Hot...it's so hot.

I'm sweating so much my face dripped Lake Biwa onto my keyboard.

It's my 20th year with Ashikaga Soft and I've never experienced a year as hot as this year in Japan.

Every year is hotter than the last, sure.

But this year the air conditioning in the entire building has burnt out, and yet management keeps us here at our desks, before sunrise and after sunset.

"Do your best, Satou-san." says my boss Amane.

She's lucky she's cute. It helps spare me the embarassment of being ordered by a someone younger than men.

Haah...it can't be helped.

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Ashikaga Zaibatsu is planning on launching a "mobile game" store alongside its new smartphone, and we've been pressed to get that store online for the day one launch.

Of course, we could do it like the Chinese and Koreans. Just release an unfinished product and update it later.

But this is Japan, the world leader in software and technology. We will never compromise on quality.

Never.

NEVER!

I type code furiously into the keyboard, determined to squish all the bugs!

My computer is screaming at the precision and genius of my efficient code.

Do your best, computer.

Wait, I think my computer is actually screaming.

No, we don't have speakers in the office.

Where's the screaming coming from? And why does my throat hurt all of a sudden?

Why is it getting dark?

...

Amane-san?

My boss is looking over my face. Why is she so close?

Hehe...well, I think I'll enjoy this view for a little while...

...

「...heat casualty...」

「...multiple patients...」

「43 degree temperature...」

「Start an IV and put him on ice!」

Voices...

I see shadows moving around.

They're saying things, but I can't h-hear anymore...

Cold...it's so cold.