The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 325 The Child I Pushed (14)

"All departments, please take your positions. Filming is about to begin..."

The assistant was shouting at the shooting site with a loud speaker, while Director Tamura was sitting behind the camera, observing the lens. As a director of a TV program, didn't he also want to be a great film director?
Although it's just a sitcom now, it has fulfilled part of his dream.

They are currently filming an idol event scene in the rented studio on the 2nd floor.

The three idols were jumping around on the stage as if they were doing their usual activities, while the fans in the audience were performing their cheering dance in unison, creating an extremely lively atmosphere.

"Hehe~ It turns out that this way of cheering is more pleasing to the eye." Ajian said with satisfaction.

In fact, before filming began, Director Tamura originally planned to use extras and staff on the scene to guest star as the audience. However, after knowing her own role, Kiki, at the suggestion of the president of the fan support club (Ajian), called on volunteers among the fans to complete the filming of this sitcom.

Director Tamura was very happy when he learned about this. He didn't expect that the three little idols invited by Teacher Qian could actually bring their own dry food and waive the fees for extras. It was really a pleasant surprise.

Not to mention that this does make the scene feel more realistic than having extras waving light sticks around randomly, as if they were really performing idol activities.

"Ahhhh! Qiqi! I love you, I love you aaaaaahhh!!! Come on!!!"

Well, this is indeed idol activity.

"Cut!" Director Tamura shouted angrily, "Drag that troublemaker out! You called the wrong name! We are filming a sitcom now, and the character's name is Angel, don't call him by the wrong name!"

On the stage, Kiki panicked and apologized to director Tamura, then quickly comforted and encouraged her fans and communicated with them.

The vice president of the fan club who was in charge of coordination, the bespectacled otaku, shouted to the others, "Everyone, pay attention. This photo shoot is very important for Princess Qiqi's future. Don't let the situation just now happen again. If anyone can't control himself again, don't blame me for being rude and expelling him from the fan club! Do you understand?"

"Oh!"

The vice president with glasses wiped the sweat from his cheering dance and murmured, "Really? The president didn't even come to such an important event..."

"Ah!"

Inuyama Heita, who was standing on the sidelines, suddenly sneezed. He put on his coat and muttered, "Even if there's air conditioning, I still have to put on my clothes properly..."

At this moment, Ajian suddenly felt something and went straight into Inuyama Heita's pocket. Inuyama Heita turned his head in confusion, and then met the eyes of Suzuna who was wearing a detective suit.

"So you're Mr. Qian's assistant? He's also a psychic, so it's normal for there to be some paranormal phenomena around him." Lingna turned around, forgot about the strange feeling just now, and prepared to start the second part of the filming on the sidelines.

"It's Ms. Suzuna." Inuyama Heita asked Qian Xiaoyi, "She is playing the role of a detective in this episode? But I remember that the guest who guessed the truth correctly in the last episode was not her?"

"That was a man." Qian Xiaoyi said, "And the prototype of this case is a woman, so Ling Na was chosen first. By the way, she actually wanted to play the role of an idol at first."

"No, she absolutely can't do it." Ah Jian stuck his head out of his pocket and said disdainfully, "Although she has good dancing skills, that woman is too contrived and can't show the characteristics of an idol at all." Qian Xiaoyi smiled and said, "But she has good acting skills, doesn't she? How do you know she can't play an idol?"

"This is my intuition as a homeboy." Jian said confidently, "I just know she can't."

Inuyama Heita quickly pushed Ken's head back: "Don't show your head. What if Miss Suzuna sees you? You don't want to be used as a material for synthesizing equipment, do you?"

After stuffing Ken back, Inuyama Heita asked, "But speaking of which... what exactly is this case? Why is there this character called an idol? I remember that idol culture doesn't seem to be very popular over there, Otoko?"

"So this case is not from our side." Qian Xiaoyi said, "I heard it from a local exorcist."

"Local? Who? Miss Suzuna?" Inuyama Heita said in surprise: "So she is not playing herself this time, but herself?"

"No, it's not her." Qian Xiaoyi said, "It's the fortune teller Anna. When we were chatting privately, she told me some strange commissions she had experienced. This was one of them."

"Is this actually true?" Inuyama Heita asked impatiently, "What exactly happened in this case? Did the idol encounter a supernatural event?"

"That's right." Qian Xiaoyi said, "There was an idol who went to see Anna. Of course, I don't know his specific identity. After all, exorcists have to keep their clients' information confidential. Anyway, the client said that she seemed to have encountered something wrong and some strange phenomena appeared around her. She wanted Anna to help her investigate."

"Strange phenomenon?" asked Inuyama Heita.

Qian Xiaoyi answered, "She always saw dead animals on the road, and scary words in the mirror in the dressing room. When she called someone over, they disappeared. She even called the police, but the investigation turned out to be nothing. However, those mysterious phenomena gradually spread to her life and even to her home. She often had scary dreams when she slept, so she suspected that she was cursed."

"Curse..." Inuyama Heita's curiosity was aroused: "Is it really a curse? It sounds like it was created by a sorcerer like Hiruda, causing the target to hallucinate?"

Qian Xiaoyi said: "Although I really want you to watch it on TV later, I will generously tell you the answer this time - there is indeed a sorcerer involved."

"Eh?" Inuyama Heita asked, "How did Miss Anna solve it? How should a fortune teller deal with a sorcerer?"

"Well..." Qian Xiaoyi said, "It might be different from what is played in the sitcom. In the sitcom, some exaggerated adaptations will be made appropriately to increase the dramatic conflict. But in reality, she did two things. First, she did a few divinations to appease the client. Then, she used her divination skills to calculate the laws of these phenomena. Then, she found some connections and had someone ambush near the idol's house in advance to capture the criminal."

"The criminal?" Inuyama Heita asked, "Is it the sorcerer?"

Qian Xiaoyi smiled and said, "No, it was her fans. Although there were also sorcerers involved, they also needed to place the cursed objects around the target. Most of the strange phenomena were caused by that fan. He found a sorcerer and used the idol's personal belongings to curse her. A small number of supernatural phenomena were the scenes seen by the client after being cursed."

"Are they fans?" Inuyama Heita realized. "Indeed, some extreme fans will do some excessive actions because of their excessive obsession with their idols. So what was the purpose of that person in this case?"

"In fact, it was just some gossip that made him feel dissatisfied." Qian Xiaoyi shrugged, "But the scary thing is that the suspect is a staff member of the idol agency. He knows some of the client's living habits and address, so he can do those things without anyone noticing. If he was discovered later, he might really rush into the client's home and cause further harm to him."

"It's really scary..." Inuyama Heita swallowed his saliva, looked at the three little idols jumping on the stage, and said: "Being an idol is also very hard..."

(End of this chapter)