i’m minoru kudo, a dull office worker. my sales performance was faster when i counted from the bottom up, and i was always scolded by my strict boss, mr. mito. it was painful to be scolded every day, but i was helped many times by the follow-up of another kind boss, mr. komatsu. one day, when i was working overtime, the two invited me out for a drink. after being forcibly taken out, i was asked to stay because i missed the last train. i decided to stay with a faint sense of expectation, but on that day, the longest night of my life so far began…