Chapter 267
"Selling over 1.4 million copies? It's a bit of a dream."
"I honestly expected it to be the same as last time, or if I was lucky, it would do a little better......."
"Thank you so much......"
Kang Si-yoon, who was good at finding reactions from fans, immediately shared this good result with the members.
Everyone was expressing gratitude for the support and hot interest that the fans had given without holding back.
After a while, Chae Eun-gyu clenched his fist again and recalled the wish he had been wishing for.
"...This time, we can get first place on every music show."
"Hey, this time, it's unconditional, hyung! Right, Karis?"
"I agree with Si-yoon."
I nodded slightly.
"The Triple Crown that Eun-gyu hyung so desperately wanted will definitely be achieved this time."
"Karis looks so confident today?"
"Absolutely."
I was even more motivated because of the linked quest that was created a while ago.
I absolutely could not miss the special reward that gave a whopping 8% system recovery rate.
Chae Eun-gyu, who had absolutely no way of knowing, gave a short laugh and told a story that no one expected.
"I envied that appearance the most."
"What kind of appearance?"
"...Since everyone except me moved to COC, I haven't looked for any news about them at all. I absolutely didn't want to see them even if I had to."
Chae Eun-gyu's dark past story suddenly began.
The incident where the director and the rest of the members, who were part of the debut group at the original agency, moved to another large agency all at once, excluding him.
The members tried their best not to mention Connex or COC Entertainment in front of Chae Eun-gyu, but the person involved was the one who brought it up.
"Then by chance. Really by chance, I saw an article on the internet news that Connex achieved their first triple crown since their debut. How I felt back then....... I still don't want to think about it, haha. Anyway, this time, I really want to catch up."
The members watched Seleste's eldest brother shake his fist.
"This time, I definitely want to go up to the same place."
A short silence flowed through the moving car.
Chae Eun-gyu was a kind and dependable older brother to everyone.
He always tried to make his younger brothers feel comfortable with him, and as the eldest brother, he helped Song Hyung-bin, the leader, to establish the tone of the team.
However, I felt that he was one of the members who, along with Ji Yoon-chul, secretly didn't talk much about his true feelings.
Ji Yoon-chul was a quiet person who was even evaluated as someone who wouldn't be able to get close to anyone during the survival show. So, naturally, he didn't reveal his inner feelings, but after debuting as Seleste, he often showed himself that fit his age.
His emotional expressions have also become richer, and now it is safe to say that the distance between him and the members has converged to almost 0.
However, Chae Eun-gyu, on the other hand, has hardly revealed his inner feelings since his emotional outburst during
When the oldest brother burst out with his sincere desires, everyone was silent for a moment and listened to Chae Eun-gyu's words.
"...That is something we all think the same, hyung."
Song Hyung-bin broke the silence.
"Let's go higher. I repeated this phrase every time I went up on stage, but when I think about it again, 'higher' is a really vague expression. I could have easily forgotten exactly where the higher place I had in mind was, but I just remembered it after hearing what hyung said."
Our leader spoke to all the members in a determined tone.
"The place where all seven of us aim together is that 'high place'. Last year, we ran for the Rookie of the Year award that we can only receive once in our lives, but this time, we just have to run to make Eun-gyu hyung's dream come true. We all have the same heart."
"It feels like it's breaking the emotional atmosphere, but honestly."
Kang Si-yoon smiled meaningfully as he continued with Song Hyung-bin.
"To be honest, isn't it fun to break the records that Connex's seniors have achieved one by one? We broke the debut album record that Connex set, we won the Rookie of the Year award that Connex won, and we even won one of the three grand prizes. It's so much fun because it feels like we're breaking the seal one by one."
"Hmm, hmm. It really feels like breaking the seal, just like Si-yoon said. I really like it."
"This time, if we can get the Triple Crown and break the seal again, it'll be a great thrill. What do you all think?"
This is also a talent.
Kang Si-yoon turned a conversation that could have been overly serious into a cheerful one in an instant.
Hearing that we would break the records of the Connex one by one, Eun-gyu blinked for a moment and then burst into hearty laughter.
"Hahaha! Just like Si-yoon said, breaking the seal is much easier."
"Right? Hey, we shouldn't stand in the same place, hyung. We should step on them and climb up."
Kang Si-yoon looked even more excited.
Chae Eun-gyu, who was looking at his younger brother, who was shaking his head proudly, muttered quietly enough that only I, who was sitting next to him, could barely hear.
"...I'll definitely break it."
The words came out so strongly that I thought I had misheard them.
If I thought about Chae Eun-gyu's usual way of speaking, I could doubt my ears.
At that moment, Chae Eun-gyu's status window suddenly opened up in front of my eyes.
Name: Chae Eun-gyu
Age: 27
Singing: B
Dance: A
Stamina: A-
Appearance: A
Talent: A+
Trait: Unbreakable Faith (Blooming in Progress)
Status: Impatience (Deactivated)
Status that was considerably more advanced than what I had seen during survival.
However, what caught my eye were the traits and statuses.
I had seen statuses deactivated a few times.
'What's with the blooming?'
I tried my best not to show my surprise on the outside.
In games, when it is written 'trait blossoms', it usually means that a special ability increases by one level.
Since my system is derived from the god who created the game called
However, this is the first time I've seen 'blooming' like this.
I stared at Chae Eun-gyu's profile, looking out the window.
'Blooming means that a trait evolves. If so.......'
Chae Eun-gyu's trait is 'unbreakable belief.'
A trait that refers to the belief that, although his dream was unfairly frustrated at the threshold of debut, he would never give up and would pursue his dream of becoming an idol until the end.
Isn't it possible that Chae Eun-gyu's trait began to stir under the influence of the words that he should not catch up with Connex, which was his life's goal, but rather surpass and lead?
I had various thoughts as I looked at the blue text below Chae Eun-gyu's status window.
This opens up another possibility.
The other members' characteristics can bloom at any moment.
It also showed me the possibility that we can develop even more than we are now.
'I have a feeling that something amazing will happen during this activity.'
***
The first fan signing event since the comeback.
The Seleves were very excited at the thought of being able to talk to the members up close for the first time in a long time since the November activities.
The Seleves came with a lot of items that they thought would go well with the members, and the cameras scattered all around the fan signing venue were needless to say.
'I hope the kids like it!'
One of the Seleves arrived with gifts that she couldn't give them during the previous
It was Seleste, who often wore uniforms as stage costumes during
The fan who wanted to give the coordinated items that matched the uniform outfits unfortunately didn't win the fan signing event and had to wait for the next one.
So she saved up a huge amount of bullets and waited for the
Since this
'I'm glad I didn't go then. The kids can wear this when their hair styles change.'
Up until the day before the fan signing event, she thoroughly thought about what questions she would ask the members by looking up various reviews.
However, when it was her turn and she went up on stage, her heart was beating so fast because of the tension that she could only hear her own heartbeat.
"Hello!"
"Ah, He, Hello!"
She couldn't even remember what she had talked about with Song Hyung-bin, who was the first in line.
"This, this is a gift-."
"Oh, thank you! It's so thick. Is this a costume?"
When she gave the gift to Yoo Min-ha, she even let out an unexpected sound.
While her eyes were spinning like that, Karis, who was the sixth person to come, smiled at her as she sat down on the chair.
"It's so nice to meet you."
"Yes, yes!"
His visuals, which swept in explosively from a distance of only a few dozen centimeters, successfully took away Seleve's last remaining ego.
She returned to her seat with her whole body trembling and touched her flushed cheeks.
She then turned on her phone to write a detailed review while her memory was still intact.
'I really don't remember what I said at all!'
She must have been lost in a dream during the 10 minutes or so she spent talking with the members.
However, one thing that was fortunate was that even in the midst of all that chaos, the gifts she had prepared were given out to the members.
Seleste, who responded with a gentle smile until the last Seleve, looked for the items they had received today that they had not yet worn before the photo time began.
Seleve's gift, which was holding her breath while holding the camera, was also a costume that had not yet been chosen by the members.
"...Isn't this uniform so cool, hyung?"
"I should try it on right away!"
The moment she saw Ji Yoon-chul and Kang Si-yoon immediately take out the costumes she had given them and put them on, her heart almost jumped out of her mouth.
The idols were wearing the costumes she had personally chosen and prepared right in front of her.
Kang Si-yoon even wore a full set of face chains and gloves and walked around, showing off his appearance to the members.
"Si-yoon, your face chain is cool, isn't it?"
"I'm sure he was handsome just by looking at his face."
"Why are you both reluctantly admitting it?"
"Because you've done so much to me?"
The Seleves didn't hear the conversation between Song Hyung-bin, Chae Eun-gyu, and Kang Si-yoon behind the stage.
They just watched the members chatting among themselves and bursting out laughing as a group.
The Seleve who gave the uniforms to the group, worked hard to record this beautiful moment by fiddling with the camera.
After Kang Si-yoon finished putting on the uniforms, he looked around and found Karis wearing a wolf ear headband.
Then he smiled sinisterly and received a microphone from the staff.
"Oh, since you're wearing these outfits for the first time in a while, there's one thing that comes to mind. Karis."
"Hmm?"
"Don't you think of the old days when you see these outfits?"
"You mean the uniforms? We used to wear them a lot as stage costumes."
Karis, who received the mic from another staff member, tilted his head and answered Kang Si-yoon's words.
However, Kang Si-yoon wiggled his index finger with a mischievous expression.
"Not that, huh~ a long time ago. When we were in IPS."
"...Oh. No way!"
"Seleve! Do you remember when we did our self-PR video back in the day? I just remembered it when Karis wore this uniform!"
"Wait a minute! Wait a minute, Si-yoon! Stop!"
"Why~?"
In
As the Seleves searched their memories for a moment, wondering what this meant, a video they had watched with great excitement a long time ago suddenly came to mind.
That's right. The self-PR video that Karis had shamelessly filmed when he was still a trainee.
That video that even Karis' personal fans consider to be a scandal would make them kick the blankets off.
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