Chapter 255 Teaser Trailer Effects (1/2)

Kyle winced upon the sudden grab of his arm. He could have easily avoided it, but as she wasn't a threat, he decided to bear with it.

Right now, they were in public so he wanted a low profile.

Still smiling gently at her, Kyle simply put her phone on the arm that was holding on to him for dear life, ”Here, just take your phone back, please.”

The girl shook her head, now using both hands to hold onto him, coming closer to stare at his face.

Kyle turned to look at the other girl pleadingly, his eyes gentle while he had a sad expression his face.

The girl saw how Kyle was really trying to hold back the pain and she saw how her friend was basically hanging onto Kyle's arm for dear life. She noted with dismay that her friend's grip appeared like claws as her hold created creases on his arm. It was only now that realised why Kyle had this slightly pained look on his face.

She quickly took the phone, while pinching her friend's waist to make her let go. She hissed in her ear, ”Let go! You're hurting him. Stop embarrassing me like this!”

The girl seemed to have snapped out of her dazed look as she saw how she was gripping Kyle's arm and so she immediately let go. Kyle gave out a breath of relief and started rubbing that spot which had been grabbed.

The two girls bowed several times, apologizing profusely.

”I'm so sorry about that. We'll be going now,” one of them said.

Kyle nodded in return and sat back on the chair, rubbing the arm that had been grabbed, his face in a slight grimace. The girls, upon seeing this, felt even more guilty and ran off quickly.

”They're gone,” Xing Han said, his eyes not leaving the phone.

Kyle stopped rubbing his arm. It wasn't really painful but he needed them gone without answering the question or raising a ruckus. Playing the victim card was very useful in this situation.

Xing Han handed Kyle his phone, and the John Wick teaser trailer came on, ”It was this.”

Kyle took the phone and watched it.

His head went back a bit at the 'naked' scene and he silently cursed the people who came up with this teaser trailer.

[In a land, far far away, members of a certain production team, started sneezing at the same time]

”The fact that they could recognize you from that half-a-second-blurry face picture, says a lot you know,” Xing Han said with a grin.

”Damn it,” Kyle muttered, ”This came out faster than I anticipated. I thought it would be next year, at least.”

”Well, it's out now,” Xing Han replied, ”If they could figure out it's you, so can others.”

”Heck, even though my name is in the credits under that video, there are so many other unknown names there as well. I'm not the only new character in the film!” Kyle complained, handing Xing Han back his phone.

”You underestimate the power of the fans,” Xing Han said, ”They must have googled every single name in there and put two-and-two together. Kyle R. Smith. I'm sure your internet presence is quite high so your name was probably the top hit for that.”

”Damn it,” Kyle cursed again, ”Why do I suddenly feel that there's going to be a repeat of the valentine's day thing?”

”Of course it isn't,” Xing Han said seriously, ”It's going to be worse.”

[Gah. Kay, is it possible to erase my name from being hit from any search list?] Kyle asked desperately. He thought he would be mentally prepared for this, but it turns out that he wasn't.

That V-Day had certainly created a fear in him that he couldn't quite get rid of.

Instead of an answer, Kyle heard Kay's laughter echoing in his mind.

[Kay, this isn't funny!] Kyle whined.

[Oh yes it is, dear brother. You thought increasing the security at the school was enough? You're out there, walking about freely ... so, yeah.]

[I can tell how much you feel for me, my dear sister]

[Hah. You reap what you sow, my dear brother] Kay said without sympathy.

[As for your question. Yes, of course, it is possible to do so. It'll take a lot of work but with my skills, not a problem]

[However] Kay warned [It's not a simple matter of just making you invisible online. Remember. You're famous. Youngest bouldering champion. Restu top scorer. Sakura Academy's idol. Spiderman Kyle. CEO Kyle. Need I go on?]

[It's not just hundreds, but it will be thousands - if not millions - of possible hits that your name would get that has to be considered. So, if your presence suddenly disappeared online, it would be too weird and that would cause a commotion] Kay explained.

Kyle sighed.