episode_0086

“Okay, then let’s start filming again.”

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As soon as one of the staff members hit the slate, the camera rolled and Han Si-woo started the process again.

“Yes~ Now, participant Ha Ye-rin has nominated participant Seo Yu-jin, the leader of another team. This was so unexpected that a meeting was held among the production team. As a result… .”

Two and two.

Han Si-woo made a small sound effect with his mouth.

Seeing the smile on his face, I could predict the outcome.

“I decided to admit it! Haha, like Yerin said, there was no rule that said a leader shouldn’t choose a leader! Instead, we will refrain from selecting leaders among ourselves, and the 3rd team contest, which was originally scheduled to be held with 6 teams, will be held with 5 teams!”

“Ahaha-! This 3rd team contest is really fun!”

“Yerin’s team looks really strong?”

Other trainers added their words as if responding to Han Si-woo’s progress.

Seeing that everyone had smiles on their faces and the atmosphere was not heavy, it seems like the production team decided to just overlook this incident.

“Now, only participant Seo Yu-jin’s answer remains. Contestant Seo Yujin! You have been nominated by contestant Yerin Hay! Do you accept it?”

“… Big.”

Seo Yu-jin, who had shed tears for a long time during the break earlier, had almost stopped crying now.

Seo Yu-jin wiped away the few tears left in her eyes with her forearm and shook her head earnestly like a child.

“Yes… ! yes must… , I accept it unconditionally!”

“Then, with this, participant Seo Yu-jin has become part of Ha Ye-rin’s team! Congratulations!”

And as soon as Han Si-woo finished speaking, he ran towards me like a puppy.

Normally, they had to stand in line behind me in the order in which they became team members, but Seo Yu-jin didn’t seem to want to do that, so she clung to my arm.

“No… , Eugene. Don’t stand here, go back… .”

Come on.

“Huh… .”

There is something called an engraving.

It is said that baby ducks that hatch from eggs consider the first moving objects they see to be their mothers and follow them around.

Seo Yu-jin seemed to have imprinted on me what happened today, so she stuck to my body and didn’t even think about leaving.

The kid who had always been glaring at me and shouting that he would win later was suddenly like this, and I was embarrassed… .

Squeeze.

… He felt like he was a kitten who had no one to rely on, so I just left him alone.

“… Eugene. Still, I have to say hello to other team members. Huh?”

“… … .”

Yeah well… , I didn’t mind that Seo Yu-jin was next to me, but the problem was that it wasn’t just me and Seo Yu-jin on our team.

When I told Seo Yu-jin to say hello to the other team members, Seo Yu-jin looked at me with hesitant eyes… .

“Ah, hello… , this is SAV Seo Yu-jin… . W, I will work hard… .”

She greeted her teammates in an attitude that made it difficult to believe that she was the old Seo Yujin.

Even team members who were familiar with Seo Yu-jin’s appearance were surprised to see her like that… .

“… Haha, please take care of me. Eugene.”

“… Please take care of me.”

Soon, he smiled awkwardly and greeted Seo Yu-jin.

As I looked at it, I could feel that the faces of my teammates were a little different from before.

Something… , An expression that seems to disapprove of Seo Yu-jin joining the team.

They seemed a little dissatisfied with the fact that I had brought in Seo Yu-jin, a risky participant, without consulting with the team members.

And that kind of look… .

“… … .”

… I also felt it from Park Yoo-jung, who was right in front of me.

**

“You are free to choose the song each team will perform in this 3rd team contest!”

For some reason, the production team gave us freedom in choosing songs.

I was embarrassed by the fact that it was the exact opposite of the production team’s usual practice of selecting songs based on sports such as roulette or archery… .

Anyway, free selection of songs… , It was very good news for the performers.

“The final song decision will be made the night before the contest. At that time, each team informs the production team of what song they decided to sing in the contest, and the decision is made. You can freely change the song until that day!”

Moreover, if you don’t feel like it, you can freely change the song until the night before the contest.

“Okay then, let the contest begin now! Each team must return to their assigned practice room!”

And so the contest began with quite extraordinary benefits.

Our team also moved to the assigned practice room and began discussing to select the song to be used in the competition.

of course… .

“… … .”

“… … .”

Even though this was my third time competing, the awkwardness did not go away easily when I first spoke with my team members.

And Park Yoo-jung stepped forward to solve this problem.

“Wow! Still, there seem to be a lot of friendly people in this team, and there are a lot of very talented people! Is this contest a complete 1st place?”

“Haha, that’s right.”

“Oh, sister. Have you lost weight recently? Your chin is absolutely sculpted!”

The awkward atmosphere quickly disappeared as Park Yoo-jung, who had been close to most of the participants from the beginning, took the lead in solving the problem.

And as soon as it seemed like the atmosphere had gotten a little better, Park Yoo-jung got to the point.

“Now, then, how about we select the rank before selecting the song? The leader has already been decided on Yerin, so I think we just need to pick a center.”

“… … !”

As soon as they heard that there was a rank selection, the team members flinched.

And most of their gazes… .

Sigh-.

… I turned to Seo Yujin.

There was no Naaah participant who did not know that Seo Yu-jin was greedy for the leader and center positions.

As a result, they were watching to see if she might be greedy for the center position again.

And Seo Yu-jin, who noticed these gazes… .

“Ah… , that… , I-I’m not interested in the center position… .”

I was startled, waved my hands, and shook my head.

And then I remembered the last contest… .

“I really… , I won’t do the center… . Really… .”

“Ah, okay… ! Eugene… ! don’t cry… !”

Her eyes started to fill with tears again and we had to comfort her.

“Ugh… .”

Come on.

Seo Yu-jin leaned her face on my arm again, barely holding back tears as her teammates comforted her.

And just like that, the discussion about the center position began with Seo Yu-jin excluded.

“Hmm… , I honestly think Yerin could be the leader and center at the same time. Because you’re so good at it… .”

“How about Yujeong? Last time I saw Yujeong playing center, she was good at it… .”

As a result of the discussion, the center position was narrowed down to two people: me and Park Yu-jeong.

Park Yoo-jung seemed to think about this for a moment and then opened her mouth.

“… I want Yerin to be the center.”

“… Why?”

Although the burden of being a center is high, it is also a position with great advantages.

Accordingly, we hope that participants with a certain level of skill will be able to stand at the center.

However, when Park Yoo-jung openly supported me as center, the other team members were surprised and asked.

“Why do you not want to become a center?”

“First of all, Yerin is a very good dancer. And secondly… .”

Unlike usual, Park Yoo-jung spoke seriously with no smile on her face.

“I think it would be better for me to be the main vocalist.”

“… Ah.”

As soon as she finished speaking, the team members nodded.

Park Yoo-jung is an up-and-coming dancer and vocalist.

He made me serve as both leader and center and he went to the Mebo. I felt like I had drawn that kind of picture.

It was an understandable story and not a bad argument.

but… .

“Hmm… , that’s a good idea too… .”

My thoughts were a little different.

“I want Yujeong to go to the center… . Watching the last contest, it was nice to see Yujeong stand out so clearly in the center.”

When I urged the center, Park Yoo-jung straightened her face again and responded with a haha smile.

“Hehe, thank you for your kind words, sister. But if I go to the center, won’t the mebo position become a bit ambiguous? of course… , it would be good for you to be the mevo, but I think you are better suited as a center rather than a mevo… .”

“Hmm? Oh, of course. I’m definitely not good enough to go to Mebo.”

“… yes? Then, if neither me nor my sister post messages, who on earth will… , no way… ?”

When Park Yoo-jung made a puzzled expression… .

“Yujin,”

I said, pointing to Seo Yu-jin in my arms.

“Yujin can just post a memo.”

“… … !”

In fact, if you look at just the stats, Seo Yu-jin is superior to Park Yu-jeong.

Seo Yu-jin, like Park Yoo-jung, is also an all-rounder who can sing and dance.

“I think it would be perfect if I were the leader, Yujeong was the center, and Yujin did the melodrama. What do you think?”

Unlike Park Yoo-jung, I had a picture of dividing the main positions between the three from the beginning.

The optimal structure is to achieve good results as long as each person does what they are given without anyone monopolizing the position excessively.

but… .

“… … .”

When asked to use Seo Yu-jin as the singer, the team members reacted a little awkwardly.

I could see why by the look in their eyes.

Seo Yu-jin, who was really upset on yesterday’s broadcast, is clearly mentally unstable right now.

Moreover, since the damage to the image was severe, it would be uneasy to ask Seo Yu-jin to write a memo like that.

Even… .

“… Do you want me to send a message?”

… Even Seo Yu-jin reacted incredulously, so I said everything.

I opened my mouth while stroking the head of Seo Yu-jin, who was looking up at me.

“Why, Eugene? Can’t you do it?”

“No… , I am… .”

“I think Eugene can do well.”

“… … .”

When I asked with a small smile, Seo Yu-jin answered with her fists clenched.

“Can… , there is… .”

If you look at Seo Yu-jin’s overall stats, she is ranked 3rd in Naa, after Yu Seol and me.

There was no way she couldn’t sing the melo, and it was a waste to have her as a sub member.

Accordingly, I strongly expressed my opinion to other team members.

“Everyone knows that Eugene has excellent skills. If I leave the melo to Yujin, I think the roles will be distributed appropriately and the team will achieve good results. What do you think?”

“… … .”

As I said this, the team members who had looked shocked at first began to nod their heads one by one.

So, the leader of our team was me, the center was Park Yu-jeong, and the lead singer was Seo Yu-jin.

**

Since the song selection for this contest was free, we decided to do our best in choosing the song.

So the meeting time gets longer… , we also had occasional breaks.

Come on.

“… Sister, where are you going?”

“… I need a bathroom.”

“Then me too… .”

From earlier, Seo Yu-jin always followed behind me, whether I was drinking water or going to the bathroom.

Feeling a little burdened by this, I pulled away from her for a moment.

“Eujin, we went together earlier. I’ll go alone this time, okay?”

“But… .”

“Just wait a little while.”

Nod.

When I continued to refuse, Seo Yu-jin must have thought there was nothing she could do, so she nodded with glaring eyes.

I barely let Seo Yujin go and headed to the bathroom.

And in the bathroom… .

“Oh, ah, sister.”

“… Yoojeong.”

Park Yoo-jung went to the bathroom before me.

She was washing her face with cold water, feeling a little frustrated as the song was not selected easily and the meeting time became longer.

“Oh my, sister, please be careful of the floor. I washed my face so hard that the entire floor was a sea of water.”

As soon as Park Yoo-jung saw me, she smiled like she always did and tried to leave the bathroom.

and… .

“Yoojeong.”

“… Yes?”

“I’m sorry.”

… I stopped her for a moment.

“The reason I gave you the role of center instead of singer was not because I ignored your vocal skills.”

Park Yoo-jung is the contestant I spent the most time with on Naaah after Lee Hye-jung.

Thanks to this, I was able to feel a slight difference in her appearance compared to usual.

And I thought the reason was because they didn’t give her the mebo position she wanted.

but… .

“Ah, sister. What does that mean? If you really think about it, the center is a better position than Mebo? But why does she feel sorry for me?”

Park Yoo-jung’s expression was bright as she said that, as if she was really okay.

then… .

“… Then is it because you brought Yujin in without consulting me?”

“… … .”

“I’m sorry, I did it because I felt so sad when I saw Eugene crying.”

Perhaps this was the right answer, but Park Yoo-jung’s steps slightly stopped.

Park Yoo-jung… , he said to me with a slightly weak smile instead of his usual bright smile.

“… no. I was surprised at first… , Still, looking at the production team’s reaction, it seemed like there was no intention to put Eugene and our team in a bad relationship.”

“… … .”

“It goes without saying that Eugene is talented… , your sister’s choice was ultimately the right choice.”

After saying those words, Park Yoo-jung turned around to see if she was about to leave.

and… .

“Still… .”

Before grabbing the doorknob and heading out, I left a comment in a slightly bitter tone.

“… It would have been nice if we had consulted together a little before making such a risky choice.”

“… … .”

I guess… , I think Park Yoo-jung was disappointed that I didn’t give her any advice while making the important choice of choosing Seo Yu-jin.

‘It was worth feeling sad about. I guess I was too comfortable with Yujeong.’

First, I watched Park Yu-jeong’s back as she returned to the conference room and opened her status window for the first time in a long time.

[Park Yoo-jeong]

[Attribute: ??(Locked)]

Her characteristics were still locked.

The submerged characteristic of Yu Seol was ‘blackening’. So what are Park Yoo-jung’s hidden characteristics?

… Is this a good thing? Or is it a bad thing?

I don’t know exactly what it was, but I prayed that her locked trait would never be unlocked.

I am… , Because I really like Park Yoo-jung now.

“… Yujeong, let’s go together.”

With that thought in mind, I followed Park Yu-jeong.

**

That night.

“Phew… .”

I took a shower and laid down on the bed with a tired sigh.

“This… , freely selecting songs is not always a good thing.”

Due to the obsession with choosing the optimal song, we were ultimately unable to select a contest song.

Instead, we decided to select song candidates at the end and make a decision the next morning, and then we each went back to our rooms.

‘… ‘What should I do?’

I lay in bed wondering what song I should sing tomorrow.

It was then.

Knock knock.

“… … Hmm?”

I tilted my head to the sudden knocking sound and opened the door… .

“… Unnie.”

“Yujin.”

… Seo Yujin was standing there.

Unlike me, who was wearing shorts and a tank top, Seo Yu-jin was wearing pajamas with a cat on them and holding a pillow in her hands.

I’m going to go to the middle of the day.

Seo Yu-jin spoke to me carefully with eyes full of water.

“… That’s it.”

“Why? What’s going on?”

“I… , Can’t I sleep with you tonight?”

“… … Huh?”

When I heard that, I couldn’t help but be embarrassed.