Chapter 76
"Oh, I suddenly have a headache."
Homma slammed the sofa hard in anger.
The series of developments was so annoying that she felt like hot air was going to burst out through her skull.
She muttered to herself as she reviewed the contents of episode 9 of
"No, how do you know that it was Karis who pissed Chae Eun-gyu off? In the trailer, all the other trainees were shown, so why did they insist on grabbing Karis and criticizing him? "
The trailer for episode 9 of
Leader Cha Eun-gyu repeatedly pointed out that the choreography was wrong.
Another trainee even openly said that there was a dispute over the center.
Then, they showed everyone's faces except Chae Eun-gyu's through cross-editing.
As if they had been waiting for this day, malicious individual fans who wanted to keep Karis in check all at once went wild.
"Ha...."
Homma sighed deeply and looked at her phone.
'It was quiet for a while, but now they're making a big fuss as if they were just having fun.'
Like fish in water, Karis' antis were going wild.
She didn't want to look for it on purpose, but thanks to the active retweet, it started popping up on her timeline.
―Honestly, didn't he expect this to happen? They've been on stage twice so far, and he has been the center both times, so it doesn't make sense that he was not satisfied.
And the attitude itself is so typical of being strong to weak and weak to strong that it's awkward to watch lol I'm sure he has a lot of fans, so I won't mention who he is, but hmm...
└I'm saying this with no ill intentions, but I'm really curious as to why he came out to Survival when he's the type of person who has to do whatever he wants
└ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Why don't you lock it and use it as a private account? Wanting to curse secretly but don't want to get caught cursing and get cursed at~ You just have to do one thing
└No, I didn't mention it, but it's even more gloomy and creepy that you suddenly came like this and quoted and criticized me. Please ㅠㅋㅋㅋ I already don't like it, but even the fans are really throwing hate
―No, actually, when I first saw him, I just felt so disgusted by his concept... He's 100% a foreigner, but I really hate him for pretending to be Korean, it's so bad haha *This is a public post within the circle.*
└Wow, you hated it too, unni?? Actually, me too....
└I really try not to watch it whenever it comes to my timeline... I never watch it, but it keeps coming in even when I mute it, so it's so annoyingㅠ
Homma continued to scroll down, suppressing her anger inside.
'The trailer didn't even say for sure that Karis caused the controversy. Why are you jumping to conclusions like this and holding people captive like rats?'
[Holding someone like a rat = Treating someone so badly that their life is miserable. Bullying someone.]
She really didn't understand.
It's not just Karis.
There are four more trainees, excluding Kwon Dae-hyun, Yoo Min-ha, Baek Si-hwa, and Heo Jun-oh.
She doesn't understand why they focus all their firepower on Karis, without mentioning the other trainees.
Because he was a foreign trainee who appeared like a comet, breaking through the solid domestic fandom?
Or maybe it's because their personal benefits are taken away when their favorite is on the same team as Karis?
He took center twice in a row by himself?
He is close with trainees who already have a solid fandom?
If you look at the guestbook history of the people who are currently cursing Karis, you can see that they are mostly using the same logic.
This is all nonsense.
'If that's unfair, tell your favorite to work on his skills a bit more!'
Homma screamed internally, gritting her teeth.
In other idol communities, interest in the trailer was overwhelmingly greater than the actual broadcast content of Episode 9.
And here, they were energetically putting together all the things they didn't like about Karis's actions.
―I really hated seeing Real Ji walking around like he was some kind of real prince.
[레알
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It is mostly used when you wanna be sarcastic to someone who is not intelligent or even stupid.]
―I guess he got beat up by Chul-woo ah, I'm so excited♥♥♥
└I'm 100% sure that he had yelled at the PDs that's why he appeared like this
└ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ It wasn't Karis, it was Moralis
└Moralis f*ck ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└Moralis Moris it's so catchy
―Moris <- The first foreign worker to become a retired person in the shortest period of time
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└It's not sad at all, it's just a dog joke ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ I hope you go back to politics (•ᴗ•)
└Moris was the PD pick... (gif of Eun-gyu sighing, gif of Karis' subtle expression) Turns out he was the PD pick that would draw aggro (•ᴗ•)(•ᴗ•)
└Ah, I'm really looking forward to next week. I expect Moris' ranking to drop to 10th place.
―From the beginning, Kano's achievement of being the center twice was the greatest achievement of his life.
What if his appearance is high class? He's worse at singing than Eukk Bin and has less talent than Kang Si. He doesn't think about learning from his hyung and just keeps on keeping him in check. The fact that he is mean to secondhand Eun geukk is truly legendary.
└(Photo) (Photo) A center whose only gesture is wiping the corners of his mouth
└A crazy crown prince of a ruined country? If that's the concept, then it's a huge success (◠‿◠)
└It's disgusting and funny, trying to pretend to be deadly somehow
└Even if you give the center to Geung Geukk, it will be more diverse than that. Real-time reevaluation
└Geung Geukk should realize through his past experiences that he should avoid mentally retarded people... That's why he was flustered by Kanoㅠㅠ
―The most pitiful thing is that even if you just watch the trailer and see Eukk ha, it looks so messy, so how much of a jerk must the person in question have been? LOL
└ If you look at what they've been doing so far, they wouldn't have just chosen a center but made each of them dance once and then voted for it. Then wouldn't that mean Moris was defeated by Eukk ha because of his skills? But I don't understand why he's so upset.
└He is Suja-nim, but it is so embarrassing to dare to show off his skills to a commoner.
└Moris Neungji Issue
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└I I feel sorry for all the people who have been on the same team with Moris ㅠ Aren't Eukk bin and Kang Si who are close to him, the same? Birds of a feather flock together
'...···They are so excited that they even created a new seobang.'
Also, the rivalry between individual fans was really heating up.
In particular, the malicious fans of Song Hyung-bin, who were inversely related to Karis last time, were enthusiastic.
―During the Labyrinth, I got cursed at by the Sumchinnyeons for telling that he was giving useless lessons to Hyung Kong, and it was so unfair haha. At that time, they covered it up by saying, "What kind of politics is that?" I hope they do the same this time (•ᴗ•)
└They can't help it because their intelligence is synchronized with their favorite (◠‿◠)
└Following Hyung Kong, this time it's Geung Gyu ㄷㄷ I can't tell if Moris' ability is low or high
└Because the Sumchinnyeons are so obsessed with it that they can't see anything wrong... They were only messing with the core strong ones, so they'll go straight to hell
└Ji was so obsessed with the concept that Ji thinks he was a real crown princeㅜㅜ he spun around that he had gone crazy
―Ah, but the combination of Geung Gyu and Suma's faces is good···. I think I can break the drift in the main broadcast, so I'll put it in neutral gear for now.
└Even a passing dog can see that it was Moris who caused the problem, but this is a Sumadan who is neutral.
└Even the fans are going crazyㅋㅋㅋ As expected, intelligence synchronization
└I'm not a fan of Suma, I just remember being fooled by Gae net [Knet] a lot, so I'm neutral···.
[개
Wherever she went, people were talking about how Karis was the one causing trouble.
It was really disgusting that they kept talking nonsense as if it were an established fact without any solid evidence.
If she looked at public opinion any further, she feels like she's going to slam the sofa repeatedly.
Homma returned to her timeline and posted a message to the public.
―No matter how I look at it, it doesn't seem like Karis would do something like that... It's so frustrating and annoying ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ I hope they quickly reveal that it wasn't Karis who was greedy for the center spot on the main broadcast, but that it was someone else
She read her friends' reactions for a few dozen minutes before deleting the post.
In this already sensitive current situation, she cannot leave any suspicious traces on this account, which is becoming Karis's named homma.
All Homma could do now was hope that her earnest wish would become reality next week.
* * *
After the break,.
We gathered again in front of the
"Aren't there two buses parked over there? "
"Weren't we supposed to be filming here? "
"I don't know. Where are we going? "
The trainees chatted among themselves as they watched the unidentified buses.
Then the guys who were huddled next to me started chattering too.
"Karis hyung-nim, where do you think we're going? I was worried that since we're filming outdoors, we might be having another sports day, but that's not the case, is it?"
"They won't repeat sports day."
"Looking at how they brought the bus, it looks like we're going to a far place, Yubin? This is totally it! Going to a spring training camp before the official opening of the league! If it feels like spring training, I want to go to the beach. Do you like the East Sea or the West Sea?"
"Th, the place I want to go is Sokcho, so it's the East Sea."
"Really? If we go to Sokcho, I can eat crab!"
Yoo Min-ha and Heo Yu-bin, who were standing side by side for the first time in a while, chatted happily.
I was stuck right in between, and I felt like my eardrums were reaching their limit.
"Hey guys, can I borrow Karis for a minute? "
"Oh, yes! "
"He, he, he, hello."
"Hello Yubin! "
Chae Eun-gyu suddenly appeared from behind, smiling brightly.
Heo Yu-bin, the only one of the three of us who hadn't gotten close to him, stuttered and bowed 90 degrees.
Cha Eun-gyu, not flustered by that sight, waved his hand lightly.
"We have something to talk about. We'll be back shortly."
"You can take your time, hyung!"
"I am not a rented object."
"Okay, then I'll borrow him!"
No one paid any attention to what I had to say.
Chae Eun-gyu took me between the buses and asked me quietly.
"Karis, are you okay? I was surprised when I saw the trailer too."
"Ah. Is it because of the trailer?"
"The trailer is just the trailer······. People's reactions are so weird."
At his words, I laughed lightly.
It was quite refreshing to see pure concern without any intention at all.
"I'm fine."
"No matter what.... I feel bad because it seems like public opinion is going too negatively toward you. What on earth is the basis for them to curse at you······."
"I'm not really paying attention to it. I don't know how things will change next week, so I don't think there's any need to think about it too much right now."
"That's what you think."
Chae Eun-gyu still looked worried, but soon sighed and patted my shoulder.
"I'm sorry, there might have been a better solution."
"Why are you apologizing? As I said before, this is not a problem between you and me."
"I know. But I just thought I could have done a little more as a leader."
It was a very Chae Eun-gyu-like thought.
Since he was the one who naturally took the position of leader wherever he went, the burden of that position must have been even stronger.
Even the smallest details have to be handled perfectly.
If one of his team members experiences an unpleasant situation, he is the type of person who tries his best to resolve the conflict.
Maybe it was because of this feeling that he tried to check on my condition.
"I'm really fine, so you should stop overthinking things."
"Okay. See you later, then."
"Yes."
After finishing the short talk with Chae Eun-gyu, I returned to my seat.
"―I'm not joking. It was really delicious. You guys should definitely come and eat it later. I'm really proud of it."
"Oh, I just didn't have time then! "
"I suddenly became depressed."
When I returned to where Heo Yu-bin and Yoo Min-ha were, I saw a familiar face.
Kang Si-yoon was laughing heartily, showing off his refreshing facial features.
"Oh, Karis! Eun-gyu hyung took you. You came quickly?"
"It was a topic that would end quickly."
"I was telling them about the pasta I made while you were away. Honestly, it was freaking delicious, right?"
"I admit it was delicious."
"See, the authentication is perfect?"
While the story was in full swing, the production crew finished preparing for filming.
And then an announcement was made through a megaphone.
"Trainees, please come forward, draw a card, and board the bus in order!"
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