The penalty was stolen by VTIC.

Then, the two of you, please come up to the stage!

Oh, too bad!

Its a bit unfair~

Instead of putting me out, one other guy and one VTIC member, who voluntarily stepped on the gold and went into the penalty, were hit with water balloons with unremarkable reactions.

Seeing his appearance that didnt have any special features and would have passed by in a three-second-cut if he wasnt a guy who sold 1.8 million albums in the first week, as Keun Sejin said, it seemed he really didnt have much passion for entertainment.

It meant he didnt get eliminated on purpose to get enough footage.

Then, does that proud face really come from a caring heart for new idols?

It was a real mistake, but isnt it more convincing to say that he did it because he was embarrassed?

My eyes met Keun Sejins. Smiling like a painting, he pointed his finger at himself.

It was frustrating but it couldnt be helped, it seemed to mean that he would actively try to get a penalty next time.

Now, for this team match~ Find ssanghwacha[1]Ssanghwacha is a traditional herbal medicine that has been widely used for thousands of years, especially during the Joseon Dynasty, to treat infirmity, relieve fatigue, and facilitate recovery after an illness. !

However, in the next team match, this strange and ridiculous situation continued.

No egg yolks! The team of the first person to choose the ssanghwacha will lose~ Now, lets dance to the music and choose!

In short, it was a game with an ambiguous 90s vibe that combined chair stealing and randomness.

Its all about luck.

Thinking that I would pass this one, I chose it without thinking much about it. With the way things were going, it would be funnier if I got caught.

Of course, it was much more likely that I got the one with the egg yolk.

Ah, Moondae-ssi! Pass!

And it came true. The ssanghwacha I chose had yolk in it.

Then the VTIC guys clapped and started to make a fuss.

Oh, thats amazing!

Wow, how did you get it right like this?

Whats wrong with you, bastards.

I gave a rough answer and moved on, but it was obvious that they werent trying to make fun of me, it was an ambiguous and unnatural warm-hearted kindness.

In the end, the MC, who couldnt watch it, tried to make it funny by pointing it out.

No, since a while ago, why are the two of you only showing great reactions to Moondae?

Ah, hyung-nim, you dont know anything~ The popular ones are close to each other~!

Is that so~?

The VTIC guys waved their hands.

No, no~ Were just good friends!

It was cool that he got it right without thinking much about it.

Rather than supporting the claim, they just denied it, so the picture became ambiguous again. I guessed it was true that those two were bad at entertainment.

But why are you trolling me with that?

Are you trying to screw with me?

I took a look at them just in case, but I didnt feel any signs of provocation.

Its driving me crazy.

And this time, the punishment was taken by the MallangDalkom member.

Look closely! Isnt it yolk? Its a canned one, right?!

Argh!

The penalty was gosamcha[2]Gosamcha = one of Korean tea and apparently tastes very bitter. . Youngrin, who carried out the punishment together as the doppelganger, did a one-shot without changing her expression, eliciting reactions even from the staff.

Im jealous.

It would have been nice if I had drank the gosamcha and spit it out.

At this rate, I wouldnt be able to get a penalty and ended up as a reaction folding screen and side footage for VTIC.

Should I be more active?

While I was thinking about changing the route, the filming stopped for a while.

Cut! Ill go ahead and renew it~

Lets check our microphones for a moment.

Yes!

It was time for a short maintenance and a break.

Im going to the bathroom.

Yeah.

Keun Sejin sneaked out following the MC, and I deliberately sipped my drink and waited for the timing.

Then the opponents moved first.

Hello, hubae-nim~

We were in such a hurry that we couldnt even say hello properly, right?

The VTIC guys smiled and talked to me.

Although they were the ones who never introduced themselves, they couldnt straighten their faces for social life.

Yes, its been a while, sunbae-nims.

Ah~ Sunbae-nim sounds so awkward. Just call us hyung!

Thats right. Dont call us that, its like were too old.

Rather than the impression that these guys with 8-years differences were saying something without conscience, I felt something that I had felt earlier.

Hmm?

You guys Why are you guys so awkward?

They look like theyre breaking into cold sweats.

It seemed they tried to talk to me warmly and kindly in their own way, but there were limits.

The guys who used to do this So, it wasnt the kind of feeling that I was accustomed to with people of influence like Keun Sejin or Ryu Chungwoo.

It seemed they werent used to being a sociable older person.

Whats with them?

Lets give them a proper answer first.

Its not a matter of age, you are great seniors, how I can call you carelessly like that

What do you mean with great senior~ Ugh!

Just call us comfortably!

Wow, these guys are working hard.

This was more embarrassing than when the penalty was stolen earlier.

I was speechless. Perhaps thinking it was an implicit agreement, the two men exchanged glances.

Then, one of them opened his mouth with a dry cough.

Hmm, variety shows are very difficult, right?

Yes? Yes

Without the two of you, the level of difficulty would have dropped by two levels.

But both of them had proud faces.

Oh, dont overdo it while filming If youre having a hard time, send me SOS. Ill help you.

??

Ah, dont feel pressured! If you get a junior later, treat them well. Dont mind us.

And these two guys were exchanging expressions like Oh, arent you good at talking?.

It was amazing.

I put up with the headache and asked openly.

Then, the gold you stepped on earlier.

Haha! No~ Was it that obvious?

No, I think this hubae just has a good sense.

Right? Anyway Dont worry too much. It just happened to be~

Now, I knew for sure.

These guys, they did it completely out of goodwill.

They said the road to hell is paved with good intentions, and it was exactly what happened.

In addition, their idea of helping was one-dimensional.

Even considering that they didnt have much experience in entertainment shows, they didnt seem to be the kind of people who knew how to roll their brains.

I think theyll be robbed of a warranty or a business scam within five years.

No matter how smoothly the VTIC grew, considering that they had been in this hellish K-pop society for eight years, they were pretty dull.

Are they the ones that Cheongryeo added to change to the group?

If he looked for people who wouldnt get into accidents and were easy to deal with, it could be these kinds of people.

Anyway, they didnt seem to have any complicated thoughts, so I could just cut them off in moderation.

Thank you very much. But Im going to try as hard as I can. You dont have to be considerate like you did before.

Huh?

The slightly flustered guys pondered for a while before opening their mouths again with embarrassed faces.

Um, actually, I heard something from Cheongryeo hyung.

??

What is this again.

He wouldnt have said anything useless.

Right as the top of my head was about to cool down, the guy in front of me smiled.

No, Moondae-ssi is really hardworking and a good junior, so please treat him well, he said something like that!

!!

Thats right! But hes the kind of person who doesnt really say things like that.

Yeah. He had very few close friends It was amazing that he got close to hubae-nim.

Were not close.

He may look a little gloomy, but Still, Jaehyun, I mean, Cheongryeo hyung is a lot better than you think.

Thats right. He donated half of his settlement to the stray dogs center.

Heol, he donated half of it?

Yeah, I was freaked out more than when hyung used a bank app.

He lives like a mountain spirit, but he really likes animals.

The two of them talked and then got lost in a conversation among themselves. And when they came to their senses, they awkwardly fell out of it.

No, why did the topic go this way? Anyway, this is also meant to be, so if you have any difficulties during todays filming, tell me~ Its something like that.

Are you having a hard time now?

I heard so much nonsense that I suddenly got distracted.

I punched myself inside.

Who the f*ck cares? Get a grip.

Whether Cheongryeo was the guardian of stray dogs or not, it was his business.

What mattered now was my goal. The current shooting.

I picked out the vocabulary and opened my mouth.

Actually

After explaining the situation I was in, the two were horrified when I indirectly informed them that I was actually aiming for a penalty.

Heol! Really?

Hey, Im sorry!

Should I drive the penalty to you now?

Can you do this as a penalty?

Its fine.

Instead, I made a light request, and the VTIC members readily agreed.

Hey, Moondae~

Right after that, Keun Sejin returned from the bathroom.

Did you hear something good?

So so. You?

Hey, I went to the bathroom, so how could I hear anything good~?

Seeing him smile while answering, it seemed he had achieved something, but his mouth said something else.

Sure enough, the loots soon popped out.

Just Somehow our paths ended up overlapping, so I had a conversation with MC Choi Hosoo. And we exchanged numbers.

As expected.

Looks like you had a fruitful conversation.

Well, we talked about the direction of the entertainment show.

Keun Sejin grinned.

I said the two of us would never get a penalty.

!

So, I am going to try to get a reaction by giving you a penalty somehow.

It was great.

* * *

The second half of the filming ended well with the cooperation of several cast members.

Looks like it came out better than planned.

Now it was a matter of editing, but honestly, I wasnt too worried.

I wouldnt cut this out if I were the PD.

Thank you for your hard work.~

Good job!

Yeah, it was great today!

Anyway, I left the set after bowing my head just like when I first arrived.

And in the car on my way to the next schedule.

After the filming ended well, an unwelcome call suddenly came into the quiet and peaceful atmosphere.

[VTIC Cheongryeo sunbae-nim: I heard you met the kids at the filming today.]

[VTIC Cheongryeo sunbae-nim: How is it? I hope it was helpful ^^]

Sigh.

Since the moment I met the VTIC guys, I thought it would be like this somehow.

It was ridiculous, but if you looked at it like this, the content of the message itself was somehow normal.

The problem with meeting him is that hes crazy.

After pressing my eyelids a few times, I replied.

[Yes, the sunbae-nims helped me. Thank you.]

And surprisingly, I got a reply after a while.

[VTIC Cheongryeo sunbae-nim: Im glad they helped. Dont you want to work with better team members again?]

F*ck.

Whatever I do, are you going to tell me to quit and start all over again?

VTIC guys nonsense echoed in my mind.

Jaehyun, I mean, Cheongryeo hyung is a lot better than you think. A lot better A lot better

Like hell he was.

That meant all the decent people were freezing to death.

But the VTIC guys didnt seem to lie about it. In other words, the example itself seemed to be the truth.

Just try it once.

With superhuman patience, I tried to reply by assuming that the other person was normal for once.

[I dont want to. And just hearing that kind of thing over and over again is very stressful. Im almost at my limit just thinking about the mission.]

[I am really having a hard time, so please stop it.]

And there was no reply for a long time.

Did I step on a landmine?

However, even if my burial in a wild mountain had entered a countdown, I would never die alone.

I need to make this bastard socially dead, too.

Leaning on my neck pillow, I began to polish the inside that I had thought of before.

Somehow It was like a repetitive labor to calm the mind.

Hmm.

Then, again, a reply came back all of sudden.

[VTIC Cheongryeo sunbae-nim: Got it.]

!

Several tens of seconds passed.

After that, the next text arrived.

[VTIC Cheongryeo sunbae-nim: Im sorry.]

The text ended with that.

Phew.

I turned off my smartphone and closed my eyes again.

People were so mysterious.

* * *

When Park Moondae was lost in thought in the car, articles were slowly popping up on the Internet.

[Choi Hosoos <Saturday Party>, a special lineup is coming From VTIC to Testar]

[Testars variety show outing? Shooting <Saturday Party>, Please look forward to it!]

Heol, Vtic, Testar

Im so glad that they appear on a variety show, not as co-hosts

I know, right

Cheongryeo and Park Moondae were really funny I want to see them again, are they going to come out?

And shortly afterward, it was also revealed which of Testar members would appear.

Moondae and Keunsen

Ah, its Moondae, I love it

Saturday party. Finally, the day has come for Mom to open up to Testar business!

Congratulations.

Why Lee Se-jin; Shouldnt Cha Eugene come out?

I think its because hes a member of the variety show?

Youre talking as if he is. Its funny that 6th place comes out first. He doesnt know his place, but if you think about their recognition or popularity, shouldnt first place or second place winner come out first?

The momentum to risk ones life on one variety show

People will think its us who put them in

Moondae fighting!

And after examining all these reactions, there were also people who were relieved.

Theres almost no one cursing at Moondae!

The graduate student was relieved and left the page she was reading. She was Park Moondaes fan who browsed the Internet after being sunk by a wave of English comments on WeTube.

Recently, there was a favorable atmosphere toward Moondae, so she was excited.

Her homma friend seemed very uneasy, but it didnt make much sense to her.

Isnt it nice that everyone knows Moondae is kind and cute?

Thinking back on the days when she was worried that Moondae would see malicious comments, she felt like a fairy now.

Im looking forward to the variety show!

The graduate student laughed and stomped her feet on the bed, but she couldnt resist her fangirling heart and logged on to WeTube.

Then she clicked on a thumbnail that was still on the list of top video rankings

I should watch it one more time before I go to sleep.

It was Testars new music video.

1. Ssanghwacha is a traditional herbal medicine that has been widely used for thousands of years, especially during the Joseon Dynasty, to treat infirmity, relieve fatigue, and facilitate recovery after an illness. 2. Gosamcha = one of Korean tea and apparently tastes very bitter.