"Is everyone ready?"

"Of course, I am~"

"Definitely!"

Confident answers responded back to Ryu Chungwoo's question.

It was only us and the staff in the rented PC room for the 'TeStar reserving their own tickets' content. And the guys, each at their PC, just sat there with excited expressions that shouted 'We're doing the concert soon!'

"The tickets we reserve today will be sent to Loviewers along with an autograph through a lottery!"

"I will get good seats!"

There was some nervousness but no bleakness could be found.

'They must be thinking that they could at least get a corner seat in the worst case.'

In fact, what they thought was reasonable since there would be a capacity for 26,000 people for two days. In other words, there were 13,000 seats available to be reserved for each concert day.

There was a strange conviction hovering between them that said 'there's no way I can't get one out of 13,000 if I try to make a reservation with the latest computers.'

However, I was obviously skeptical about it.

'I think all of them are going to fail.'

I could tell just by listening to their conversation.

"Oh, so since they'll open it at 8 o'clock... I can go in exactly at 8, right?"

"I think so."

"I want to do the 1st-floor seats!"

"..."

I thought this would probably end at the loading screen for them without them even seeing the seating page. At best, some of them might be able to get the seats from the back.

'...As expected, I have to do it.'

Because if everyone failed, the picture would turn out strange. I thought that it would be better if one or two of us succeeded to have some variation.

But honestly, I had rarely been to a concert myself. At most, I received one-on-one orders to go gather data material several times.

Although, I had tried quite a few times when it came to proxy ticketing.

And the odds were good.

'It was nice to get expensive meals back then.'

I quit since there was a high chance of getting caught by the law if I did it seriously. Ticket scalping wasn't a morally gray thing to do, it was just a crime.

Anyway, therefore this time I thought it would be possible for me to get it at a reasonable level.

At that moment, Seon Ahyun, who was sitting next to me, quietly spoke. Looking at the screen, it seemed that he had finally accessed the reservation site.

"M-moondae-ya. Which area will you pick?"

"Hmm... I'm thinking of doing the area 8 on the second floor."

"Second, second floor?"

"Moondae, aren't you trying to make it too easy?"

"Let's do the first floor together!"

The guys, who overheard the conversation, came to meddle. Brave remarks, that were unaware of the reality, poured out.

Only Seon Ahyun eagerly nodded his head.

"Th-then should I also... do the second floor? H-how do I do it?"

The attitude of acknowledging his lack of experience and seeking advice had my attention.

'...Should I tell him what I know?'

I simply gave advice on server times and site settings.

"Once you enter this site and click on the Afterpark address..."

"Oh, Moondae is teaching something!"

"I would like to listen too!"

"Could you teach me?"

"...the server time of the reservation site appears, you can think of that as the standard for ticketing time."

That was a lot of interruptions. I was done talking for now.

"Ah, I understand!"

Seon Ahyun immediately navigated his PC, and soon Afterpark's server time appeared along with the server name.

"Ooh!"

The guys who picked it up were excited and copied the site. And even Ryu Chungwoo and Bae Sejin peeked at it and started to learn how to do it.

'Well, it's better than heading to the ground.'

There were 10 minutes left until the ticket sales started. I quickly emptied what I knew.

"And for the reservation site, you can put up a lot of tabs for each web browser, and from 59 seconds right before it hits the hour..."

By the time my summarized explanation was over, the guys started to feel a bit determined.

"Y-you need a lot of preparation..."

"If Moondae hadn't looked it up, we could all have failed, right?"

It was probably because my tips were more detailed than they thought and my nuance showed urgency.

And the atmosphere intensified as the announced time approached.

"There are three minutes left."

"Hup."

"Let's grab the good seats and send it to the Loviewers."

"I will do my best!"

"F-fighting!"

It seemed that they had forgotten that even if they couldn't grab it, the Loviewers would still attend the concert.

After all, if someone couldn't get a ticket, they could go to a ticket scalper... so there was a chance of making up for it.

I shrugged and fixed my mouse.

In the blind spot of the camera, the staff gave a countdown signal with a hand gesture.

"Ten! Nine! Eight! ...Three! Two! One!"

Mouthing the numbers along with the members, I started refreshing the tabs one by one right before the time.

"...!"

And... nothing happened.

Because the screen was frozen.

'It's over.'

No, there was really no other way to explain it.

Endless loading continued in all tabs. I thought it would change if the traffic was released, so I went back and forth between browsers for about 7 minutes to observe the situation more, but nothing changed.

The surroundings also got noisy. No one seemed to be able to see the page.

'I think the server crashed.'

I abandoned the PC and turned on the mobile app.

It was a sentence of defeat.

"..."

I was trying to refrain from using my phone because I was filming, so it must have been a failure because I was late to check the app...

'...I failed.'

Not the other guys, but I... didn't get a single spot?

I couldn't believe it.

'...I even succeeded when it was VTIC's concert.'

Even though it was three years in the future, those guys were still the top tier...!

The server also crashed at that time, but the memory of how I changed between tabs and got in was still intact.

But I didn't know why it didn't work now.

'...It's even my concert ticket.'

To be honest, I was a bit perplexed.

After checking the PC and apps again a few more times, I accepted the reality in front of the empty screen.

'It can't be helped.'

...It was just a pity that I couldn't send them a ticket.

If even I was helpless, the chances of others succeeding were extremely low...

"Oh, ooh?"

At that moment, Seon Ahyun, who was sitting next to me, started to move the mouse while shouting.

When I glanced at it, the screen went over to the payment window.

"...!"

"Oh my god, did Ahyun do it?"

"What kind of trick did you do to get in?!"

"I- I don't know either... I- I did as Moondae told me...!"

Seon Ahyun replied with a puzzled face to the crowds of people, but as he was instructed, he began to take steps steadily.

After entering his personal information that he copied in advance, he chose the payment method and moved on to the next page.

Even the seat was in the center of the 2nd floor just as planned.

"Wow, awesome!"

"Ahyun succeeded."

"...What a relief. At least one person."

The members were already in a celebratory mood while patting Seon Ahyun's shoulders.

"..."

However, I looked bitterly at Seon Ahyun's screen.

Keun Sejin hit me on the back.

"Oh my, Moondae-moondae, are you sad that only Ahyun succeeded even though you prepared hard?"

Seon Ahyun was surprised.

"I-it's because you taught me well, Moondae...! I-it wasn't any different than what Moondae did..."

"No, it's not like that..."

Seon Ahyun's PC screen changed before I could explain. There was an unexpected phrase hovering on the screen.

"..."

"..."

There was a deathly silence. I knew it would be like this.

'...It took too long to load.'

It usually looked like this if the loading was too short or too long.

Seon Ahyun could not accept the situation and stayed stiff. The other guys didn't seem to have it very together either.

'...There must be other tickets that were canceled at the checkout stage.'

I checked some of the reservation pages again in anticipation.

There was still only a white screen.

'Fuck.'

Was there anyone who succeeded?

It seemed that the server was down because the booking site failed to predict the traffic. In that case, everyone could be looking at the same screen.

I guessed calmly.

'There might be many people who didn't successfully make proper reservations.'

It obviously wasn't like that.

The reservation site that could be finally accessed after three minutes, proved it.

"..."

Surprisingly, a lot of people succeeded in making reservations through this garbage server.

"Seriously?"

"It ends like this...?"

It was over.

And like a like, the articles of tickets selling out popped up.

That's right.

I just... lost to the fans in ticketing. Even that was my devastatingly complete defeat without being even able to look at the seats.

The data seller's lost 1.

* * *

TeStar's first concert.

The fans were full of expectations and excitement, but it was not big news to the general public. It was because people didn't usually think about going to an idol concert.

Furthermore, TeStar had announced the comeback date. As attention was focused on the news, the topic of concert itself seemed to pass quietly without much noise.

...That was until TeStar's failed ticketing video was uploaded.

TeStar's ticketing fiasco became a funny topic of conversation since they failed so spectacularly.

In particular, the reactions were pouring out towards a member who failed in spite of the preparations that he put all his heart into.

It was Park Moondae.

People mixed up with the fans and talked about Park Moondae and TeStar's cuteness for quite a while.

The fans were enjoying the warm and cute atmosphere which they haven't seen in a long time, but at the same time, they were crying over the poor ticketing server and failure to obtain the tickets.

Then, an unexpected effect occurred.

TeStar's concert-related contents started to gain interests.

And before the atmosphere subsided, concert trailer videos and unit stage production reality show poured into WeTube.

Even the announcement of the VOD service was appearing early, attracting the overflowing demand for the concert.

The atmosphere was at its peak.

Thanks to this, the fans greeted the first day of the concert with their hearts burning with excitement and anticipation.

//TN: Ah, the booking of tickets and the server going down is so painfully relatable