Chapter 541: The Meaning of Work... Even Adults Find It Hard to Understand (1/2)

Chapter 541: The Meaning of Work... Even Adults Find It Hard to Understand

"We believe in you!" The little monkey shouted to Kawaki as they ran, "With your hard work, you'll become the number one factory manager in Japan!"

"You can do it! Kawaki!" Tsukuyo clenched her fist and shouted to Kawaki with excitement.

"Is his name Kawaki?!" a child quipped.

"Ahhhh!!!" At this moment, the little monkey and Tsukuyo screamed and fell to the ground simultaneously.

"Hey! What's going on with this production process?!"

Just as a child finished complaining, the conveyor belt stopped, carrying Kawaki to a somewhat peculiar scene. It was a slightly shabby room filled with rolls of paper, and in the room, a man (Hasegawa) was sitting on the ground with his back to them, busy with something.

"It's turned into another weird scene again!"

"You said you wanted to become the factory manager?" Hasegawa, wearing old clothes, a shabby hat, and a beard on his face, said without turning his head, then turned around with a severe expression and shouted, "You should inherit my legacy and become a toilet paper expert! It was decided when you were born in this family!"

"Who's that?!"

"He went to work at a tissue factory in Edo," Hasegawa said as he stood up, holding several rolls of paper, then repeatedly slammed one roll after another onto Kawaki's head, "Do you think I'm a fool?! Are you also going to mock toilet paper as only being good for wiping butts?!"

"Why is the factory manager's dad in this place?" a child asked in confusion, looking through the window.

"It's probably a scene recall or something," Daigorou replied casually, "It's probably connected to being kicked out of the house earlier."

Just as Daigorou finished speaking, inside the window, Kondo, who was COSing as a housewife, suddenly grabbed Hasegawa's hand, crying as she tried to stop him, "Honey! Stop it! This child has his way of doing things, just like you. He just wants to make tissue paper!"

"So now mom is here too?!"

"Let go of me, Kikuko!" Hasegawa said thoughtfully, "This is something between us men!"

But just as he finished speaking, the conveyor belt, which had been stopped for a while, suddenly started moving again, carrying Kawaki forward.

"Ah! Kawaki!" Hasegawa quickly shouted, raising his hand to ask, "Where are you going? I haven't finished talking yet. Wait, Kawaki!"

"What are these people doing?!"

At this moment, Kawaki was transported into a machine labeled "Roof." A second later, Kawaki, still wearing work clothes but with no change in posture, was sent out by the conveyor belt.

"Ah! The clothes changed back!"

"Ah, factory manager, thank you for your hard work." On another conveyor belt beside Kawaki, the figure of fourteen appeared. He lay on the conveyor belt holding two cans of coffee. After saying this, he placed one can of coffee beside Kawaki, who was still unresponsive.

"Why are there fellow travelers here now?!"

"What's wrong? Feeling down here?" Jyuro turned his face to Kawaki and asked softly.

"He's not feeling down at all, and he's just been lying on the conveyor belt, slacking off!" a child retorted.

As if remembering something, Jyuro chuckled softly, turned his head back to look at the ceiling, closed his eyes, and sighed softly, "Are you thinking about your old man again? He's a great dad, born into a family that's been toilet paper experts for generations, never using tissue paper. Not just for wiping butts, even when wiping noses, writing, even the tires of cars are made of toilet paper."

"Was the last one essential?!"

The children continued to run along outside the window alongside the conveyor belt.

"Because you didn't like the path your old man laid out for you, you left home and became the manager of a tissue paper factory," Fourteen continued, lightly chuckling, "Are you still sulking and refusing to use toilet paper? Hmph, the whole family is so stubborn. But, factory manager, seeing how outstanding you've become now, I'm sure your old man would use tissue paper, too."

Just as Jyuro finished speaking, the conveyor belt carrying Jyuro went in another direction, and Kawaki once again stopped in front of the peculiar scene.