The Idol Who Returned from Hell – Chapter 111

Author: Dawn

CENTIX’s first week of activities, having displayed powerful presence on major music shows, came to an end.

This meant that the initial sales period for their debut album 〈Revelation〉 had concluded.

CENTIX, who had drawn public attention from the very first day of album release, had shattered Zefa’s debut initial sales record by an even larger margin.

The final initial sales count was a total of 730,000 copies.

Along with setting the male idol debut initial sales record, they achieved the milestone of being listed in the all-time initial sales TOP 5.

The idol’s performance and songs, the agency’s support, and the fandom’s unity.

All three elements had fallen into place perfectly, causing MILLENNIUM’s satisfaction to pierce through the sky.

—From the first day I said the energy felt unusual, but they really wrote legendary records CENTIX I love youuuu!!

—Forget everything else, it wasn’t a water rocket that went up from day 1 excitement buff, but it kept rising big on days 3 and 4 too, which is the best lol

└Right. CENTIX will decline in sales anyway— those jerks telling us to stop drinking kimchi soup are all shut up now so it feels even better

└730,000 copies would make Zefa fans shake. Honestly they probably didn’t expect their record to get crushed this overwhelmingly?

└I just went to check their home base public opinion and it’s so funny lmao their reactions change hourly, getting mad then suddenly dejected then cursing CENTIX again lol

└Kids, today is definitely cause for celebration but let’s tone down the other group mentions a bit, I don’t want to create unnecessary drama

└Didn’t they plant the seeds of that drama first anyway??

└That’s true but I’m worried if we respond to everything our kids will just get hate for nothing

—New point I realized while checking debut album records: Rave finally seems to have properly gotten their heads on straight

└Logically thinking, it’d be weird if they didn’t get their heads on straight lol CENTIX fails and they’re basically going to hell at an almost unrecoverable level

└Yeah yeah, I heard they got a ton of outside investment too

└I thought their brains were still broken from their past record but thankfully they seem patched up

—Let me just say straight up, Rave up to now has been godlike itself. We already knew they could produce good quality, but they also properly inserted promotion schedules so the effect got amplified

└It’s such an obvious thing to say but I wasn’t even expecting the reality show lol

└222 I thought they’d move sluggishly again and get beaten by us, but what do you know, they made an incredibly entertaining reality show

└The CENTIX kids’ variety sense being natural also played a part lol. Each member’s personality traits all came out differently so it was hilarious, no overlapping characters

Various promotions worked together, but what most MILLENNIUM pointed to as most important was precisely CENTIX’s reality program.

Showing heavenly idol-like appearances on stage was already discovered through 〈Idol Stove League Season 2〉.

In contrast, fans had been eagerly anticipating what kind of charm-filled fan-attracting points CENTIX would create in everyday settings.

If the program format had been full of boring content and the kids hadn’t shown themselves having fun properly, the high expectations would have plummeted straight down.

But as memorable scenes appeared in droves through consecutive episodes, MILLENNIUM’s worries completely melted away.

A representative example was precisely 〈TIME WITH CENTIX〉 episode 2.

An episode where they could see both crazy chemistry and serious atmosphere simultaneously.

CENTIX, who had cleanly obtained the first stone, also did their best in the mission that continued the next day.

However, whether the production staff had properly sharpened their teeth.

The so-called ‘part switch singing’ challenge boasted extreme difficulty.

[My eyes go blind as if possessed by something—.]

[Kids, get it together and start the eye contact battle!]

[(CENTIX tensely nervous)]

A mission to complete 〈Chronic〉 singing not their own part but other members’ parts.

On top of that, if 2 or more people grabbed the microphone and sang, it would immediately fail—a complete chaos party.

[Si-hwan’s part is ending! I’m doing it this time!]

[Seon-woo, if you say it one more time then it’s immediate failure!]

[My mouth is running wild! Sorry!]

They couldn’t even declare “I’ll do it!” so they had to watch other members’ reactions for the entire 3 minutes.

No matter how much they were game masters, CENTIX struggled consecutively with this high-difficulty mission they were facing for the first time.

[Shouting into the void—!]

[Shouting into the void!]

[Ah!]

[Hey, you two have been overlapping since earlier! Ahhhhh!]

[(Dejected Ma Si-hyeok and Chae Ha-ru)]

Watching CENTIX blow through 5 chances out of 7 opportunities in an instant, MILLENNIUM truly enjoyed happy times.

—Ah seriously LMAO why do Si-hyeok and Ha-ru have such good telepathy

└If their telepathy is good, shouldn’t they not overlap? Something’s weird…

└Huh? Am I confused? Should I say their telepathy is bad??

└What??

└Why did everyone get confused collectively here LOL

—Wow finally our stone Buddha Si-hwan started getting angry (gif) (gif)

└LMAO he was smiling at first but as the kids kept making mistakes his gradient anger building up is hilarious

└Hwan-father’s anger is divided into 5 stages

[Minimal anger]: Just scratching his head and laughing hehe

[Small anger]: Laughing hehe while patting the wrong kid’s back once

[Medium anger]: Getting annoyed at the kids making mistakes, biting his lower lip

[Large anger]: Shaking his head refreshingly while briefly shouting “Agh!”

[Maximum anger]: Smiling coldly while delivering the line “Let’s please do well?”

└Why does large anger seem more angry than maximum anger LOL

└You don’t get it, originally when a kid who doesn’t say anything looks at you with dead eyes saying “let’s do well?” that’s proof they’re really damn pissed

└Maximum anger Ryu Si-hwan I love it, so cool, show me more!

└Dark Hwan-father lol

—Hey kids, you guys originally had really good teamwork, why do you keep messing up lol

└On the contrary, this is good, this is what ‘humanity’ is

└If they cleared all the missions too easily the production staff would have mental breakdowns again, so maybe the CENTIX kids considerately messed up, I’ll rationalize it lol

└To say they messed up on purpose, the kids’ reactions were too genuine lol

—(photo) LMAO why do I only find Kang Seon-woo memes like this LOL the kid became a traditional mask again

└This feels like déjà vu, I’ve seen this person somewhere

└Are you looking for this photo? (photo)

└Ah right lmao it’s exactly the same as that expression when composer Kang Hae-soo first appeared on 〈ISL 2〉

└Please stop wasting Kang Seon-woo’s face!! Other kids only have cool and handsome memes circulating but why do only ugly photos of him circulate

CENTIX, who barely succeeded on their last attempt, obtained the second stone.

It felt like the heightened tension would be maintained throughout the broadcast.

But when the leader selection process came out, CENTIX’s serious side unfolded, immersing MILLENNIUM in a different direction.

[It’s embarrassing to say this in front of you brother… I would have been eliminated from 〈ISL 2〉 long ago if it weren’t for Brother Si-hwan. Thanks to you being my support, I was able to walk with my head up… and you always made me have confidence, so I was grateful.]

[Ahaha, such a serious atmosphere is a bit embarrassing. But well, I also think Brother Si-hwan would be best as leader. When my mental state was broken, it was you who helped me from the side.]

[Me, me too! I have the exact same thoughts as Brother Si-hyeok!]

[……I was going to recommend Seon-woo. I didn’t know it would become such a unanimous atmosphere.]

Time to recommend a leader while recalling the difficult survival filming period.

The good deeds that Ryu Si-hwan had unknowingly done were revealed one by one as everyone chose him as leader.

CENTIX, who had shown frantic energy on the broadcast just minutes before, created a completely different atmosphere when revealing their sincere hearts.

And MILLENNIUM, who had been through the grand journey of 〈ISL 2〉 together, could emotionally connect in an instant.

—Ah why are these kids making me tear up again

—But hearing it like this, Si-hwan really took care of all the kids in places that didn’t make it to broadcast, amazing

└That’s right, it was a survival show so many kids would have chosen individualism… the fact that he extended helping hands to his competition opponents itself represents Si-hwan’s character

└Hwan-men

└Just for today I’ll quietly shout Hwan-father……!

Meanwhile, while the reality program was hitting consecutive successes, CENTIX’s official accounts also worked hard.

NeoTube original content and the members’ private messages continuously uploaded to Milky Way.

Though CENTIX was living hectic schedules right after debut, everyone sent generous attention and praise for their appearance of not neglecting communication with fans.

—Kids kids it’s Hwi’s turn for today’s cover video!! (link)

└Hah, I was waiting for the vocal prince

└I just listened and came back, everyone really chooses songs like they’re perfect fits

└Right lol I’m just grateful they show us these talents without wasting them

—Since cover video self-content came up, I didn’t know Seon-woo could sing decently well

└Oh I relate to this!! When I saw it was Seon-woo’s turn I was like ‘ah obviously he’ll rap~’ but he suddenly dropped a ballad and I was shocked

└When’s the next video coming up and whose turn is it??

└Well the remaining ones are Ha-woon, Ha-ru, Si-hyeok, but my future prediction shot goes to Ha-woon

—Are there any MILLENNIUM subscribed to private message 6-member package? I’m torn between cutting just my bias’s individual subscription or subscribing to all 6 members T_T please tell me if you know the kids’ individual private message tendencies

└Si-hwan: Classic good boy vibe? He kept replying formally at first then when people said use informal speech!! he immediately accepted and used informal speech, it was cute hehe Like a kind college senior, private messages come about once every two days?

Hwi: Total fox vibes… If a fox was born as a human that would be Seong-hwi wouldn’t it…. That sly tone appears exactly in messages, sometimes I feel like this kid is flirting with me, crazy…. Frequency is definitely once a day, definitely recommend subscribing to Hwi

Seon-woo: Seon-woo is also just lol exactly the same as the Kang Seon-woo you see on screen, proper best friend vibes, internal intimacy builds like crazy. Private message frequency is a bit sporadic but when they come, they come in huge amounts

Si-hyeok: Si-hyeok is also slightly Si-hwan style but much more polite? Lol Si-hyeok also has Si-hyeok’s own charm, always messages asking if you ate first, and always sends good dreams at 12 o’clock,,, like an alarm clock

Ha-ru: I thought Ha-ru would be blunt but he’s not?? His speech is full of aegyo and he often asks us questions first hehe. Oh and first, his profile pic is insane, really damn handsome… This might be too much personal taste lol. Frequency seems to come about 3 times a week?

Ha-woon: Ah really soft rice cake itself, cutie Ha-woon T_T I don’t have a younger sibling but if I had a real younger brother I’d want him to be like Ha-woon. Totally bright and adorable, you can feel bright energy from the text? Ha-woon also comes really often, seems to come almost daily

└Wow thank you for such detailed info

Stories and tales related to CENTIX poured out endlessly.

And a preview video uploaded to MBS NeoTube account accelerated that fierce firepower.

[※Shocking※ CENTIX really exists… They literally swept the basement level 3 ∥Weekly Idol EP. 384 ∥ Weekly Idol EP. 384]

—Wow crazy

—Finally their first variety show attack!!

—As expected the start is WI lol ah just watching the 1-minute preview you can feel it’s going to be seriously entertaining

—Why are all 6 members’ eyes completely rolled back in the preview, I’m scared

Everyone was only anticipating the day when 〈Weekly Idol〉 would air.

Then someone suddenly remembered the huge event squeezed in between.

—Whoa the first fan signing is in two days

└Wow really T_T the people who won are so enviable seriously