"You! Turn on the TV!" Hiroto barked at his assistant.
"Why, sir? Is there something important going on?" the assistant inquired, already reaching for the remote.
Hiroto's irritation simmered. "Just do what I say! Is that so difficult?"
The assistant scurried to turn on the television, flicking through channels until a news broadcast caught their attention. Hiroto's face filled the screen, his voice booming through the speakers in a pre-recorded interview.
"Sir, when did you give this interview? Is this fake?" the assistant stammered, panic lacing their voice. "Should I contact the media to stop it?"
Hiroto, however, remained unfazed, a satisfied smirk playing on his lips. "The interview is authentic," he declared, his gaze fixed on the screen. "There's no need for panic."
"Sir, you've never given an interview like this before," Aoi, Hiroto's assistant, stammered. "Why the sudden change? Did something happen? Are they blackmailing you?"
