Thursday, June 4th. - Tokyo TV Station.
It only took him a day and a half before the results from the investigation were right in front of him. There were details of Sumire having a bad relationship with her previous company and how they exploited her. It seemed like they never intended to promote her as their top artist and only scouted her due to her being a member of the Ibuki family. The company was on the verge of decline, and recruiting Ibuki was their way of saving themselves.
The more he read, the angrier he felt. How could he have been so stupid? The signs were all there, and they even admitted that they would be cutting Ibuki off.
Back then, he assumed that perhaps Sumire had received a different offer that she had accepted already, and that's why the company was planning on cutting her off before she left. How wrong was he?