"Kaito Kuroba, I am the president of Hakuba Entertainment. The power of decision-making stands with me, not you!" Saguru Hakuba was filled with anger as he looked at Kaito Kuroba, "Why must you take Akako's deal?"
"You think I took the deal just because I wanted to? hf requested for the swap. I was just worried in the end, we would be left with nothing, so I tried to hold on to the contract for you. Originally, I didn't believe any of the rumors regarding you and Akako Koizumi, but the fact that you'd rather make a loss than have her lose her spokesperson deal, makes me wonder if the two of you..."
"Of course not! What are you thinking?" Saguru Hakuba immediately denied any relations, "I just felt that since we are about to get married, why can't you just stay at home and look after our family?"
"Then, will you go explain to Mr. Eugene?" Kaito Kuroba loosened his grip on the phone. He had a look of disappointment, "Also, what do you mean by I TOOK the deal from Akako Koizumi? Haven't I allowed her to take enough from me? For the sake of helping her, I've already offended everyone...who would have thought, in the end, she wouldn't even acknowledge my kindness..."
"Kaito Kuroba, at that time, you were the one that suddenly announced you were retreating from the limelight, hence your jobs were given to me. What do you mean by you allowed me?" Akako Koizumi was not backing down as she started an argument with Kaito Kuroba - the thing she hated the most was people saying she cleaned up after Kaito Kuroba. "Also, with your ability and popularity right now, if you were to say you allowed me to take anything from you, no one would believe it."
"Fine, if you are able to convince Mr. Eugene into changing his mind, then I step down. No comments."
Saguru Hakuba was stuck in a difficult position between the two artists. Most importantly, Kaito Kuroba was still angry, or else he wouldn't have disobeyed his orders - something he had never done before. hf had indeed requested for the spokesperson to be swapped to Kaito Kuroba, so, in the end, Saguru Hakuba stepped in and split the two apart, "Stop arguing, since it was hf's request, then we will just go with what's been decided. The spokesperson will be swapped to Kaito."
"President Hakuba!" Akako Koizumi whined.
"It's decided. The two of you can leave first. Kaito, ask Konosuke Jii to come in," Saguru Hakuba ordered coldly. It was obvious that, although he had no choice but to swap to Kaito Kuroba, he hated the feeling of being stepped all over by him.
Kaito Kuroba was clever and knew exactly what Saguru Hakuba was thinking, but, if he was expecting him to carefully consider his feelings...
...he was dreaming!
Akako Koizumi followed closely behind Kaito Kuroba, she was boiling up inside and it was obvious from the expression on her face, she could barely control her anger. Luckily, even though Kaito Kuroba appeared to be making a comeback, in actual fact, he wasn't very popular. If she was to tear down this outdated magician, it would be too easy. So, she turned to her assistant and said, "In a moment, take a few photos of me working hard to recover and post them online. Let's create some commotion amongst my fans and get them to complain that Kaito Kuroba has stolen my deal. If I can't have it, I won't let him have it."
"Don't worry, I know what to do," her assistant nodded knowingly.
...
After returning to his room, Kaito Kuroba looked at Konosuke Jii and winked, "Don't be nervous."
"Nervous? Are you kidding me? Who do you think I am?" Konosuke Jii rolled his eyes, "It's not my first day on the job. If Saguru Hakuba wants to tear me down, it's not that easy. Let's wait and see..." As he spoke, Konosuke Jii walked out with a fierce expression. Previously, Kaito Kuroba had not pushed to advance, but now, the situation had changed. Konosuke Jii no longer had to hold back.
Not long after, Konosuke Jii made his way into Saguru Hakuba 's office and Saguru Hakuba threw a contract in front of him without hesitation, "Prepare to compensate us for breaching your contract and leave."
"Leave?" Konosuke Jii laughed, "President Han, you must have a bad memory. When I first signed my contract with Hakuba Ent, my salary and Kaito's appearance fee was clearly stated. However, all these years, Kaito's appearances had been overtaken by Akako Koizumi and my salary was nowhere near what was promised, so who breached the contract first? Plus, the article I released was all for the sake of Kaito, so which part of the contract did I breach?"
"You..." Saguru Hakuba couldn't believe he was being told off by a manager. His pride was hurt.
"If you aren't afraid of making things worse, we can always take things to court, it doesn't matter to me. But, how many people in the industry will lose trust in Hakuba Entertainment?" Konosuke Jii asked in a provoking manner.
"What do you want then?"
"I want us to end on a good note. I will sign the papers and leave, whereas you will not continue asking for any compensation. From this moment on, we don't owe each other anything!"
Saguru Hakuba glared at Konosuke Jii angrily, but, because Akako Koizumi was involved, he couldn't argue back. Earlier on, when Konosuke Jii and Kaito Kuroba had met, they had already predicted this would happen. So, in the end, Saguru Hakuba had no choice but to sign the papers. "Leave, I don't want to see you again."
"Saguru Hakuba, let me give you a warning: there is no wall thick enough to block out everything. The way you have treated Kaito Kuroba, you will soon have to pay it back a thousand times." After speaking, Konosuke Jii left the office with the canceled contract in her hands. Saguru Hakuba, who was left standing in the room thought about the words Konosuke Jii had said, in anger, he grabbed the table in front of him and flipped it.
Kaito Kuroba wasn't worried about Konosuke Jii at all. After all...it was so easy to find flaws in the contract. Most importantly, Saguru Hakuba was strewn with guilt.
After canceling the contract, Konosuke Jii didn't leave the building, instead, he stayed by Kaito Kuroba's side. When Saguru Hakuba eventually left his room, they ran straight into each other, "Why are you still here?"
Kaito Kuroba froze for a moment, before he replied, "I've just hired Konosuke Jii!"
"Kaito, your manager contract is managed by the company, how could you hire a new manager?" Kaito Kuroba was driving Saguru Hakuba crazy.
"Oh, I didn't hire a manager, I hired him as my assistant. It's my right to hire my own assistant, isn't it?" Kaito Kuroba smiled calmly, "After all, Konosuke Jii has taken care of me for so many years, I've gotten used to it."
"Kaito, what's wrong with you? Why do you keep going against me?" Saguru Hakuba pulled Kaito Kuroba to one side and asked him angrily.
"Because Konosuke Jii is more thoughtful than you, everything he does is for my sake. Just because I took on a deal, doesn't mean he would accuse me of stealing from others..."
After hearing this, Saguru Hakuba went silent, looking at Kaito Kuroba coldly, "Kaito, you've always been supportive of my career...why are you like this?"
"I've said it before, the incident with the Crown's Star would be the last time I take on the blame for both of you." Kaito Kuroba remained calm, so calm that his eyes were emotionless.
"If you really want to be this childish, I think, our wedding...should be called off." Saguru Hakuba used their wedding as a means to threaten Kaito Kuroba. After all, all these years, Kaito Kuroba had been the one that stuck by his side willing to do anything.
Quite some time passed... Kaito Kuroba remained silent like he was contemplating...
Saguru Hakuba assumed he had given up and was regretting going against him...
But, who would have thought, this would be Kaito Kuroba 's response...