*Ding! Your vocal stat reached 9 points, the peak of human potential.
*Ding! You received a passive skill, Voice of an Angel.
*Ding! You cannot increase your vocal stat through training anymore.
Voice of an Angel: The user's voice would be able to attract the attention of any listener regardless of their gender, age, mother tongue, or music taste. And during live singing, the user would draw out the emotions of the listener who can understand the lyrics.
Note: This skill can be deactivated or reactivated by the user at any time.
"Hmm, Aria is right. It's exactly as she described. The passive skill is no doubt hypnotism but on a grand scale." Jun commented to himself as he read the description of the new passive skill. He added, "Thankfully, it is modern times. If it was in medieval times, the kings would have weaponized this ability."
The next day morning;
"Your eyes, nose, lips
Your touch that used to touch me
To the ends of your fingertips (All)
I can still feel you
But like a burnt out flame (Oh)
Burnt and destroyed (Oh)
All of our love
It hurts so much, but now I'll call you a memory"
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"Thank you." Jun bowed as everyone in the room just stared at him in silence. The choreographer had his mouth opened in shock. YG was seen standing on his feet. Even Daniel, Hanbin, and Suga weren't faring any better. All three of them tear up and barely control their emotions, feeling pain in their chest. Including the cameraman, all of the listeners, for some reason, started to think of their past breakups.
Because YG, Lee Jae Wook, and the cameramen are professionals who had a lot of experience in listening to the performances of top singers, they were able to barely resist the effect and didn't become too emotional like the three young men in the back.
"Hyung, is he for real?" Lee Jae Wook, the choreographer looked at YG and asked him.
They couldn't believe what they just saw and heard, just now. It was one thing if Jun suddenly appeared more handsome than the previous day. They can be wrong about it because Jun was already more handsome in person even with barefaced and they couldn't clearly say what was different from his yesterday's appearance and today's.
But how could his vocals improve so dramatically in one day?
All of them knew Jun's voice quality but what they heard just now was completely out of their expectations. His voice suddenly turned magical and has such a heavy effect on them.
As the atmosphere in the room turned weird, Jun was grinning inside for the success of his experiment, "So, this is how the people will feel, huh. I guess it would work in busking too."
After a brief silence, YG cleared his throat and took his seat again, commenting with a smile, "It looks like you improved your vocals during this past week. It must have been a hectic practice for you to improve this much. Okay, what did you prepare for the dance performance?"
As Jun nodded and walked towards the computer to play the song, YG and Lee Jae Wook wrote 10 on their score sheet.
After Jun was done, he bowed to them and went back to his seat, earning stares from the other three.
"You really made it hard for us, Hyung. Yoongi-Hyung should have sent you last." Daniel complained as Hanbin took a deep breath and walked forward. Meanwhile, Suga sighed in relief, feeling that it is a good thing that he went first.
Just like Daniel worried, Jun's earlier performance intimidated Hanbin very much that even a perfectionist like him made several mistakes. Thankfully, he recovered by the time he performed solo dance and earned high marks.
Meanwhile, Daniel fared better than Hanbin as he accepted long ago that he wasn't a match for him in singing. Now, Jun's improvement made him entirely give up on chasing after him. At the same time, he had enough time to calm down. So, he was perfectly fine.
After he received the confirmation, Jun deactivated the skill while doing group evaluation in the end and confused the others. Because this time, while they found Jun's voice was at the same level as his solo performance, they didn't get emotional as before.
Maybe, it has more to do with the lyrics of the song? Or more like, Jun's amazing vocals met with an emotional song like Eyes, nose, and Lips caused the reaction. They couldn't help but wonder.
Later in the afternoon, Jun and Daniel returned to the dorm while the other two attended the classes.
Jun and Daniel rehearse all the performances once again before they took a nap.
At around 4 o'clock, a man in glasses entered the dorm with luggage as Daniel opened the door.
Jun was then sitting on the couch and busy with his phone, chatting with Dahyun.
"Hello, you must be Kang Daniel. I'm Seon Jin Cheol." He introduced himself to Daniel as he stepped inside.
Jun heard it and turned his head and saw the supposed group manager.
Jun and Daniel were informed earlier that their assigned manager will visit them and will take them to a place nearby Cheonggye stream where they were supposed to perform this evening. This special location even needed a permit from the Seoul Foundation of Arts and Culture.
Jun stood up from the couch and looked at the manager. He appeared a bit taller than Suga but shorter than Daniel, about 5'10", had a slim build, wear glasses, and has this natural cute look. Jun felt like this guy could pass off as a handsome fellow with over 6.7 points in appearance.
"Hello," he greeted the manager with a light bow.
"You must be Han Sung-Jun." The manager said to him, letting out a pleasant smile. He was indeed surprised by the visuals of Jun and Daniel. He saw their photos but seeing them in person is entirely a different experience.
"The management probably told you about me but let me introduce myself, again. I'm Seon Jin Cheol. I worked for the past two years for 2 PM until their disbandment and was assigned to your group, now.
And uhhh, I'm 26 but you don't need to be formal with me. You can speak casually. I was supposed to live together with you boys after your debut but the CEO-nim called me and suddenly told me to shift today.
I hope I won't trouble you."
"It's alright. We don't have any issues. Welcome to the dorm," As Jun welcomed the new housemate with a smile, Daniel said, "I guess we'll have another housewarming party, today."
"Hyung, you will cook, or shall we order outside?" Daniel further asked Jun, to which the latter smiled again and said, "of course, I will be the chef. Call Hanbin-ssi and inform him."
"Eh?" The manager was taken aback at first but then, he cleared his throat and said, "According to our schedule, we need to live in one hour. The location is in Seoul, after all. Throw casual wear and make-up is your choice. If you copied the songs into Pendrive, let me take a look at the tracks.
In the meantime, our staff will take care of the equipment. A crowd of about 15-20 will also be arranged at the location spot by the time you get there."
"Arranged?" Jun tilted his head.