The Guy Who Messed Up Is Gradually Doing His Best - Chapter 84: (Toujou Reika's Perspective)

“Why would you do something like this…”

I, Toujou Reika, was reading through the documents handed to me by my friend and aide, Kaede, and was at my wit’s end.

Kazuya was scheduled to appear on the special program “Let’s Sing and Dance Together” for Happy Day. His fans were surely looking forward to it.

“I never thought you were such a foolish and shallow-minded person.”

This program is a special show that airs only once a year on Happy Day, but it is a long-running series that has been continued since the time of my grandmother.

Such programs are not something anyone can just appear on.

This year, singers who have been active and talented, those who are likely to become a topic of conversation if they perform, those who were popular in the past and are hoped to make a comeback, and those supported by public opinion are comprehensively selected based on these criteria.

Canceling such a program by sending a pre-recorded video at the last minute. He often arrives late for rehearsals, so no one notices until the very last moment.

Furthermore, there was a live stream on netTube at the same time as the program’s broadcast. Anyone who hears about it would judge that his actions have malicious intent, right?

Is he aware? To be frank, his singing ability is just average. Without the added value of being a man and the backing of the Toujou family, it would have been difficult for him to appear on this show.

However, as expected, Gouda Taketo-san’s singing ability is genuine. If it weren’t for our support, Kazuya-san, who was promoted earlier, would have already been surpassed.

There was a time when I thought that if I did that, our Toujou Group, which had been supporting him, would be in trouble.

That’s right. This special program had the lowest ratings ever.

My grandmother had been looking forward to it as she was greatly disheartened and in lament.

Kazuya-san, this is the result he desired, isn’t it? Well, it’s not solely his responsibility, but the resentment from the Toujou Group and its affiliates, who were backing him, is quite significant.

It seems he is moving towards breaking off the engagement with me, which had been on hold (due to contracts related to dramas, quiz shows, modeling, and commercials, an immediate cancellation of the engagement is impossible).

Well, it was fortunate that I found out before marriage that he held such views.

“My lady, shall I call Kazuya-san here?”

“Hmm. It’s not necessary… Haa, please stop making that face. Fine, fine, I can’t hide anything from Kaede anyway. I don’t want to see Kazuya’s… no, his face for a while.”

“That’s true. To be honest, I don’t want to see him either.”

“Kaede has been like that since she started gathering information about him.”

“There are no decent men in this world.”

“Ha… that might be true. We can terminate his appearance contracts with each network based on this incident, but there are still fans looking forward to his appearances, even someone like him. His acting is poor, but he is currently starring in a drama, and he has already been confirmed for a role in a drama starting in January. For now, we’ll just have to wait and see.”

“That person has some extreme fans.”

“Yeah, but it should be getting better than before.”

I was aware from prior research that he possesses the special psychic abilities of “Psychic Eye (Thought Induction)” and “Charm Up (Charm Enhancement).”

It seems the level was low, but the mind-controlling eye was troublesome. His eyes were especially special, and just by looking at it through a video, people would believe his words. Because of that, even extreme fans who supported him were created.

Since that psychic ability is nothing but a hassle when used frequently, we made sure to implement countermeasures around him and even gifted him a luxury watch embedded with a stone to weaken its effect. The fact that he wears it on his wrist every day means it suits his taste, doesn’t it?

However, the frightening aspect of this is that the person believes they are activating their psychic ability, but its effect is diluted by the Stone. It is often used in buildings where important transactions take place and in public facilities.

The effect on the surroundings must have significantly diminished if it hasn’t been updated.

“Hehe. That’s right.”

“Finally, a smile appeared. However, it would be frustrating to be looked down upon without doing anything.”

I took out my smartphone and touched its screen to operate it.

“Hehe. I unsubscribed from his channel. Instead, shall I subscribe to Gouda Taketo’s ‘Armed Girls’ channel?”

“May I join as well?”

“Yes. Of course, I don’t mind.”

My friend Kaede, who is also my attendant, took out her smartphone and operated it in the same way. She seemed to sense something by looking at my face.

It goes without saying that on this day, Sawakaze Kazuya’s channel saw a decrease in subscribers by several hundred thousand, while the Armed Girls channel experienced an increase in subscribers like never before.