{ "dataList": [ { "id": 0, "content": "A restaurant in T Corp." }, { "id": 1, "model": "돈키호테", "title": "T Corp.", "content": "By the— Behold this glorious piece of steak! 'Tis practically dripping with juice!" }, { "id": 2, "content": "The child's coworker cheerfully chomps a mouthful of juicy steak and savors its flavor." }, { "id": 3, "teller": "Class 2 Collection Staff", "title": "T Corp.", "content": "I've got to say, we really chose a great place for lunch." }, { "id": 4, "content": "The other coworker appears just as jolly as he happily wipes his mouth with a napkin." }, { "id": 5, "content": "The food here was, going by the reactions from everyone else, nothing short of delicious." }, { "id": 6, "content": "But... the child was glaring at the piece of steak at the tip of her fork as though she was eyeing something that wasn't even food." }, { "id": 7, "model": "로쟈", "title": "T Corp.", "content": "This sucks..." }, { "id": 8, "content": "She probably knows that the steak is, if she could bring herself to bite into it, very delicious." }, { "id": 9, "content": "It was simply that the sickly yellow-brown color of the steak did nothing to excite the child's taste buds." }, { "id": 10, "content": "The sepia-monochrome steak inspired nothing but disgust..." }, { "id": 11, "content": "... which was very apparent from her repulsed expression." }, { "id": 12, "content": "After staring and poking halfheartedly at the piece of steak, the child let out a deep sigh and put down her fork." }, { "id": 13, "model": "돈키호테", "title": "T Corp.", "content": "What is it, Rodya? Thou appeareth quite miffed today." }, { "id": 14, "model": "로쟈", "title": "T Corp.", "content": "It's nothing. I just... I guess I just don't have the appetite today." }, { "id": 15, "model": "돈키호테", "title": "T Corp.", "content": "Mm~ That is quite the conundrum! Thine work-related stress must be relieved in some way, no? That is why we have chosen this delicious meal to be our vehicle for joy!" }, { "id": 16, "model": "돈키호테", "title": "T Corp.", "content": "Now, now! Lift thine wine glasses! 'Tis a toast!" }, { "id": 17, "model": "로쟈", "title": "T Corp.", "content": "... Like, now? It's only midday, though." }, { "id": 18, "model": "돈키호테", "title": "T Corp.", "content": "A dash of alcohol in thy bloodstream may help with work efficiency, indeed!" }, { "id": 19, "teller": "Class 2 Collection Staff", "title": "T Corp.", "content": "She's not wrong. It ain't like we get a chance for this kinda outing very often, yeah?" }, { "id": 20, "content": "Her coworker was right. T Corp. employees of different Classes rarely dined together." }, { "id": 21, "content": "Because they all lived varying hours in a given day, most T Corp. employees preferred to dine with those living in similar time scales." }, { "id": 22, "content": "To dine together without making each other uncomfortable, their only choice was to go to a restaurant under the TT4 Protocol..." }, { "id": 23, "content": "... and those restaurants were usually out of low-ranking Staffs' budget ranges." }, { "id": 24, "content": "They chose a place that serves colorless food in hopes of saving a bit of money while indulging as much as they can afford to." }, { "id": 25, "content": "Because this restaurant isn't adorned with the expensive color-returning lamps, its prices are on the more affordable side of things." }, { "id": 26, "model": "로쟈", "title": "T Corp.", "content": "Ugh, fiiine. Cheers, alright? Cheers. Let's do a toast." }, { "id": 27, "content": "The child hesitated, then raised her glasses for a toast. She did not want to be the one to ruin this cheery mood, after all." }, { "id": 28, "content": "The brown contents of the wineglass disgusted her still." }, { "id": 29, "content": "She nevertheless tried her best to suppress that look of revulsion from being too apparent." }, { "id": 30, "content": "Of course, it took a lot of effort to maintain that level of composure..." }, { "id": 31, "content": "... and the child couldn't stand being there anymore. She rose from her seat." }, { "id": 32, "content": "Her food was still untouched." }, { "id": 33, "teller": "Class 2 Collection Staff", "title": "T Corp.", "content": "Leaving already?" }, { "id": 34, "model": "로쟈", "title": "T Corp.", "content": "It's the illegal inventions crackdown period, y'know~ I gotta get back to work or I won't make my time quota." }, { "id": 35, "model": "돈키호테", "title": "T Corp.", "content": "Hm hm, I did hear that we have been redoubling our regulation enforcement efforts. Try not to overwork thyself!" }, { "id": 36, "model": "로쟈", "title": "T Corp.", "content": "Ha ha... who knows, maybe I'll nab that promotion soon?" }, { "id": 37, "model": "로쟈", "title": "T Corp.", "content": "Anyways, see ya around." }, { "id": 38, "teller": "Class 2 Collection Staff", "title": "T Corp.", "content": "Umm, yeah. See you around." }, { "id": 39, "content": "The child departed the restaurant for the Backstreets of T Corp." }, { "id": 40, "content": "Her job today consisted of conducting on-site report verification, contacting the Technology Administration Agency with her findings, and retrieving any and all unregistered inventions." }, { "id": 41, "model": "로쟈", "title": "T Corp.", "content": "Alright, we'll be confiscating all of your unregistered inventions. As for your fines..." }, { "id": 42, "model": "로쟈", "title": "T Corp.", "content": "... According to the updated manuals... aha, it'll be eight hours for each item, which adds up to forty hours. Now cough it up." }, { "id": 43, "teller": "Backstreets Inventor", "title": "District 20 Resident", "content": "... Forty hours?! Wasn't it seven hours per item last time?" }, { "id": 44, "model": "로쟈", "title": "T Corp.", "content": "The higher-ups raised the fines and tax rates in general, what can I do?\n... What's with that look, huh? What, ya wanna take this to the Collections Office and go through each and every single one of these items? Is that what you want?" }, { "id": 45, "teller": "Backstreets Inventor", "title": "District 20 Resident", "content": "Well, no. But..." }, { "id": 46, "content": "In truth, there weren't any changes made to the Time Tax rates." }, { "id": 47, "content": "The child was just giving him an inflated number to skim a little bit off the top for her personal use." }, { "id": 48, "content": "Embezzlement is a common practice among the lower-ranking, underpaid Collection Staff at T Corp." }, { "id": 49, "content": "They fine people for more than they owe, and take the surplus time for themselves." }, { "id": 50, "content": "Most Citizens of T Corp. already know this, but they simply allow it to happen because they don't want to risk beefing with a Collector, which is usually more trouble than it's worth." }, { "id": 51, "model": "로쟈", "title": "T Corp.", "content": "Besides, you should consider yourself lucky that it's me you're dealing with. The other guys would've tried to rip you off for ten hours per item or something ridiculous like that." }, { "id": 52, "teller": "Backstreets Inventor", "title": "District 20 Resident", "content": "……." }, { "id": 53, "model": "로쟈", "title": "T Corp.", "content": "Hey, hands off the timepiece." }, { "id": 54, "content": "The child quickly stopped the inventor from reaching the timepiece hanging from his waist." }, { "id": 55, "content": "Even the time-rich can't immediately make use of the abundance of time they have within the same day..." }, { "id": 56, "content": "But... if they've already readied and stored enough time the day before, they can accelerate themselves merely by touching their timepieces." }, { "id": 57, "content": "But it wasn't his watch that the inventor was going for." }, { "id": 58, "model": "로쟈", "title": "T Corp.", "content": "Is that a tool?!" }, { "id": 59, "teller": "Backstreets Inventor", "title": "District 20 Resident", "content": "Well, you know what? You can sod right off. I ain't got the time to spare for one of you Collectors anyway." }, { "id": 60, "content": "That may have been a signal; people holding all kinds of construction equipment slowly emerge from the alleyways of the Backstreets." }, { "id": 61, "content": "Clearly, he wasn't planning to pay the fine anyway." }, { "id": 62, "model": "로쟈", "title": "T Corp.", "content": "Oh my! You're a popular one, aren't you?" }, { "id": 63, "teller": "Backstreets Inventor", "title": "District 20 Resident", "content": "You take forty hours from me, and I've got to live four-hour days for an entire week. That ain't living at all, lass." }, { "id": 64, "model": "로쟈", "title": "T Corp.", "content": "You should be grateful that the four-hour policy even exists." }, { "id": 65, "content": "The child flinched as they began to surround her, but she soon regained her composure and slowly started turning the clockwork on her watch." }, { "id": 66, "content": "The clockwork rattles and turns—and her body begins to shimmer with afterimages." }, { "id": 67, "content": "The T Corp. Collectors' standard issue watch." }, { "id": 68, "content": "Once she depletes all the time that is assigned to her for the mission, she'll have to resort to using her own time." }, { "id": 69, "content": "But the child decided to spend it anyway." }, { "id": 70, "model": "로쟈", "title": "T Corp.", "content": "I don't want to waste my precious time on people like you, but... looks like I haven't got a choice." }, { "id": 71, "content": "There is no response." }, { "id": 72, "content": "Well—to be more precise, their response was too slow for her to understand." }, { "id": 73, "content": "The attackers crowd around her, wildly swinging their weapons and tools in her direction, but it's all futile." }, { "id": 74, "content": "Moving in condensed time, even for a brief moment, was more than enough for her to casually avoid every sluggish haymaker, every wild swing her enemies attempted." }, { "id": 75, "content": "With every rapid step she takes, the greater the fear grows on the faces of her enemies." }, { "id": 76, "model": "로쟈", "title": "T Corp.", "content": "I know ya can't hear me, but I gotta say my piece." }, { "id": 77, "model": "로쟈", "title": "T Corp.", "content": "You'll pay dearly for wasting my time. Oh, just you wait 'till I'm done with ya." } ] }