The reporters in the front row chatted for a while, wiped off any poison that might have gotten on them, then began furiously pounding away at their keyboards to write their reports.
Having heard such explosive news, the two had rushed back without waiting to hear the rest—Hokkaido was already drawing near, and they had to organize everything they had just heard and send it out before the plane landed. Otherwise, the other passengers in first class would beat them to it. There was too much material; even with the three of them dividing the work, it would keep them busy for quite a while.
The three hardworking reporters had no idea how great an impact their earlier conversation had had on an innocent passenger in the back.
Okiya Subaru: "..." A trusted subordinate who had wanted to go to the United States, only to be stopped by his superior, and who had ultimately ruined his life through that act of defiance?
Was it just his imagination? The more he listened, the more familiar it sounded... Uzo, could Uzo be warning him again?! Or was this one of the warning plans that had originally been prepared, which Uzo simply could not be bothered to cancel even after he had surrendered?
No matter what, now that he had seen it, he could not ignore it.
Okiya Subaru silently took out his phone. With Airplane Mode on, he opened his mailbox and saved a draft first, intending to send the email to his superior as soon as he could—[I have absolutely no interest in the United States, nor am I unwilling to remain in Japan and serve at your command. It is my honor to be of value under your leadership.]
After writing those lines, Okiya Subaru looked back over them and