Manager’s Ugliness
Manager Tachibana’s PoV
Disappointed, I went home, told my parents I wasn’t feeling well, and locked myself in my room.
It’s hopeless. My confidence is completely gone.
I lost to Aono Eiji. Completely!
There was nothing I could do. Should I complain to the publishers? No, no, no. That would be too risky. I would lose sight of why I manipulated Kondo-kun and the soccer club without getting my hands dirty.
So what am I going to do now? I have no choice but to admit defeat. No, no. First, I have to ensure my own safety.
I can always fight back against Aono-kun. But it’s time for the Literature Club to accept the investigation. The whole club is planning to cover up the fact that we got rid of his personal belongings. We can do that by talking to each other, and we have already done that…
When we went to the club room that morning, it had been ransacked, and Aono-kun’s personal belongings were missing. If we pretend that there was an anonymous letter threatening to b🬀lly us too, we can justify our silence until now, and the teacher can also think that it was the fault of someone from the soccer club who got out of control. I’m sure they will…
“Kondo-kun’s case was the worst, but I was lucky enough to delete our SNS data history before he was arrested. I have nothing to do with the soccer club except with him. There is no way to recover the messages once they are deleted from the server. Even if he tries to pin the blame on me, it’ll be judged as a bitter delusion since there is no proof.”
I think it’s possible to get away with it.
So it’s best not to force the move now.
Finally, I’m starting to cool down.
Right now, the wind is still blowing in Aono-kun’s direction. If I push too hard, problems will surely arise. Therefore, I should not take it easy and wait until the wind blows against Aono-kun before taking revenge.
The rest will take care of itself. All I have to do is find someone to take Kondo-kun’s place.
As long as I don’t do anything myself and don’t get my hands dirty, it doesn’t matter what I do.
“I will never forgive you!”
Staring at the screen of my heavily criticized novel, I couldn’t help but let it out.
Secretary General Ugaki’s PoV
Riding around Tokyo in a car driven by my secretary. What a nuisance Kondo was to me.
Well, that’s okay. The police can’t do anything for a while. Even if he gets out, it’s hopeless for him to come back. He has become so much more than just a thing to throw away that he will disappear on his own.
My phone rang. This time it was from the big man.
“This is the Prime Minister. Was that it?”
With a rumpled voice, this powerful person laughed,
[Oh, it’s perfect, as expected from Ugaki-kun. Thanks to your perfect handling, this scandal is now the responsibility of these two. It’s a lizard’s tail cut. I’m grateful to you. Keep up the good work…]
With that, the phone call ended…
I soon found out where Kondo and the branch manager’s slush fund was going. These two aren’t stupid enough to go against the most powerful man in this country. They would’ve to wait to be beheaded themselves.
They have no choice but to lose everything. Completely foolish.
The powerless must be protected by the powerful. Kondo, no matter how big a man he thought he was, that’s the extent of his power.
“Ugaki-sama, regarding this matter…”
When the secretary confirmed that I had hung up, he spoke to me.
“Oh, please proceed smoothly.”
In order to make the best use of this disturbance, we will start moving as well.
Police Station
“Look, Domoto-san. As expected, there was a trap in Kondo-kun’s phone. Forensics said that when they activated the power supply as usual, the device was set to delete the message history of a certain foreign-made SNS. Probably the accomplice did something to protect himself.”
“I see. I hope we have a good backup.”
“Of course. Rather, it was because of that strange movement that saved us the trouble of searching for various things. It seems that Kondokun frequently exchanged messages with a certain person. This account holder seems to be deeply involved in this bullying issue.”
“Okay, let’s work with the school to identify this person. I’m sure the school will be willing to help.”