While I was speechless at the number '27 stations', the amount of people joining the expedition for advertisement sighting steadily increased in number.

"You're going now? Then, I'll come too. There are several overlapping places!"

"There is a ban on spoiling the team members for the finale, so why don't you go with someone from the other team?"

"Cha Yujin?"

"Yes."

"I'm fine with it. What about Moon-dae?"

"Whatever."

"Yes!"

The quiet and quick review of our plan was over at that point.

What was surprising was that with a regretful expression Seon A-hyun decided to not come along.

"M-my parents... I decided to go on a trip with them."

If that's the reason then, wouldn't it be strange for me to stay at Seon A-hyun's home by myself?

"Ah, then should I go stay somewhere else?"

"N-no! Stay!"

Seon A-hyun freaked out.

"The key, I will give you the key."

"Um, thank you."

I don't know how he trusts me so much to even lend me his house key. As soon as I accepted the key, Seon A-hyun suddenly confessed.

"O-originally, I was going to ask you to come with me..."

"....."

I'm not sure why he wanted to include Park Moon-dae to their family trip. Did his parents give him permission?

"...I'm grateful for your thoughts."

"Y-yeah."

If that's what was going to happen, I would rather have an advertisement tour with Kim Rae-bin. I almost went on a trip with someone else's parents whose faces I've seen once.

"See you on the day of the filming."

We saw Seon A-hyun off with Big Se-jin's lead who was waving his hands. And as soon as Seon A-hyun got into the car and disappeared, Cha Yu-jin appeared.

"I'm so excited!"

Cha Yu-jin shook his backpack with his eyes shining. I was already feeling tired.

'A day flies by.'

Let's have a silent prayer for my lost vacation day.

First, the crazy proposal that we were to move around by public transportation with this number of people was rejected. It's because we have already experienced it and knew how that would go.

"We would have to run away from people before even reaching the station."

"That's right."

Cha Yu-jin was disappointed about this but recovered quickly.

It was also fun to take a taxi and move around, although I don't know why.

Anyway, the first place was at Yeouido Station, the one closest to the filming site.

"I'm going to take a picture"

This ended somehow well.

It was because it was only me and Kim Rae-bin who got off at Yeouido Station, so each of us quickly took a picture with the advertisement and left without saying a word.

There seemed to be one or two people who noticed us when we took off the mask, but since it was a weekday morning at a station with a lot of office workers, there was no commotion.

"Good!"

As if I was carrying out a secret order, I got into a taxi with my excited companion, and suddenly a question arose in my mind.

'...Isn't this meaningless?'

If there are no eyewitnesses, what is the point of just looking at the advertisement billboards by yourself. Even if I do this to show my sincerity, it's not like I can post the pictures I took on the Internet.

'Should I leak the pictures as if they were taken by an eyewitness?'

However, this worry turned out to be useless. The reason is because there was a commotion coming from the next destination, Express Bus Terminal Station.

"Oooh!"

"Cha Yu-jin! Hey, It's Cha Yu-jin!"

"Is it those guys? From Idol Inc?"

"I think they came to see the ads on the billboard. Wow..."

I heard all these words at the same time as soon as I approached within 3 meter radius in front of the billboard at Express Bus Terminal Station.

Naturally, no one had their masks off. Taking lessons from the last mistake, everyone was wearing hats and hoods, so I couldn't figure out how they got found out. I couldn't even see their hair.

And a huge crowd began to gather.

I'm not joking, when I say that there were even a crowd of people running over from the underground shopping mall to witness this.

'This is... a nuisance.'

It was a perfect situation for an accident to take place.

'Let's run.'

After quickly exchanging looks, we quickly left the station. Of course without taking pictures.

'It's no use trying to cover ourselves now.'

It took us a while to get into the taxi and to take a moment to breathe. We even confirmed that there was another taxi following us from behind.

"Are they following us?"

"The person in the passenger seat is holding a camera."

After Kim Rae-bin's confirmation, the atmosphere in the taxi became gloomy.

The taxi driver jokingly said 'What kind of fun things like this are you guys doing' and then quietly closed his mouth after noticing the serious mood.

'It's ruined.'

That's how the advertisement tour gloriously went to ruins right at the beginning.

After barely evading the taxi that was following us, everyone understood the current situation.

"... Let's go separately."

"Okay."

"Yes..."

"Let's go wearing mascot costumes!"

"...??"

Cha Yu-jin suddenly made a proposal, breaking the quiet atmosphere.

"A mascot costume?"

"Yes! It's cute and people won't recognize you!"

Big Se-jin was the first person to respond to that.

"Wait... Ah, there's a rental shop for costumes in Gangnam."

"Oh!"

"The rental price is good too! We would only have to spend 50,000 to 60,000 won per person."

//TN: about 50 to 60 USD

50,000 won is not just a small amount of money, though.

But it was still a good idea, so I sighed and added.

"It's fine if we do it, but let's each go see the advertisement on our own."

"What?"

"Why?"

Kim Rae-bin gloomily answered to Cha Yu-jin's quiestion.

"That's because... if four people in doll costumes can be seen going around together, people would pay attention to it."

"Oh."

Everyone immediately understood his explanation.

"Then, for now we can go together to the rental shop. That's fine, right?"

"Yes!"

"Okay. Mr. driver! We would like to go here..."

Big Se-jin immediately changed the destination of the taxi. Within 20 minutes, we arrived at a party goods rental shop located in the corner of a commercial building.

"I want this!"

As soon as we arrived, Cha Yu-jin immediately grabbed a costume and excitedly headed to the checkout counter. I think his costume was something similar to a white tiger.

"He's fast."

"Shall we quickly pick one, too?"

Then, an employee with sparking eyes, approached the remaining of us who were still choosing a costume.

"Excuse me, can I get your autograph?"

"...Sure."

After asking the employee not to post it on the Internet today, we lined up to sign autographs. It was very awkward.

"I want this one."

After signing the autograph, we picked out a costume with the help of the shop's staff member.

While Big Se-jin chose a huge bear costume, Kim Rae-bin chose a rabbit costume next to him. They consciously chose those ones to correspond with the image the fans have given them.

'In that case, I will also take this one.'

I grudgingly grabbed one of the costumes.

It was the first time I wore a heavy mascot costume since my part-time job five years ago.

'This will also be difficult.'

The thought of walking around wearing this made me feel like it has been such a long time ago since I did this.

First of all... should I start with a new route?

* * *

Park Moon-dae's fansites were encouraging people to vote by placing advertisement on every public transports to attract text message votes during the finals.

They seized all kinds of advertisement spots, including the bus exteriors and movie theaters, but due to the short preparation time, only subway advertisements were currently implemented.

Here, the same was true for those who preoccupied a large electronic display near the underground shopping mall of Gangnam Station.

'It came out well!'

The woman, who took a picture of Park Moon-dae poking his cheeks at the press conference, used that picture as a display on the billboard.

'I'm glad I saved it.'

For your information, the picture of Park Moon-dae wearing a hero suit from the second team battle was hung in a digital poster advertisement at Jamsil Station. She was going to see that next.

'I wanted to do one more.'

She swallowed her disappointment, looking at Seon A-hyun's advertisement on the electronic display on the opposite side. That's the spot she would have wanted.

In fact, she saw a post a few days ago that Seon A-hyun's fans rented almost the entire station, and placed advertisements from the subway safety door to the exit.

'Since that was the case, I let go of Gangnam Station.'

It was a waste, because there was still enough money for her to add from the fundraising.

'Anyway, the colors came out well, and it's done.'

She took a photo of the billboard again.

Then, her friend, who had gone to buy some coffee a while ago, came back and called out to her while laughing.

"Hey, look at that!"

"What?"

As she turned her head to the direction her friend had pointed with the coffee straw, a yellow dog mascot with sharp ears was waddling towards the electronic display.

'A Welsh Corgi?'

As she blankly stared, she saw a sketchbook in Welsh Corgi's hand.

"What is that!"

She burst into laughter and gave the Welsh Corgi some space. Some people who were also looking at the billboards were also laughing at the Welsh Corgi.

It seems that the person came wearing a yellow puppy costume to match Moon-dae's hair color and nickname.

The tall person waddling around in a doll costume seemed pretty cute.

"Do you want me to take a picture for you?"

Her friend asked the Welsh Corgi, who was standing in front of the billboard. The Welsh Corgi nodded and held out his phone.

'Ah, there are so many funny people.'

She couldn't hide her laughter and talked to the Welsh Corgi.

"Can I take a picture of you and post it? It would seem like a good idea!"

The Welsh Corgi eagerly nodded. She quickly took pictures and uploaded them to her fan account.

Since it was a material that people would like, the number of shares and likes quickly increased.

Meanwhile, the Welsh Corgi took a proof shot with the advertisement billboard and got the phone back from her friend.

"Have a safe journey~"

Welsh Corgi nodded to her and her friend, then waddled off again. She also giggled and moved on to take line 2 subway with her friend. It was because she was going to eat lunch near Jamsil Station and check out advertisements there.

She went to a nearby restaurant to eat, and then went to a cafe for the second time and waited for the drink she ordered. Her friend smiled, and showed her something.

"Look at this! The Welsh Corgi fan must have been to Jamsil too. Another picture came up."

"Wow, that's great. It must be hard to move around wearing that."

She smiled and checked the photos on social media, saying that it would be fun to see pictures of Moon-dae.

Welsh Corgi diligently visited every station throughout the morning and noon to take proof shots.

'Did they travel to Seoul to do this?'

Occasionally, she met fans who were like that, so it wasn't strange. The mascot costume is a fun idea, though.

As she scrolled through, she saw the pictures she took earlier.

Then, she noticed something and stopped her hand. It was a picture of her friend taking a picture of the Welsh Corgi.

"That... When you took a picture of the Welsh Corgi..."

"Yeah?"

"By chance... Did you check their phone?"

Her friend tilted her head.

"Well... It was just a smartphone. A bit old...and didn't even have a case... Now, wait a minute."

While talking, her friend came to realize it herself.

She didn't listen to everything her friend said and was urgently checking Moon-dae's PR video.

'This phone model.'

She then checked the picture that was taken again.

The Welsh Corgi's phone in her friend's hand... It was the same shape as the one in the PR video. She got goosebumps all over her back.

"Hey. Hey, hey, hey..."

"For real? Really? Really?"

"No way, this is, uh..."

When she and her friend were stuttering their words, unable to complete their sentences about the unbelievable speculations, a new notification came on her smartphone.

Attached to the post was a picture of Park Moon-dae's upper body, smiling in front of the signboard at Sinchon Station, sweating and taking off his costume mask.

The picture they saw this morning was correct.

The two sat with their mouths open until their drinks were served. And their americano came out.

"Enjoy your drink."

Then she gulped the ice drink down her throat and cried inwardly.

'I should've shook hands!'

Obviously, she was happy for being so lucky and felt like she was dying for being so happy, and at the same time she felt like she was going to throw up since it was also such a pity.

"Let's go to the fansign event."

"Let's definitely go."

Promising to go the fansign event, the two were quietly fired up.