Compared to ordinary people, the resources she had at her disposal made it easier for her to investigate everything about the show.
Just like now, she had contacted the director of NCK TV station through a member of parliament who had connections with the company. She even invited the TV station staff who participated in the recording of the show to come and ask questions. No one dared to refuse — — they might not care about a little girl, but they had to listen to their boss.
"Actually, this show wasn't the idea of our TV station."
A skinny man sitting in front of Hayao said in a low voice while wiping the sweat off his forehead. In the beginning, he still wanted to show off his media persona in front of Yu, but after Yu showed him his Metropolitan Police ID and a line of numbers, he immediately collapsed in fear and spilled everything he knew like pouring beans out of a bamboo tube.
"Initially, a variety show company approached us and proposed this project. They believe that all Spiritual Ability users are scammers, so they wanted to produce a show like this to expose the scammers' tricks in front of their guests and audience …" Seiji explained.
Oh, it was the Japanese version of "Into Science".
"So do you think that all the Spiritual Ability users on stage are liars?"
"Well..."
The man hesitated for a moment in response to Hayao's question.
"Frankly speaking, I think there are still a few people who are truly capable. For example, they can learn about the past of strangers and people they met for the first time, as well as some things that only they themselves know. Of course, that's the rhythm of the show. First, we'll try our best to show the power of these Spiritual Ability users, then when the audience believes it, we'll criticize them in turn... "
It was understandable to show off first and then suppress later.
"But those Spiritual Ability users won't be convinced, right?"
"Of course, and to be honest, many of their performances are indeed suspicious. For example, someone revealed a secret of someone else's childhood, saying that he learned it from the spirit behind him. But it's also possible that the guest list was leaked before the show started, and the other party investigated based on this... "
"That's a possibility."
Hayao nodded slightly. This was the reason why Spiritual Ability was not accepted by the public. This was different from science, where there was only one explanation. For example, if a place was on fire, then there must be a place with some flames. The public could accept this and understand the principle behind it.
However, you said that you could see the spirit behind other people's backs and obtain information from it. This was beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.
Most importantly, this kind of idealistic thing was hard to prove with actual evidence. For example, what the other party said was a secret between a guest and his deceased relative, and if this secret was not recorded, it would be difficult to obtain evidence. However, if there were records left behind, it would increase the possibility of a leak.
Even if Seiji insisted on believing it to be true, this sort of thing without any evidence would only make others suspicious. Perhaps even the guest would be suspected of being a Spiritual Ability user acting for them, or perhaps they were acting in order to hype up the show.
This was why true Spiritual Ability users would almost never participate in this type of media program.
"Have you seen these two girls before?"
Thinking until here, Grizzly collected his thoughts and placed a photo of Yezuna Izuna and another girl in front of him. After looking at the photo, Grizzly thought for a while and nodded vigorously.
"I remember, I remember, especially this one. Her name is … Izuna, right? We originally wanted to make her into a first-rate psionic ability user … Hahaha, you know, the public is most interested in this type of girl."
"You mean, you didn't follow the plan?"
"Yes, she suddenly disappeared. We don't know where she went."
"Disappeared?"
"That's right."
The man nodded again.
"We originally planned to do a serialized feature focusing on the beautiful psionic girl Izuna … and maybe we could even make her into a celebrity idol. But just before the show started, she suddenly disappeared. We searched for her for a long time, but in the end, we couldn't find her."
"Did you call her?"
"Of course. The producer personally called, but no one answered."
"… I see. Thank you."
After questioning the man, Grizzly stood up and walked out of the television station. Just as she walked into her car, her phone rang. She picked up the phone and heard Crimson's anxious voice from the other side.
"Sister Grizzly!!"
"What's wrong? Crimson? "
"Something's wrong! I followed your instructions and investigated the Spiritual Ability users who participated in the program, but I found that many of them disappeared after participating in the program! "
"Disappeared?"
"Yes, I asked the friends and relatives of those Spiritual Ability users. They all said that those Spiritual Ability users never came back after participating in the program. They went to the television station to ask and even called the police, but in the end, they didn't find anything. "
"It seems that there's something wrong with that variety show company."
Hearing this, Grizzly's expression turned serious. If the other party was deliberately trying to ruin the reputation of Spiritual Ability users, she actually didn't care. As she said to Crimson before, it was better for people to think that all Spiritual Ability users were liars than for them to think that all Spiritual Ability users were real.
But if the other party did something to harm people in the name of liars, it would be a different story. More importantly, Izuna was also related to this matter — Grizzly didn't remember Izuna encountering such a situation in "Hell's Teacher", so the situation was obvious. Izuna was obviously involved in something that went beyond the normal course of events.
"I'm going to take a look at that production company. Go back to the office first, and I'll contact you if there's anything."
Grizzly quickly came to a decision.
Originally, Grizzly thought that a production company for a third-rate supernatural show like this would be located in a rather remote location. Although this show's viewership ratings weren't low, it wasn't particularly popular. Not to mention, supernatural shows weren't considered elegant, not to mention that the production company was acting like a gangster. It was easy for people to think that this was a company controlled by a yakuza.
But what Grizzly didn't expect was that this company was actually located in a high-rise building in the downtown area of Tokyo. Their location was more than ten times better than Grizzly's office.
Things were getting interesting.
Grizzly didn't believe that an entertainment company could become so popular with a third-rate supernatural show that it was able to buy a building in the center of Tokyo. Even if the Japanese financial crisis had collapsed, it still wouldn't be possible.
On the twentieth floor of this building, Grizzly could sense a clear Spiritual Aura. If she wasn't mistaken, this was Izuna's aura.
Sure enough, when she sneaked up to the twentieth floor and followed the direction of the Spiritual Aura, she saw a black-haired girl in a sailor suit lying on the ground, unconscious. There were many people in black suits standing around. They looked like people who would appear in gangster movies. Grizzly glanced around, then quietly entered the room. She then came to the black-haired girl's side and pushed her.
"Are you okay? Wake up! "
"Mmm … mmm … Mmm!!!"
Hearing Grizzly's voice, the black-haired girl opened her eyes in a daze. When she saw Grizzly in front of her, she immediately opened her mouth to scream, but Grizzly reacted quickly and covered her mouth.
"Don't scream. You're Ye Yue Izuna, right? I'm Grizzly. I'm here to look for you on behalf of Kuno-sensei."
Perhaps because she heard a familiar name, Ye Yue Izuna's struggle became less intense. She looked at Grizzly and nodded. Only then did Grizzly let go of her hand.
"Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, but Kyoko … Kyoko was …"
"Calm down first."
Seeing Ye Yue Izuna clenching her fists angrily, Grizzly hurriedly reached out and motioned for her to calm down.
"Tell me slowly. What happened?"
"You don't know, but this company is run by a demon! They use this method to collect Spiritual Ability users and turn them into demons! "
"Calm down. Tell me slowly. What exactly happened?"
Under Grizzly's comfort, Ye Yue Izuna slowly calmed down and explained the whole story to Grizzly. Just like what Fumiko found out at school, Ye Yue Izuna's friend, Kyoko, was chosen by this variety show's production company. They wanted her to show off her divination ability on the show, but they criticized her for being useless. At that time, Kyoko was very sad. Ye Yue Izuna also disliked these people. She wanted to comfort Kyoko, but she found that Kyoko seemed to have changed into a different person.
"Changed into a different person?"
"Yes. In the past, Kyoko was just a straightforward girl who liked divination. But after that show, she changed. She seemed to want to prove that she wasn't a liar. Then, under the persuasion of the producer called Ying Shan, she went for some surgery, and then she changed …"
Ye Yue Izuna couldn't help but tremble when she said that.
"Her divination ability is getting more and more accurate, but her personality has changed drastically. Not only that, she always takes some strange drugs …"
"Did you discuss this with Kushino-sensei?"
"How is that possible? Do you think you can tell that Zero Ability sensei about this?! "
"… … …" |
That's true. If Ye Yue Izuna told Narusuke Nagano, his first reaction would probably be to call the police.
"Not only that, they also turned Kyoko into a monster!"
"Monster?"
"Yes. When Kyoko first came back, she was normal except for a small dot on her forehead. At the time, I thought it was just a pimple. But later, the dot grew bigger and bigger, and finally … it turned into an eyeball! "
"… Huh?"
Hearing this, Bi was taken aback.
An eyeball?
Did the Three-Eyed Race reappear?
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