"It's not even 7th place!"

She clasped her hands together tightly and cried out to herself.

It was very worth posting videos, comments, and social media posts asking them to vote...no, buy MoonDae stock.

She passed 6th place and, when she got to 5th...

Finally, the MC called MoonDae.

One of the cameras caught MoonDae, who was sitting in his seat and jumped up when he was called.

"This is crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy..."

She couldn't resist his emotions anymore, so she started writing on her social account.

— Park MoonDae got 5th place ㅠㅠ I knew he would do really well because he's a genius ㅠㅠㅠㅠ I really appreciate that he wanted to become an idol ㅠㅠ

But she deleted it before posting it.

She usually posted on fake accounts, but the one she was using at the time was just her new fansite account. Also, it was possible that due to her choice of words, people would think that she was supporting a company and not an idol.

If she were to post that, they would surely ask her "Are you the parent or boss of Moon Puppy? hahaha".

On the other hand, the MC asked a previously prepared question.

The MC burst out laughing at the unusual mention of the product and its brand.

Park MoonDae was so sure of his choice that he made people everywhere laugh, so the MC wrapped it up in a humorous way.

Park MoonDae smiled slightly and bowed his head to thank the viewers who supported him, then walked up the steps to sit on the chair that noted his new ranking.

It was moderately sensible, the publishers also did not cause any controversy.

As he watched, he breathed a sigh of relief. He was worried that MoonDae's editing would secretly alter his attitude and make him look bad, like in the first few episodes.

"It is possible that his new target is another participant."

Sure enough, Kim RaeBin, who was announced as 4th place, was poorly edited. They highlighted the conflict he had with the contestant who was now in 7th place, so his bad editing seemed to be a sequel to that.

Still, she watched the rest of the rankings ceremony with a much more comfortable mind. In fact, she no longer cared who came out.

"If it's going to be like this, I hope Seon AhHyun does very well. Oh, I would also like to see Cha YooJin demoted."

She was very angry, there were many akgaes of Cha YooJin on social media and websites who called and treated MoonDae with contempt.

There were so many that she wanted to sue each and every one of them.

However, "Idol Corporation" generally preferred that the contestants leave the show (if they couldn't stand malicious comments on social media, etc.), as it has always been difficult to silence public opinion through accusations from the company, so they left that show. It was a problem to the agencies the trainees belonged to.

"But MoonDae has no agency, he is a candidate found in the general public."

She was very worried that he would get hurt.

"I hope that when he debuts, he will get a good contract from some prestigious agency as soon as possible."

She wished hard and went back to concentrating on the program.

Seon AhHyun took 3rd place.

Seon AhHyun gave thanks and cried. The reaction cuts of the Aktober 31 team members showed that some of the boys also shed tears, it was very moving as they focused on everyone with beautiful music in the background.

The MC said, "They didn't vote, they bought your shares!"

However, the editing of Seon AhHyun, who was very agitated and didn't hear him, brought out a small smile of excitement.

AhHyun smiled and walked over to his seat. In the process, the warm interaction with the members of Aktober 31, including MoonDae, was briefly highlighted. It was proof that the producers of the show were also aware of the strong reaction on the Internet.

After that, as everyone expected, Cha YooJin and Ryu CheongWoo were nominated for 1st and 2nd place, and at the end of the competition, YooJin was announced as 1st place.

The program was very good.

"Although I would prefer to have Ryu CheongWoo as the 1st place!"

Cha YooJin gave a bright and cheerful speech to thank everyone for his position, but it felt a bit sarcastic.

And since she wasn't dumb enough to post malicious comments against YooJin, she decided to be happy with MoonDae's 5th place.

The contestant who received little attention was announced in 49th place, and the ranking announcement ceremony was over in the blink of an eye.

After a while, she last saw MoonDae when he met with the Aktober 31 members and they made fun of Seon AhHyun for crying, but then they smiled.

"I don't feel well."

There was a lack of more appearances from her favorite trainee for a fan like her. She missed him and she wished she could see him more.

Hopefully, the next time there is another competition, she will take the trouble to photograph it as she wished she could help MoonDae in some way. Perhaps, after the ceremony finished, they would continue filming about the next team battle...

"I hope that Keun SeJin or Seon AhHyun will join the same team."

She made an assumption and wished hard for that to happen.

"Let any one of them join him, I hope MoonDae feels comfortable and can put on a great performance to his liking!"

* * *

I feel like my bones are going to break.

What the hell is going on?

-Oh! I choose Park MoonDae!

The excited voice of the MC and the surprised exclamations of the contestants resounded everywhere.

-whooah!

-Moon Dae hyung?

Although the number of participants had changed from 77 to 49, it was still a large size.

Are you surprised? I was surprised too.

Why did he choose me?

-In this way, contestant Park MoonDae... will join Kim RaeBin's team

I already hoped that when the ranking ceremony was over, the shooting of the second team battle would begin.

-The members of each team... Will be decided by luck!

-The 7 contestants I chose will choose their leader and team members based on who can quickly answer the challenges I'll give them!

I knew that this rule for choosing members would come up at least once, but I didn't expect him to choose me.

Kim RaeBin.

A contestant from the same agency as Cha YooJin, he is currently ranked 4th. As far as I know, at the end of the program, he is in 2nd place.

By the way, we had never talked before. We haven't even greeted each other.

-So, contestant Park MoonDae, come on out!

-...

I trudged over and stood next to Kim RaeBin.

"I can't ask him why he chose me."

Otherwise I don't know what kind of editing will be done. First, I will greet him by bowing my head as if I had met an employee of a business partner.

-Nice to meet you.

-Yes, I expect kind cooperation from you.

Fortunately, he greeted me well. I think he is good at personal matters unlike the brutal impression that the editors showed in the last few broadcasts.

"I guess he has no bad intentions."

It seems the prejudice worked because he has a beautiful thug face that teenagers seem to prefer these days.

"Does that mean he chose me because he found me useful?"

Kim RaeBin was a rapper, so there was nothing strange about him securing the position of Main Vocal for his team. Well, if a low-ranking contestant had chosen me, I would have thought that he only did it to give me the Main Vocal position, but... there was definitely a contestant on RaeBin's previous team who in my past debuted as the Main Vocal of his group.

Why didn't he choose him this time?

"Ah, he must feel very uncomfortable with that boy."

Now that I think about it, if I were in the same situation as him, I would avoid it too.

This is because the atmosphere of his previous team was shattered by the individual first place reward. Yes, I finally remember what happened in the previous episode.

Didn't you give me this part on purpose?

No, I handed out the parts so that everyone can do their best to show their skills to the fullest in the performance...

So you thought I could only do this.

I heard that after the reward of the individual competition was announced, there was a young man who was furious. That did not appear when the program aired.

"The brutality was shown very well in that episode."

Thanks to that, Cha YooJin was the only member of that team who survived in a good way in the editing of the episode.

The Main Vocal of his team did not modulate the volume of his voice well when singing, but it would not be strange if it was a consequence of his discomfort with his teammates, especially with RaeBin. Maybe that's why he didn't want to be with him again.

And if he had to choose a Main Vocal from among the talented singing boys, it made sense that he would choose me, since I am one of the best according to the same coach and the previous presentation.

"Even so, it seems strange to me that I was the first member he chose for his team."

But since it's not something I need to worry about right now, let's just forget about it.

I quickly organized my thoughts and understood the situation.

-Next challenge~ Tell me 5 words that start with the word "Park"!

-Museum, applause, bats, Park HyukGeose, Park JiJi.

Kim RaeBin immediately raised his hand and quickly responded. He was amazing.

-Wow! Contestant Kim RaeBin answered correctly without stopping to take a breath!

oooh!

-Isn't that an advantage for rappers like him?

After hearing what a contestant said who managed to identify the benefit of having talent as a rapper, RaeBin immediately pointed to his next teammate.

-I will choose... Cha YooJin, as a member of my team.

Although he was also in his previous awkward team, he is currently ranked 1st. I would have chosen it too.

To my surprise, he was someone very smart.

He seems like he's more social than Lee Sejin, something that wasn't shown in the previous episode of the tag team battles... Surely he was singled out because of the rumors and the bad editing they did to him.

However, I don't know what effect it will have on me if the team is formed like this.

"I think it will be very different compared to the first team I was in."

-You chose well!

-Yes.

As soon as he was called, Cha YooJin ran over and pretended to meet Kim RaeBin. Then he looked at me and gave a thumbs up.

-Now we will be together!

-Yes, that's right.

-Because you present yourself very well on stage!

-Yes, I look forward to your kind cooperation.

I don't know how long we have to talk like this. It is uncomfortable.

The funny thing is that I think I'm the only one who feels uncomfortable. Cha YooJin nodded his head to each of the choices RaeBin said, while I tried to get the context.

I can predict how communication will be in our team in the future.

Meanwhile, RaeBin chose his teammates without hesitation. It didn't take long until he finished assembling the whole team with some pretty good members.

-I chose the contestant Ryu CheongWoo.

-I want the contestant Min JeongHoon.

I started to feel more uncomfortable. The lineup was too good and when I say "good" I mean everyone is highly ranked. All team members were in the top 15. Just thinking about the members and the type of edits that will be made with us is already very confusing.

"In this case, there is no answer unless you are 'good' to the level of having abilities so high that they reach the sky, right?"

I was the only one who got a weird picture because Choi WonGil was the leader of another team so he chose his own members.

-Seon AhHyun!

-Lee SeJin, oh, Keun SeJin!

Choi WonGil almost restored the members of the first team we formed in the first team battle. Of course I was excluded, there was no other choice as RaeBin chose me first.

"Well, even if I still had a chance, I don't think he would have chosen me."

There was one more person from Aktober 31 that Kim RaeBin chose first.

-Contestant Lee Sejin! Former child actor Lee Sejin A to join Kim RaeBin's team~

Sejin walked towards us with a not so good look on his face. That means a bomb, which didn't go off before thanks to Gold 1, Gold 2 and Keun SeJin's crazy social life, joined my new team.

-...

Why did he chose Lee Sejin?

I guess he was chosen because he had the highest rank among the remaining people.

After looking at the remaining members who hadn't been selected yet, I turned around and saw Choi WonGil's team.

-MoonDae~

When our eyes met, Keun SeJin and Gold 1 and 2 stretched out their hands with a sad expression as if they were doing a skit where they lamented and missed me. Seon AhHyun, who looked embarrassed, greeted me by nervously waving his hand.

-...

An ominous feeling washed over me... It was as if I had been given a choice of two strings and I picked the wrong one.

I felt a chill down my cold back. I think this is a time when I need supernatural help.

"Status window."