"God, I'd never even heard of this island. I didn't know there was a place like this on the map. The production crew really managed to find it..."
"Probably some nameless deserted island. Cheaper that way."
"If they really wanted to save money, shouldn't they have just scrapped the whole idea of leaving the mainland? I still don't get why a variety show has to go out to sea."
"Who knows? If this weren't a variety show, I'd think it was some kind of scam ring planning human trafficking..."
Rena Mizunashi followed behind the young people, listening to their complaints ahead of her as she silently cast a condemning look at Kumeru, who strolled leisurely at the very back.
Why had they been arranged to come to such a godforsaken place? Why ask her? Ask Kumeru.
Aside from the parts she had handled through her years of media experience and instinct, such as Shinichi Kudo's voice source, nearly every aspect of the show had been planned by Kumeru himself.
She had heard the concept had originally been Natsuki Koshi's idea, intended to find out which detective had produced a wrongful conviction. But whatever the original plan had been, Kumeru's involvement had thoroughly transformed the nature of the variety show.
Rena Mizunashi expected that, after Kumeru got his hands on it and edited it down, the final program would air in a very different form...
Well, after spending only a few months actively appearing on Nichitv as a guest, he had managed to gain so much initiative that he could even arrange and influence an entire show. She had to admit that Kumeru was remarkably capable.
How wonderful would it have been if this guy had nothing to do with the Organization...
Oblivious to her resentment, Tang Ze Zhao trailed at