Chapter 38

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Okada Naoyumi, who had been quietly watching the signing ceremony from a corner of the backstage, showed a look of surprise on her calm face!

"How do you feel... Do you think he's suitable to be your agent?" Okada Naoyumi turned her head to look at a pouting, fair-skinned girl.

This girl was SWEETPOWE's powerful new star, Hori Saki!

"Can I say he's not suitable..." Hori Saki said, then secretly glanced at Okada Naoyumi.

Okada Naoyumi didn't turn her head, coldly saying, "What do you think?"

Hori Saki stuck out her tongue cutely, pouting her lips...

She probably already had a bad impression of Kōkawa Hane...

"I have no objections..." Hori Saki, unable to oppose, reluctantly agreed.

Okada Naoyumi nodded in satisfaction, "Don't look at him as young and seemingly having nothing... In fact, he's better than your previous agents. Your previous agent treated you merely as a money-making tool... He might be different."

"I understand, President, but will he really sign with me?" Hori Saki asked uncertainly. If he doesn't sign, it would be very embarrassing.

"I'm not sure..."

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Press conference.

The last question was asked by a reporter from Fuji TV.

"Can you tell us why you chose to become an agent?"

Kōkawa Hane was slightly taken aback, a hint of bitterness and sorrow appearing at the corner of his mouth.

"It was when I was ten, and Yuko was only seven... She pointed at a singer on TV and said... 'Brother, I want to be like him... Brother, can you be my agent?' I gently shook my head... She said that if I didn't like her becoming a singer, she would study hard... Six years later, when I was in my third year of high school, she said to me again, 'Brother, I want to become a singer... Can you be my agent?' I refused her again... For the first time, I saw hesitation on her face... But she still smiled, saying that as long as her brother was happy, it was fine... But I knew she hadn't given up on her dream of becoming a singer... In college, I chose to study agency and management, obtained an agent's qualification... When I put the agent's qualification in front of her, she was as happy as a child..." Kōkawa Hane recalled the moments with his sister, a hint of sweetness on his lips.

Everyone at the scene listened quietly to Kōkawa Hane's story, and Okada Naoyumi and Hori Saki in the backstage were equally focused.

"Later... Later... I accidentally found a medical report in her room, it was hers... It said she wouldn't live more than three months... I couldn't believe it, I didn't want to believe it... But it was the truth... I should have known, her dream was to be a singer... I should have known long ago..." Kōkawa Hane's face showed a hint of pain.

The four girls standing behind him had red eyes, and even some female reporters in the crowd had moist eyes.

The host wanted to end the press conference, but Kōkawa Hane stopped him...

"I saw her medical report, but I pretended to know nothing... Every day when she came back, I asked her to sing for me for various reasons... I could see that she was very happy, even delighted... She wanted to tell me she wanted to become a singer many times, but she didn't... She was considering my feelings... I think she was afraid I would refuse her again... Until three months ago, when her life was about to end, she finally told me she wanted to become a singer... But I knew she would never become a singer... She told me not to cry, not to shed tears... She would become a singer in heaven, watching over me... I promised her... I didn't shed a tear in front of her... I swore to become the best agent in the country... I wanted her to see that her brother would carry on her dream... But I knew that the little girl who had always quietly followed me would never come back... She left like that..." By the end, Kōkawa Hane's voice had become abnormally hoarse.

Banbi Yūmi, Aragaki Yui, Hoshino Mitsu, and Shinoda Mariko, the four girls standing behind him, shed silent tears, and Ueda Ken, sitting next to Kōkawa Hane, sighed deeply.

The reporters in the audience were silent...

"I'm sorry, Mr. Kōkawa..." The Fuji TV reporter looked apologetic.

"It's nothing... If there are no more questions, then today's signing ceremony is over... Thank you all for your support..." Kōkawa Hane's face showed a smile that was even uglier than a frown.

Kōkawa Hane didn't know that a girl watching the signing ceremony on TV was already sobbing uncontrollably...

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After Kōkawa Hane returned to the reception hall, his mood was somewhat low. The four girls, Banbi Yūmi and the others, didn't want to disturb him...

After a long time, he sighed softly.

"Hey... What are those faces for... I'm not dead yet..." Kōkawa Hane, seeing the expressions of the four girls, tried to lighten the mood.

"Uncle... Don't worry... I won't let you down..." Banbi Yūmi's eyes were tearful...

"Why are you crying... It's not time to cry yet... One day, I'll make you cry enough."

"Arakaki-san, why are you also like this... I didn't do anything to you... If President Ueda sees this later... Don't say I bullied you..."

Aragaki Yui glared at Kōkawa Hane without saying a word... At that moment, Endō Sayuri came in.

"Mr. Kōkawa... Someone is looking for you..."

Kōkawa Hane looked at Endō Sayuri in confusion, "Not President Ueda?"

Endō Sayuri nodded lightly, which made Kōkawa Hane even more suspicious...

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