Tokyo: My obsession with China led me to become the king of Japanese entertainment.

Chapter 103 The Bombing Gang's Style: Kill Without Burying

Jun Sakurada's decision not to dwell on the trivial matter Snowman handled allowed Hideaki Takizawa to breathe a small sigh of relief.

If Junma Sakurada adopts a stance of irreconcilable conflict with Snowman, then the man caught in the middle will be in a very difficult position.

Now, although there's something off about Sakurada Jun's nonchalant attitude, at least he has some leeway in handling this matter.

But before he could figure out how to punish Daisuke Sakuma and Teru Iwamoto, something even more terrifying happened.

Jun Sakurada has started visiting various JR groups one by one.

They call it "getting used to each other," but in reality, it's just catching insects when they have nothing better to do.

It seems that Jun Sakurada has an extraordinary passion for bullying insects.

Pretty Boy, HiHi Jets, Six Tones...

When Jun Sakurada once again led Taiga Kyomoto, who was carrying six of a kind of dog, to Hideaki Takizawa's office, the latter finally lost his composure.

It wasn't just him who was affected; Fujishima Keiko was too.

At first, Keiko Fujishima's idea was very simple:

She should arrange for Sakurada Jun to join a group as soon as possible, and then find an opportunity to directly take over the entire group, thereby gaining control of Sakurada Jun.

It sounds a bit silly, but this kind of talent poaching tactic isn't the first time it's been seen within Johnny's Entertainment.

When Sakurada Jun caused chaos for Snowman, she was quite pleased, after all, Snowman was Takizawa Hideaki's confidant, and in her view, this was a good opportunity to sow discord.

So at that time, Keiko didn't even intervene in Takizawa Hideaki's handling of Snowman; she just waited for them to have an internal conflict.

Just a few days later, we saw Jun Sakurada go on a rampage, bombarding almost every decent Kanto Junior group in Johnny's next generation.

Now, the auntie started to panic.

Even if she lacks a sense of the bigger picture and is only good at internal strife, she wouldn't be so short-sighted as to not see the seriousness of the situation.

If Jun Sakurada continues to cause trouble, it's very likely that by next year, Johnny's will be unable to produce a single complete JR group.

While they could try to fix things by robbing Peter to pay Paul, that would not only easily cause controversy and opposition from fans, but also require all the work of getting them to work together to start over.

In that case, it won't just be Takizawa Hideaki's lineage that suffers.

Despite causing a huge uproar for the JR system, Jun Sakurada showed extreme restraint in his methods.

He doesn't take the initiative to attack or intentionally hurt anyone. Aside from presenting evidence and exposing dirty secrets to provoke certain guilty scoundrels, he never does anything outrageous. Even if Fujishima Keiko wanted to deal with him, she couldn't find a way to exert her strength.

He can't stand him, but he can't get rid of him—typical Jun Sakurada style.

"You don't have to go today?" Jun Sakurada felt a little disappointed when he received the notification from Hideaki Takizawa.

"The Corpse Manor has already notified you to join the crew, so don't worry about whether you're getting used to each other or not, understand?" Takizawa Hideaki's tone carried a hint of guilt.

Does the Corpse Manor need him to join their team? He can join, but not completely.

The most crucial part of the film, the murder case filmed inside the "Zizhan Manor" set up at Toho Studios, has only been filmed for a little over half, and some minor adjustments are being made.

Jun Sakurada, who had already taken the time to film his one or two scenes inside Zizhan Manor, could have waited until this part of the filming was completely finished and then gone to other filming locations before making any moves.

But clearly, Johnny's couldn't wait any longer.

If Sakurada Jun continues to cause trouble like this, who knows what might happen.

"That's great, Run-ge, he's getting a major role as the second male lead in a movie adaptation..." Raul said with envy.

Most Johnny's Jr. members who make cameo appearances in movies and TV series will not play more than the fourth male lead role.

After all, apart from a very few people who became incredibly popular before even debuting, the vast majority of people don't have the box office appeal to support roles of the main cast.

Jun Sakurada was able to get the role of Kyosuke Akechi not only because of his outstanding overall qualities, but also because of the support of Ryunosuke Kamiki and Minami Hamabe.

Such opportunities are rare and hard to come by.

"Jun, just go ahead and relax. If you play the second male lead well, your popularity in the local area might skyrocket!" Raul persuaded him earnestly, while the other three JRs looked at Sakurada Jun with pitiful eyes.

There's no way around it. If Jun Sakurada continues down this path, there's a pretty good chance his next group will be "Young Ninja"...

"Why are you all so afraid? As long as you don't commit any crimes and there's no dirt on you to dig up, why would I target you forcibly?"

Seeing the cautious and apprehensive expressions on the faces of his classmates, Jun Sakurada couldn't help but chuckle.

We're fine, but if the group gets messed up, we'll be the ones who suffer in the end... The young ninjas couldn't help but sigh in their hearts.

On the surface, they all still wore smiling faces.

Looking at them like this, Jun Sakurada couldn't help but feel a little bored. He sighed, picked up his schoolbag, and stood up.

"Alright, let's go check out the film set then. No need to trouble Raulu-kun today."

Upon hearing this, the people in front of him breathed a sigh of relief, looking as if they had survived a disaster.

Still too conservative. Jun Sakurada shook his head inwardly.

To put it bluntly, although on the surface Jun Sakurada's constant disruptions to various groups seem like he's sabotaging them, in the long run, it's actually a form of protection for them.

The scandals that could be contained in the memories that Jun Sakurada received were basically those that had a certain impact in the future, causing a certain level of controversy or even a collapse of a certain group.

The earlier the investigation is conducted, the more appropriate it is to either reprimand and discipline the individuals involved, or to remove them from the group altogether. This can be seen as a form of early, painless, but not too painful, remedy.

But unfortunately, Johnny's seems unable to even tolerate this small amount of pain.

According to Jun Sakurada, even though he has been extremely ruthless these past few days, the chain of evidence he has presented is completely irrefutable and indisputable.

To this day, he has not heard of any JR being kicked out of the group, let alone leaving the company, because of this.

The most severe punishment for Daisuke Sakuma was merely a six-month suspension of his activities, with the official explanation being that he needed to recuperate due to illness—that was all.

It's true what they say, you can't reason with a damned devil.

Even though Jun Sakurada pointed out the problem, it couldn't change Johnny's determination to protect these people.

All we can say is that we'll have to wait until a few major bombshells drop before those who are pretending to be asleep will finally wake up.

But by then, Jun Sakurada would no longer be bothered by Johnny's.

"But speaking of which, this scandal-exploding method is surprisingly effective in Japan..." Ignoring the other trainees, Sakurada Jun returned to his seat and waited for school to end while pondering.

Using the Johnny's scandals contained in the memories given by the system to counter Johnny's itself was just a random move by Jun Sakurada on a whim.

But in hindsight, the results have been surprisingly good. Because of Jun Sakurada's position within Johnny's, he could easily bypass the lower levels and report these scandals to managers like Hideaki Takizawa.

Even if Hideaki Takizawa is soft-hearted and doesn't directly eliminate these insects, giving them a relatively severe punishment, even if it means hiding them away, to curb their arrogance would be acceptable.

And after he leaves Johnny's, with Jun Sakurada's marketing talent for mastering the internet, it seems... not too difficult for him to make a big deal out of these trivial matters.

Thinking about it this way, it could be considered a backup plan, a method that would not only prevent Johnny's from doing anything to him, but also keep them busy and exhausted.

Hopefully, this method will never be needed.

"Speaking of systems... are these things even useful?" As his thoughts raced, Jun Sakurada turned his attention back to his cheap system.

This thing is probably the least noticeable system in history.

He vaguely remembered that the system had only exerted its power three times since he received the invitation from Johnny's.

For the first time, the daily settlement for the 2014-2019 cycle gave Jun Sakurada a consolation prize of "the memory of a succubus".

The second time, Jun Sakurada went to Johnny's for his first audition for a comeback, and was given a "hidden memory," which became the source of Jun Sakurada's current knowledge of the dark history of Johnny's idols.

The third time was at the moment of officially signing with Johnny's, when the system announced a mission restructuring and rewarded him with "Succubus Disguise Technique," which became a guarantee of Jun Sakurada's acting skills.

Then, it all fell apart.

So far, the only two functions that Jun Sakurada can see on the system, besides the "replace Johnny's" progress which has been stuck below 1%, are...

All that's left is a statistic of his own followers.

The data shows that Jun Sakurada already had more than two million casual followers and more than one hundred thousand regular followers, a truly considerable number.

But the so-called devout believers and fanatics are still a pitifully small minority.

It is precisely because of the lack of these two points that Jun Sakurada's mission progress was stalled, which is why the system's presence has become so insignificant.

"So...where am I supposed to find this so-called fanatic?" Jun Sakurada scratched his head.

Theoretically speaking, the safest path would be to diligently train and debut at Johnny's Entertainment, and then wait for enthusiastic Japanese girls to flock to him for free.

Judging from the fact that they can even make those Yetis, whose appearance is hard to describe and whose morality is questionable, work like crazy to make popcorn, it seems that being a devout believer or a fanatic is not a difficult thing for them.

However, Jun Sakurada has a certain degree of psychological fastidiousness when it comes to this kind of thing. The thought of having to smile at a bunch of fanatical fans for the next ten or twenty years for the sake of these believers makes him subconsciously feel horrified.

But apart from this path, he currently lacks the ability and energy to pursue other paths.

We can only take it one step at a time.

Ignoring the temporarily useless system panel, Jun Sakurada subconsciously turned his attention back to the memory that carried Johnny's dark history for decades. After a moment, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"This matter... although it occurred in 23 or 24, it is clearly a long-term, even industrialized, criminal activity."

"If only we could get it out of there..."