The opposing team wasn’t bad either. In the first place the team had Ryu Cheongwoo who suited the song well, and they were above average compared to the other teams stages.

However, the audience wouldn’t be comparing them with another team in their heads.

But instead with VTIC.

This was the problem that came with covering the latest hit songs from same gender groups. The original stage was imprinted in the minds of many brains.

Even if there was one that was better than VTIC, it wouldn’t easily be recognised. The fans of VTIC were all over the internet.

In most cases, it would be buried under the opinions such as ‘It cannot be compared with VTIC’.

Of course, putting all that aside…… we still did a better job.

The stage members seemed to have known that, since their faces were bright as we went back up to the stage for greeting before the voting.

The MC introduced all the teams in order of performance.

“Ah, our ‘October 31’ Team! The stage was so chilling and fun like Halloween! That’s what the name of the team meant right?”

“Yeah! It means the cuties of halloween! And there is also another meaning.”

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“What is it?”

“Like 31 flavors of ice cream, each of our team members has a variety of charms!”

Big Sejun looked back at the team members with a flower pose. The other members quickly posed for the introduction.

I also…… put my finger on my cheek moderately.

In reality, it would be rare for people my age to do this unless they were drunk or trying to tease someone by making them feel disgusted, but I had no face left for the sake of survival.

“Aaah!!”

“Cute!”

Fortunately, there were no solemn responses. It was fortunate that I raised Park Moondae’s visual stats.

B- barely gave off a ‘warm’ or ‘pretty’ appearance.

Then the team introductions continued with the opposing team.

“Hello! I am……”

It wasn’t embarrassing but I could feel the other team’s nervousness because of the difference in cheers.

“Nice to meet you. I am Ryu Cheongwoo!”

“Kyaaa!!”

One thing for sure was that the cheers for Ryu Cheongwoo were quite loud, but it wasn’t enough to help their team win.

“Shareholders! Please show us your wishes! Please vote for the team you think did it better! ‘October 31st’ is number 1! ‘Mountain Hero’* is number 2!”

(*Mountain Hero/ A hero deep in the mountains. Its a kid song(nursery rhyme?) in Korea. Link Here)

He pointed to each team and assigned them a number with his fingers.

As soon as the audience pressed the buttons on the remote control, the voting ended and another voting method was announced.

“Okay, next, you have to pick the participant you liked the most from each team!”

The MC emphasized once again.

“Again, it’s not across both teams! You just have to pick one person per team, a total of 2 people!”

This was obviously a seed of uproar.

Perhaps the production team wanted to create a stimulating development, but the reward for the individual voting within a team was better than the team reward.

He even gave such explosive news before the stage rehearsal without notice in advance.

-Everyone! The reward for the ‘individual voting’ of this team match is…… an exemption from elimination!

-……What?!

So there were lots of complaints from the other teams.

Fortunately, this team didn’t have much chance for conflicts. Seon Ahyun was a pushover, and Gold 1 and 2 did not have enough courage to speak out even if they did have complaints.

Lee Sejin was already overwhelmed trying to sing his part, and Choi Wongil had already broken everyone’s spirits once so he wouldn’t speak out again.

Big Sejin also wouldn’t have many complaints since in the end he secured himself the role of the main dancer.

Looking at it like this, didn’t it seem like there weren’t any conflicts because everyone was overwhelmed with their own problems and not because of our teamwork?

That’s right. But that didn’t matter since it would look like it was because of teamwork on camera.

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Anyways, the individual voting ended in a more ambiguous atmosphere than the first voting.

“Thank you!”

After a short greeting, the participants started leaving the stage. Of course that included me as well.

Oddly enough, I felt a small sense of sadness while going down.

***

Filming ended in middle of the night.

“Great job everyone~”

“Looks like we did a good job!”

Everyone was disappointed to hear that the results of the individual voting would be announced at the ranking announcement ceremony, but they quickly settled their minds.

Because it was the same last season, it must have been half-anticipated, and some might have felt comfortable since we won the team match anyways.

Yes. We won the team match.

-For the team match… It’s a victory for October 31! The score is a whopping 82 to 401!

– My god!!

With a crazy score of ’82 to 401′.

When it was announced, everyone was astonished for 5 seconds before they started cheering.

With the exception of Big Sejin, the others were on the verge of tears, so there was nothing more to say.

But these guys quickly had no choice but to calm down quickly.

– Ughhh…….

-… Dongyun-ah.

-Good job, you did a good job.

There were real cries coming from the participants of the other team.

It was not easy for someone who was less sad than the ones crying to be the first to cry. Even more so if it were tears of joy.

Thanks to this, the team members, who were conscious of the camera and the opposing team, were in a state of maintained and ambiguous joy, but as soon as the filming was over, they were in a state of extreme excitement.

“Shall we set up a group chat? We worked so hard together~ we should have a group chat together!”

“Hey, that’s great!”

“I agree, leader.”

Under Big Sejin’s leadership, there was even a group chat created.

Surprisingly, even Lee Sejin gave him his number without making a fuss as he was in the mood.

“Created!”

“Woah! Hyungnim!”

“Wow~ all our team members can talk like this!”

“……”

Eventually, I naturally exchanged numbers and entered the group chat.

……I should turn off the notifications.

“Moondae~ You’ve worked hard!”

“Oh, you worked hard as a leader too.”

Big Sejin spoke to me as I was packing my luggage. After everything was finished, I was properly polite, so he ate it up.

“Haha, I was a good leader!”

“…….”

I didn’t know that this guy was so humble……

“I was joking, joking!”

Big Sejin smiled brightly. It didn’t seem like it, so I hoped he would stop.

“Let’s see each other often. Keep in touch often!”

“Um, Okay.”

It seems Big Sejin was thinking of putting me in his line.

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‘It seems he is planning to break off from the other participants from the same agency since they are not that good.’

However, I did not forget that this guy was a drug lord candidate. I had no intention of taking any risk until my suspicions were completely resolved.

‘I’ll skip it and say later that my phone was broken.’

Just as I was thinking about it, another voice came in from the side.

“M-Me too! C-C-Contact……”

“Shall we call you?”

Seon Ahyun nodded vigorously. He was probably better than Big Sejin.

I nodded, and Seon Ahyun’s face brightened. Big Sejin said with a smile.

“Should the three of us create a separate group chat? It would be nice to have a group chat with someone of the same age line.”

Did he have to bring it up like this?

However, thanks to Seon Ahyun’s quick approval, another group chat was opened in an instant.

An ominous feeling passed by.

I was in a hurry to finish the stage right away, so I put it off, but it bothered me that there were quite a few cases last season where votes came in and the participants were tied up together from the first team match.

Could it be that I would be tied up with these guys together as a set?

(T/N: Yes)

“…….”

I didn’t know. Anyway, the team match seems to have gone well, so it was likely that I would pass the first round.

“Everyone, go home safely~”

“See you again!”

After saying goodbye to the participants, they left the filming set. I also walked out and took the bus.

When I get back to the temporary studio, I’ll have to look for reviews of the Team match right away.

***

The audience usually signed a pledge not to leak contents of the stage until the show aired.

However, it was rare for a spoiler ban to be properly followed anywhere.

So, reviews came up one after another on anonymous sites where personal information were not revealed.

It was roughly like this.

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[Review of RJC* from the audience]

: The MallangDalkom group killed it

(*= In Chapter 9 and 10 I put this as MJC, but RJC is a better translation, so it refers to the show as ‘Ruin Joint-Stock Company’ instead of IJC(Idol Joint-Stock Company))

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-Who the hell are these guys, they keep popping up

∟For Real?

∟Nono, how were they really awesome?

∟No, how can you make MallangDalkom awesome, did they also dance poppin popcorn.

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It was unexpected.

No matter how much I thought about it, I assumed that the team with Cha Yujin who was the number 1 would have the most mentions, but it seems our team somehow got more mentions.

Of course, it seemed that about half of them were not actual audience members, but rather people who wanted to jump onto the bandwagon of mocking 〈Idol Joint-stock Company〉.

However, it meant that we left an impression on quite a few people anyways.

I picked some good reviews and read them.

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[First Team Match, writing what I remember]

…And the kids who sang the debut song of MallangDalkom did really well, they could debut as they are. They have good physical teamwork, the only one that was slightly off was Lee Sejin1, but he saved it with the atmosphere…… I wonder who came up with the idea.

Oh that’s right, the high notes were great, I think we can get a main vocalist from here.

+I will be attaching a proof picture to show I am not faking it. (blurred stage photo)

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∟So who else was there besides Lee Sejin

∟You said they did a good job but you can’t remember who the other members were hahaha, alright fake, next

∟Yeah it’s not fake, come see the proof shots hahaha

Looking at the member profiles now and matching the faces, Seon Ahyun was there. He was so f*cking good. If there was a center system he would 100% be the center.

∟But I’m really curious as to how they did itㅠㅠ MallangDalkom’s debut song was so cringy.

∟They did it with a occult theme, it gave me the goosebumps

∟??

∟No it was a robot concept

∟Hahaha, ignore the agitation, it was a fairy concept

∟Nono it was a werewolf concept

∟No, it was a vampire

∟Which one is the right one, you crazy f*ckersㅠㅠ

∟The fairy is right lol

“The post is ruined.”

When I checked other posts, the same trolls from before intervened and it became a game.

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It would probably stay like this until the broadcast because of all the trolls, but it was better like this. Wouldn’t it be more interesting if they didn’t know the details?

And since the producers would definitely look at the internet public opinion, there was a high probability that these overflowing mentions would be a good thing for the team.

‘It’s enough to just look at the reaction……’

Now let’s take a look at the next priority I have to deal with.

I recalled the pop-up that came to mind as soon as the stage was over.

The explanation was longer than before. Perhaps the ratio for number of audience to people impressed rate gave better characteristics each time there was a new record.

Both of the characteristics I’ve used so far have worked, so being able to draw a characteristic once per stage was a good reward.

If I didn’t debut in a year, I would die, so this was a good balance.

‘……Hmm, thinking about it like this makes me angry all of a sudden.’

Other than that, I leveled up one level because of achieving the achievement of 500 dance practices while preparing for the first team match.

However, I waited before distributing it to a stat. This was because I was planning on investing it in the most efficient way according to the content of the next shoot.

‘So, let’s keep this one, and go back to drawing characteristics.’

When I clicked draw, a slot machine appeared as expected. It seems that I was slowly getting used to this shape.

The slot machine turned as usual, then stopped at the brass letters.

“Ah……”

It was a bit disappointing that it missed the silver part which only had a few spaces and had a higher grade and stopped at the brass colored letters.

‘You can’t always be lucky.’

Moreover, content was more important than grade.

I quickly cleared my mind and checked the effects of the winning characteristic.

“…….”

I was at a loss for words.