I Got Reincarnated And Mistaken As A Genius?
For the future
---- Shuichi Arakawa's viewpoint ----
When I entered the meeting room and sat down at my seat, I noticed a card with the word "No Smoking" on the desk. Apparently Miki gave instructions, but did you dislike being told that you wouldn't get too close to Koki?
Well, I didn't go to smoke anyway because it was written as smoking cessation, but I took nicotine-containing gum from my pocket and threw it into my mouth.
"Captain, is there our turn?"
Lewis sitting next to me asks a question, but I don't know that.
"I don't know, but let your direct squad be ready to go at any time."
"Roger that"
In response to my instructions, Lewis took out his personal terminal and began sending instructions to his subordinates. Looking sideways, looking around and looking around, I saw Miki and Koki talking beside the screen. Every time Koki asks something, Miki is desperately operating the terminal by distorting her beautiful face that doesn't seem to feel her age.
Behind them, Claire and Ellis were seen setting up a large number of displays. Probably, that is for other departments on Noah to participate in video communication.
"Con!"
I was surprised at the sound I heard and looked down, and noticed that Kon was looking up at me.
"What happened? Oh, hug?"
In response to my question, Kon nodded and stretched out his small arms. She smiled bitterly at her and hugged Kon, climbing out of her hands and climbing over my head. Moreover, the body is firmly fixed with both hands so that it is not shaken off.
Did Kon's guy come to me because he couldn't see Koki from his place? I realized that it was better not to notice, so I felt sad and decided to put my second nicotine gum in my mouth and close my eyes to kill time.
"Time has passed because of the equipment setting, but we will hold a" Ghoul Strategy Meeting "from now on. Everyone, please sit down."
Hearing Claire's voice and opening his eyes, the lights in the conference room have already been turned off and Koki is waiting next to the platform. Apparently a full-fledged meeting is going to start.
"Then, Major General Admiral Koki Arakawa, who created the ghoul materials distributed to everyone's devices, will explain his future policy."
Koki, who had taken over from the facilitator Claire on the stage, looked a bit nervous at the attendees before opening her mouth.
"I'm Koki Arakawa. First of all, everyone was really tired from the opening of the war on October 5th to the capture of the Imperial City this morning. This is a result of everyone's resilience, but I think that is the result of the united efforts of the various races. We look forward to more unity in the future. "
Once the words are separated, Koki drinks a sip of water from a glass placed on the desk and continues talking.
"We, the Multi-Alliance Allies, have been marching on so far. Probably going forward will drop major national and satellite nations of the People's Union and put almost half of this continent under control of the Alliance. .
Meanwhile, at the time we started the strategy of capturing the Imperial City last night, the Allied Forces began to launch the "live weapon ghoul" as a trump card for the Allied Forces.
At the moment, Ghoul has begun a runaway, as I expected, and has caused devastating damage to the outlying areas of Rikul and the capital city of Caps Kingdom. ''
According to Koki, the Allied forces are not considered to be in control of the ghouls, as long as the source of the intelligence sent it. It's like a group of locusts eating meat ...
"Noah has modern weapons and it is not impossible to advance while destroying ghouls. Cities destroyed by ghouls will be much easier to occupy than eliminating and occupying the Union garrison. Because all moving objects should be shot and killed.
And later historians would say, "This continent has been protected from ghouls in exchange for humans." But is that really good? We thrive at the expense of those who may be able to help or those who are innocent. Isn't it like the current coalition?
I hate it, it will be the same as the Union. Prove that the alliance is different from the coalition because of these times. Let's all face the ghoul threat! Let's go beyond the races!
I would recommend the implementation of a large-scale evacuation operation, Operation Future. "
The moment that Koki finished talking on the stage, a vibration alerted him of an incoming email from his terminal. Looking around, it seems that everyone in the meeting room, not just me, has received an email, and some people are ringing, perhaps not muting the sound.
When you open the e-mail by operating the terminal, look through the attached file that outlines the operation of "Operation Future". However, when I read the first line, I suddenly heard a voice.
"It's stupid ... it's an evacuation plan for 10 million people !? It's impossible to do that in just 24 hours!"
Lewis sitting next to him is also surprised and solidified. What are you thinking about? While the inside of the meeting room was busy, Claire, who immediately renewed his mind, raised his voice in an attempt to calm the surroundings.
"Be quiet! I want you to be quiet. Major general, please continue the story."
Again, Claire's voice looks at Koki again and looks at the stage.
"This operation is roughly divided into three stages. The first stage is to evacuate civilians from areas where ghouls are expected to be damaged. According to information from satellites and intelligence, civilians living in those areas The population is expected to be between 6 million and 10 million, and the civilians will be transferred to a safe zone with the full power of the Alliance, and operations will begin in the second phase as soon as 50 percent of the transfers have been completed.
In the second phase, the government leaders of Rikul, the Kingdom of Capsu, and the Principality of Ragil are detained. Detained leaders will be tried after the ceasefire in a country that has not participated in the war, so please do not kill them.
At this point, 90% of civilians should have been successfully evacuated at this point, but will proceed to the third stage after confirming the return of detained units regardless of the successful evacuation.
The third stage uses "imaginary weapons" to completely eliminate approximately 2,000 kilometers, including the ghouls. The time required for the operation is 24 hours .... These 24 hours will change the world. Do you have any questions? "
"Do you have any question? What a level! What the hell do we ask? Read more material to organize information in yourself. But the more you read, the more dissatisfied you will be with the strategy.
Food, medicine and residential facilities used by refugees are released from Noah's stockpiles, evacuation sites are located within the territory of the Mercava Kingdom, and security is maintained by the Ursna Empire's standing army. It's too playful, it's like.
"Kouki-sama! Isn't this what we all lost !?"
Princess Cassis speaks for what I thought in my heart. The princess shook his shoulders in anger and glared at Koki, but he replied with a grin reminiscent of Miki when he was angry.
"Are you dissatisfied?"
"No complaints or anything, if you publish this, people will riot!"
"If so, keep it down. Princess Cassis, you are a royal, right?-Complete your responsibilities."
“……!”
The princess, who couldn't recount anything, sat down in her chair again, biting her lips. It's terrible, but what Koki is saying is right and it is the ideal of the alliance. I'm glad that my son grew up like that, and if I wasn't in such a situation I would like to hug and stroke my head.
But think a little more about the emotions of the people around you. No one comes with such a high-pressure attitude. You know if you're smart? -And why doesn't Miki stop Koki? When she was wondering about Miki's appearance, Her Majesty Victoria opened her mouth.
"But this is too bad. Can you give the Union a little more punishment for trampling on concubines?"
"Is it a punishment ... what is going to be like that? Then what is the repetition so far? If you give a punishment, it may be peaceful for a while after the war, but the same thing will happen again It's our kids and grandchildren who will fight at that time. Do you want Victoria to do that for your kids? Would you like to pass on this stupid fight to the next generation? "
"No, my concubine did that."
"Victoria, I mentioned earlier that I would use an" imaginary weapon, "but the missile uses a special launcher. In this world, only" Satanakia "is equipped with that launcher. you know"
"Oh, that means that"
"If a civilian in the Alliance does not respond to evacuation, or if evacuation is not in time after the time limit has expired, we will activate weapons to protect the Alliance .... Mr. Victoria, you are ready Please choose"
In response to Koki's words, I involuntarily covered my face with both hands. Is that so Miki did not stop Koki? Not only Miki, no one here can stop my son. Koiz is ready to kill 10 million people in this operation.
---- Koki Arakawa-Perspective ---
"If a civilian in the Alliance does not respond to evacuation, or if evacuation is not in time after the time limit has expired, we will activate weapons to protect the Alliance .... Mr. Victoria, you are ready Please choose"
With that said, Victoria is hardening her mouth. I guess I always wanted to say something sweet. The palms are still moist with fear that might kill 10 million people, and the trembling of my feet has not stopped shortly ago.
But I will not look away from this war anymore. Suddenly, when I stared at Gong sitting on Macho's head, he looked back at me. It's okay ... As I said, I won't run away from my responsibilities and duties anymore. I will take the toughest role in helping with this strategy.
"Okay, the concubines Ursuna Empire will cooperate mainly, and if their subordinates try to run away, they will suppress them."
Victoria replied, saying, "I'm sitting in a chair and talking to a maid who is next to me. Noah's final decision is taken by her mother, and Marvelous will leave it to Kon, but the problem is Mercava, led by Princess Cassis.
Would you like me to cooperate, but is it impossible? I was in trouble and signaled to my mother “Help”. The mother, who had been silent until now, stood up and talked to Princess Cassis.
"Princess Cassis, indeed this content is the hardest burden on the kingdom. Providing a place is directly related to security and logistics, so the princess's worries are reasonable, but consider the merits.
If this operation is successful, the kingdom will be a weak country but have strong political voice over this continent. In any way, they saved the continental crisis.
And we Noah will take the initiative in providing a place for this crisis and will not forget the decency of the kingdom we have been working with. ''
As expected, there is only Noah's three major witches, and it is better to set it up. Of course I think it is a finite execution because it is my mother, but is it okay to make such a statement on this occasion? Well, it's my mother who will do it okay.
"Is that true?"
"Yes. Noah always walks next to the kingdom unless it violates the alliance philosophy."
"I see. Merkava will cooperate with Noah."
After confirming that my mother nods toward me, I turn to the front again and make an "order" as a special commander.
"The operation start time is 11 hours later, please be sure to check the instruction information is constantly updated. Then it will be dissolved."
Macho walked towards me with his cons on his head as he stood still, watching the person standing up and leaving the room. And I just stroke my head silently.
"Dad ... it hurts. Or what?"
"No, I don't think you've become a good man. Did you decide?"
As she was ashamed of the unusual words of Macho praising her face, she nodded silently, and Kon flew over her shoulder and hugged her as usual. Looking at us, Macho smiled grinly, took out his gum from his pocket and put it in his mouth before saying.
"We'll be checking equipment and preparing to sortie. I think we'll meet next, after the end of the strategy, but leave the second stage, because it will succeed."
"Yes, please. If my dads make mistakes, this operation will fail. Bring me anything."
In response to my words, Macho returned only one word, "Oh," and took Coat out of the meeting room. All we have to do now is wait for a missile in Satanakia, but we have to get the unit to Noah. Do you ask your mother if the inspection and refueling are over?
"Mom, can I get my suit right away? I'm going to take missiles to Noah Island."
When she talks to Claire, she looks back at me and operates the terminal to confirm something before answering.
"Oh, you can go out right away. I'm done loading thrusters and control units, so I can fly anytime."
Loading? Did you do the inspection with some looseness? No, because my suit is important in this operation, will you do a careful inspection?
"Then, I'll go to Noah Island. I'll come back after loading a missile there."
I told my mother so I started walking towards the hangar.
It is about an hour and 20 minutes from the battleship Alice, and the sun is about to set. Speaking of which, I hadn't had a sleep since I captured the Imperial City with Lilins last night, so would I take a quick nap when I arrive at Noah?
While thinking of such a thing and rubbing his sleepy eyes with his right hand, Kon sitting on his shoulder shouted violently while showing his monitor with his tail.
"Con! Concon Concon"
"What happened? Did you find something?"
The suit is hovered once and stopped, and the main camera zooms in the direction indicated by the con. A human-like figure is reflected on the monitor, but it is not visible because the area is dark. Switch the camera to night vision mode with the panel at hand.
"It's like a person. Behind it ... it's crazy !!!! It's ghoul! You're already here?"
The enlarged image clearly shows a man with a child desperately running away from the ghoul. I immediately disarm the equipped weapons and try to sniper the ghoul, but sooner Kon draws the letters.
"Master, they're coming here, but there's a ghoul in front too!
Shit! If you come here any more, you will notice the ghoul ahead. What should I do? Shoot now? No, no, bullets penetrating the ghouls might hurt them. It would be best if I could give some warning ...
Really! There was a roaring device. Remembering a device that was forcibly used only once and forgotten, I hit the rifle into the sky by pushing the button of the device like a beat.
"Gugua Ayaaaaa!"
A completely crazy violin-like roar resounds in the dusk. In addition, the muzzle flash that occurs when the rifle fires will show me even from a distance. Don't come here! There is a scary Satanakia here.
Looking at the monitor in a prayer-like manner, it seemed to me that there were more "ghosts" than the ghouls behind me and changed the direction of myself as if I was in front of them.
"It was good. I can shoot with confidence."
Land while holding a sigh and hold a rifle. The moment I fired the firing system with an unfamiliar hand and tried to catch the ghoul on the reticle and try to trigger ... I felt my discomfort and lifted my finger off the trigger.
"What's happen?
I ignore the letter of the question of Gong and think about turning my head full rotation. Why is the ghoul in front of you "stopped"? Why did you suddenly stop moving even though you were chasing a human at full speed just before? Think, what happened before you stopped.
"... I roared and shot my gun."
If it responds to the light of a gun, it should trigger some reaction with a magical explosion. If it wasn't light, the cause was Satanakia's roar when using a roaring device. If so, can you control the ghouls?
"Oh kon! Use your personal device to access the intelligence databank. Find the video that contains Ghoul's Voice and extract that voice."
"corn!"
Gong began operating the terminal using his tail as instructed. While looking at the figure, I extract the sound used for the roaring device from the information system of Satanakia. If coincidence happens to happen, and if it happens again, Satanakia's roar and ghoul's voice are ───.
"master! finished. This is the voice data. "
The data passed from the con is read into the main terminal of the suit, and the voices of Satanakia and Ghoul are displayed as wavelength data. Alright! As you might expect, the two graphs are almost identical.
In addition, Kon's guy also extracts voices and the like emitted when Ghoul finds other creatures in a short period of time. As expected, there is only the Ancient Dragon and it is capable.
"Kon, well done. Thanks for you, it's going to be quick."
Stroking the head of Gong, you can predict from the video and input a basic sound such as "meeting, moving forward, moving backward, spreading out" into the roaring device. It was really nice to learn simple programming techniques from Shingo!
When you return to Hakone, let's eat as much food as you like. While thinking about such a thing in one corner of the head, desperately complete and install the program.
"Okay, I'm going to experiment.
The device was switched on and cried, and Ghoul followed my instructions as expected. After that, it only analyzes so that you can give more detailed instructions ... but you have to contact your mother before that.
I operate the terminal on the side of the monitor and send communication to Alice's CIC.
"Alice, can you hear me? This is Callsign Goetia, Koki Arakawa. I am sending communication from Satanakia. Sorry, please relay to Miki Arakawa's personal terminal."
"Okay, please wait a moment"
Waiting for a while after receiving a reply from Alice's correspondent, I heard a slightly noisy mother's voice.
"Mom, what happened?
"Well, now you can control ghouls."
"………………,Oh so. Sorry, can you wait a minute?
"Yup"
When I reply, my mom forgets to put it on hold and runs somewhere. As you hear the patter and the sound of running through the corridor, you will hear a loud noise opening the door, and hear your mother talking to someone.
"My son can control the ghoul"
"Huh! ?
"I'll check the facts, so prepare a reconnaissance satellite in 5 minutes."
"Eh! ?
My mother is unreasonable for 5 minutes, at least let me have some extra time. I guess the conversation partner is people from the engineering department. Also, are you going out with your mother's unreasonable pretense?
When I was waiting while thinking of the crews who would be changing the angle of the satellite while crying nowadays, I heard instructions from my mother.
"hear? I'm watching Kou-chan in the video from the satellite now. For the time being, lower the ghoul once and call again near you. '
When she moved the ghoul as instructed, she paused for a while, thinking she was thinking about something, but eventually she asked a question when she sighed.
"Is there a limit to the number you can control? And is there no danger to Kochan?
"I don't think there is a limit to the number. Perhaps Satanakia, the loudest caller, is considered the leader of the herd, so I can control it as long as the call arrives. There is no danger, ghoul power suit armor Can't be broken. "
"... I understand. Order as Noah's Chief Executive Officer. Modified Operation Future's strategy, Admiral Koki Arakawa puts all ghouls on this continent under control using a dedicated suit Satanakia. I will tell you the route of travel and the location of fuel and food supply here. "
"Roger that"
When I replied, she said, "Thank you." Alice is going to be as busy as the battlefield, because it will fix operations that have even messed up time.
When thinking of Alice's CIC, who was confused by embracing Con, she was notified by a monitor that information was being sent from the satellite. When the information was displayed by operating the panel, the travel route of Satanakia was displayed.
"First, move on to the west town.
"corn"
Smiling at the cheerful Kon's reply, I walked Satanakia to the west.
As the electronic sound beeps and wakes up, the dimly lit Satanakia cockpit is reflected in the field of vision and surprised slightly. Speaking of which, I was taking a nap at the fifth supply station, and when I looked down, I was sleeping on the knees rounded on my knees.
"I'm hungry ... do you eat something?
If you raise a curled con, it will make a big shrinkage and then float.
"I'm good at green peas canning"
Wow, I've been choosing a strange place again. At the second replenishing station, he catches the food bags dropped from the transport machine, takes out the cans desired by the con and the canned cooked rice for himself, opens the lid, and hands it over to the con.
I also eat rice with a fork while watching the gong and the gong sticking into the can. As expected, it's cold.
"I want to eat hot rice"
"I want to eat my mother's stew."
Kon floats in my own words without turning around. Stew is good, but my mother's curry is also delicious. While thinking about that, I tried to eat a chocolate bar for dessert, and after eating myself, Kon jumped and took the chocolate bar from my hand.
"Hey, that's me. Lady doesn't eat human food."
The self-proclaimed little lady on the lap is ignoring my words and holding on to the chocolate with her small hands. Ginger, it's only one chocolate, but do you want to do it? I couldn't help squinting my eyes and regaining it from a deliciously eaten kon, giving up and drinking water from a pack with a straw.
"Do you want to drink too?
When asked, Kong nodded, licked his mouth with a straw and drank water, but his mouth and palms were dirty with chocolate. It's a guy who can take care of me at all ... I took the wet tissue out of the bag and wiped off the mouth and hands of Kon.
"Hey, wipe it, don't move. It's a girl? Watch out for yourself."
"Guru ..."
Gong feels good while groaning, much like squeezing his throat when the cat is sweet, instead of "Guru" when threatening. Speaking of which, this work was done by a very sweet Alice in Kon.
Remembering Alice's laughing and wiping off the mouth of Kon, she decided to look out on the Satanakia main monitor.
"Okay, see the reality. I'll activate the main monitor."
When I started the monitor while minimizing the outside scene as much as possible, I saw a scene that I wanted to beat Noah's development department who improved the image quality of the camera to the utmost.
The myriad of ghouls that surround me… .Because it was night before taking a nap, it didn't look so beautiful, but now when the sun is rising, the ghouls that are stopped around are clearly visible.
"... How many are there?"
"I counted it using linked satellites, but it was about 30,000."
Is there so much! Afterwards, it will only move to the uninhabited zone and activate the imaginary weapon, so it will not increase any more. Missile dropped during resupply before nap is already loaded into the missile launcher in Satanakia, so will you start north as directed?
"Con, we're heading to the last point."
After telling Gong, the sound of "Advance" echoed and he was heading north for about two hours, and the Gong, who was operating the terminal, swayed with his tail shaking his tail in good mood.
"Father's unit has returned! It seems that the leaders were successfully restrained. The strategy is almost successful Master!
"Yes, my dads have done it. Good, this is the end of this war. Many people have been hurt and a lot of misfortunes have occurred, but now it's time to go."
While talking, "Mysterious Forces" on the monitor caught my eye and stopped talking. A flag with a balance and a wolf mark on a white background, and a force with a plain red flag are unfolding in front of me.
What is that? A question is sent to Alice's CIC.
"Can you hear Alice? I think you can see that too, but the army is in front of me. What is that?"
"We are currently checking the details. Please wait for a little while"
It seems that Claire is in charge of Alice's response. She apologized for yelling before she left Alice, and forgave her with a smile if she asked me to stay with her. I guess he is fulfilling his promise this time.
"Okay, that army is a regular army of Connet. The red flag is a warning flag and means "attack if approached", so please change route without approaching any further. The place where His Excellency is right now is the border line between Rikul and Connet. "
"Mr. Claire, is the Federation making any statements about the ghouls this time? And where is the army deployed near the border line?"
"No, there is no Connet Federal name in the list of statements or the countries that are offering assistance. Strictly speaking, it's a Rikule state territory. "
Hmmm ... did you have a high-level view of this continental crisis without making a statement or offering any help? Well, it may be good, national power that can not help, or there may have been domestic problems.
But at the very end, when he crossed the border with his neighbor, he said he would attack when he approached him. It's a playful attitude. If you don't want to get involved, be quiet and drop into your country! I respond to Claire while enduring anger.
"I will not change the route. I will go forward and change the course at the intended place."
"Your Honor! ? Doing that ... No, I understand. But in the worst case, let the first shot go away. Please do not attack from this side even if you make a mistake. "
"Roger that"
Perhaps it was my intention, Claire cut off the communication only telling me not to attack from here. Of course we are not going to attack, but we need to tell the Federation what sort of things could happen.
I drove Satanakia to the front of the Commonwealth and stopped 500 meters before. Immediately behind, the 30,000 ghouls who brought him here stand quietly. Time slowly passed, staring at each other, but after about 20 minutes the red flag was lowered.
"Yes, that's right. Go home."
When he muttered, he hugged his arm with a worried face. All right, nothing more ... He smiled gently so that he could hear it, and then screamed “Forward” and rushed to the missile launch site.
When we arrived at the launch point, we were working together on the last task. The ghouls are so dense that the extent of the explosion is minimal and ok. I finished my work while winding up the cord directly connected to the missile's warhead and talked to Kon.
"Con! I'm done, the explosion radius is a minimum of about 3 km and 120 seconds to start. Have you finished setting up the booster for departure?"
"finished. You can leave at any time. "
Looking over the ghouls again, being satisfied with the characters that Kon floats. These ghouls are victims of this war ...
I will never forget this sight, I will pass it on to future generations so that this kind of tragedy will never happen again. "For the future" where everyone can laugh and live.
"Kong ... I'm leaving."
When the body is fixed with a belt and the booster is ignited, Satanakia begins to leave with rapid acceleration. Watching the image from the rear camera enduring the terrible shock and G when breaking through the speed of sound, I saw a missile warhead exploded and a black ball of light was born.
Perhaps that's the small black hole that Mom said. I gently closed my eyes and prayed for the humor of the ghouls as I swallowed the surroundings and watched it grow larger.
---- Miki Arakawa-Viewpoint ---
Koki leads the ghoul to the starting point and is watching from the satellite. What is that child feeling like now? Although by chance, Koki, who has a large amount of ghouls under his control, can feel the misery of this war.
Shuichi, who has just returned from the strategy, talks to Koki's heart.
"But it's a terrible sight. I'm also helping with the look of the power suit used by Koki, so it's like that."
It's cloudy, but it's true that this sight can only be seen, to say the least, as a figure of the devil leading under his command. The other members may have the same feeling ... All of them stare at the screen with a bitter smile.
"Yes, I have the same content as I thought of Shuichi-san, but I'm more worried that she's looking at ghoul up close, even by accident. I wish I did
"Miki, do you really think he could control 'accidental' ghouls?"
"What do you mean?"
I don't understand what Shuichi-san is saying. If you can control it by chance, Koki should have said so from the beginning. She's not like watching a sacrifice blindly!
She shouted at Shuichi-san with the grabbing momentum, but was refuted with a serious expression.
"Do you really believe that you did not take any measures when you knew the ghoul's living body and its weaknesses? Why did Kuki rush to install a roaring device before the war began? I suppose that was the situation right now. "
"It's a lie. I can't do that."
"When I was talking in the conference room, Koki was trembling. At that time, I thought I was afraid to sacrifice 10 million, but was he really angry?
For us and this world that will never go on. If he hadn't tried to move on there ... if he wanted to prosper himself, he would have used ghouls to destroy this world. ''
Impossible, such ridiculous thing is absolutely impossible. However, it may be possible if Koki is nobody else. If so, when did you start preparing? Before the war began or when you first visited this world? Or when you open the ruins on the moon? Maybe that child really sees the future?
"I don't know. What's in her eyes?"
"Well, I don't know, but no matter what scenery you look at, your important son is still the same."
"Well, yes."
That's right, no matter how fearful others may be, Koki is our precious son. Even if no one can understand that child, only we will.
Claire reported to me while operating the terminal that he was determined again.
"The Union calls for surrender through the Kingdom of Mercava."
"What are the conditions for surrender?"
"No, unconditional surrender."
"Okay, please accept me"
In response to my instructions, Claire operates the terminal and skips the instructions to various places. It seems like this war is finally over, and I feel like I'm a bit old because of the recent busyness.
When I looked back at the screen, an imaginary weapon was detonated and a black hole was being created. Apparently it worked as expected, and Koki has safely left the danger zone.
That's it! Make your favorite stew to change your mind, and you will surely be pleased because he comes back tired. I ignore all of the political department crews who are desperately deterring "I have a job" and decide to head to Alice's kitchen. I'm called a worker holic, and I sometimes fall down if I don't breathe.