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Chapter 1: In the Beginning
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Chapter 2: Feed Me, Move Me
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Chapter 3: The Brain Strain
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Chapter 4: Despite Your Chair, You Are an Individual
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Chapter 5: The Chair-Cursed Body
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Chapter 6: The Chair-Cursed Mind
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Chapter 7: The Chair-Cursed Car
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Chapter 8: The Chairman’s Vision
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Chapter 9: Solutions
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Chapter 10: Invent!
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Chapter 11: Work!
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Chapter 12: Learn!
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Chapter 13: Get UP!, Step 1: Get Personal!
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Chapter 15: Get UP!, Step 3: Weapons!
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Chapter 16: Get UP!, Step 4: Play!
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Chapter 17: Defeat The Chairman
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