, accompanied by noise.

『Ooh, President! Please look at me!』
『Aah! President! Let us hear your voice!』
『President! Our President!』

The voices of approaching Suitmen grew closer.
The Suitman with me was already drooling and kneeling on the floor.

“Ooh, President……”

Eventually, the door opened.
Suitmen carrying a palanquin fitting the door’s size entered.

“Haak! The President has arrived.”

The expressions of the Suitmen carrying the palanquin before and behind were indiscernible, but for some reason, they seemed so overjoyed that they might die of heart attacks at any moment.

‘So that is the President of the Golden Omnipotent Corporation.’

As stated in the invitation, his name was Gold.
The leader of the Suitmen possessing god-like abilities, and the head of this company.

“Hello there?”

I greeted him.

“My name is Seung-hoon.”

To what appeared to be an ordinary gold bar.

The gold on the palanquin was just a gold bar.
No special markings, no peculiar shape, no different color – just an utterly ordinary 12kg gold bar.

“Oh, ooh!”

But it seemed different to the Suitmen.

“The President is speaking!”
“Everyone, pay attention!”

The Suitmen carefully set down the palanquin.
The Suitmen, presumably the headquarters’ employees, cheered from the corridor outside.

“President! Let us hear your voice!”

The gold bar on the palanquin showed no change.
However, it was different for the Suitmen.

“Oh, oohp! Ohoohp!”
“Go, Golden Voice!”
“Golden Tone (金音)!”
“Golden ASMR Eargasm!”
“Golden Happy Time!”

A voice inaudible to me seemed to reach them, causing them all to become euphoric.

“Huhuk, huhuk, the, the President welcomes our guest!”
“Is that so?”
“Yes, yes…… Yes!? Pr, President!? Ah, aah!”

The already euphoric ones went into another frenzy.

“Really!”
“Goodness! Golden Customer Satisfaction Service!”
“Kyaaahk! Golden Crazy Time!”
“Oh my! The President’s generosity makes my heart Golden Bounce!”

While everyone could not maintain their composure, my initial Suitman barely managed to explain while trembling.

“The, the President, as an apology, is giving us two entities from those recovered in this incident, free of charge.”
“Two for free?”
“Yes, without even accepting payment!”

He too eventually could not control himself, shedding tears.

“Aah! Golden Crying! The President’s Golden Mercy!”
“Then I shall take the ‘Forgotten Alchemist’s Equivalent Exchange Scales’ and the ‘Scales of Good and Evil.'”
“Yes, here they are.”

The two scales were placed on the desk.
The two scales had been in my Void Pocket, but they must have been taken when recovering the other entities without my knowledge.

“However, I feel a bit uneasy just taking them. Do you perhaps accept donations?”
“We are not a donation company, but we will accept if you offer.”

I emptied all the gold bars from my Void Pocket.

“These were things I really wanted, so as thanks for the President’s generosity, I will donate these gold bars.”
“Oh, ooh!”

The Suitmen, who would normally have pounced immediately, waited.
They all gazed longingly at the President like well-trained hunting dogs eyeing prey, awaiting their master’s signal.

“Thank you!”

And soon, they all cried out and pounced on the pile of gold bars I had spilled.

“Ooooooh! Golden Fucked Silly!”
“Huaaahng! Golden Eyes Roll!”
“Wow! Oh! Wow! Golden Multiple Orgasm.”

Someone grinded their hips against a gold bar.
Someone rubbed their chest against a gold bar, and someone else molded a gold bar into an elongated rod, eagerly licking it.

“Then I shall take my leave.”

They all seemed in no state to receive my farewell, so after those words, I quietly exited.

“…..The President has also come out, I see.”

In the corridor, the President had exited ahead of me with the palanquin, waiting.

“Pardon me, but since I do not know how I arrived here, could you please send me back?”

The moment I finished speaking, I was already back in my living room.

“The President of the Golden Omnipotent Corporation, Gold.”

Certainly no ordinary gold, it seems.

“More importantly, how do I use these?”

I took out the two scales I had received.
Of course, I had already decided where to use them.

“Supreme Chief Justice.”

While uncertain if it is possible,

“I shall fulfill your dream on your behalf.”

Should I not at least try challenging it?