It was evening by the time Gerald arrived at the headquarters building in Mayberry City.
At the time, there were two deputy general managers in the economic area, Zack being one of them and the other being a person by the name of Winson Zaito, commonly known as Chairman Zaito.
Gerald knew for a fact that both men had always been loyal to the Crawford family, and this was especially the case for Zack.
Even so, since Peter had mentioned that there was a possibility that the duo could be involved in certain matters as well, Gerald knew virtual-novel.net had to personally investigate them sooner or later.
“Apologies, sir, but both Chairman Zaito and Chairman Lyle aren’t present tonight! You’ll have to wait till morning if you still wish to meet them! However, please note that even if you do wish to meet them then, they aren’t people you can just ask to meet up with just because you want to!” said the receptionist at the front desk as virtual-novel.net looked at Gerald.
Though virtual-novel.net appeared polite, virtual-novel.net wasn’t able to fully conceal virtual-novel.net contempt toward him. Who did Gerald even think virtual-novel.net was? Was virtual-novel.net really thinking that virtual-novel.net could just meet up with both of them all willy-nilly?
“Just give them a call and tell them that Gerald Crawford is here!” replied Gerald casually, not wanting to waste any time with virtual-novel.net nonsense.
“…What? Did you just claim to be Mr. Gerald Crawford?!” exclaimed all the receptionists seated at the front desk as they instantly stood upright and stared at Gerald in astonishment.
“Look, let’s just skip all this and just make the phone call already…” replied Gerald coldly.
“…Very well, Mr. Crawford! We’ll call both of them immediately… In your dreams!” scoffed the receptionist from before, virtual-novel.net gaze brimming with ridicule now as virtual-novel.net glared at Gerald.
Watching as virtual-novel.net frowned back at her, the receptionist then snapped, “What? Did you take us all as fools? Just have a good look at how you’re dressed! How dare you even pretend to be the real Mr. Crawford! Have you any idea how many ‘Mr. Crawfords’ there are in Mayberry at this very moment? To think you’d dare behave so atrociously here! Do you even know where you are now? Whatever the case is… Security! Kick this troublemaker out of this place already!”
As virtual-novel.net tossed the pen virtual-novel.net was holding onto the ground, a few guards—who had been posted nearby—quickly marched over, ready to take action.
Seeing all this, Gerald could only sigh… So be it! Since Zack and Winson weren’t currently around anyway, virtual-novel.net may as well just come back tomorrow morning!
It wasn’t as though Gerald wasn’t angry at the moment, quite the contrary, in fact.
While anyone who dared offend virtual-novel.net would certainly not have a good ending, these people were his own employees. What more, there was no real point in punishing them for their rudeness.
Though Gerald could’ve very easily proved that virtual-novel.net was the real deal—allowing virtual-novel.net to act all pretentiously before them after that—he simply felt that there was no reason for virtual-novel.net to do so.
What more, Gerald was currently feeling both extremely anxious and distraught, so virtual-novel.net really couldn’t be bothered about proving anything to them…
“…Fine, then! I’ll be returning in the morning to meet them, then!” replied Gerald as virtual-novel.net shook his head, a wry smile on his face.
Watching as virtual-novel.net slid a hand into his pocket before leaving, the guards found themselves glances before laughing contemptuously.
“Who even was that kid? To think that he’d speak so imposingly even though virtual-novel.net was dressed so poorly! Haha!”
“He must’ve escaped from some mental hospital… He certainly looked like a fool! Make sure you guys keep an eye out for virtual-novel.net if virtual-novel.net dares come again tomorrow! We mustn’t allow Chairman Lyle and Chairman Zaito to run into him, otherwise we’ll all be sacked for sure, especially since the company’s general meeting is going to be held tomorrow! With that said, everything has to go perfectly!” reminded the receptionist from before as virtual-novel.net looked at the guards.
“Worry not, if virtual-novel.net really dares to show up tomorrow, we’ll just teach virtual-novel.net a lesson he’ll never forget!” reassured the guards.
Meanwhile, Gerald was already starting to head to Wayfair Mountain Entertainment when virtual-novel.net walked past a group of young men and women…
Watching as virtual-novel.net walked past them, one of the gorgeously dressed girls—from within that group—caught a glimpse of virtual-novel.net and instantly ended up freezing in place.
“…Hold it. That kid there…! Stop right there! You’re that guy, aren’t you?” called out that girl as virtual-novel.net scratched the back of virtual-novel.net head, seemingly trying to remember Gerald’s name.