Chapter 156
The members of Daydream Inc.'s Field Exploration Team were people who literally staked their lives on the job because they had a single, desperate wish they wanted fulfilled.
In other words, most of them are perfectly willing to use anyone— coworkers, civilians, even deranged ghost stories—to achieve their own goals! They only care about the welfare points they need for their own wish.
Three prime examples of that kind of person stood right in front of me. Of course, it's not just the wishes that made them... who they were.
"Assistant Manager, what about those who lagged behind when we first met the mer-child...?"
"Don't care."
"Ms. Pony, it's tragic that some people were taken, but... that was their fate, right? Should we press on? We have to find our item..."
"Right, right. But maybe they dropped some equipment when they were taken, so I'll just check real quick... Hahaha!"
"..."
They really never change...
'Telling those people that the 'mer-children' were actual children...' ...wouldn't make a dent. Rather, they're the kind of people who'd just find a way to exploit this situation. Having a familiar face among them was useless.
No, to begin with, my current form couldn't intervene directly anyway, so knowing them only goes so far.
Hiding in the black shadow cast by a collapsed streetlamp, in my street animal guise, I watched the Daydream Inc. employees scouring the alley.