The Hero
Chapter 159 The Reputation of Smells
“I am the head of Xerxes Village, Thomas Bloom. I heard that you accused Edelgard. As an old veteran who joined the army and fought, I am deeply disappointed and saddened by everyone's false accusations.
“Edelgard comes to our village every year to teach voluntarily, to make money and non-money donations. He sponsored some students from our village, as well as many sick villagers who needed treatment. It was also his donation that allowed us to have a water supply in the village, he said,
“On what basis do you all accuse Edelgard and call him a traitor of Yuzuia? Are we, the villagers of Xerxes, Yuzueans?”
Thomas scolded everyone angrily in the video, letting some curses slip as he spoke. When his anger peaked, he even took out a pack of cigarettes with a worn corner and took out a cigarette to smoke. No one knew if it was due to the smoke or anger caused by the netizens, but his eyes were wet.
“I hold a gun and drive away our enemies, no matter if I will bleed or die, all to protect our nation then, no matter if I will bleed or die, but you blatantly accuse a good soul of doing nothing but helping our village despite the warm and comfortable weather. Is the bleeding not enough? You want me to cry too?”
Thomas' online clips made him top of the trending list that night.
[For whom was the senior head of the bloody village back then?)
[Who are our veteran fighters crying now?]
(A young woman had helped her village in silence, but we had stabbed her again and again from behind.]
[Is Mr Bloom crying over the girl's false accusations or our glaring recklessness?)
Two more videos were published on the internet after that. One is a recording of an Edelgard encounter, when someone deliberately threw a Yuzuean flag onto the stage before Edelgard took it unknowingly. The other was a video of a seven or eight-year-old boy shaking in front of the camera.
“I don't know that beautiful woman. She looks as beautiful as a celebrity. He gave me 15 dollars to throw the flag on stage!”
The first video is real and completely unedited. The second is fake. In reality, the person who brought the boy there was a man. However, when the three videos were watched in quick succession, combined with Renee's trending posts, they caught everyone's attention…
The name Edelgard cleared. The whole internet started apologizing to him that night. Both on forums and official accounts, netizens' apologies flooded in. Entertainment news channels also reported it. For a moment, the internet was filled with apologies to him.
At the same time, Renee's social media accounts were attacked, as people rushed to criticize her. Initially, Renee immediately deleted her post about breaking ties with Edelgard and posted an apology, but netizens were unrelenting. They chewed on her with increasing intensity until she locked down her comment section.
Before long, his social media account was hacked, and someone logged in to post a photo. The photo shows him kneeling on the floor wearing nothing and more like a screenshot of an adult movie star, but Renee's face has been edited. The caption reads: (Sorry, me, Renee Lewis, ab*tch. I apologize to the nation's netizens. I'm mistaken. I only deserve to act in Yuzuean p*rn.).
In one night, everything changes completely, as fame and ugliness change sides.
Although the boy did not show who trapped Edelgard, everyone connected the dots and concluded that it was Renee instantly. Cyberbullying comes like a tidal wave, as scandals and dirt were previously dug up. There are even verified recordings of her work as a club hostess before becoming famous.
Javier doesn't even need to step up or get any real evidence, but he manages to knock Renee out completely so she won't be able to get up again.
Later that night, Renee's management company announces that they have terminated their contract with her, while the film studio that had signed a contract with him earlier began to press charges either because their production could not be released or because they could not start filming due to his problems.
Now, in a mansion in Haeside, Renee was throwing things irregularly.
"How is this possible? Netizens are burning it out thoroughly now. He can't turn things around. Why did everything become like this? Why?!"
Makeup products were strewn everywhere on the floor, filling the room with its fragrances. Even so, the smell could not cover Renee's heart that reeked of profit-seeking desire.
He just didn't expect this. Edelgard, who he had used like a puppet and had been kicked into the deepest pit of doom, never to rise again, had risen and was now soaring. Meanwhile, he ended up like this in a day. How'd he do it?
"Cannot be. The footage of him in that stupid village must be fake. He definitely got an addition to acting with her. I must have known the crippled village chief. He looks so familiar. He must have been a figure in my previous films.”
Like a frenzied lunatic, Renee rips down her house before fishing for her phone to call her boyfriend.
"Hello darling. Hurry up and get me a check. Edelgard ******it must have rented an extra. Dig up the shit for me. I'll trample him into pieces that can't be saved this time so he can forget to come back!”
While Renee snorted on the phone, her boyfriend replied, “Alright, save yourself the trouble. Xerxes Village is real. Many official media have reported it. Be kind and low in the future. ”
"Why should I? It's not even real. Is it true just because the official media says so? They were also deceived. Honey, I don't care. I want it done, so help me. People are chasing me like crazy right now. You have to help me ... "
Throwing tantrums and hilarious pleas, Renee annoys her boyfriend on the phone.
“Renee Lewis, enough. My dad called me in the hope that rumors I'm with you won't affect our company's stock. There goes. Let's not call each other anymore. We broke up!”
Before Renee could react, the call was closed. When he let go and called the man again, the channel operator "the number you called is not available" greeted him.
Renee kicked her sandals angrily and threw herself onto her bed, punching the mattress and spitting out curses.
“You b *star! Kay promised me everything when you slept with me and now you're afraid that I'll affect you now that I'm down. You're assholes…"
After casting a curse, Renee picked up her phone again and called an old businessman. The latter had seduced him rather diligently in the past, and now was a good time for him to return to him.
“Halo, Mr. Jackson, this is Renee. I've considered your offer before and consider you rather sincere. ”
“Tulus, *ss! We're the target of public outrage right now and you want me to spend money on making love to you? Have you lost your mind? You're worthless now, I want you to know. Fuck those! ”
Rene's confused. The wealthy businessman had shown his interest in her several times before this, but now??
When she was possessed, her doorbell rang. Renee ran to the door, thinking that her boyfriend had changed his mind, but the moment she opened the door, the homeowner told her, “Please get out of my house now. I don't want to rent my house to trash like you. I'm afraid of getting involved!”
