Soon, he arrived at the karaoke place where the runaway young lady was.
Kakeru didn’t go in directly to catch her.
Instead, he patiently waited at the entrance of the karaoke.
He wasn’t in a hurry at all.
A delicacy that came naturally after proper preparation was always more satisfying.
He waited slowly, like a craftsman waiting for fine wine, letting time mature the rich flavor.
His phone camera was already open, just waiting for the fated moment.
Just thinking about how Kita would desperately try to please her seniors to avoid being hated, only to break down and show an ahegao face while still refusing to give up, made him feel extremely excited.
Especially since he was currently using the system to monitor Kita’s smiling face inside the karaoke.
Comparing it with the image in his mind made him even more thrilled.
In this state of mind, even the long wait felt worthwhile.
After waiting a while longer, the runaway young lady finally finished singing.
At that moment, Kita Ikuyo happily walked out of the private room with her friends and went to the counter to pay.
Her smile was extremely bright.
Kakeru was also smiling brightly.
Not only was he smiling, but he had also captured Kita’s bright smile in a photo on his phone.
Everything was ready.
Almost without hesitation, he “casually” stood at the entrance of the karaoke.
Coincidentally, Kita also saw him… At that moment, the scene was like a painting.
Seeing a band member who was her senior suddenly appear in front of her, Kita felt her legs go weak.
It was as if the sky had collapsed.
Her mind went completely blank.
If her friends weren’t still beside her and her legs weren’t so weak, she would have already run away.
Kita’s friends also noticed her abnormal state and asked with concern, “Kita-chan, are you okay?
What happened?
Your face looks really bad!” “Yeah, are you alright?” “Are you too tired?” But Kita had no time to respond to their concern.
Her eyes were fixed on Kakeru standing at the door.
The imaginary voices of her seniors scolding her in her mind were driving her crazy.
Kakeru didn’t approach her yet.
After all, everything needed to be done in moderation.
If he pushed Kita too hard and broke her, it would be troublesome.
Instead, he smiled and raised his phone, signaling her to check Line.
Kita didn’t care about anything else.
She quickly opened Line, skipped past the many unread messages from Nijika and Ryo, and found Kakeru’s chat.
Almost instantly, she saw the photo of herself and her friends smiling while paying at the karaoke.
Her heart instantly turned cold.
If her seniors saw this photo, her life would be over!
Seeing her expression, Kakeru knew his plan had succeeded.
Thanks to his past life’s study of psychology, he could easily read Kita’s emotions.
She had reached her breaking point.
All the accumulated tension had stretched her mental string to its absolute limit.
The intense emotions even made her lose the ability to think logically.
She felt as if everything would end right here… But this was exactly the ideal state he wanted.
At this moment, as long as he gave her a little slack, no matter what the price was, she would grab onto it without hesitation — just like a drowning person.
Without any delay, he sent a message.
[Kakeru: Come to room 1312 of this hotel within one hour.
Otherwise, bear the consequences yourself.] Under normal circumstances, this message would have disgusted anyone.
In extreme cases, reporting it to the police wouldn’t have been an overreaction.
But for Kita, who currently had no way out, she would accept this proposal without hesitation.
The desperate cry from the string in her heart even made her instinctively ignore how stupid it was to go meet a man at a hotel.
Just as Kakeru expected, Kita Ikuyo replied almost instantly.
[Runaway Young Lady: Okay, I’ll go.
I’ll go right away.
Please, I’m begging you — don’t send that photo to Ryo-senpai and the others!!!] She even used three exclamation marks to show how desperate she was.
Knowing that today’s plan was secured, Kakeru headed straight to the hotel he had already booked.
All that was left now was to wait for the runaway young lady to come to him.
By the way, he had already booked the hotel while using the system to search for her location.
When he arrived at the hotel, Kakeru immediately lay down on the bed and began guessing how long it would take for the runaway young lady to arrive.
Five minutes?
Ten minutes?
Or… Before he could think further, the hotel room door was violently pushed open.
The person who entered was none other than the heavily panting Kita Ikuyo.
At this moment, she was covered in sweat.
Her clothes were damp and clinging tightly to her body, perfectly outlining her curves.
Her flushed, moist face looked extremely tempting.
Well, it seemed the answer was half a minute.
That was quite a delightful result.
Of course it was half a minute.
The moment she finished replying, Kita had immediately sent her friends away as fast as possible and sprinted here at full speed.
If she hadn’t been unable to get a taxi, she would have arrived even earlier than Kakeru, who had booked the room.
He had no idea how panicked she was.
The screaming in her mind was driving her insane.
This psychological state even made her stop caring that she was going to a hotel.
In her current state, as long as her seniors didn’t hate her, she was willing to do anything.