My System Always Wants to Force Me to Confess
Chapter 155: Hayakawa Kashi’s Script

Chapter 155: Chapter 155: Hayakawa Kashi’s Script

I don’t know whether it was because she saw me injure my shoulder to save her, or perhaps Miss Kaori is truly frugal, but eventually the girl in the hospital bed bit into the piece of apple and began to chew gently.

Shirakawa Sawahei was quite pleased with Hayakawa Kashi’s performance; he cut himself a big piece as a reward.

After the two of them finished eating an apple, Hayakawa Kashi softly said, "Don’t you have anything you want to ask?"

Shirakawa Sawahei met the gaze of his family’s Little Arrogant Study Girl. Normally, when she looked at him, there was always a confident and mysterious glow in her eyes. He always felt that Miss Kaori’s deeper essence was like a cat—cats are actually very cruel hunters; they play with their prey to hone their hunting skills as much as allowed.

Though it doesn’t sound very lead-like to say so, Shirakawa Sawahei indeed felt that sometimes, Miss Kaori looked at him as if he were an interesting prey.

But now, this elegant and indifferent cat’s gaze was very complex.

There was doubt, regret, confusion, and even disdain. For someone who had once been in close contact with death, this disdain was not targeted at Shirakawa Sawahei, but seemed more directed against this world, and certain people in it.

"I don’t think there’s anything worth asking," Shirakawa Sawahei thought for a moment, "You’re my friend, who happened to encounter danger in front of me, and I saved you. That’s all."

"I always thought you were interesting, but seeing you today, you seem even more intriguing than I imagined."

This was something Shirakawa Sawahei had said to the Little Arrogant Study Girl before, and it was returned to him not long after, making him unable to help but chuckle.

He knew that with Hayakawa Kashi’s status, the opponents she encountered must be substantial. Generally speaking, villains die from talking too much, while heroes die from knowing too much. Shirakawa Sawahei clearly didn’t want to get involved in the level of confrontation Miss Kaori was dealing with.

"I know you don’t want to ask..."

The Little Arrogant Study Girl continued softly, "Don’t worry, with your current capabilities, you won’t get involved in this matter."

Hearing this unmerciful assessment, Shirakawa Sawahei, who initially intended to stand up, could only sit back down.

Hayakawa Kashi’s words were indeed candid; some things you can’t get involved with even if you want to.

It seems I’ve overthought it, haven’t I?

Shirakawa Sawahei said gloomily, "Does this have anything to do with your family?"

"Perhaps it does, or perhaps it doesn’t." Hayakawa Kashi’s eyes flashed with a trace of coldness. She sighed softly and said, "You’ve heard of the term ’entertainment layout’, right?"

"Are you referring to what you’ve been busy with recently?"

"Yes, just a part of it." Hayakawa Kashi continued indifferently, "I am considered as the piece placed by the Hayakawa family in the layout. Only after fighting a bloody path will the funds and connections follow securely."

Shirakawa Sawahei seemed to have realized something: "That so-called music master... is also part of the Hayakawa family’s commercial strategy?"

Suddenly, many things became clear to him, including why the piano master was drawn to Neon, why Hayakawa Kashi suddenly fell ill a while ago, and why someone attempted to assassinate her today... These seemingly unrelated events were all secretly linked by the Hayakawa family’s business plan.

Without this commercial strategy, Slatter would not have been kept in Neon by Hayakawa Kashi for so long, she wouldn’t have been overworked to the point of illness before exams, and he and she would not have been calmly walking down the street only to be attacked suicidally.

The girl naturally knew that the person before her wasn’t a naive child, so there was no need to give him a praise glance for this statement. She nodded and said, "In the cultural industry, music is a relatively high-level field, but this field can also be connected to many things, like movies, like the assembly line production of idols..."

"Starting from the upstream origin—light novels, manga, games, spawning the idol industry, voice artist agencies, then supplying movie and animation production..."

Hearing this, Shirakawa Sawahei couldn’t help but click his tongue repeatedly. What the Hayakawa family relied on to start their business, Shirakawa Sawahei didn’t know. However, this step into the entertainment industry was a rather significant layout, and if not handled properly, it could cross the lines of established conglomerates and be devoured completely.

To be able to execute such a commercial layout, it indicates that the Hayakawa family is at least a considerable economic powerhouse—at least a historically notable one; otherwise, they definitely wouldn’t dare take such large strides!

Moreover, that the Hayakawa family could entrust such a substantial commercial plan to Hayakawa Kashi to initiate, on one hand, reflects Hayakawa Kashi’s competence and status within the family, and on the other hand, it indirectly suggests that even if this plan fails, the Hayakawa family would not suffer significant damage.

Such wealth!

Poverty truly limits my imagination; I originally thought that at most, Miss Kaori was a lady at the level of Chitanda, but I didn’t expect her to be almost at the level of Shigomi Hiyori.

But when you think about it, Chitanda is so cute, how could Hayakawa Kashi, that Evil Little Arrogant, possibly take her script?

Shigomi Hiyori’s script? That can’t be right either; Hayakawa doesn’t have red pupils, and she’s missing a blonde maid...

Shirakawa Sawahei’s mind wandered a bit, and when he came back to himself, he found Hayakawa Kashi staring at him. He couldn’t help but cough lightly: "Where were we just now?"

"Entertainment cultural layout." Hayakawa Kashi pouted slightly, seeming not to pursue Shirakawa Sawahei’s sin of being absent-minded during their conversation. "This step might have touched a lot of people’s interests; it’s normal to have a reaction."

"But you just mentioned within the family..."

The Little Arrogant Study Girl’s eyes displayed a faint mockery: "Some people always think the reason they can’t succeed is that others are too capable, don’t they?"

"So they believe taking you down could bring them more benefits?" Shirakawa Sawahei couldn’t help but chuckle; this was truly a typical example of moronic thinking.

"I’m not sure about benefits, but I can confirm if it’s really them..."

Hayakawa Kashi’s tone carried a faint hint of killing intent: "Then let them take those benefits and go to hell."

Given Miss Kaori’s character, she certainly wouldn’t let those people off the hook, and Shirakawa Sawahei wasn’t worried that he had saved a Holy Mother heroine. He smiled and said, "Then have a good rest, and afterward, settle the score with those reckless guys."

Hayakawa Kashi lowered her gaze and softly said, "I’ll take the opportunity to avenge you too..."

Shirakawa Sawahei was slightly stunned, then gently nodded.

"Alright."

...

Shortly after Shirakawa Sawahei left the ward, a woman with round-rimmed gold glasses walked in. She closed the door, first bowed respectfully, and apologized, "I’m sorry, Miss! It’s our negligence!"

"Say something useful," Hayakawa Kashi said in an indifferent tone.

"Yes!" The secretary took out the documents from her briefcase, flipping through them quickly, and said, "Regarding this assassination attempt, we have identified several possible suspects. Among them, the Kinoshita family has a 30% probability... the Minamoto family has a 56% probability..."

After introducing the competing families outside, the secretary turned to a new page in the documents, which contained a list of suspects within the Hayakawa family, along with various pieces of evidence supporting this theory.

She was smart not to read it aloud, but handed it to Hayakawa Kashi to read herself. Miss Kaori placed the document on the bedside, softly acknowledged it, and asked, "What about those two assassins?"

"They committed suicide when we got there, seemingly as death soldiers. Their true identities are still under investigation, but we’ve already traced their bank account activities..."

"Additionally, the police want to intervene in the investigation..."

"Let them investigate then, just as well to lend a hand."

"Yes!"

The secretary was about to leave when the girl in the hospital bed seemed to suddenly remember something and said, "Wait a moment."

"What about the previous investigation materials on Shirakawa Sawahei?"

The secretary took out another folder from her bag, which contained a few thin sheets of paper including Shirakawa Sawahei’s official records since elementary school, some personal information, and even evaluations and impressions from his former classmates.

"Regarding the gentleman who saved Miss, we thoroughly evaluated his suspicion; however, in the end..." Before the secretary could finish, the crisp sound of paper being torn echoed in the room.

"You don’t need to follow up on him anymore." Hayakawa Kashi threw the shredded paper into the trash bin beside her and said softly, "As for him, I’ll learn about him myself."

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