Debut or Die

Chapter 398

Episode 398 Ryu

Kun-woo did not look back at the display board. However, words continued to flow from the display board.

[He said he wanted to be an idol, but mom and dad didn’t know that he was showing off his cool appearance on a program like this.]

‘Really… !’

Why do some generations of broadcasting stations prefer unchanging, peripheral, low-level stimuli?

Bae Se-jin gnashed his teeth under the mask. And whether he did it or not, speculations such as ‘Ryu Gun-woo must have been impressed’ spread well through the comments.

[Make sure to debut and see your face. Fighting, my son!]

Ryu Gun-woo did not raise his head with his hands clenched tightly. And the billboard passed slowly enough to be cruel to Bae Se-jin.

‘under… .’

A short message from Shin Jae-hyeon’s mother passes by, and the director’s comment appears as the moving BGM softly wets the filming set.

[Please tell us what you think about checking the messages from your family members on stage like this.]

The camera took a close-up of some of the participants accepting the microphones in order.

Kim Rae-bin, who swallowed his nose with tears in his eyes, was quite sad and cute, but the problem was the moment when the microphone went over and finally reached Ryu Gun-woo.

Ryu Gun-woo held the microphone with both hands and was silent for a long time to the extent that it was barely allowed in the live broadcast.

And then he opened his mouth.

[…] Thank you.]

After bowing his head deeply, he raised his head quite courageously.

But there is agitation in his voice.

[I will make sure to debut and show a good image.]

The reaction was good because I felt like I was trembling at the greeting or emotion that I couldn’t tell whether it was from my parents or the public.

Aaaa!

Exclamations

of pity and cuteness .

However, Bae Se-jin, who knew the truth, was confused.

‘It looks tough.’

It looks like he’s biting his lips in excitement, but in reality, he must be holding back from sadness or shock… .

… uh?

‘Wait a minute’

Bae Se-jin regained the self he almost fell into sentimentality for a moment and looked at that expression objectively again.

Moondae Park is chewing on the inside of his lips.

That’s just pure grit.

In vulgar terms, an expression of dog rage.

“… ??”

‘His head… I think I’m pissed… ?’

Gunwoo Ryu on stage stood upright with blazing eyes.

It was an incomprehensible eye that was seething with desire.

-I guess I got excited after seeing my parents for the first time in a while

. Yes, model student likes

this

taste . is steadily advancing.

The president thought the decision was made after careful consideration with the officials, but in fact, someone who knows the future decides the direction and announces the list of successful applicants.

The number of people announced one by one with appropriate moxibustion.

[Shin Jae-hyun.]

People cheer each time they are called one by one and trainees express their feelings.

Ryu Gun-woo, Jin Chae-yul, Jeong Woo-dan, Cha Yu-jin, Oh Yoon-shin… .

[This friend had a lot of worries, but it was great to see that he gained a lot of trust from his colleagues in such a short period of time.]

Even Ryu Chung-woo.

It was when the odd number of 7 people was just right, and people were anxious about whether it would end here, and expectations died on the faces of the participants.

‘It was an extremely valuable experience!’

No, to be precise, when the faces of the rest of the participants except Kim Rae-bin, who was already engulfed in lingering feelings, were like that.

The president pretends not to be very dramatic, and then announces the final additional successful candidates.

I was thinking of keeping them together for the next round, but after going through ‘Orchestra Collaboration’, I couldn’t stand the greed for the perfection of the group and made the choice.

[Raebin Kim.]

[…] !?]

[The last member of the group.]

Kim Rae-bin, who almost jumped from his seat, almost got the microphone upside down. It was a redhead in the middle of the night, not alone.

[That low price? … … … Yes!]

-? ??? ??? ??? ???

-Why is Labin’s

face

?

Half VTIC, half Testa.

‘It’s a tie.’

The leader of VTIC, who was called for the first time, felt a brief emotion while recalling the bet with Park Moon-dae.

So, to come to a comprehensive conclusion, the < Wise > final was a success.

The two additional dropouts brought regret and regret, but the dominant opinion was that the president selected them fairly well anyway.

In fact, to put it bluntly, it’s to the point where people say that even those who were eliminated were well cut.

I didn’t know if it was normal. Because it was a combination of idol members who had already been verified once.

[Idol Survival, which is said to be the

best combination ever] [List of finalists who passed Letty Serva]

[The name of Wise’s new group has appeared]

However, Testa’s Park Moon-dae finally got off to a good start on the stage where flowers fluttered and firecrackers exploded… .

It was still cold in my head.

‘You fucking bastard.’

Because I was certain of some kind.

* * *

-Keun Sejin: You worked hard at Moondaemun University, and you were cool (Thumbs up emoji) Rest well today!

I checked the chicken gifticon he attached. And when you send an answer that says ‘yes’.

Suddenly a pop-up appears.

[brother… Are you okay?]

I replied calmly.

“I’m not okay.”

[]

The pop-up stops as if I couldn’t bear to type any words. I know what you’re guessing, but that’s not why I’m not okay.

It’s because of the madness of being caught by a dog.

“It is a lie.”

[…] Yes?]

“It’s a lie that my parents are alive.”

To be caught in such a prank.

I continued muttering, ignoring pop-ups that vibrated like crazy and poured out typos.

“The back and forth don’t match.”

There are too many logical loopholes.

“I don’t know if you can’t make calls in the first place, but if you can receive mail, it means you have the Internet.”

then.

“There is no need to connect via voice call. Better to get it on video or ask for a video call.”

No matter how slow the internet, there is no way you can’t send a picture at all.

The response comes very carefully with a time term.

[Maybe your parents refused to reveal your face… ?]

“The excuse will come out with that. But that’s not all I suspect.”

I turned off my smartphone.

At first, I couldn’t reason because of the shock, but I had a thought the moment I saw the details on the electronic board that said, ‘Letter from the Antarctic base’ earlier.

“Were my parents right to be researchers?”

[!??]

“In my head, of course, I passed it as correct, but other than that, I don’t have any memories related to my parents’ work.”

I wouldn’t have suddenly become a researcher as soon as I entered the house.

“At least, there might be some impressions about the place of work, but it’s just that you went to work and left work.”

It’s like a setting that was added only at the end.

“It is not normal. never.”

The pop-up didn’t answer for a while, but soon it poured out small texts.

[actually… I also had a similar curiosity. Being a researcher is a stable job. Still, I don’t think my older brother inherited the money… … .]

“Yes.”

I actually doubted that too. If you are a researcher, it is a high-paying job, but I don’t remember stealing or losing stocks, but the fact that I inherited little wealth.

To the point that I don’t even remember having any doubts about it.

“therefore… The parents of the Antarctic base researcher here are most likely lying.”

[…] .]

“I made it up.”

I don’t know what I did while the system was running out of control, but wasn’t it that I planted the proposition of ‘researcher’ in me and made it naturally understandable?

I also blew my memory of the time I met the real Park Moon-dae, so I thought I could hint at that much.

“But it doesn’t seem so natural that there is no sense of incongruity.”

[…] Because hyung voluntarily noticed right now?]

“Yes. Perhaps meeting them in person would make them feel uncomfortable, so they sent them to Antarctica so they wouldn’t be able to see them.”

Also, I thought I would feel a greater sense of incongruity when I came across photos of my parents who became researchers, so I blocked visual information altogether.

Pop-up is distorted.

[It’s so despicable.]

It’s not once or twice that the system has messed with it, and it’s not like it’s happening again. It’s just that being caught like this is like X.

‘It’s even more upsetting to touch someone else’s memory.’

That too… It’s a memory that doesn’t last long.

No, let’s not fall into sentimentality. There is no time for that.

I continued my reasoning, and the big moon also kept busy talking about my own reasoning.

[then… So this is definitely not the past, right? Is it like a dream? Like that daydream I made up.]

“I don’t know the latter, but I’m sure of the former.”

I muttered quietly.

“Seeing that people who don’t already exist in reality can’t come out, I don’t think they’ve returned to the past at all.”

It’s because all the settings were messed up from the beginning.

[…] … .]

“It could be a good thing.”

That’s sure to motivate you.

[Brother.]

I made a decision.

I did not bother to hide the matter from Cheongryeo and shared it.

About the imperfections of this place.

The guy who was sitting in the waiting room of the soon-to-be-demolished filming set listened to me and commented without much agitation.

“Ultimately, there is no change in our goals. Right?”

“… That said, you may need to be a little more careful about what you choose.”

I frowned.

“Because if there is an error in memory, you may make the wrong choice at a crucial moment.”

no matter how small it is

A trivial point that seems insignificant changes and the butterfly effect may occur.

‘I need to check once in a while to make sure I don’t feel any discomfort.’

However, Chung-rye had a sad face.

“Brother. It’s okay as long as you properly memorize the information necessary for the process. The more memories are originally piled up, the more they are distorted.”

“… … .”

“You have to be vigilant… It is a side effect caused by memory.”

what.

“emotion.”

“… !”

“If you have information value, reason judgment, there is nothing to make a mistake. There is nothing particularly wrong with choosing. In the end, you only have to choose one.”

The guy declared.

“Only the goal.”

“… … .”

“Yes?”

“okay.”

I didn’t expect to say something like this, but talking to him seemed to clear my head a bit.

Grinding my teeth, I declared.

“Unconditionally, I get the target quickly and leave here. That is the goal.”

“It seems that juniors have a habit of saying obvious things one more time.”

noisy.

I straightened up and sat down.

Let’s quickly get to the point.

“first… About our debut concept.”

The grin faded slightly from the guy’s face. I crossed my arms.

“The concept of VTIC’s 1st album was for building a worldview.”

“Testa would be no different.”

“well. Because we have high music rankings.”

“Haha, it seems like a survival program with double-digit ratings at the moment.”

I guess you want to say that you never dreamed of being a survival or even that rank.

“… Anyway, since yours is for the mid- to long-term, I’m assuming it’s too minor for the short-term.”

“well. Overseas, the response was definitely good.”

… did you? I filmed male idols, but I didn’t have to watch the music video for their debut song or analyze their outfits.

“Exactly what concept is it?”

“The afterlife.”

“Big.”

I was about to be caught off guard.

I barely responded.

“too much.”

“Haha, did you say that to Testa?”

“… … .”

“There is nothing too much if the investment is sufficient. The important thing is perfection.”

“… … .”

[That’s what my brother said… .]

Uh, I know, be quiet.

“Anyway, aiming for popularity at this time isn’t a very good strategy either.”

Cheongryeo patted her chin and continued talking.

“LeTi has traditionally had good support in overseas KPOP fandoms, so we should go with it.”

“Overseas.”

“yes. The English subtitle version of < Wise > uploaded on Witube got quite a lot of views. It’s also the best report card I’ve ever received for survival.”

the guy laughs

“Let’s go overseas and go based on album sales.”

“for a moment.”

Where do you set your mind?

“If you select the sound source well, you can achieve good grades in Korea. Isn’t it still a good time for male idol popularity?”

It’s hard to expect good performances from music sources unless you’re a solid first-team player after a few years, but isn’t this a time when there are still quite a few guys who are making good grades?

“That’s why it’s not possible.”

what?

The smile disappears from Cheong-ryeo’s face, and boredom rises again.

“Efficiency is the worst.”

“… … .”

“There are groups that are already enjoying all the fun to see with the public.”

And I realized who this guy was talking about.

“… T-holic.”

In reality, they are just senior idols who maintain their group through entertainment.

We also appeared on their variety shows. An old group that doesn’t have high expectations for music performance and fills the topic with a sense of entertainment.

But not now…

here… It’s time for T-Holic to be active.

“yes.”

Cheongryeo nodded.

“Our opponent is a T-Holic in his prime.”