The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 374 Shadow of Truth (21)

No one expected that things would develop like this, from the artists collectively defending Lai Shanchenggong in the beginning to new victims constantly emerging and accusing Lai Shanchenggong.

Reporters were expecting that among these victims who suddenly appeared, there would be famous artists. But unfortunately, this did not happen. All the victims who appeared were those who retired without making any waves after their debut, or those who left the entertainment industry without even making a formal debut.

But even so, the sheer number of victims that emerged shocked reporters, and as more victims joined, its scale overwhelmed the artistes who successfully defended Laishan.

"Mr. Laishan? Where are you? Please come out for an interview."

"Wasn't President Laishan still here just now?"

"Is it in the backstage lounge? Please let us meet Mr. Laishan!"

Reporters crowded at the entrance of the backstage passage, wanting to rush in to successfully conduct a first-hand interview with Lai Shan, but they were stopped by the guards.

Lai Shan Chenggong's secretary came out and said, "President Lai Shan is old and can't accept too much stimulation, so it's not appropriate for him to be interviewed now. But there is one thing we must make clear, that is, the infringement of artists is completely false. Those are people bribed by the Seventh Foundation. They slandered the Starlight Agency for their own interests! Okay, stop pushing!"

"Humph, a desperate resistance." Nanajo Masato snorted coldly, then smiled: "It seems that Xiaoyi has also succeeded..."

By now, his goal has actually been achieved. Even without clear evidence, Starlight Agency will be subject to a series of investigations. Even if it cannot be completely destroyed, the agency's reputation will plummet. While they are busy and overwhelmed, the Seventh Foundation will be able to take advantage of the situation and regain control of WTV.

"We've already won, Ms. Tachibana, you..." He turned around with a smile on his face, but found that Tachibana Mio was gone.

In the lounge, Lai Shanchenggong listened to the noisy noise coming from outside the room, his anger growing. He angrily picked up his cane and smashed it around in the room, venting his anger and smashing the decorations in the room to pieces.

After a long while, he sat down breathlessly, looking at Nanajo Masato's face on TV, sneering: "This level alone is not enough to defeat my firm. Nanajo's brats... a bunch of the lowest level of trash, no matter how much they gather together, they can only become a garbage dump. These people alone are far from enough to defeat me. I just need to be quiet for a while, avoid their sharp edge, manage my relationships, and then push out a scapegoat. When the limelight is over, no one will remember this incident... Compared to these things, I have more important things to deal with."

He leaned back on the couch and closed his eyes.

At the same time, Tachibana Mio walked in the empty corridor and said to the phone: "Sakura, I'm already at the place you said."

"It's in the utility room. Remove the wooden planks inside and you'll see a passage." Usa Mi Sakura said on the phone, "This is a passage reserved for dignitaries. There are several exits, allowing them to leave safely at any time without being discovered."

Tachibana Mio opened the utility room and took down the wooden board at the back as Usa Mio said. Sure enough, she saw a small door at the back.

"Found it." Tachibana Mio said, "Is there really evidence here that can bring down Laishan?"

Usa Mi Sakura said: "Yes, it is a list. It is a list written down by me and other companions. There are many important people on it. I recorded it in my diary. When Detective Kashima was investigating my apartment, he found my diary, and then saw the information in it and found this secret passage. When he was about to take me away from here, we were still discovered. Before we were caught, we hid the diary somewhere in the secret passage." "Detective Kashima..." Tachibana Mio murmured: "Is this how he met with misfortune?"

"Well..." Usa Miura was silent for a few seconds, then said: "After being caught, those people found a copy of the list he had copied in his detective agency, and then... he was taken back to the agency, and it was faked to make it look like he was robbed, and then..."

Tachibana Mio covered her mouth and said tremblingly: "It's actually like this..."

"Those people killed Detective Kashima, but they didn't know that my diary was in this passage." Usa Mi Sakura said, "But I dare not tell anyone, because even if I get the list, it will be useless. There is no way to convict with only a name but no evidence. Instead, it will anger those people, and in the end I might end up like Detective Kashima..."

"It's different now!" Tachibana Mio said excitedly: "Did you see that? Sakura? Everyone has stood up and accused that devil! He has done so many vicious things, how can we just let him go? With your list, he can't escape!"

"I saw it..." Usa Miura said, "That's why I told you this news... I only trust you, I don't trust anyone else... I'm sorry, Xiao Mio, I said those excessive words to you before, I'm sorry..."

She cried very sadly.

Tachibana Mio said comfortingly: "Well, I know, I have always believed that you are not that kind of person. We are best friends."

"I'm sorry... I'm sorry..." Usa Miura repeated the words of apology while crying.

"Sakura, I will put an end to this matter..." Tachibana Mio opened the door of the passage, holding the phone in her hand and wanting to comfort the other party, but the phone got a busy tone. She took a look and found that the signal here was not very good, and the call was automatically disconnected.

Looking at the dark passage, which was like the entrance to an abyss, Tachibana Mio took a deep breath and walked in with the help of the light from her cell phone.

On the other side of the ocean, Usa Mi Sakura slumped on the ground and said tiredly to the phone in front of her: "I... I have done what you said... We agreed that Xiao Mio will be fine, right?"

The voice of Lai Shanchenggong's secretary came from the phone: "Of course. Unlike you, she is the daughter of Councillor Tachibana. We don't intend to cause Councillor Tachibana's wrath. We just want you to send her away to buy time... You are really smart to make up such a diary... You did a good job on this. Now there is nothing for you to do. Have a good rest."

After hanging up the phone, Usa Mi Sakura looked at the bright sunshine and many tall buildings outside the French window in a daze, and murmured: "It's so dark, I need to rest... Yes, I should rest... I'm really, so tired... I'm sorry, Xiao Mio... I really don't want to be like this..."

She stood up and walked to the terrace.

And in the darkness, the King of Civet Cats returned to his kingdom.

The giant raccoon cat looked at the girl who was gradually stepping into the abyss and grinned, "Welcome to my kingdom, Miss Tachibana. You have caused me a lot of trouble."

(End of this chapter)