Celebrity ex-girlfriend got revenge on me

Chapter 501: Erasing the Black History Stain

The editor-in-chief's office of Weekly Bunshun magazine.

At the messy work desk, Chief Editor Makino Hanpei reviewed line by line the draft news just submitted by his employees.

The person involved in this scandal is a famous athlete who is well-known in the sports world. Once it is exposed, it will undoubtedly cause sensational social discussion. Makino Hanpei attached great importance to it and personally reviewed the manuscript written by the editor-in-chief.

The cell phone on the desk rang.

Makino Hanpei looked over and saw that it was a call from the former editor-in-chief, Mr. Ito.

Mr. Ito was his teacher. When he first started as an intern, Mr. Ito, the editor-in-chief at the time, valued him very much and taught him for several years. Later, Mr. Ito was promoted to editor-in-chief and was even more supportive of him. During his tenure as editor-in-chief, Mr. Ito made great achievements, exposing the scandal of fraudulent accounting by political party leaders, confronting members of the royal family, and writing articles to expose the political donation scandal of the prime minister.

He answered the call and immediately heard Mr. Ito's elderly voice on the other end of the line.

"Makino, go find some records about a man called Kitahara Kento, and check who was the reporter who was in charge of him at the time."

"Okay, I'll go right away." Makino Hanpei was surprised. He had never heard of the name Kitahara Kento. He was probably not a well-known politician, entertainer or athlete.

He was a little puzzled as to how such an unknown person could have alarmed the former editor-in-chief to contact him personally.

Makino Banping hesitated for a moment and asked, "Who is Kitahara Kento?"

The person on the other end of the phone said, "A high school student, an 8th dan professional Go player."

A high school student who plays Go? Makino Hanpei was even more confused. If the investigation was about the Go Master Iyama who had won the National Honor Award, he could understand it, but what kind of news value could a high school student who plays Go have?

The person on the other end of the phone continued, "You have to do this yourself. Destroy all the information about Kitahara Kento and his related personnel without leaving a single page. Do not keep any information about him. The people who were responsible for investigating Kitahara Kento must also be strictly prohibited from talking about him again. No one is allowed to mention this name or investigate his affairs."

Makino Hanpei was shocked. It was the first time he had encountered such a rare thing in all his years in office.

"Who is that Kitahara Kento?"

"The Special Investigation Department found me. Remember, do exactly what I say."

Muye Banping was silent as a cicada and dared not ask any more questions.

All the previous editors-in-chief of Weekly Bunshun were arrogant. They dared to criticize the prime minister, confront the royal family, and point fingers at domestic big capital. They used the name of "freedom of the press" to act recklessly and fearlessly, as if there was no one in the entire island country that Weekly Bunshun dared not expose. They had made countless enemies in the country, but they were able to stand firm. They were like a gun, and whoever they aimed at would be seriously injured if not killed. But in fact, behind many things, there was a "person holding the gun" who could come at any time behind the gun of Weekly Bunshun, so they had the confidence to be so unscrupulous.

"Weekly Bunshun" has repeatedly exposed various political scandals of various political parties and even the Prime Minister. It seems to be the protagonist who is showing off his power and is in the limelight. However, the real protagonist, the executive organization that arrests those who should be arrested and changes the sentence when necessary, is the special department called the Special Investigation Department.

Makino Banping knew very well that they were like grinning stray dogs. When their owner was in need, he would throw a bone to them and give them orders, and then they would rush up and bite them, making a big fuss and attracting social attention. After that, the owner would kick them away and throw them bones again when he needed them.

Makino Hanpei immediately replied, "Okay, I'll do it right away."

After hanging up the phone, Makino Hanpei thought for a moment and called all the editors to the office to ask them who knew the name Kitahara Kento. One of the editors raised his hand and said that he had an impression that it was his team member, reporter Kanai, who was responsible for investigating Kitahara Kento.

Makino Banping nodded, and asked all the irrelevant editors to go back first, and then said to the remaining editor alone: ​​"Go and sort out the information about Kitahara Kento, and look for it carefully, without missing a single article, and then bring Kanei with you to see me."

Ten minutes later, all the information about Kitahara Kento was presented to Makino Banping's desk.

"Jin Jing is outside following and filming. I have already called him and asked him to come back immediately." The editor-in-chief reported.

Makino Banping flipped through the information records of Kitahara Kento, which only contained one and a half pages. He looked up in surprise and asked, "Is that all?"

"I looked through all the records for the past three years, and these are all I found." The editor-in-chief explained, "Kento Kitahara was just an unknown young writer at the time, with almost no news value worth exposing, so we didn't pay any attention to him. I guess Kanai probably received a hush money from Kento Kitahara and never paid any attention to him again."

Makino Hanpei was still worried and ordered, "Look for it a few more times." The editor hesitated for a moment and said, "A few days ago, Takanari Akiyuki, the second eldest son of the Takanari family, asked me about Kitahara Kento. I looked through the archives several times and found that there is indeed only this one and a half pages."

Makino Hanpei frowned. He knew Takanari Akiyuki. Although Takanari Akiyuki was not a big shot, his family was considered a prominent family in the country.

"What else did Takanari Akiyuki ask?"

"I only asked Kitahara Kento, and nothing else."

The editor-in-chief paused, then reported, "I later analyzed Kitahara Kento's intelligence and found something very interesting."

"There seems to be some intricate and unclear relationship between him and Amamiya Masahira."

"They were childhood sweethearts who grew up together and had an extremely close relationship during their childhood. After Amamiya Masahira returned to Japan, the first thing he did was to transfer to Fenggao, where Kitahara Kento was studying. He became a classmate of Kitahara Kento and sat next to him at the same table."

Editor-in-chief Makino Banpei was slightly stunned for a moment. Kitahara Kento is becoming more and more interesting.

"The Takanari family, Amemiya Masahira, Kitahara Kento." With decades of sensitive nose for news, the editor-in-chief Makino Hanpei suddenly connected one thing.

In the spring and summer of this year, the daughter of the Takanari family and Amamiya Masahira participated in a band competition at the same time. Weekly Bunshun followed the whole process and also wrote a lot of gossip and scandals about the masked man and female members of the band Gravity of Destiny.

Those gossip reports later angered the Tsurumi Group, the financial backer of the band Gravity. The second daughter of the Tsurumi Group sued them in court, and the two sides fought for several months.

"Could Kitahara Kento be the strange masked man?" A bold guess suddenly popped up in the mind of Editor-in-Chief Makino Banpei.

The more he thought about it, the more possible it seemed. If Kitahara Kento was really the masked weird man, then he could understand why Amemiya Masahira suddenly went back on his word and signed up for a band competition that had little value just a few days after announcing the suspension of his career activities.

Makino Banping fell into a long silence for a while, and slowly, cold sweat flowed down the back of his neck.

After a while, he said bitterly: "Tomorrow you take Jin Jing and visit to apologize to Kitahara Kento. Your attitude must be sincere. If he is not satisfied, you must try every possible way to gain his forgiveness."

"Who is this Kitahara Kento?" the editor-in-chief couldn't help but ask tentatively.

Makino Hanpei was worried that the people below him didn't realize the seriousness of the problem, so he gestured to the editor-in-chief to come closer, and whispered in a low voice, "Special Investigation Department. Do you understand?"

The editor-in-chief was stunned for a moment, dumbfounded.

"By the way, there's also Amamiya Masahira. I remember you arranged for reporters to follow her and take pictures of her."

The editor quickly came to his senses. When he talked about this matter, he felt it was very strange. He replied puzzledly: "This matter is very strange. You know, the people we sent out to follow her are the best detective reporters in the company."

"According to them, every time they secretly followed Amamiya Masahira, it was like being drugged. Often, they would suddenly lose focus and lose sight of her. They couldn't find her anymore."

"Don't worry about it." Makino Hanpei sighed and said, "Cancel all investigations on Amamiya Masahira. Weekly Bunshun is permanently banned from following and investigating her. The same goes for the members of the band Gravity of Destiny."

"Especially Kitahara Kento. Destroy all his records. Not a single page can be left. Forbid anyone to get to know him or get close to him in any way. No matter who asks, refuse and answer "I don't know"."

The editor thought for a moment and then asked, "Should we report the positive news about him?"

Makino Hanpei hesitated for a moment, then raised his head and said, "If our peers report it, we will report it. If our peers don't report it, we won't report it either."

The editor-in-chief thought carefully and asked again, "What should we do if someone spreads negative news about Kitahara Kento, or sends us evidence and wants to use us?"

Makino Hanpei said angrily, "Do I need to teach you this? Apart from the Special Investigation Department, if anyone dares to spread rumors about Kitahara Kento, you should dig deep into their scandals. If there is none, make it up. Then make it up for me and expose it with the most eye-catching cover headline. Even if the Emperor comes to our door with his wife, it won't work."