Kivotos, I was deeply shocked!

"That's right, sir! We are currently developing hot springs on the highway in the Gehenna 44-60 area, and we expect to be finished tomorrow!"

Looking at the members who had already started inserting fuses into detonators and explosives, Shimokura Kei stood on tiptoe and waved vigorously at the bulldozer waiting in the distance on the highway, signaling the other party to prepare to enter the site.

A member of the [Hot Spring Development Department] wearing a white safety helmet immediately leaned half of his body out of the bulldozer and gave Shimokura Hui a thumbs up.

"Then teacher, do you want to come here and try it tomorrow?"

After retracting her arm, Shimokura Hui did not waste a single second to strongly recommend her club to Si Wang, "As long as you have bathed in any of the hot springs we have developed, I guarantee that you will definitely want to have another hot spring developed by us in Xia Lai's house immediately!"

"But the news just reported that there was an explosion of unknown cause on the 44-60 highway, and the traffic has been blocked to the toll booth at the highway entrance. Are you suggesting that residents take a detour?"

The phone rang with the sound of cloth rubbing against each other. Si Wang seemed to have changed his position to hold the microphone. The noisy rustling of TV news could be heard. "It is said that it will take about a week to restore traffic. Now it seems that the explosion of unknown cause was caused by your [Hot Spring Development Department] when developing the hot spring."

"That's right! Ever since Minister Xia became the head of our [Hot Spring Development Department], she has led us in the industrial revolution, replacing the previous inefficient hoes and drills with gunpowder and bombs, achieving a leap forward in progress!"

Shimokura Hui proudly puffed out her chest, and her tender white flesh under her low-cut sweater was about to burst out. Her proud look and smug tone seemed to make her feel that using explosives to collapse the highway and cause a week-long traffic jam was not something that angered the heavens and the people, but a great invention.

She put one hand on her waist, holding her phone in the other, and raised her chin with confidence. "Since we started using gunpowder and bombs, we could only develop one hot spring before, but now we can develop three! Let more people enjoy the beauty of the hot springs!"

"One thing to say, one thing to say, indeed."

Si Wang's voice of approval came from the other end of the phone. It seemed as if one could imagine him holding the microphone and nodding his head in affirmation. "Whether it's gunpowder or hoes, bombs or drilling rigs, in the final analysis, they are just tools for developing hot springs. Of course, we should use whichever one is more useful."

"Right, right, right! The teacher thinks so too!"

Shimokura Hui immediately became excited, and the devil-like triangular tail behind him swung back and forth excitedly, "How about you join our [Hot Spring Development Department] now, and work with us to open hot springs in every corner of Kivotos!"

"Whether or not to join the [Hot Spring Development Department] is another matter, but I have a question I would like to ask."

There was a tapping sound like knocking on glass from the phone. A moment later, Si Wang's questioning voice came from the phone, "Are you [Hot Spring Development Department] really developing hot springs, rather than simply blasting them?"

Shimokura Hui: “?”

Chapter 14 Si Wang: I can’t handle it anymore

"Teacher, no one knows how to develop hot springs better than us [Hot Spring Development Department]!"

Hearing that Si Wang was questioning the professionalism of their [Hot Spring Development Department], Shimokura Hui's face immediately fell, and her cheeks puffed up, "From Gehenna to Hongdong, from One Hundred Demons Night Parade to Holy Trinity, there is not a single student who didn't give a thumbs up after soaking in the hot springs supervised by our [Hot Spring Development Department]!"

"No, no, no, I'm not questioning the professionalism of your hot springs. The hot springs in Gehenna are well-known even to someone like me who has just arrived in Kivotos."

Si Wang tilted his head, clamped the microphone with his left shoulder, took out the [Shiting Box] from his coat and placed it on the desk. He wrote and drew on it with his index finger, as if searching for some information. "I have a question about the word [development] in [Hot Spring Development Department]."

"【Development】?"

Shimokura Hui scratched the back of her head in confusion, and her flame-red hair was immediately covered with a layer of mottled dust. "What's wrong with the word [development]?"

"Hmm...how should I put it?"

Si Wang dragged out the last word, deliberately extending it for two or three seconds, which was both to prepare his tone and to strengthen the persuasiveness of his words. "Based on the name of your club, Hui, although it is called hot spring development, the purpose of your club is actually more like the development and construction of buildings."

"That's right!"

When it comes to her major and hobbies, Shimokura Kei is like a kitten whose itch has been tickled. She instantly forgets the previous unhappiness and starts to introduce them to Si Wang happily.

"In addition to digging hot springs, whether it is a spacious and bright hot spring hotel that allows customers to relax, or the hotel's matching yukata towels, independent bedrooms and restaurants, or other supporting facilities, as long as it is related to hot springs, we will provide everything without missing a single detail!"

The girl squatted down and spread out the engineering drawing tucked under her arm on the ground. She directed the members of the [Hot Spring Development Department] to bury more explosives in the pre-excavated location. At the same time, she tried her best to explain the content of her club's activities to Si Wang on the other end of the phone, hoping to impress Si Wang, who was still hesitant about the hot spring.

"Teacher, are you really not going to try?"

Until the very end, Shimokura Kei still couldn't forget to recommend the hot springs of their [Hot Spring Development Department] to Si Wang again.

"That's right, that's where the problem lies!"

Si Wang hammered his palm. He did not respond to Cang Hui's invitation. Instead, he asked, "The 44-40 area is now blocked like a pot of porridge. Even a loach can't get through. Teacher, how can I go to the hot spring?"

"Uh……"

Shimokura Hui looked back at the road they came from. Due to their violent construction, several cars had fallen into the big pit that was blown up earlier. Those that did not fall in were just barely stopped at the edge of the pit, blocked tightly by cars coming from behind, unable to move forward or backward.

In desperation, the car owners had to open the doors and get out, then sneak out onto the road to watch them work.

Seeing so many people watching their construction work, Shimokura Kei was quite happy at first. She thought that this would be a good opportunity to promote the excellence of the [Hot Spring Development Department]. She could also take the opportunity to recruit one or two people to join the [Hot Spring Development Department] and strive to realize the hot spring freedom of Kivotos and the ideal of one hot spring for every person as soon as possible.

However, after hearing what Si Wang said, and looking at the large crowd of onlookers around her, she felt a little embarrassed.

Shimokura Hui rubbed her cheeks, which were slightly red, and asked tentatively, "How about you come over here, teacher?"

"..."

It was a mistake. I actually forgot that this is Kivotos, where every person has the physique of a little superman from Apocalypse. Any dog ​​brought here can fight better than myself before I crossed over and still had the system with me, not to mention a mere 40 to 50 kilometer sprint.

"That's not the point!"

After a moment's silence, Si Wang used the method of changing the subject without hesitation, directly ignoring Cang Hui's question and getting to the point, "The key is that as an important part of the development and construction work, before starting construction, in accordance with the requirements of the general construction plan, permanent roads are built on the construction site, necessary temporary roads are opened, and a complete and smooth transportation network is established. As the leading association in Gehenna construction, don't you [Hot Spring Development Department] feel that you haven't done enough?"

"Ah? Is it so difficult to develop a hot spring?"

Shimokura Hui couldn't help scratching the back of her head again. Si Wang's endless stream of words poured into her head, and her eyes were full of mosquito coils. "Shouldn't we just follow Minister Xia's orders to the designated location, bury the detonator, and detonate it directly?"

"When you are still a makeshift team and want to quickly accumulate capital, this is of course a good idea. Not only can it greatly save human resources, but it can also effectively reduce costs. But is your [Hot Spring Development Department] a makeshift team? You are a super large club with over a hundred or nearly a thousand people!"

Faced with the girl's subconscious resistance, Si Wang flattered her directly, pouring out exaggerated yet meaningful words of praise as if they were free, trying to make the girl drunk in one breath.

"Given your company's current situation, if you want to go further, formalization, proceduralization, and standardization are inevitable pains. As long as you endure this short period of pain and complete a cross-era transformation like Xia's appointment as the head of the [Hot Spring Development Department], even if you trample the [Discipline Committee] and [Palace of Ten Thousand Demons] under your feet tomorrow and aspire to be the king of Gehenna, it may not be an unattainable dream!"

The look of beating one's chest and stamping one's feet in disappointment, and the tone of expectation faintly revealed under the disappointment.

Si Wang's current appearance is no different from an old minister entrusted with the care of the emperor at the end of the dynasty.

The only thing missing is to add a sentence at the end: "I am deeply grateful for your kindness. Now I have to leave, and I am in tears as I write this letter, and I don't know what to say."

"..."

"..."

On both ends of the phone, Humiya Chinatsu and Tian Yu Ako, who had a vague understanding of Si Wang's bad nature, fell into silence.

One of them looked at the phone held to Shimokura Hui's ear with a complicated expression, while the other looked at Si Wang, who was lying on the chair and telling lies with his eyes open, with a complicated expression.

They wanted to say something but stopped themselves. However, thinking that Si Wang was now on their side and was speaking for them, after hesitating for a moment, the two girls chose to remain silent.

But Shimokura Megumi is different.

She really listened and believed it!

"Really, teacher, really?!"

The girl's eyes widened, and her cheeks flushed with excitement. "As long as we do what you said, we really have a chance to develop a hot spring in the [Discipline Committee] building?!"

"..."

The girl's strange excitement was obviously beyond Si Wang's expectations. After a brief silence, Si Wang couldn't help but ask, "Why is there only the [Discipline Committee] but no [Temple of Ten Thousand Demons]?"

"Because we have already built a hot spring in the [Palace of Ten Thousand Demons]."

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Chapter 15: Deception and Sweet Words

"..."

[Paradise] Is this really the student union of Gehenna? Why haven't they killed you yet?

The girl's matter-of-fact tone made Si Wang fall into silence again.

This is a feat that neither Black Suit nor Caesar Group has been able to achieve.

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Hui, to maintain the order of the construction site and the normal passage of nearby vehicles."

Si Wang quickly adjusted his mood. He changed his tone to "please", "I will ask Chinatsu and the others to cooperate with you in directing the scene."

"Don't worry, teacher!"

Even through the phone, the sound of Shimokura Ena patting her chest was clearly heard by Si Wang.

"As long as it's related to hot springs, our [Hot Spring Development Department] will never let you down!"

"Well, I'll thank you again here."

After dealing with Shimokura Hui's enthusiasm, Si Wang raised his voice and said to Chinatsu Hinamiya on the other end of the phone, "Chinatsu-san, I'm sorry to bother you with that. Given the current situation, maintaining smooth traffic is the top priority."

Chinatsu Hinomiya obviously also understood what Si Wang meant. She took her phone from Shimokura Hui and nodded, "I understand, teacher."

"Then I'll hang up first?"

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, teacher."

"Teacher! Please come to our [Hot Spring Development Department] when you have time! We will definitely provide you with the best hot spring!"

Hearing Shimokura Hui yelling to stop work, Si Wang hung up the phone with peace of mind.

"teacher--!"

Si Wang had just put down the phone. Tian Yuyazi, who had been holding back for a long time, finally couldn't suppress her inner doubts anymore and asked directly, "Did you also deceive Chairman Hina in the same way at that time?"

When talking about this matter, the girl couldn't help but think of the thousand-page apology letter and the empty box of water-based pens next to it. Her fingers began to twitch as she felt phantom pain.

"Student Yazi, you are so rude. How can this be considered cheating?"

Si Wang frowned. He glanced displeased at Tian Yu Yazi who was telling the truth beside him, and explained patiently, "The facts are processed through a certain degree of art, and then supplemented with the words that the other party wants to hear, plus appropriate trimming and arrangement and combination. The raw materials have never changed, so how can this be called deception? This is a compliment!"

Tian Yu Yazi felt that what she had known and learned in the past was being contaminated by Si Wang's logic.

In order to maintain the purity of her knowledge and also to further understand the meaning of Si Wang's words, the girl almost subconsciously denied it, "Mei Yan didn't mean that at all, did he?!"

"Ako-san."

Si Wang did not rush to refute like Tian Yu Yazi did. He just glanced at the girl slowly and asked, "When Hui heard me say that there is a chance to develop a hot spring in the [Discipline Committee], were they happy?"

Thinking of the person behind the microphone, who was jumping up and down, impatiently shouting to stop the street bombing work, to start dealing with the waste and building temporary roads, Tian Yu Yazi nodded very reluctantly, "Yes...right."

"So, after hearing that there was no need to fight to the death with the [Hot Spring Development Department], and that they had their full cooperation, they immediately started to sort out the traffic jam in the 44-60 area. Was Chinatsu happy at the scene?"

"..."

Tian Yu Yazi subconsciously looked at the landline phone placed in the middle of the table. Before the call was hung up, Hu Gong Chinatsu let out a long sigh of relief, which even she, who was sitting opposite Si Wang, could hear clearly.

"If this is still not easy to understand, then why not ask yourself this question?"

Seeing the girl's tangled face, Si Wang couldn't help but laugh, "Knowing that traffic will soon be restored, and that the piles of complaint reports will be reduced by more than half, and more importantly... that there was no big mess that could not be collected right after Hinai left, did Ako feel a little happy?"

The girl looked hesitant. She re-examined her heart and was surprised to find that in a hidden corner of her heart, she was indeed relieved that Chairman Hina would not know that she had caused a huge trouble just after he left.

"..."

"So that's it."

Responding to doubts with silence is not because there is nothing to say, but because silence itself is a kind of answer.

Si Wang stretched and smiled, "Since you are happy, I am happy, Chinatsu is happy, Hui is happy, and everyone is happy, then why can't what I said be considered [complimentary words]?"

Was my previous high-pressure monitoring approach wrong, and is the teacher's management style correct?

Tian Yuyazi couldn't help but think about what Si Wang said. The more she thought about it, the more she realized that Si Wang's way of doing things was effortless and ingenious.

In comparison, his method of installing cameras in every corner of Gehenna, confirming illegal phenomena through monitoring routes, and ordering Iori to lead the action team to verify the truth one by one - if Iori could not verify the truth, he would report to Chairman Hina - was as crude as a monkey that had not even grown all its hair.

At least Chairman Hina's workload will be much less than it is now.

The thought of competing with Si Wang that he had originally had suddenly deflated.

No wonder Chairman Hina trusts the teacher so much...

But we can’t stop here.

Tian Yu Yazi regained her spirits and tried hard to cheer herself up.

As long as I don't stop here, sooner or later I will catch up with my teacher!

"Ahem, I'm grateful for your advice, teacher."

The girl coughed twice, tucked the blue hair that fell on her cheeks behind her ears, and said seriously, "Thank you for your guidance?"

"what?"

Facing Tian Yuyazi's thanks, Si Wang showed a puzzled expression, "What did I teach you?"

"what?"

Tian Yu Yazi was stunned for a moment. After she came to her senses, she was afraid that Si Wang would think she was being sarcastic, so she quickly added, "You are the one who is instructing us on how to deal with clubs like the [Hot Spring Development Department] by tempting them with benefits and persuading them with emotions!?"

"Hahahaha, what nonsense are you talking about, Ako-san."

As if he heard a funny joke, Si Wang couldn't help laughing out loud, "If we didn't have the power to deal with the [Hot Spring Development Department] right now, who would have tempted Hui and the others with benefits and appealed to their feelings? Don't you find it annoying? Wouldn't it be better to just arrange for someone to shoot them?"

"??!!"