Lost and Found

39: I Am The Best

For the next three days, Tao was able to redo his first blueprint and add another one. However, when Gyoman was bringing it to Kris' office, her heel somehow broke which caused her to rip Tao's blueprints clean in half right in front of Kris.

"We apologize, Your Excellence. It was an accident," Gyoman apologized to Kris a bit panicky. "But if you want, Your Excellence, my blueprints are always ready to be presented."

"This is getting ridiculous," Kris was massaging his forehead. "Must I repeat myself over and over again, Gyoman-ssi? For this project, I'll only trust Zitao-ssi's design since he is the original architect. I am confident that he will be able to create a design that will seamlessly blend in with the existing structure."

"But Your Excellence, he still hasn't been able to present any plans at all," Gyoman argued.

"As I see it, it's not Zitao-ssi's fault," Kris implied. "Very well, forget about the blueprints. Do you have copies of your plans on your laptop, Zitao-ssi?"

"Of course, Your Excellence. But can I ask why?" Tao replied.

"I noticed that after you design it on your laptop, you transfer it to a blueprint paper. I found that tedious. So, why don't you present your plans tomorrow morning using your laptop? And for fairness and transparency, present your plans as well, Gyoman-ssi," Kris decided. "I will invite all the available legends to come and judge which design is the best. So please prepare accordingly."

"Certainly, Your Excellence," Tao and Gyoman nodded.

Tao and Gyoman excused themselves from the legend's office. When they were both alone inside the office of the legend of time, a small confrontation occurred.

"May the best design win, Zitao-ssi," Gyoman sneered. "Obviously, it'll be mine since I'm the best architect on this planet."

"I respect your opinion, Gyoman-ssi," Tao just smiled. "And, if anything, I'll also respect the legends' decision tomorrow."

So, for the rest of the afternoon, the two worked on their designs. Their laptops were working at full capacity just to organize everything they needed to present for tomorrow.

"Just to be safe, I'll just save a copy here... and voila, I'm ready for tomorrow," Tao placed something in the hidden pocket of his bag. "I deserve a break."

Tao entered the break room, opened the fridge, grabbed a bottle of iced tea along with a couple of donuts, and comfortably sat on the break room sofa. While Tao did not react to taunts, he was a competitive person. He wanted Gyoman to put some respect on his name.

When he returned to the office, he was quite surprised to see only Gyoman was left in the office.

"Where is everyone?" Tao looked around the empty office.

"They all went home a little early. It's only fifteen minutes before the end of our shift," Gyoman said.

"I see," Tao turned his laptop off and placed it inside his bag. He was preparing to go home as well.

"Finishing early today, aren't we? You won't win that way," Gyoman mocked. "Not that you even had any chance of winning against me."

Tao just ignored the mockery. After all, he had great confidence in his skills.

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The next day, Tao and Gyoman were doing their finishing touches. The legends, sans Xiumin, were already waiting for them at the Epoch Conference Room. It was at this moment Tao noticed an issue with his laptop.