After the most frantic and hopeful discussion during the past two days, I talked to Seon Ahyun during a short break.

“Are you tired?”

“Oh, no…”

Seon Ahyun shook his head with a nervous face. He seemed nervous because he thought he was in a bad condition and might hear his words.

I was hoping approaching him like this was okay. I tried making the topic as gentle as possible.

“Then are you worried about the feedback during the choreography check?”

And then an apology came back.

“……I-I-’m sorry… I-I’ll do my best….”

He really was like a sunfish. His heart expanded.

“You don’t have to be sorry for me. And this is not to be misunderstood.”

‘Let’s try to smoothly convey that the choreographer used the motivation as a personal attack because he had a personality problem.’

“The choreographer didn’t really say that because he actually thought I was better than you. He was trying to stimulate you.”

In order to create a comfortable atmosphere, I sat down near Seon Ahyun while speaking.

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“I am sure he was disappointed because he thought you could do better. Because he is a strong talker.”

“……”

Seon Ahyun couldn’t answer because he couldn’t just say ‘No, you’re better at it’. Did he think my words were plausible?

“D-Do you, r-really think that… I can do well?”

“Hm?”

Was he asking me?

I guess he had asked this after calculating that there was no way to say ‘The choreographers are the choreographers and I don’t agree’…

I crossed my arms and spoke calmly.

“Why would I lie to you?”

“…!”

Seon Ahyun swallowed his saliva and asked in a slightly anticipated voice.

“T-T-Then… how can I do w-well…”

“…are you asking for my opinion?”

“Y-Yes!”

Seon Ahyun eagerly nodded his head.

‘Are you asking for advice from a beginner who started his career by auditioning?’

I tried to hide my cold feeling, and came up with a theory based on Seon Ahyun’s status window.

“I think you’re thinking too much.”

Seon Ahyun seemed shocked.

“U-U-Uselessly…”

“I am not saying that your thoughts are useless. It just looks like you’re thinking too much when you don’t need to. How about clearing your head?”

Let’s add some specific examples.

“Just think ‘I’m going to do this’.”

“……”

Seon Ahyun seemed to be immersed in his thoughts. What a contradictory response from someone who just got advised to stop thinking.

Anyway, the words that came out immediately afterwards were positive.

“O-Okay. I… I’ll try.”

I could see the willpower in his face, so it didn’t seem like he was saying empty words.

But the way he was fired up was more than I expected. The strength also entered his shoulders.

Besides, he was even mumbling something… It was probably something like ‘I can do this’.

“…….”

Hmm, did I have any talent for advice to this extent?

As soon as I had doubts, a pop-up of the status window appeared.

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[‘Now that I heard it, you’re right (C)’ activated!]

-Target: Seon Ahyun

-Effect: Activation of attribute by successful persuasion

I see. This 35% chance of winning seems to have exploded.

I didn’t know I could use it for something like this… It seemed quite useful due to the nature of this program. That is of course if we assume it wins the 35%.

First, to check the exact changes, I turned on Seon Ahyun’s status window.

[Name: Seon Ahyun]

Vocals: B- (A)

Dance: A (EX)

Visuals: A+ (S+)

Talent: B (A+)

Attribute: Will (A)

!Status Abnormality: Lack of self-esteem deactivated

Status abnormality deactivated?

The pop-up earlier mentioned that an attribute was activated, was that it’s effect?

Let’s check the characteristics.

[Will (A): One making their own mindset. Fire up your concentration and suppress the negative.]

-Cancels one status abnormality (highest priority) when activated.

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Wasn’t this characteristic a fraud?

If I also had this trait, I would have quit this audition and gone inactive if I didn’t debut.

I was so angry that I couldn’t think straight.

After some time passed and vocal practice resumed, I was able to calmly sort things out.

Anyway, can Seon Ahyun be able to use his skills properly with the way he is now?

At the same time, Mudi praised Seon Ahyun’s voice.

“Ahyun just made the right sound!”

“T-Thank you…!”

Just by listening, it was better than the practice. It would likely start sounding even more and more like a B-Stat soon.

‘Hmm.’

It was good that Seon Ahyun came to his senses and the quality of the stage improved. But we shouldn’t let him work too hard on his own.

‘Even if our positions do not overlap, it is difficult for him to eat all the buzz by himself.’

I think it would be best if I made a stage that could appeal to individuals.

It was necessary to contribute to the quality of the stage and at the same time create an impact on myself.

“So horror? If you guys do well, I think that direction will be good when I see it. What are you going to do?”

I raised my hand to Mudi’s question, following the team members who were excited about the direction of the arrangement.

“I have an opinion for my part arrangement, is it okay if I tell you?”

“Ooh, Moondae~ Where?”

“This part.”

I put my finger on the lyrics.

“Bridge.”

I saw that Choi Wongil, who was next to me, had his mouth wide open.

Thank you for the part Wongil. I will definitely use it well.

***

Season 3 of was burning on the Internet with ridicules and criticism saying that it would fail.

At this point, only the participants’ profiles and their first performances were revealed. Although the production presentation had not been held yet, an open call to recruit audiences for the first team match was already posted on the Tnet broadcaster’s website.

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It was due to a problem with the shooting sequence, but anyway, thanks to the overflowing buzz, the selection for audience applicants was quite competitive.

And here, there was a person who broke through the competition ratio (27:1) and came to the audience proudly!

‘You won’t get caught, will you?”

Now that she looked at it, she didn’t seem that confident.

She swallowed her saliva. In her backpack she had a small bag that was easy to carry and a camera hidden under a cardigan covered with a smoke screen.

There was a reason why she dared coming to the audience and hide her camera.

IJC, the first stages of the season, the moment I saw 〈It’s Me〉 She had an intuition.

This might be it!

‘This atmosphere…… I’m sure I’m being criticised right now, but when the broadcast starts, all of this might turn into interest. As long as the kids who come out are okay!’

Then the value of the photo she took now would rise up to heavens!

It was half a gamble. However, originally the words soaring stock gamble were dominant in her mind. Besides……

‘… If there is a really good guy, it’s good to take their pictures from the beginning.’

At the same time, since her (former) idol was losing her pride by entering society through the back door, she wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to wash her account clean.

So today she had to take as many pictures as possible. She didn’t know which participant would explode on which stage.

She calmly waited for the shooting to begin.

The MC who used to be an actor but switched to an mc for shows, came out on the stage and delivered a few words of encouragement, the filming began.

“For this stage, two teams that cover the songs of their senior idols from the same agency will face off against each other. A huge perk awaits the winning team. For the perks… Please check them out in the show!”

Even though people agreed to the pledge of not giving spoilers until it aired.

There were many people chatting about it on the internet, so it seems they didn’t want to reveal anything except the stage.

“Idol Joint-Stock company Season 3, the long-awaited first team battle begins now! Shine Your Star!”

After the voting method was announced, the first stage immediately began after the stage set up was done.

The first stage was two teams that covered idol songs from the QuZ Entertainment, which was famous for their popular idols.

‘Isn’t it a little boring?’

It wasn’t that bad, but overall, it couldn’t be helped that it was worse than the original.

She secretly took a few shots, but had no expectations. The important thing was the team with some of the participants mentioned on the internet.

It was only after the second team match was over that a team worth seeing appeared.

It was the team with Cha Yujin, who got the most cuts on the 〈It’s Me〉 stage.

“Oh, Cha Yujin!”

“They are alright.”

Since it was a team with many familiar participants, there was a difference in the initial cheers. There were already people holding placards.

Above all, he performed well.

‘Wow, They are quite good aren’t they?’

As if they had already debuted, he had a level of skill that was impressive, and the arrangement was also good.

It was a stylish and cute version of an old song that was consumed like the top goal memes on the Internet with an overly sexy concept.

In addition, not only Cha Yujin, but also the participant in charge of rapping from the same agency stood out.

‘These two will be it.’

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She diligently took data centered on the two. While cleverly avoiding the eyes of the security guard who wandered in the middle from time to time.

The next team to compete with this team was also interesting in a different sense because it had many well-known participants.

‘Perhaps this would be the last place on the show?’

She thought it was a little exciting, but also felt a sense of regret.

Now, from the next team onwards, it didn’t seem like it would be fun at all.

Since more than half of the players worth watching took part in the previous team performances, it seemed like the next few would be boring.

And, unsurprisingly, the next stage wasn’t much fun.

Perhaps it was made with the remaining team members who were not selected, but only one team was evaluated using the absolute evaluation method.

It was the worst stage ever.

“What.”

“My leg hurts.”

Now there were even people sneaking out from behind.

He was tired and his legs hurt, so he didn’t even want to see the rest of the stages.

In that distracting atmosphere, the MC exclaimed.

“The first team battle is getting hotter and hotter, the next in line is… the participants who covered the song of VTIC from LeTi entertainment, a global trending group that recently won the grand prize!”

The MC did not even put the words mallangdalkom on their lips.

That showed that they were fishing for an audience.

But the effect was great.

“VTIC?”

The audience began rattling.

VTIC was the hottest male idol at the moment.

The person who was about to leave stopped for a moment when he heard that songs from idols who sold 1.2 million copies initially would be sung.

In the atmosphere where some expectations were restored, the MC shouted cheerfully.

“The first team to go on stage, October 31!”

It was a team name that reminded her of the name of an ice cream specialty store.

It wasn’t a name that stuck to your ears after hearing it for the first time.

Originally, it was common for participants to have a poor sense of their own, so everyone leaked the team name without much inspiration.

“That’s enough. What song of VTIC are they covering?”

“The song covered by the participants is…… Oh, they debuted as flower fairies, right? It’s ‘Into the New World’ by a girl group that was active as a national girl group, ‘MallangDalkom’.”

“……!?”

The people were taken aback.