Chapter 240 – 240. Public Opinion (2)

It was to the point of being a little embarrassed when things went better than expected.

Just a few days ago, it was bitten to death due to suspicion of preferential treatment that was not even clear, but through the behind-the-scenes video, it was revealed that the players were having a hard time, and when the appearance of the cat mom Lee Ji-hye was released with an apology for tempo, she immediately rose to the ranks of the likes.

‘No, it suddenly changes so favorably?’

Anyway, it was good for me.
However, there was one small problem.

After the video of feeding the cat was released, Lee Ji-hye, who had heard the news, was approaching and glaring at me.

“…When was this filmed?”
“……”

I cleared my throat and avoided her eyes.
I haven’t said a word that I filmed and spread the video yet, but Lee Ji-hye was convinced that it was my fault.
Of course, I was right about all the filming and spreading.
Although I borrowed someone else’s hand.

“It was one of my collections.”
“A collection? What are you collecting?”
“For example, outdoor exposure play?”
“…Let’s just solve that collection up to this point.”

Fortunately, Jihye Lee seemed to have made up her mind not to reveal unknown territory.

Thiririri…
Tiriri…

Just in time for her, her cell phone her rang and she gave her strange eyes, allowing her to run away from her.
I let out a vague moan when I saw the name floating on the screen of my phone.
It was the director who was in charge of shooting the arena promotional video.

I roughly guessed what he was going to say.
There was nothing to kneel down, but it was clear that an awkward atmosphere would flow.

“Director, how are you?”
“Yes, coach. Can I talk to you for a minute?”

When I answered the phone, I heard the director’s emaciated voice.
He seemed to be letting go of his anger at her, and he looked exhausted.

When I asked what was going on, pretending not to know, he raised his voice as if recalled.

“As the coach knows to some extent, haven’t rumors been circulating lately that the League has been giving preferential treatment only to the Battle Angels?”
“It was.”
“Of course, we never gave preferential treatment, but it seemed like we were using the Battle Angels to unilaterally benefit.”

To sum it up in one word, it means that now that public opinion is going badly for them, they contacted them.
What they will say after that is obvious.

“Of course, we know it wasn’t our intention, but due to allegations that are not true, our image is suffering significant damage. I think the Battle Angels will have to correct it again.”

I let out a small sigh.
It was as if he was asking why he was telling me this.

A picture of the director holding his breath was drawn over the phone.

The manager may not even be in charge of managing the image of the league, but since he was one of the parties to the case, it seemed as if he was making a phone call with a gun on his arm.
However, the target of the call was right and wrong at the same time.

Externally, I was just a coach.
Responding to public opinion was the job of the front side.

‘And that part is also annoying.’

In a way, it meant that I seemed easygoing, and at the same time, there must have been a guess that I was behind it.
Besides, if you think about whether the league helped us when the promotional video was released, I also have no reason to do favors.

Rather, they were looking to benefit from noise marketing, so if you think of them, who would have stayed silent, even if they were exposed, it would not be enough.

‘If he’s willing to help even after being beaten like that, he’s really a pimp.’

Of course, the director stopped asking for the situation to be resolved quickly since the Battle Angels were at fault, but when he kept his mouth shut and listened to his words, he could tell from the urgency in his voice.

Even if I coldly hang up the phone here, they don’t have any sharp tips.
That’s right, there would be a controversy over preferential treatment at the filming site, so didn’t they even advise me to reduce the amount?

‘It’s all their karma.’

Still, I had no intention of scolding them unconditionally.
Reprimanding and squeezing me will only make me feel better.

The best thing to do here was to use the atmosphere passed on to me to get real benefits.

“Of course, I have to give an explanation based on the truth.”
“Oh yes!!”

The director raised his voice as if surprised by an unexpectedly favorable response.
It seems that the momentary silence that arose as I sorted out my thoughts made me very anxious.

However, I immediately let out a calm voice, revealing that I had no intention of going the way he thought.

“We never asked for preferential treatment, and the league never gave us preferential treatment.”
“…You’re right. I think you should just tell the truth.”
“But since we are also taking risks and clarifying again, I want you to take responsibility for that risk.”
“That’s a risk. Didn’t we edit and upload the behind-the-scenes video as requested by the coach before? Thanks to that, the controversy has focused on us, so it’s natural for us to explain.”

As for the director, he argued calmly as if he did not want to take all the responsibility.

The problem was that it was too late to interpret the intent of what happened in the past.

“When you post a behind-the-scenes video, do you want to say that you did the editing I said with the intention of helping us?”
“Yes. At this rate, there may be a controversy over preferential treatment, so didn’t you directly ask us to make a lot of scenes of the players struggling in the behind-the-scenes video?”
“Yes.”
“That’s why we thought it would be helpful to the Battle Angels who are having trouble uploading the video.”

It was an open lie, but it wasn’t that I could read thoughts, so if I stayed still, I could solidify what they claimed.

However, since I have laid enough groundwork for now, my thesis did not break.

“Then, did you know that the league would get scolded when the behind-the-scenes video was uploaded?”
“That…Even if we were criticized, we had to protect the club first…”
“Aha, then you knew things would turn out like this, but you chose to be criticized on our behalf?”
“……”

If you have a conscience, after asking a question that you would not dare to say yes to, you will receive an additional blow.

“What would you have done if I hadn’t told you to prepare for the preferential treatment controversy on site?”
“……At that time, I would have taken action in a different way.”
“What is it?”
“That… That should happen…”
“……”

A long silence fell between us as further questions were not properly answered.
I let out another deep sigh and gave off a hint of discomfort.

The director still kept his mouth shut.

“It’s not that I won’t help.”

Now that you’ve got your ki down, it’s time to coax you out and get what you want.

“Wouldn’t it be a proper conversation if we start by acknowledging what we both need to admit?”
“…Yes.”
“I believe it will not be the director’s personal judgment. Did the league never think about the impact it would have on our club when filming the promotional video?”

In response to my question, the director was silent for a while before opening his mouth with difficulty.

“…After all, box office is the top priority…”
“Okay. Then it would have to be seen that there was no action taken by the league.”
“Well, that’s right.”

Rather, hearing the cool answer made my heart feel better.
In addition, since he had obtained evidence that he could not take out or beat, he could use it later if he changed his words.

“Then shall we do this?”

It was time to put down the remnants of the past and talk about something more constructive.
There was definitely a way that would help the league and help our club.

I told the director in detail what I was thinking, and he was forced to take a receptive attitude and replied that he would consider it in the best possible way.

“If you do according to my opinion, please reply right away. I will prepare a statement.”

In any case, we might wipe our mouths after we have finished expressing our opinions, so we suggest that we will post a statement after receiving a definite answer.
The intensity of the criticism online was getting stronger day by day, so I probably won’t be able to hold on for long and get a call right away.

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Inside a dark room.

Only one monitor was on, dimly dispelling the darkness…
The girl sitting in front of him raised her round glasses and smiled.

Hehe… Goddess… I’m guarding her goddess her…”

The small-sized girl was Mochi and Choi Yena, who had been active as supporters of Costume Play Cats until recently.

After her retirement her, she has not been able to get a job, so she continues her unemployed life.
However, it was a matter of will rather than her lack of ability.

She had always been so preoccupied that if she fell for something, she would grind her bones her.
Thanks to her her, she continued her cosplay even after becoming a pro gamer.

There was a person she fell in love with these days. She was none other than Han Yuna, the mid laner of Battle Angels.

‘I can do anything for the Goddess!’

She used to be Han Yu-na’s partner every day.
Of course, her normal daily life was impossible for her, and when she came to her senses her, she became known as an unanswerable polar fan among Battle Angels fans.

Still, she didn’t care.
Even if she was cursed at, if she could protect the angels, she would be happy.

It was also thanks to her that the Dark Angels, a dark organization where her polar fans her gathered, were created.
This secretive, malevolent group would do anything to clear away anything that might stand in the way of the Battle Angels’ future.

Even if it is an act of invading an illegal territory.

“Whoop whoop… If this is enough, even the ignorant and stupid people who cursed our angels would have changed their minds, right?”

However, it was after the preferential treatment controversy broke out that an unexpected change occurred in her vigilante activities of hers, which no one recognized.
At first, they tried to turn the atmosphere around the players by inciting them.

However, no matter how extreme and extreme they are, they cannot resist the surging waves.

I shed bloody tears watching the players swearing while feeling the limits of their ability to the point of despair.
Alas, the heart to protect the angels is ahead of anyone else, but I can’t do anything!

By the time she was having her painful days without any of her members her, she received an order from her anonymous e-mail her.

[Upload the attached video to a back account and spread it.]

At first, I thought it was someone’s joke, but after examining the context and the contents of the video, I was able to quickly figure out whose order it was.

She was the one to whom she obeyed the angels so revered.

Choi Yena did n’t like it very much, but as long as she followed his words of her and reversed her current public opinion of her, it did n’t matter what her feelings of her were of her.

Afterwards, she and her colleagues succeeded in turning the video he sent into a hot potato.
The result was completely beyond expectations.
Not only did public opinion about Battle Angels turn 180 degrees, but it also made them sympathetic.

The reward for winning the poll was pretty sweet.
Battle Angels gained a bigger fandom than before the incident.
Then, as news of a special Christmas broadcast was announced, it was absorbing all the interest and popularity of the pro scene.