Thorn Part 9

HINO

"What do you mean by that?" Hino said with a frown.

"It's true grandmother and mother had plans to attack Ibuki so she would be out of commission for a while, and I would step in to take her job opportunities. In fact if you didn't find such a good replacement, the jobs would have fallen to me."

That's exactly why he had to find someone to replace Sumire. He can't let D entertainment take their connections. 

"You're talking in past tense, did you abort the plan?"

Akane nodded and sighed. "We aborted the plan because big brother found out."

"Sano did?" Hino said surprised.