Chapter 1467

Okay, were here

Kinos.h.i.+ta-san says from the drivers seat

I can see the usual hotel through the winds.h.i.+eld of the car.

Its been thirty minutes since Nei called Minaho-neesan.

Last night, we came here in a limo, but today, were using a work van.

Kinos.h.i.+ta-san parks her car underground, just like last night.

Okay, get off everyone. Dont forget your stuff

Nei leads the group and got off the van.

Matsumoto Miki-san steps out of the van carrying the violin with great care.

To her, this violin is precious because it contains the memories of her late father, so she brought it instead of leaving it at the mansion.

She doesnt trust us completely yet.

Err, lets go to 602

The bas.e.m.e.nt of the hotel is the annex of the Black Forest brothel, where Minaho-neesan trains Misato and the other prost.i.tute cadets.

We cant take Izumi or Matsumoto Miki-san to a secret location.

Well just use the room on the upper floor that we used last night.

Well, Minaho-neesan owns the hotel so the security is perfect, no need to worry.

Nei, Kinos.h.i.+ta-san, Edie, Tsukiko, Izumi, Matsumoto Miki-san, Kurose Anju, and I rode the elevator up to the 6th floor.

We went to the a.s.signed room, knocked on the door, and Minaho-neesan welcomed us.

As usual, she was watching us from the cameras as soon as we entered the hotel.

Good work, get in

Room 602 is a party hall.

There are enough chairs around the large table for us.

Sit wherever you want, you must be hungry, room service can prepare whatever you want. The menu is here

Thanks

Kinos.h.i.+ta-san immediately opened the menu.

We all sat down, and then Minaho-neesan;

How was it, Matsumoto Miki-san? Has your note changed since yesterday

She asks the violinist.

What do you mean?

Miki-san asks back.

You see, in musical movies or manga, theres always this development where the character improves as they go through a painful life experience, right? People who have experienced pain in their life can play with more emotion. I hate that trope

Minaho-neesan said.

After all, thats not what talent is about. Talented people will naturally apply even the smallest experience in their play, and people without talent cant even apply the most inspiring experience to their performance

Miki-san listens to Minaho-neesan with an earnest att.i.tude.

On the other hand, if a person experienced something too painful, they can get paralyzed and unable to do anything artistic. Human senses have their limits, and if broken by a strong stimulus, they wont even be able to distinguish whats sweet from salty.

In Minaho-neesans case, s.h.i.+rasaka Sousuke kidnapped and forced her to become a prost.i.tute.

Her sister died, and her body cant bear a child.

She lived a h.e.l.lish life in that brothel for 16 years.

I want you to be able to take what youve experienced and use it to improve your performance.

Miki-sans experience for the past two days.

Reconciling with her grandfather, being able to continue playing the violin.

She watched her sister lose her virginity to me.

Then, she saw her sister change.

Furthermore, she parted with her supposed boyfriend this morning.

Miki-san thought that it was love, but realized that it wasnt.

I realized deep down that Im just a dumb girl who is easily influenced by my situation

Miki-san replies.

She was approached by a man who want to be in a relations.h.i.+p with her and she agreed without being sure whether she liked him or not.

Indeed. If you continued dating that man you dont even love, you wouldve experienced s.e.x as he wanted it. If you hadnt met Kou that is

Minaho-neesan speaks frankly

Right. I think that I wouldve gone with the flow

Miki-san replied honestly.

Now, youre surrendering yourself to Kou, dont you feel that youre just letting the flow carry you away again?

Thats

Minaho-neesan said. Miki-sans confused.

I see.

Currently, Miki-san is ashamed that she accepted Sakuragi Kenichis offer of getting into a relations.h.i.+p out of the flow, and shes feeling violent regret.

Im worried that she might just go with the flow and become my woman, doing the same thing again.

Ive lost faith in myself. I discovered how foolish I was

Miki-san replied.

Minaho-neesan;

If youre unsure of who you are, then you can consult your music

Miki-sans music. Her piano performance.

If you can feel the sound of your strokes have changed in the past and the present. I think that youll be able to see where you need to go from there

But, Miki-san.

Im afraid of playing right now

She says while looking at the case.

Im afraid to discover that Ive changed

Then, she looked straight at Minaho-neesan.

But, I know that this is a path I must take. Therefore, could you give me a bit more time to clear my mind?

Miki-san knows that she has to become my woman and join our family.

This is the only way for her to continue playing the violin, and if she refused, she will part from her sister.

Although, while she understands with her head, her heart still has to catch up.

Miki-sans still young.

Kou, what do you think?

Minaho-neesan asks me.

I dont think theres anything wrong in taking her time

But, taking too long is also bad

Yes. I know, so she has until tonight

I gave her a clear deadline.

Either way, our schedule today is quite packed

We have to take the talent agency by the afternoon tonight.

By evening, Ill have to take Misuzu and Karen to the Mizus.h.i.+ma main house.

Besides, I also have to call Erica when I do it with Miki-san

I looked at Miki-san.

Youve met her in the mansion, right? Marikas sister, Erica

Yes, we talked last night

Due to circ.u.mstances, Erica didnt know she had a sister until recently. By sister I meant Marika

In the process of solving Ericas problem, she was able to meet her sister, Marika.

Thats why Erica and Marika are doing their best to bond with each other as sisters

Every weekend, Marika and Erica are having s.e.x with me.

Theyre trying to make up their time together as sisters by having s.e.x.

Marika and Maki have a special relations.h.i.+p, and thats why Erica, Marikas sister wants to be close to Makis sister, Miki-san. She thinks that Marika would be happy if she becomes close to Miki-san

Is that so?

Thats why Erica has to be present during Miki-sans deflowering.

Marika and Maki live in the dorms, so they cant come to the mansion until the next weekend.

So, in place of her sister and her sisters partner, shed want to watch Miki-sans first time and report back to them later.

So, Im not moving forward with Miki-san without Ericas presence

Ericas currently at that school. Her first cla.s.s is about to start.

Shell return by evening.

However, I have to go to the Mizus.h.i.+ma house tonight.

So, Ill just have s.e.x with Miki-san in Ericas presence tonight after returning home.

Then, Miki-san should stay with Yo-chan a little longer

Nei said.

Were taking Miki-san to the talent agency too

Using the current group

Minaho-neesan, Nei, and Tsukiko are coming with me to the talent agency.

Im taking Kinos.h.i.+ta-san and Kurose Anju with us as my bodyguards.

Im also taking Mitama, Anya, c.l.i.to, and Ososo, so we dont get nudged by the show business guys, although theyre still in the mansion.

If thats the case, I wont mind at least another addition.

Right. Lets do that.

I cant take Miki-san, whos unrelated, to the Mizus.h.i.+ma house tonight, but

If we can give Miki-san a little more time to get to know me better, then she could accompany us to the talent agency.

Miki-san is also quite the beauty. She wont be outdone by the talent agency.

That reminds me.

Minaho-neesan, as for later

As soon as I opened the topic of the talent agency

Uhm, can I order now?

Kinos.h.i.+ta-san asks me while reading the menu.

She was waiting for us while we were conversing.

Im sure its not just me, but everyone has something they want to eat or drink

Speaking of which, I want to drink some tea or coffee.

Minaho-neesan laughed.

Right, we should order food first. Ill have tea, what about you Kou?

Ill take the same, and some light meal

Which do you want, a sandwich or spaghetti, Yo-chan? Edie?

After asking for everyones order, Nei picked up the extension phone and called room service

I picked up a sandwich while sipping coffee.

Earlier this morning, Yukino went in and swiped my breakfast, so Im craving a sandwich now.

Minaho-neesan and Nei are drinking coffee and not eating.

Edie ordered clam sauce pasta and black tea.

Tsukiko went for green tea,

Kurose Anju and Miki-san are both drinking black tea.

Izumi doesnt like holding back, so she ordered a sandwich and tapioca milk tea.

Then, theres Kinos.h.i.+ta-san who doesnt hold back and ordered a set including a burger steak, salad, a bowl of rice, and melon-soda float.

Man, Ive been hungry since earlier this morning

Shes eating heartily.

Well, thats fine, she seems to be enjoying the food.

I heard the details from Nei, but

Minaho-neesan started talking while we were about to finish eating.

Death Star Productions is promising to give us their female talents, but they seem to be trying to move their money makers to another agency

Minaho-neesan already has information.

In short, if we go to the talent agency today

Theyll tell us that they will only hand over the low-selling talents, and transfer their successful talents to another firm affiliated with them.

Meanwhile, they were ordered to collect all the talents that were on the Death Pros website until yesterday.

The talents will come to the office, but

Theyll tell us These are no longer in this office, so theyre not going to you. Serves you right, Thats their plan.

Its to ridicule us, to see us frustrated.

Its not like we want all the talents from Death Pro so its fine. Or should I say that there are too many Death Pro talents for us to handle anyway

Thinking about it, thats true.

Even if we got all the Death Star Productions female talents, were still amateurs in the entertainment business, so we cant give them all jobs.

If were suddenly handed people for us to manage, its hard for us to figure it out.

Right, its not good to have unsuccessful talents who have become bad a.s.sets in death star prod or former idols who are now just old ladies whose work has declined dramatically

Nei said.

Besides, we cant handle movie or TV talents either.

Minaho-neesan?

Why?

I asked.

Why are actresses no good?

Kou, do you know why movie companies had to develop connections with the Yakuza during the Showa era?

No

I mean, I didnt even know those movie companies have connections with the Yakuza before.

In movies, you need a location, right? Lets say that youre filming in the city, the local Yakuza there would come and threaten, asking what permission they have to film. If they dont pay the money theyre asking for, theyll continue to hara.s.s them. Trying to yell while the cameras are rolling, threatening the crew with innuendo in groups, or doing trivial things over and over again during filming.

So that was a thing.

But, once you pay them, theres no end to it, theyll continue asking for more and more money, and now there would be another group that will hara.s.s, asking you paid them, so youll pay us too So, the film company asks the head of the nationwide control to put the groundwork so the local gangs wont hara.s.s them in location. That also costs some money, but the big bosses control the local gangs who hara.s.s them

I see.

When we open our talent agency, is it safe to say that there will also be people who would try that on us?

Nei asks.

For sure, they will come. We ignore the show business rules and got a talent agency and professionals, major entertainment companies already hate us

Minaho-neesan was almost attacked by people hired by those guys yesterday.

Minaho-neesan used a freelance bodyguard. And so, the president of a well-established entertainment company who instructed the attack on Minaho-neesan got attacked instead of her.

If we send our talents to movies or TV, theyll try to hara.s.s us the cla.s.sic way. if theyre going to use gangs on us, then well have to deal with them, but

Minaho-neesans also trying to steer away from the gangs.

Since the battle between the Kouzuki house and Kansai Yakuza, the gangs cant touch Kouzuki SS carelessly.

Loose gangs also exist

Minaho-neesan sighed.

Originally, it was just a bunch of young men doing violent crimes like biker gangs, but now theyre all grown up. They pretend to be normal corporate organizations unlike the gangs, but theyll do whatever it takes to make a profit

So theyll pretend to be a regular company and take on dangerous jobs?

Yes, unlike the gangs, theyll approach you looking like ordinary people. And, theyre much more extreme than the gangs. Thats how they increase their clientele, theyre much more simple and lighter than the gangs, and they do much more cruel things

Amateurs turn to a violent organizations.

Those half-a.s.sed people also get into the entertainment industry quite a bit. They run talent agencies as their public look

Oh, so thats how people from the talent agencies pay them, theyre semi-legal people doing illegal work

Once they set their eyes on you, they could easily break through the movie or drama set

If its just gang hara.s.sment, we could deal with it, but if its those loose gangs, we cant do anything about them, right?

Nei said.

Id rather not get involved. Those people dont think long-term, nor respect their relations.h.i.+p with the other party. Theres no point in building a friends.h.i.+p with them since they only care about their immediate interests. Theyll easily double-cross you for money

So its those kinds of people.

Theyre in all kinds of places, even locations for shoots. Also, sudden change in locations is there. Even if we ask Kouzuki SS to protect them, we cant be in a situation where theyre always safe

If we use talent from our agency, thatll certainly disrupt the shoot, and we wont be able to use them

Nei said.

Thats their aim. So thats why were not taking movie and drama talents. Thats for sure. Well focus on a variety work where they can shoot inside the studio or commercial work where the location is specific

Minaho-neesan thought that far

Im surprised.

Minaho-neesan said that she wont be involved in managing the talent agency until I asked her, and yet

Minaho-oneechan seems to be great at talent agency management work

Nei?

Minaho-neesan looked surprised.

I think so too

Minaho-neesans been managing the brothel for so long

That I think managing entertainment agency talents suit her.

The Black Forest brothel still has five years of operation left.

After five years, Im thinking of putting Minaho-neesan in talent agency management work.

Putting that aside

Minaho-neesan forcibly changed the topic.

So were not taking all of Death Pros talents, these are the people were not letting go

Minaho-neesan took out a file as she speaks.

Were going to make it clear that we took the female talent division from Death Star Productions. There would be no point unless we do that

We decided to take away the female talent department of Death Pro as our revenge for the fact that they were hara.s.sing Yukino in the station.

If all we want is a talent agency, then it would be faster to start one from scratch, but the reason why we took them from Death Pro is that we want them to see how scary we are

Everyone knows that Death Pro has a gang behind them.

By taking the female talent division from such a backed production company, we can make them understand how scary we are.

We cant let the other party look down on us.

Therefore, we dont need more than two or three of the current Death Pro female talents, who are already making money at the top of their game and have already made a name for themselves. Well make sure to keep a few of them under our control

Minaho-neesan said, and took out

We have to take the talent thats the face of Death Pro, as a symbol of taking revenge on them

But, Minaho-neesan, this is

I looked at Minaho-neesan.

Yes, thats right

Minaho-neesan affirmed my thoughts.

Death Pro wont want us to take the talents who are the face of their company.

The talent themselves wont want to come to us, an unknown ent.i.ty, from a major company, Death Pro.

In short.

Were ignoring how the Death Pro people think.

Were going to make sure that we take the talents.

I looked at Tsukiko.

Tsukiko nodded lightly.

Well use Tsukikos power to force the female talents under our control.

Thats the only way.

Thats Minaho-neesans plan too.

As mentioned earlier, we dont need actresses specializing in movies or dramas, nor do we need celebrities whose popularity is already on the decline. Besides

While were at it, lets pick some young girls, the cute ones that Yo-chan would like!

Nei lightens up the mood with a smile.

If were forcing them to be under our control, then well take responsibility for them.

Were changing their fate for our reasons.

Minaho-neesan, let me see

Nei took photos of the female talents from Minaho-neesan.

She goes through each of the photos and sorts them one by one

Nei watches the most movies and TV among our group.

Neis the best to select female talents.

Yukis also here.

Edie looked at the photos Neis shuffling through and said.

I peeked from the side and then

Oh, its Saito-sans photo, the idol that was co-hosting Edies school swimsuit judo tournament.

Although, shes still unpopular

Hmm, Im sorry but Yuki-chan goes here

Shes not selected.

Nei put Saito-san into the rejected pile.

Hmm, right, I think this and this girl looks good

Saying that Nei brings me two photos.