The Idol Who Returned from Hell Chapter 181

The dreamlike fan meeting had come to an end.

Song Ji-won, naturally swept up by the crowd and emerging from the handball arena, was still in a dazed state as she looked up at the dark sky.

‘I feel like I can still hear the kids’ voices in my ears.’

The effect of the super-sized speakers that couldn’t be seen on music show stages was tremendous.

The sound was so vivid and powerful that it sent chills throughout her body, leaving her consciousness still at the fan meeting venue.

There were quite a few things she had to do before catching the bus.

‘Memo, I need to memo right away!’

Whether it’s fan sign events or fan meetings, when experiencing things directly with eyes and ears, it’s the golden rule to write them down while all senses are still vivid.

Song Ji-won turned on her phone’s memo app and wrote down CENTIX’s fan meeting timeline as she remembered it.

She was disappointed she couldn’t take photos of the stage, but she diligently recorded her impressions and best moments while looking at the few photos remaining in her gallery.

‘Come to think of it, Si-hwan seemed to be shouting something during the stage when he was wearing the penalty costume.’

Even though her seat was right in the center, there was some distance from the main stage.

Plus, the rich sound that overwhelmingly filled her eardrums made it impossible to properly hear such small interactions.

Unable to suppress her curiosity, Song Ji-won immediately accessed SNS.

MILLENNIUM who sat in the front row must have heard that.

Sure enough.

As always, MILLENNIUM didn’t disappoint her expectations.

Posts related to CENTIX had already completely occupied the community’s trending board.

[Fan Meeting Blond Ryu Photo Collection]

Shit shit shit shit shit it’s tragic that I couldn’t see this at the venue

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This looks like from 〈Chronic〉

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This shit is the real deal, Ryu holding an electric guitar and shouting rock and roll

Right now this homma seems to be uploading previews first, so when more photos come up I’ll faithfully collect them

—I was someone who steadfastly defended the black hair faction even during blond times, but my identity is starting to experience rapid confusion; is that human visual even real?

└I feel like I’ve said this hundreds of times but no matter how I look at it, there’s no way this human on my phone screen could be the same species as us, it doesn’t make sense

└Ah lol if Ryu Si-hwan is human then we become orcs, orcs

—You sisters really should have seen this at the venue. It’s not for nothing that all the noble young masters in manhwa come out with blond hair, you know?? That pale skin glows even more naturally

└Plus he was singing while playing guitar with that face, what can’t our god do

└Honestly when he played acoustic guitar I didn’t feel much, but seeing him play electric this time I might have fallen a little,,,, I guess I liked that delinquent-smelling visual

└Ah I totally agree with calling it delinquent lmao always looked so well-behaved but when leader Ryu bleached his hair he really looked like he was ready to party hard

└Corruption……not quite that but more like he discovered the true taste of rebellion

Among all those posts, the biggest topic of conversation was undoubtedly Ryu Si-hwan who came out with blond hair loaded.

As some of the commenters said, when he dyed it ash brown, there was extreme conflict between the black hair faction and brown hair faction.

However, the blond visual shown at today’s fan meeting managed to unite both factions.

Song Ji-won saved the preview photos while hoping the edited versions would be uploaded soon.

While scrolling down, she searched for penalty costume stage photos too, and sure enough, previews of pink princess Ryu Si-hwan were also uploaded.

[Dress Envy Properly Hitting Leader Ryu Princess Shots]

The costume team kids are being too serious about penalties LOL. Tiara, gloves, and shoes, they brought in a complete Disney princess

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This is my personally cherished gif, Si-hwan holding a magic wand with a sullen expression

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There are lots of gifs with the oldest line standing together lol. Seon-woo and his face combo matched well so I enjoyed watching too

And the long-awaited highlight

I’m not sure if I’m the only one who captured this lmao. I analyzed the lip movements from this motion shot

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Seon-woo says something to Si-hwan → Si-hwan hesitates a bit then draws a heart with the magic wand → look closely at his lip movements and it’s “Moe moe kyun!” LMAO this is beyond insane T_T

—Ah crazy so he was shouting moe moe kyun? LOL leader Ryu’s mouth was moving so I wondered what it was, but he was chanting a spell

└Ah I’m sad being an online fan, the broadcast cam didn’t catch that T_T

└Victory always belongs to those at the venue

—I never thought I’d see the “Oishiku nare~♡” I only saw on NeoTube shorts here… Plus my bias doing that wearing a pink princess outfit is…

—Anyone can see the hairtail fish next to him input the spell command right? LOL

└Yeah yeah seems right, the moment hairtail fish said something Si-hwan’s hesitant expression appeared then he immediately executed it

└Kang Seon-woo giving that order is insane and Ryu Si-hwan actually doing it is also insane LOL

‘Right, that was it!’

Finally her curiosity was resolved.

When she saw from a distance what Ryu Si-hwan was shouting, she had no clue at all.

Fans in the front rows who captured that scene managed to read Ryu Si-hwan’s magic spell.

Song Ji-won laughed while saving the gif of Kang Seon-woo whispering and Ryu Si-hwan casting his magic spell, even though the quality wasn’t great.

‘No matter how I look at it, Si-hwan’s penalty costume seems like Seon-woo made it?’

Having been a CENTIX fan for more than just a day or two, she could tell.

That level of excitement and those gradually rising eye corners even when unintentional.

Kang Seon-woo was definitely having the happiest moment of his life seeing Ryu Si-hwan caught in the outfit he set up.

She wasn’t the only one feeling this way.

Later when private messages or K-Live opened, everyone would ask questions then.

The rest of the posts all contained detailed impressions of what CENTIX’s fan meeting was like.

Seeing people who, just like her, still hadn’t escaped the afterglow of the fan meeting, Song Ji-won smiled softly.

Then suddenly.

[Was ambitiously preparing this event but personally failed at my individual goal.]

Pulled off an event surprise like you’d see at a solo concert, actually made the members cry rivers and wail

But I wanted to see that composed Ryu quietly standing and silently shedding tears!! But I failed miserably because Ryu alone calmly sang along to Reminder lmao

Looking at the preview photos he seems a bit choked up…… but I’m not a person who’ll be satisfied with just choked up, you know, I want to see that usually totally unflappable person completely breaking down and crying

Ha, impregnable fortress Ryu, I will definitely capture him crying at the solo concert

She discovered a post overflowing with madness.

At first it was just funny, but thinking about it, Ryu Si-hwan really was the only one who held back tears during the fans’ surprise 〈Reminder〉 event.

Song Ji-won wasn’t someone who maniacally pursued gaps opposite to usual images like the post author, but after reading the post, she found herself naturally imagining it.

‘……I do want to see Si-hwan crying at least once.’

MILLENNIUM who were immersed in the afterglow seemed to feel the same way, as they were even having idea discussions in the comments.

—Now that I think about it, having fans sing was kind of obvious,,, I feel like that fox Ryu Si-hwan would have noticed right away

└Should we bring more plot twists?? What would be good

└Solo concerts will be in bigger venues than now so there will be more available options

└Or instead of keeping the fan message period short like now, we could set it generously to secure time to make something different

└That’s not something we can decide though, Rave is the one doing it

└Shit can’t we just have fans make it ourselves and give it to Rave?

└World’s first company that seriously extracts even the fans lol my heart feels petty

Even though fan power had become much stronger, there was almost no way to interfere with company-hosted events.

But thinking oppositely, as some people said, the picture of fans rolling up their sleeves to help even with concert VCR events was also strange.

Since everyone was determined to make all members wail at the solo concert, this would be discussed later.

‘It’s April but the night air is still chilly.’

Song Ji-won pulled up her hood while looking at the long bus line.

Turning off her phone and looking up at the sky, she gradually felt the sensation of returning to the real world.

The fatigue from screaming, jumping, and waving all kinds of items for over 2 hours also hit her all at once.

Judging by the muscle pain size, she’d clearly be bedridden for about two days.

She boarded the bus while staggering, but still had absolutely no regrets.

‘I enjoyed it to the fullest!’

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Meanwhile, it wasn’t only the fans who were enjoying themselves.

“Everyone worked so so so so hard! Since we endured just for this day, let’s properly drink and go! Cheers!”

“Woah, cheers.”

I responded lukewarmly to Kang Seon-woo’s toast, who was even more excited than during the fan meeting.

I didn’t particularly want to drink alcohol, but times like this when we could relax together for after-parties weren’t common.

Moreover……

“Ha-ru, you watching carefully?”

“I’m watching carefully.”

“You pour soju up to about this point and stop. Otherwise it really becomes a bomb drink and you’ll be gone instantly.”

“Yes.”

“Then you pour beer on top and tap the bottom once with a spoon! Complete!”

There was also Chae Ha-ru, who was experiencing this kind of official drinking gathering for the first time since becoming an adult.

As the leader, I couldn’t not participate.

Well, even if I didn’t step in directly, Chae Ha-ru was already captivated by Kang Seon-woo who was emanating hardcore department head company dinner vibes.

Watching the golden ratio of beer and soju instruction proceed from the very beginning, it seemed I’d need to intervene soon.

“Brother, you should definitely drink today, okay?”

And beside me, a drink inevitably flew over.

Seong-hwi, who had been saying he was a soju person since before, extended a full glass with an eye smile.

“Whether you hold a beer glass or soju glass, choose quickly. My arm hurts.”

“If your arm hurts, just put it down.”

“I need to show you how eagerly I’m waiting for you to react.”

Seong-hwi was saying nonsensical things.

Still, since it was such a commemorative day, I was also planning to loosen up a bit.

‘Mm. Still bitter even after not drinking for a while.’

After drinking one glass of soju, I wiped my mouth and frowned.

No matter how much I’d been to hell and back, the bitter taste of alcohol was still hard to get used to.

The staff table was even more excited than us.

“Si-hwan! Really, really thank goodness!”

“What do you mean—?”

“I was really worried! I was so worried about what would happen if this didn’t go well. I’m so relieved that we safely passed this hurdle!”

It was the planning director showing a completely different way of speaking than usual.

At this level, his tongue seemed twisted about three times.

I gave him an appropriate reaction while looking at him giggling.

“I was also worried about the comeback but I’m glad the results turned out well.”

“Same here, same! Speaking of which, Si-hwan.”

“Yes?”

“Should we go big for our next comeback? It’s about time for a full album, right!”

“Ah, a full album.”

“I never imagined the fan meeting would become this big. I couldn’t even imagine it! Now I’m even getting greedy, wondering what it would have been like if this was a concert! So let’s quickly release a full album to collect more songs, then……”

Right, I was thinking the exact same thing.

That the time had come to release a full album.

But shouldn’t important topics like this be discussed in the meeting room later?

I glanced at Kang Seon-woo behind me, who was spinning a soju bottle and even showing off tornadoes.

‘……As always, it’s a complete mess.’