Chapter 94

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Translated by Sylph

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“Are you awake?”

“Did you sleep well?”

“Yeah. It’s refreshing.”

I said it openly for once. After taking a good nap and a bath, my physical condition was truly okay.

“Now, everyone look here and smile~”

Lee Sejin caught the guys who were slowly gathering in the living room and took photos.

“For uploading?”

“Yeah.”

I didn’t interfere because he seemed to be good at applying corrections on his own. Instead, I took out my smartphone to monitor real-time reactions.

‘…It’s slow.’

Since I picked up the cheapest one among the entry-level ones, it was starting to ignore me, perhaps because the daily usage time was too long.

Well, since I didn’t have money to change it then, I didn’t think further.

Anyway, the SNS timeline was crowded with people waiting for the main broadcast.

“Ah, it started.”

“Cha Yujin! Reality show is on!”

“Yes!!”

The broadcast started around the time Cha Yujin, holding snacks in the kitchen, ran over.

The first thing that came out was…… TeSTAR, excited while preparing to leave.

[Ryu Chungwoo : Will it be enough if I pack this much?]
[Cha Yujin : I like trips~]
[Lee Sejin : We’ll be back safely!]

[After a while…….]

And then a cut of the light aircraft for skydiving flying leisurely appeared.

The camera panned down and showed TeSTAR standing dazed with their luggage in some countryside.

[PD Jung : You see that light aircraft up there, right?]
[TeSTAR : ……?]
[PD Jung : You’re going to get on that and jump out.]
[TeSTAR : (Shocked)]

Over the stunned TeSTAR, a huge white caption appeared.

[The cause of this situation?]

Immediately after, the screen showed the dormitory.

[A few days ago at TeSTAR’s dormitory]

On the living room floor strewn with balloons, a huge note that said ‘Special! TeSTAR’s 1st Place Commemoration Trip’ received a spotlight CG.

And a caption was also attached.

[※Cause of this situation (Spoiler)]

After that…… what TeSTAR experienced came out without much addition or subtraction.

[Cha Yujin : Trip!]

It meant the scene where they were excited for a trip but spun the roulette and got extreme and were flustered was edited well with humor.

Of course, the finishing touch came from noticing the manipulation of the roulette.

[Ta-da! (Again) Extreme Trip]
[Ta-da! (Again) (Again) Extreme Trip]
[TeSTAR : ?!]

An interview was attached.

[Park Moondae (Genius Puppy) : When I looked at the roulette stopping, it bounced once. It felt unnatural.]
[Park Moondae (Scammed Puppy) : But I didn’t think it would really be correct…… (Lost for words)]
[Lee Sejin (The one who added ‘A’ in Ajusa) : They didn’t even manipulate in Ajusa…!]

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-What Lee Sejin said is so funny. He said they didn’t even manipulate in Ajusa ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└It’s clearly a heartfelt sincerity ㅋㅋㅋ
-The reason it’s been heartwarming until now was to gain momentum for the trip episode.
-No, Moondae’s stats are really extreme. He’s good at what he’s good at and bad at what he’s bad at ㅋㅋㅋ
└Examples of what he’s bad at : Horror, drawing
└I’ll see one today ^^
└I’m looking forward to the haunted house so much I think I’ll go crazy.

“…….”

Why…… were they looking forward to what I was bad at.

Anyway, TeSTAR on the screen received skydiving training meticulously and boarded the light aircraft.

[TeSTAR : (Focused)]

In this process, the members’ attitudes received quite a bit of attention.

-Kim Raebin is chanting a prayer ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└Kim Raebin : This is… completely safe… anyway I’m safe…….
-Seon Ahyun has an unexpectedly strong heart, he doesn’t even blink an eye ㅋㅋ I don’t understand the kids who are scared but I’ll comfort them <- this point is really funny ㅋㅋㅋ
-Ha, but everyone is trying so hard even for this kind of thing……. Guys, you can throw a fit if you think it'll be hard, this isn't a survival show ㅠㅠ
└Aaat… suddenly my heart hurts…
-Ryu Chungwoo jumping is really cool. Even the instructor is admiring.

Since I just got on and jumped, there wasn't much for the preparation part.

However, I received a caption and composite when landing.

[Puppy Landing]

And a black Welsh Corgi jumping…… was inserted as a semi-transparent CG.

"Ehahahaha!!"

"Puppy! Puppy!"

"……Stop it."

They were hitting the sofa too.

'…Those reality production team guys, they seem to roughly fill it with a puppy if there's nothing to edit.'

Where on earth had they found such video materials anyway.

Anyway, the fans also laughed and enjoyed it. However, seeing the occasional reaction about a Tibetan fox or something…… I thought that one interview of Lee Sejin's really lasted a long time.

[Lee Sejin : The feeling of flying in the sky? Haha, it's an experience you can't easily have. I liked it.]
[Cha Yujin : I want to do it again!]
[Kim Raebin : When I actually jumped, there was a refreshing sense of liberation.]

Interviews were inserted mainly with heartwarming words on the screen, perhaps to recover from the shock of 'Skydiving out of the blue'.

And next was……

[PD Jung : Then everyone, from now on, please divide into groups to enter 'Invitation of the Haunted House'!]

It was that damn extreme horror experience.

[Lee Sejin : We…! Have bad memories about making groups……!]
[Kim Raebin : We will enter all together!]

Fans felt sorry but enjoyed the words of TeSTAR who said things that wouldn't be listened to.

-Bad memory drip ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Ajusa PTSD here? ㅋㅋㅋ
-Just how scary is it ㅋㅋㅋ
-Ah, I've been waiting only for this, guys, enter quickly (popcorn)

And according to their wishes…… the sight of TeSTAR exploring the haunted house was broadcasted.

But somehow…… our group had the most screentime.

'…It must be because there were three of us.'

If I didn't think like that, I couldn't watch it out of embarrassment.

[Lee Sejin : Euheok!!]
[Cha Yujin : Euaaaaak!!]
[Park Moondae : (Fainted)]

Fainted?

'Why do you attach a caption like that when I'm moving perfectly fine.'

I was looking at the screen with a displeased look, and Lee Sejin and Cha Yujin clapped their hands and laughed.

"Right! I really thought you fainted!!"

"You were soulless!"

…Cha Yujin even knew advanced words like 'soulless'.

"…It wasn't to that extent."

"Eh? Really?"

Lee Sejin giggled.

"Then you, name just one thing you said when that person was chasing you."

"……."

Had I… said anything?

"You don't remember, right? You don't know, right? It's because you fainted!"

Lee Sejin giggled, telling me to be grateful to him for forming a group where the audio didn't go empty.

"Hey, look there. It's coming out now!"

"……."

When I turned my head, I saw the staff member sprinting through the hallway on the screen.

…Truly, I was shouting.

[Bbbirrrrrrrddd…!]

"See?"

Lee Sejin asked triumphantly.

But immediately after, Cha Yujin and Lee Sejin on both sides of me on the screen began to shout even louder.

[Euaaaaa!!]
[※Adjusted volume.]

"……."

It was because of those guys.

In the meantime, the broadcast was collecting Lee Sejin's quiet activities and editing them with emphasis.

[Does everything while being scared]
[Eh? Found it?]
[Big Sejin who takes care of teammates]
[Discovered alone]

-Hey, Lee Sejin is a bit cool?
-Did you see him turn direction as soon as he saw it just now?
-What, he was just enjoying the fear ㅋㅋㅋ He's so good at searching.
-Competence itself.
-Park Moondae is completely frozen, so cute ㅠㅠ
-Our puppy can't even bark, he's so gentle.

"……."

When I turned my head, Lee Sejin smiled brightly.

"Wow, Lee Sejin reduced the escape time? As expected, let's go with Park Moondae letting it slide!"

"……."

It would have been hard professionally, but it would have been good if I could have punched that guy's mouth just once.

* * *

'Invitation of the Haunted House' ended with slightly telling the backstory on the broadcast.

[The identity of the photo TeSTAR took is……?]

The storyline combining a 20th-century Western classical haunted house with human sacrifice was quite eerie.

"Ah, that's why there was an altar there."

"…It's a bit sad."

"……."

Everyone's sensibility was different, so I moved on.

Anyway, Episode 1 of the trip ended with a scene of feasting on a whole roasted pig.

Since taking care of the staff's share in such a cut was almost a national rule now, that scene also came out heartwarming.

-It's good to see them eating well guys ㅠㅠ
-Wow, a whole pig disappeared just like that ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-No management? They're eating meat every time.
└What are you talking about, everyone in TeSTAR is as skinny as a stick.
└Take care of your own idol.
-Please do a mukbang through W-App ㅠㅠ

Hmm, the last one was an opinion worth considering.

'Now the reality show will also end next week.'

Episode 7 was effectively the end, and Episode 8 was going to come out with a subtitle like Director's Cut as a special compilation of highlights.

In fact, considering that most idol reality shows end within four episodes, this was also stretched long to the level of brain-shattering.

It was a result of the momentum when Idol Inc. had just ended the final episode, plus the Tnet programming being empty because a huge drama had come out on another cable channel at the same time.

'It's almost longer than the promotion period.'

Now music shows were also the last this week. Debut album activities could be seen as effectively finished.

'Should I do W-App as a commemoration of finishing activities.'

I went back to the bedroom and accessed the TeSTAR account on W-App to check.

And I was slightly surprised. The last live was just a few hours ago.

[Test]

But the video length was 1 minute 2 seconds.

'…1 minute?'

I couldn't know what on earth they had done.

Seeing that I hadn't heard anything special, it hadn't been an accident, but I didn't know what was going on.

'Who is it.'

For now, the most likely candidate was Lee Sejin. But there was no way that guy would have done it for only one minute.

I clicked the black thumbnail.

With a bit of white noise, a dark screen was output.

And after a while.

Suddenly a forearm filled the screen.

[Ah…, l-like this…….]
[Eh?]
[……Gasp!]

The video ended with that.

'It's Seon Ahyun.'

Looking at it, it seemed he had touched something wrong while practicing and had turned on the actual live.

Looking at the comments, everyone was crying saying he's cute.

There were also quite a few people making pleasant guesses that he would reorganize and turn it on at night.

However, it was a bit strange.

'Um, with his personality, he would have uploaded a long apology on SNS.'

When I had accessed the TeSTAR SNS account a few times that day, I hadn't seen such a trace.

'Since I was going to try doing W-Live anyway, I should bring it up.'

It was more comfortable to proceed with about three people together than doing it alone. If an enthusiastic guy joined, my burden would be less.

I first went to the next room and knocked on the door.

"Can I come in?"

"……Uh, uh!"

The door opened quickly. Seon Ahyun was alone in the room, perhaps because Kim Raebin was still in the living room.

"W-Why…?"

But why was he being so cautious?

He was originally that kind of type, but the time for him to be like that just because I talked to him had already passed.

'Come to think of it, I don't think I've heard Seon Ahyun speak today.'

Lately, he had become quite talkative.

His attitude and way of speaking had returned to the level of the early Idol Inc.

"Is something wrong with you?"

"N-No."

Seon Ahyun denied it firmly. My goodness.

"You're breaking out in a cold sweat right now."

"……!!"

"If you don't want to tell me, try talking to Ryu Chungwoo hyung or the manager hyung."

"W-Wait."

Seon Ahyun laboriously spoke while still breaking out in a cold sweat.

"I, I… m-made a mistake."

"W-Live?"

"You, you saw it……"

"Yeah. The one you turned on by mistake. But… there was no problem at all."

I told him that everyone was happy in the comments, but Seon Ahyun shook his head heavily.

"T-That… I-I didn't turn it on by m-mistake."

"…?"

Seon Ahyun swallowed his saliva.

"I, I turned it on to d-do it, but I t-turned it off."

"……."

"I, I was so s-scared……."