Chapter 7 quiet madness

Yabuki Kunihiko and Kashiwagi Takeo are classmates of the famous private F University, both of whom specialize in economics. F University is quite famous for its graduates who are very active in the industrial world.Most of the students are the children of those in the business world. Over the years, he has supported the power of F University to send talents to the Japanese industrial circles, asserting: "If you don't contact F University, you can't have contact with Japanese industrial circles!" In F University, the Department of Economics is known as the best department.

Among the first-class companies trading in the Japanese stock market, almost all of them are from the Department of Economics of F University, and the chief members are all graduates of the department who appeared together. Yabuki and Kashiwagi are often among the best in the Economics Department of F University.Both of them are foreigners and their families are poor.F University, where children from the industrial world concentrated, was not qualified to enter anyway, but because of their outstanding grades, the teachers of the university persuaded their parents to let them apply for F University.

Compared with the grades of the sons, tuition fees can be solved with work-study and scholarships.The teacher's words touched the hearts of their parents. When they set off from their hometown, the local newspapers published news; starting with relatives, people in the neighborhood, and local powerful people, almost all came out to see them off. While accepting this grand farewell, they expressed a sense of responsibility like the great era bestowed - "I would rather die if I can't learn". What a sad feeling.Because young people born in other places are often crushed, their hometown places great expectations on them.

People who were born in this closed society the size of a palm and have to stay here to live have hope for the young people who fly out from here. Even if I live frugally, I also want to support young people who are studying abroad.When they succeed soon, it's up to them to take themselves out of this closed corner. In short, Yabuki and Kashiwagi, the hope of their hometown, went to Beijing together. They understand that for their own study, their parents and younger siblings in their hometown are saving money and food, so they cannot be lazy even for a day or an hour. Compared with other students who study with ample tuition fees, the motivation to study is different from the first day.

However, when comparing the results of the two, there are subtle differences.Kashiwagi is often a high-achieving student who occupies the first place 100% in the F University where talented people gather. But in terms of Yabuki, although his grades are indeed excellent, he cannot be called a high-achieving student without objections.He often has a place in the front row, but from time to time he hovers at the end of the front row. Take the elite group of MPs as an example. Their status is as different as that of the Prime Minister and the insignificant ordinary MPs. Kashiwagi is a genius type, and Yabuki is a hardworking type.Compared with Yabuki who fell from the front row after hard work, Kashiwagi did not have the danger of such uncertainty.

Soon, they ushered in the graduation period, and finally moved to the stage of "official performance".No matter how good grades you get in school, it has nothing to do with your social status or salary. In addition, if they are not admitted to a "famous company", then it is meaningless for them to live a frugal life and strive for excellent grades in order to enter F University.In University F, only the top students with the most scores are given the opportunity to be introduced to famous companies. In this sense, for the two of them, university is not a place to discuss the truth, but a place to buy express tickets to enter the high-income class.

Regarding their employment, the university's employment mediation department recommended the Hishii Bank. Lingjing Bank is a large city bank with one or two deposits in Japan, and it is also the core backbone of the internationally renowned chaebol group.Just becoming a "Lingjing person" will make him look different in the society. As long as they enter Lingjing Bank, they will even pull out a lantern parade in their hometown to celebrate. In the prestigious F University, Lingjing Bank is the first place to find a job.Therefore, the important people put forward extremely strict conditions, that is, for F University, which is full of talents, except for students with particularly excellent academic performance, they will not be eligible for admission to the exam.

Although the grades are not that bad, there are still many people who are not allowed to take the exam as long as they have a score that is not good enough. "First of all, you are admitted to the exam unconditionally." The inauguration mediation department assured Kashiwagi when recommending him.Even if there is no guarantee, Kashiwagi is full of confidence in his heart. He heard that Lingjing Bank's entrance exam is very difficult, but no matter how difficult it is, Kashiwagi studied for it. For him, college was nothing more than a four-year "career prep school."In the past four years, in order to achieve the purpose of entering university, it is a long period of specialized study for employment, and only now can it play a role.

On the eve of the exam, Kashiwagi was mentally prepared to be allowed to enter the industry.If you officially become an employee of Lingjing Bank, the first thing you do is to show off to your hometown.What kind of expressions will the people in my hometown welcome me when I return to my hometown wearing a newly made suit and wearing the Hishii badge on my chest! Kashiwagi's referral guarantee is unconditional.But regarding Yabuki's inauguration mediation, there are disputes within the ministry.There are many applicants for jobs at Hishii Bank, and there are some who have surpassed Yabuki.

But in the end, the mediation department still recommended Yabuki.Although the results are still not satisfactory, but his hard work on weekdays has helped him. Quality and hope, that is the second issue.Because it is the best (material) job position, it is better to recommend people who seem safe and reliable and seem not to be dangerous.Among their recommendations, Yabuki is an exception. When carefully considering Yabuki's career adaptability, there may be other more suitable jobs for him.But he, who was infinitely grateful for the recommendation to Lingjing Bank, showed the narrow ambition of fame and fortune common to young people from other places.

The exam is held in the large conference hall of a first-class hotel in the center of Tokyo.The qualification review for taking the exam is very strict. 300 students were selected from the top universities in the country to take the exam, and it is said that only 12 staff members were admitted from them. Despite this, Kashiwagi was not disturbed at all, and he had absolute self-confidence. The exam questions were very difficult to answer, but Kashiwagi answered all of them, and he was confident in the content of the answers. The results will be announced after a few days, and the notification will only be sent to the home or contact address of those who passed the test. Several days passed, and only Yabuki received a notice.Due to geographical differences, there are differences in the delivery of letters, and Kashiwagi waited for three days with uneasiness. Finally I couldn't bear it anymore.I went to the post office to inquire, but there was not a single letter about him in the post office. "There is no such reason!" Kashiwagi couldn't help shouting loudly to the bureau members. "But, no matter how much you say, there is nothing!" The bureau member replied with a half-suffering, half-contemptuous expression. "Yabuki has sent a notice, there is no reason not to let me come!" Kashiwagi did not give up, and checked the reference books after the exam, and his own answer was indeed roughly close to the perfect score. What's more, if Yabuki passed the exam, there will never be such a thing as failing the exam, because there is no possibility of such a stupid thing happening. "It's strange, there's no reason for you to fail." In front of Kashiwagi, Yabuki pretended to be puzzled, but the pride in his heart could be clearly seen. Moreover, there is also a discrepancy between this and the order of the two people's academic performance at school.Even though the scores in the high school entrance examination are almost the same, one party has a superior status as an employee of Lingjing; the other party is still an unemployed student without a job.This difference can really be said to be a world of difference. Since then, although there are still interviews and physical examinations left, Yabuki, who has broken through the biggest difficulty, can easily guess that he will run to the end of this route smoothly, and Kashiwagi will not give up anyway. "Perhaps the human resources department of the bank made a mistake. I don't know." Once I thought about it this way, I was sure that it must not be wrong. "Anyway, I have to look for it directly." Kashiwagi asked to meet the person in charge of personnel affairs of Lingjing Bank with a timid look. "Takeo Kashiwagi? I still don't know just the name, let me tell you the admission number!" The person in charge of personnel affairs who seemed to be familiar with such things said expressionlessly. After Kashiwagi told the candidate number, the person in charge of personnel temporarily moved to another room, and came back after a while. "Ah, number XX has a total of 226 points. If it reaches 500 points, it will not be a problem at all. The admission standard for the subject test is above 450 points, you..." The person in charge of personnel showed a contemptuous expression.If it's around 400 points, it's not a bad idea to inquire about it; it's a cheeky thing to ask when it's just hovering over a bad score of more than 200 points. "226 points!" Kashiwagi was stunned at first, but was finally speechless.Although he said that there was no such a goddamn reason, he was too angry to speak.It is true that I can't get such a shameful bad result. I have confirmed my answers one by one with reference books. No matter how bad I am, I am afraid I can't get 480 points. Why is it actually 226 points! "I don't know why it is wrong!" Kashiwagi reluctantly said a word. "Don't say that kind of stupid nonsense! This scoring is completely done by computer, there is no wrong reason!" The person in charge of personnel management finished speaking as if venting, and then stood up from his seat, making it inaccessible. A few days later, the manager of the apartment where Takeo Kashiwagi lived knocked on his door in order to tell Kashiwagi to answer the phone.I knocked several times but no one answered. I thought I had gone out and was about to return when I suddenly smelled a strange smell. "Oops!" He twitched his nose and stopped, and there was another sound that sounded like he was spitting something in his ear. The strange smell and sound came from the cypress room. "Amazing!" The administrator, feeling the seriousness of the situation, knocked on the door.People living in the apartment crowded the corridor with strange expressions. With their help, they broke through the door.At this time, a thick gas flow rushed into the corridor.People who were afraid of poisoning used wet towels as protective masks to lift the cypress lying in the house. He was sent to the hospital by ambulance, but it was too late to rescue him due to excessive carbon monoxide inhalation.Because I tidied up around my body, I realized that this was not an accident, but a prepared suicide. There is no will.But later, on the margin of the notebook, I found the hastily written last words "I'm sorry to my parents and younger brothers and sisters in my hometown". As the top talented student of F University, Kashiwagi, the people living in the apartment couldn't help but stare in awe.As for himself, he thought that the people who lived here belonged to different levels of people, and his face showed an air of arrogance and disdain.So, he's in the apartment, and people's comments aren't very good. In the past few days, he lived in his room, looking a little depressed, but no one would have thought that he would commit suicide. The police who came for the autopsy concluded that he had committed suicide because he failed the Lingjing Bank exam. Ironically, the phone call to the administrator to find out the chance of suicide came from Lingjing Bank.Kashiwagi's failure was due to a computer error.The call was to inform him that he was ranked first among all the candidates! When the police informed Kashiwagi that he had committed suicide, Lingjing Bank did not show such surprise, but said nonchalantly: "Weak people who commit suicide because they failed the entrance examination are not uncommon in our bank. In the end, in order to find this weak person, the calculations were wrong. Didn’t the computer finally make a correct judgment?” Kunihiko Yabuki often yearns to become a "Hisui man", but he is not yet an employee of Lingjing.Now that he is a member of Lingjing Bank, which is the core of the Lingjing consortium, one can imagine how proud he is. Kashiwagi who committed suicide has long since disappeared from his mind.Even if he encountered bad luck like a computer malfunctioning, it was mainly because he was too weak. Because only the weak commit suicide, even if the computer fails. Yabuki is the winner and Kashiwagi is the loser.The winner has no leisure to recall the misfortunes of the loser. It is a special training for new bank clerks who are waiting for Yabuki, who is proud of his victory. Hishii Bank's special training is well-known in the industry as a compulsory education aimed at short-term training.In the training center of the bank in Shitahara, Mt. Fuji, the new clerks who have been quarantined for a month, from the ABC of banking to the spiritual preparation of the Lingjing clerks, are all given rigorous indoctrination education. Get up at 6:00 in the morning, from the start of the marathon to going to bed at 10:00 in the evening, one by one is full of daily courses.During this period, meeting guests, going out, and drinking are all prohibited; the books to be read are also limited to things stipulated by companies such as the history of Lingjing Company and the History of Lingjing Bank. During this month, instill the "Lingjing spirit" into these people who have been living a free life in the university, with a view to transforming them into strong and backbone "Lingjing people". This is the goal of the training. After passing the entrance examination, the scholars who were a little arrogant just now felt that they were exhausted after such a large amount of training. After the special training, the work was assigned, and Yabuki was assigned to the computer center of the manager's department of the bank.It's still rare for new crew members to be assigned here right away. Lingjing Bank has recently introduced computers and established an online system for direct communication between branches and the head office.The deposit receipts and payments of various sub-branches of Lingjing Bank can be sent to the central processing device for processing in real time. All the data are immediately concentrated in the daily accounting table, forming a structure that is settled on the profit and loss calculation sheet and the debit and credit comparison table. The central control office of this online real number system is the computing center of the bank to which Yabuki was assigned. This can be said to be the core and vital part of Lingjing Bank. Yabuki, who was assigned here after finishing his training, was greatly envied by his colleagues who were assigned to the branch window and did field work. "I'm a top student!" Yabuki's self-confidence grew stronger and stronger. Yabuki met Noshiro Satoko in the assigned unit.Satoko was one of the technicians sent by the computer manufacturer to teach the bank how to operate the machine. The physical body of a computer is called hardware, and the entire technical program that operates to take advantage of it is called software.This is why Satoko is counted as part of the software. She is about the same age as Yabuki, with beautiful eyebrows, an extremely cute demeanor, and a gentle personality. She is nicknamed "Miss Computer" in the computing room. Yabuki was quickly attracted to Satoko, but no matter how attracted he was, he had no chance to get close to her. Satoko became a target of public criticism in the computer room, came from a decent family, and graduated from a top-ranked women's university.Among the ranks of outstanding individuals, there are certainly not a few men who have ignited their ambitions for her. As soon as the newcomer Yabuki approached her, he was immediately followed by the veteran pilot. In particular, the head of the computing center has very strict job requirements and has been judged. If he finds a lazy style of work and mistakes in work, this veteran qualification will never forgive newcomers. He is the overall person in charge of computerized admissions for the entrance exam.When Kashiwagi committed suicide, he was the calm client who yelled that "finding such a weak person shows that the computer's conclusion is correct". His name is Na Jian, but people call him "Ghost Jian" behind his back.In fact, Yabuki was terrified of his eyes.In the ranks of newcomers who have to devote themselves to work, if there is a love affair in the industry, the impression given to Na will never be good. At present, we must put work first and seek the recognition and appreciation of our superiors.Yabuki resisted Satoko's temptation and worked hard. Yabuki moved out of the apartment she had when she was a student and moved into the bank's single dormitory.One person lives in one room, and the equipment is comparable to that of a high-end hotel. The three-storey cheap apartment I have lived in so far cannot be compared with this.Being able to become a person living in such a luxurious setting aroused Yabuki's sense of superiority. Single dormitory, 40 minutes by private train from the center of Tokyo, then transfer to the state-owned tram at the terminal station. One day, on the way home from work, Yabuki saw a man who looked like a servant lying on the ground at the finish line. The platform is the most crowded place for traffic.People circled the man like a torrent held back by rocks.It's dangerous for that helper. "Is it a drunkard?" "Hate!" The passengers frowned and whispered, but no one went to move the downed person to a safe place. Everyone wanted to get home quickly and didn't have time to get involved in the trouble of rescuing the drunk. And if you don't do it carefully, you may cause trouble. People have such worries. Yabuki went to observe the helper. "Dangerous!" he thought.If you turn your body around, you will fall on the line. "If this was a decently dressed person, perhaps everyone wouldn't walk past it so indifferently." Thinking like this, Yabuki felt that the man who looked like a servant was quite pitiful, and when he looked carefully, he didn't appear to be drunk.It would be premature, then, to say he was drunk.It seems that he fell down on the road due to his poor health. "Hey, hello, what's the matter? It's dangerous to fall down in such a place!" The helper slightly opened his eyes, and there was a desperate pleading look in his eyes.He seemed to want to say something, but he only groaned in a weak voice. He was so painful that he couldn't even speak, and frequently pointed to his chest. — Had a heart attack? —— In this way, the treatment must not be delayed for a moment, so Yabuki moved his body to the bench for the time being. While picking up the man, he shouted to the crowd: "Can't any of you contact the station attendant and the ambulance?" "I'll go!" A young woman came out of the crowd first, that is Satoko Noshiro.Because she wanted to rescue the servant quickly, she extended a helping hand. Taking this as an opportunity, the relationship between Yabuki and Satoko began. Yabuki, who was vigilant, limited his contacts with her to the outside, and pretended to be the same as before in the bank, so that people would not notice that the special relationship between the two was beginning to develop. The mutual politeness in the bank had proved that there was in their relationship a tendency of admiration, which was developing rapidly. Satoko's home is in the same direction as the bachelor's dormitory, and the chances of the two going home together increase.At that time, they often wandered the road at the end of the way.At first it was tea, but soon it was upgraded to a restaurant. One evening, Satoko was facing a certain restaurant, her black eyes with good light refraction index rolled quickly and said, "I hate being called Miss Computer!" "Why?" Yabuki asked back. "What, you want to see me as a part of the computer!" "There is no such thing. Aren't you a computer technician who is ahead of the times? You should be proud of your profession!" "Is that so?" Satoko said in a tired tone unlike usual.It was rare for her in the computing room, who was often innocent and lively to spread fresh air around. "Is there anything annoying?" "Yeah!" Satoko shook his head naively like a child: "The computer is valuable because it is accompanied by software. If so, as a part of the software, I am wandering here and there with the machine, It always feels like an accessory to the computer." "It's ridiculous to think that way. Why are you an accessory of the computer, aren't you the master who manipulates it? Today you are a bit abnormal!" "Mr. Yabuki, do you think the current job is interesting?" Satoko raised his face. "That's right. Because it is the center of the entire Hishii Bank, isn't it strange to say that it's not interesting? You must believe in your work, and as a career that gives priority to winning the future, you firmly believe that this computer is it." Yabuki encouraged her. "That's true." Satoko nodded with his usual lively and hearty expression.But behind that expression, there was a slight flash of contemptuous eyes for an instant, but Yabuki didn't notice it. The relationship between Yabuki and Satoko quickly grows closer.Yabuki has a good impression of it, but Satoko doesn't feel disgusted either.The emotional communication between men and women is one step ahead of language. In the computing room, there is no human emotion.The computing center, which is connected to the branches across the country, collects information without interruption and issues instructions through the real number processing system.Man gazes intently at this permanent work.For this alone, there is almost no room for emotion to intervene.It is a tense world polarized in silence. As a reaction to this, the duo went wild as they stepped outside the bank. Especially Satoko is as bold as others.Yabuki, who is dating the opposite sex for the first time, is led by Satoko step by step on the ladder of love. Having already kissed, it is only a matter of time before I agree to the last request.At this moment, Yabuki made a small mistake. The so-called mistake, although it is a small matter not worth mentioning, but the impact on him is fatal. One day during their lunch break, the two of them went to the top of the building.The air above the city center was polluted by smog, but first of all it was still vast, at least better than the white-walled computing room.They sat on a bench in the corner and chatted happily, and finally lingered there obsessively, until the bell rang for work in the afternoon, and they didn't notice it. It was already past 1:10 by the time they realized that there was no one on the roof, and they hurried back to the office. Unfortunately, the elevator didn't come for a long time. "Come down the stairs!" Yabuki said to Satoko and turned to the other side.There was no one there, and the two ran down hand in hand. Because they were flustered, they finally relaxed their vigilance. Unfortunately, it happened suddenly. When they approached the office stairs, behind the landing of the winding stairs, a man walked up with business documents in small steps. It's the head of the room!Before the two let go of their hands in surprise, Najian's eyes fixed on them with horror. The intimate appearance of the two was exposed in front of Na Jian without any cover. In front of the two people who were standing dumbfounded, Na Jian didn't say anything, just looked at his watch wordlessly, and went up the stairs. That day, when he was about to leave work, Yabuki was called to the office manager's desk. "I probably know why you were called here?" Najian sat down without saying a word, and looked at him with blank eyes. "I know, I'm sorry!" Yabuki was ready to admit his mistake and apologize. Although he was late for more than ten minutes, there was no room for excuses for Na's opinion that the time was strict. What's more, it was already working hours, and he was still holding hands with a woman, and he was seen while he was complacent.As a newcomer, this is imprudent. "Accepting and admitting mistakes is not too heavy on you." Na Jian's thin lips showed a contemptuous smile.Wide forehead, narrow chin, typical inverted triangle face, which is probably a sign of lack of emotion.The bridge of the nose is high, the eyes are slender and have many white eyeballs, and the chuckle that emerges there highlights the appearance of the originally cruel and ruthless person. Nami, perhaps aware of the effect of his looks, laughed. "Just one word for you!" "Please advise!" Yabuki couldn't help being afraid of the meaning of the conversation. "That's a simple subtraction. What is twelve minus one?" "That's..." I couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive in the answer. There must be some intentions to let such a simple calculation. "Yes, the answer is eleven. If one is subtracted from the absolute number of twelve, of course it is eleven, but why the necessary twelve posts replace the missing one, and a new one is added. Thirteenth, do you understand the meaning of it?" Nami shot at Yabuki with that white gaze, and although she didn't know what it meant, she knew that there was malice in his gaze. "Don't understand? Let me explain to you. The number twelve originally refers to the man Kashiwagi who committed suicide. In order to make up for this vacancy, who is the one who made up in advance? You have to explain!" Na Jianyou lightly Laughed.There was only a smile on the corner of his lips, but his eyes were cold and white. Yabuki felt as if he had been beaten hard on the head.Indeed, such a thing has happened!Because of a computer error, Kashiwagi failed the ranking even though he got the first result; as a supplement to the vacancy, the qualified person who made up for it turned out to be himself! If the computer didn't make any mistakes, I wouldn't have passed the exam from the very beginning, and the superior consciousness that supported Yabuki collapsed with a bang. Na Jian watched his posture with interest, and added the final blow: "Then, you got into Lingjing Bank because of a computer error, and you were originally a person who was not admitted! If you don't care about it on weekdays, Keep that in mind at all times, and you won't flirt with women during work hours." Najian's desk was at the end of the office, and there was no shield between him and his subordinates' desks.Their conversations could be clearly heard by those present. Taking this incident as an opportunity, a gap formed between Congzi and Congzi who had finally gotten close. Both of them tried their best to fill the gap, but the harder they worked, the deeper the gap became. At the same time, the legend that Yabuki used a computer error to enter the bank also spread in the industry. "Nami is a devil for not telling this until now!" There are such sympathetic opinions; See people this way. Yabuki's persecution paranoia accelerated and deepened the gap between him and Satoko. It was at this time that the hatred for Nami accumulated in Yabuki's heart. Electronic computer programmers and technical operators are two different types of work, but they have not yet been clearly distinguished in Japan. Originally, programmers were the commanders of computers.The power of a computer begins to play out when it is stored in a software program.The programmer should be called the programmer who directs the machine. If a computer is compared to a beast, then the programmer is the trainer of the beast. In this sense, programmers are equivalent to computer manufacturers.They were developed in order to provide users with highly common program sequences, and stored in electronic computers as "flexible commodities". Recently, manufacturers have begun to provide users with software standard components.Therefore, as long as the user has mastered the operation method of the machine and the prescribed items of the program, anyone can operate it freely. Although they are called programmers, in fact, they mostly refer to technical operators who are just computer craftsmen.Only when the program sequence developed by the producer is not complete, the user creates an independent program sequence. This is called a user program, and it is the computing center that is responsible for this creation.However, in this case, it is more correct to be called a designer or a coder rather than a programmer because it is only a supplementary sequence for the manufacture of program devices. Yabuki is too young to be a designer or coder.When using a computer, saying that he is an attendant of the computer is the most correct reflection of his job image. The performance of the machine is excellent, there are few failures, and the online system directly connected to the branches all over the country has not been interrupted.Looking at the machine is just a life of waiting and watching. Sitting and waiting is actually waiting for the arrival of off-duty time.But sleeping there is not allowed. As long as the machine is running, it is absolutely impossible not to monitor it. The labor of monitoring machines requires a high degree of continuous tension and requires little human thinking and judgment.In other words, labor can be accompanied by a sense of fulfillment, but it has nothing to do with pleasant fatigue.The more you work, the more you will feel like the wear and tear of a machine, leaving only the feeling of wasting time meaninglessly lost. In the initial period, Yabuki's sense of superiority and the newcomer's curiosity about work absorbed this sense of consumption. However, ever since Nami told him about it, not even a fragment of that feeling existed. There is only monotonous labor, and even that labor is smeared with human humiliation. The relationship with Noshiro Satoko also ended when she was transferred back.I can no longer feel the ecstasy of life and the exuberant spring like before. Put the most fruitful period of your life in the huge threshold of Lingjing Bank, until the end of the "sentence period" called retirement, you have to be closed here. This is a boring life without any joy, like being put in a warehouse, but Yabuki still has a small wish left. He tries to take revenge on Nami, the person who admitted him due to a computer error, and on the man who mocked him and ruined his love with Satoko Satoshiro.This alone is the only support for Yabuki to live a life like a lifelong crime. During the lunch break, Yabuki was alone on the roof staring blankly at the sky.In the past, Noshiro Satoko was by his side. "Quitting your bank job?" "Ok!" "Married?" "It's a good idea, but isn't it a pity!" "What is that for?" Yabuki, looking at the sky and reminiscing about Noshiro Satoko's figure, heard the voice of a woman sitting on a bench next to her. Although they were not particularly close, the two belonged to the calculation office. One joined the bank a year earlier than Yabuki, and was the backbone of the female staff; the other was a newcomer who just joined.Although the length of service is different, the relationship between the two seems to be good. It is not the first time to see them sitting together. I didn't intend to eavesdrop, but the conversations of women belonging to the same unit always echoed in my ears. "Besides, it's just annoying to not be able to help it." "I'm thinking of a way, maybe it's about getting married?" "It's different. It's okay if you're young, but you'll get bored soon. Female employees can't keep working for a long time." The one who spoke so kindly was the older one. "Why?" asked the young man. "The company's work is harsh, which is the opposite of the elegance of women. If you work for a long time, you will feel boring." "Is that so?" The young woman seemed to have no sense of urgency. "A place like a company is the same as a battlefield. Men are soldiers in the final analysis. From managers to ordinary employees, they are bound in a hierarchy, rationalized, and efficient. Rigorous training is carried out every day, exactly the same as the army. We Maybe it's a nurse, that's also a nurse in the army, no woman is happy on the battlefield." "However, it's even more boring to stay at home. Before marriage, help mother with housework; after marriage, plus raising children, how boring it is." The young man looked up at the sky, as if he was still full of expectations for the future; The elder cast an envious look. "Let's enjoy the joy of youth as much as possible at this time. It's not worth cherishing what I am now. I'm tired. I'm tired of multiplying the deposit balance by the interest rate for each savings account, and then calculating the interest paid. If I keep doing the same job like this, I feel like I'm going to slowly go crazy." She seemed to have the same state of mind as Yabuki.He overheard this and was suddenly very interested. "That's your fault!" "You don't understand yet. Yes, you will understand in two years. This battlefield is silent. There is no roar of bombs or the sound of soldiers killing, so it is terrifying. There is no sound at all. Do you feel the horror of the fierce battles that are fought every day on the silent battlefield? I have been here for three years and I can't bear it!" "Neuropathy!" "Maybe. However, as long as you don't leave the bank, this neurosis will never be cured. I'm tired of it, enough. I sold my youth to calculate how much interest, but in the end I had to do the calculation of rounding off the zeros." I wasted my youth for this kind of calculation that discarded zeros, and I can no longer do it anymore." Just as the veteran woman was talking, the bell for work in the afternoon rang.The two women hurried to their feet and went back to their classes.The other pilots gathered on the roof were also sucked back by the building as if the tide had receded. Yabuki, who was a bystander, watched all of this, but didn't want to get up from the bench.On the roof of the building in the afternoon when he suddenly calmed down, he repeated the calculation sentence of "rounding off zeros" to the talented woman, like a scripture. Najian, the head of the computing center, seems to be in a bad mood in recent weeks.Na Jian has long been judged for his meticulous work. At the meeting, if there was something that couldn’t be done, Na Jian kept pestering him and refused to give up, so when he knew that Na Jian was coming to the meeting, some people hesitated to come. His mood has become so melancholy, not so much because of his poor health, but because it is more likely that his work will not go well. Now, he is unhappy, not because he didn't do a good job.No, it would be better to say that everything is going on very well. But he is always unhappy.Although I don't know the details, but all in all, I am unhappy, and I don't have the pleasure and sense of fulfillment like when all the gears of a precision instrument are running smoothly. The operation of any gear cannot be intentionally faked; however, is any of the gears really performing a fake operation?He doesn't know yet.That's why he was so depressed. "Is this random suspicion?" Na Jian believed that it was a professional premonition accumulated over the years. “不，在哪个环节上一定有欺骗，现在工作的进行绝对不是那么健康的。”纳见一面显出有心事的样子，一面孜孜不倦地研究自己郁闷心情的由来了。 和纳见的郁闷不乐相反，矢吹却复苏了。神色生气勃勃，举止敏捷有力，声音洪大响亮。在纳见面前竦然站立过的矢吹，现在简直像换了个人似的充满了精力。 当然，这已映在纳见的眼中。自从发生那个事件以来，他对矢吹不那么信任了，并在矢吹周围布设了秘密的监视，但矢吹的工作连一点点破绽也没有。 “他办理的事情，完全没有缺点。所有的帐簿没有丝毫漏洞，数字计算也完全正确。”受命秘密侦查的监察官向纳见做了这样的报告。 “完全没有缺点吗？”纳见失望地嘟囔着。但是，原来他那不痛快的心情，一切都是从这顺利的地方产生的。 普通存款窗口的担任者和存款人的一段短短的谈话，给他带来了启发。 “是一件小事情，支付的利息总是以元为单位在存折上合算在一起的，可按着利率算，不是还应该有钱吗？” 窗口的回答，恰巧被有事从这里走过的纳见偶然听到了，假装不形于色、充耳不闻的他，回来就采取了强硬的态度。 纳见终于发现“欺骗性的周转”了。 他回到自己的座位上，就向部下命令道：“把总存款额的利息额和按每个存款户头算出的支付利息计数表给我拿来！” 不久，把送来的两张书表做了比较研究的纳见，肯定自己的发现是正确的，他就当场叫来监察官。 “你把这两张计数表比较比较看看！”他把书表递给监察官。 “计数是一致的呀！”监察官投过来诧异的眼光。 “计算得正确这种事，你不认为奇怪吗？” "..." “好啊！一张表是按每个存款户头算出应付利息的合计，可各存款户的那不满一元的利息尾数都舍去了。还有一张表，是把总存款额乘上利率算出来的利息总计额，各存户的尾数却没有舍掉。这两张表计算得一致不是奇怪吗？” “啊？！”监察官惊叫起来。在这情况下，两张计数表不一致是当然的，一致是奇怪的。因为计数表本身计算相符，监察官没有感到怀疑。 毋宁说，在这种场合，有专门搞不正行为的人，但有监察官在，他是从事揭发的专业者。 “是谁把舍掉的差额揣进了腰包，给我向各存户进行彻底的核对！”纳见命令监察宫，要求很快拿出调查结果来。但是，不知什么缘故，监察官去报告时却踟蹰不前。 “到底是谁侵吞了差额？那个害群之马是谁？”被纳见逼问的监察官，终于说出了一个名字。 “什，什么！”纳见过于愕然地从座位上跳起来。名字竟是纳见自己！ “我想自己的调查也许有什么错误，还是详细调查一下再看好啊。”监察官以安慰的神情说，但呆然的纳见，已经听不到这番话了。 随着调查的深入，事件的详细情况越发明朗化了。那是利用计算机犯罪的新手段。就是说，计算每个存款户头利息支付的时候，注意舍掉那未满一元的尾数，再把那时出现的尾数全部合计起来，编成程式，加入个人的存款户头。每个户头仅仅是极其微小的尾数，但把菱井银行的全部户头总计起来，就成为巨额的了。 这个人是计算室长自己，这给了银行干部以很大的震动。 纳见以完全问心无愧的气势来进行辩解，但以他的名义秘密订购卡片穿孔器的事实又暴露出来，就把他那辩解粉碎了。 重信用的银行方面没有公开声张，只给了纳见以惩戒处分，就把事件束之高阁。 他被银行开除的时候，有一个人在暗中窃笑。那就是矢吹邦彦，他是这个事件的主角。为了实现这个阴谋，他把舍掉的尾数全部加以统计，秘密编成加进纳见户头的程式，趁操作人员交班时，装入计算机里记载起来。 为了不容纳见托辞抵赖，又设置了用他的名义订购卡片穿孔器的诡计。 工作中的魔鬼纳见，用自己的嗅觉发现了坏事的苗头，为了刺探出那个干坏事的人，却弄巧成拙地变成了自己，这真是辛辣的讽刺啊！ “真是自作自受！你这个家伙，利用计算机的失错，使我受了那么多的屈辱。现在你为了计算机的正确运算，却失掉了营营苟苟捞来的地位。” 暗中流露出阴笑的矢吹，丧失了对纳见的全部感情，却没有察觉到自己已经变成恬静的狂人了。