It was the same pattern whenever he met someone new he would confidently say something that’s supposed to be interesting and then they would laugh and say yeah you’re a genius or interesting or whatever bullshit. Also his smile when he talks like he’s scheming and 2 steps ahead when in reality it would be the most intuitive and childish thing to say or do. My last straw is the girl he met at uni who is supposedly the female interest is 20 yo and he’s in his 40s-50s oh my god. Maybe i’m just a hater but he was annoying
I get what you mean, after I read "Real Man" which is also about being reborn into the corporate world after dying in the future, I found that this piece while depicting intelligence, lacks thereof and sounds childish. When I read this before I didn't mind it, but after reading a seriously written one (Real Man), it just became obvious.

The protagonist is so irritating i had to drop this at ch 22