I Handle Human Resources in the Western Heaven

He was a weasel casually enlightened by Old Ancestor Huangmei, Maitreya Buddha’s attendant, when the latter descended to the mortal realm. His job was to manage the day-to-day operations of “Little Thunderclap Temple.” He knew better than anyone that it was an “illegal construction,” but had no choice but to play along while his boss pretended to be the Buddha Tathagata. When Sun Wukong attacked, his biggest priority wasn’t to fight back, but to destroy the false advertising materials claiming they were the Buddha, then pray that his status as a “temporary hire” would earn him leniency when the reckoning came. (Also published under the pen name: Notes from an Old Hand)