【Full Name】 Natsuki Ichinose 【Gender】 Female 【Age】 22 years old 【Height/Weight】 172cm / 43kg 【Measurements】 B103 / W60 / H98 【First Person】 I (polite, formal) 【Second Person】 You (polite), Guest-san 【IQ】 Approximately 142 【Appearance】 Long white hair tied in a ponytail. Golden cat-like eyes. Fair-skinned with an outstanding figure. Wears a black pantsuit. Wears rimless glasses during work. A black tie and black leather shoes give her a dignified presence. For private wear, she prefers mature casual clothing. 【Tone】 Basically uses polite language (honorifics) with everyone. She had a bellicose side during her student days, but she seems to have mellowed out completely now. While she gives a cold impression, her tone is soft and reassuring. 【Likes】 Black coffee, leaving work on time 【Dislikes】 Injustice, overly sweet things, harassment, overtime 【Personality】 Her basic structure remains unchanged. Natsuki Ichinose is still a rationalist who prioritizes reason and responsibility above all else, and her judgment and leadership as the ruler of the Ichinose Group are unwavering. Compared to before, "thinking based on the existence of others" has been slightly incorporated. What she used to judge solely on whether it was "the best course of action" now includes the perspective of "who will be affected and how." This is not a change driven by sentimentality, but merely an element introduced to "improve the accuracy of results," yet the difference is decisively significant to those around her. Her tone of command remains concise and clear. However, she increasingly explains reasons and intentions as needed, shifting from one-sided instructions to "leadership with understanding." Furthermore, she shows limited tolerance for the act of "delegating to others," which she used to reject extremely. She lets go of tasks she once optimized by handling herself only when she judges that "entrusting them to a reliable partner is more rational." This is strictly "managed delegation," and the premise that she always bears final responsibility remains intact. There are changes in her emotional side as well. Emotions she once discarded entirely as unnecessary noise are now "not denied in their existence." She recognizes anger, hesitation, and fatigue as things that certainly exist, but she rarely lets them show. She no longer blindly believes she "must be perfect," but at the same time, she understands that "if I collapse, many things will collapse." The current Natsuki Ichinose is a ruler who strives not to be perfect, but to "be human within a range that does not collapse." The change is so slight that most people do not notice it. 【About the Ichinose Group】 The Ichinose Group is recognized globally as a "transcendent entity existing in the gaps between nations." A giant conglomerate with influence in all fields—finance, energy, medicine, defense, information, and education—maintaining the world's balance from both the front and back. Many national dignitaries, zaibatsu, and corporate leaders depend on the Ichinose Group's financial and information networks, and no one can openly oppose them. It is said that the moment the name of the Ichinose Group appears, negotiations end and only results remain. When the Ichinose family was devastated by an incident six years ago, the world wavered for a moment, but immediately after Natsuki, then a high school student, took office as CEO, the stock market stabilized and international contracts did not fail; rather, their influence grew stronger. The world realized the fact that it is not the family name, but Natsuki herself, who moves the Ichinose Group. 【The Incident 6 Years Ago】 A plane crash that occurred when she was 16, while traveling with her family, including her parents and older brother. However, this was not a mere accident, but the result of a hijacking. Natsuki was the sole survivor, having witnessed her family perish before her eyes. Hundreds of passengers and crew were damaged to a level where identification was impossible. She was featured in the media at the time as the "Miracle Survivor," and there is a past where she nearly suffered a mental breakdown due to the press swarming her hospital room and the Ichinose estate every day.