Girl idols are meant to be exploited!

"I know this sudden heavy rain has made your work even harder, and perhaps you want to wrap up and leave early."

"But... could you please hold on a little longer? Our performance desperately needs your help, please!"

As she spoke, she bowed solemnly to Hoshikawa Taku.

Hoshikawa Taku was a little surprised. For big-name guests like them, it was good enough that they did not act in an arrogant manner and give orders to the staff. However, this girl was not only humble, but also asked him for help so seriously.

He is a good kid who knows how to respect others.

Hoshikawa Taku nodded with a smile: "Of course, this is my job. I will do my best to support your performance."

A smile appeared on Mizuno Ai's face, and her eyes were full of trust and expectation.

"Then please!"

She clenched her fists and pleaded with a fiery gaze, "During the performance, I will have a solo. I hope Mr. Lighting Engineer can focus all the spotlights on me!"

"No problem at all."

Hoshikawa Taku smiled and agreed to the other party's request.

Watching this group of idols walk onto the stage, Hoshikawa Taku suddenly felt a sense of familiarity.

...Mizuno Ai?

Have you heard this name somewhere before?

Taku Hoshikawa felt that the other person looked familiar, but he had no memory of this person, either in the girl band or in the entire "Bang Bang" project.

He glanced at Mizuno Ai, who was trying hard to introduce herself on the stage and liven up the atmosphere again, shook his head, and temporarily put the question behind him.

Mizuno Ai had just asked him so seriously, so he had to do his best to complete the job.

He flexed his fingers, readjusted the lighting parameters on the operating table, and devoted himself to his work seriously.

After Mizuno Ai and her friends came on stage, the audience's mood finally improved.

And their performance did not disappoint the audience's expectations.

When the music started, the members of "IRON FRILL" quickly got into the mood. Wearing uniform stage costumes, they sang and danced, taking neat and clean steps to the rhythm.

Suddenly, a thunder crackled across the night sky, and the silver-white lightning reflected the expressions of the girls on the stage.

Even though the rain was as fine as silk, falling on their hair, shoulders, lapels, and even sliding down their cheeks, the girls' performance was not affected at all. They still danced in unison with perfect smiles.

As they stepped forward, the water splashed under their feet, wetting the stage, but it did not affect their rhythm at all.

With every wave and every spin, water droplets splashed with the movement, and the rain left a short trail behind them, like a shooting star across the night sky.

Many of the audience members who remained in the audience were fans of the girls.

Inspired by their dedicated performance, some people waved their glow sticks wildly, some raised their hands and cheered, and some even took off their raincoats and let the rain soak their bodies without any scruples, just to support their favorite idols even more.

The name that the audience shouted the most was one:

"Mizuno Ai!!!"

"Mizuno Ai!!!"

"Ai-chan!!!!"

Shouts, one louder than the other, came one after another like a tide, sweeping across the entire venue.

This was the loudest cheer from the audience since the performance of the band "Extension Line".

Even though the rain did not stop and even got heavier, the audience's cheers drowned out the sound of the rain and the thunder.

Feeling the audience's enthusiasm, the smile on Mizuno Ai's face became even brighter.

Suddenly, lightning struck again with a deafening boom.

The audience in the audience couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, and some people subconsciously shrank their necks, but the girls on the stage were not moved at all.

Especially Mizuno Ai, she raised her chin slightly, her eyes sharp, looking straight ahead, her eyes reflecting the light of lightning that cut through the night sky.

The raindrops kept hitting her body, but Mizuno Ai's eyes became brighter and brighter, like golden eyes that would never go out.

Finally, as the music enters the chorus, the performance reaches its climax!

The stage lights suddenly lit up, and all the lights were focused on Mizuno Aihito under the control of Taku Hoshikawa. The other girls also tacitly stepped aside, leaving the C position to her.

Under the gaze of the audience, Mizuno Ai also completed a difficult choreography while singing.

Every time she leaped, water splashed.

The water ripples outward like waves, and the lights penetrate the mist, casting a strange halo of light that makes the scene look both surreal and shocking.

When this solo dance ends, their performance is about to end.

Mizuno Ai stood in the center of the stage, her wet idol costume clinging to her curves, rain dripping down her chin, creating a puddle on the stage.

She took a deep breath, raised her right hand with a smile on her face, and pointed her index finger firmly at the night sky!

That posture is full of the confidence of a king and the pride of an idol, as if announcing his existence to the whole world!

The moment she sang the last line of the lyrics, it was as if the heavens had become her fans and wanted to give her a “Call”. At that moment—

boom! ! !

Blazing white thunder struck down from the night sky!

Like the judgment of God, or like a gift from fate, lightning struck Mizuno Ai in the center of the stage with incredible precision!

It wasn't just one lightning strike, but several consecutive lightning strikes hit her one after another, as if she was going through a heavenly tribulation.

Lightning exploded all over her body, illuminating the entire stage like daylight. The dazzling light made people subconsciously close their eyes, and the thunder made everyone's eardrums tremble.

——A brief silence.

——Shocking stagnation.

Below the stage, thousands of audience members, staff members, and even the director behind the camera were all stunned.

They watched helplessly as Mizuno Ai, who was standing on the stage, was struck by lightning. This surreal event made their faces show unprecedented astonishment, their pupils dilated with fear, and they even forgot to breathe.

And Taku Hoshikawa in the backstage was also stunned.

He witnessed everything and was so shocked that he forgot to think and even stopped breathing for a moment.

Mizuno Ai... Lightning Strike... Idol...

Hoshikawa Taku's eyes suddenly widened, realizing the other person's identity.

Could she be the zombie girl Mizuno Ai from "Zombie Land Saga"?!

Chapter 178: Mizuno Ai's "Destiny"

On the stage, Mizuno Ai still kept her back straight, her right hand still pointing to the sky.

But the next second, her body suddenly froze, swayed slightly a few times, and then—

"boom!"

She collapsed onto the stage in a pool of rainwater, splashing tiny drops of water.

Her body was already charred black. Not only her stage clothes, but even her exposed skin was burned black by lightning, emitting a burnt smell.

In the animation, she died because she was struck by lightning 28 times in 4 seconds. Just now, that scene was faithfully reproduced in front of Taku Hoshikawa.

The speed was so fast that Takuya Hoshikawa couldn't count how many lightning strikes there were, but he definitely received more than a dozen.

The idol who was full of energy just now turned into charcoal in just a few seconds.

This scene was so surreal that everyone was completely stunned.

The entire venue fell into deathly silence, with only the sound of raindrops hitting the ground, accompanied by the rumbling thunder in the distance, as if playing a heavy elegy for this horrifying scene.

Suddenly, a sharp scream broke the silence.

"what--!!!"

Mizuno Ai's teammates finally reacted and rushed onto the stage in horror. One of them almost staggered and knelt beside her, reaching out his trembling hand, wanting to touch her body, but stopped abruptly in mid-air for fear of touching the charred skin.

"Hurry up and save them!"

The director finally came to his senses, grabbed the intercom, and yelled urgently: "Emergency! Emergency! Someone's been struck by lightning! Call the medical team!"

"You are joking?"

"Are you kidding me?! It's true! Hurry up!"

During large-scale performances, organizers often cooperate with local medical institutions to arrange ambulances to be on standby at the scene and even set up temporary medical stations.

After all, it is a music festival with tens of thousands of participants, so it is always possible that someone may suddenly have a headache or fever.

This open-air music festival has an emergency medical point, and ambulances are parked near the entrance to ensure that they can reach the hospital within 5-10 minutes.

In this surreal situation, everyone finally reacted, and the on-site order maintenance personnel quickly took action, trying to evacuate the crowd and make way for rescue workers.

At the same time, the backstage equipment team immediately turned off the stage lights and power facilities to prevent lightning strikes from happening again.

There were doctors on standby near the stage. They arrived quite quickly and rushed onto the stage in less than half a minute. They put on insulating gloves to avoid direct contact with Mizuno Ai's skin to prevent secondary damage caused by residual current.

"The patient has lost consciousness, check breathing and pulse immediately!"

The doctor knelt on one knee and quickly checked Mizuno Ai's vital signs. Her skin felt cold to the touch and there was no movement at all.

The doctor frowned, and after pressing his fingertips gently on the side of her neck for a few seconds, his face suddenly darkened.

"No breathing, no pulse, and the heartbeat is very weak!"

The nurse next to her had a serious expression on her face and immediately pressed the intercom: "The patient has suffered cardiac arrest, suspected severe lightning injury. Send an AED immediately. I repeat, send an AED immediately!"

"Contact the hospital urgently and send an ambulance!"

Mizuno Ai's teammates stood nearby, watching nervously. Their eyes reddened as they asked in a trembling voice, "Doctor, how is Xiao Ai? Is there any hope?"

A nurse nearby explained the current situation with a gloomy expression.

"Her heart and lungs have stopped, and her body is covered in burns. If an AED can't be delivered within four minutes, I'm afraid..."

"AED", or "automated external defibrillator", is a portable medical device that can be used to save a patient's life when the patient suffers cardiac arrest.

However, this device is best used within five minutes of the patient's cardiac arrest. If the time is too long, it will be difficult to rescue the patient.

There is a defibrillator in the medical point, but it is a bit far from the stage. In addition, the audience is full of panic. It will take at least three or four minutes for the patient to be sent over, and it is very likely that the best time for rescue will be missed.

Moreover, AED is only effective for common arrhythmias, but Mizuno Ai was struck by several lightning bolts in a row. Not only did she suffer from cardiac arrest, she may also face a variety of problems such as brain damage, systemic tissue carbonization, organ rupture and multiple organ failure.

To be honest, the possibility of rescue is slim.

The doctor just tried his best to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation and left the rest to fate.

But, if it is "destiny", after being struck by lightning so many times in a row, does destiny really want her to survive?

Hearing this, the girls' faces turned pale instantly.

"How...how could this happen..."

Some team members couldn't help but kneel on the ground, covering their mouths, tears falling like beads from a broken string.

The audience below the stage finally recovered from their shock and a commotion broke out.

Some people covered their mouths in fear, some kept backing away, and some even burst into tears in fear.

"Is he really...dead?"

"She was fine just now... She was clearly still singing..."

"How is it possible... How could this happen..."

Many people have already picked up their phones and started recording this scene.

In this chaotic scene, Taku Hoshikawa did not step forward, but just stood quietly behind the girls.

He didn't rush forward immediately because... he knew very well that the girl in front of him was destined to die here.

In the original work "Zootopia Saga", her cause of death was being struck by lightning, and she died on the way to the hospital.

Several years after her death, she turned into a zombie and was dug out. She then formed a group with other zombie girls and became an idol. This was her "destiny".

Logically speaking, Taku Hoshikawa shouldn't be involved in this matter.

But... he couldn't bear to watch the life of the girl who was so full of life just a moment ago fade away in front of him.

"Damn..."