Defying Fate: The Unstoppable Eileen

Chapter 130

“You…?” Aurora was utterly taken aback.

She stared at Egbert in disbelief, her whole face almost twisted.

“You…like her?”

In the performance hall filled with hundreds of people, it was so quiet as if no one was there.

The production crew had stopped working.

Many surprised and confused eyes were all fixed on Egbert.

They were trying to remember what they had just heard.

They were confirming if they had heard wrong.

No, they hadn’t misheard. Egbert had indeed said…

He liked Eileen.

God, was it for real…

Eileen was speechless.

She picked up her microphone, looked at Aurora, and flat out said, “Only heard half of what I said? Can’t understand the main point?”

Aurora was taken aback, staring at her wide-eyed.

Eileen scoffed, “What he meant was, unjust things need to be spoken up. I did. That proves I’m a straight shooter, a reliable and excellent youth with outstanding character. He likes such a moral character about me. Didn’t you get it?”

Aurora was speechless.

Audience.went silent.

Egbert was also speechless.

After mocking Aurora, Eileen turned to the production crew, “Don’t cut this part. Record it separately. When I apply for the military academy next year, I’ll show it to the examiner to prove that I’m a good person. I should get extra points for moral conduct.”

The Production Crew was speechless.

Eileen then turned back to Aurora, “So, Ms. Aurora, is this what you wanted to say? Faced with my accusations of your favoritism and nepotism, all you managed to come up with is that I’m the bully? Do you have a misunderstanding of the term ‘bully”?”

Aurora gripped her microphone tightly, coldly saying, “Ms. Lopez, you sure have a way with words. I admit I’m no match for you. So, I won’t bother. Anyway, justice, is in the heart of the people.”

Eileen applauded her on the spot, “Well said, ‘justice is in the heart of the people’. You know that the production crew will cut this part out, so you don’t even want to try to explain yourself. This level of shamelessness is absolutely breathtaking.”

“You…” Aurora couldn’t help but be angry.

At this moment, Eileen directly pulled out her “challenge” card exclusive to the celebrity coach.

Waving the card, Eileen smiled and said, “Eileen’s team challenges Hubery’s team. Karin, challenge Tania.”

Aurora clenched her fist in anger, then slowly let go.

So what if they challenged? If strength could guarantee success, would Karin have been eliminated?

“Karin?” Egbert murmured, his brows furrowing slowly.

Eileen didn’t notice Egbert’s reaction.

She looked at Aurora’s smug expression, and directly told the host, “This time, I want to check the voting situation.”

The moment she said this, the whole audience fell silent.

Aurora was shocked.

So was Hubery.

Even the production crew and the host were shocked!

Usually, after the audience votes, the staff tally up all the data and finally give a total vote count.

That’s how the first stage performance vote went.

But now, Eileen had made a stunning request. She wanted to publicly verify the vote count.

This meant that if the vote count was verified, each audience member’s votes would be displayed directly on the big screen.

As the staff counted the votes, the audience in the venue would also see it.

In other words, if the vote count was verified, there was no way to tamper with the votes.

Because once there was tampering, the audience would immediately notice.

For example, if a vote was cast for a certain team, but the screen showed no vote, or if a vote was not cast for a certain team, but the screen showed a vote for that

team.

The production crew started to panic.

The host stood there, dumbfounded for a moment.

Aurora and Hubery were extremely tense.

But Eileen was still smiling. She slowly looked at Aurora and lightly smiled, “Ms. Aurora, you’re innocent, right? You wouldn’t be afraid of a public vote count, would you?”

Aurora looked at Eileen, her eyes filled with anger and sorrow!

At this moment, a member of the audience suddenly shouted, “Public vote count!”

Once one person shouted, many more followed.

“Public vote count!”

“Public vote count!!”

For a moment, the audience’s shouts nearly shook the roof off the hall.

Egbert then picked up his microphone and calmly said, “Everyone, please calm down. We have to trust the fairness of the production crew.”

Eileen nodded, “Mr. Reed is right. What could the production crew possibly be up to? Surely they wouldn’t tamper with the votes. They’re not that kind of people.”

Finally, the executive producer urgently contacted the station manager.

After a full five to six minutes of intermission, the host received instructions.

He stammered, “Due to the urgent request of our audience friends, we will conduct a public vote count for the following competition.”

“Yay!” The audience immediately cheered.

Aurora, however, was so anxious that she was ready to leave her seat.

Hubery quickly held her back, “Aurora…”

Aurora pushed him away, “What the hell is the production crew doing? How can they agree to a public vote count! They promised me! This is a betrayal! Aren’t they afraid of offending Mr. Chad!”

Hubery quickly said, “Aurora, as you said, you’re Mr. Chad’s person. How dare the production crew offend Mr. Chad. This is clearly a favor to Egbert. But what does it matter? Tania’s voting is already over, and she’s secured one of the top three scores. So, even if they allow Eileen’s team to publicly verify the votes, they can’t possibly succeed.”

Aurora frowned, “Are you sure?”

“Of course I’m sure,” Hubery confidently said. “When it came to song selection, the main dance teacher said that the hardest song was given to Eileen’s team. The song has a fast rhythm and many dance moves. Anyone without a dance background couldn’t possibly learn it in a week.”

“In Eileen’s team, aside from Karin, no one else can pull off that dance. If they want to make the final performance look complete and graceful, they’ll definitely have to dumb down the moves. We can use this as an excuse to lowball their score later!”

Hearing this, Aurora seemed to relax a bit, saying, “Alright.”.

Fifteen minutes later, Karin’s team wrapped up their performance.

With a poker face, Aurora dished out a low score, then threw a glare at Hubery.

Hubery quickly followed suit and gave a low score.

The next two coaches also chimed in with low scores.

Then, the audience started voting. Content provided by NôvelDrama.Org.

Aurora watched as the live vote count on the big screen kept climbing, her face growing increasingly sullen.

The rule of the game was, each coach had ten votes, and each audience member had one.

The scores for the two teams were totaled up.

Tania’s team got forty points from the coaches and four hundred eleven from the audience, making for a total of four hundred fifty-one points.

Karin’s team, on the other hand, got seventeen points from the coaches and four hundred ninety-four from the audience, totaling five hundred eleven points.

At this point, Karin’s team had the highest overall score among all the teams that had performed so far.

Meanwhile, Karin’s team successfully challenged Tania’s team, and all members got a free pass back into the game.

Tania’s team failed, and the entire team was eliminated, being put on the alternate recommendation list.