I’m a Genius Idol but my Passive is Sunfish Chapter 91

‘Please be an easy mission.’

 

Trying out attending as audience for the first time in her life, even sleeping on the street, Baepsae really wanted to see her bias happy with her own two eyes.

 

Meanwhile, Yeonha, having checked the mission content, looked around.

 

— What could be Mr. Yeonha’s mission?

 

— Seems like he’s looking for something right now, right? Yes! As we speak, the Blue Team’s last runner also picks up a mission paper!

 

Checking the mission, the Blue Team also ran to the waiting seats following Yeonha.

 

“Baepsae-nim, it looks like a mission to bring a person, right?”

 

“Yes. Oh?! Over there is…!”

 

Every fan gathered in the stadium was focusing on the last runner’s move. Shiyoon standing up and asking Yeonha about the mission was captured on the electronic board.

 

A brief conversation exchanged, then suddenly the surroundings became chaotic. Daehwan and DASE nearby started pushing Baekya.

 

— Yes, what is the situation with the White Team now?

 

Baekya shaking his head and refusing to go out with his whole body was zoomed in.

 

‘What on earth is it?’

 

However, resistance was futile. As Yeonha snatched his wrist and started running, Baekya had to run too to avoid falling.

 

The Blue Team, starting at a similar timing, was also running towards the finish line.

 

— Both teams start simultaneously!

— A 3-3 tie situation! Which team will be the winner of this Lunar New Year Special Idol Star Athletics Championships!?

 

Behind the commentary heightening the tension, voices of fans chanting for Blue and White Teams filled the stadium.

 

— Which team will win, Yes! As we speak, they cross the finish line simultaneously!

— We are waiting for the result to see what judgment the referee will make.

 

A moment later, the referee raised the white flag.

 

Cheers erupted from the White Team. Now, if they properly completed the content written on the mission paper, this ISAC victory belonged to the White Team.

 

— Mr. Baekya, are you okay? Geez, Mr. Yeonha. Aren’t you dragging your junior too roughly?*

— Roughly? How would you know that.

 

Collapsed as soon as he crossed the finish line, Baekya was catching his breath.

 

Yeonha, flustered by the MCs’ teasing, stroked Baekya’s head pretending to care for him. As the image of the two was captured in close-up, tremendous cheers poured out.

 

— ID seems to have a very good senior-junior relationship? Seeing Mr. Yeonha’s warm appearance caring for his junior suddenly when caught on camera, what a touching sight.

— You look very exhausted from running, so we will give both teams a moment to catch your breath.

 

Youngsam joked that although M-Company planned the program for fun, everyone rushed in as if it were life or death.

 

“Baekya drinking water…!”

 

As Baekya drinking water was captured on the electronic board, Baepsae covered her mouth, unable to hide her emotion.

 

— Yes. I think this is enough time to catch your breath. Shall we proceed?

 

Since this was the final event, Youngsam said he’d personally check the mission and stepped down from the MC booth. Approaching Yeonha and Baekya, he held out his hand, and Yeonha passed him the mission slip.

 

— The White Team’s mission is ‘Bring a cutie who has lots of aegyo, is cute, and lovely’.

 

As the mission was revealed, enormous cheers rang out.

 

In fact, the mission paper just said ‘Bring a cute person’, but being an entertainer to the bone, he deliberately exaggerated for fun.

 

Baekya, meanwhile, turned bright red at the shocking content. Unable to find words, he froze with a blank expression.

 

— Does Mr. Baekya usually show aegyo to Mr. Yeonha often? You brought him out without a shred of hesitation.

 

— Our Baekya is very good at biting hearts.

 

— Ah~ Biting heart!

 

Yeonha smoothly added that he doubted anyone present had never done a biting-heart gesture before.

 

Nodding in agreement, Youngsam turned to Baekya with another question.

 

— Lucifer appearing at Satan’s school… As the founder of the biting heart, would you say you’re usually full of aegyo?

 

— I, I….

 

Flustered, Baekya glanced at the members and stuttered. When his eyes met Yulmu’s, Yulmu started chanting some strange cheer as support.

 

— Sexy Cutie Han Baekya!

 

— Mr. Yulmu, personal comments are forbidden. Warning for White Team.

 

As Youngsam retorted playfully, Yulmu put his hands together in mock apology.

 

Embarrassed by his member’s action, Baekya nodded roughly with his head down and was sneaking away from Youngsam. However, Youngsam pulled Baekya back asking where he was going.

 

When asked again if he admitted to having lots of aegyo, Baekya nodded once more.

 

Anyone could tell he desperately wanted to return to his seat. But Youngsam wasn’t about to let a peach that rolled into his lap go to waste.

 

— The aegyo acknowledged by ID, the Korean entertainment industry, and even himself! Just how amazing will it be? Surely we can’t not see it, right?

 

Fans cheered at Youngsam’s hosting. On the other hand, Baekya’s eyes were fluctuating with a face full of thoughts.

 

— Do you perhaps need practice? Or maybe a demonstration.

 

Youngsam was definitely teasing the confused Baekya. As Baekya only rolled his eyes without answering, Youngsam gestured towards Yeonha.

 

— Mr. Yeonha, please give a demonstration as a senior. It seems the junior finds it too difficult.

 

— Aegyo? Where is the camera?

 

Yeonha showed no sign of panic at the sudden request. He found the camera and gave a playful wink.

 

The cheer that followed was incomparably louder than before.

 

— We enjoyed Mr, Yeonha’s demonstration aegyo~ Then Mr. Baekya, I’ll count now. If the aegyo verification fails, the opportunity passes to the Blue Team.*

 

— What? There’s no such rule…!

 

— It’s right here. You must not know yet since you’re still a rookie, but this industry isn’t that easy.

 

Youngsam wrapped his mischief up as a ‘valuable lesson’.

 

— For your information, winking is not allowed. Since Mr. Yeonha already did it, you can’t do the same thing. Now, then. One! Two!

 

Before Youngsam’s count even started, Baekya’s face was zoomed in on the electronic board.

 

Someone else’s misfortune is my joy.

 

As everyone watched Baekya’s suffering, the hamster who’d been dragged out mid-snack, still chewing on his MaXxchew, looked utterly lost.

 

Baekya shot Yeonha, who was holding back laughter, a brief glare of resentment. Like a sunfish forced to swallow mustard, he finally performed his aegyo.

 

Simultaneously as Youngsam shouted three, the Aegyo King squeezed his eyes shut.

 

Attaching a half heart made with his hand to the side of his face, he presented a new heart.

 

“Gasp!”

 

Baepsae fainted right then and there.

 

* * *

 

[A new quest has arrived!]

[Q. Cook Special Tteokguk: Caw~ caw~ Lunar New Year was yesterday~ Make tteokguk and earn Star Points… (See more)]

 

“What the….”

 

Late afternoon. Baekya, just waking up from sleep, mumbled blankly staring into space.

 

“Tteokguk my ass.”

 

Baekya frowned at the Lunar New Year quest appearing in the idol game.

 

‘Please just make me do things related to being a genius idol, you guys….’

 

Messing up his disheveled hair, Baekya writhed.

 

“Baekya wake up! Namkyung is here!”

 

DASE, having successfully finished ISAC recording, received a one-day vacation from the company. Cheong threw off the blanket and left the room, and Baekya clumsily slid off the bed after him.

 

He felt fully rested for once. Stretching as he went out to the living room, Namkyung was putting his bag down on the table.

 

“What is that?”

 

“You’re up? You could’ve slept more.”

 

“Baekya fell asleep first yesterday. And when I went in, he was already awake.”

 

Cheong, sitting on the sofa chewing worm jelly, answered.

 

“Is it good?”

 

“Here! King Sword.”

 

Cheong pulled out the biggest gummy worm from the bag and offered it. When Baekya shook his head, Yulmu, sitting beside them, snatched it away.

 

“Ack! My King Sword!”

 

“Thank you~ And you mean king-sized.”

 

“You rascals, eat proper meal.”

 

Namkyung clicked his tongue at the members snacking first thing in the morning.

 

“So what is this?”

 

Yooyeon asked, taking black pouches out of the bag. It was the second time asking because Namkyung hadn’t answered.

 

“Ah, this is a camera.”

 

One action cam with a handle and a mirrorless camera with a microphone attached. Baekya, sitting next to Yooyeon, looked at them together with curiosity.

 

“You guys have to film a vlog.”

 

“Vlog?”

 

“Since the next comeback is a full album, there’s a lot to prepare. Even if we hurry, it will take time until the comeback, so we want to reduce the hiatus as much as possible.”

 

Thus, they came up with DASE’s self-content plan. There are a few more concepts currently in meeting, but the vlog was one of them.

 

“If we give you cameras, you can film among yourselves.”

 

“That’s true but….”

 

Baekya, holding the action cam, answered unconfidently.

 

“Me! There is something I want to do!”

 

Cheong, coming down from the sofa, stuck close to Baekya and looked into the camera together.

 

“Turn it on.”

 

“It’s already on.”

 

Taking the camera from Baekya’s hand, Cheong unfolded the tripod and set it on the table. Baekya, who didn’t even know the handle had a tripod function, opened his eyes wide and looked at Cheong.

 

“How did you know this could be a tripod?”

 

“It’s all on Y-Tube.”

 

What an SNS addict.

 

Baekya, who had really restricted Cheong’s Y-Tube to Kids Mode after winning the Real Maknae showdown, cast a suspicious glance.

 

“I saw it a long time ago, long time ago.”

 

Cheong recoiled dramatically when their eyes met, hurriedly explaining.

 

“Really really!”

 

“Okay, I’ll believe you.”

 

“Ha! Geez.”

 

Avoiding Baekya’s suspicious stare, Cheong quickly held out the jelly in front of the lens. He spread his palm to cover the logo on the back of the bag.

 

“Today I will do a jelly mukbang.”

 

After briefly showing the product, he reached back into the bag with a rustle. Cheong pulled out two gummy worms, popped them into his mouth, and started chewing enthusiastically.

 

“…What are you doing?”

 

Yooyeon asked, watching with a dumbfounded expression.

 

“Mukbang.”

 

Cheong went on to boast that he had tons of other ideas too—makeup, games, cooking—pouring out all the Y-Tube knowledge he had stored inside him.