Chapter 139

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Translated by Sylph

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The dance greeting, where the two suddenly attacked the MC in reverse, came out well in its entirety without being cut as expected.

[DJ blank due to the pouring praise]

[23 years on the single road of variety shows, overwhelming defeat to the first-appearance pink fairies]

The editing was mainly in a composition that satirized the MC, but they still took the impact well.

[Are all rookies these days like this?]

[Scary… so scary!]

…I also received such levels of subtitles and CG where the wings burned in fluorescent colors.

After the vow that ‘I won’t burst into laughter every time they appear,’ the members, who regained their sound, twitched the corners of their mouths and cleared their throats.

“Haha, hmm, you did well in variety shows.”

“You are, cough, excellent!”

“Hyung is a scary person. You’re cool!”

“…Uh, thanks.”

Cha Yujin seemed to have creatively interpreted the ‘scary’ in the subtitle as ‘threateningly great.’

Anyway, embarrassment aside, it was pulled out well.

The reaction of viewers who were checking in real time was also quite good.

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Why are you guys doing thatㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-DJ Choi diedㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-What are these crazy ones
-I can hear the staff laughingㅋㅋㅋ
-What’s with the wingsㅋㅋㅋ it looks crazy, so funnyㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Wow, the spirit is awesome
-They probably would have eaten VTIC alive

Just then, the two people from VTIC appeared on the screen and showed off cool dances.

Exactly 10 seconds later, they ended up crawling, unable to overcome the remarks.

“……Hmm.”

That’s also funny in its own way.

‘VTIC fans will also be moderately satisfied.’

While giving a generous evaluation, the doppelganger team battle began with a twist.

[Since you’re the same body, you should receive the penalty together~ You’re doppelgangers! So, !]

It was fun, but there were no particular matters worth getting as a best cut in the first 30 minutes of this game.

Only a few cuts while playing the game hard naturally, and reactions flustered by VTIC’s self-destruction, were captured.

“Why are the wings gone??”

“I took them off because it’s dangerous~”

“Aha!”

With this kind of cool conversation, this week’s monitoring of ended.

“You two did variety shows really well.”

“It, it was fun…!”

It was a generous evaluation, but it felt a bit early to hear since next week’s footage hadn’t even come out yet.

“Aigoo, thank you! Please watch the main broadcast next week too~”

“Haha, got it.”

Ryu Chungwoo replied while laughing to the bantering Big Sejin. He had a face that couldn’t even imagine what kind of sight he would see next week.

The internet reaction also stopped at the level of expecting next week mainly centered on fans.

Among general viewers, favorable impressions like ‘The two from TeStar are funny~’ were the main current thanks to the intense appearance.

Hmm, it was just right. Because the effect would be better when not receiving too much expectation.

I stretched and got up from in front of the sofa.

‘I’ll have to wait one more week.’

It was very smooth as long as a big problem didn’t occur.

However, after that, the situation I was worried about finally occurred.

My public opinion began to shake.

* * *

While Park Moondae was waiting for the next broadcast of , the internet became noisy once again.

It was because the case of the person who exposed Choi Wongil’s recording didn’t conclude properly, as Park Moondae expected.

The exposer uploaded a post this time. It was a content of testifying about Choi Wongil’s notoriety in along with staff certification.

-Hul, so it was a staff member
-They said it’s not a hack job of the recording but that the conversation was cut because they had to press the recording button in between
-Choi Wongil is scary, wasn’t Moondae threatened? ㅠ
-We should filter that agency

But it didn’t last many days.

The exposer’s identity was revealed due to metadata that they failed to delete.

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[Crazy, the Choi Wongil exposer is a piece of trash]
: (Capture) See the original image address in the corner here? The end part looks like an ID, so I Googled it and all the traces show up shit lol ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
He’s an unemployed mythomaniac who insults the deceased
He also stole the staff ID
(Capture)
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And immediately, the notice of the company’s lawsuit progress was posted.

The prevailing opinion was that ‘the distributor was someone who didn’t even know Choi Wongil and happened to hear and record the conversation while working a part-time job’.

At the same time, Choi Wongil’s agency posted correction posts anonymously in each community and began to inform the exposer’s identity as provocatively as possible.

[Choi Wongil rumor distributor = famous deceased-insulter named]

[Identity of the Choi Wongil exposer, more terrible than imagined]

When that work was finished, public opinion finally began to send sympathetic looks to Choi Wongil.

-So disgusting, poor Choi Wongil;
-It’s really scary, how long has it been since Ajusa ended, but that evil editing is still catching the kid until now ㅠㅠ
-Listening to the recording now, number 1 is so sad… How much did he suffer for the kid to be like that?

Naturally, as the focus of public opinion moved, the sympathy and high evaluation of personality that were heading toward Park Moondae withered.

And there were also people who were waiting for exactly that time.

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[Situation where opinions are currently divided regarding Park Moondae and Choi Wongil]
: This is the Ajusa behind-the-scenes video uploaded after the end (Capture)

During the 1st team match, Park Moondae ended up doing the bridge, which was originally Choi Wongil’s part.
The scene where Park Moondae says he will arrange this part alone while glancing at Choi Wongil.
For reference, Park Moondae hit the jackpot by arranging this part as a super-high note saint by himself.

(Capture) Choi Wongil’s flustered face

‘Park Moondae fed it to Choi Wongil’
vs
‘It’s just a feeling and a speculation’

What do you think?
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-Nonsense starting again
-Why upload this now? To fight?
└Do I have to choose the timing to upload a post while watching the fans’ mood?
-Where on earth are opinions being dividedㅋㅋㅋㅋ you probably just want them to be divided.

The main current was to stop talking nonsense that wouldn’t even be heard, but there was also a lot of malice trying to ride the flow.

-Oh, Park Moondae is more fishy than I thought…
-I thought everyone knew he’s of the fox-pretending-to-be-a-bear material lol ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-This guy is really good at image-making, honestly I think he calculated all the gains and losses even in uploading the explanation for Choi Wongil this time
└Right, he has a bit of a gloomy feeling
└Raised without receiving love?? He has that unique feeling…
-Park Moondae’s fans said it’s true Choi Wongil picked a fight out of the blue in the recording… Honestly, it probably all had a reason.
└I also thought this lol ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-This was changed because Choi Wongil said he’d do the chorus, what nonsense, the order is all reversed.
└Do you want to blame Choi Wongil again?

Of course, this post was deleted not long after due to reporting and rebuttals. However, it was unavoidable that it left an uncomfortable aftertaste for the fans.

After that, posts that maliciously pointed out Park Moondae’s past traces abruptly appeared in popular posts, only to disappear after a fight broke out.

The reaction they aimed for was this.

[You made a fuss saying Park Moondae has a good personality, but he doesn’t. How insolent?]

Due to Park Moondae’s fast response and TeStar’s own star power, such a backfire did not occur, but it was a precarious few days.

The fans spent each day soaked in tension.

It was exactly at that timing that the 2nd filmed by Park Moondae began to be broadcast.

‘Please let at least one thing get caught.’

‘Please let there be no problem even if it’s no fun.’

While the two hearts crossed, the 2nd episode of ‘Isim Dongche’ of began to be broadcast.

At first, it was just moderately funny.

[Iya~ it doesn’t end!]

[Why is everyone so good??]

The appearance of idols and actors who rushed into the game and worked hard was heartwarming and easy to watch comfortably.

The appearance of Big Sejin taking care of an actor returning after receiving a penalty was also smoothly highlighted, saying ‘They’ve already become best friends.’

The strange sign was from the next game.

[This game is~ ‘Stay Still’! The one who endures the longest without being agitated in any situation wins!]

It was a game where the team of the person who endures the longest without spitting out water while holding a mouthful of mineral water wins.

And Park Moondae survived alone at the table that became a mess with water cannons.

[…….]

[No, Moondae-ssi, you’re awake, right?!]

[Is this possible??]

Even if the staff suddenly shouted and danced a sexy dance, even if a monkey popped out from the DJ booth, even if a member riding an elephant passed by in front while doing fire juggling, there was no reaction.

Park Moondae’s face, staring into space without any agitation, was peace itself.

Because compared to the crazy situations Park Moondae had experienced so far, an elephant was nothing.

‘At least elephants exist in the actual natural world.’

It was the sorrow of the protagonist of a fantasy novel being threatened by the status window.

And that subtitle was attached to Park Moondae’s head after a long time.

[Peace-ful]

Tibetan fox CG even appeared behind.

Thanks to the fact that both cheeks became somewhat wider due to the water, it boasted an amazing synchronization rate.

[※ Unprecedented situation]

[Right now the production staff… say they’ve run out of everything they prepared!]

[Wow!!]

[It’s really amazing!]

It was a complete victory.

Park Moondae swallowed the water and made rounds of greetings around him. And he returned joy to the viewers.

-ㅅㅂㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Really funny
-Park Moondae is really consistent… amazing
-Hasn’t changed at allㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Tibetan fox’s big victory
-So cuteㅠㅠㅋㅋㅋ

But it didn’t end here. The MC began to move slowly.

It was a sniper shot at Big Sejin.

[Now, then this penalty recipient is… Lee Sejin-ssi!]

[Eh??]

[Ayy, that’s not right!]

[There are as many as three people who were eliminated before Sejin!]

[At that decisive moment! The team’s power collapses as you’re eliminated right there~ Ah~ look! Sejin-ssi burst into laughter and now the two of them laughed together in a row~]

The MC tried to pull out a reaction from the flustered Big Sejin by driving the situation with plausible words.

But Big Sejin smiled brightly.

[Ah, I like it!]

[…!?]

[Sejin-a?]

[Are you okay with graffiti on your idol face?]

[Because the team’s victory is more important than that!]

[?!]

Big Sejin pointed his index finger at Park Moondae beyond the flustered subtitle.

[Moondae-ya!]

[……?]

[If you keep being good, I’ll definitely receive the penalty!!]

[…!!]

[Even if the team wins, you’re ‘All Penalty’! Think carefully!]

It was madness toward victory.

[Sacrificial spirit…?]

The subtitle was also flustered.

But Park Moondae was not flustered.

[Fine. I’ll take ‘All Penalty’ then.]

[!!!!]

[It’s important for the team to win. We have to catch the doppelganger.]

[Guys, you’re too immersed!!]

[You know this is a variety show, right??]

[We must win and catch the fake and leave.]

[The fake is important! But I told you this material will go on for the rest of your lives?!]

[If we can’t catch the fake here, there’s no future for our team.]

[Oh my god.]

Communication didn’t work.

The two went out side-by-side and were subjected to cat whiskers and raccoon graffiti.

They were cute, but their eyes were burning.

[Real madness]

While the subtitle was also burning, the next round proceeded.

[This round is~ ‘Music Encyclopedia’! What year is it now? 1988~ You just have to listen to the songs released this year and guess the titles!]

And in a pattern, Big Sejin, who had predicted and previewed this game, began to sweep the correct answers.

[Correct answer!]

[yay!]

The moment the victory of the team Big Sejin belonged to was ensured.

This time, Park Moondae began to self-destruct.

[Ah… Moondae-ssi, Wrong!]

[…What is the junior doing……?]

[I’m going to receive the penalty by recording the highest error rate.]

[!!!!]

Park Moondae clenched his fist beyond the subtitle of falling over in surprise.

[The better Lee Sejin does, the more he’ll taste the penalty.]

[Wait.]

[Guys, the rules aren’t meant to be used like this, guys!]

It was a catastrophe.

In the end, the cast members who got caught up as the game progressed completely accepted the method of making the person who is active receive a penalty by sniping them with self-destruction.

The viewers were flipped over.

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ What is thisㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-I think I’m going to throw up from laughing so much
-Are you crazy, why did it become like this
-It’s driving me crazy
-The great catastrophe brought by the over-immersed rookiesㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Even though it was a composition of sacrificing for the team’s victory, it was just funny that the situation flowed strangely thanks to being over-immersed in a variety show that had no realism at all.

[Hey, let’s go.]

[Whew.]

Even the established cast members got caught up in the atmosphere and sacrificed themselves on their own. The sight of them going to receive the penalty with their arms around each other’s shoulders with faces that had given up everything was nothing but a comedy.

And as the finishing touch, another thing happened in the last game that decided the final match.

Sohyun of SoftSweet gave up the threat of self-destruction at the last minute.

[I’m sorry, Moondae-ssi! Youngrin-unnie has a fear of heights! I don’t think this is right!]

[!!!!]

Over-immersion ended like that, being betrayed.

Youngrin successfully lifted the flag, bringing victory to the team.

[So the real one is… the Party Team!]

[Waaaaah!!]

Park Moondae’s face, out of his mind with a lonely expression, was really funny.

-Burned white….
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ ㅅㅂ Cute
-No, don’t be over-immersed in something like this, you dummyㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Ah seriouslyㅋㅋㅋ so funnyㅋㅋㅋ
-Really cuteㅋㅋㅋ a big mess party possible only because they are rookiesㅋㅋㅋ
-He was so serious about the broadcast during Ajusa too, and even hereㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

And the TeStar-centered clip of this episode rose to the popular videos in an instant as soon as it was uploaded to Wetube.

[(Saturday Party) ‘Strike that doppelganger hard!’ Collection of TeStar’s over-immersion.zip | Legend | SBC]

The ‘Park Moondae who calculates and points out people gloomily while pretending not to be’ that antis were working hard to build up was shattered, being pushed by the wave of ‘Over-immersed Tibetan Fox 4D Moondae-ga-ddo’.

* * *

‘Done.’

I let out a sigh of complex meaning and turned off the smartphone.

It was… very embarrassing, but it was satisfactory.

‘The atmosphere is properly established.’

The reward of having asked the VTIC guys to make a bigger fuss on purpose was clear.

Because thanks to that, TeStar’s behavior looked even more uniquely strange. It was a reaction effect.

And thanks to such a funny image being firmly attached, it didn’t seem like it would fluctuate with minor things for a while.

Then something suddenly came to mind.

‘…I can proceed comfortably.’

I felt that it would be okay to slowly proceed with the work I had planned since starting this activity.

Then preliminary work was needed first.

‘Let’s start by organizing the settlement amount.’

It was finally time to look at last year’s achievements.