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Then the four of us decided to have lunch outside.
Kurogane asked me to buy him a meal as a reward for his hard work, so I thought the four of us should do it anyway.
[I heard you had a hard day at the office.]
Toward the end of the meal, I receive a call.
I went outside to find that it was Ayana on the other end.
“Well, I’m glad to hear that the problem had somehow been resolved.”
[Oh, that’s right. I was surprised when I saw Kanatsu Kanako’s stream. The company probably didn’t think it was a good idea to broadcast such an audio.]
As Ayana said, GG Corporation. did not want to broadcast the audio that was secretly filmed at the hotel.
The reason was simple: it was a female VTuber’s stream.
If Kanatsu Kanako, a very popular VTuber, were to suddenly broadcast an audio clip of a girl she said was her junior being r*ped in a hotel room, even if most of the comments on the broadcast said that she was doing a great job protecting her junior, there would surely be people who would have a bad reaction about it.
They might say that Kanatsu Kanako’s true face is that she is the type of person who plays around at night.
So, from the perspective of GG Corporation, it was more important to maintain the reputation as a top earner rather than helping those in need.
“They were pretty much on my case, but I managed to convince them to let me do it.”
I told the company higher-ups about the benefits of broadcasting it it.
Well, that was a minor persuasion for someone trying to protect the company. No one was going to say, [Okay, I’ll leave it all up to you] based on my words as a new employee.
The decisive factor in my persuasion was Mei’s statement, [If you don’t give him your permission, I’ll cut the contract with GG Corporation.]
Everyone present froze when they heard Mei’s statement and did their best to persuade her to reconsider, but she would not back down.
The situation was such that neither side was willing to back down, and in the end, the company agreed to let the matter be settled.
[As expected of Kei.]
“No, I didn’t persuade them in the way she did. I didn’t do anything.”
[That’s not true. I’m sure Kanatsu Kanako san was also encouraged by the fact that Kei was there to plead her case with her.]
“I wonder if that’s true.”
[It is. It’s kind of funny.]
“What?”
[I thought that nothing had changed since junior high school. At that time, Kei was also—]
Ayana happily talks about her past memories with me.
It was a story about a good person who appeared in the picture, as if he was a different person from me.
To Ayana, that good person must have been an ally of justice. Her voice was bright and she was smiling as she spoke.
I could only laugh bitterly as I listened to her story.
“Ayana, it’s time to get back to work.”
[Ah, I’m sorry I called you even though you’re busy.]
“No, don’t worry about it. Ayana, if you have any troubles, please contact me.”
[Yeah. I’ll be counting on you then. Good luck with your work !]
“Yeah……”
I take the phone away from my ear.
The face of myself reflected in the pitch-black screen of the phone was not smiling, it was expressionless.
When did I start making this kind of boring face?
“Are you done with your contact with your ex-girlfriend?”
He called out to me and I turned around.
Kurogane, who had lit a cigarette, looked at me while saying that.
“Kurogane. What’s up?”
“You see, it’s a cigarette, a cigarette. I can’t smoke in that sexy vixen’s house, and it’s a non-smoking area in the store.”
“Why don’t you just quit smoking?”
“If I could quit, I would. What’s wrong with you looking like you’re in a lot of pain when you call your ex-girlfriend?”
Kurogane stands next to me saying so.
Inside the store, I saw Mei and Nanaka san talking happily.
“My girlfriend from middle school apparently still thinks I’m a good guy. I was talking to her and she was…..”
“If it was from middle school…..then, she doesn’t know you’ve changed, does she?”
“Yeah.”
“When I first met you, you already had that vengeful look on your face, but by then, you were already a different person than you were in middle school.”
“Can you imagine that if you hadn’t seen me?”
“The face you show when you’re thinking of bad things in front of me and that sexy vixen, and the face you show when you’re talking to that honey bunny woman or to others, are two different people. That face you show to everyone but us is the face you’ve been making, isn’t it?”
Kurogane blows smoke into the sky as he says this.
“There is no such thing as a person who has nothing to hide. However, society is a place where people interact with each other without revealing their secrets or their inner sides. Since all of us live our lives by hiding things from others, you don’t have to tell your ex-girlfriend what you look like now, do you?”
“Hiding secret……”
“You’ve changed. You’re not the same person you were in middle school anymore. What’s the point of telling her? Nothing will happen, so why don’t you put on the facade of a good guy in front of her? Hide everything, including your current situation, and live your life under a false pretense.”
Is this his way of consoling me?
As usual, it’s a bit of a stinker, but it’s probably best not to mention it.
And just as Kurogane said, I can’t go back to the good guy I used to be.
I can’t even feel good about myself, even though I’ve accomplished my revenge on Jinguuji and Kanzaki.
“Besides, I don’t know what kind of guy you used to be, but I’m sure you’re more interesting now.”
“What the heck is that?”
“You’re the one who embraces as many good women as you want, and then does some devious tricks behind the scenes. Isn’t it great that you look like a bad guy, just like me and that sexy vixen?”
“I’m not trying to do any tricks, I mean…Mei would be angry if she heard about it.”
“Oops, don’t tell her that. Now that you treated me to food, I’ll be heading home soon.”
Kurogane glanced into the store.
“Is it because Mei has been staring at you in the store for a while now?”
“Yeah, don’t take away my beloved master ! Something like that. Haa, when it comes to you, whether it’s a man or a woman, you don’t make any distinction, just like back then.”
Kurogane puts his hand on my shoulder and advises in a small voice.
“…..I’m sure she’s hiding something from you.”
“…I see.”
“Well, I’m sure it’s not man-related, but I’m advising you to keep it in mind.”
Saying this, Kurogane waved at Mei and Nanaka san, who could be seen through the windowpane. But Mei shooed him away with her hand with a mousy look on her face, and Nanaka san bowed her head again.
“Come to think of it, do you have something you’re not telling me?”
When I asked that, Kurogane stopped and thought for a moment before saying,
“Yeah, I have one or two things to hide too. For example, I ordered an extra beer while you were out on the phone.”
“Huh !?”
Kurogane said, [Thanks for the food, and I’ll be waiting for your request if you ever need anything else. I’m your trusty lawyer.]
♦
“For god sake, what exactly were you talking about with that stinker outside?”
Kurogane left, and Nanaka san left shortly thereafter.
And I, along with Mei, was walking toward her house.
“Well, I guess it’s kind of like how I feel about this case.”
“Really? It’s kind of suspicious.”
“It’s true.”
“Hmmm, okay then. More importantly…….”
I can see through the mask that Mei is smiling happily as she walks with my arm around her.
“I don’t wanna talk about him when I’m walking with you like this.”
Ever since Mei was an idol, she always wore a mask when she went outside and was forbidden to walk with men.
Although the office had instructed her to do so, it was also a way to escape the stares of the media and fans.
For this reason, even me, as her manager would walk with her if it was clearly visible that she was working, but I made sure not to walk next to her at other times.
So I guess she was happy to be able to walk side by side, much less arm in arm, like this.
“Are you happy now……?”
If it were me, not as her lover–
I thought so, so I asked her.
“Of course I’m happy. I’m happy to be walking next to Senpai again.”
She answered clearly without showing any sign of hesitation.
Again, huh?
I wonder if I made the right choice leaving her when I was dating her. Looking at this smile, I’m not sure.
But at the time, I thought it was the right decision to leave her.
I understood that.
She’s happy now, but one day she’s going to have to suffer……
“……Senpai?”
“O-oh, sorry.”
We were back at Mei’s house while I was in a daze.
“You’re thinking too hard again. Here, please sit down.”
Mei makes me sit down on the sofa.
She sits not next to me, but at my feet, and smiles at me.
“I haven’t given you my thanks yet, have I?”
“Thanks?”
Mei took both of my hands and intertwined our fingers.
“Thank you for saving Mei from Jinguuji senpai’s evil hands.”
“No, this time it was my fault.”
“No, Senpai did nothing wrong…….”
Nothing…….
She mentioned it twice.
There was no time to mention it.
She released our joined hands and unbuckled my belt.
Her fingertips unzipped my pants as she stared at me with her haunting eyes.
“Let me thank you…..Mei’s favorite master ♡.”
Mei licks her lips and prepares to serve me before she even hears my reply.
Looking at the heated thing released from the zipper, she smiled happily and said, [I’ll thank you now♡] and crawled her tongue up to it.
At that moment, everything that had been troubling me vanished, and then—.
Her hand, which many men spent tens of thousands of dollars to shake hands with when she was an idol, is now holding my thing.
She has been told by countless men that she is cute, that they want her to go out with them, and that they want her to marry them, and she begins to take off her clothes one by one right in front of me.
Her voice, which has attracted a large number of fans as the VTuber Kanatsu Kanako, is sweetly directed only at me.
I stroke her head as she tries her best to serve me, monopolizing and humbling her and making me feel superior.
That is my true nature.
No matter how hard I try to hide it, no matter how hard I try to erase it, the ugly face that was once born will always show itself.
I’m not a good person now, I’m a scumbag who is loyal to his desires…….
♦
“–It was you who told Jinguuji senpai about Mei’s information, wasn’t it? Kaga Touko senpai?”
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