Lumen Square, Public Security Bureau Branch.
To the left were Mr.
Wang, slowly regaining consciousness, and his chubby sidekick.
To the right were the watchful little angels and Teacher Cecilia.
In the middle was Master Tinman, invited over as an objective witness to recount the facts.
Officer Qingyi, who spoke with a distinct cadence, sat behind the desk.
She pushed aside the forms and files in front of her, picked up her teacup, and blew on it gently.
As steam dissipated, she took a few sips.
“Alright, Master Tinman, as a bystander at the time, what exactly happened in front of your coffee shop?”
Master Tinman nodded and began his orderly account in a gentle voice mixed with electronic static.
…
“Sir, here is your coffee.”
Sunna brought the tray over to Mr.
Wang, who was slumped in the corner, and gently set down his coffee.
“Bro, don’t be like this, you’re scaring me!”
Li Dundun, the chubby sidekick, sat opposite Mr.
Wang and spoke with anxiety:
“We’re still here, we still have a chance.
“If even you give up on looking for promising talents to turn into stars and idols,
“and keep moping like this until we run out of savings, we’ll really be done for~”
After serving the drink, Sunna originally intended to leave.
However, hearing Li Dundun mention words like “star” and “idol”, she couldn’t help but pause, wanting to eavesdrop.
Looking at the two suit-wearing men, Sunna couldn’t help thinking, ‘Are they…
talent scouts?’
This reminded Sunna of the agency she used to belong to.
Compared to now, being at an agency meant many things were restricted, and you always had to worry about sudden layoffs or bankruptcy.
Yet, because of financial backing, there were more available resources—unlike now, where listeners and video viewers were pitifully few, everyone had to squeeze in part-time work, and Tenshi had to run her repair shop even while constantly sick.
Though Tenshi seemed to quite enjoy tinkering with those things.
If she had to choose, Sunna still felt that staying together like this was much more fun.
Even if it was a bit tough.
Master Tinman noticed Sunna staying behind, shook his head, but said nothing.
The girls often came here together, so he knew what this part-time girl was working on behind the scenes.
Besides, there weren’t so many customers that she was rushed off her feet, so he let Sunna listen in.
“I know, I know…”
Wang Gankan slumped on the table, not even bothering to look up:
“But Dundun, the problem right now isn’t our capability at all!
“It’s the company, it’s the company!
“Although we haven’t produced any big stars, those amateurs we found before were all really talented, right?”
At this point, Wang Gankan raised his hand and slammed the table hard.
As the table shook, the coffee cup rattled, spilling some liquid onto the table and onto Wang Gankan’s sleeve.
Li Dundun and Sunna were both startled by Wang Gankan’s outburst.
Wang Gankan finally raised his head slightly, his eyes filled with despair.
Staring at Li Dundun with bloodshot eyes, he asked:
“Do you remember what happened to those people?”
Li Dundun opened his mouth, then lowered his head.
“Not a single one stayed under us for even a month.
We just had too few resources.
“And…
and several were taken away by the chairman’s niece.
She even got promoted a few days ago, right when layoffs hit…
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Saying this, Li Dundun finally realized what had happened.
He slumped onto the table as well, looking utterly hopeless.
“So… we were fired.”
After feeling dazed for a few seconds, Li Dundun suddenly sat up straight and said earnestly:
“No, Bro!
The worse it gets, the harder we have to work!
Let’s push on!
“We have to make it big and not let those people mock us forever!”
“I know that too,” Wang Gankan sat up as well, spreading his hands.
“But right now we really have zero resources left.
Who would possibly believe in us?
“Besides, talent isn’t easy to find, naive ones are even harder…
And not just any amateur will do, they need to have good looks.
“Do you see? Someone like this little sister next to us has top-tier looks. She…”
As Wang Gankan spoke, he pointed at Sunna, who was standing nearby eavesdropping.
Suddenly, his speech slowed down and then came to a complete stop.
The next instant, Wang Gankan whipped his head around to stare at Sunna, his eyes wide open.
“A top-tier amateur!
“A cute appearance, innocent eyes like a naive fawn, incredible body proportions, overflowing with youthful purity!
“Perfect! Absolutely perfect!”
Wang Gankan leaped to his feet and grabbed Sunna’s hands.
“Little sister, I’m from Fugue Entertainment…
Oh, wait, not anymore.
“My name is Wang Gankan, formerly a talent scout.
Though I haven’t produced any mega-stars, I’m far from worthless.
“Some of the rookies I discovered played minor roles in Jiayin’s movies, and someone even danced backup for Jiayin at one of her concerts.
“Even though I have nothing now, I still have contacts.
Do you want to become a star, an idol?
“I’ll pour all my remaining resources into you!”
Wang Gankan gripped her hands so tightly that Sunna felt pain.
“Wait, you… um…”
Sunna’s face turned beet red, tears welling up in her eyes.
She took a few steps back, trying to pull her hands free, but failed.
“I beg you!”
Wang Gankan dropped to his knees with a thud.
“You really have talent!
Are you truly not planning to become an idol?
Are you really going to waste all this talent?
“Have mercy on me! Even though Dundun and I are drinking coffee right now, there’s no hope left for our future—before long, we’ll be eating dirt!”
Seeing his boss kneel, Li Dundun immediately dropped to his knees as well.
“I beg you!” he echoed in the exact manner of Wang Gankan.
“I… um… you… please don’t do this…” Having never encountered a situation like this before, Sunna’s mind went completely blank.
Amidst this commotion, Sunna’s pet device suddenly flickered.
Bubble leaped out from inside.
However, after Tenshi’s Digimon code implantation last night, the current Bubble was no longer the Bubble of the past.
“Haaah—!”
The moment Bubble emerged, it hissed at Wang Gankan and immediately spun around to whip its tail.
Unleashing “Fox Tail,” inherited from Nyaromon’s data, the power of Bubble’s attack became extraordinary.
*Bang!*
“AAAAAAAH—!!!”
*BOOM!*
After a heavy crash, Wang Gankan flew through the air screaming and embedded himself into the wall.
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After listening to Master Tinman’s account, Tenshi whipped her head around and glared at Wang Gankan.
“You creep, how dare you sexually harass our Sunna! I’m going to cement you into the power grid!”
For a moment, silence fell over the room as everyone turned to look at Tenshi.
Sunna’s face flushed intensely hot.
She reached out and grabbed Tenshi’s arm.
“Tenshi, what on earth are you talking about?!”
“Huh? No, I didn’t! I didn’t!” Wang Gankan waved his hands frantically in front of himself.
[Sunna feels flustered by your wild words. Flustered +123.]
[Qingyi feels bewildered by your wild words. Bewildered +80.]
[Teacher Cecilia feels shocked by your wild words. Shocked +176.]
[…]
“No, well, he…”
At this moment, even Qingyi, who was usually calm and unbothered, stumbled over her words.
“Forget it, let’s leave it at that. It doesn’t make much difference anyway.”
“It DOES make a difference!” Wang Gankan roared.
“My life is really going to be ruined!”
After shouting this, he immediately turned his attention back to the angels, seeming to finally regain his senses and calm down a little.
Then, he snapped his head down in a deep bow to apologize:
“I am terribly sorry!
Truly, deeply sorry!
“I’m at a low point in my life, and I acted on impulse out of anger and jealousy over my former company’s situation!
“Please forgive my thoughtless behavior!”
“Ah? It… it’s fine…” Sunna was taken aback and stammered nervously, hiding behind Tenshi, Nangong, and Aria.
“I’m so sorry,” Wang Gankan repeated, before slowly lifting his head.
His eyes scanned across the faces of the girls in front of him, lighting up uncontrollably:
“Honestly, all of you young ladies really…
look so talented.
“Though I’ve been laid off, I still have contacts.
Maybe I could pull some strings.
“Would you ladies consider making an idol debut or something?”
As Wang Gankan spoke, his gaze swept over the girls’ faces.
Miss Sunna, whom he met earlier, was full of youthful innocence and cuteness.
The ones who arrived later…
Miss Nangong carried an effortless aura of maturity; Miss Aria looked full of energy and vigor; Miss Tenshi, despite her shocking words, possessed a gap-moe charm with her disinterested and detached expression.
And the woman behind them—was she their guardian?
“Bro, don’t you think that lady in the back looks really familiar?” Li Dundun poked Wang Gankan and whispered.
Wang Gankan had already been observing Cecilia, so hearing his sidekick say this immediately brought back a vague sense of familiarity.
“Speaking of which, is the lady in the back the guardian of these young ladies?
“I don’t know if it’s my imagination, but you look somewhat familiar.”
Before the angels could speak, Cecilia cut in ahead of them.
Her eyes lowered slightly, flickering with a flash of complex emotion, but she quickly covered her lips with the back of her hand and giggled softly:
“Is that so?
Mr.
Wang, you must have mistaken me for someone else.
“Indeed, many people say I look familiar.”
As she spoke, Cecilia’s phone buzzed.
She added:
“Excuse me for a moment, I’m going outside to take a call.”
With that, Cecilia walked out.