Chapter 407 - 396: Public Outrage
[I told you it wasn’t me! If you keep slandering me like this, I’m definitely going to call the police and sue you all!]
Summer Beckett almost laughed out of anger when he saw the message.
If he didn’t have the video evidence himself, he might have actually believed her, seeing how vehemently she denied it.
[@Mina Thorne, you really think we couldn’t figure it out? I’m sending something to the group. Enjoy the show.]
He then sent a file to the group, and everyone became even more certain that Mina Thorne was the one who had released the parody video.
[Heh, sue us? If we show these chat logs to the police, I wonder who’ll be the one in trouble.]
[Unbelievable. To think there are still people who play the victim after being caught.]
[You really know how to play games, Mina Thorne.]
[What the hell did Chloe Sinclair ever do to you? Did she piss you off or something? Why do you hate her so much? I went back and checked the logs. She sent out five red envelopes, and you snatched three of them yourself. She specifically begged us not to leak the video online, and you fucking turned around and sold it to a popular parody account. You’ve got some real fucking nerve.]
[Evan Lawson’s right. Chloe Sinclair didn’t even want to deal with her, but Mina Thorne insisted on showing off and ended up falling from the floor above.]
[It’s because Mina Thorne is a fan of Nina Sinclair.]
[Nina Sinclair? Is that the one I’m thinking of?]
[...Of all the people to be a fan of, she chose a blacklisted B-list celebrity. @Mina Thorne, are you short on cash? If not, I suggest you go to the hospital and get your eyes checked. If you are, there are over 170 of us in this group. We can each chip in a buck to send you there.]
[To think a young girl like her has already gone blind.]
The messages in the group chat flew by. In just a few moments, hundreds of new messages had piled up.
Mina Thorne watched as countless people in the group chat discussed her.
Hundreds of messages appeared in just a few moments, scaring her so much that she didn’t dare say another word.
What she hadn’t expected was that Summer Beckett actually had evidence of her sending the video, including her IP address.
So, as quickly as she could, Mina Thorne deleted all her contacts and left the group chat.
In the Westwood Parkour group chat, the flame war was not yet over.
[@Mina Thorne, why aren’t you saying anything? Weren’t you acting all tough earlier?]
[This is just ridiculous.]
[Get out here and apologize, @Mina Thorne!]
Summer Beckett: [Everyone, stop tagging her. She’s already left the group.]
Just ten seconds ago, after deleting all her contacts, Mina Thorne had left the group.
When Summer Beckett saw the notification that she’d left, he cursed under his breath before returning to the chat to tell everyone.
When they heard she had actually left the group, they were furious.
[She just left like that? Without apologizing?]
[Fuck it, let’s report her to the police. Teach her a lesson. I’ve got screenshots.]
[My mom’s a lawyer. Should we send a demand letter first or just file a civil suit?]
Summer Beckett was a little touched seeing everyone in the group pitching in with suggestions.
[Chloe is very busy and doesn’t have time for trivial things like this, but I don’t think we should let Mina Thorne get away with it so easily. She needs to be taught a lesson.]
The situation was brought under control quickly. Less than ten minutes after the incident began, the video had already been taken down.
Still, everyone had made sure to save the evidence.
If they decided to sue, it would be an open-and-shut case.
What Mina Thorne did had truly provoked the group’s collective anger.