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

Chapter 392 Welcome and send off
"The paparazzi business is very similar to fishing. The most important thing is patience."

"If we follow Tachibana, we may not even be able to see Xia Fan. Let's just keep squatting here and filming. He has to go home eventually."

After everything was arranged, Miyamoto leaned on the windowsill and lit a cigarette leisurely.

Between "uncertainty" and "certainty", he calmly chose the latter.

"Well, during this time, I will dig deeper into Xia Fan's relevant information to see if there are any other breakthroughs."

Fukuyama started working on his laptop again.

"Isn't this similar to when we were in the dormitory, playing games with our backs to each other..."

"Really? I don't quite remember."

The busy atmosphere in this small space made the two of them recall their high school days...

Knowing that things have changed and people have changed, and that those days can never be returned, both of them kept quiet, hoping to make this false atmosphere last a little longer.

"Something's happening! Look, someone else is coming into the room!"

But in less than twenty minutes, the door of Xia Fan's apartment opened again, breaking the quiet time.

"Is Xia Fan back?"

"No, no!"

Appearing in the camera's viewfinder were several men wearing black suits, black gloves and with serious faces.

"Are they the gangster bodyguards from Company B? Why are they here at Xia Fan's place..."

As the two looked at each other in confusion, the men in suits held some kind of instrument and slowly and carefully explored the room, seemingly searching for something...

After searching the entire room, one of the men opened the window and half of his body came out with an instrument in his hand...

"Hey, hey, what they have in their hands, could it be..."

"Signal detector?!"

Only then did he see clearly through the camera what was in the man's hand, and a drop of cold sweat slid down Miyamoto's forehead.

"The latest type of eavesdropping device that can never be discovered..."

“It was discovered in less than an hour!”

As the two stared in amazement, the man in the suit fumbled on the outer wall for a while, then took the rubber bullet with the hidden bug in his hand...

Several men in suits gathered together and observed the "micro-eavesdropping device" with sharp eyes for a while. One of them took out a tactical telescope and looked from Xia Fan's window towards the building where Miyamoto and the other were.

"not good……"

Miyamoto's heart sank. He suddenly moved the camera away, pulled the curtains tight, leaned against the wall and took a deep breath.

"Why?! Do ordinary Yakuza have this kind of anti-reconnaissance capability?"

"I've been a paparazzi for so many years, and I've never heard that Company B has such a group of terrifying bodyguards who are like mercenaries!"

As a general rule, the artist's security and privacy are usually the responsibility of their personal assistant and agent.

Company B will only provide artists with security personnel from cooperative agencies when there are larger event schedules, but their level is quite average.

"If Company B had provided top artists with this level of security, we wouldn't have taken so many ugly photos of burning artists before, and we wouldn't have bought out Yayoi Tsuki's medical records from a private hospital!"

"Is this the time to discuss this? These guys are professionals, absolutely professional-level security, they will find us here soon!"

Although they couldn't understand the situation in front of them, it didn't affect Fukuyama and Miyamoto. They started packing their luggage at a desperate speed...

"Asshole, the rent was paid just an hour ago..."

"That's not as important as your life. If you are caught by these gangsters, it's not as simple as a lawyer's letter of warning. At the very least, your little finger will be cut off, at the worst, half of your hand will be taken away, or even tied with cement blocks and sunk in Tokyo Bay..."

In less than a minute, the two men finished packing, closed the door of this "paparazzi house" with a look of heartache, and ran downstairs and drove away. ...

At the same time, the curtains in Xia Fan's apartment had been drawn.

"Inspector Higurashi..."

"Yes, the signal detection device for "Hyaku Monogatari" detected an abnormal signal twenty minutes ago."

"After an on-site investigation, we found a non-standard eavesdropping device wrapped in some kind of rubber bullet on the outer wall of Consultant Xia Fan's apartment."

"Preliminary judgment is that it was fired from the opposite side onto the outer wall here. Should we send people to seal off the opposite building immediately?"

One of the agents was reporting the situation to headquarters via cell phone.

Their mission is limited to Xia Fan's daily security. For more complicated situations, they must obtain authorization from Section 9 before they can take action.

"Those who do this may be anti-fans, journalists, or remnants of the Red God Cult or the Amabie Cult..."

"There are too many people in that building. If we rashly implement a blockade, it might trigger a 'large-scale supernatural incident' like before, which would be troublesome."

"Before confirming the other party's identity, investigate secretly and be highly alert, but don't act rashly. For the time being, there is no need to cause trouble for Advisor Xia Fan."

Higurashi on the other end of the phone thought for a while and made a decision.

Before the mastermind behind this incident is found out, it is impossible to determine whether the case is "natural" or "supernatural", and arbitrary action means unknown risks.

If they are black fans, reporters or the like, they can be transferred to regular departments for handling.

However, if it is a "cultist" who is an unstable existence that may engage in religious pyramid schemes, group sports, setting up formations, and summoning evil gods, it must be treated with caution.

After experiencing several recent large-scale supernatural cases and suffering a lot of losses, Lesson 9 has begun to act more cautiously.

"Roger that!"

Several men restored the condition in the house and quietly retreated.

……

B Company Building, recording studio.

"Hanami, please wait a moment. We are just one step away from recording the melody for this song..."

Xia Fan was adjusting the Tsukumogami electronic keyboard and spoke to Hoshina Hanami in the room.

He spent half an hour writing the song on the music software, and then moved to the recording studio to prepare for the trial recording...

I didn't know that my dormitory had already welcomed so many uninvited guests at the same time.

"By the way, what's the name of this song?"

Seeing that Xia Fan seemed to be preparing to play a melody, Xing Ming Hanami put on his headphones and asked expectantly.

"This song is called "Fireworks"."

Xia Fan imported the melody written by the music software into the electronic keyboard and pressed the play button...

"Light up the fireworks...what a beautiful name..."

The soft piano sounded, rising in pitch back and forth, making Hoshina Hanami subconsciously think of circling seagulls, flying towards the blue sky and white clouds...

The main song after the prelude incorporates rustic hand drums, classical strings, and electronic music-style chords, making the elegant melody perfectly carry both nostalgic and modern atmospheres...

"Good... sounds good..."

Hoshina Hanami covered her mouth subconsciously, tears welling up in her eyes for some reason.

This very pleasant melody contains a mixture of youthful warmth, inexplicable nostalgia, and fleeting regret, which makes people unable to hold back their tears.

(End of this chapter)