After Kadoya Saori and the other two were arrested, the case of Mermaid Island was concluded, and Miyazaki Ren and others' trip to the American island also came to an end. When they left, Shimabukuro Kimie and Fukuyama Rokuro came to see them off.
"I am really grateful to everyone for successfully solving this case. This is the Sumo I made. Please accept it if you don't mind." Shimabukuro Kimie took out the Sumo from the cloth bag and distributed it to everyone one by one.
"It looks great, thank you, Ms. Shimabukuro." Nakamori Aoko praised while holding the beautifully crafted Sumo.
"Oh, if you like it, I can make some different styles for you next time." Shimabukuro Kimie smiled, covering her mouth. Her eyes drifted towards the cruise ship from time to time, looking a little lonely.
"Kunee, are you willing to leave the island and live with me outside?" Upon seeing this, Fukuyama Rokuro invited Shimabukuro Kimie again. He had liked Shimabukuro Kimie for a long time and also yearned for life outside. The reason why he had stayed on the island was entirely because Shimabukuro Kimie was here.
"I..." Shimabukuro Kimie hesitated. She inherited her mother's will to protect the island, but she was really tired. She also loved Fukuyama Rokuro and wanted to live outside with him, but she couldn't let her mother's will go to waste. If she passed away, who would play the role of the longevity lady in the future?
Looking at the two people who were so sticky that they couldn't even have a complete conversation for a long time, Mizuo Sosuke said impatiently: "Really, Miss Shimabukuro, are you a member of the Fukushima Prefecture? Do you need to shoulder the economic GDP of the American Island? Why bother with all this?"
"But this is my mother's last wish after all. If I leave, how can I explain to everyone on the island that Changshoupo is gone? They have always trusted us so much."
Mizuo Sosuke took out a milk-flavored lollipop from his pocket, which made his frown relax a little. "Haven't you realized yet? The people on the island already knew the real identity of the Longevity Lady."
“Eh???”
"With such a big commotion, the police didn't cover up their tracks at all when they returned. The American island has always been well-informed, but until now, not even a single person has come to ask you about it. Don't you understand why?"
"Is that so?" Shimabukuro Kimie felt mixed emotions. She had tried so hard to hide the truth about the longevity woman, but now she looked like a fool. She raised her head and looked at the island that her mother had always wanted to protect. The beautiful scenery had now become abominable in her eyes.
Mizuo Sosuke revealed the villagers' fig leaf. What else did she not understand? Didn't the villagers know that she longed for the outside world? But no one told her, simply because they were afraid that she would stop pretending and the island would lose its appeal to tourists.
"The tragedy of the Shimabukuro family should have ended with your generation. Your great-grandmother, grandmother, mother, and you have all contributed to this island. When you have a daughter in the future, do you want her to bear the same burden as you?" Miyazaki Ren said as she looked at the busy crowd on the pier.
"I understand. Thank you everyone! If I go to Tokyo in the future, can I come and play with you all?" Shimabukuro Kimie was silent for a while, then slowly smiled and said.
"Then Miss Shimabukuro must come to see us. Then we can go to Miss Midorikawa's cafe together. It is said to be very popular." Nakamori Aoko replied happily. She liked this beautiful and strong shrine maiden very much.
"Well, it's a deal then~"
As the ship's whistle sounded, the group left the American Island. The sky was clear and the air was bright, and the trip to Mermaid Island ended.
....
After returning home, Miyazaki Ren washed up and sent the names of the three people to the boss of the winery, and then to Rum. After thinking for a while, he called Rum.
"...Mr. Rum, this is the truth about the long-lived woman of Mermaid Island." Miyazaki Ren first explained the truth about the long-lived woman, and then talked about what Rum was most concerned about. "There are relatively few important officials going this time, only three, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs, the former Chief Cabinet Secretary, and the former President of Bank of Japan. I have already sent you their relevant information and photos by email."
"You did a good job, Brandy." Rum opened the email and smiled at the information about these bigwigs. Although these three are no longer in office, it is well known that the Japanese bureaucracy is similar to the hereditary system. Although they have resigned, their family descendants still occupy important positions in the bureaucracy. These are not just three former important officials who have resigned, but also a list of three family resources that can be pulled in.
"This is my duty, Mr. Rum, but there is one thing I don't know whether I should say." Miyazaki Ren said hesitantly, "I don't mean anything else, I just feel sorry for Mr. Rum."
"Oh?" Rum knew that Brandy was the most loyal to him, smart and thorough, so it wouldn't hurt to listen to his opinions. "Why is it not worth it?"
"Mr. Rum has devoted himself to the organization, but that gentleman... Ugh..." Miyazaki Ren even pretended to sob a little, as if she was sad about Rum's current situation. "The power of these three people is not small. That gentleman can't tolerate Mr. Rum now. If he continues to pull these three people, then..."
"Brandy, are you trying to alienate me from my loyalty to that gentleman?" Rum said in a deep voice.
His tone was very serious, but Miyazaki Ren, who was familiar with his nature, knew that Rum was definitely moved.
"I was wrong. I absolutely did not question Mr. Rum's idea." Miyazaki Ren did not directly answer Rum's question. Instead, he admitted his mistake first and then continued, "I just felt that it was not worth it for Mr. Rum. Besides, Mr. Rum had to train a successor in Brazil and was very busy. That gentleman was also very busy. Mr. Rum took the lead and helped that gentleman to win them over before submitting the list..."
Miyazaki Ren's words made Rum's heart beat fast. His meaning was very simple. It was not that he would not hand in the list to that gentleman. After all, this was an act of flattery, not a task assigned by that gentleman. It did not matter if he did it earlier or later. Before handing it in, Rum would first pull the power of these three people under his command. After handing it in, even if that gentleman sent other people to pull it, these three people were actually on his side.
This not only pleases the gentleman, but also gains three forces. If everything goes well, these three forces will appear to be on the gentleman's side, but in fact they are our hidden stakes. It is a good idea to kill two birds with one stone!
"You're right, Brandy. But that's not what you need to do now. I will instruct the organization's secret agents in the political circle to help you get promoted as soon as possible. Campari seems to be trying to ease the tension with the organization. He has much more advantages than you. What you need to do is work hard to get to the same level as him and then replace him. Do you understand?"
"Campari!" Miyazaki Ren repeated the name through gritted teeth.
Hearing the hatred that could not be concealed in his words, Rum gave him a few more instructions with satisfaction and hung up the phone. Brandy had done a really good job on the mission this time, and most importantly, the suggestions he gave were very much to his liking. Rum was a generous boss, and after thinking about it, he allocated a large sum from the funds his successor gave him as a reward for this mission.
On the other side, the gentleman who had been waiting for Rum's list for a long time looked at the email sent by Miyazaki Ren with deep eyes. Rum must find someone to replace him as soon as possible to get rid of this hyena who is no longer loyal. It seems that this brandy is good, but it still needs to be considered.
"Bermode, I need you to help me pull these three people together and get ahead of Rum."
"At your command, sir."
The three guys on the Mermaid Island are all obsessed with longevity. The winery can pull them all in. The three of them are very powerful, and if the winery is really successful, it will definitely be a great help. Miyazaki Ren, who claims to be a three-good citizen, certainly will not allow this to happen.
Moreover, he looked at the money that Rum had just remitted. Rum was getting poorer and poorer. The boss of the winery did not give out any bonus this time. Thinking about the loss of 10 million yen, he decided to open up some new income channels.
Miyazaki Ren looked at the photos that Morofushi Kagemitsu had secretly taken. As a sniper, he was very skilled at finding angles. In this photo, not only were the three targets in the same frame, but their indifference and disdain for those above them were also vividly displayed.
As a famous mermaid tourism-related attraction in Japan, Mermaid Island has always had good traffic. Coupled with the mermaid skeleton incident that became a hit on the Internet and was reported by major media, the traffic has continued to rise.
On this day, a well-known gossip account revealed the truth about the mermaid skeleton, "Shock! The truth about the mermaid skeleton is actually..."
As soon as the blog post was published, it was quickly reprinted by major media. The author of the blog post had superb writing skills and vividly described the tragic case that occurred on Mermaid Island. It is worth mentioning that it also mentioned that three wealthy people spent a lot of money to buy dugong arrows. There are photos of the three wealthy people under the blog post.
This blog post, which combines suspense, the supernatural and showing off wealth, quickly became the number one hot post and was followed by the word "explosive".
The derived contents are varied. In addition to those condemning Men Yaoshazhi and others and complaining about the deadly harm of feudal superstition, the most discussed topic is the three wealthy businessmen who spent tens of millions of dollars.
At this time, a blogger nicknamed "Ringo is the most delicious" uncovered the true identities of the three wealthy people. It turned out that the wealthy people were former high-ranking officials. He also uncovered the status of these three families in the political arena, including the current positions of their descendants.
Finally, "Ringo is the most delicious" said as if to summarize, it is no wonder that the three men of the sect Shazhi could not see through it. Even the three people who once worked in high positions were deceived by such a low-level lie and spent tens of millions to buy a fake arrow for the sake of longevity.
People love to see these upper-class people's embarrassing moments. This Weibo post quickly became the second most popular post. The tag is also very straightforward, saying, "Shocked, these three senior officials were defrauded of tens of millions of yen!"
The most interesting thing is that there is a reply with the most likes under this Weibo post. The host said that his neighbor’s nephew’s aunt’s nephew’s girlfriend’s grandmother’s friend is from Mermaid Island. It is said that these three senior officials once invited Shazhi to visit in order to find out the secret of Mermaid Island.
The more people discussed the matter, the more fantastic it became. The three families were soon dragged into the scandal. Many people questioned how an official could spend so much money without blinking an eye and whether they were truly honest officials. Many people also said, just to attract attention, that they were conducting a secret experiment for longevity and that they were going to capture longevity ladies as experimental subjects.
There are all kinds of opinions.
As public opinion heated up, the three families could no longer sit still, and soon the account "Ringo is the most delicious" was banned.
This really stirred up a hornet's nest. It is obvious that these old guys who have been involved in politics do not know how to guide online public opinion. They only know the simplest and most brutal method - banning.
Little do they know that the more they do this, the more guilty they appear, as if everything they discussed before has come true. If it wasn't true, why were they so anxious to ban the account?
"Ringo is the most delicious" seemed to be angered as well. He registered more than ten small accounts and complained about the threats he had received in the past few days.
He was originally an ordinary citizen who just liked reading the news more than others and had a slightly better memory than others, so he recognized these three rich people. He did nothing but popularize science. Just like this, he lost the account that had been with him for so many years and received countless personal threats. Now he is trembling at home and dare not go out.
He was just eating a melon, why did he have to suffer such a great persecution? Does Japan no longer have freedom of speech? He, a commoner, was actually convicted for his speech. It never made sense. Today it was him, who would be the next one? For the future of Japan and for all the people who dare to speak out, he was unwilling to accept it. He was willing to use the little computer skills he had learned to speak for the people!
The words "Ringo is the most delicious" were like a fire that ignited all public opinion. The more the Nakatani Masahiro and the other three were banned, the more heated the public opinion became.
In addition, although these three families are the top families in the political arena, unfortunately, where there are people, there are struggles, and they naturally have political enemies.
Political opponents would not miss this good opportunity and bought many marketing accounts and newspapers to support "Ringo is the best", which was actually to suppress these three companies.
According to the opinion poll, the leader of the three families, Nakatani Masahiro, his most outstanding son-in-law, has seen his popularity drop by at least five points due to this incident, while his rival, Shimamoto Hirohito, has seen his support rate rise a lot thanks to him.
"Waste!" In the office, Shindo Daigo, Nakatani Masahiro and others gathered together. Nakatani Masahiro was so angry that he started to breathe oxygen.
Compared to his furious father-in-law, Shindo Daigo seemed much calmer. "This might have been planned by Shimamoto Hirohito and his gang. They were targeting us from the beginning. No matter what you do, they will give you a handle to attack you."
When Nakatani Masahoro heard this, his expression softened slightly, "In that case, you should solve it quickly. I don't want to see this matter again today!"
Shindo Daigo was very impatient when he heard the command. Did this old man still think he was the Chief Cabinet Secretary? But he still needed his support, so he could only grit his teeth and put on a respectful face and said, "Yes, I will solve it as soon as possible."
Those are the only tricks used to whitewash public opinion.
Or they use public opinion to cover up the dispute, such as a celebrity cheating on his wife or some other scandal, to divert public attention.
Or they wait for the heat to die down, slowly lower the ranking, and then arrange some internet trolls to fish in troubled waters, divert attention, throw out various whitewashing packages, slowly delete the bad comments, and only leave the whitewashing packages on the platform. People have limited memory and will always forget. Even if they think of it in the future, all they can find when searching are various whitewashing packages, and then they begin to doubt whether they were misled and wronged them.
Another method is to entertain, by retelling all the points that the public cannot accept and feel are scandalous in a funny and entertaining way, erasing the bad impression in the public's mind and leaving behind a lot of hahahaha.
Usually these three methods are carried out at the same time. As long as you are willing to spend money, it is only a matter of time to clean up your identity.
But this time it is extremely difficult, and these three methods are useless, because Shindo Daigo's opponent is not only black material, but Shimamoto Hirohito. As an old rival, although Shimamoto Hirohito's own methods are ordinary, he has the organization as a backing. The organization finally chose Shimamoto Hirohito over Nakatani Masahiro, who has not yet been captured, and Shimamoto Hirohito, who has made a long-term investment.
"Ringo is the most delicious." Looking at the activity funds sent by Shimamoto Hirohito, he couldn't stop smiling. The marketing account really makes money. No wonder everyone is working on the marketing account. Miyazaki Ren took a bite of the apple and looked at the computer screen with a smile on her face.
Seeing that the trend on the Internet was unanimous, he started the second step of his plan.
An account called "Watermelon is the King" openly started to criticize "Ringo is the most delicious".
He said that "Ringo is the best" was a rhetoric of some officials, used to target their opponents. Isn't it normal for retired seniors to travel together? There are so many rumors. How could the "Ringo is the best" account, which was only registered two or three months ago, become an account that has been with him for many years?
"Watermelon is the King" has a sharp pen, simple and sophisticated language, and goes straight to the heart of the matter. There is no shortage of people on the Internet who have a rebellious mentality and think they are the most sober, and they all stand behind "Watermelon is the King".
"Damn it, this 'Watermelon is King' must be a minion pushed out by Shindo Daigo, you must help me get rid of him!" Shimamoto Hirohito was furious, and the fat on his face trembled constantly.
Vermouth has been in the entertainment industry for many years, but her focus is not on this. She is used to staying at home, so she is not good at public attacks. Her intuition tells her that something is wrong, but Shimamoto Hirohito urges her so hard that she has no choice but to increase funding to support the competition between "Ringo is the best" and "Watermelon is the best".
He also hired a marketing company to hire a lot of mercenaries to clean up the square.
As for Daigo Shindo, after looking up information about "Watermelon is King", he felt that this was an opportunity sent by God. From the information they found, this person was a nitpicker who liked to be conspiratorial and liked to make comments that were different from the majority to highlight his unique personality.
Shindo Daigo's people soon contacted "Watermelon is King" and promised him a large sum of money, asking him to expose the sinister intentions of "Ringo is the Best" and the person behind it.
With the support of Daigo Shindo and Hirohito Shimamoto, the arguments between "Watermelon is the way to go" and "Ringo is the most delicious" were so intense that they were incompatible with each other. Many big Vs and well-known figures belonging to the two factions also joined in, which can be called the "swearing war of the century."
This went on for more than half a month, and both Shimamoto Hirohito and Shindo Daigo were badly hurt. Their past and various scandals were almost exposed to each other, and their support rates dropped a lot. On the contrary, the former Metropolitan Police Commissioner who had just entered the cabinet and had been an unknown figure and had not participated in the battle, Momota Rikuro, took advantage of the opportunity.
Bai Tian Lu Lang, who is good at showmanship, immediately seized the opportunity and found a marketing company to frantically market his own image, such as how he had suffered many injuries while saving people when he was a police officer, and how he was close to the people and honest.
Soon, the two-dragon fight in the cabinet turned into a three-way confrontation under his manipulation.
Miyazaki Ren smiled from ear to ear as he watched the funds coming in continuously from Shimamoto Hirohito and Shindo Daigo. He made a fortune this time. Not only the two accounts "Ringo is the most delicious" and "Watermelon is the king", but also the marketing accounts used by two shopping malls were created by him.
Even the appearance of Momota Rikuro in the later stage was his work. Although Momota Rikuro loves fame and showmanship, as a former policeman, he has more bottom lines than those two.
After he received the mission from Rum, he began to arrange this plan. With the help of Noah's Ark, an artificial intelligence, he manipulated the popularity of the Internet very well. Under his instigation, the two companies fought fiercely.
This time, not only did they tear off the masks of Shimamoto Hirohito and Shindo Daigo, but they also made so much money. Seeing all this big money, Miyazaki Ren began to dislike rum. Compared with them, rum is really easy to make~
Rum, oh Rum, don't blame me for not being loyal enough. If you have to blame someone, just blame you for giving too little, Miyazaki Ren sighed in her heart for the Nth time.