At the same time, she felt that contacting Jake - as usual - wouldn't be enough.
This was ultimately... a legal matter, and she couldn't just rely on just any old persona non grata... In order to fully clear her 'spotless' name, she needed someone else, of commensurate fame... ✨
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Indeed. Of course, as you would now know full well - being a Veteran Great Grandmaster Reader of this Novel...
Just when we thought his light had grown dim - resigned to the fate that he had been dealt, it was about time for a certain... 'Itvashim'... to make his presence felt...!!!
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"Author!!! C'mon bro, Can I not have some peace?!?!" Itvashim, understandably, wasn't exactly too pleased, at having to do a whole bunch of legal stuff... on his own time and dime, but then Author explained - that this would make him more 'tuff'... and what's more, it would probably count as a crime...
"Sure man. Definitely. Yeah. For sure. That's great." Author as usual uttered some platitudes in a soothing - and as usual shameless - manner.
"Now now bruv... Just think of it as like a bit of a buff..."
"...Who would ever guess?! You would officially become an irreproachable citizen of Society, and one well-dressed - it'd add to your Notoriety... not to mention... the esteemed readers might be impressed 🫢✨ !"
"Esteemed readers... impressed?!"
"... Well dressed...?!?!"
"..."
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It was true.
"What's true!?"
"Here we go..."
As usual, the Veteran Great Grandmaster Readers knew...
by now, having read 437 Chapters of their favourite webnovel, and some of the Transcendents even being able to quote it verbatim even as they sent over their Powerstones 🫢✨💖🔥🌻 - [Oh! Thank you for your contribution 🤩✨💖🔥🌻]
That these three innocuous words would usually be followed by some kind of 'elucidating insight' that would make all the madness make sense...
-And of course, they were, as usual, absolutely correct 🤭 ✨💖🔥🌻 !!!!!
[In Chapter 64], Itvashim Diogenes, Itvasme's twin brother, was described as being "an elegant and charming man on the surface, Grand Dark Rizzard underneath" and it was even mentioned that "his existence allowed the Dark Rizzards access to elite levels of influence, a secret known to very few even in the upper echelons of the Dark Rizzard Alliance..."
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Was it time... For [Itvas]him to shine?!
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"All right, fine." Itvashim said, after realising that all this was part of the Story - and his own - Character design.
"I-I'll do it for the esteemed readers..." he says loftily...
...Even as he dons his pristine Lawyer's suit [*admiringly* "Y-You've still got it, you old silver fox" he mutters to himself ✨] and rehearses his lines softly... ~ 🫢✨