Chapter 1455


    The media reporters at the scene captured themotion, nning to stream it live on the official


    website.


    But a single call from Bard, and the editors in the back room had no choice but to cut out every single


    shot of Arabe''s face.


    What the online audience ended up seeing was a version where several disfigured protesters caused a


    scene at the Ar-Bl-Clear Group headquarters, drawing a crowd of reporters and police.


    Later, a representative from the Ar-Bl-Clear Group made an appearance, but with no clear shot of their


    face, just a silhouette, and even their voice had been digitally altered.


    They faced off for a while before moving to the employee cafeteria, where the representative still only


    showed their back, yet seemed to be quite young.


    Under their persuasion, the disfigured protesters one by one approached the police to give their


    statements, revealing the truth behind the incident.


    The woman with curly hair confessed, "The receipts for products purchased at your store werent mine.


    Someone advised me to buy them at a high price from someone else, just to make this lie seem more


    believable, more robust to scrutiny".


    She continued honestly, "My face was ruined by a conscienceless beautician at an unlicensed beauty


    salon. She rmended all sorts of skincare products which caused my face to be allergic and


    swollen. She told me it was the skin''s natural renewal process, and I believed her. I spent over twenty


    thousand dors there, and if that salon hadn''t been shut down, I would have never realized I''d been


    scammed."From N?velDrama.Org.


    The police officerspiled the statements and reported thetest developments to the online viewers.


    These women, desperate due to their rapidly deteriorating faces, had epted bribes to smear the Ar-


    Bl-Clear Group.


    As for the mastermind behind the scenes, further investigation was needed.


    Meanwhile, other officers verified that the disfigured protesters’ ounts matched their true


    experiences. The curly-haired woman did indeed spend a fortune on counterfeit products at the beauty


    salon, ruining her face and, out of desperation to save it, epted a bribe to defame the Ar-Bl-Clear


    Group.


    Another woman with short hair had provided CCTV footage, iming that using the Ar-Bl-Clear Group''s


    facial masks three times a week at home had damaged her skin. However, the footage merely showed


    her applying a mask, with no indication of the brand.


    Yet another woman had taken the Ar-Bl-Clear Group''s products to the authoritative testing facility


    Dawnstar CCT for analysis. The results purportedly revealed multiple banned substances in the Ar-Bl-


    Clear Group''s skincare line.


    Following the trail, the police discovered that the CCT employee who conducted the test had been


    bribed with a hundred thousand dors to fake the results.


    But the facility''s official seal on the report was genuine.


    The online onlookers never expected these women to go to such lengths to nder the Ar-Bl-Clear


    Group.


    Then, the police uncovered that the person buying off the disfiqured protesters was from KT Skincare,


    apany that had once been inpetition with the Ar-Bl-Clear Group.


    Both had started as obscure, bottom-tier brands.


    But as the Ar-Bl-Clear Group soared like a runaway stallion, garnering attention, KT remained


    stagnant.


    The more the Ar-BIl-Clear Group was adored in Dawnstar, the more KT despised them, wishing


    nothing more than to drag them down and take their ce.


    The public outcry was deafening when the police revealed this information, with the onlinemunity


    This news became the best advertisement for the Ar-Bl-Clear Group, and within an hour, all their


    product lines werepletely sold out.