When the matches finished, and everyone excitedly talked about the new underground fighting arena, Masa left with Nozomi, Hana, and Ichika to go to a good Chinese restaurant nearby.
"You're not going to go after him, Rino?"
A man with a Sasuke-like hairstyle expressionlessly stared at Masa's back, then Rino. If Rino told him that she was going to meet another man, then he would be jealous and even try to kill that person, but this young man was different, and he even spent quite a while dressing up so he could make a good impression of this young man.
Still, he never knew that this young man was so... enigmatic and unique, but thinking of the young man's relationship with Rino, he felt that it was normal, he thought.
"Fufufu..." Rino only chuckled and said, "It's fine. There will be a lot of chances in the future." Her expression was gentle and charming as always, yet inside, no one really knew.
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"CHEERS!" 4x
While Masa didn't drink alcohol, he took a sip of cold tea as he enjoyed the feast.
"It's great we get a lot of money!"
"There is none of our information there! It's great that those fighters are so obedient that they don't dare to say anything."
Still, while Ichika and Hana were happy with the success of their first underground fighter ground, Masa and Nozomi were as cool-headed as ever.
"Nope, if this continues, then it won't work."
"Huh?" 2x
Before Nozomi said anything, she glanced at Masa, who said, "You are more familiar with this matter than I am, Nozomi-nee. I will just listen."
"Okay, then."
Nozomi knew that Masa knew what was the best way to develop this underground fighting arena, but he gave the stage to her since she was the co-founder of this place, and Masa was just an inventor, so she quickly told everything that she needed to say to make this venture successful.
"Is it a failure?"
"No, it isn't a failure, and it's a success, but if this continues, then it won't be good."
Yes, everything in the beginning was good, but if this continued, then everyone would be bored. While the intensity was something that couldn't be found in the public fighting arenas, it was rather monotone without much of a suspense that caused the heart of everyone to be filled with zeal and fire.
"Moreover, the audience."
The audience from that first fight was nothing but the friends of those fighters; they were as good as paupers, and to make everything work, they needed to have wealthier audiences.
"Lastly, and more importantly, we need charismatic fighters that can draw people like magnets."
When Masa heard those words, a picture of one girl suddenly emerged in his mind, which made his lips twitch, but considering the danger of that girl, he decided to remain silent since he didn't think that the three of them could control this girl.
Or rather, he believed that this girl would be the one who controlled these three.
Nevertheless, in summary, to make this place successful, one needed good fighters who could provide the audience, especially the wealthy ones, with a good fight.
It was as simple as that, and as for the rest, it could be managed easily, especially when they didn't lack a resource from Masa, Hana, and Ichika.
Still, there was one question that they wanted to ask.
"Why was that "Queen of Night" there?"
Kurayoshi Rino.
This was a famous figure, and whether it was Nozomi, Haha, or Ichika, the three of them were familiar with Rino, as she was a famous businesswoman and also the CEO of "Gold Pleasure Group," which was known as one of the largest leisure businesses in the country.
Now, what is leisure?
Well, it was clear, right?
Still, this business wasn't as vulgar as prostitution since, in this country, there was a job known as a hostess, which was a woman who accompanied someone to drink. Naturally, if the relationship between the customer and the hostess were good, and they had a connection, then it might not be impossible for the two to have a further relationship.
Nevertheless, while the main business of the "Gold Leisure Group" was a club, it was also a real estate company that leveraged the value of the land by using the club, similar to Starbucks, but in a night industry, and using that money to expand even further, and probably became one of the biggest players in this sector of business.
Still, due to that, Rino often used Masa's service in his "Merging & Acquisition" company to acquire various clubs in many parts of this country, considering how fast his work was.
Nevertheless, the "Gold Leisure Group" was a huge company in this country with Rino as the CEO, the helm, and the leader of this group, so why did someone like her come to a small underground fighting arena that had just opened?
Somehow, the three stared at Masa at the same time with blank gazes.
Masa's lips twitched and asked, "Do you think I have a relationship with her?"
"Aren't you?" 3x
"She might be my client, but I just met her several times to help her acquire various clubs in Tokyo and other cities."
Yup, it wasn't his first time to meet Rino, but it was just once, and even if she was beautiful, he, who was quite conservative, didn't have much of an interest in her since, in his mind, he just wanted to make money at that time, and he also had a girlfriend. More importantly, he didn't have to have women from the night industry.
He knew that his choice of words might make him labeled as discriminated against, but it was just a matter of taste, okay?
After all, what kind of man was okay with having their woman work at night to serve another man at night?
While no sex was involved, Masa couldn't accept his women to have such a job.
"You know my "Merging and Acquisition" company, right? In the beginning, I helped a lot, but as it grew and many started to use the service, I worked behind the scenes, and I hardly met her after that, especially after I expanded my market globally."
Masa often met Rino, but his attitude was rather flat, and he treated her like a customer even though she appeared to want a closer relationship. Still, once again, he had a girlfriend, and he didn't have any plans to go further with such a woman.
"Did you tell her about this underground fighting arena?"
"If I do, then all of your audience won't be paupers, okay?"
"...." Nozomi, Hana, and Ichika.
Masa didn't want them to have a big venue directly and invited all of the people he knew, but slowly accumulated their experiences before he helped them to go all out, and they also understood that, so they didn't say much.
Still—
"Then, why didn't you greet her before?"
After all, if Rino was Masa's big client, then why didn't he greet her?"
"I disguised myself so she didn't realize that it was me, and I was too lazy to do business at that time."
"Well, that's true. You have been working too hard lately."
"Yup, resting is important."
Anyway, Rino wouldn't know that it was Masa as he wore his disguise, and probably, she had just visited the area curiously because she happened to be nearby.
Still, Nozomi pouted at Masa since she knew well that the reason why Masa didn't greet Rino was her, but then again, strangely enough, she was pleased.
"Anyway, it's all a good start! Let's have a party first!"
"OOOOOOOOHHHH!" 3x
While there were many things that they had to fix, overall, this venture achieved success, and they thought to celebrate it.
"Don't drink too much! If you are drunk, then I will take care of you, right? I have to go to school tomorrow!"
After hearing the last sentence, the three quickly stopped since Masa had gone to school.
"Then, let's continue our party at Masa's house!"
"OH!"
"...." Masa and Nozomi.
Still, as the two of them stayed at their house, they didn't think too much, and they just thought about continuing their party, but probably, they had been lucky that they were unlucky now.
"Wow, one man with three women, aren't you so lucky?"
"Boy, care to share some with us?!"
"Oi, three Onee-chans, just ditch him, and all of us will give you a heaven~!"
"..." 4x
Watching a group of people with a strange get-up and pompadour hairstyles staring lustfully at Nozomi, Ichika, and Hana.
No, it should be all of them staring at Hana, who was the most beautiful and took care of her beauty the most.
Yet, there was no doubt this was a troublesome situation for them.