Tokyo: The evil god doesn't want to be the top star

Chapter 412 Darkness
"Hey, hey... Xia Jun... just reject them, isn't that enough..."

"We are all from the same company. Is it really necessary to make it so ugly?"

On the other end of the phone, accompanied by the noise of something falling to the ground, Yamazaki Hiroshi's voice suddenly became vague and distant, as if the phone had accidentally fallen to the ground.

From the time Xia Fan wrote "Da Shang Hua Huo" in front of him in the new office, to recording a demo with Hoshina Hanami that night, to submitting it to the review meeting the next day, the whole process took only about 24 hours...

During this period, only a handful of people were able to access the demos of the songs. With just a quick glance, Hiroshi Yamazaki had already drawn up a "list of suspects"...

However, in a large group like Bethesda with many factions and complicated human relationships, the performing arts department, relying on the first-line artists under its jurisdiction, is used to being overbearing and sometimes makes small moves, and other departments just swallow their anger and turn a blind eye...

This is the first time that someone like Xia Fan is so "law-abiding" that he must investigate the matter to the point of black and white.

"It's necessary... If this continues, I won't be able to trust my songs to Bethesda for release in the future..."

"If you can't give me a satisfactory investigation result this time, I will terminate our cooperation agreement on the grounds that you have violated the terms of the contract, and at the same time, I will take back the publishing rights of the song "Fireworks"."

"It's late today, so let's leave it at that for now. I look forward to hearing good news from Section Chief Yamazaki tomorrow."

While Hiroshi Yamazaki was still thinking about how to persuade him, Xia Fan on the other end of the phone had already "politely" ended the call.

……

The bright moonlight, streaming in from the window with the night wind, casts a layer of white on the dark room.

In the small but cozy boudoir decorated with girlish atmosphere, Hoshina Hanami, with her arms around her legs, was squatting in a dark corner where the moonlight could not reach...

The phone at his feet lit up, and the message prompt box showed the message that Xia Fan had sent not long ago, about "suspension of cooperation".

"What should I do? Xia Jun is already trying hard to apply for a chorus with S Company..."

"As for me, I am not even qualified to be the original singer now."

"And he even agreed to sing a duet with him. That's just outrageous talk and wishful thinking."

Staring at the ground with lifeless eyes, Hoshina Hanami muttered to herself in a voice that only she could hear.

Everything that happened in the conference room during the day seemed to transform into the surrounding darkness at this moment, covering the sky and the earth, yet enveloping itself in a suffocating silence.

"Xia Fan: Section Chief Yamazaki just told me what happened at the review meeting... I have already rejected the cooperation request from the Demonstration Division, and at the same time asked Company B to thoroughly investigate the person who leaked the song demo..."

"Xia Fan: It's a deal. This song is yours, and no one can take it away."

At the same time, a message from Xia Fan popped up on the mobile phone screen again.

"What... Xia Jun actually did this for me..."

Looking at the message sent by Xia Fan, the grievances suppressed in Xingming Hanami's heart finally found an outlet, turning into tears that flowed from the corners of her eyes.

"me……"

She sobbed and picked up her phone, wanting to reply to Xia Fan's message, but for a moment she didn't know what to say...

"Ah, that's right, I've caused trouble for Xia Fan again."

At the same time, the screen of Hoshina Hanami's mobile phone suddenly changed from the chat software window to a selfie screen of the front camera.

His own tearful, pale, and fragile little face came into view quietly, as if looking in a mirror.

"It is not easy to convince S Company to agree to the 'chorus project' between Xia Fan, the hottest and most powerful idol on the planet, and a small new female singer from B Company..."

In the front camera, "Hoshina Hanami" has a strange smile on her face...

"Even if it's a new music producer who 'comes down to earth', it must not be easy to confront the most powerful entertainment department and the first-line actress Fukada Kumi..." "Because of my willful promise, Xia Fan has endured a lot of unnecessary pressure!"

The contemptuous words of "myself" came out of the receiver, mixed with the "hissing" sound of electromagnetic interference, which sounded particularly harsh.

"You...you are not me, what are you..."

Hoshina Hanami stared at the "self" in the phone in a daze, as if looking in a mirror...

"Go away, why do you always pester me!"

Feeling her consciousness begin to blur, she suddenly threw the phone aside, closed her eyes tightly, covered her ears, and her whole body began to tremble violently.

Hoshina Hanami has long been unable to bear the torture of this "hallucination" that has appeared in the mirror from time to time recently, talking to itself as if it were alive, and is now extremely mentally weakened.

"Who am I... I am of course you... my true inner self..."

"Ordinary looks... childish figure... weak aura..."

"They claim to debut as singers, but they lack music theory knowledge and basic skills. They are worthless compared to those real professional singers."

The scary thing is that the "Hoshina Hanami" on the phone interface did not disappear when the camera moved...

She spoke with a half-smile on her face and a gentle girl's voice with a cold tone.

"Without Xia Fan's songs and his promotional plans, you are nothing..."

"You can't even qualify as the original singer based on your own ability, and you're still pestering Xia Fan to agree to sing with him..."

"Besides causing trouble to others... being a burden...what else can you do..."

"What is the meaning of your existence in this world to others?"

As heart-piercing words came out of the phone receiver, the darkness in the house grew thicker and thicker, so deep that not even the moonlight could penetrate.

"Without Xia Jun's songs... I am nothing..."

"My existence... has no... meaning..."

Xing Minghua saw the light on his face gradually fade away, and there was only paleness and emptiness in his eyes, just like a wooden puppet.

"Love, hate, anger, ignorance, waxing and waning, you who endure it all, are so lonely."

"In this world, you are the only one who can see me... In the mirror, I am the only one who can understand you..."

"So... let me fulfill your wish..."

The tone of "Hoshina Hanami" in the front camera of the mobile phone suddenly became gentle and persuasive.

"I will give you my wish?"

Like a puppet, Hoshina Hanami picked up her phone, stared at "herself" on the screen, and repeated "her own" words like a tape recorder.

"That's right, you won't have any worries anymore...you won't cause any trouble to anyone anymore...you won't be a burden to anyone anymore..."

"In this world, there will be a Hoshina Hanami who is extremely outstanding and perfect, and who will make everyone proud..."

The "Hoshina Hanami" on the phone was speaking faster and faster, but the expression on her face was becoming more and more indifferent.

(End of this chapter)