The dia has crafted countless versions of the story, and no one knows which one is true. The fans have no idea where to begin clarifying.
For those who’ve seen Nora Scott beco famous again and again, seizing on any black mark they can find on her is a rare opportunity, so they spare no effort to sar her. It only takes two hours to go from disagreent to a full-on crusade, quickly spiraling into a frenzy.
The final version of the news beca the most viral among netizens. Even the editors who fabricated the fake stories probably didn’t expect it to beco so real.
At the sa ti, the news of "Rosa Sullivan getting injured while filming" also hit the hot topics list, but it faded quickly because everyone’s focus remained on Nora Scott.
The internet was in an uproar, but as for the person involved—
Sitting intently at the back of the classroom, playing gas.
After the physics class, there were two more self-study sessions in the afternoon. Nora quickly drew a diagram for Andrew Hughes and temporarily helped him with an assignnt, while she played Marcus Shaw’s "Maze 2" openly, fully absorbed, not even noticing when the grade director walked up behind her.
Seeing what she was playing, the grade director sighed, shook his head, and left.
Oliver Scott lay on the table, laughing uncontrollably.
In less than two hours, Nora casually completed the ga, finding two bugs for Marcus Shaw.
Marcus was busy doing practice problems and didn’t have ti to check his phone.
Nora, feeling idle, propped her chin with one hand and casually searched for "Maze 2." She discovered it was already available in the app store, with a few hundred reviews.
[Ca because of the na. Go, Master XN.]
[There are bugs, the experience is average.]
[Finally waited for "Maze 2." It’s better in all aspects than 1. I heard it’s still made by the master alone. I’m impressed.]
[Ca for the na. 1 It’s too brain-burning, got confused while playing. Not a ga for re mortals like .]
...
[Ca here and said it again, Master XN, explain why you lost 100,000 fans overnight!]
...
The comnt about "losing 100,000 fans overnight" caught Nora’s attention. Just as soone asked the cause of the matter, the comnter explained the background.
Nora scanned through it silently.
Then, she rembered that it indeed happened—
When Luke’s horror ga "Black Town" was released, Nora had played it with Marcus Shaw and Oliver Scott, even using Marcus’s Station X account to stream until late.
???
Because of that stream, did Marcus’s account lose 100,000 fans?!
Opening a certain site, Nora searched for [XN], then found a post [How to evaluate station X ga master XN000’s stream of "Black Town" losing 100,000 fans overnight?], clicked in to check, and soon understood the whole story, slightly raising her eyebrows.
She lifted her gaze, glancing at Marcus Shaw’s seat to her left front, saw him twirling a pen during a break from his exercises, with his profile bathed in the afterglow of the sunset, and his casual brows carrying expressions of seriousness.
Taking a few screenshots, Nora opened Weibo and posted a Weibo.
Then, seeing the backend exploding with ssages, she accidentally clicked in, seeing all sorts of comnts accusing her of "leading children astray," among which were mixed with nurous unpleasant vulgarities.
Nora once again encountered her own big drama.
Tsk.
Although she often joked about "having no college diploma" herself, seeing these people make a big deal out of it now was sowhat displeasing.
...
Nora never used Zero’s account to respond to issues related to actress Nora Scott.
This ti, soone stumbled upon the latest Weibo, thinking she’d broken her silence, and sighed she finally had a mont of unease. Yet, when they clicked in, they were dumbfounded.
The latest Weibo was an ad for a ga called "Maze 2," with ga screenshots and links attached.
An endorsent Weibo?!!
Everyone was stunned.
But then they felt sothing was off. Given Zero’s indifference, they’ve never seen her accept ads before, because simply drawing a few pictures would be worth more than an ad. Moreover, this ga had a cheap art style, looking like no one could afford to hire Zero for promotions. It ant that while being scolded by netizens, Nora was playing a cheap standalone maze ga and had the leisure to promote it.
Netizens: This ntal fortitude is unparalleled.
[Ahhh, the wall between dinsions is broken! God Z actually recomnded Master XN’s ga!]
[This ga was also pushed by Rain yesterday! Who is the author?]
[Prediction: This ga is going to be popular.]
[Can a genius predict the value of God Z’s Weibo ad? This buzz, not even a million can stop it, right?]
[??? Ti to play gas, no ti to explain the lecture issue?!]
[Stay calm upstairs. I bet she spent the afternoon playing gas and knows nothing about this matter.]
But—
A few minutes later, Nora’s retweet comnt successfully slapped all zen fans in the face.
She retweeted a comnt questioning her misleading influence under the previous ga promotion Weibo and then replied: [Eight years ago, both @Capital Uni. Official and @Fenton Uni. Official sought out after the college entrance exam, didn’t go. Stayed @Capital Tech for two years.]
Netizens’ first reaction: Damn! You actually responded!
Then: ?? Damn, are you kidding ???
[How arrogant!!! Directly tagging Official accounts, this is outrageously bold!!!]
[Capital Uni?! Fenton Uni?! Uncle, are you still dreaming?!]
[Those who always agonized over whether to apply to Capital Uni or Fenton Uni, co copy howork! What’s the point, choose Capital Tech!!]
[As a Capital Tech student, I’m bewildered: Are God Z and I alumni???]
[Damn, if this is true, isn’t it sothing extraordinary? Isn’t it embarrassing for those who said my Heavenly Immortal wasn’t doing her job right?!]
[!!!! I’m going crazy!! If anyone dares to say Nora set up a top-student persona, I will go nuts with them! This is a real-life top student! Does this need to be a persona? Does it need to be? Does it?! Ah!!!]
[Is it true, if the official accounts don’t respond, wouldn’t it be humiliating?]
[What are you guys blabbering for here, go dig up Nora’s college entrance exam score!!!]
[So, not only do you have two top-student brothers, but you’re also a top-student?!]
...
As soon as Nora’s response Weibo ca out, netizens imdiately split into two camps: one cheering on the slap in the face, curious about Nora’s college entrance exam results; the other stubbornly insisting Nora was lying—otherwise, why hadn’t the official accounts responded?
However, those demanding proof got what they sought.
Because just after six o’clock, both Fenton Uni and Capital Uni retweeted Nora’s Weibo, expressing their regret. Not long, Capital Tech’s official account officially responded, releasing Nora’s leave application report and stating that Nora was welco to return to school.
The stubborn netizens: "..." Did all the protagonist halos fall on Nora’s head, for crying out loud?!
Simultaneously, Professor Duncan from Capital Tech’s chanical engineering departnt posted on Weibo, releasing Nora’s sester grades and the papers she wrote while at school, praising her extensively. In short, fully supporting her.
After that, the First Affiliated High School official account also joined the fun, publicly sharing Nora’s college entrance exam scores and her student ID while she was at school. Her rapid progression was too shocking; to this day, teachers still ntion Nora’s scores to students, also recording each of her monthly exam results from her third year, which the official account shared too.
Even so Capital Tech students and students from the First Affiliated High School eight years ago spoke for Nora, the forr expressing that Nora was the school belle for two consecutive years, saying those were the proudest two years in terms of school belle looks at Capital Tech. The latter remarked how impressed they were with Nora’s grades, sincerely exclaiming that Nora was a legendary figure who was practically cheating and with golden fingers.
This complete proof pounded the black fans into submission, not daring to utter a word, collectively vanishing into the ocean of the internet.
The originally one-sided criticism and crusade flipped swiftly, with netizens laughing non-stop; Nora again secured her labels as "the Queen of Face-slaps" and "Trending Topic Magnet," with netizens jokingly remarking.
...
On the other side, after posting two Weibos, Nora logged out.
As class ended, she put away her phone and left with Marcus, Oliver, and Andrew Hughes.
Nora hadn’t driven there, so after dropping Andrew ho, she and Marcus, Oliver hailed a cab and headed straight to Glenn Flynn’s neighborhood.
"How far?"
Sitting in the back seat, Nora casually asked.
The driver said, "Not far, less than twenty minutes."
As the driver said, it wasn’t far. Glenn rented the place, choosing a close neighborhood to the school because of his job there.
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