Originally, the plan was to film for three days, but Julian completed the entire shoot in just one day. If Celebi and Jirachi hadn't suddenly insisted on appearing on camera midway through, forcing a temporary change to the filming plan, Julian could have finished everything in half a day.
The two little ones had a remarkably strong sense for the camera, which honestly surprised Julian a bit.
But according to Celebi and Jirachi, their strong camera awareness came from filming short videos all the time.
Thinking about it that way, it actually made some sense.
After finishing the commercial shoot, Julian treated the entire production crew to dinner, which made them feel extremely honored and excited—the dinner location was inside the film studio itself.
This was the world's number one Trainer—Julian personally treating them to dinner. How many people in the world could ever receive such an honor?
"Champion Walker, the final edited version should be ready in about three days. Here's to the Space Backpack from Walker Group becoming a massive hit!" Dan raised his glass.
When he had first learned that Henry had hired him to film an advertisement for the Space backpacks, he had been utterly shocked.
A revolutionary product like that had actually been successfully developed by the Walker Group.
He had initially assumed that it wouldn't have much storage capacity, but as the ad director, he naturally got his hands on a Space Backpack and tried it out—only then did he realize how ridiculous his previous assumption had been.
A 500 grams Space Backpack could hold five hundred kilograms of stuff, and the overall weight of the backpack wouldn't change at all.
This product would definitely explode in popularity, and there would probably even be scenes of people fighting to buy it.
So his words about it being a massive hit were no mere flattery.
That said, he did get an early advantage—he'd already been gifted a backpack by the Walker Group. And of course, it wasn't just him; everyone else on the production crew got one too.
The dinner didn't last long, about an hour or so. And just as Julian was about to leave, the door to their private room was suddenly shoved open with force.
A drunken young man burst in, fuming with rage: "Where's Hannah?! Where is that bitch?!"
"Young Master, Young Master—Hannah is in the next room. You've got the wrong room, wrong room—"
Just as Julian was frowning, another person hurriedly rushed in. Without even glancing at Julian or the others, he immediately grabbed hold of the drunken man and led him straight out.
Watching the two leave, Dan said, his face full of anger, "What do these people thing they are doing?"
And the moment he recalled the name the man had been shouting—Hannah—Dan immediately looked toward Julian.
Sure enough, Julian's expression had darkened slightly, and Dan's heart tightened in response.
"That man just said Hannah is in the next room?" Julian asked.
Dan nodded quickly. "Yes, it's Director Wane's group next door. He greeted me earlier."
Julian said nothing more and walked straight toward the adjacent private room.
At this moment, the man they called Young Master was grabbing Hannah's wrist while reeking of alcohol as he said, "Hannah, tonight I'm going to make you mine."
"What 'Julian's woman'? Even if you are, if I sleep with you and put a green hat on the mighty Champion Walker, that'll be one hell of an accomplishment."
"Hahaha!"
Everyone else at the table had already been beaten to the ground by this young master's men.
Even Hannah's manager, Marissa, lay on the floor, her head covered in blood. Seeing him trying to molest Hannah, Marissa shouted fiercely, "The one backing Hannah is Champion Walker. If you dare lay a single finger on her, even the Hearth family won't be able to protect you."
Marissa's words seemed to enrage the man. Still roughly gripping Hannah's wrist, he dragged her over to where Marissa lay on the ground, and viciously kicked her in the head.
"Marissa!"
Hannah cried out in alarm, struggling desperately, but no matter what she did, she couldn't break free from his grip.
She wanted to take out a Poké Ball, but this guy had an Elite-level Grumpig by his side, and it had used Psychic to lock down all their Poké Balls completely.
Marissa could only feel her head spinning, the sounds around her growing muffled and hazy. Still not satisfied, the man stomped his foot right onto her head.
"Hearth family? I am the Hearth family!"
"Hannah became this famous because my family raised her up!"
"I've had more women than I can count, and this woman is clearly untouched. If she really had something going on with Julian, how could she still be a virgin?"
"Or is it that the mighty Champion Walker simply can't perform... Hahaha—"
At that, he suddenly burst into loud laughter.
"Julian is far more of a man than you'll ever be."
Just then, Hannah suddenly spat out those words.
Slap!
The man slapped Hannah hard across the face, sending her staggering and falling in the direction of the door.
And since the door was open, Julian happened to walk in right at that moment.
What he saw was exactly this scene.
And he also heard the man saying that he "can't perform"—the words had been shouted so loudly that not only the private room but even the corridor outside had heard them clearly.
"J-Julian!"
Seeing the man supporting her, Hannah was overwhelmed with surprise—even thinking she was hallucinating.
"Take care of her."
Julian handed Hannah over to a female staff member behind him.
Then he walked step by step toward the man, who was now somewhat stupefied.
Because of his drunkenness, the guy had become much bolder and naturally spoke without restraint, but the moment he saw Julian appear in the flesh, a tremendous sense of dread surged up from his heart, and his drunkenness vanished in an instant.
Thud!
He dropped straight to his knees, trembling as he looked at Julian.
"Ju-Jul—"
He was so terrified that he could barely even speak.
He turned toward the Grumpig beside him as though seeking help, only to discover that his greatest support had already been killed by a white Gengar.
And all his henchmen had also collapsed to the floor, each paralyzed with fear.
"I'll leave them all to you," Julian said calmly to Gengar. "Don't let them die too easily.
"Gen~"
Gengar let out a wicked grin.
Some of them tried to beg for mercy, but the very next second, Gengar put them under Hypnosis. Immediately, their expressions began to twist into something grotesque.
They started clawing at their own faces and bodies, tearing the skin and flesh apart. Some bit off chunks of their own flesh with their teeth, chewed them up, and swallowed them directly.
Others grabbed small knives from the table and began stabbing themselves over and over, then shoved their hands into the wounds and pulled out their own organs.
Julian watched the scene, face completely expressionless.
"Blegh—"
But some of the people behind him couldn't take it anymore and immediately started vomiting.
Celebi had already healed Marissa and all the others. While Julian walked up to Hannah and said, "Feel better now? If not, I can kill his parents too."
"No… this is enough."
Hannah shook her head. Although her face was pale while watching the horrifying scene before her, she surprisingly didn't vomit—which actually surprised Julian a bit.
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