A tower condominium soaring in a prime location in Tokyo. On its top floor, the 43rd-floor penthouse.
With the scenery looking down through the glass at my back, I, Tetsuya Fujisaki, glared at the space in front of me and could not hide my irritation.
“When I go to ask for money, that old hag isn’t there.”
I threw my smartphone onto the sofa as if hitting it.
On the screen, a message from the old hag is left behind.
“I won’t give you a single coin until you apologize to Kurokawa-kun and he forgives you.”
“Are you kidding me for real, dammit…”
The balance in my bank account has hit rock bottom.
Because of this, I can’t even play around flashily with my friends.
I searched the condominium with bloodshot eyes, but not a single thing of value was left behind.
Ever since she found out that I took things on my own and sold them, the hag has moved all valuables to either a “safe deposit box” or the “company president’s office.”
Even when I call or send emails, there is no response at all.
“…Could it be that bastard snitched again?”
Kurokawa’s face floated in my mind.
The other day, I made a grand graffiti on the door of his house with paint.
That gloomy shut-in must have cried to the hag again.
“I can’t forgive this. I’ll call him out and discipline him thoroughly.”
To shake off my irritation, I swiped the smartphone screen and called my classmate, Yoko Hotta.
If I have no money, I can’t go outside.
In that case, playing with a woman at home is the best choice.
It might be annoying if the hag finds out, but as long as she doesn’t find out, it’s no big deal.
Thirty minutes later, the electronic sound of the intercom rang.
“Fujisaki-kun, I came to hang out.”
While listening to Yoko’s voice reflected on the monitor, I scoffed through my nose.
“Yeah, I’ll unlock it. Come on up.”
The creature called a woman really is incomprehensible.
When we first met, she was a class president who looked like the picture of purity.
How is she now? By buying her brand-name goods, feeding her high-end French food, and whispering “I like you,” she has degenerated into a sex friend who easily comes to this room to get violated.
To match my tastes, her hair is dyed a bright light brown, and her skirt is extremely short.
At first, she stubbornly refused even to let our bodies touch.
When I teased her by asking, “How much do I have to pay to make you do it?”, Yoko blurted out, “One million.”
She must have thought of it as a defense line.
Still, it’s only one million. Don’t underestimate the young master of Fujisaki.
Right on the spot, I slammed down bundles of 1 million yen and dragged her into bed by force.
She muttered things like “I hate this after all,” but since she put a price on herself, it’s already too late.
Now that I bought her, I never allowed any refusal.
I devoured her to my heart’s content.
The result is this. Now Yoko acts like “my woman,” transformed into a woman who devours brand goods and luxury in exchange for opening her body at any time.
Back then, when Yoko still had black hair, I remember Kurokawa trying to wedge himself between Yoko, who hated touching me, and me.
You were wrong for getting in the way.
Kurokawa. Look here, I won.
That wasn’t harassment, just ordinary flirting.
Now Yoko is my sex friend.
You were the one who was wrong.
Ding-dong.
The front door chime rang. Yoko must have come up.
“Yeah…”
My eyes, which had opened the door listlessly, stopped upon catching the figure of a man standing behind Yoko.
A man wearing a well-tailored suit—Yanagawa.
One of the executives supporting the hag’s company.
It is a company that will eventually become mine.
It is not a good strategy to take an arrogant attitude here.
I instantly put on the mask of an obedient son.
“Yanagawa-san… At this hour, what brings you here?”
“Tetsuya-san, I have an extremely important matter to discuss.”
Yanagawa’s expression was stiff, and his voice oozed impatience.
“I apologize while you are enjoying time with your girlfriend… but could you please excuse her for now?”
Yoko, shrinking her body awkwardly, timidly looks up at me.
“Um, Fujisaki-kun… Should I go home?”
“Sorry, I’ll contact you again.”
“……Yeah.”
Seeing Yoko off, I invited Yanagawa into the spacious living room and urged him to sit on the sofa.
“So, Yanagawa-san. What happened? …As for Mom, she’s not here.”
“Tetsuya-san, please listen calmly.”
Yanagawa looked straight into my eyes and started talking.
“Misako-sama has—disappeared.”
“……Ha? Mom disappeared? What kind of joke is that?”
I let out an involuntary sneer. That workaholic hag abandoning company work and disappearing is impossible.
“If it were a joke, how wonderful it would be… Just 15 minutes before an extremely important business deal involving 3 billion yen, Misako-sama suddenly vanished.”
“No way. That workaholic mother of mine wouldn’t abandon such an important business. It must be some kind of mistake.”
“We thought so too. Suspecting the possibility of being involved in an incident, we immediately checked the office security cameras. But there was no trace of any suspicious person trespassing.”
“Then there’s no foul play involved…”
“That is not the problem.”
Yanagawa’s voice dropped a notch lower.
“The security camera footage clearly showed Misako-sama entering the president’s office from the hallway. However—”
Yanagawa paused for a beat and wove his words as if enduring dread.
“—From then on, there is no footage anywhere of Misako-sama ‘coming out’ of the president’s office.”
“……What did you say?”
Impossible. The president’s office is a complete airtight room. The entrance and exit are monitored by cameras.
“There’s no way such a stupid thing could happen.”
“Yes. But it is something that actually happened. Currently, the company side is making an emergency report to the police. Tetsuya-san, if you get any contact from Misako-sama, please tell us to contact the company before anything else.”
“……Got it.”
——That night.
No matter how far the clock hands moved, no contact from the hag ever came to me or the company.
Her disappearance from a locked room, just before a 3-billion-yen business deal.
Taking the abnormality of the situation seriously, the police officially started investigating this case as a “disappearance incident.”