The fourth episode of the drama series "The Hot Spot" (NTV, Sunday 10:30 pm), starring actress Ichikawa Mikako, was broadcast on February 2nd. Towards the end of the episode, Takahashi (Kadota Akihiro), who works at a business hotel, was shown using his "alien" abilities to resolve the "foreshadowing" from the beginning of the episode, which caused a stir on social media.
◇The following contains spoilers.
Kiyomi (Ichikawa) bumps into her classmate Ayano (Kinami Haruka) at a local supermarket. When the two go shopping and leave the store, they find that the electric bike Ayano was riding on has been stolen by someone. Ayano gets angry and says, "I don't care if the bike doesn't come back, I just want to grab her by the back of her head and make her drink the muddy water from a puddle," but she eventually gives up. Kiyomi encourages her, saying, "Don't worry, you'll find her."
In the evening, Kiyomi goes to work at the hotel and asks Takahashi to use his alien powers to get Ayano's bike back, but Takahashi is too lazy to comply.
As it was the middle of the exam season, there were many students at the hotel, and Kiyomi reminisced about her school days. Meanwhile, troubles continued to occur, such as the hot water suddenly stopping in the rooms in the middle of the night and a customer (Kaito Yoshimura) coming in to complain. Kiyomi and Takahashi were busy dealing with the situation... and so it unfolded.
When Kiyomi finds out that a guest who is taking exams has left his exam ticket in the room, she asks Takahashi to use his ability to deliver it. Despite his reluctance, Takahashi chases after the student at high speed and encounters a convenience store robber on a bicycle. He receives a security colored ball from the store clerk and uses his ability to hit the robber in the back of the head from a distance. The robber falls over with his bicycle and lands face-first in a muddy puddle nearby.
It was later revealed that the bike the robber was riding was Ayano's electric bike, and just as Ayano had wished, the thief was forced to drink the muddy water.
On social media, there was a flood of excited comments about these plot twists. "He stuck his face in the muddy water!" "The plot twists were resolved! LOL", "Takahashi is on a roll", "The plot twists were resolved in a flurry of success, as expected!" and other comments were posted, attracting a lot of attention.
