His goal was to drive Kushida Kikyo's stock price back down to its initial value of 10 points. Now that he had successfully made a start today, he couldn't stop here.
He had to follow up with a meeting with Horikita Suzune and more varied interactions, choosing an excuse to approach her according to the situation at hand.
As long as he maintained a good attitude on the surface, Kushida couldn't do anything to him. With all those secrets of hers, he didn't have to worry about her openly turning against him. It was just what Hashiba Hikaru needed for his cash-cow plan. This girl was a great source of funds.
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After seeing Kushida Kikyo off, Hashiba Hikaru sat back down at his desk. He planned to check out the page where Sakura Airi was active as a Blog Idol. It had not only posted lots of photo collections of the girl, but also comments from fans cheering her on.
He had only just bought her stock, after all. Hashiba Hikaru thought that if he wanted to get closer to her, this side of Sakura Airi would be an important breakthrough. Perhaps it could even give her stock price a big boost, so it was worth doing some research ahead of time.
But as he looked through the photos, he noticed something strange.
One user's posts were incredibly passionate. They replied to almost every one of Sakura Airi's updates. If they had simply been expressing support, that would have been fine, but their comments reeked of an obsessive fan's fervor.
Things like, "I'll always be watching you, Shizuku-chan," "Our hearts are surely connected," and "I'll cheer you on every moment, Shizuku-chan."
If they were just delusional posts, that would have