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

Chapter 484: Burning Flame (Part )
When Xia Fan's identity as a musician was exposed and his popularity was at its peak, all kinds of news about "stealing traffic" emerged like mushrooms after rain...

Netizens originally had no time to even look at such "dazzling" posts published by newly registered anonymous accounts.

The crux of the matter is that behind this article with quite shocking accusatory content, the author not only provided a large number of first-hand photos, but also published a video, as well as some non-public business information and bank statements, which together formed a very convincing chain of evidence.

Among these, there was a secretly filmed video of Xia Fan, Hoshina Hanami, and Yayoi Tsuki having a "secret party" next to the Cat Jizo Foundation...

There are also photos of Xia Fan and Hoshina Hanami entering and exiting the same building at the same time...

The most eye-catching ones are the close-up shots of Xia Fan running in the alley with Hoshina Hanami, and the photo of a muscular man in women's clothing launching a "flaming red lips" attack on the photographer...

Regarding the Mao Dizang Foundation, the author of the article directly revealed the record that Xia Fan was the landowner of the Mao Dizang Foundation’s business premises, and also disclosed a large amount of bank statements of "huge amounts of unknown funds flowing in", claiming that all of these inflows came from the "black money" of the Burning Department.

At the end of the article, the author also disclosed the personal information of several of his “colleagues” who participated in the filming, claiming that these people had “disappeared from the face of the earth” in the burning system last night and might no longer be alive.

"The paparazzi in the entertainment industry are more pervasive than you might imagine..."

"Did it actually start from that time and get to this extent?"

Looking at the video of himself secretly filmed at the "housewarming party" below this article, Xia Fan felt a drop of cold sweat sliding down his forehead.

Such an article with a sensational title, exclusive resources and a huge amount of information can naturally no longer be ignored as gossip.

A few minutes after it was published, it was picked up by many self-media and news websites, triggering a "collective melon-eating" among the majority of netizens.

Not only was Xia Fan's information and details that could be found publicly on the Internet repeatedly dug up, but the identities of everyone in the secretly filmed party video were also checked and verified...

Even in the video, the beautiful witch, who was an "outsider" and only showed half of her face, aroused the curiosity of netizens.

Some netizens fanned the flames, bringing up many rumors and scandals that have occurred in the Burning Department over the past few decades to prove that Xia Fan's incident was a "routine operation" that happened all the time...

There are also self-media that "criticize for the sake of racism", and various gossips have been derived from this, such as Hoshina Hanami volunteered to sing "Xianxia"'s new song, "Xianxia" used song resources to exchange for Yayoi Moon's talent show hype, etc.

Some netizens with conspiracy theories even believe that this "black material" itself was "self-directed and self-acted" by the Burning System in order to continue to hype up the popularity of Xia Fan and Hoshina Hanami and to build momentum for the upcoming release of "Fireworks".

A large number of fans, centered around "Summer Disease", actively defended Xia Fan online and gave many arguments as a counterattack...

They pointed out that Xia Fan and Hoshina Hanami knew each other as early as the "Sakura" period. Hoshina Hanami was also Xia Fan's guest in the campus singing competition. This time they also sang the new song "Da Shang Hua Huo" on the same stage. It is normal for them to meet privately...

And Yayoi Tsuki, not only sang the song "Down to Earth", but was also Xia Fan's mentor in the talent show, so it was not uncommon for them to meet and greet each other...

At the same time, some netizens roughly calculated the royalties of Xia Fan's several songs, and believed that for a musician like him who was "lying on a pile of money", it was not worth it to sacrifice his body to "X-receive" some big shot that did not exist.

As for whether Xia Fan has an ambiguous relationship with Hoshina Hanami and Yayoi Tsuki, perhaps his identity as a "musician" has diluted his "idol" attribute, and fans don't care too much...

On the contrary, many fanatical fans collectively issued crazy remarks such as "We won't believe it unless we see XX flowing out of XX" and "Please post more first-person photos so that we can feel a sense of participation"... As for the accusations that the Burning Group used the Mao Dizang Foundation to launder money and trade power for sex, they were far less eye-catching than those romantic scandals, and the number of people discussing them was very small.

Just as netizens were arguing, Dongye forwarded a second link.

Well aware of the "24-hour golden rule for handling public opinion", Bethesda officials responded extremely quickly to this series of accusations, including calling the police, issuing lawyer's letters of warning and full denial.

The official explanation is that Xia Fan and Hoshina Hanami's meetings took place in a commercial practice room open to the public to rehearse the new song "Fireworks", with their agent participating throughout the process.

The frontal photos of the two holding hands were taken during the "Kanda Festival" program, when Xia Fan was protecting Hoshina Hanami who was "illegally harassed" by paparazzi in the backstage.

As for the video of the gathering, it was obvious that Xia Fan's parents and the presidents of their respective agencies were present, so it was a very normal "private gathering."

However, regarding the series of accusations against the Cat Jizo Foundation, Bethesda simply and crudely classified them as "fabrications" and denied them all.

Netizens have never been convinced by the official response that it “explained but didn’t fully explain.”

Many people believe that Bethesda focused on clarifying the scandal between Xia Fan and Hoshina Hanami, but did not further explain the relationship between the Cat Ksitigarbha Foundation, Xia Fan, and the Burning Series, which is a sign of guilty conscience that it is avoiding the main issue.

Suddenly, the entire "Burning Scandal" fell into a Rashomon state, with hundreds of thousands of netizens attacking Bethesda's official message board...

Faced with this "Burning Flame" situation, other companies and artists in the Burning Flame Group all remained trembling in silence, fearing that they would be considered to have participated in X-entertainment if they were not careful.

"Some things are really hard to explain. I'm trying to embarrass Bethesda and still have to come up with excuses for me."

After reading Bethesda's "official response", Xia Fan smiled bitterly.

The many doubts mentioned in this article involve several actions of Lesson 9 in "supernatural cases" and are "top-level confidential information" that must never be made public.

Even if he himself were to explain it, it would be difficult to defend himself.

The public relations department of Company Be was completely confused by this and naturally racked their brains, with nowhere to vent their grievances.

"Hello? Agent Aiba, please go ahead..."

Just when Xia Fan was worried about the sudden "big flame", Jinguji Aoi beside him also answered the phone.

"So that's how it is. The paparazzi's arrest operation was missed, and there are still some 'remnants' active..."

"I will tell Inspector Higurashi about this matter right away and authorize you to take full responsibility. Please make sure to handle it properly."

After listening to the report from the other end of the phone, her face gradually turned cold.

(End of this chapter)