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"…I'll bring in a new team member."

"Oh! Park Moon Dae participant's choice came out!"

At the MC's shout, the prize money item disappears on the electronic display, and

The letters were enlarged to full.

The audience cheering and the judges clapping their palms and enjoying themselves on another electronic display.

I almost clenched my teeth.

‘

Thirty-nine million won...…’

It flew into the air.

Still, it was an inevitable choice in the long run. The addition of one more participant meant that more fans liked the group. And it's usually multiplied, not added. The amount of money that can be made changes.

In the long run, it was an investment worth more than 5,000 won.

The problem was next.

"Then who is the last member chosen by Park Moon Dae?"

The remaining participants' nervousness was reflected on the electronic display.

"The participant I chose…….”

It is a perfect time to antagonize the fans of the participants who failed to pick anyone.

So I avoid it.

"I want the 7th contestant chosen by the shareholders."

"Oh!"

The noise of the people grew. Most seemed convinced or relieved.

'… The production crew is having fun, too.’

That's a little annoying.

"Park Moon Dae participant who left the shareholders to choose!"

The MC glanced at the prompter and led the proceedings hard, and soon the seventh-place candidate appeared on the electronic display.

And the guy who's stuck...

"Congratulations! Participant Lee Sejin!"

I almost choked.

"How did the rice cake go bad?"’

Perhaps because of their child actor activities, they were highly recognized by the public, so they benefited from those who secretly voted for the last episode.

'… There's nothing I can do.’

It was already spilled water. I made way for Lee Sejin, who stumbled up to the podium.

"…thank you."

Lee Se-jin said a few words and bowed his head. It was enough for fans to cover it because they were out of their minds because they didn't expect it.

MC Lee Se-jin was guided to join the passing seat. Lee Se-jin murmured softly, passing by me.

"…thank you."

I just nodded. You wanted to be.

'I want to go in, too.’

My legs were about to cramp.

How long are you going to keep it?

But the MC still kept me standing next to him.

"There's only one thing left!

It was followed by an obvious explanation that shareholders' opinions were collected through the Internet.

And a brilliant logo appeared on the electronic display.

The upper letter "T" and the top-notch triangle were cleverly combined, and the colorful glitter effects bounced from both sides and top and sat down with a small diamond mark.

"The name of the group selected by the shareholders is... It's TeSTAR!"

“…….”

You changed the name.

As far as I know, the name of the male idol who will debut on this program was 'STier', Steer.

I saw it on the homepage with the explanation of "Star + Tier", so I thought it would be this time.

Maybe it's because the member has changed quite a bit, including me, or another name came out.

It seemed that the name was decided by a hair's breadth last time.

'… Wasn't STier better?’

I didn't know that the star would have a group name that accounts for more than half of the name.

I was a little puzzled, but... well, the group name doesn't have to be quite weird.

"TeSTAR's seven members will be awarded trophies with the group logo on them!"

And Young-rin came up and handed me the trophy. There was only one trophy representing a graph soaring into the sky.

'You set it up to make me do this.’

I guess it's over if I carry that and pass it on to the members.

"Congratulations."

"Thank you."

I shook hands with Young Lin lightly and was handed the trophy on a cushion.

Young-rin looked at me with calm eyes and a smile.

"I hope you have a good promotion in the future.”

"Yes, thank you."

I murmured my thanks one after another.

And he walked quickly toward where the successful candidates stood.

The successful candidates had already jumped out of their seats, perhaps drunk on the atmosphere.

"Wow!"

"Do you want a trophy?"

I handed over the trophy to the one in front of me without regret.

Then, this time, they began to make a fuss over the trophy, putting their arms around each other's shoulders.

"My shoulders hurt."

The surroundings were painful, with Cha Yu-jin and Keun Sejin alternately beaten.

There's no place that hasn't been numb from shoulder to foot, but my brain was full of energy thanks to adrenaline.

I heard the MC's voice from a distance.

"TeSTAR, congratulations on your debut!"

The stage effect fireworks went off splendidly. I heard the cheers of the people, sandwiched between the trophies and the successful candidates.

And at that moment.

The status window pop-up came up.

[Successful debut!]

You made your debut through a famous audition program!

Time limit: Satisfied (great success)!

Abnormal status: Remove "Debut or Death"!

: Truth check 👈 Click!]

"Really?"

I turned on the status window. The abnormality had disappeared. It is done.

No wonder it didn't hit me.

I don't know the purpose of the status window, so I'm suffering from the ominous prediction that the status abnormality may be extended by force.

‘I didn't know it would disappear so neatly.’

I blankly turned off the status window. Then, I saw the worst post in the remaining pop-ups.

The location where the reward should be written.

'… Wait a minute.'

What's this?

[Check the truth 👈 Click!]

The truth?

I clicked on the phrase reflexively.

"Is it Moon Dae?"

For a moment, the vision was dimmed.

And blackouts.

* * *

A skinny high school student was lying on a mattress with an old smartphone.

Every time I moved my body, the mattress creaked.

The Witube screen was playing on the broken screen of the smartphone. The image quality was not good because the public Wi-Fi was barely connected.

However, the charm of the singer on the screen still attracted attention thanks to the skillful photographer who took the camera.

"It was fun."

Park Moon-dae, a high school student, looked unfortunately at the video screen that all returned.

The latest fancams posted on this account were finished with the "2X0412 Riordan Han River Water Festival" that we just saw.

The account, 'Gun1234', was an account that mainly uploaded fancams of singers and idols.

In particular, it was posted mainly by people with low recognition, and even that looked cool.

‘It's like they recognize me.’

Somehow I felt good because I felt like you were cheering for someone who seemed to be nothing.

"I hope you post it often."’

There's not much left to spend happily without spending money.

The same was true of WeTube, which can be watched only by looking at advertisements.

There were few videos that I could watch with my heart pounding even though I watched it in low quality on Wi-Fi, which keeps cutting off.

I heard that there is little profit because the advertising revenue of the fancam goes to the singer who watched it, but I was grateful for the steady increase.

Park Moon-dae, who was worried, scroll down and wrote a comment.

ID: GUN1234, I'm always enjoying your fancams. Thank you for posting it.

I knew that this account has never given particular feedback to viewers.

Even when Young-rin's fancam became a hit, she never left a comment.

But in case he was watching, Park Moon-dae pressed the Write button to make sure he didn't miss the spelling.

This person is always present

I think he's a real fan

I was a little embarrassed because there were a few comments.

I was going to reply, but suddenly I was unwilling and I quit.

I don't have anything to say...…’

I was speechless when I tried to talk about myself. It was lonely in one room, embarrassed to call it home.

There was nothing to be said.

When I recall when I did everything enthusiastically, I remembered a time when everything was normal.

When my parents were there.

I think it was just yesterday, but it's actually been years.

And he seemed to be stuck somewhere for years. Or I'm actually dreaming. So maybe that account will focus on the video posted, the boy thought.

Looking at people singing and dancing passionately even though the situation shows no signs of improving, it was comforting or vicarious satisfaction.

"…let's sleep."

Tomorrow is probably Monday.

Park Moon-dae dazedly closed his eyes on the mattress.

And time passed again. Unlike the surroundings that flow and flow, somehow Park Moon-dae himself did not change.

A terrible thing happened at school. I did it because I could quit. It didn't make any difference if I quit.

Well, isn't it enough to stop living?

"I know."

But I didn't even want to die.

Park Moon-dae found a part-time job, but soon lost his job.

And the video upload of 'giml234' was cut off.

"Why..."

Park Moon-dae thought hard and eventually sent a note with account information. It was the day I failed to find a new part-time job. Of course, there was no reply.

And shortly thereafter, all the videos on the account disappeared.

There was only a short text left on the empty page.

Game.

Park Moon-dae downloaded a mobile game. There was no money to buy a desktop or a game console.

However, old smartphones failed to turn mobile games properly and broke down after a terrible fever. Somehow, Park Moon-dae felt very tired.

I didn't do anything, so I'm not tired.

"I'm getting tired."

I'm tired of living. Park Moon-dae canceled his broken smartphone. And the old single room didn't extend the contract either.

I had a proper meal after a long time. So the money left on hand was just right.

It meant that if you grab a motel and buy sleeping pills, it's over.

'They say a lot of people die in motels.’

It was so cold that I couldn't bear to drown or climb the mountain. Because I thought I would give up in the middle.

If he died in his room, he was left unattended for more than a month and seemed to rot.

"I'm sorry."

Park Moon-dae took the room and apologized to his curt owner in a row.

And after entering the room, I lay down on the bed and swallowed sleeping pills.

Sleep came like death.

A little later.

I opened my eyes breathing in on a messy motel bed…….

It was me.

* * *

"Oh my gosh."

I exhaled.

"Are you okay?"

Someone patted me on the back from the side. When I turned my head, I saw Seon Ahyun's worried face.

"…wait, I'm tired."

I managed to fudge and straighten up.

It seemed that time had hardly passed. Thanks to you, I seem to have stumbled for a while.

As the successful candidates were surrounded, the atmosphere remained as if others had not noticed at all.

I stole a cold sweat. My head was in a mess.

Park Moon University's favorite video account, "giml234".

"It's me."

It was an account that I deleted when I started my public life.