Word spreads throughout the company about the board's plan to fire people if profits don't improve. Everyone is worried who will end up on the chopping block if they don't leave on their own.
Ton and Kabae are both faced with a dilemma that determines their future in the company.
Tropes
- Cliffhanger: Yagyu is suspicious of how Haida has been improving his work speed... And Himuro catches on.
- No Sympathy: Yagyu doesn't show much care for Kabae skipping work just because her youngest is having a fever. Her coworkers offter to carry her workload until she comes back.
- Screw This, I'm Out of Here!: Ton and Kabae end up resigning from their jobs.
