Phoenix Rising: From Heartache to Heroism

Chapter 300 Eavesdropping

She was a nationally renowned opera singer!

Simon approached them with a polite smile and said, "Ms. Irene, it's great to see you here. This must be your daughter. She looks just like you. With such an outstanding mother, the daughter must be exceptional, too!"

His smile was genuine, yet perhaps a tad too polished and charming.

Irene knew how to handle such characters and quickly brushed off Simon with a few words.

While Simon was lavishing compliments on Irene, Violeta caught a faint scent of a woman's fragrance on him.

Though she did not know Simon personally, the fragrance hinted at the kind of person he might be.

And that scent was strangely similar to the one on Vivian.

Could there be a connection between the two...

Violeta discreetly slipped her Bluetooth earbud into his pocket to test her theory when he was not looking.

Next.

The other contestants wrapped up their performances, and everyone awaited the judges' final scores. Violeta remained backstage, calmly waiting for the results.

After leaving backstage, Simon headed to the meeting room, where the judges were deliberating and casting their votes. First, each judge selected their top three choices after eliminating a few dance troupes with obvious flaws and errors. Violeta made it into the top three for the three main judges.

Simon had promised to help the dance troupe Vivian brought in advance, and his partiality was apparent during the session. Everyone there was sharp.

scoring was necessary, they all belonged to the same

an unspoken rule to show

the dance troupe Vivian brought was quite impressive. Their routine was creatively fresh,

preliminary decision was to award Best Performance to Vivian's dance

and Best Choreography will be deliberated

Lunar Whirl quite compelling. She is the only solo dancer in

wearing is quite striking. If there was an award for best costume, she'd surely

hand, calmly noted, "Violeta is Irene Persley's

remind or merely comment,

liked wearing earphones during her practices on the

However, during vigorous

movements or moments of

carelessness, she would

she would end up searching the court like

prevent this, Violeta attached a nano positioning chip from Hera's anklet to her earphones at

chip was initially designed for pet tracking and is typically

user of the last known location if the distance exceeds a

is within a safe distance from

range, her phone

her earbud in Simon's pocket

direct dealings with or disputes with Simon,

was

with a feature that allows real-time listening through the connected phone, letting you hear sounds captured by