The Idol Who Returned from Hell Chapter 110

My first personal question was this.

[One secret about a member that only I can reveal!]

It was an item that gave me choices.

Whether to frame it perfectly for variety purposes.

Or deflect appropriately while complaining about privacy.

I glanced at Kang Seon-woo.

For some reason, he was more excited than ever, wielding his marker at lightning speed.

‘I’ve always been dragged around by that guy in variety scenes. This time, let me take the lead.’

Cerberus burst out laughing after reading my answer.

{Master, is it really okay to write this?}

‘I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it.’

{What if this gets edited out?}

‘Something like this will never get edited. It’s exactly the right level.’

{Ah, I like our silver hairtail fish friend. Master likes teasing that friend too much.}

‘It’s because when I stay still, he teases me first.’

{A match made in heaven!}

I also wrote the most sensible answers possible for the other personal items.

About 10 minutes later.

“Has everyone finished writing?”

“Yes!”

“We’re all done.”

“Then let’s have CENTIX’s leader! The final 1st place from the audition program! Our Si-hwan introduce himself first, shall we?”

Good. As always, in variety shows like this, I’m always first.

I nodded my head vigorously, then read through the items one by one.

“Hello, I’m CENTIX’s leader Ryu Si-hwan. I’m 21 years old, my birthday is December 18th. My height is 180cm.”

“What, you’re only 180? I thought you were much taller because your proportions are so good.”

“Haha, thank you for the flattery.”

I played along smoothly, accepting Jung Hang-seok’s compliments.

Since it was Ma Si-hyeok and Chae Ha-ru who needed to get screen time from the physical aspects.

“Um, my representative nickname is probably ‘Hwan-father’ that the fans gave me during 〈ISL 2〉. It’s personally my favorite nickname too.”

“There seems to be something more written next to it? What did you write there?”

“Ah, besides Hwan-father, there’s also trainer, visual center, etc., so I wrote those down small.”

“Visual center is obvious when we look at Si-hwan… What does trainer mean?”

“It really wasn’t intentional, but the younger members follow me so well that fans gave me that nickname.”

“As expected, you weren’t chosen as leader for nothing. Kids, you picked your leader well! You must have magnetic charisma!”

My position as leader/main vocal was already a mentioned topic, so we moved on quickly, and finally it was time for the personal items.

“The first personal item I received was, [One secret about a member that only I can reveal!]”

“Oho. May I ask who the target is…?”

Instead of answering, I stared intently at Kang Seon-woo.

Kang Seon-woo, who had been grinning carelessly, was suddenly startled.

“Ah, uh, huh? Me? You’re going to expose me?”

“Yeah, I’m going to expose you.”

“I’ve lived such a clean and honest life! What are you going to expose!”

“Actually, Seon-woo and I are roommates. So there’s a secret that only roommates can know.”

The moment the word roommate came out, Kang Seon-woo’s eyes showed him running through every possible scenario in his head.

Jung Hang-seok, who had been watching from the side, asked quickly in an extremely excited tone.

“So, what’s the secret that only roommates know! I’m so curious now!”

“Well, the thing is.”

I slowly revealed my answer that had been covered by my hand.

“My roommate Kang Seon-woo always asks me every morning what underwear to wear.”

“Wait, wait, wait, time! Time time!”

“Ahhhh! Hey, Ryu Si-hwan! How could you say that here!”

The 3rd basement floor studio instantly became chaos.

Jung Hang-seok and Tycoon couldn’t control their twitching lips as they sent ‘can we really go with this?’ looks to the production staff.

Kang Seon-woo flailed around trying to snatch my panel with his face completely red.

I easily subdued Kang Seon-woo, whose athletic ability was zero, while asking calmly.

“Ah, does this count as defamation?”

“Th-this level might be okay?”

“I don’t know, the production staff said it’s OK! Let’s continue, Si-hwan, continue! I really like you!”

Right, it would be disappointing if they declared this unbroadcastable over something like this.

There are so many stories about male idols sharing dorm underwear tales on radio shows and broadcasts on NeoTube.

“It’s nothing special, literally just as I said. He always gets up and starts by asking ‘Hey, Si-hwan, what color should I wear today?’ I think whatever he wears looks the same though.”

“Let me ask one important question here.”

Jung Hang-seok raised his hand with a very serious expression.

“By any chance. By any chance, Si-hwan.”

“Yes.”

“Among those underwear, are there excessive designs like leopard print—?”

“Unfortunately, since we’re idols and have to change costumes frequently, it’s never anything like that but just plain solid color designs.”

“Phew, that’s a relief. I thought our Seon-woo was about to reveal some weird preference right after coming here.”

“I, I don’t have those preferences! Everyone! Don’t misunderstand! This is also just because Si-hwan and I are so close that I joke around like that every day! No misunderstandings!”

Of course, no one was misunderstanding.

I could already picture subtitles like ‘Broadcasting is just broadcasting!’ being generated in my head.

Still, I felt good because I seemed to have gotten a preemptive strike on Kang Seon-woo, who was always the first to tease me.

“Ryu Si-hwan is mean.”

“It’s just a joke, a joke.”

“Ryu Si-hwan is totally, totally mean.”

“Hey, you tease me all the time.”

“St-still, I didn’t tease you about underwear—!”

“I don’t say stuff like that in the first place, so I wouldn’t.”

“Tch.”

Kang Seon-woo’s counterattack was also neutralized.

With that, my profile introduction ended and next was Chae Ha-ru’s turn.

“Hello, my name is Chae Ha-ru, I’m 19 years old. My birthday is May 9th. My height is 179cm and my nickname is…”

“Oh, Ha-ru’s face is getting red like Seon-woo’s?”

Chae Ha-ru was slightly stuck on the nickname introduction part.

The nickname Chae Ha-ru got from 〈ISL 2〉 was just one, but it might be a bit difficult to say with his own mouth.

“…My nickname is, uh, uh, face genius.”

“Let me see, let me see.”

I imagined all the cameras in the studio zooming in on Chae Ha-ru’s face along with Jung Hang-seok’s words.

“I’ll be honest. I usually think it’s a bit annoying when people say they’re handsome or pretty themselves, regardless of gender. Because I’m ugly?”

“Yes.”

“Hey, but with kids like Ha-ru, it’s convincing even when they say it like that. You’re so handsome, right? Isn’t that right, everyone?”

“Total sculpture handsome guy~.”

Probably because he was embarrassed, Chae Ha-ru’s usual default expression didn’t show at all, even without trying.

He drew the most beloved foods and currently favorite songs as personal items, proving his consistent taste.

“I like meat the most. Beef, chicken, pork, I don’t care. But my favorite is Korean beef!”

“Ha-ru, you like Korean beef the most?”

“I love Korean beef!”

“Oh, then we might need to prepare something later?”

“Korean beef!”

Next was Ma Si-hyeok’s turn.

“H-h-hello! I’m Ma Si-hyeok. I’m 20 years old, my birthday is April 26th, my height is 185cm! The nickname fans gave me is retriever, and my position is main dancer!”

“I thought this was the army for a moment.”

“Si-hyeok, you can relax your body. Be comfortable, be comfortable.”

“I-I’m nervous so it’s not working well.”

“The guy who looks big and tall with lots of piercings is actually shy.”

His ears, lined with silver earrings, couldn’t overcome the nervousness and turned bright red.

Ma Si-hyeok quickly shouted “The travel destination I most want to visit is Canada!” then passed the baton to Kang Seon-woo.

“Yes, hello everyone? Si-hwan’s exclusive underwear villain, Kang Seon-woo. Nice to meet you.”

From his very first self-introduction, he drove the nail in like that, showing Kang Seon-woo’s variety persona had revived once again.

“I’m 21 years old, same age as Si-hwan. My birthday is February 2nd! A whole 10 months earlier than Si-hwan. My height is 179cm, my position is main rapper. I wrote down my nickname as silver hairtail fish, which our Si-hwan personally gave me.”

“Don’t tell me silver hairtail fish is because of your hair?”

“Correct, correct! When our Si-hwan first saw my hair, the first thing he said dryly was that. That I looked like a silver hairtail fish.”

“Honestly, I can understand why he said that.”

“Yes! So I don’t deny it either! But this hair reflects light very effectively!”

Kang Seon-woo laughed loudly as if he’d given up everything and finished his self-introduction.

He subtly attached my name to the end of every sentence, as if the earlier resentment still remained.

Next was Seong-hwi, who had been relatively quietly applauding.

“Hello, everyone. I’m Seong-hwi, owner of the title of eternally eating second place. Nice to meet you.”

“Why suddenly talk about second place?”

“Ahaha, during 〈ISL 2〉 I was always second place after Brother Si-hwan. My final ranking was also 2nd place. So I think the nickname Second-hwi also came from that.”

I gently pressed down on Seong-hwi’s hand that was patting my shoulder from behind.

“You were 1st place in the beginning too.”

“What matters is the result.”

The face of that crazy narcissist smiling brightly looked especially annoying today.

“I’m the same age as Si-hyeok, 20 years old. My birthday is April 6th, my height is 179cm. My position is lead vocal and main dancer, and my nicknames are Second-hwi that I mentioned earlier, noble young master, and Mad-hwi.”

“I’m curious where the nickname Mad-hwi came from?”

“I don’t really know either, but fans say they gave me that nickname because madness sometimes pours out of my eyes.”

“Looking at you now, you definitely have that unique light in your eyes that crazy people have.”

“Ahaha. Thank you for the compliment.”

Seong-hwi showed his eye smile as if the word crazy was a compliment.

“Ah, my personal item was about songs or playlists I’m into lately. Um, if you ask me to recommend K-pop, naturally I’d recommend our CENTIX’s debut album, all tracks of 〈Revelation〉. 〈Uprising〉 is also really good, so please definitely listen.”

“Please listen!”

“Great promotion~.”

“Ahaha. And for pop songs, I was the latest member in our NeoTube self-content cover video series, right? And since I covered John Legend’s song, I’ll recommend 〈All of Me〉.”

Seong-hwi’s profile introduction ended with solid promotion.

All that remained was the youngest, Yu Ha-woon.

“Ah, I really wanted to write so many things! First, my name is Yu Ha-woon! I’m 18 years old, CENTIX’s youngest, my birthday is January 29th, the earliest in CENTIX! Oh, and this was also a topic many people asked about recently.”

“Indeed, what is Yu Ha-woon’s current height!”

“Actually, I don’t know exactly either. I haven’t been to a hospital or anything to measure.”

“I figured as much. Who do you think we are? Aren’t we 〈Weekly Idol〉?”

Jung Hang-seok and Tycoon had prepared a height measuring device in that corner.

“We prepared everything in advance! Come on, our youngest Ha-woon, take off your shoes and step up.”

“Ah, I’m nervous!”

I was also curious how much Yu Ha-woon had grown during this time.

Judging by eye, it seemed like he’d grown about 3cm since the first 〈ISL 2〉 recording.

‘He’s at peak growth age, and on top of that, with such tremendous activity packed into a short period, he must have grown quickly.’

Yu Ha-woon’s current height was measured at 176.8cm.

“Wow, I grew 2.8cm in just a few months! Amazing!”

“Then all of CENTIX are really tall. Most are around 180cm and one is even 185.”

“No wonder, when you all stood together and greeted earlier, your presence was incredible.”

With that, our profile writing corner ended.

I could see the staff busily preparing something.

Soon, a familiar smell that stimulated my nose drifted over.

“Wait a minute. This smell is…”

“That’s right, that’s right. CENTIX, did you watch a lot of 〈Weekly Idol〉?”

“Yes!”

“We watched almost over 20 episodes just last night!”

“Then you know what corner is waiting now.”

“Hey, but I watched their reality videos and 〈ISL 2〉 too, you know? This is going to be seriously no joke.”

As the smell he’d most wanted to encounter wafted over, Chae Ha-ru clenched his fist as if he’d been injected with stimulants.

“This corner is where we can confirm CENTIX’s knife-group dance and overflowing competitive spirit. The long-awaited random play dance, Korean beef one-bite eating version!”

“We’ll randomly play a specific verse of a song, and members who know that song come out and dance to the choreography. This is individual competition first, and there’s a group version later too, so don’t drain too much energy—”

“Korean beef. I’ll eat it. Definitely.”

I laughed heartily looking at Chae Ha-ru’s eyes that had already gone crazy.

‘About to become total chaos.’