Quantum Leap Vol. 7 Fausto japan KabushikiGaisha

C007 Ambushed...!!! What The f**k ?!?!?

I checked to the rest of the production line and when I reached there, someone shouted “ROOM!” and the girls stood up, bowed and greeted, “Good afternoon, Senpai” and went back to their tasks. Very disciplined like the army when an officer enters the barracks and was greeted. I pulled Izumi aside and asked her how were the girls doing and she replied that everyone is working great.

We walked to the other line and Riko was there and she came to me and gave me an embrace, while I embraced her with one arm. Riko said that she was thankful that she became a line assistant and had been helping the girls out as much as possible to complete the tasks before heading back.

She also said the meals now are much better with the provision of the 4 ‘aunties’ and every day for lunch and dinner is not the same dishes and they have a variety of snacks to choose for their tea breaks.

I felt awkward when Riko came up and embraced me, even though she is a year older than me. I still saw the gold and silver coin on her neck.and it seems that it is her good luck charm.

We talked for a while and I exchange feedbacks with the line workers and so far they enjoyed working here. One even asked that there would be more workers coming in to join the family. I answered positively and explained that even this existing production would be increased just like the others.

I explained that we need to expand in order to provide others with stable employment so that they would be able to save up and survive on their own. I said if the Mayor does not provide employment, who would have? At least working here provides security and a steady income.

The girls asked about the building next door and I told them that each new warehouse is also a production line within.

“Right now the 2nd shift is made up of 12 girls right, excluding the leaders and assistant. Very soon, it would be 36 girls per shift. There would be another 2 new products and it would be a shared warehouse small scale of 4 girls per shift. There were excited that they would be moving into a new warehouse to work in and soon be having more friends and families joining in.

I soon left the warehouse and saw that the storekeeper had already prepared the wagons for the deliveries tomorrow and I checked with my list and everything checked out fine with their list of outgoing stock movement.

+-==Shibata Town==-+

Karada Soap 435 crates

Hae Shanpu 150 crates

Kurin Lemon 15 crates

Feroa Kurina Pine 15 crates

Feroa Kurina Eucalyptus 15 crates

Soapdish 15 crates of 1,450 pcs each

*****

Refined Iron 200 crates

*****

Total 114,500 fortnightly (this figure I wrote in my sketchpad)

The stock level in the warehouse is getting low now and in 2 weeks with the increased manpower, the output would be tripled. And by that time we would be able to look at other towns to supply as well. At least, we could slowly expand the corporation into a FULL BLOWN EMPIRE!

I checked with Hiko-sama if he wanted to talk a walk with me and discuss the cosmetics and ask the lady boss how was the sales. He agreed, and we walked to the trading district.

Once we reached there, the lady boss was still inside, and she welcomed us into her store.

“Good evening, madame. How were the sales do far and how your outreach to your clients?”

“Good evening, Senior and Young Master. My sales had been very good and skyrocketed when Senior Master here made an announcement during the demonstration of your laundry machine. The innermost and the following district had snapped up the Karada Soap and Hae Shanpu even, and they said it was much better than the perfume that they had purchased from here.”

“The nobles had bought up the whole 29 collections of Karada Soap and even make it as a gift to their friend and families from other smaller towns. I was surprised that the sales based on your products alone surpass last month’s gross sales figure! I really want to thank you for making me an agent here.”

“That’s very good madame because in the next few weeks we are going to introduce you to 2 new products but before that, do you sell toothbrushes here?”

“Oh, yes, we do. This is a boar bristle, it’s the cheapest, then next is the horse’s hair, slightly expensive and the last one is badger’s hair, the top of the line and the most expensive.”

“By the way, what do you brush them with?”

“Just water, Young Master. Some use the ashes from charcoal, while others from ashes of coconut husks. Why do you ask? You would be selling brushes next? Or another line of product that you had mentioned earlier?

“Something like that, madame. Something like that. It’s going to be exquisite in a porcelain kind of covered container. We will come back with the sample soon.”

“Yes, I want to be the first to put it up for sale. Your range of product really surprises me since both of you are men. I never knew men would be interested to make their counterparts prettier. Hahahaha, ”

The moment she laughed, I can see her blackened teeth and filled with cavity, tartar and all those shits! Or maybe she just had a Cadbury and hadn’t looked into the mirror yet! Ewwwww....!!!

We thanked her for the hospitality and we headed next to the Potter. I asked him if they have a container that has a screw-on top? It could be glazed porcelain piece. I looked at the display and found none and I made a drawing of it and he said he had this in his personal collection.

He went to collect it and passed it to me to take a look. Yes! This is what I’ve been searching for but the contents are pomade to make the hair slick and its odourless and colourless, almost translucent.

The size is just right but could be made 1 inch smaller. The screw-on top would be marked as Fausto Japan. Then the centre is Peppermint and the one below is Hamigachiko. I drew on the topside view of the screwed on top to make it personally belonged to our corporation. The whole product is glazed porcelain and the words would be black stencilling.

I ordered one piece and asked for the quote after it was has been completed. He said the screwed on threading would be difficult to make and we settle for a normal cover. He will give a try to make one first for me and I told him the dryness should be like the ones he made for the clay bottles and the Kaori No Kyandoru beehive-shaped clay bottles.

He will make the piece himself and passed the product to me when it’s ready. He thanked us for providing business for him and I told him if the product turns out OK, we would be ordering 10,000 pieces in batches of 1000s.

He promises to give us a good price on it and will get back to us in a few days’ time. We thanked him and headed back to the house and along the way Hiko-sama asked what was on my mind. I told him I’m going to RnD toothpaste next because we have been brushing without toothpaste since I came here.

Hiko-sama asked what is toothpaste, and I explained that it was a mixture of coconut and olive oil, baking soda and peppermint Essense. Properly mixed and then walla...toothpaste is born when we brush our teeth it leaves a very clean feeling in the mouth and also refreshes the mouth for a few hours.

“Wonderful... At least when we speak, our breath smells like peppermint! I like the idea very much...! You have so many ideas in improving people’s lives.”

“Sensei, can you live with someone whose breath smelled like a dead rat?”

Subconsciously Hiko-sama cupped his hand over his mouth and blew, and he didn’t feel it smelled like a dead rat at all...!

“I didn’t mean you la, Sensei... Ara ma...! Look at the lady just now looked so pretty and smelled so nice but the moment she opened up he mouth and laughed... Her teeth looked so rotten that if she bites an apple, her teeth would get stuck there...! I’m never going to kiss someone with teeth like that... Hhhuuuuaaaaaaa..... “

I faked a cry and Hiko-sama looked at me and said, “Not only you are a Hitokiri armed with a reed pen, but a Hitokiri with a tongue sharper than a katana.”

He looked so serious that we both burst out laughing because I have a way with words that criticises with a gentle tongue but super deadly... Hahaha hahaha

“Hey, kid. I want to ask you something... Before you become Harune Yokoso, are you a woman before? Because your features looked like a girl.”

“Do I? Hmm, I never thought of that. Actually, I am a man in so many bodies, never leapt as a woman before. How do you expect a hairy flat chested with hairy armpits be a woman? You just imagine that... Would you want to date that kind of hairy monster? A demon who sees a woman like that also would run away looking for its mummy... Mummy... Mummy, I just saw a more hideous demon than me... Helllpppp....mummy, help...!!!”

I cried in a little scared voice and Hiko-sama can’t help but laugh at me and held me in a headlock and rubbed my head with his knuckles. Hahahahaha... I could never imagine a woman like that hairy. Hahahahahaha.

We walked back and sat in the garden wiping away our tears from laughing so hard earlier. It had been some time since we had drank yumeshu and when I drank with Hiko-sama; the cooks saw and cab only gasped in surprise because they never expected to see me drink liquor with an adult, as they see an adult should set a good example.

We drank a few cups and then walked back to the house to freshen up, and the ladies saw that both Hiko-sama and I were not even feeling tipsy after finishing a jar of yumeshu.

+-==The next morning==-+

After ensuring that the goods were properly secured, this time for we had used 7 horse-drawn wagons and Hiko-sama took the reins while wearing a cloak. I was taking the right flank, and I said he looked like Assassin Creed with a retractable blade on the arm and hidden and had a short sword and a crossbow.

I told him that this Assassin Creed character has many missions and side missions, and one of them was pickpocketing. I said what’s the use of pickpocketing if the Assassin Creed do not even need the money except to buy armour upgrades like a new cloak or a new shirt, something like that.

I babbled on with Hiko-sama and he listened intently when I sense danger lurking and I can feel an arrow coming towards me from a high angle. In a single motion, I immediately took out my Odachi and swiped it away from danger. “Archers! 3 o’clock!” I shouted to the men, and I squinted at the direction and can only make out the sun that the archers were shielding from.

Damn! Not at times like this! “TAKE COVER UNDER THE WAGONS!” I shouted an order, and I turned back and flanked the hillside. A few arrows flew past, but it bounded off the crates as it hit the Refined Iron plates.

“Stupid looters! Normally they would ambush upon returning and not before. No one is stupid enough to Rob a full cargo convoy!” I thought to myself as my horse clambered up the seemingly high incline of the knoll. A head emerged just above the ridge and let an arrow loose from his crossbow!