Chapter 378: Simple, Leave it to Me
Today was Saturday, and most students were resting. As the daughter of the Ryūzu Group's leader, Ryūzu Momo had no extra activities today and was lazily playing on her phone at home.
When she saw Kaede's incoming call, she answered it with surprise.
"Asakura?"
"Yes, good afternoon, Ryūzu-senpai," Kaede said. "I hope I'm not disturbing you?"
Ryūzu Momo, who was lying on the sofa, turned over, hugging a cushion, and said, "No, I'm usually quite free on weekends. Is something wrong?"
"It's like this, I have something I'd like to ask the Ryūzu Group to help with. I'm not sure if you've ever dealt with stalker-related incidents."
Glancing at Kawashima Ami opposite him, Kaede slowly explained Kawashima Ami's situation to Ryūzu Momo.
"Hmm~~ Kawashima Ami, I know that person. I've seen her in magazines."
After listening, Ryūzu Momo nodded, looked at the fashion magazine on the coffee table, and said, "Where are you now? I'll come over and talk to you in person. I also have something to tell you, Asakura."
"Come over? No problem."
Kaede gave the location of the Bunko, then hung up the phone and said to Kawashima Ami and Eriri, "Ryūzu-senpai is coming over now. We just need to wait a bit."
"Huh~~~ Ryūzu-senpai is coming over?" Eriri said in surprise. "It seems she's agreed to help, but I thought she'd just arrange for people directly. I didn't expect her to want to talk in person."
"Yes, and Senpai said she has something to talk to me about. I wonder what it is," Kaede mused. "The last time I contacted Senpai was during New Year, right? Why is she suddenly saying she has something to discuss?"
"Hehe, it won't be anything major anyway."
"True."
Nodding, Kaede noticed Kawashima Ami was a bit nervous, so he comforted her, "Don't worry, even though Ryūzu-senpai has a somewhat special identity, she's a good person. You don't need to be afraid of her background. When she was at school, she even held meetings with the son of the Superintendent General of the Metropolitan Police Department."
"...Shuchiin Academy, truly a magical place."
Fifteen minutes later, Ryūzu Momo arrived at the Bunko.
Kaede welcomed her in and led her to the reception room, where Ryūzu Momo saw Eriri and Kawashima Ami.
After introductions and getting acquainted, Ryūzu Momo looked at Kawashima Ami and said, "I generally understand your situation. It's just an obsessed fan. Our group has encountered similar things before, helping several popular idols at the time resolve similar issues. However, their situations were much more serious than yours; their residences had already been discovered, and it was just short of them staking out their doors."
Hearing Ryūzu Momo say this, Kawashima Ami felt goosebumps on her arms and couldn't help but hug them, saying, "Then, Ryūzu-senpai..."
Waving her hand, Ryūzu Momo said, "I'll help with this, but let me make it clear, it's not free. After all, I need to arrange for people to search and stake out, in case your residence is also found by the other party. But you're a model, so you definitely don't lack money. I won't extort you; normal detective agency fees will suffice. Of course, more people will be dispatched, so the price will be slightly higher. We have a related agency, and we'll follow normal contract procedures."
As she spoke, Ryūzu Momo made a gesture. Although Kawashima Ami felt a bit pained by the cost, she immediately nodded, "No problem!"
"OK, you just live your life normally. I'll have someone notify you when there are results." With that, Ryūzu Momo looked at Kaede. "Now, let's talk about the other matter. Asakura, it seems you put in a lot of effort regarding Shirogane and Shinomiya's situation?"
"Huh?" Kaede was momentarily stunned, then nodded, "Ah, that's indeed the case. The only male student Senpai had a good relationship with at school was Ishigami Yuu. You know Ishigami's personality, Senpai; it's unrealistic to ask him to give Senpai advice. So, within the scope of what I could help with, I gave Senpai some ideas. Of course, ultimately, being able to date Shinomiya-senpai was the result of Shirogane-senpai's own actions. Otherwise, no matter how much I said, it would have been useless."
"That's true."
Ryūzu Momo leaned back on the sofa, exhaling, and said, "Fortunately, it's over. Otherwise, with Shirogane's personality, who knows how many troublesome requests he would have asked of me. He really didn't dare to confess before, but he had a ton of other wild ideas."
"Agreed!"
On the discussion of Shirogane Miyuki's personality, Kaede and Ryūzu Momo reached a high degree of consensus.
Ryūzu Momo did not stay long. After discussing the matters, she excused herself to make arrangements, promising to provide results within a week and to bring Kawashima Ami to meet the stalker then.
Looking at Ryūzu Momo, who was preparing to leave, Kawashima Ami, despite having heard it once from Kaede, still asked nervously, "Um, Ryūzu-senpai, you really are just helping me find that person, right?"
"Hmm?"
Seeing Kawashima Ami's expression, Ryūzu Momo immediately understood and waved her hand dismissively, saying, "Don't worry, don't worry, we stopped doing those kinds of things a long time ago. Our restaurants and a series of legitimate businesses are much more profitable. Helping you is purely out of knowing Asakura and Sawamura, and to help a girl living alone in Tokyo. Of course, if our investigation reveals that the stalker is doing other bad things, then we will naturally hand him over to the police."
Honestly, hearing such words from the daughter of a yakuza boss was quite a humbling experience.
However, with that promise, Kawashima Ami, no matter what, did not want any other serious issues to arise.
After seeing Ryūzu Momo off, Kaede and Eriri first took Kawashima Ami home. Their planned trip to the arcade was also canceled.
After dropping her off at her apartment and checking the surroundings for any stalkers, the two then went to the supermarket to buy ingredients for dinner.
While choosing vegetables, Eriri said, "Stalkers, those obsessed fans are truly scary, especially for girls like Ami who live alone. If the apartment security is good, like our apartment, it's fine. But if it's a regular apartment, then it's really worrying."
"Indeed," Kaede nodded. "These kinds of incidents are really not uncommon, and they're hard to stop; people pop up from time to time. Kawashima Ami is lucky that her address hasn't been discovered yet, but the fact that the stalker reappeared after she moved proves that it's not far from her address being found. Fortunately, Ryūzu-senpai has dealt with these kinds of things before, so it should be resolved quickly."
"Speaking of which, Kaede-kun."
Putting a cabbage into the shopping cart, Eriri asked curiously, "After catching the stalker, they really won't do anything to him, will they?"
"Hmm~~~"
Kaede's tone twisted a few times, then he chuckled and said, "Don't worry, he won't be sunk in Tokyo Bay, but a good beating is absolutely unavoidable. People like that just need a harsh lesson from society. It's just that we haven't been bothered; otherwise, my retaliation wouldn't just involve finding people."
As he spoke, Kaede gently pinched Eriri's cheek, his face full of doting affection.