"Didn't achieve anything?" Mop-headed man gave a bitter smile.
"Of course not. The president already had quite a reputation in the publishing industry back then. After I struck out on my own, he called everyone he knew one by one and told them not to place orders with a traitor like me.
"When I left, he gave me what seemed like his heartfelt blessings. Then, when I had nowhere else to go, he warmly took me back and let me work here again... If a friend from a publishing house hadn't told me the truth later, I might still be in the dark even now.
"The day I learned the truth happened to be the day Dr. Miyano came here with his family.
"The president had gone out for a walk to look for inspiration. I was driven mad with rage by the sudden revelation, so I went into the kitchen, picked up a kitchen Knife, and could think of nothing but how to kill him after he returned from his walk.
"Just as I was planning it, a child's voice suddenly came from behind me. Dr. Miyano's daughter, the one named 'Akemi,' had somehow wandered into the kitchen.
"She looked up at me worriedly and asked why my expression was so scary, why I was alone in the kitchen, whether I couldn't find something, or whether I wanted to hide something in there.
"Maybe because I was standing in front of the water tank, she assumed it was the latter. Then she told me, 'You mustn't hide things in the sink's garbage basket. Things in there can easily get thrown away.'"
By Jiang Xia's feet, Matsuda Jinpei was holding a wisp of Cigarette-flavored Killing Intent, idly trying to flatten it into the shape of tobacco leaves.
Hearing this, he