freenovelworld Chapter 424 Resort Crisis
Chapter 424 Resort Crisis
And so the ghost story at the resort came to an end, while preparations for the beach music festival were in full swing, and tourists were gradually being drawn to the upcoming music festival and the increasingly popular resort.
In fact, with the previous rumors of haunting being dispelled, there have been even more tourists in the past few days.
Arnold conducted thorough research on the resort's target customer group during his spare time, and although the available advertising budget was limited, it was all spent wisely.
In addition to the popularity brought by Alice and Herrscher of Knowledge's previous live performance, many people came here early in the morning specifically for the music festival that will be held tonight.
Yuzuha, along with Rin and Alice, was also doing final checks early in the morning. Seeing the three of them busy at work, Mei came to Kiana's side.
"Seeing them so busy, I was immediately reminded of that school trip I took a long time ago."
Kiana put down her drink and smiled at Mei: "Are you referring to that time you performed on stage?"
Mei naturally knew what Kiana was referring to, and awkwardly scratched her cheek.
"Haha, I was indeed a bit nervous and shy during the rehearsal, which caused her to make a scene. But I overcame my stage fright and the performance was a great success in the end."
"So, would you be interested in doing it again?"
"You mean going to the music festival tonight?" Mei asked. "Did Rin and the others agree?"
“Of course they’ll agree, but I haven’t told them yet,” Kiana said. “Mei, you don’t really think the whole thing is over, do you?”
“Of course not.” Mei shook her head and said, “Based on the investigation of Willis’s personality, he would never give up so easily.”
At that moment, the captain walked over, holding a cell phone and a camera hanging around his neck: "So, he will definitely make a move against this music festival."
Then the captain showed Mei the video on his phone. After watching the video, Mei's expression darkened.
"Do they know about this?"
"Not yet."
"This is bad. If they activate those holographic projectors later, we'll be in trouble."
“I think we don’t need to worry about that now,” Bronya said, pointing to the chaotic scene.
Mei asked, "What do we do now? Should we help them find Adi? After all..."
Just then, Willis led a large group of TV crew toward Ling and the others, who had just finished comforting the tourists and were discussing the situation.
It was obvious that the other party intended to destroy the resort, which was exactly what Kiana and her group wanted.
The fact that the other party brought so many people from TV stations, and Kiana even saw some of the more well-known mainstream media outlets in New Elito, meant that the live broadcast was practically pushed to everyone in New Elito.
If Ling and her friends can bring this ghost story to a complete end under the watchful eyes of the live stream provided by the other party, it will bring a lot of traffic to the entire resort, which is equivalent to getting free promotion through the other party.
Conversely, if they cannot resolve this farce, it means the resort will face its doom and be taken over by the other party.
It can be said that risks and opportunities coexist, but Kiana doesn't see any risks at all.
Because his hired men were captured and taken to the police station by Ling and her group a few days ago, he had to carry out his next plan himself. This gave Ling and her group an opportunity to turn the tables on him, and the key to this opportunity was the now-missing Adi.
At the same time, Willis took out his phone and played a video in front of everyone and the camera.
The video is set late at night and the location is indeed a resort, suggesting it was a secretly filmed video from a fixed camera position.
In the video, Adi appears in an empty street, carrying holographic projectors. Its small body carries several projectors, installing them in various corners of the street, then adjusting their status to invisible before finally leaving satisfied.
Ke Ling and the others clearly remembered that they had handed over the projectors to the police station a few days ago, so what was the projector in the video?
"Is this your resort's bastard? I'm sorry I won't disclose the source of this video... but it's very clear in the video that it was all done by that one bastard, and it has nothing to do with us."
Willis put his phone away and continued, "I think the public has discerning eyes! Your resort fabricated this so-called haunting, causing immense emotional distress to the customers who trusted you and patronized this place, and then you even turned around and blamed us—isn't that right?!"
"Adi? How could that be? It's Bomb, which Father raised when he was still alive. It couldn't possibly do such a thing...right, Adi?"
Teresa asked questions while searching for Adi, but she couldn't find him anywhere in the area.
“Speaking of which, I haven’t seen it since this morning…” Zhe said.
"Hehehe..." Willis laughed, "I'm afraid he's fled to avoid punishment. The owner has to pay for Bomb's actions... As the managers of the resort, shouldn't you give the audience and tourists an explanation in front of the cameras?"
Just then, Rin, Alice, and Yuzu exchanged glances. In such an urgent situation, there was no confusion in their eyes, only determination.
After handing the scene over to Tetsuya and Masato, the three quietly left and began searching for Adi.
"Speaking of which, the video Willis showed is the same one I just watched, right?" Mei asked.
Because they were standing quite far apart, Mei couldn't see very clearly, but judging from the slightly blurry video, it was definitely the video that the captain had shown her earlier.
“Yes.” The captain nodded. “Speaking of which, it was the children from the orphanage who discovered this video.”
"How to say?"
"It was probably in the morning when a group of children accidentally bumped into a disguised camera while playing in the street. Fearing that the camera would be damaged, the children immediately took it to Bronya. After Bronya checked it and found that it was undamaged, the children breathed a sigh of relief."
However, Bronya also discovered something interesting: after extracting the video from it, she found the video I just showed you.
"I see. But what about the camera?"
“It’s still at the lost and found, right?” Bronya said. “Because it wasn’t damaged, I returned it to the children after retrieving the video, and they took it to the lost and found as Seele instructed.”
"So...should we go and get that camera now?" Mei asked. "That way, we can at least stall the media for a bit, right?"
Kiana and the captain exchanged a smile and said, "Of course we thought of that too, so Mei, what do you think of this?"
As he spoke, the captain shook the camera on his chest.