Chapter 96 Part 2

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Chapter 96 Part 2: The External Feedback, Exposed the Shura Arena (2)

Although she cried bitterly at the scene, when watching the live footage, she couldn’t even withstand until Little Sakura finally shed tears, smiled, and bowed sincerely to the audience. She was already emotionally overwhelmed by that scene.

Sometimes, idol chasing represents an ideal, a belief that outside your ideal world there is another version of yourself that can forever love passionately, persist relentlessly, never give up, and never admit defeat, gradually approaching a bright future.

As the other person reaches that future, due to your continuous efforts, you also share the same joy and happiness, as if you have had a fulfilling dream and no regrets.

This unique emotional value is difficult to replace with other things. A very high-quality idol can indeed help some people undergo transformation.

However, in the entertainment world, there aren’t many that can be considered high-quality.

Xu Ling took a deep breath, deciding to separately edit individual focus videos on growth for Chu Yuanqing and Kirimi Miyuki.

Chu Yuanqing’s video is well-made, showcasing the contrast between her early stage performances in practice rooms and the maturity of her secondary rating stage performances. By editing footage from her early performances, multimedia classrooms, and interviews, the video achieves a high level of completion.

Kirimi Miyuki’s journey was a challenging one, starting when she was ten years old and struggling in Tokyo to finally making it to the prestigious "Dazzling Stage" after facing numerous rejections and obstacles.

The story is intricate and complex, aiming to be organized in a video with footage from various stages to create a timeline that leads to an emotional climax, presenting a challenging task.

However…

No matter what, she will make a move!

Xu Ling confidently ignored the dark circles under her eyes, excitedly saying:

"Haha, just two videos, they can’t beat me in editing!"

Just then, her phone chimed with an excited message from her fellow group members.

The official "Dazzling Stage" account unexpectedly released a teaser for the second episode?

Xu Ling couldn’t wait to open the official website. The cover of the second episode showed Chu Yuanqing sitting, with a calm but confused expression on her face, looking at a cute picture next to her.

At first glance, the timeline is likely shortly after the voting at the Carry Center.

Is it a… showdown!!!

Xu Ling felt both excited and worried, but her curiosity to see what happens outweighed everything else. Her fingers almost smashed the mouse keys from clicking so eagerly.

This short video, only two and a half minutes long but full of information, unfolded like an epic battle, bursting with colors and excitement in the viewer’s eyes.

Everything seemed normal at first.

The combination of Tang Liuli and Chu Wang Shu highlighted an innocence that was cute and harmless. These two gathered around Chu Yuanqing, asking questions and chatting, creating a warm and harmonious atmosphere. It felt like small animals whispering secrets to each other, bringing a sense of healing.

Xie Qingxuan joined in quickly and spoke up, offering to train together. After coaching, the bullet comments from her fans were full of praise.

Within seconds, Xu Ling was also full of praise.

Because she pushed Little Sakura, as if hearing the call to war, she hurried to the battlefield quickly and said some very fiery words, creating a fiery and intense atmosphere like surrounded by flames and frozen ice.

During this time, Kirimi Miyuki smiled and effortlessly put a green-eyed cat in its place, showing her true colors as a bad woman, causing instant comments to flood in unison:

"Oh my, four people, what a terrifying battleground?"

"Is Chu Yuanqing some kind of seductive demon? Absolutely fascinating."

"Little Sakura seems to have turned dark to win back his wife, such a huge twist!"

"Why does the Great Devil suddenly seem weak, showing a cute side to the audience?"

Soon, the clash between Great Devil and Little Sakura erupted, leading to the birth of classic quotes that would soon spread across the internet.

——Great Devil thinly veiled the situation with a simple "We are roommates".

——While Little Sakura completed a remarkable turnaround by saying "Little Qing voted for me".

They fought fiercely, showing no mercy.

Xu Ling was greatly amazed when she witnessed Kirimi Miyuki, whom she knew very well, act so aggressively and competitively in public.

Oh, Miyuki might actually be falling in love?

Could the couple I randomly paired together be actually meant to be?

Although the group is filled with fanfictions, with friends joking around and playing with lesbian themes, heavily shipping this couple, it is considered normal because there are many lesbian ships in the girl group.

Just like playing with abstract jokes doesn’t mean one is abstract, shipping lesbian couples doesn’t mean one truly believes they are lesbians.

Most of the time, everyone is just creating fan content for fun and entertainment, with only a few fans truly believing in the ships, and they usually don’t take it seriously, especially not in front of the real people involved.

Of course, there are exceptions, like when shipping a couple goes beyond reasonable boundaries and even harms the individuals involved.

This kind of situation is often referred to as "shipping for real" in the fan community.

Little Sakura’s current performance almost perfectly fits this definition.

Even if they’re not lesbians, they have a really close relationship, so close that they act possessive of each other, or else they wouldn’t have such childish conversations.

But the issue is, Little Sakura is real, and Xie Qingxuan and Tang Liuli, who are both Grade A, are also real.

Wow, Honey Qing, how irresistible are you?!

However, the behind-the-scenes footage of this video is far from over. A Grade A player who previously had almost no connection with Chu Yuanqing and had a lot of dedicated fans entered in a very calm manner and spoke arrogantly:

"For Chu Yuanqing’s future, please voluntarily step aside."

The person who came was the industry-famous genius choreographer, Ji Shuzhu.

The comments exploded, and fans from all sides were stunned:

"Wow, Ji Shuzhu? Why is she getting involved too?"

"Oh my goodness, there are six Grade A contestants, and five of them are here. What a chaotic situation?"

"Hey, isn’t Ji Shuzhu’s love interest Chen Yining? Why is she now trying to steal Chu Yuanqing? Helping out voluntarily, what kind of behavior is this?"

"Ji Shuzhu’s fans, let me clarify, Shuzhu was never really tied to Chen Yining, they are just good friends. Shipping them together is just not accurate."

"I heard some rumors in the industry that Ji Shuzhu’s goal in participating in ‘Dazzling Stage’ this time is not to debut, but to be interested in trainees with ‘Heart Flow’. It is said to stimulate her inspiration in choreography. Now it seems it might be true."

People online were discussing endlessly, feeling that the contestants’ relationships were becoming a mess. The one who caused all this chaos sat in their chair, completely unaware of the chaos, appearing very amusing.

As the video reached this crucial moment, suddenly a distant shot was cut, switching the view to Liang Xiaoxiao, who had been watching. After freezing for three seconds, the footage abruptly stopped, transitioning to a black screen, slowly revealing the smiling logo of Dream Weaver Rabbit.

Online users flooded the comments section with tons of question marks, angrily criticizing this professional-grade abrupt ending:

"What on earth does that last scene mean? Is Liang Xiaoxiao also joining the battle?"

"It’s unlikely, Xiaoxiao clearly knows her place and is staying there to avoid being accused of leeching off the situation, just watching from afar. Very humble indeed."

"Goodbye, if you say others don’t want to be accused of sucking up, then so be it. Liang Xiaoxiao’s recent behavior is clearly trying to get close actively, except for her dorm mates, almost all popular players would silently be included in her social circle."

"Low-rated players are like this, without strength they can only survive in a different way, after all, getting eliminated is no joke. I actually admire her social skills, should we say she is truly funny?"

"I am only concerned about the final outcome of this six-person showdown."

"Even in the entire talent show industry, this behind-the-scenes footage is quite explosive, darn it, so who actually won in the end!"

The online discussions are getting more and more intense.

In a distant underground base, everything is still peaceful, unaware of the turmoil outside.

And when midnight arrived, the official announcement of "Dazzling Stage" was released again, declaring that the second episode will air the next day.