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「If Shiratori-senpai is
involved~, then Confinement King-sama must be somehow involved in the
establishment of this new agency~...」
As soon as I thought that in the pose
of a thinking person, my stomach made a tremendous noise in a circular motion.
「Hoaaaa~! Kuh.. bi, bi, big
wave... oh, here it comes, big wave~!」
With twitching and shaking hands, I
scratched the air and put pressure on my lower stomach
However, the enemy was no different,
and the waves remained off the coast, not coming any closer than a certain
distance. It's too much of a rush game, and my forehead is covered with sweat.
（Oh, Mother~. I don't think I'll
be able to leave here before your turn~）
I looked at the white door of the
toilet room from the inside, fainting in agony, and just waiting for the next
wave.
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The question-and-answer session was
over before Yui-chan came back from the bathroom, and now Yui-chan's mama was
appearing on stage to introduce her talent.
To be frank, the media reaction was
mixed.
Although my stepfather like her, but
she's just an actress who had a bit of success a decade ago.
Her appearance with the
exaggerated agitation of "The Return of That Actress" made the media
feel very disappointed.
However, Yui-chan's mama is smiling
softly, as if she doesn't feel such an atmosphere.
There was a huge difference in atmosphere.
However, when she started to greet
them, she said.
「I've already resumed face-to-face
practice with Sensei~, so it's not like I'm going to take a hit and lose,
but... Well, you know... I'll do my best not to get injured~ and relax my
shoulders~」
「Not face-to-face, but one-on-one.
Not take a hit and lose, but take a risk and give up. It's not your shoulders
you need to relax, but the pressure in your shoulders. I respectfully correct
the above」
Whenever Yui-chan's mama said
something, the host would make a serious correction, which was quite amusing to
the reporters.
Perhaps, she is trying to show her
natural side. My stepfather might disapprove, but she certainly seems to be a
good variety actress.
Then, after Yui-chan's mama's
greeting, when they were about to start the Q&A session with her, the stage
suddenly became very crowded.
（What's going on? Is there some
kind of trouble?）
One of the staff members who rushed
in whispered something to the President-san, who nodded several times and got
up from her seat with a microphone in her hand.
Then, looking around the press box,
she pointed to a certain spot.
When the spotlight shone on the spot
where President-san was pointing, a woman was sitting there.
She was a petite woman in her
twenties with a round face, curly hair down to her shoulders, and wearing a
girly orange dress.
She seemed to be asleep, and her eyes
were closed quietly.
「That woman is believed to be
Yasuko Kinuta-san, the only outsider involved in this case! Just now, a person
claiming to be the culprit sent me a message saying, "Congratulations on
the establishment of your new office. Yasuko Kinuta has been returned. Please
find her on the certain press box”」
When one of the staff on stage
shouted out, the whole place went into an uproar.
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「Miss, please remain still. It's
possible that the culprit is still in here」
「Y-yes」
The bodyguard, Tamine-san, whispered
to me from behind, and I nodded tensely.
The culprit must be the person who
kidnapped the President and the others from the First Beauty Agency.
Since the President himself has been
exposed for a number of crimes in this case, it is very complicated to know who
to call the culprit.
Then, perhaps because of the noise or
the glare of the spotlight, the eyelids of the woman called Kinuta-san
twitched, and she slowly opened her eyes.
She looked around with sleepy
eyes, then squealed "Hiiii! What! W-what happened!" then bounced
herself up and down on her seat.
As Kinuta-san was confused, President
Kijima spoke to her from the stage, with a microphone in her hand.
「Kinuta-san, please calm down.
It's going to be all right!」
「Eh? Eh? Ehh!? Ka-Kaneko-san,
huh? What? Why?」
She must be confused. After all,
Kinuta-san was frozen with her eyes open wide as if she had just met a dead man
when she looked at the President on the stage.
The President looked around the noisy
hall, took a small breath, and began to speak with a microphone in her hand.
「Now that Kinuta-san has been
released, I have a full picture of the whole incident of "Follow-up・Mysterious Disappearance Case"」
At this astonishing comment, all the
photographers turned their cameras to the President at once, and flashes
flashed.
「Some of you reporters may
already know that I once had a romantic relationship with a certain male model.
Although I have not made it public, I was actually almost kidnapped just before
this incident. I imagine that it was probably arranged by President Kurashima,
but I have no proof」
The noise grew louder.
「Although we are separated, we
used to love each other, and the male model must have been angry with President
Kurashima for trying to kidnap me. Kinuta-san is very close to that male model,
and I believe she attempted to stop him, but she was instead involved in the
incident」
This time, a camera flashed at
Kinuta-san.
「I believe the male model
kidnapped the President and the manager and exposed their crimes. Of course, he
also confessed to his own sins as a part of it...」
The President said this in a stifled
voice, then pointed towards Kinuta-san and shouted loudly.
「Kinuta-san, the culprit in this
case is "Kirihito Hikami", right!? 」
The hall was silent. Then, a woman's
sobs echoed through the silence as if they had been struck by water.
And then--
「Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Sob,
Uee, Ueeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...」
Kinuta-san began to cry aloud.
「If he is the culprit, then there
must be a room in the apartment he used for secret meetings with women. That's
where the former President and the others must be!」
As the President shouted as if to
finish the sentence, the noise in the hall crossed the critical point.
「W-we have a scoop!」
「Replace the front page of the
evening paper, can you make it in time!? No way! Make it happen now!」
In a flash, the reporters started to
call somewhere with their phones, and several shouts echoed in the hall.
Some of them ran outside, while
others held out their voice recorders to Kinuta-san.
The hall was abuzz with a beehive of
noise as a battle of scoops broke out. A press conference to announce the
establishment of the new office no longer seemed to be on the minds of the
reporters.
From above the stage, a staff
member said, "Quiet! Please be quiet!" but it would be impossible to quell
the commotion.
（Uwaa... it's getting really
crazy. Does this mean that the press conference failed? But it will be a topic
of conversation, so maybe it's good）
As I tilt my head with a wry smile,
Tamine-san urges me to go to the waiting room.
And then, after I went back to the
waiting room, I noticed that Yui-chan hadn't come back from the bathroom yet.
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『The culprit in this case is
"Kirihito Hikami", right!? !』
Kaneko-san declared, and a close-up
of Ponpoko-san appeared on the screen.
『Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Sob,
Uee, Ueeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...』
Instantly, without answering
anything, she started to cry out loud. Weeping.
This is the result of lending
Masaki-chan the function of <Trojan Horse>, and having the trigger implanted
in Ponpoko-san, but for those who are watching, it is nothing but an
affirmation.
This was the moment when
Kirihito Hikami was confirmed as the culprit of the “Follow up・Mysterious
Disappearance Case”.
The hall was in turmoil.
The TV station that was broadcasting
the event must have been in chaos.
After a slight noise, the screen
stopped moving with the words "Please wait a moment" displayed on the
white background.
「Haha, it's a big deal」
I whisper to the three favored
princesses leaning against my body.
But they only play with my body in a
loving manner, breathing hard.
Earlier, I had done my best to cover
their lips in order to calm them down, but they were now easily aroused by a
single kiss from me.
「Hey...Fumi-kun, that's enough」
「Co-Confinement King, please, I
want to start, I want to start...」
「I can't take it anymore...
Fumio-kun」
With their eyes moistening, they
begged me to hold them, but I held them back, telling them to wait until the
press conference was over.
I looked around with a wry smile on
my face, Shima-san was smiling with a blush on her face and Kei-chan was still
asleep.
Kyoko's eyebrows were furrowed, and
Ryoko's face looked as if she was watching something nice.
With this, the “Follow up・Mysterious
Disappearance Case” is almost over.
Ponpoko-san has been given
<Quiet>, so even if she remembers it, she can't tell anyone about it.
All that's left is to wait for the
police to find the President and Akira, who have been taken to the apartment
that Hikami used to live in.
Of course, the President has been
given a double dose of <Forget Person> and <Quiet>. Interrogated or
not, he can't say anything about us.
President and Akira were to be taken
to the apartment by Freesia-san.
That's what Lili told me, but...
（Come to think of it, I've never
met Freesia-san... what kind of person is she?）
I've often heard of Freesia-san, but
I've never actually met her. She seems to be the one who stopped me when I got
out of control, and everyone else seems to know her well.
