The Gemini Princess wants me to confess my feelings!

Life is full of surprises.

When the other party mentioned a "recording pen," Mori Kiyoha instead believed that everything she had experienced was an accident.

The voice recorder—not a phone or recording device, but a voice recorder—was so clear and precise that her brain almost instantly understood what it meant.

She didn't even tell her sister what happened today.

The only people who knew about her plan were a bodyguard and a maid, two participants in the operation.

Mori Kiyoha's beautiful brows furrowed deeply.

As they led her away, she glanced at the agreed-upon location, where Kurokawa, disguised, was supposed to be standing, but he had vanished.

Mori Kiyoha was taken to a club not far from the shopping mall.

The club was not open for business; only Mori Kiyoha, that woman, and five thugs were present.

One of them stayed in the small room, keeping an eye on Mori Kiyoha.

The woman looked at Sen Qingye and smiled, saying, "Second Miss, how did you know about our methods?"

Mori Kiyoha did not answer.

"Never mind," the woman said. "That's true. Such low-level tactics can only be used to threaten those clueless students. They won't dare to speak up when threatened, and even if they do, no one will believe them. We originally thought you were one of the fools, and that we could control you with a little threat, but we were wrong."

"Given your family's background, if you actually get the evidence, we'll be the ones in deep trouble."

"We shouldn't have underestimated the Mori family; you almost succeeded."

If there were no traitors, he had indeed succeeded, Mori Kiyoha thought.

The woman said sarcastically, "Please relax a little, Miss. To show our respect for you, they even sent a woman, namely me, to approach you."

We will not allow you to suffer any physical harm; we will ensure you leave here unharmed and at peace.

Mori Kiyoha flicked a strand of her silver hair, finally speaking with a mocking tone, "So what other tricks do you have up your sleeve?"

The woman snapped her fingers, and her subordinate in front of her handed her a package: "This is the contraband you just transported."

Mori Kiyoha understood.

What contraband was inside? She didn't know, but it was probably their means of controlling her.

Sen Qingye remained silent, her delicate hands clenched tightly until her knuckles turned slightly white.

The woman's voice, soft and low, echoed in the dimly lit room with its curtains drawn, shattering Mori Kiyoha's last illusions: "Don't even think about it. That loyal maid won't find out you're missing anytime soon."

"No one will come to save you."

Click, the lights in the room suddenly went out.

Sen Qingye shivered, mistaking the lights going out as a sign that the other side was about to take action. However, she did not expect that the woman on the other side would look at the thugs guarding the door with the same astonishment.

"Go and see what's going on," the woman ordered.

The thug nodded, opened the door and was about to leave when the woman turned around and swallowed her own order: "Wait, call the guard outside first."

The thug took out his phone and dialed a number.

There was no response.

He dialed another number, and after a long ringing, the call finally went through.

The moment the call connected, an extremely piercing wail came from the other end of the line, as if it were about to pierce his eardrums.

The terrifying wails echoed clearly throughout the room, even through the limitations of the cell phone.

The woman and the thug looked at each other, fear creeping up their spines.

……

……

The night before, Kirihara Akira noticed Asahi Kasane's strange behavior.

Actually, it wasn't just yesterday; from the very first day she stepped into this house and the moment she had a conflict with the maid, Kirihara Akira had been keeping a close eye on the maid's every move.

Asahi and Kanade are highly suspected of installing surveillance cameras in their rooms.

After all, the room he stayed in was an empty guest room that hadn't been lived in for many years. The daily cleaning was done by the maids, and the cleaning and bedding changes before he checked in were the responsibility of Asahi and Kanade.

If you follow this logic, you'll find something that doesn't make sense.

Asahi Kanade is a full-time maid in the Mori family. She has lived in the Mori family as the second young lady's playmate since birth. After growing up, she became a maid in the family and rarely had any personal time. How did someone like that manage to install those professional eavesdropping and surveillance devices in her own room?

Two different explanations can be easily deduced: either those things were not worn by Asahi and Kanade, or Asahi and Kanade had accomplices.

These two things seem completely different, but in Kirihara Akira's opinion, they are actually quite similar.

If it wasn't Asahi Kazusa who did it, then who else in the house has the means to obtain the equipment and is reasonably located near the house?

If it was Asahi Kazusa who did it, then the logic is the same: where did she get these professional equipment from?

As luck would have it, there was a professional team at home responsible for the security of the mansion.

With this in mind, he observed the house for a long time, and finally last night, he caught Asahi and Kanade having a secret rendezvous.

The person who secretly met with Asahi Kasano... was the bodyguard Kurokawa.

He had been here for quite some time, and this was the first time the two of them had given themselves away, so Kirihara Akira guessed what would happen next.

He initially thought this would happen to him.

……

On the day.

Kirihara Akira saw Kurokawa in disguise, and Kurokawa also saw Kirihara Akira.

After a mere second of collision, the two simultaneously looked away, as if the other were not a real person there.

Kirihara Akira stood there for a while, then decided to try the same trick again.

Just like when he first entered the world and lured the gangsters, he deliberately turned into a secluded alley and looked back.

There was no one behind.

Kirihara Akira was silent for a moment, then muttered to herself, "They weren't coming for me?"

After thinking for a moment, he turned back.

Kurokawa has disappeared without a trace.

Kirihara Akira scratched his head, muttering to himself that he was being presumptuous, and took a step to leave. But as he turned around, he coincidentally saw that eye-catching silver hair disappear in a flash as it walked through the mall passage below the stairs.

Kirihara Akira narrowed her eyes, a possibility flashing through her mind.

He quietly followed them.

Aside from Mori Kiyoha, there were five men and one woman of varying heights, builds, and builds. Two of them were quite muscular, but showed no signs of combat training, their postures were rather loose, and they had a strong bandit-like air about them.

Is it the underworld? Kirihara Akira guessed.

After a short walk, as soon as he emerged from the underground passage, he saw Sen Qingye being led into an unopened club.

He didn't know what the play meant, but he could see Mori Kiyoha's stiff movements due to panic.

In addition, he couldn't find Kurokawa, and this bodyguard should have been by the young lady's side at all times.

Combining the two, Kirihara Akira had a bad feeling.

Is this young lady caught up in some incident and unable to extricate herself?

With that thought in mind, Kirihara Akira walked to the public phone booth by the roadside almost without hesitation, picked up the receiver, but hesitated for a moment.

After a moment, Kirihara Akira made her decision and inserted a coin.

The call was quickly answered, and Kirihara Akira said, "Kisaragi-sensei, this is Kirihara Akira. It's urgent, so I'll get straight to the point."

"I discovered that some of my classmates were forcibly taken to a club called 'Stardust' on Ueda Street by six people who appear to be gangsters. The situation is urgent, and I would like to ask you to call the police on my behalf."

"The kidnapped student's name is Mori Kiyoha."

"The other side has a gun."

"Yes, please do it as soon as possible."

After hanging up the phone, Shiori Kisaragi didn't ask any further questions and swiftly went to report the incident to the police.

Kirihara Akira believed in her professionalism, but now there was an even more serious problem.

The club was a dark room for him. Mori Kiyoha had already been taken inside. Starting now, it would take the police about five minutes to get there from where they left off.

Should he stand by and wait for those five minutes to pass?