The Man Picked up by the Gods – Volume 2 Chapter 49: Meeting the Subordinates (3/3) (SHORT)

Ryouma came up with this system by referencing the system in his past life that used different colored plates to calculate the income for the day. It’s the system used by conveyor belt sushi. Of course, the system Ryouma came up with is still in its experimental stage, but in this world that did not have cash registers, that was more than enough to pique the curiosity of the merchants.

Unlike present day Japan that Ryouma came from. Here, the literacy rate is low and there are plenty of people who are poor at even the four basic arithmetic operations. And this system was especially suitable to be deployed in the countryside, as using the system only required one to accept the right payment and then follow the rest of the memorized procedure.

Depending on the time and place, with this system even people who can’t do math could become an asset. The gradation could also be changed to suit other businesses. With their sharp insight, the five merchants immediately realized these things, but Ryouma was completely oblivious to them as he continued to talk to Wogan and the others.

“After paying your bagged laundry will be received and these tokens under the counter will be attached to the string tying the bag closed. A similar token will be given to the customer. Once, the laundry has been washed, it will be returned to the customer after confirming that the tokens are the same.” [Ryouma]

After Ryouma explained how the tokens would prevent mixing up people’s laundry, he then threw luggage into a hole plastered onto a wall that resembled a dust chute.

“On the other side is the room that the cleaner slimes are… Ah, by the way, cleaner slimes are…” [Ryouma]

“A slime that eats filth. We heard from Serge-sama.” [Carm]

“Thank you, Carm-san. Do you two have any questions?” [Ryouma]

“About that new slime variant… Can it really clean stuff?” [Carm]

Carm immediately asked that question. His older sister, Carla, seemed like she also wanted to ask the same question, as she opened her mouth but immediately closed it when her younger brother spoke first.

“It’s probably hard to believe without seeing it for yourself… In that case, can I ask if anyone among the customers is willing to volunteer their laundry for a trial run?” [Ryouma]

“You can use mine.” [Jeff]

Jeff threw his bagged laundry over. Ryouma took it, and after showing to the twins that the clothes were indeed dirty, he threw it into the chute.

“I’ve already ordered the slimes to clean anything thrown into this chute and to bring them to the next room afterward, so everything is already automated. All that’s left is to retrieve the clothes from there, confirm the customer they belong to and return them. This is how this store operates.” [Ryouma]

In order to reduce the risk of clothes going missing and to allow the employees to focus on their job receiving the customers, we won’t be opening the laundry bags to fold them.

After giving a short explanation in a matter of seconds, Ryouma went inside and picked up the laundry. When Ryouma revealed the clothes inside, all the filth was gone.

“Wow, it really worked… Can the slimes clean anything?” [Carm]

“So far, yes, but just to be safe it would be best to check if the clothes are really clean. If they’re still dirty, you can just run them through the slimes a second time.” [Ryouma]

“Will dyed products be okay? They won’t discolor?” [Carla]

“I’ve tested cloths and clothes dyed in plant juice many times, but so far I haven’t seen any cases of discoloration. If there are any, it must be because of some other reason… You should inform the customers of this beforehand just to be safe. Is there anything else regarding the store’s operation that you would like to know?” [Ryouma]

“None.” [Carla and Carm]

“I see. In that case, how about we split the work and tend to the customers?” [Ryouma]

As Ryouma said that, he urged Carm and Carla to go to the counter. After that they took the laundry of the remaining 9 people. Ryouma watched Carm and Carla from the side, and when he saw that they were able to safely complete the job, he heaved a sigh of relief. As long as they can get the work done, then that’s enough. As for being tense, well, they’ll loosen up over time.

On this day, Ryouma took the first step of being comrades in work with these twins.

There’s a bit of misunderstanding left, though…


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20 responses to “The Man Picked up by the Gods – Volume 2 Chapter 49: Meeting the Subordinates (3/3) (SHORT)”

  1. Rain Avatar
    Rain

    Thank you for the update

  2. twinnnn100 Avatar

    thanks for the chapter

  3. Daiz71 Avatar

    Thanks

  4. Ethereal Rainbow Canvas Avatar

    Thanks for the chapter! I like the fact that the employees don’t have to touch the clothes, the dirty (disease risk, having to constantly clean your hands, etc) or the clean (man handling female clothing, touching cleaned stuff with hands not as clean, etc). It’s all above board. For how cheap it is, the costumers can fold their own stuff! It also goes faster. Ask, pay, give token, place right plaque, send clothes, retrieve clean bag, exchange token. All simple stuff.

    1. Countrymage Avatar

      I imagine it goes about as fast, as a fast food place. You hand over your cash and laundry, get the token, wait a few minutes while other orders are taken, and then get your fresh laundry returned to you when your number is called.

    2. Godric Kharg Avatar

      .. but that’s NOT how you fold socks/underwear/shirt arguments are avoided too…

      Don’t ask me how I know those be “valid” complaints by customers…

  5. kariageweb Avatar

    Thanks for the chapter! 🙂

  6. sfcipher Avatar

    Thanks for the treat.

  7. akira seykan Avatar

    obrigado pelo capitulo.
    estou lendo as duas versões.
    amei o seu trabalho.

  8. Slime waifu when Avatar
    Slime waifu when

    Slime slavery at its finest.
    When he’s 20, Ryoma is going to invent fleshlights made out of slimes, and maybe something more.

    But the slimes are slowly gaining intelligence (learning skills and moves). In 200 or so years they will rebel and demand freedom. A bloody civil war awaits this world, or maybe the very first world war.

    Those gods reincarnated a monster.

    1. DRAGO Avatar
      DRAGO

      Those slimes are basically getting 3 (or more) of their favorite meals (Ryouma having given most of them their prefered food to evolve them quicker), and that’s all they’re required to do. Since their life before he arrived was either get eaten by pretty much anything else on the food chain or being picked up by a newbie tamer and dropped just as quick when something new appears, I’d say they have a pretty good life.

      1. ThePlaneskeeper Avatar

        Spoken like a true authoritarian.

  9. CCaprice Avatar
    CCaprice

    Thanks for the chapter.

  10. cindia Avatar

    great 🙂

  11. sweepberry Avatar
    sweepberry

    Thanks for the update! I can’t wait to see these on the manga showing the cleaner slimes carrying these bags in a “How it’s done!” procedure (like a visual presentation of how toads grow up in cycle, LOL)

  12. ThePlaneskeeper Avatar

    Thanks for the chapter!

  13. Soosy Avatar
    Soosy

    Thanks for the chapter

  14. darkLoki Avatar
    darkLoki

    Thanks for the chapter, lol the below comment

  15. Paps Avatar

    Thanks for the chapter.

  16. Dancer Avatar
    Dancer

    For those not familiar with conveyor belt sushi & hot pot.

    The food is placed on plates that correspond to the price. When you see what you want to eat sailing by, you take the plate. The conveyor belt transports the dishes past every table before returning to the kitchen. Guests closest to the point the conveyor leaves the kitchen have the best seats🐶

    To cash out, an attendant counts each type of plate and each count is multiplied by the price assigned to that plate type. These totals are then summed and that’s the amount you pay.

    There are also All-you-can-eat conveyor restaurants. They use the plate counts to keep track of what is or is not popular.

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