yasinovel Chapter 4177 Guestbook
Chapter 4177 Guestbook
Chapter 4177 Guestbook
Seeing the wine glass looking so gloomy, Pinocchio thought for a moment and added:
"However, I will do my best to help you get ownership of the universal body, I can guarantee that."
When these words reached the wine glass, the tense worry on her face finally eased a little.
She was currently playing the role of a newcomer to the factory, and "leaving" was precisely the most urgent thought in the hearts of all newcomers. Even if they couldn't return to their original bodies, most would agree as long as they could leave this hellish place with this shell.
Therefore, Pinocchio's promise, which wasn't exactly a full guarantee, was already considered a pleasant surprise in the eyes of the "new employee" wine glass.
Wine Glass: "So, from now on, does that mean I won't need to worry about weekly targets anymore? And I won't have to work here anymore?"
Pinocchio: "Um... I still need to think about it."
Wine glass: "???"
Pinocchio explained helplessly, "The weekly quota not only concerns you, but also the entire upstream and downstream channels of the Shaping Workshop. If our quota decreases, the aging process in the downstream Dream Cellar will be affected. If the aging process goes wrong, the time flavor in the chocolate will be reduced. And if the 'taste of time' decreases here, the raw material cultivation in the upstream channel, the 'Bud Temple,' will also slow down due to the weakening of the power of time."
Simply put, it means: a small change can have far-reaching consequences.
"So don't be fooled by the strict weekly targets; they are actually the minimum load that allows the factory's five major areas to operate normally."
The wine glass glanced sideways at Pinocchio, who was explaining earnestly: "I don't understand what you're saying, and I don't want to understand. All I know is that you want me to do your work, but you won't reduce my workload."
“This is completely contrary to what I want in terms of ‘time and freedom’.”
Pinocchio shook his head after hearing this: "That's not it. I just want you to understand the importance of the weekly targets. If you agree to be my deputy, you have to consider these things with me. After all, even I have to keep a close eye on the weekly targets."
"And the time and freedom you desire are also available."
Then, Pinocchio slowly revealed his plans.
After a moment, the wine glass seemed a little dazed, because Pinocchio meant...
As a manager, it doesn't actually have the authority to directly reduce or waive someone's weekly performance targets, because weekly performance targets are of great importance.
However, since it has made the three promises to the wine glass, it will try its best to fulfill them.
The method to achieve this is very simple: you have the freedom and time, and I will do the work.
When Pinocchio presented his proposal, not only the wine glasses, but also everyone watching the live stream were completely dumbfounded.
When employees don't work, managers are expected to bail them out.
Isn't this really a reversal of the Heavenly Stems?
The man with the wine glass also looked incredulous: "Are you sure you're going to come and help me meet my weekly targets?"
Pinocchio nodded: "Of course, since I promised you the freedom and space to investigate the 'source of unease,' I will naturally take over your work week targets."
"Don't look at me like that... It's not my real body that's here, but this fairytale-like avatar that's completing the weekly quota!"
Upon hearing this, the wine glass suddenly realized. If someone could take over the task, that would make sense.
“However, although I can use my clone to help you, as I just said, the ‘weekly targets’ are extremely important.” Pinocchio looked seriously at his wine glass. “And since you are my deputy, you have to worry about the targets with me. In other words, if you find that the overall targets of the Shaping Workshop have not been met in the last two days of the week, you also have to come back and lend me a hand.”
In other words, freedom and space are limited.
After pondering for a moment, he felt that the conditions were acceptable.
The first five days are basically free time, but the last two days may require overtime.
Working two days on and five days off is better than being stuck at your workstation like this.
Moreover, she might not even be staying in the chocolate factory five days from now. Perhaps in just a few days, the rebels will have integrated, overthrown the old order, and established a new order.
In this situation, taking five days off is definitely worthwhile.
“I agree with that.” The wine glass nodded, then asked, “What about technical support?”
Pinocchio: "I don't know what kind of technical support you want, but I can open my study to you. You can look at all the books in my collection, and you can ask me anything you don't understand."
The wine glass thought about it and decided that this would work.
What she originally expected as "technical support" was actually to obtain some information about dream energy and secret realms.
But she also knew that asking certain questions rashly could easily reveal her identity. Now that Pinocchio had agreed to let her see his study, this was actually the best possible outcome.
"Yes." The wine glass nodded again.
Pinocchio had done his best to fulfill all three of her requests. Knowing when to stop, the wine glass stood up and extended her hand to Pinocchio: "From today onwards, I will serve Mr. Pinocchio."
The little monkey placed its furry paw on her hand, gave it a gentle squeeze, and then withdrew it, smiling as it said, "Then I look forward to you helping me find the 'truth'."
"Start now?" The wine glass pointed to the clock on the wall.
Pinocchio nodded: "Okay."
The wine glass said, "Then I'm leaving."
The wine glass hesitated for a moment before reaching the door. Remembering the "employee rules," she was a little worried about the penalty for absenteeism, and cautiously stepped out the door.
Once she was sure no small thunderclouds had formed overhead, she breathed a sigh of relief and boldly stepped outside.
Just then, Pinocchio's voice came from behind: "My true form will be waiting for you on the fourth floor. You can go there now."
"Go find your true form?!" The wine glass paused, taken aback. "Isn't it about freedom and space?"
Pinocchio: "???"
"Your freedom and space are based on helping me find the truth about the 'source of unease'."
"If you don't consult with the main body, how are you going to find the source of the unease? Can you just ask the other Yuki-onna employees directly?"
Wine glass: "Why not?"
Pinocchio said irritably, "Sure, but those of them who are obsessed with candle smoke might not even listen to you."
"And what is candle smoke?"
"You'll understand when you see my true form."
After saying this, Pinocchio stopped replying and jumped to the empty chocolate reservoir to start working on the glasses.
As it began to work, its eyes gradually became dull and lifeless, as if it had lost its luster and become a robot that could only do work.
The wine glass, which had been about to leave, hesitated for a moment upon seeing this scene and returned to Pinocchio's side.
He waved in front of Pinocchio, only to find that the other man completely ignored him and just kept working.
"Does he lose his focus on the outside world as soon as he starts working?" The wine glass looked puzzled, but it didn't touch Pinocchio. Instead, it slowly stepped back and finally turned and left.
After the wine glass was removed, two routes came to mind.
One option is to leave the sculpting workshop and leave a message for Satan at the nearby volcano. The other is to follow the instructions of the monkey's clone and go find Pinocchio's true form.
She naturally preferred the former, but after thinking for a moment, she finally decided to go to the fourth floor first.
After all, she was still in the shaping workshop, and Pinocchio was the manager there; he might be watching her right now.
If she chooses to leave, it will probably be difficult for her to regain Pinocchio's trust.
Pinocchio's trust is still very important to her at the moment. After all, at least one of them, the Ice Maiden, is to replace Pinocchio as the manager here, and gaining his trust first will make it easier to take action later.
With this in mind, she resolutely went to the fourth floor, ready to have a new "showdown" with Pinocchio's true form.
To the wine glass's surprise, upon arriving on the fourth floor, she did not see Pinocchio as promised, but instead saw a gold-plated cardboard piece floating in mid-air.
A line of cursive script was written on the cardboard in red ink: "Welcome, Lady Glass."
"?" The wine glass's brow furrowed slightly.
As the wine glass looked on in confusion, the cardboard wobbled, the pages making a soft rustling sound, before floating back to her.
At that moment, the words on the cardboard subtly changed: "I know you must be wondering, where is Pinocchio? What is this floating cardboard? What am I doing here?"
I will answer all your questions one by one.
"First of all, Pinocchio is me, and I am Pinocchio. However, I am Pinocchio's second clone, you can call me 'Whoosh Whoosh Whoosh Guestbook'."
Why is it 'swish swish swish'? Because the only sound I can make right now is swish swish swish~
"As for where Pinocchio himself went? Well, I won't tell you. He's drifting in some chocolate pipe, supposedly to levitate and meditate."
Wine glass: "..." Why do Pinocchio's clones seem weirder than the last?
The cardboard seemed oblivious to her inner grumbling and continued to refresh the writing:
"Getting back to the point, although the original body isn't here, it's okay, I can take its place. After all, wherever the consciousness is, that's where the original body is. Right now, my consciousness is in the guestbook, so it's not wrong to say that I am the original body, is it?"
Seeing that the text on the cardboard was about to be updated again, she quickly called out, "Wait."
The words that had already appeared on the cardboard were now slowly fading away.
"My lady, your deputy, do you have anything to say?"
Wine glass: "I just want to ask one question: what does it mean that 'where consciousness is, there the physical body'?"
With two rustling sounds, new words appeared on the cardboard: "Trying to pry into my secrets as soon as you arrive? Woohoo, I love ambitious subordinates like that!"
"I can tell you that this sentence means exactly what it says. Although I can create countless dream clones, clones are just clones and have no self-awareness."
"When I communicate with you now, it is actually the self-awareness of the original being communicating with you, so it is perfectly acceptable for you to regard me as the original being."
Wine glass: "And that monkey from earlier..."
"It's the original body communicating with you, just using a monkey's body."
The wine glass now understands: Pinocchio's clones are different from his original self. Each of his original self has free will; while Pinocchio's clones are more like a container, holding the unique consciousness of his original self.
When the original consciousness leaves, the container becomes rigid and dull.
"I know what you want to ask is, why did the monkey suddenly become so rigid? The answer is, my consciousness left the monkey clone."
Wine glass: Are you still going to answer first?
After a moment of silence, the wine glass asked again, "But the monkey is still working."
"Work is just a backdoor I set up in the monkey, like a clock or a machine. As long as the operating spring is set in advance, it will work according to the established program even if the consciousness leaves."
"Don't worry, although it's currently under 'management' for work, the monkey itself is a clone I created to boost performance. It's very capable and won't cause any problems."
Looking at the rapidly scrolling words in the guestbook, Wine Glass had a lot of complaints he wanted to vent.
But I don't know where to begin.
There are just too many flaws in Pinocchio, so many that it's hard to know where to begin.
Ignoring these bizarre settings, the wine glass asked, "Why not use your original form? Or, you could use something that can talk. What if I can't read?"
"Wow, wow, wow, as expected of my chosen deputy, he found my mistake on the very first day!"
"Indeed, I overlooked the possibility that you might be illiterate, and I will improve on that! If time could turn back, next time it wouldn't be a guestbook to greet you, but a talking inflatable doll."
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh, but can time be reversed? No, so I can't greet you with an inflatable doll."
Wine glass: ...Is this some kind of nonsense literature?
"As for why the main body isn't here? That's a good question, but as I just answered, the main body is drifting down the chocolate river."
The wine glass remained silent for a moment, then said tactfully, "Your different clones seem to have quite different personalities."
The guestbook quickly wrote a sentence: "Of course, these are the different personas I set for different clones. The guestbook is the persona of the literary youth, and I even gave myself a pen name, Pizi Bo."
Next, the guestbook began to tirelessly describe its own persona, and even mentioned wanting to write a book.
Hua Hua Hua——
Hua Hua Hua——
Each page is filled with a lot of text. I can understand every single word, but when they're put together, I feel dizzy.
"Enough!" the wine glass whispered.
The guestbook stopped turning the pages: "You say something."
He took two deep breaths. "Can we talk about serious matters? Didn't you ask me to help you investigate the truth behind the 'source of unrest'? Just tell me how to investigate..."
"Wow, see that oak table that looks like it belongs in a mystery novel? The one with the quill pen stuck in it. On that table, there's a stack of employee lists, containing information on all the current employees of the Shaping Workshop, including yours."
"You can investigate them one by one."
"Here's a suggestion: the employees are at work now, so you can go to their dormitories to investigate."
Wine glass: "Only a list, nothing else?"
"The only direction I can think of for the investigation right now is to help you with the list; for anything else, you'll have to figure it out yourself."