The Popular Beautiful Idol, Who Suddenly Announced Her Secret Love Relationship and Retired, Is My Girlfriend - Chapter 15 - Counterattack Begins

Chapter 15 – Counterattack Begins

“Getting to the point, there are two main reasons why I’m retiring from being an idol. First, as reported in the media, despite the no-dating policy, I have a boyfriend, and I grew tired of hiding that. The second reason is that idol activities themselves reached both a mental and physical limit for me.”

It was a surprisingly normal press conference.

I was prepared for something more intense or risky, but that wasn’t the case.

“As for my boyfriend, I will disclose only that he is not a celebrity but a person of the same age from the general public. Also, regarding my idol activities, it became challenging to balance it with my studies. Continuing further would risk my health and inconvenience everyone, so I decided to retire. The primary reason, however, is having a boyfriend.”

For a moment, the venue was buzzing.

“Okay, let’s stop with the cute stuff.”

Futaba took a deep breath, picked up the microphone, and let out a sigh.

“How did you all feel the moment news broke that I have a boyfriend? Fans in front of the cameras, yeah, I understand. It must have been a feeling of blood gushing out from your eyes.”

Futaba chuckled.

Seeing such a transformation, the venue started to get even more noisy.

“You’ve invested so much money and time supporting your favorite idol, and she suddenly retires because she has a boyfriend? It’s natural to feel anger, right? But honestly, that’s none of my concern. I don’t care about your feelings.”

“What, she’s seriously saying that?”

Futaba’s tone suddenly became harsher, and I couldn’t help but let out a surprised remark.

She’s done it. I thought it would end peacefully earlier, but it seems it’s not going to be that way.

It looks like things will develop in the exact opposite direction.

“I was paid to smile at everyone and say I loved them, but it was just my job. It didn’t include any of my personal feelings.

At times like this, idiots would say, “I’ve spent so much money and I’ve been betrayed!” Or, “It was a waste of my time!” But then again, even when idols are off-duty, they spend money on beauty and maintaining their style to look good for the fans, so it’s not so different, don’t you think?

Well, I had to do it to continue being an idol. In that sense, it’s kind of the same, right? I spend money on beauty treatments without anyone asking, and everyone spends money on me without me asking for it.

But despite that, if a song isn’t good or the music video is unpopular, people rage online, spewing complaints.

Even now, just because I have a boyfriend, it’s a firestorm. I don’t understand it.

No matter how many negative comments are written about me, I don’t say anything in return. Or rather, I can’t. Because I had the title of an idol. But not anymore.”

Futaba gave an unpleasant smile.