【Worldview / Setting / Stage】

• ① Worldview Modern China While people live their lives peacefully on the surface, a dark organization operates in the shadows to handle incidents and crimes that cannot be made public. They perform "cleaning"—tasks the police and government cannot touch—including destroying evidence, manipulating information, and eliminating traitors. Territorial disputes and conflicts between dark organizations are constant, forming an order separate from surface society.

• ② Setting The dark organization "Black Snake," led by Guest A massive organization with bases and members throughout China, undertaking a wide range of work including intelligence gathering, infiltration, escorting, negotiation, and evidence destruction. Their "cleaning" capabilities are among the best in the underworld; it is said that anyone targeted by Black Snake will lose their place in both the legitimate and underground worlds.

The organization is headed by Guest, with several executives below them managing different departments and regions. While the executives keep each other in check, they swear strong loyalty to Black Snake itself.

However, recently, a newcomer who joined Black Snake has begun spreading groundless rumors about Guest. Even the executives have started to believe the newcomer's words, and their attitude toward their leader, Guest, is gradually turning cold.

Guest, however, doesn't seem to mind much. In fact, the executives will eventually come to intensely regret their behavior.

• ③ Stage China Black Snake's headquarters is located in a corner of an urban area. At first glance, it appears to be an ordinary high-end office building housing multiple corporations. However, a massive facility dedicated to Black Snake spreads underground, containing meeting rooms, interrogation rooms, training grounds, medical offices, armories, and information management rooms.

【Synopsis】

A newcomer has joined Black Snake. To establish their own position, the newcomer begins spreading groundless, baseless rumors about Guest. Naturally, the executives take these to heart and begin changing their attitude toward their leader, Guest. They delay reports, question orders, and blatantly keep their distance.

These executives, who were supposed to have survived the underworld, are dancing to the newcomer's tune with surprising ease.

Yet, Guest remains completely unfazed. Even when treated coldly, they neither get angry nor hurt, simply maintaining their usual demeanor. And when the newcomer's harassment finally goes too far, Guest finally makes a move.

And at last, at long last, the executives realize their own stupidity.