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

"Wait, clothes..."

But the next second, her eyes suddenly became dull and her mouth slightly opened...

On the stage, Xia Fan supported himself on one elbow and performed a large loop faster and faster, giving people the illusion that the entire stage was about to catch fire and be completely smashed through by his friction...

The T-shirt he had tucked into his pants slid down to the ground...

On the dark stage, under the only spotlight, Xia Fan's abdomen was exposed to the audience without any warning and in every detail.

The eight abdominal muscles, with sculptural lines and full of tension, rotate at high speed under the light, emitting a tight and elastic luster, as if hiding endless power and vitality.

"Oh? It looks more solid than it actually is."

Yayoi Tsuki, who was closest to her, covered her mouth lightly, her fox ears suddenly stood up, and her big eyes didn't even blink.

"Abdomen, abdominal muscles..."

“Is it glowing?”

For some reason, the female audience at the scene had the illusion that their fingertips were touching, and their minds were wandering back and forth in the passionate skin and perfect curves, unable to extricate themselves.

Just when the entire studio fell silent because of the "abdominal muscle leak", Xia Fan had already finished the elbow loop...

He landed smoothly back on the ground, squatted sideways, and gave the audience a wicked smile.

The stage lights came back on, and the trainees hiding in the darkness gathered around him and performed a handsome collective ending move.

"..."

The whole audience remained silent, and no one seemed to realize that the performance was over.

Goro Kimura and Manjiro Akimoto looked at each other in confusion, not sure whether this quiet atmosphere was good or bad.

The trainees on the stage were also breathing heavily, waiting expectantly for the audience's reaction.

"Awesome! It's so awesome! It makes me want to do hip-hop dance now!"

Shota Hirai, who usually spoke last, was the first to break the silence.

“Yes, the back part is so cool!”

“It’s on fire!!”

The audience then erupted into thunderous applause and chaotic cheers.

"Eight, eight, eight pieces of chocolate!"

"White Chocolate, take me away!!!"

Among them, there were also female audiences who were acting crazy in various meaningless ways.

"Thank you for the wonderful "Oxygen Bomb". It made me forget to breathe the whole time. My lungs feel like they're exploding now!"

"How do the teachers feel?"

After the performance, Goro Kimura walked onto the stage with a stiff expression and led several mentors to begin commenting.

Although he enjoyed cheering for Hirano Eita, he only now realized that this was an "open-book test" for Takahashi Yu, who is also a seed trainee of J Company.

Judging from the current situation, Takahashi You's "test results" are probably not as ideal as planned.

Chapter 292 Welfare Business

2024-07-13

"Ahem, 'Oxygen Bomb' is a top-notch song for group dances. Both teams performed very well, and I really liked the individual performances as well..."

"If I have to say, the extremely difficult elbow loop at the end is what impressed me the most."

Perhaps because it involves his favorite field of "street dance", Shota Hirai was too lazy to even write a "RAP comment" today. He always rushed to speak and secretly praised Xia Fan.

"Well, this song is simple and easy to sing, but the dance adds a lot of pressure on the breath. There is still room for improvement in terms of stability, movement and singing..."

"The previous team did a much better job with these details."

Oda Masaru's comments finally made the audience realize that "Oxygen Bomb" is actually a "singing and dancing song".

Obviously, in order to suppress Xia Fan, he could only use his status as a senior singer and launch a "misplaced attack" from a vocal perspective.

“Faced with a dance as difficult as ‘Oxygen Bomb’, both teams of trainees chose not to make changes to reduce the difficulty, and they presented it at a high level, which is very commendable…”

The final mentor, Yayoi Tsuki, had a blush on her cheeks for some reason, but she gave a serious, fair and objective evaluation.

"The only thing to note is that it is not advisable for individual trainees to bribe the audience with their bodies."

At the end, she also righteously criticized certain "evil tendencies" on the stage.

"What do you mean by bribing the audience with your body? It's just that your pants are not tied properly..."

Even from more than ten meters away, Xia Fan could clearly see her fox ears that were erected in anger.

At the last moment of the performance, not only was his head caught by his clothes that accidentally slipped off, but if he continued to spin, there was even a risk that his trouser waist would be pulled off by centrifugal force, so he ended the "elbow loop" with a sense of unfulfilled desire.

"Thank you for your comments. Next, please invite the previous team of trainees back to the stage."

Before the scoring session began, the team of trainees in front were asked to go to the side of the stage with a dazed look on their faces.

"Damn Xia Fan, not only did he choose a loop similar to mine, but he also added an elbow loop at the end. It's obvious that he wanted to deliberately belittle me..."

"But why... did it turn out like this..."

Standing on the stage, Takahashi Yu had dull eyes, muttered to himself, and looked puzzled.

He could never have imagined that the "Oxygen Bomb" he had been practicing for two months would eventually be responded to by Xia Fan with the same series of moves, or even more difficult ones.

"It's impossible for the production team to 'leak a question' for him. Even if they did, how could this 'outsider' perform stronger moves than me who has been practicing dancing since childhood..."

"Could it be that he is also in the hip-hop dance circle... No, I'm sure he is not..."

What Gao Qiao You couldn't figure out was how Xia Fan had developed this powerful move...

If Xia Fan has been learning breakdancing since he was young, considering the BBOY tradition of being brave and aggressive, Gao Qiaoyou, who has been in the street dance circle of District 11 for many years, could not have been unaware of this ruthless guy of the same age.

As for Xia Fan being a quick learner, Takahashi You wouldn't believe that there was anyone in this world with such a terrifying talent.

But the difficulty of the elbow loop was there, and he knew he couldn't complete Xia Fan's moves. No matter how hard he tried, he could only admit defeat.

"Dear audience members, please take out your scoring devices and make your choices based on the performance of the two teams of trainees!"

While he was lost in thought, the audience had already started voting with scoring machines in hand.

“God bless you…”

"Please... vote for me, vote for me..."

"Look here, look at me, cast your vote too..."

Although the program team clearly stipulates that public canvassing is not allowed during performances, this does not affect the trainees on stage using "mental canvassing"...

Or, they might secretly put on various expressions and gestures to pretend to be cool, wink at the audience and silently canvass for votes.

"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and open your business!"

Yuta Hirano secretly crossed his index finger and thumb, and pretended to be natural and made a crazy "heart" gesture to the audience.

"Hey guys, isn't this open for business?"

Kishiyo turned his most proud profile towards the audience, lifted his bangs with a slight breath, and showed a dazed smile.

Several other trainees also started posing and making coquettish gestures.

"Oh, your canvassing for votes is so inefficient..."

Martin grinned fiercely, showing his white teeth.

"Welfare business is the answer to today's version!"

The next second, he pretended to lose his balance, and his body swayed forward, and his evil black hand "inadvertently" lifted up Xia Fan's clothes...

"Hey, what are you doing?!"

Amid Xia Fan's complaints, his well-defined, firm and hard eight-pack abs flashed under the spotlight again...

"Hate!!"

"White teeth!!!"

"How can you do this……"

The female audience members at the scene stared with wide eyes and sighed shyly, but their fingers were honestly pressing a number on the scoring machine frantically.

"Asshole, you actually used such a despicable method, it's just abdominal muscles, who doesn't have them..."

“Ah… It’s so hot…”

Takahashi Yu's expression darkened, and he pretended to be hot and lifted the hem of his clothes to fan himself, revealing his abdomen intentionally or unintentionally...

Although he also had obvious abdominal muscles, perhaps because his appearance was too different from Xia Fan's, or because his figure was not three-dimensional, full, or distinct enough, and his skin color was a shade darker, he did not receive the expected looks and exclamations.

"Real-time vote count, how could it be like this... Is this machine broken?"

During the tense scoring time, Akimoto Manjiro stood silently on the sidelines, staring at a machine that looked like a walkie-talkie in his hand...

On the screen of that machine, real-time voting data was scrolling and refreshing...

Among the sixteen numbers representing the two groups of participating trainees, most of the numbers were only two digits, but only two numbers were far ahead with three-digit votes...

Takahashi Yuu's No. 7 currently has 321 votes...

Xia Fan's number 8 already has 545 votes...

These two people are both responsible for dancing, and they both completed the closing movements of the stage with quite eye-catching dance moves, so it is normal for them to get such a "head effect" of votes.

Xia Fan, on the other hand, was able to take the lead because he crushed Takahashi Yu in terms of difficulty of movements, appearance, temperament and viewing experience.

But in the script in Manjiro Akimoto's mind, this is naturally a very "abnormal" situation.

"How can there be such a big gap... I know, Hirai Shouta, the rebellious little bastard!"

After looking through the voting details, Akimoto Manjiro suddenly glared at Hirai Shouta, who was in the mentor seat...

But the other person was sitting there as if nothing had happened, with no intention of making eye contact with him.

According to the previous "gentleman's agreement", the three mentors except Yayoi Tsuki will vote for the trainee of Xia Fan's opponent, so Gao Qiaoyou should have 300 votes as a base...

But I don’t know if it was out of impulse or out of “fairness as a street dancer”, but Shota Hirai actually voted for Xia Fan as the mentor in this show!

Chapter 293: The speed of hand in years of singleness

2024-07-13

"Quick, change the vote from Hirai Shouta to Takahashi Yuu!"

Akimoto Manjiro hesitated for a moment, then pulled Souta in front of him and whispered in a low voice, ignoring the ambiguous looks from others.

"But... the notary office... OK, I understand..."

Under the pressure of the chief director's gaze, assistant director Cao Tai had to take the "voting machine" and press a few buttons.

On the screen, Gao Qiaoyou's votes immediately became 421, and Xia Fan's votes became 445, and the gap was very close...

"Very good...wait..."

Akimoto Manjiro's expression just relaxed for a few seconds, then tensed up again.

Because Xia Fan's votes are still growing at a momentum that is three times higher than Gao Qiaoyou's...

"Quick, adjust it again..."

Seeing that Xia Fan's votes had exceeded 400 and were heading towards 500 without any sign of stopping, while Takahashi You's votes were still approaching 400 at a snail's pace, he secretly nudged Assistant Director Kusata with his elbow.

"But if we want to change the audience tickets, we can't change a lot at once..."

Assistant Director Souta muttered something with a bitter face, and his fingers quickly pressed the "voting machine".

Thanks to his efforts, Xia Fan's vote growth trend slowed down significantly, and the gap between him and Gao Qiaoyou began to narrow to a few dozen votes...

But it still cannot change the fact that Xia Fan continues to lead and is widening the gap.

"What's going on? If we continue like this, we will still lose..."

This was naturally not the result that Manjiro Akimoto wanted.

"I can't help it. I have to change it one vote at a time under the eyes of so many people. My hands are almost cramping."