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"Thank you very much! When can I start work?"

"Just come and report tomorrow morning," Masamune said with a smile.

"I mean... how come they accepted me directly again? Couldn't they at least let me ask a few more questions?" Yuka Okitsu said helplessly.

"Ms. Miyamori will definitely become the pillar of Musashino, definitely."

"Who conducts an interview like this? Are you subtly expressing your dissatisfaction that I specifically dragged you to this job fair? Or are you trying to provoke us and avoid all future job fairs?"

"Haha...you misunderstood. Although it's not obvious yet, the people I just hired are all rare talents."

"I hope it's really as you say. Watanabe and I will handle the remaining interviews. Ms. Ogasawara, who is the chief animation director, seems to have something to discuss with you; perhaps you could go and take a look."

"Are you trying to get rid of me? Fine, I'll leave the recruitment to you."

Masamune smiled and got up to leave.

Seeing Miyamori Aoi's bewildered expression, Masamune suggested:

"If Ms. Miyamori has nothing else to do, would you like to visit Musashino?"

"May I?"

"Of course. You can also use this afternoon to ask others what the specific responsibilities of the production assistant position you're applying for are. Of course, if you're interested in other positions, it's not too late to make adjustments now."

"Understood, thank you very much."

The two of them arrived at Ogasawara Rinko's workstation quickly, one after the other.

"President Hayase."

"Miss Ogasawara, I heard from Miss Okitsu that you wanted to see me?"

"Yes. Regarding the protagonist's character design, I'd like to confirm with the president, who is also the original author, again. Is it acceptable to use the president as a model for the male protagonist, Masamune Makabe?"

"Of course there's no problem. In fact, that's how it's supposed to be set up."

Masamune smiled nonchalantly and then introduced:

"This is Ms. Aoi Miyamori, who came to Musashino today for an interview for the 'Production Management' position. Before officially starting work tomorrow, she would like to take a tour of the company to familiarize herself with the work environment and processes."

Hearing the voices over there, a startled cry suddenly came from not far behind:

"sunflower?"

"Ema!"

Turning around, Aoi Miyamori noticed Ema Yasuhara behind her, her face lit up with joy, and she quickly ran over:

"Do you work here? I've never heard you mention it before."

"Yes, I've been working here ever since I got the job last year. What about Aoi?"

"I just passed the interview and they told me to come in tomorrow morning to report for duty."

Upon seeing this, Masamune smiled and said:

"Since you know each other, Yasuhara, the animation production hasn't officially started yet, and there's not much work to do today. This afternoon, you can show Ms. Miyamori around and then leave work early."

"Yes...! Thank you, President."

After Yasuhara Ema and Miyamori Aoi left, Ogasawara Rinko picked up her drawing board and spoke again;

"The male protagonist's character design is based on the company president, but what about the female protagonist? This is my drawing of Adagaki Aki and Koiwai Yoshino, what do you think?"

"No."

"And this one?"

Rinko Ogasawara flipped the drawing board to show another character illustration.

"Neither."

Hmm... what exactly is wrong? Is it the eyes, the expression, the body language, or the clothing?

"No, how should I put it, the one you drew is completely different from the Adagaki Aki I remember."

Chapter Six: I Owe Miss Aihime an Apology

Masamune looked around, then his gaze fell on the computer desktop:

"Is your computer connected to the internet, Ms. Ogasawara?"

"Have."

"In that case, may I borrow it for a moment?"

"Please use."

Rinko Ogasawara stood up and gave up her seat.

Masamune sat down, his mind racing with thoughts.

Although I don't know Adagaki Aki and Koiwai Yoshino, it doesn't mean that they don't exist in this world.

Or rather, since Hayase Masamune exists in this world, then Adagaki Aki must also exist, even if I don't know her.

I tried searching for Adagaki Aki, but found nothing. However, there were many unfamiliar suffixes for the surname Adagaki online.

Adagaki is not a common surname; in fact, it is quite rare. The fact that you can find many famous people with the surname Adagaki further proves that Adagaki Ahime was indeed a real person.

Try searching for Yasaka Private High School, click to enter the campus network, and many photos taken by the newspaper club during the school festival gradually come into view.

Soon, a beautiful girl with long, straight black hair wearing black pantyhose and a white school uniform came into view.

Her eyes were unusually sharp, giving the impression that she was always angry, and behind her followed a quiet girl who resembled a small animal.

The moment I saw the two of them, a strange image flashed into my mind.

The chubby little boy was called a "pig's foot" by a girl whose face was hidden behind a black window in a courtyard. He cried bitterly and vowed to break off all ties with her.

'What's wrong with me? Have I been discussing the animation script with Mr. Maitake for the past two days, causing this sense of déjà vu?'

The next moment, another strange scene slowly appeared.

Unable to bear the humiliation of being short and fat, he worked hard to improve his physical strength. After finally losing weight and becoming stronger, he took a baseball bat and beat all the classmates who called him "pig's feet" into the hospital, which led to his expulsion from school. His father had to cut short his business trip and send him to a different school.

The father didn't say anything, but the mother felt that she had become too thin from starvation, which was why she was bullied by her classmates at school. She cooked a lot of delicious food every day, which caused her weight loss to disappear, and she quickly became a chubby little girl again.

Strange images flashed before his eyes one after another, and Masamune seemed to be deep in thought when a conjecture suddenly occurred to him.

Perhaps this isn't the first year of time travel, but the eighteenth.

Although the past self was unable to awaken memories of the previous life, the subconscious differences still resulted in a slight difference in personality between the past self and the other Masamune.

Therefore, when he had a misunderstanding with Aiki at her house when they were children, he thought that he was disliked. Instead of taking revenge by dumping her after falling in love, he only thought about breaking off all contact with her and never seeing her again.

After that, although they lived in the same city, they deliberately chose different schools, so they never crossed paths again.

Not long ago, because the system arrived late but surely, my memories from my past life suddenly awakened and overwrote many of my memories from this life, leading me to mistakenly believe that I had just transmigrated.

In reality, he did not suddenly travel through time, but was reincarnated after death, and had only just awakened his memories of his past life.

With that thought in mind, Masamune took out his phone and dialed his home landline.

"Hello, this is the Hayase family."

"Mom, it's me."

"Zong-jun, why are you calling suddenly? Did you forget something?"

"No. Mom, I want to ask you a rather strange question: why don't I have a younger sister?"

"Hmm?? Zong-jun's question is indeed very strange. Let me think... Maybe it's because you were in poor health when you were young and often got sick, so we didn't have time to have other children because we were taking care of you?"

"I'm sorry, little sister, it's my fault that you weren't born."

"Why are you suddenly saying such strange things, Zong-kun? Hmm... If you want a little sister, I can ask Dad to find a way to adopt one."

"No, I was just saying it offhand. Actually, I suddenly thought of this question while writing the animation script. Sorry to bother you."

"It's okay, Zong-kun, good luck at work!"

"Well, see you tonight."

After ending the call, Masamune noticed that Rinko Ogasawara was looking at him strangely, and he chuckled awkwardly.

"Ms. Ogasawara, this black-haired girl is Adagaki Aki, and the one next to her is Koiwai Yoshino. Just draw character designs based on these two."

"Didn't the president say before that 'Masamune-kun's Revenge' wasn't based on a true story?"

"That's true, but the background setting isn't entirely fictional either."

"If Adagaki Aki and Koiwai Yoshino are real people, and we produce the anime like this, without changing any of the characters' surnames, wouldn't that cause big problems? I suggest..."

"No need to suggest anything, we definitely won't change them, we'll keep their original names."

"Are you sure, President Hayase?" Rinko Ogasawara's expression was unusually serious.

"I'm sure. Changing the name will definitely lower the rating. Even if it's just for the sake of the rating, the name shouldn't be changed."

"But this brings trouble..."

“I will take full responsibility for all the consequences. If someone comes knocking, I'll just pay them off. If they disagree, then I'll take them to court. It's just that the character in the story happens to share the same name as a real person.”

"It's not a problem if it's just a case of having the same name, but if a real person and a character have the same name and experience, the other party will win the case every time."

"The problem is that while the settings overlap, the actual experiences are different."

"Well... in that case, Mr. President, you can handle it yourself. I don't care, since you'll bear all the consequences, right?"

"Yes."

Masamune smiled, while unconsciously thinking:

Although this reason was just something I made up to appease Rinko Ogasawara, from a realistic perspective, there are a lot of issues involved in making animation using real-life characters.

This time, the work is alright. The protagonist is myself, and the experience is completely different, so even if others want to sue, they can't win.

However, it becomes more complicated to create other types of animation.

For the next project, I'll get the client's consent in advance.

I told them that I wanted to adapt their story into an animation and hoped to obtain permission.

With a few persuasive words and a pre-contract agreement, the other party can't do anything about it.