The King of Curses Can't Stop Me from Becoming an Idol Ch. 21

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The day before the ad shoot, in order to ensure she was in the best shape for tomorrow, Saki got ready to go to bed early at 8 PM.

However, just as she lay down in bed, her manager knocked on the door, so she had to get up and meet the person.

Kinoshita was there to deliver the script for the ad shoot the next day, along with some bad news.

"The advertiser just notified us that they've changed the male lead for the collaboration."

"Who did they change to?" Saki frowned and asked.

"Ooi Kaito," Kinoshita replied truthfully.

Saki knew who he was. He was a male group member who debuted only last year. His popularity wasn't great, but he had a lot of tabloid news, and she had come across his name several times.

"This guy has a bad reputation. I asked some colleagues I'm familiar with, and he does indeed like to harass female co-stars behind the scenes," Kinoshita explained seriously, pleading, "So you really need to be careful."

"Mm-hmm, I'll protect myself..." Saki nodded seriously.

"Just don't kill anyone when you make a move," Kinoshita cut off the rest of the girl's sentence.

Saki: "..."

"And try not to make a move in public. It'll be harder to deal with if people see it," Kinoshita added.

Saki: "..."

Saki felt a bit frustrated. Well, okay, compared to worrying about her getting hurt, it was actually reasonable that everyone was more concerned about the safety of the other party.

"What's hard to deal with?" Saitama, who had just opened the door, happened to hear the last part and immediately voiced his confusion.

Kinoshita knew Saitama, even knowing about that mysterious door, so he wasn't surprised when he appeared in the living room. He directly explained the situation about the male lead being changed for tomorrow and mentioned the male lead's bad reputation.

Saitama's expression turned serious after hearing it. He immediately insisted, "Then I'm going with you tomorrow."

Just as Saki had a bit of a brother-complex, Saitama had a bit of a sister-complex. After all, their parents had passed away when they were young, and his sister was seven years younger than him, so he basically raised her.

This kind of thing clearly hit a parental nerve for him. Even though he knew his sister could knock out a hundred perverts with one punch, he was still going to go with her.

Kinoshita had no objections to the fact that Saitama, as the older brother, was going along, and took the opportunity to suggest, "Since Mr. Saitama is coming, I'll leave the matter of taking action to you."

He then reminded Saki again, "Kiki, just watch and don't take action. You need to maintain your image."

Wait, this made it sound like the siblings were going to the shoot just to beat someone up.

"Of course, it's better if we don't have to make a move," he quickly added as a correction.

"Don't worry, Mandelin-san, we won't hit anyone casually," Saki promised obediently.

Kinoshita wasn't entirely reassured, but he had said everything he needed to say. After reminding his artist to get some rest, he left.

The idol industry might seem glamorous, but there was a lot of darkness behind the scenes. He'd encountered similar situations before. Every time, the girl had acted without hesitation, sending people straight to the ICU.

She still managed to maintain her pure and innocent image in public, all thanks to the efforts of the Inugane Group behind the scenes.

—Every time Saki hit someone, Inugane Onimanjiro would bring his team to threaten the person into settling things quietly.

The next afternoon, after having lunch together, Saki and Saitama got into their manager's car.

The three of them headed to the shooting location, which was in the suburbs.

On the way, Kinoshita reminded the siblings again not to act rashly, especially not to make a move in front of everyone.

Saki and Saitama nodded repeatedly to show they understood. Then, less than twenty minutes after arriving at the set, the two had already beaten up the entire crew.

Kinoshita: "..."

Kinoshita stood there, expressionless, watching the staff members writhing on the ground in pain. He pulled out his phone and dialed the company president.

"President, you've got some work to do now."

While he was on the phone, Saitama was still holding the director by the collar, "negotiating" with him.

"My sister is still just a child. She absolutely cannot do a kissing scene, absolutely not! Change the script back right now."

The director nodded frantically.

Faced with the siblings' force, the shooting continued an hour later. Some of the more seriously injured staff were sent to the hospital for treatment, while the rest, with bruised faces, continued working.

The male lead was switched back to the original actor, who was urgently called in.

Saki finally started her actual shooting. She was quite dedicated to her work. The director didn't dare call "cut" for fear of getting hit, and it was actually Saki herself who felt her performance wasn't good enough, asking multiple times to reshoot.

Saitama sat off to the side, watching the shoot. Halfway through, he suddenly felt the need to go to the bathroom. After asking a staff member for the location of the nearest public restroom, he temporarily left the set.

Just as he came out of the public restroom, something strange happened. The once clear sky suddenly darkened in an eerie way.

It was as if something had covered the area, blocking out all the sunlight.

"Huh?" Saitama murmured in confusion but didn't think much of it and continued walking back toward the set.

He wasn't a jujutsu sorcerer, so he couldn't see cursed spirits, and thus, he didn't notice the blue-haired young man walking toward him.

It was Mahito.

Once the person confirmed that Saitama couldn't see him, an excited grin spread across his face. He extended his hand toward Saitama with malicious intent.

As long as he touched him, he would be able to activate his cursed technique and change the shape of Saitama's soul. He couldn't wait to see the expression on the person who was Ryomen Sukuna's vessel when she saw her brother turned into a monster.

Saitama was completely unaware. Just then, a small insect flew by, and he casually swatted it away.

"Smack!"

The excited grin on the person's face instantly froze as the slap hit him, distorting his entire face with the overwhelming force.

In the next second, he vanished into the sky like a shooting star.

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