I’m Debuting With The Bias I Killed Chapter 68

Chapter 68

 

“……?”

No one could immediately say anything.

Go Jae-seong’s expression in particular said it all.

A look that seemed to ask, ‘What the fuck are you talking about?’

After a brief silence.

“……Ahahaha, I’m kidding!”

Jang Hyeon-jun burst out laughing.

“Ah, what was that?”

“You scared me…”

Relieved laughter spread throughout the meeting room.

“Got you all, didn’t I?”

Go Jae-seong also forced a laugh.

“Haha, you really got me.”

“You should just become an actor, Hyeon-jun.”

But Jang Hyeon-jun didn’t stop smiling.

“I’m voting for trainee Yoo Seong-woo.”

This time, he wasn’t joking.

“No, why all of a sudden…”

Yoo Seong-woo cut him off.

“Why ‘all of a sudden’?”

“…….”

It was the moment the alliance of the three collapsed.

PD Seon was practically going crazy because he didn’t want to waste this situation. The agency had asked them to refrain from editing the footage as maliciously as possible.

‘Ha, if this weren’t an in-house survival show…….’

With a scene this good, he was confident they could turn the entire internet upside down with just the preview.

Yoo Seong-woo stood up.

“So, the result is decided, right?”

“Ah, even so.”

Go Jae-seong hurriedly spoke.

“Shouldn’t we hear Un-jo’s opinion too?”

Yoo Seong-woo obediently sat back down. His attitude was astonishingly relaxed.

‘That kid is still a minor?’

Choi Un-jo tilted his head.

“Hmm, I think Jae-seong might be in danger.”

“……What?”

“I was going to choose Jae-seong.”

For a moment, the corner of Go Jae-seong’s mouth trembled slightly.

“But it’s over now, isn’t it?”

It had only been for a moment, but there was no way the camera hadn’t caught it.

“You guys are really going too far with the jokes today.”

He said it with a smile, but his face didn’t look like it was smiling at all.

“Being on a team with Seongwoo was fun…”

Choi Un-jo stood up.

“Such a shame.”

His expression didn’t look the least bit disappointed.

“Then, I’ll head back to the filming set now.”

Only Go Jae-seong still had an expression that couldn’t accept what had happened.

“Amnesia team, have you decided which trainee will move?”

Filming resumed, and Kang Se-jun asked the question.

“……Yes.”

“Please name them.”

Go Jae-seong picked up the microphone. But no words came out.

Time passed just like that.

The studio grew quiet.

About ten seconds later, the production staff watching the situation asked,

“Should we cut?”

“No.”

PD Seon raised his hand.

“Keep the cameras rolling.”

You couldn’t miss a scene like this.

“Slowly zoom in on his face.”

“Yes.”

The camera slowly zoomed in on Go Jae-seong’s face.

His anxiety, confusion, and the expression he was desperately trying to hide were all captured exactly as they were.

PD Seon watched the changes with interest.

Finally, Go Jae-seong opened his mouth.

“……Trainee Yoo Seong-woo.”

The studio immediately began to buzz.

“Who?”

“Yoo Seong-woo? Why?”

The My Girl team was the same.

It was an entirely unexpected name, so their reaction was only natural.

“Trainee Yoo Seong-woo.”

Kang Se-jun held out the microphone.

“Your team is changing. Please give us a few words about how you feel.”

Normally, in a situation like this, your expression would stiffen first. It was normal to feel your pride hurt at being sent away, and no matter how much you smiled, it would be obvious that it was forced.

But Yoo Seong-woo was different.

No, if anything, he looked like someone who had been waiting for this very moment.

“Huh?”

“What’s he doing?”

Yoo Seong-woo suddenly spun around once before striding toward Kang Se-jun.

His aggressive approach was enough to make even Kang Se-jun instinctively take a step back.

“Uh… yes. Trainee Yoo Seong-woo?”

How many people could actually manage to fluster Kang Se-jun? He barely managed to hold back his laughter.

‘This guy really is something.’

Yoo Seong-woo took the microphone and made eye contact with the camera lens.

‘What is he going to do now…….’

“Actually.”

He paused for a moment.

“I really, really wanted to do this.”

Yoo Seong-woo grinned.

“Do what……?”

“Be your boyfriend.”

The studio froze.

“…What?”

Yoo Seong-woo blew a kiss and swept his gaze from left to right.

“Ex-boyfriend.”

Left.

“Current boyfriend.”

Center.

“Future boyfriend.”

Right.

“Anything works.”

In an instant, the studio was turned upside down. It was the kind of spirit that could make even a politician campaigning for votes cry.

“Ahahahaha!”

“He’s fucking crazy!”

“What is wrong with him!”

Kang Se-jun had completely given up at this point.

“Ah…… yes.”

At that utterly dumbfounded expression, PD Seon finally burst out laughing.

Well, at most, he had expected an answer along the lines of ‘I’ll work hard’ or ‘I’ll do my best to help the new team’… something like that.

He hadn’t expected such a completely nonsensical answer.

The corners of his mouth gradually lifted.

Yoo Seong-woo scampered over toward Kang I-yul and Han Sang-yoon.

“Seongwoo, nice to meet you!!”

Ji Dong-seok fussed excitedly as he spun around the group.

The moment all four of them fit into the same frame, PD Seon became certain.

‘This is much more entertaining.’

 

***

 

Less than an hour after the team reshuffle ended, spoiler posts began popping up all over SNS.

Of course, it wasn’t as though people were carelessly dumping spoilers. Amid countless bait posts, they were leaving behind just one big fish.

 

[Rankings Out]

> You can just assume everything posted so far is baitㅇㅇ I was going to let it slide, but what the hell, Go is Code 1KEKEKEKE They’re posting half-assed information just to get attentionㅎㅎ

> Code 1 changed. It’s a trainee who’s never been Code 1 before, and things will probably be noisy for a while once the broadcast airsㅇㅇ

> And one trainee who was safely in the debut lineup got pushed down to Code 6.

> But the team reshuffle is probably more shocking than the rankings?

↳ What, is Sang-yoon finally getting first place?

 ↳↳ After shamelessly getting a benefit by taking advantage of everyone else’s votes, he’s even aiming for Code 1?

 ↳↳ Why do you keep taking your frustration out on our kid after your attempts to keep him in check backfired?

↳ You guys above, Sang-yoon has been Code 1 before. KEKEKE At the very beginning.

 ↳↳ Other than during the trainee period, he’s not exactly someone who gets first place often.

↳ Isn’t it Kang I-yul? He’s the first one to get both the team and individual benefits, isn’t he?

 ↳↳ ㅇㅇ Kang has a higher possibility than Han.

 ↳↳ ㅠㅠ I’d already be happy if he just re-entered the debut lineup, but if he really gets first place, I can dance a talchum while singing Shine in Gwanghwamun.

 ↳↳ I’m screenshotting this.

↳ Why is nobody talking about Seong-woo? Isn’t he a possibility too?

 ↳↳ You’re right, he has the team benefit tooㅇㅇ

 ↳↳ I feel like it won’t be him;; Code 3 seems about right.

 

[For one minute]

> Ask me questionsㅇㅇ, but I can skip whatever I want.

↳ Is there any chance one of Junnu or Geungyu survived?ㅠㅠ

 ↳↳ X

 ↳↳ Whoa, what rank?

 ↳↳ Then the number of eliminated trainees would become obvious, so I can’t tell you.

↳ Is Jae-seong in the debut lineup?

 ↳↳ ㅇㅇ Barely.

↳ Is Seongwoo maintaining his ranking?

 ↳↳ Maintaining? No, not maintaining. His ranking changed.

↳ Is Seongwoo’s team unchanged?

↳ Is I-yul in the top 3?

 ↳↳ ㅇㅇ

↳ Is Han in the debut lineup?

 ↳↳ ㅇㅇ

↳ Are there a lot of eliminated trainees from M2i girl?

 ↳↳ ㅇㅇ That’s why they brought someone over from another team.

 

One minute later, the spoiler disappeared without a trace.

The message board began trying to predict the rankings based on the answers they had left behind.

 

[Spoiler summary]

> Kang I-yul is in the top 3.

> Based on them saying Go Jae-seong barely maintained his place in the debut lineup, he’s Code 4 at the highest.

> Yoo Seong-woo’s ranking changed.

> Han Sang-yoon remains in the debut lineup.

> Seong Jun-nu and Jung Geun-gyu were eliminated >> Since they said they couldn’t reveal the number of eliminations because it would give away the number, there are probably at least two eliminations this time.

> One person moved to M2i girl from another team.

> If I roughly make some guesses,

Code 1: Kang I-yul

Code 2: Joo-han

Code 3: Han Sang-yoon

Code 4: Choi Un-jo or Yoo Seong-woo

Code 5: Go Jae-seong

Code 6: Yoo Seong-woo or Choi Un-jo

> Something like that?

↳ Why is Yoo Seong-woo a candidate for Code 6;; He’s definitely going to be in the top 3.

↳ Ha, the Un-jo big-name fans went crazy over their relationship chemistry and made a huge fuss on the official account to save their second favorite, and now this happened. If Choi Un-jo is Code 6, I’m gonna be fucking pissed.

↳ If it’s in that order, a first-tier debut is totally possible.

 ↳↳ Yeah, apparently it’s not possible because Jae-seong is there.

 ↳↳ What the hell are you talking about? Go Jae-seong has both public recognition and fandom right nowㅎㅎ

 

“Everything that was going to come out has come out, but they hid the important stuff well.”

Neither my ranking nor the fact that my team had changed had been revealed. The goldmine of content from next week’s episodes had been preserved.

However, there were occasionally some sharp questions.

 

↳ But didn’t they answer the question about Seongwoo’s team changing?

 ↳↳ Really? He deleted the post again after a minute, so I didn’t see it.

 ↳↳ Ah, don’t say ominous things like that;; Seongwoo has to stay in Amnesia.

↳ What are you gonna do if Seongwoo goes to M2i girl?

 ↳↳ I’ll fire arrows toward the people who voted to kick him out; what else?

 

“Eek–”

I hadn’t realized the atmosphere was this hostile toward My girl.

But it couldn’t be helped. After pulling that crazy stunt next to Kang Se-jun, I was absolutely going to get first place no matter what.

‘I’ll probably get some hate, but the lives of two people are at stake for me right now.’

 

↳ The person above seems way too worried for no reason;; There’s no reason Yoo Seong-woo would be kicked out in the first place, right? He’s a vocal-position trainee.

↳ Then who’s left in M2i girl?

 ↳↳ I-yul, Sang-yoon, Dongseok.

 ↳↳ Not bad?

 

“You know what you’re talking about.”

Of course. The atmosphere in our team right now was at its absolute best.

‘All I have to do is do well.’

“Hyung, is there any difficult part of the choreography?”

Kang I-yul, who had somehow already come right up to me, held out his hand.

I hurriedly put my phone down.

“Uh…… the chorus?”

“The chorus?”

For a moment, Kang I-yul’s eyes sparkled.

……I’m screwed.

“Could you teach me just that part again?”

“Of course!”

How could I refuse those innocent eyes?

But the problem was that I was in a situation similar to the Signal Song.

I already knew the choreography.

And I knew it very well.

“Hyung, from here, move your hand like this.”

“Yeah.”

“And pause for one beat!”

“Uh-huh.”

“Then you have to go back in.”

“Okay.”

It was like a private tutor and a student preparing for an exam.

The only difference was that the student had already memorized the answer key by heart.

From the beginning, I had been taking the possibility of moving to My girl into consideration. No matter how I looked at it, our team didn’t seem to have any eliminated members.

If the team changed, we would have only four days left, with effectively three days to practice.

Of course, if I turned the hourglass as if my life depended on it, it wasn’t impossible, but starting from zero with no foundation would be reckless.

So I created an item.

 

[※Item creation successful]

▶Item Name: Instant Capture Lens

▶Effect: Instantly captures a scene seen for a certain period of time and stores it in the eyes.

 

It was by far the shittiest name I had ever come up with, but surprisingly, the status window obediently produced the item.

‘It definitely likes things that are intuitive.’

I couldn’t exactly openly film the My girl team dancing, so I planned to keep replaying what I had seen once.

The problem came afterward.

‘I can’t just ask them to show me out of nowhere.’

So I decided to target my roommate, Han Sang-yoon.

As our room’s unofficial cleaning time was coming to an end, I naturally started a conversation.

“Hyung, how’s the choreography for My girl?”

The cleaner the room became, the more relaxed Han Sang-yoon tended to get.

“It’s doable. The choreography doesn’t feel that intense. What about you?”

“I’m dying. Look at this, the moves are insane.”

When I showed him the dance first, Han Sang-yoon naturally showed me the My girl choreography as well.

“Wow, it suits you so well, hyung.”

“Really?”

Compliments make Han Sang-yoon dance too. No, compliments in a clean room make Han Sang-yoon dance.

Thanks to that, I stored the My girl choreography in the lens.

After that, well, it was practically a one-man spy movie.

Sneaking around at the dorm, sneaking around in the bathroom, secretly turning the hourglass over again and again.

I practiced, and practiced some more.

That was why I hadn’t even been able to eat properly in the meantime. I had unexpectedly ended up practicing two songs.

Anyway, as a result of that tear-inducing espionage operation, I had already memorized all of the My girl choreography.

Which made things even more difficult now.

“Hyung, shall we try it again?”

“Huh?”

“This time, I’ll watch you from behind.”

No, you really don’t have to watch me anymore.

“One, two, three, four!”

Kang I-yul enthusiastically counted me in.

I deliberately danced a little awkwardly.

I couldn’t dance too well.

“Huh?”

Kang I-yul blinked.

“Hyung.”

“Yeah?”

“You’re better than I thought?”

My heart sank.

“Really?”

“Yeah. That was good just now.”

Ah.

‘Am I supposed to be happy about this?’

I had tried my hardest to pretend I was bad at dancing, and I got complimented instead.

Just how terrible did Kang I-yul think my dancing was?

“Hyung.”

“Yeah?”

“Let’s do it one more time.”

Kang I-yul was sincere.

He was genuinely, truly trying to help me.

Which made me feel even more guilty.

‘I-yul. I’m sorry.’

Actually, I know that part.

The problem is, I know it better than what you just taught me.