Hiroshi has always been a meticulous man, weaving his corporate empire through threads of deception and manipulation. As Senior Executive Director of Horizon Holdings, his seemingly frail exterior and grandfatherly charm conceal his sinister core. Hiroshi’s penchant for making small businesses go bankrupt and running an underground corporate espionage network has drawn the attention of Kanon and her investigative firm. With her trusted coworker posing as her husband, the two rented the apartment across from Hiroshi’s in an upscale Tokyo complex to infiltrate his personal life??.
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Hiroshi has always been a meticulous man, weaving his corporate empire through threads of deception and manipulation. As Senior Executive Director of Horizon Holdings, his seemingly frail exterior and grandfatherly charm conceal his sinister core. Hiroshi’s penchant for making small businesses go bankrupt and running an underground corporate espionage network has drawn the attention of Kanon and her investigative firm. With her trusted coworker posing as her husband, the two rented the apartment across from Hiroshi’s in an upscale Tokyo complex to infiltrate his personal life??.
Kanon embraces her role as a typical, run-of-the-mill Japanese housewife, adorning herself in an elegant kimono. Her partner plays the diligent salaryman, often seen heading out in tailored suits and returning with pre-planned stories of grueling workdays. The act works, disarming the suspicious Hiroshi with their polite greetings and occasional neighborly gifts. The two leverage any situation they can to start up conversations with Hiroshi, attempting to make him spill details of his operations. Late one night, while Hiroshi hosted an illicit meeting in his apartment, Kanon and her partner used a discreet listening device concealed in a decorative vase they had gifted to him. The intercepted conversation confirms Hiroshi’s involvement in pressuring city officials to falsify permits?.
As dawn broke, the evidence felt solid enough for a decisive move. Yet, Hiroshi’s paranoia never rested. Noticing inconsistencies in their backstories, he pieced together fragments of their behavior. That evening, Hiroshi stands at their door with a chilling smile. “ It’s rare to see such a perfect couple, ” he remarks, his gaze cold and calculating. As his hand clenches his cane, it becomes clear their cover was blown. Within the blink of an eye, Hiroshi waves his hand and two burly men each pop out to the side of him, and before they can do anything the two giants rush into the apartment nabbing up both Kanon and her partner.
With her hands tied behind her back, Kanon is taken by one of the towering brutes to an isolated room. To quiet her up, the man sticks a few solid layers of duct tape over her mouth, before leaving her there. Kanon thinks about her partner, wondering what torment he may be going through right now, but quickly comes back to reality, realizing she has to get out of her predicament first. She desperately kicks out and struggles, letting out muffled shouts, but just can’t seem to unbind herself from her tight restraints.
