Chapter 371
Debut or Die
Episode 371 Cha
Yoo-jin.
A center with âAttribute: Black Hole (S)â.
With a crazy combination of conditions optimized for idols from skill to mentality, he has Triple A as his stat at a young age. I will not even go to the army and there will be no hiatus.
No wonder the system gave this guy five stars.
but⦠other conditions.
[Cha Cha Yujin doesnât know anything?]
âI donât know.â
This guy⦠My body changes, I return to the past, the status window opens, and I am Nabal and I do not know anything.
And thatâs the most difficult kind of human being to properly explain.
-OK. So you and I used to know each other, but you came back to the past and became a different person?
-Call 911?
âruined.â
I moaned and rubbed my face.
However, the status bar flashes merrily.
[Would you like to welcome it like this?]
â⦠uh.â
X-shot Yes, I canât take it.
[First Fellow Recruitment]
: has been unlocked!
â > Move
Another new tab is opened.
I got that popup right away. This time instead of a banner, something like a list of friends from the game pops up⦠⦠.
[Awakenable colleague]
Jaehyun Shin: During todayâs workout (*^^*)
Yujin Cha: Sleeping soundly (âpâ)zZ
â⦠⦠.â
You see a dot image of each gnome that looks like an emoticon. this too⦠It seems that ãSection 127ã was implemented as a deteriorated version.
Itâs a bit ridiculous, but it might not be bad for information seeking purposes. lame though.
⦠Itâs been a while since Iâve seen Cha Yoo-jinâs name, so itâs nice to see you. Anyway, it looks like everyone else is here too.
âafter.â
I sighed and checked the remaining exp. Itâs 2000.
âIâm sure there wonât be failures in leveling up.â
Isnât that a step beyond the line in the â127 Sectionâ game? Of course, at the point of introducing the star rating system, I ate it.
âIf you think of it as a reinforcement concept, there is a possibility of failure.â
And if it fails, itâs just evaporation.
âAre there any probability tables here?â
What percentage of failures are what percentages of five stars?
Shouldnât we at least know the expected value and calculate it?
[Wait a minute!]
The pop-up of the large moon that disappeared in a hurry reappeared after a while as if crawling in.
[Something like that⦠I donât have it.]
â⦠⦠.â
Minimum expectations⦠Smashed.
Well, in the first place, there was nothing in the colleague recruitment banner.
I donât even get mad anymore I, the X-God, expected morality from this crazy system. I looked at the ceiling of the room and held my breath.
Then I realized that there is a postal symbol in the top corner of the status window.
âfor a moment.â
What do you notice about that?
clicked
[The money for failure came⦠.]
+ 10G
+10G
â⦠⦠.â
For reference, there is no gold tab in this status window.
That is, it is a fake product. It must have happened in the process of overwriting the existing 127 section skin.
âIâm stuffing the text with gold, you damn bastard⦠.â
I took my eyes off because I thought my blood vessels would explode if I continued. And back to the point.
Fellow Awakening!
[Colleague: Do you want to awaken Cha Yu-jin?] -Use
Exp 1000
.
I pressed OK.
Then, in Cha Yoo-jinâs dot image, an unusual light is lingering.
[Leap towards the emergency⦠.]
and seconds later.
Fanfare explodes from Cha Yu-jinâs handwriting.
[First awakening success!]
Thatâs it.
I clenched my fist. Not because of the thrill of success.
âSo whatâs going to happen.â
I have to check how valid the explanation I pasted is, but I summoned them as colleagues and have no realistic words other than these emoticons.
âWhat do you want me to do as a colleague?â
It was then.
Another pop-up pops up.
[ has been unlocked!]
â⦠!â
I donât think itâs possible to have a conversation with a colleague through the status window like a big moon⦠⦠.
[I got a contact⦠.]
Cha Yujin: 858-XXX-XXXX
â⦠⦠.â
They give me the real number.
No, look closely⦠This even has an area code of the United States.
San Diego, California, USA.
âDamn it.â
I punched the bed.
Are you in the US?
Is that why Sang-tae was sleeping?!
* * *
Cha Yoo-jin had a dream.
In the dream, he left his hometown and took up a job in a foreign country where his bloodline came from.
-Take your STAR. Hello Testa!
He was a KPOP idol!
It was a job he never imagined would appear in his life.
From the moment I impulsively accepted the scouting offer that suddenly came in after the semester ended, everything was decided in an instant.
There was only one reason.
It was fun!
And gearco he made his debut with a good team⦠.
â Eugene is the best at this kind of thing.
They were good members.
It wasnât always good things, but every moment that ended up with good results.
spicy⦠A more dynamic life!
At that moment he realized.
âThis isnât a dream.â
Cha Yu-jin opened her eyes.
And at that moment, he realized that he remembered the past, not a dream.
âWhoa.â
6 am.
He reached out and dismissed the alarm that hadnât gone off yet.
Then I walked out to the kitchen, drank some water, and reflected on what had happened.
âah.â
The hair that wasnât dyed was somehow awkward. therefore⦠.
Who are you?
â23-year-old Cha Yoo-jin belonging to the KPOP group Testa.â
However, now Cha Yoo-jinâs body is living in a completely different situation. He went to the local high school and was on the football team⦠.
I didnât know much about KPOP. until just yesterday.
âWait, was it really yesterday?â
I couldnât figure out what the situation was. Apparently, he had been on vacation for a long time and went to a friendâs house to play together⦠.
Actually, is this a dream?
He brought his hand to his face without hesitation.
puck.
âcadet.â
It hurt terribly.
He reproached his judgment for hitting him in the face and realized why.
Itâs because Iâm going to go on stage, but I donât want my face to be scarred.
âhmm.â
He put down his glass of water and shrugged.
âIâm an idol.â
It was right to start from there.
All that knowledge and information tips that I remember are by no means fake. An elaborate, real experience that no lunatic can make up.
âOn the contrary, this side is more suspicious.â
he rubbed his chin. Isnât the life of this local high school too plain compared to oneâs own life?
Itâs no different than when I was in middle school.
âWhatever.â
First of all, he texts the numbers of other members of Testa⦠.
â⦠⦠I donât know?â
Well, who in the world memorizes other peopleâs numbers these days?
He shrugged and tried to think of what to do next. But before that, an alarm popped up on my smartphone.
Ding-dong.
It was a message from the Face Look account.
Itâs all in Korean.
-Apple: Hello.
-Apple: I am Park Moondae. If you remember, please reply.
The typeface uses a familiar tone.
âoh my god.â
Cha Yoo-jin laughed.
How can you show up at the perfect timing every time?
He tapped the screen with one hand.
-Iâm from America lol
-Iâm going to Korea tomorrow!
It seemed that the same thing would happen if I lost my savings on the plane ticket anyway. Cha Yoo-jin giggled.
* * *
â⦠So, are you waiting for the former member to enter the country now from the United States?â
âokay.â
I nodded.
I wasnât too happy with the expression âformer memberâ, but thereâs no need to be blunt with the guy who followed me all the way to the airport.
âIt is an unusual variable that past memories can come back randomly. I really want to write it.â
Cheong-rye is manipulating something with her smartphone with a sad face.
That bastard seems to be acting completely assuming that this is real.
â⦠I understand.â
It wouldnât have been once or twice.
Iâve been to this guy for a while⦠I was about to bring up a story about dogs, but I stopped.
âI have to bring up the story only when I can see a solution to go back.â
Even if I try now, wouldnât it just make me turn around more? I held my breath and listened to the placard.
[Welcome Testa Yoojin Cha]
⦠Itâs embarrassing, but I canât help it because my face is different from before.
âIt was fortunate that I was able to find the FaceLook account with my phone number.â
And fortunately, not long after holding this, a guy ran through the gate and came out excitedly.
A guy wearing a jumper that looks like a ski suit and dragging a suitcase with one hand.
âbrother!â
Cha Yoo-jin, a common man.
I was speechless for a moment and felt a strange feeling⦠Wait, how old is that kid?
Cha Yoo-jin, who is young and blue, stops in the middle and frowns.
âMoondae hyung?â
âuh. grow.â
Calm down.
No matter how old this pup is, you need to explain why the body is different before proceeding.
But before I could open my mouth, he did.
âHe looks like Moondae hyung, but heâs a different person. Have you ever had plastic surgery?â
â⦠similar.â
âOh⦠.â
âgreatness.â
I heard the sound of a baby cleaving. I pressed my forehead and muttered.â
âanyway⦠Iâll even give you the password for our dorm, so try anything first.â
âI donât need it. You are right!â
â⦠⦠okay?â
âyes. [Of us, only Moondae hyung says that.]â
Cha Yoo-jin smiled.
âI know. So please explain!â
â⦠⦠okay.â
I got out of the airport with a guy who used to mix written expressions from on the road because he was a bit young.
And a game room in Seoul.
â⦠Thatâs how it happened.â
I managed to finish the nonsensical explanation of the situation in a long hour.
I break out in a cold sweat.
âItâs getting more and more embarrassing even in summary⦠.â
I covered my twitching mouth with coffee. I couldnât even guess what Cha Yu-jin would say.
However, the boy nodded his head obediently.
[Itâs kind of like a parallel dimension multiverse. Right?]
â⦠⦠??â
Cha Yoo-jin⦠do you understand this
Even in that term?
The guy shrugged.
[In addition, the alien mental parasite⦠Limestone movies like that. I know that much, too.]
At the same time, he seemed to think that he liked stupid things like this, but Iâm just grateful that he agreed. To see Limestone Duck like this.
Of course, it is possible because the evidence is felt on the skin now.
Because life has changed
[Anyway, for some reason, this place didnât feel like my reality.]
Saying, âIâve found all my memories,â Cha Yu-jin shook her head as she took a shot of hot chocolate.
[Because Iâm so bored. Itâs kind of like playing a tape over and over again?]
Thatâs right.
[And I canât be a quarterback candidate this easily. Itâs a world taller than 6 feet 3 inches.]
Cha Yu-jin grumbled, saying that her 6-foot-tall self had to have more adversity and mountains to overcome in order to succeed.
I agreed.
âI feel like Iâve set the right conditions. Itâs not even the right age.â
âthatâs right. that senior? Seniors who are not seniors now, were originally older.â
Cha Yoo-jin pointed to Cheongnyeo quite politely.
â⦠⦠.â
He⦠Youâve lived a lot longer than you think.
Anyway, the designated Cheong-rye is processing something with her smartphone without much agitation.
âAre you busy?â
âWe have to adjust our debut schedule little by little.â
You reschedule⦠?
Then Cha Yu-jin suddenly intervened.
âdebut?â
âIt looks like I can only get my kidsâ memories back if I become famous. I guess itâs like game experience.â
âUm⦠.â
Cha Yoo-jinâs face was momentarily confused, but he soon understood.
âOkay, okay.â
what.
âIâm debuting too!â
Cha Yoo-jin grinned.
âWith me, the group becomes famous faster.â
â⦠!â
It was a confident statement to the point of being arrogant, but I couldnât refute it.
âAnd weâll be testa again soon! Everyone, find out and do something!â
â⦠what?â
Cha Yoo-jin smiled.
[anything! We have to find our way back. As a testa!]
You bastard⦠.
It was to the point where the 17-year-old now felt quite trustworthy.
But it seems that the other guy wasnât.
âhmm.â
Cheong-Ryeo looked up and down Cha Yu-Jin, as if estimating livestock, and was silent for a moment, then came to a brief conclusion.
âI canât.â
â⦠!â
However, Cha Yu-jin had no sense of hitting.
âEveryone has a chance to challenge. The group hasnât debuted yet. So itâs not yours.â
Iâm trying to lose with facts.
However, Cheongryeo also has no sense of hitting.
âThere seems to be a misunderstanding.â
Cheong-rye smiled.
âThe company wonât accept Yujin, not me.ân/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
â⦠!?â
And it speaks like a death sentence.
âBecause thatâs not the look LeTi prefers.â
â⦠⦠.â
â⦠⦠.â
I now thought of the debut group and Shin-O Judan Cheong-Ryeo. And finally, I thought of my current appearance.
⦠Doesnât everything feel dark and cold somewhere?
And finally, I saw 17-year-old Cha Yoo-jin sitting in front of me.
Heâs a guy whose eyes are about to explode.
hmm.
surely⦠When one of these guys comes in, I feel a little out of place.
âI am really good at it. Is that so?â
âwell. Even if you ask me⦠Because I am not the owner of the company.â
Cheongryeo smiled brightly.
âLike you said.â
Oh, this baby is crazy.
Honestly, with Cha Yoo-jinâs ability, even if they donât debut right away, if the agency has eyes, theyâll keep it somehow.
âLeTi must be like that too.â
But seeing a guy I know do that, Iâm going to kick him out of my own line.
Cha Yu-jin stared at Cheong-ryeo and immediately nodded without regret.
âOK. Then brother, come over here. Find a new agency with me!â
âfor a moment.â
Itâs not like the agency shoots a rookie every quarter, so if it goes that way, thereâs no telling when theyâll be able to debut again.
âdriving me crazy.â
I pressed my forehead. Cheong-rye said without erasing her smile.
âI say so.â
Cha Yu-ji stared at Cheong-ryeo in silence for a while, then opened his mouth quite seriously.
[I donât know why they appear so hostile, but donât you want to go back? Your group already exists. Donât you miss them?]
â⦠⦠.â
Did one of them have to keep his mouth shut?
[We can find a way back together, but I donât know why not.]
Cheong-rye looked at Cha Yu-jin without expression. I was prepared to move if the need arises.
ânow⦠Didnât he pick up the unexploded ordnance with an iron skewer?â
But after a while. The words that came out of his mouth were refreshing.
âis it so?â
â⦠!â
âThatâs right. thinking about it⦠I wonder if I was too complacent.â
Cheong-rye twisted her mouth.
âIt doesnât even have a mission haha!â
Ah X feet⦠⦠.
The moment I was about to get up, Cheong-ryo stopped laughing.
âSo letâs go with the survival of the fittest logic.â
what?
Cheongryeo laughed.
âCome to think of it, this is the first time Iâve said this⦠Do you know how many people were in my original group?â
five people.
But that didnât seem to be what this guy meant.
This guy didnât touch⦠First VTIC.
âNine.â
â⦠!â
âQuite a lot, right? haha. Itâs a composition that now includes two more members in the seven debut groups⦠Where do you think those two suddenly appeared?â
â⦠⦠.â
Why at the end⦠Have there been any team changes?
âLetâs make a decision considering the timing.â
I reflexively spit out the answer.
âSurvival Program.â
âthatâs right.â
Cheongryeo picked up her smartphone again.
âLeTi collaborated with Tnet⦠There was originally an in-house survival program at the agency.â
In the beginning, it helped to form a fandom, but more stimulating idol survival was rampant, and when Testa was active, it was a form of dead momentum.
But at this point, itâs still in vogue.
âBut peopleâs minds are really difficult to control. Yes? The more unspecified the majority, the more variables you see.â
Cheongryeoâs eyes narrowed.
âSo, from some point on, I just canceled it⦠.â
The guy put down his smartphone and said lightly.
âIâll leave it alone this time.â
â⦠⦠!â
âWhoever survives there will debut.â
âthat.â
âReasonable, right? efficient.â
I swallowed. itâs X
â Let the winner of the in-house survival program debut.
At first glance, Cheong-ryeoâs words sound like freedom to give up influence over the group. Because we want to debut with whoever survives.
But itâs not true.
âThe influence this guy exerts on the agency is ridiculous.â
I donât know if I caught a weakness, I remember all the butterfly effects, or I do both. It was certain nonetheless.
But could this guy just let the survival flow go by?
âIn the first place, thatâs crazy.â
This guy must have seen a lot of what would happen if he left that survival alone.
âIâll definitely have a nominee.â
And this time, this guy will make up all the nominees. The VTIC selected by this guy as the best⦠To the extent of me replacing the main vocalist.
in short⦠Thatâs just a declaration of âIâll make you X before debutâ.
âX feet.â
I hurriedly opened my mouth.