Chapter 69

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Translated by Sylph

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‘Finally, today has come.’

Park Moondae’s first homma cracked her fingers and stared at the monitor.

Today was the day the first episode of the reality show was aired.

Because of the scene shown in the trailer released a few days ago, the record of her excitement with her friend still remained in the chat.

-Moondae is cooking!
-Moondae is gaming!
-Gyaaaaaak!!

…The video bait thrown in the middle of suffering from a chronic lack of content was no different from a drug.

Because she had watched the short, cutely edited trailer so many times, she almost knew the content by heart.

And now, she was finally about to watch the main episode!

‘It’s starting…!’

When the ‘Rated 12+’ sign appeared, she rubbed both hands. She briefly stopped the teaser streaming she had been running for the view count record and stared at the screen with a disciplined posture.

[Glorious Debut!]

The program started by informing TeSTAR’s position by showing short announcement moments and various media reactions from the final episode.

[TeSTAR, finally formed]
[Where are they headed?]

A meaningful subtitle.
And what popped up right after was….

[Aaaaaack!!]
[Let’s do it one more time!]
[Uh, uh, uh….]

It was the appearance of TeSTAR members being over-invested in a board game.

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-You guys were getting along well, I’m relieved!
-Looks extremely joyful
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

As people were talking on SNS, TeSTAR looked very joyful.

While the fans were pleased to see them looking comfortable after getting out of the audition, it was only for a moment.

[Why is TeSTAR… working so hard to play the game…?]

With a humorous subtitle, the screen changed.

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[Waaaa!!]
[The house is good!]

The appearance of TeSTAR entering the dorm while being noisy was caught.

The efforts and editing of the members to look bright and excited shone through, making them look like a pack of puppies.

‘Moondae?’

Park Moondae wasn’t running around, but he was looking around the house with wide eyes. He was wearing the yellow hoodie he had seen in the first photo of TeSTAR’s SNS.

‘Seeing him in a moving video makes him even cuter…!’

While she was moved, other viewers were also talking about their private clothes.

-We finally see them wearing what they want in moving high definitionㅠㅠ This is the taste of debut!
-Preferred styles are clearly revealed
-ㅋㅋAh, everyone was totally predictable but only Moondae stands outㅋㅋㅋ
└Indeed, he was always wearing just a T-shirt in sightings, but for some reason he’s wearing such cute clothesㅋㅋㅋ
└He also wore a Welsh Corgi ivory, Moondae is sincere about his character…
└This is it
└Indeed, the mysterious effort character

And on the screen, the scene where TeSTAR members receive mission cards from the robot vacuum cleaner began to be broadcast.

[Clear the mission so that you can become a true group!]
[Ah.]
[Ah… mission.]

Even after that, the appearance of the successful candidates overreacting and getting slightly depressed at every element reminiscent of was used as a good comedy element.

-ㅠㅠㅠAh
-Oh my godㅋㅋㅠㅠ
-Guys, actually we are all suffering from Ajusa PTSD too…
-It’s a program with many sins, please just abolish it since TeSTAR has come out!
-I hope they grab TeSTAR reality every year instead of doing the next seasonㅋㅋ

Viewers burst into laughter while empathizing.

And they burst into laughter once again when they saw the members who turned their stance because they were over-invested in the game in the roommate mission.

[Please just once!]
[I want to win!]

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-What’s with the kids’ competitive spiritㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Is that also a kind of… occupational disease… it’s because they haven’t been able to throw away the habit of ‘sleeping is for the dead’ in Ajusaㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└This is itㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

And the fact that the person who was most over-invested and the person who was most calm were placed 1st and 2nd side by side also became a tiny fun element.

[Yeah! I won!]
[……Um, congratulations.]

The appearance of Park Moondae, who was calm as if flustered by Cha Yujin’s noisy ceremony, created a fun contrast that made people recall the team battle of the two.

-Moondae’s Tibetan fox expression came out againㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-The two are so different but they’re in the same team, it’s so fun, please stay close forever guysㅠㅠ
-ㅋㅋㅋThe 1st and 2nd places just swapped ranks among themselves and were 1st and 2nd againㅋㅋㅋ
-Cha Yu is very lucky and Moondae seems to be good at games?ㅋㅋㅋ

But the reaction to the roommate result actually died down a bit.

Because a combination was made that they hadn’t really thought about or particularly wished for.

-Oh
-It turned out like thisㅋㅋ
-I hope they get along well
-The roommates won’t stay like this until the end and they will change while doing it again, right?

Still, in the scene where they were making dinner, most of the reactions were recovered.

It was because the grocery team that ran through the mart with excitement and swept away items and the cooking team that made braised spicy chicken harmoniously and quietly were contrasted and both were cute.

In particular, Park Moondae and Seon Ahyun pulled out screen time with unexpected cooking skills.

[I think it’s better to start after trimming the ingredients first. I’m going to trim the chicken, is that okay?]

Park Moondae distributed the work as soon as the ingredients arrived and took the most difficult task himself.

It was purely because he couldn’t trust other members, but it looked quite reliable on the screen.

And Seon Ahyun looked like he would be good at cooking for some reason, so he ruined it mercilessly, and his appearance of being extremely flustered by himself took care of the screen time.

[S-S-Sorry…….]
[Nothing to be sorry about.]

Park Moondae looked back and forth between the disastrous onions and the kitchen knife that almost minced Seon Ahyun’s hand, and then gave a new task to the depressed Seon Ahyun.

[With this… can you organize the dining table over there?]
[Y-Yes!]

Seon Ahyun on the screen brightened up instantly with a bright effect. And of course, the fans were joyful.

-Is Moondae also good at cooking?;; I’m flustered
-Oh my god Ahyun-ahㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Guys, let’s not give Ahyun a kitchen knife from now on, I’m afraid he’ll get hurt (himself)ㅠㅠㅋㅋ
-Moondae takes care of people very well?ㅠㅠ Exactly why did he come out like that in the early stages of Ajusa……
└That would be the question of all Park Moondae fans

The appearance of talking harmoniously while eating braised spicy chicken as the first meal in the dorm also received favorable reviews as a typical appearance fans expect from a reality show.

-The kids have big hands, they made so much braised spicy chickenㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Everyone is eating well
-I think the kids are quite close unexpectedly, is it a camaraderie created by Ajusaㅋㅋ
-Let’s last long, guys♡

And the finishing touch of that episode popped up.

It was the group horror movie watching.

[Hihihihihihihihihi]

Popcorn cut through the air at the ghost face appearing on the screen.

[Uaaaaa…….]
[Whoa!!]

Thanks to the production staff who captured the reaction of each member one by one, fans were able to enjoy building the characters of the members more.

-Is Cha Yujin laughing?ㅋㅋㅋ
-I can’t believe the great Keun Sejin is afraid of ghosts! I thought he was an 인싸 who is cheerful and would ignore even ghosts!
-Raebin-ah, your clothes are going to be tornㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Mr. Ryu Chungwoo, I didn’t see him like that but he meanly chose a horror movie while he himself isn’t afraid!ㅋㅋ

And before Park Moondae’s cut came, Park Moondae’s fans had already guessed.

Of course, there was no way Park Moondae would be afraid!

-Tibetan fox expression will likely come out againㅋㅋㅋ
-(Everyone seems to be afraid. Horror movies are scary.)
└ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└Already cute, Moondaeㅠㅠ
-He will probably eat popcorn well while watching

But Moondae, who appeared on the screen at last….

He was looking down and eating popcorn.

And every time a ghost sound was heard, the popcorn bucket occasionally jumped up.

[Grrrrrrrrrr…….]
[(Popcorn acrobatics)]

Still, Park Moondae persistently didn’t turn his gaze toward the horror movie.

Comments exploded.

-…?
-?!??
-He’s afraid… he’s afraid!
-My goodness
-Crazy, he’s so cute

The fans were completely excited by the agitation of Park Moondae, who had mostly been broadcast only in a calm appearance whether he stayed up all night for a week or got final 1st place.

-He can’t look at the screen until the endㅠㅠEuuuuhuhuk while pretending not to be like that
-He finished all the popcorn but he’s still holding the empty bucket! He says he can’t let go because he’s afraid!ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-He stood up as soon as the movie was turned offㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Other kids didn’t notice, right? Moondae is mistaken that he looked very natural even in front of the camera, right?ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Park Moondae’s homma, who was watching the screen, also couldn’t help but send a chat to her friend.

[Aaaa]
[Moondae is also good at cooking]
[He’s also good at board games]
[But he can’t watch horror moviesㅋㅋ Crazy he’s so cute I want to destroy the apartment]

While sending the chat, she kept her eyes fixed on the screen, so typos were frequent, but anyway, what she wanted to say was that.

[7 people 7 colors]
[TeSTAR getting to know each other afresh]
[What will happen tomorrow?]

Ending with the horror movie part that took care of the enjoyment for each member’s fans, the first episode of the reality show was finished.

“……Ah.”

Come to think of it, an hour had already passed.

As she felt sorry, the trailer was broadcast after the middle advertisement ended.

[We are in the workroom now~]

The appearance of TeSTAR members exchanging discussions in a music workroom where soundproof booths were installed. And…….

[Now… I’m on my way to make a presentation.]

It was the appearance of members entering the meeting room while wearing neat clothes.

“Whoa.”

There was also a portion related to album work!

She already wanted to watch the next episode.

She hurriedly turned on the SNS. She wanted to share this overflowing impression.

-Honestly I expected honey-no-jam but it was great-jam
-Where did all the guys who said the kids’ relationship would be awkward go?ㅋㅋ They looked close and comfortable?
-Ah, the trailer too, and the debut-related stories are coming out so it’s so good and I’m relievedㅠㅠ
-Crazy, did the members choose that god-concept? Is that also Ajusa experience?

There was nothing she didn’t empathize with among the words coming into the timeline.

She was smiling with satisfaction and was about to press the write button, but she saw a post that popped up on the newly updated timeline.

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[Ah… I’m going crazy (Link) (Capture)]

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“Eh?”

The link was a portal site news address.
And the capture was… a screenshot of that article.

“……!”

As soon as she read the content, she felt cold as if she were hit by cold water.

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[ TeSTAR revealed to have ‘unfair contract’ lawsuit]

: A lawsuit was filed against Tnet regarding an unfair contract for TeSTAR members Lee Sejin (22) by his former agency (Dream K).

According to the claim of Dream K, Tnet forcibly required the participation of affiliated artists from many agencies to recruit participants for , which aired from last January, and forced the conclusion of an unfair contract to transfer the affiliation of the participant to Tnet when the participant debuts through the program.

…….

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She swallowed her saliva and clicked the article.

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Midnight in the middle of the night.

The dorm atmosphere where the trouble broke out was no different from a thin sheet of ice.

“…Let’s summarize.”
“…….”
“So, Sejin’s former agency is… in the middle of asking to return their artist.”

Ryu Chungwoo calmly summarized the situation.
I suppressed a sigh.

‘It was something that could happen.’

In the first place, it was an overreach for Tnet to push a contract that any participant would be ours if they debut with .
It was a method made because they couldn’t suppress the greed to keep a group launched by an audition for a long time.

Still, didn’t they usually do it in a way of taking settlement twice with dual affiliation?

It seemed there was almost no case in this industry of taking them away altogether.
Since they couldn’t fight against the broadcasting station, the agencies would have lost and entered, but as this season of became too successful, it seemed one case eventually broke out.

‘Probably… from the time of ‘Casting Call’ content where they make the agency change proposal as the broadcaster wishes, dissatisfaction must have already accumulated.’

Moreover, Lee Sejin was someone who could be used alone as an actor, so they found it more of a waste.
It meant they wanted to take at least their share during TeSTAR activities.

“…….”

Lee Sejin did not answer even in the confrontation situation that lasted for quite a while. He was just sitting on the sofa with his head bowed.

Keun Sejin urged with a smile.

“Hyung-nim, please say something~”

At first, he was coaxing and soothing, but as he couldn’t stand it anymore, his way of speaking slowly changed.

“Keun Sejin,”

“We need to organize this quickly. You know our debut date is a week away, right? There is no time~”

“…….”

“If you don’t organize your stance now, hyung-nim, other agencies can also join in and talk about lawsuits in the same way, right?”

Keun Sejin was still smiling broadly, but his words were getting faster.

“If you stay still, it’s not just over for you, hyung, other members will also be harmed? Whether you go or stay, tell the current agency quickly.”

‘That one’s mental state also burst.’

I clicked my tongue.

Come to think of it, it was possible for Keun Sejin’s agency to join the lawsuit filed by Lee Sejin’s agency after watching for a while.

He had finally passed the audition and was just before debut, and thinking about suffering from that sight made Keun Sejin’s blood flow backward.

“…….”

However, instead of opening his mouth, Lee Sejin suddenly stood up and ran away.

“…!”
“Hey.”

Kwang.
And he entered the room and closed the door.

‘…Are you joking.’

To avoid it so one-dimensionally when it’s his own business.
At this point, even I, who didn’t have much thought, began to be annoyed. It wasn’t just once or twice; exactly what was he doing?

‘…I have to open the door anyway if I want to sleep today.’

I approached the front of the room and hit the locked doorknob from above.

Puck.
As expected, it just opened since it was a household doorknob. It was worth having worked out.

“…!”
“I’m entering.”