By sweet-talking the gullible director, a certain FBI agent quickly got the role she wanted.
Remembering something, Jodie leaned closer and whispered furtively, "Keep the actress replacement a secret, okay? If Ran gets back in time, she still has to go onstage." They absolutely could not let Vermouth find out in advance.
In the past, Suzuki Sonoko would have found this foreign teacher rather strange. But now, she had long since considered the discerning Teacher Jodie a kindred spirit.
Suzuki Sonoko slapped her chest. "Don't worry! I'm a professional at keeping secrets. I'll tell them Ran's already back and putting on makeup backstage."
Jodie nodded in satisfaction. With the director's help, she avoided the others and went backstage to change into costume.
But once she had changed, she suddenly realized something.
Jodie: "..." Where was Vermouth?
Why had that woman disguised as the male school doctor not arrived yet? Wasn't she the male lead in this Stage Play?
"Could it be because I've been hiding backstage and didn't notice where she was?" Jodie muttered inwardly as she contacted a colleague mingling among the audience. "Have you seen Rotten Apple?"
Her colleague answered crisply, "No."
Jodie: "..."
...Something was off. The Stage Play was about to begin, yet the male lead still had not arrived?
She could not help asking, "Are you sure she isn't here?"
"Not sure." Her colleague scratched the back of his head and lowered his voice. "I'm only responsible for watching that girl. Isn't Dr. Araide Mr. Akai's responsibility?"
Jodie remembered and felt reassured. "I'll ask him."
Akai Shuichi was reliable most of the time, especially when it came to dealing with the Black Organization.
Yet this time, the call Jodie made rang until it disconnected automatically, unanswered.
"?" Jodie's heart, which had just settled, began pounding