In This Life, The Greatest Star In The Universe

Chapter 263:

Chapter 263:

Translator: MarcTempest

Editor: Rxel

Chapter 263

Five of them reached out their hands towards the sky.

As the calm prelude played, their wrists spun once, then twice, and their arms slowly came down.

Like dandelion seeds swaying in the wind.

Then, the main dancer of New Black stretched out his hand to the front.

The music stopped for a moment.

And as the melody changed, his lips parted.

Our starlight

The tranquil introduction quickly turned into fast-paced dance music, and the main dancer withdrew his hand.

At the same time, the members scattered around him.

Like petals, four members surrounded the main dancer as the dance break continued.

In a few seconds, the faces dripping with sweat were captured on the screen. It was an intense choreography.

It felt light rather than heavy.

Every gesture and step they made was smooth and refreshing.

A loud cheer erupted from the audience.

“Wow…!”

The addictive melody and the dazzling performance made them feel excited.

‘They’re good.’

Each of them had great dancing skills, but together they were the best.

When one moved and created a space, another member’s hand filled it.

Even without a dancer, the five of them filled the stage.

‘It looks like the shadows are dancing too.’

Maybe it was because of the lighting effect, but it seemed like even the shadows were dancing along.

‘Is it an illusion?’

Of course, it was not.

Flower Dance had many hidden details in its choreography.

The lines of the dance seen from behind, the overall composition seen from above, the movements considering the lighting.

New Black had squeezed, twisted, and wrung out a world-class choreographer to create this choreography.

The Korean Soufflés joked that if Flower Dance choreography could talk, it would cry like Emile Zola’s clay, clay.

That was how beautiful the dance lines were.

With one gesture, Clay’s tears flowed, and with one step, Clay’s daughter Joy’s tears flowed.

‘Wow…’

As they admired the amazing dance, the main vocal appeared for the chorus.

While the other members sat down on the floor and reached out to him, the main vocal extended his hand and hit a high note.

Don’t turn around

Stop right there

Stay

It’s our time to bloom

Let’s bloom together

The main choreography changed with the lyrics.

That was how the dance continued without a break until the third verse, and finally the stage of Flower Dance ended.

The faces of New Black members who were breathing heavily flashed on the screen.

“Wow…!”

They smiled brightly as they wiped their sweat at the cheers of the Japanese fans.

The leader lightly adjusted the position of his crooked headset and lined up the members.

-Let’s say hello, shall we? One, two, three!

-Hello. We are New Black!

The faces that were powerful on stage were now cute and innocent.

After a round of self-introductions, Woojoo spoke as the representative.

-Did you have fun?

He held out his hand like a microphone, even though he had nothing in it, and the excited audience responded.

Some of them couldn’t hide their curiosity.

‘Did he live in Japan for a long time? His pronunciation is so…’

Some of the audience cautiously took out their phones and searched.

‘Oh…? He was from Taiwan?’

‘He was from Taiwan and got street-casted by the news. He speaks Korean and Japanese very well.’

‘World class baby. What is this…?’

When people had strange misunderstandings because of the wrong information and pictures on the Japanese web.

The leader smiled.

-It’s so exciting. I still can’t believe we’re performing at such a big event, and overseas too.

At that, the broad-shouldered member tilted his head.

-Still?

-…I feel it now. Mr. Junghyun.

-Aha.

The audience laughed at the innocent expression on Junghyun’s face.

Just a moment ago, he had a fierce vibe like someone holding a whip, saying ‘Do you want to taste my rap?’ But now, he looked like a warm successor of a farm in some region.

Then, Bijoo, who had been quietly standing back, stepped forward.

As soon as his face was recognized, cheers erupted. He had shown the most impressive performance in Flower Dance.

The audience’s eyes lit up.

‘He’s different from when he was on stage.’

Where did the charisma that he had on stage, saying ‘This is dance, you mortals’ go? His voice was nothing but gentle.

-I think I won’t forget today’s stage for a while. Thank you for giving us such a good memory!

He was followed by the main vocal who spoke a long Japanese speech, and the youngest who sent small hearts, big hearts, and medium hearts.

Now it was time to end the talk and move on to the next stage.

Woojoo, who had been smiling at the members around him, looked at the audience again.

-I’m so happy to meet so many of you today. We five will receive this good energy and work harder on the stage. Thank you!

As the audience waved the placards that said ‘You are our flowers’, and the members waved their hands.

-Wait.

Woojoo stopped as if he had something to say. A cheerful smile spread over his face.

-I almost forgot to introduce the next song. It’s a song called Windflower, which is getting a good response in Korea.

The audience screamed with excitement.

-Before we start the stage, I want to tell you one interesting fact.

As the leader winked, the main dancer came out and reenacted the last move of Flower Dance.

-This was the last move. Windflower starts from here and the choreography goes backwards.

He played it backwards like an instructor and showed the choreography of Windflower.

As the audience was curious, the leader said with a smile.

-It’s because the melody of Windflower is the reverse of Flower Dance. If you pay attention to this part, you will enjoy it more.

Then, New Black gathered on the stage.

The pitch-black darkness covered the stage.

When the afterimage of the bright lights remained in the audience’s eyes like a stain, a yellow light flashed in.

And.

‘Uh…? This song…!’

As soon as Windflower came out, the audience’s eyes widened.

‘I’ve heard this before!’

They didn’t know whose song it was, but it was a song that always came out when they went to a record store or a place related to K-pop.

It was a song that had a catchy melody that made them hum along.

Then, they remembered the title of the playlist like ‘Windflower – New Black’.

‘Oh. They are the ones who became famous in Korea.’

They solved the mystery of why the rookie group they didn’t know well was in the back.

The fans scattered around the seats waved their glow sticks vigorously, and the audience felt a slight thrill at the thought of listening to the song they had only heard through the sound source.

Unlike the powerful atmosphere before, the soft stage of Windflower.

Meanwhile, a Korean fan who was cheering in the corner of the stage had a ‘?’ expression on his face.

‘He said it was reversed…?’

It was a fact that had not been revealed yet that the melody of Windflower was the reverse of Flower Dance.

He was cheering inwardly, thinking ‘This is a jackpot information!’ But no matter how hard he listened, he couldn’t understand anything. Woojoo said it was clearly played backwards, but he couldn’t tell.

The other audience members who were groaning and listening with him soon gave up with a look of frustration.

‘I don’t know. Let’s just look at their faces.’

Backwards or not, their kids were in front of them, so what did it matter?

Soufflé, who was shaking his worn-out mini light stick, chanted the name of Park Kyuho, the President, in his heart.

“Wowwwww!”

The stage that followed the spicy taste with a mild taste was pretty good.

When the stage of Windflower ended and the members of New Black smiled.

As the last song began, dancers started to swarm onto the stage.

“…?”

The music that started then was the king of intense and fierce choreography that the audience had never seen today.

It was Masquerade.

‘Are they flying…?’

‘They’re really flying.’

‘Won’t they faint doing that?’

For almost four minutes, the knife-like choreography made by dozens of dancers and New Black members continued without a break.

The dancers who supported the choreography with them also stood with exhausted faces when the stage ended.

The New Black members who stood in front of the main camera for shooting breathed heavily but smiled brightly as they posed for the ending.

As the stage of Masquerade completely ended and the New Black members staggered like drunkards for a moment.

“Wowwwww!”

The loudest cheer of the day, which even surprised the other performers who were staying in the waiting room, came out.

Yoon Seokhwan, the manager who watched from the backstage, and the staff of New Black smiled happily.

“The reaction is really good!”

“What?!”

“Really! They love it!”

“What?!”

The staff shouted ‘Our kids are the best!’ with their voices.

Seok Dowon smiled contentedly, looking at the audience and saying ‘This is our kids’.

“Wow, New Black’s response is amazing.”

“…Is it because of the sound? It sounds like a circus show.”

“Masquerade, huh? They must have some spare knees for that.”

The other singers who attended the K-pop concert stuck out their tongues as they heard the scream in the waiting room.

There were only people who were worried and touched their foreheads.

‘Just do it moderately.’

‘Have some manners…’

‘What are we supposed to do if you do everything?’

It was Jo Ana and the boy group Ace, who were placed right after them.

“Ah, I’m dying…!”

“Hey! Can you give me some water here! Rihyuk Hyung has become a dried squid!”

“Water! Water coming!”

It was a mess.

Until they came down from the backstage, they barely endured and waved their hands leisurely to the audience.

As soon as they got out of the audience’s sight, they all collapsed on the floor.

Rihyuk, who was slumped against the wall of the hallway, leaned his body against the wall and shook his head.

“Hey.”

“Don’t hit me. My bones are ringing…”

“Are you okay?”

“No. It’s like riding a roller coaster… Ugh!”

He turned his head at the sight of him gagging on an empty bag.

Only Junghyun was fine, wiping his sweat and rummaging through the jelly bags to recharge his sugar, while the rest were all in a state of collapse.

They looked like a seaweed group, not a handsome group.

Bijoo closed his eyes and swept his hair with both hands, and Jiho lay down on the floor half-way, looking worried about Rihyuk.

“…Hello, we are New Black…!”

“Oops. Don’t greet them.”

“We are New Black!”

“Manager. Are these singers okay?”

“Yes. Our kids are always like this.”

The concert staff who passed by every time they greeted them with difficulty looked rather annoyed by them.

Bijoo said with a dizzy face, “Ah… I’m glad there was a mid-talk. If it wasn’t for that, I would have fainted while dancing Masquerade.”

“…Hey, that’s why I told you to go for a vocal song.”

Rihyuk stopped gagging and glared at them.

“This time, it was supposed to be a weak dance, so I was looking forward to it, but what came out was Flower Dance. Where is such a fierce vocal song like Windflower? Next time, I want real vocals… Uuuuuk!”

“Calm down. Our Piruruku.”

“Uuuuuk!”

“Yeah. Yeah. Blame it all you want.”

He gave Woojoo a dagger look as he patted his back.

Sure enough, as Rihyuk said, the physical exhaustion was really severe.

It felt like he ran dozens of laps around the track without stopping.

It took Woojoo a while to drink water and breathe deeply before he returned to normal. And he finally did the high-five that he couldn’t do because he was tired.

“Good job, everyone!”

“Thank you for your hard work!”

They still had showcases and other events to do with the Japanese fans, but the K-pop concert was the stage they worked the hardest on recently.

Woojoo was very nervous, but luckily it was perfect without a single mistake.

If Woojoo had to point out a flaw, it was that he used a few inappropriate words when he spoke in Japanese earlier.

But the stage was perfect without a need to say anything, and the reaction on the spot was better than expected.

-Wow!

A huge cheer from the fans who were cheering for Ace outside.

They said, ‘If you do so well, it’s a burden for us’, but the cheer was different from the appearance of a popular group in Japan.

It was like a solo concert.

Then Jiho smiled and said, “Today we really broke our bones, so the reaction must be great, right? Now, if you mention New Black, you’ll hear that they’re performance masters. The Japanese fans will say that it’s not the face, but the performance! Don’t you think so?”

“Wouldn’t they? We put our souls into this… Huhuhu.”

“Huhuhaha!”

They decided to open a new business, ‘The Stage Delicacy New Black’, and laughed together.

?My review after attending the Japan K-pop con (stream of consciousness warning)?

I live in Japan

I went with my Japanese friend who is a fan of Ace???

I’ve been out of the fandom for a while, so there were a lot of groups I didn’t know, but they all did great on stage

Both male and female idols were pretty and cute

The organizers seemed to have prepared a lot of VCRs and stuff, but I can’t remember them now;;

The event was honestly crappy

Anyway, the overall response to today’s stage was good. I had fun watching it too

The most responsive one was probably the last three teams, and among them, the New Black kids were really impactful

They danced so hard??? They were soaked in sweat, and I understood why they got a reaction in Korea??

But the visuals were amazing

I only saw their faces, not their dance or anything. Their hair was almost gone, but their features were like bam! bam! bam!!! ?? me!!! They came in at that level????? My friend also expanded her nose bridge while watching???

I could see their noses even from far away

Anyway, the conclusion is New Black’s face

-????????? This is the real stream of consciousness

-Aren’t you going to write a review for Ace and Joana…?

-Stream of consciousness?????

-Oh, my idol??? Thank you for looking at them nicely???

-New Black kids always have good reviews for their looks; are they that handsome?

-[Author] Aaaaaah

-Translation: Yes

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

-I’m curious??? Everyone’s reviews are about their own idols and then they mention New Black at the end

A few days after the concert.

When K-net provided the K-pop concert and the fancams, New Black’s fans were restless.

-Guys???????

-Our kids took a legendary beauty shot???

-That choker-like band is so pretty…??

-Do you know? New Black’s dorm is my left heart room and right heart room…?

-I’m suddenly pissed off… Why do you guys only see good things, Japanese kids??

-Kyuho… You should do this in Korea

-If anyone asks about the future of K-pop, raise your head and show them New Black

-This grandma’s eyes became 2.0 after seeing New Black

-Jiho is now an adult????

-Everyone. How about talking about the stage. The kids prepared so hard for the stage, but you only talk about their faces…

-Guys ??????

-Rain Alcohol, just look at our faces

-No. I…

-Woojoo also took a legendary shot this time. Do you want me to give you more photo links?"

Lemon Entertainment’s President Office.

“Mr. Park.”

“Yes, Mr. Jo.”

President Park Kyuho smiled warmly.

“Did you spend billions on the stage again?”

“Yes.”

“Hahaha! That’s right, that’s right. Money is not important when our kids are performing. We should spend as much as we can! Haha!”

He laughed heartily and picked up the frame on the table.

The album jacket photo of five boys smiling brightly in the picture.

He blew on it.

“Hooo… hooooooo…”

President Park diligently blew his breath on the glass of the frame and hummed as he wiped it with a glasses cloth, “Our kids. Moneybags. Our kids.”

“…”

“But Mr. Jo, why do you look like that?”

“Oh, I think you misunderstood. It’s… the billions.”

“Huh?”

President Park turned his gaze and saw Director Jo Gyuhwan sitting on the sofa, coughing and saying.

“The billions.”

“Yeah.”

“The billions are not those billions…”

“What do you mean? How much is it?”

Then, Director Jo’s mouth spilled out the total cost of the stage equipment, VCR, and various labor costs.

“…You spent that much alone?”

“Yes.”

“Is that possible?”

“Yes.”

Director Jo nodded and added, “Our kids’ specialty is making the impossible possible.”

“…”

His heart sank.

He told them to spend as much as they wanted, but they really spent it all.

They spent it all. They spent it all.

“Maybe it’s because we spent a lot on the special effects this time. And we had to procure a lot of things locally, so the labor costs were also high.”

“…”

“But thanks to that, the response to New Black is good in the local area… Mr. Park?”

Thud.

The frame slipped out of President Park’s trembling hand and fell on the table.

The New Black members were smiling brightly in the picture.

But for some reason, he heard them laughing ‘money money money money’ in his ears.

And then…

Beep-

At that moment, a text message popped up on President Park’s phone with a vibration.

Woojoo [Thank you, Mr. Park! We’ll enjoy the food you bought us!]

Woojoo and the other New Black members were drawing hearts and saying ‘Mr. Park love’ at the sushi restaurant.

“…”

Director Jo peeked his head and said, “Huh? That’s the expensive place that’s famous. How did they find out?”

“I told them to go.”

“Ah…”

“I didn’t know the stage cost then…”

President Park made a face like Goofy and Director Jo sympathized with him, saying ‘Dooly would do that’.

President Park still heard the laughter of ‘money money money money’ in his ears.