Chapter 273
The last game that depended on winning the first round and restoring the honor of me, Yoo Min-ha, and Chae Eun-gyu was the 'Time Attack Relay'.
"You have to complete seven different missions within the time limit of 120 seconds. If you fail a mission in the middle, you have to start over again from the first runner. The team that succeeds in completing the relay with the fewest number of attempts wins and brings the first round."
If you fail even once in the middle, you can practically say that the game is over.
It would be better if you made a mistake early in the front.
"The runners who come later have to do well in this."
"We have to think carefully about selecting the runners."
First, we have to decide who will take on which mission.
Mission 1, kick the jegi 10 times.
Mission 2, do 10 sit-ups.
Mission 3, eat a lemon and whistle.
Mission 4, turn the elephant's trunk 10 times and place your finger on the center of the target.
Mission 5, succeed in the ssangssang 7 times.
Mission 6, guess who it is by looking at a picture of a person.
Mission 7, win rock-paper-scissors with the production staff.
After looking at the missions and putting our heads together, we expressed our displeasure at this game, which seemed quite difficult.
"There doesn't seem to be anything easy."
"Do you know what's really evil about the production staff? Even if you succeed in all the difficult things in front of you, if you lose one game of rock-paper-scissors at the end, it's all over. Wow.....
"I think our seniors have done this a lot in their youth. Ah, it really won't be easy."
While everyone was groaning, I seriously came up with a layout that would match the members' physical abilities.
"First of all, Min-ha and Yu-bin will be excluded from the sit-ups and the ssang-ssang. They lack athletic ability."
"I can't do that ssang-ssang. You know that time, I almost died while jumping rope."
"Then I think it'd be better for Yu-bin to decide where he wants to go first."
"Uh, um......."
As Heo Yu-bin frowned and thought about it, Song Hyung-bin suddenly asked for rock-paper-scissors.
"If! If you! If you don't show up, you lose, rock-paper-scissors!"
"Rock-paper-scissors!"
Heo Yu-bin instinctively reached out his hand and surprisingly beat Song Hyung-bin in one go.
"Hey, that's fine. Yu-bin will be the last runner."
"Uh, uh-uh? Me, me? I'll go last?"
"Rock-paper-scissors is relatively easy, and you just beat me."
"Just because I beat hyung once doesn't mean I have the grounds to go last!"
So, as per Heo Yu-bin's request, we played rock-paper-scissors with all the members one by one.
"Why, why is this happening........"
"Isn't it that Yu-bin discovered an unexpected talent, if it's like this?"
"Isn't there a special that specializes in rock-paper-scissors? If Yu-bin goes there, he'll probably win right away."
Surprisingly, Heo Yu-bin won 7 times in a row and was confirmed as our last runner.
Contrary to his passionate appearance, Yoo Min-ha, who surprisingly has no athletic ability, was assigned to the 6th mission, the character quiz.
"I really won't make a mistake even once! Promise, promise."
"If you make a mistake here too, I'll kick you out like I did to Eun-gyu hyung earlier. Got it?"
"Hey, that won't happen, put it away, put it away."
Kang Si-yoon, who made a sweet and savage threat to Yoo Min-ha, volunteered to do the sit-up.
And Ji Yoon-chul volunteered to do the ssangsang.
The brothers were worried whether Ji Yoon-chul, who had long legs, would be okay to take on the role of Sang-sang.
"...I'm good at jumping rope."
Ji Yoon-chul surprised everyone by easily jumping five Sang-sangs.
'Yeah, Ji Yoon-chul was a genius with dancing talent.'
He was the youngest who showed talent in jumping rope because he was flexible.
Now, all the remaining events were difficult and burdensome.
"Are you good at kicking the Jegi, hyung?"
"Um.....Just thinking of it as lifting a soccer ball....... I wonder."
"Then Eun-gyu hyung will go for Jegi-chagi, and what will Karis do?"
All that was left was eating the elephant's trunk and lemon.
If I had to choose the harder one, it would probably be eating lemon.
You have to endure the extreme sourness, and if you have to try it several times in a row, you'll feel full and repulsed.
Here's my decision.
"I'll go with lemon."
"Are you okay with sour things? You don't have to force yourself if you can't eat them."
"I'll do it even if I can't eat them."
Of course, it's the harder one.
I didn't show much activity in the previous two games, and in the paper blowing game, I even did body gags like a wooden puppet and creaked.
The crown prince, who has to be recognized and respected by everyone, can't afford to turn down this opportunity.
If I can easily succeed in the most difficult missions in a row, it will be a huge help to the members.
I'll be able to somewhat restore my foolish image that fell apart in an instant.
I smiled and told Song Hyung-bin that it was okay.
Come on, lemons. I'll eat them all, even if they come in a whole box.
"The Express team that won the previous game can decide who goes first and who goes second."
"Oh, what should we do? This time, should we go first?"
"No, no. This is the end of the game, so we have to be careful."
"Choose second and watch first, hyung!"
As expected, even though we're juniors and rookies who've appeared on a weekend variety show for the first time, they don't give us any leeway.
On the contrary, it's good. If they give us leeway, the fun of winning will be diminished.
We each went to our respective mission locations and took our places.
"Eun-gyu hyung, fighting!"
"Hyung, it's okay if you fail, so take your time!"
Chae Eun-gyu, who was the first in line, received a lot of cheers.
I was wondering what the best thing to say to boost his morale was, and then a good idea came to me.
"Hyung-nim, try to think that if you win here, you can achieve the Triple Crown."
"If you win this... Triple Crown?"
"Yes."
It was a kind of self-hypnosis.
Since I witnessed Chae Eun-gyu's individual characteristics blossoming to achieve the feat of Triple Crown,
I thought it would be effective to utilize this topic.
Chae Eun-gyu pursed his lips and made a serious expression after hearing what I said.
"Let's go right away."
"Seleste Team, let's start!"
The timer started ticking.
Chae Eun-gyu dropped the flag and lightly lifted his right foot.
Tuk, tuk.
Contrary to the members' concerns, Chae Eun-gyu repeatedly launched the jegi into the air in a fairly stable posture.
"Eun-gyu Hyung is crazy!"
"Hyung, why are you so good at this!"
"Everyone, be quiet, if you keep doing this, hyung's concentration will be lost!"
The younger brothers were collectively excited by Chae Eun-gyu's performance.
I was worried that Chae Eun-gyu would be shaken by the momentary noise, but fortunately, he displayed superhuman strength and successfully completed 10 jegi kicks on his first try.
"Okay. Okay!"
"Si-yoon, let's go!"
With the help of one of the
Kang Si-yoon, who had his teeth clenched and his usual playfulness removed, completed 10 reps in no time at a steady pace.
"Okay, okay, okay!"
"No, why are these guys so good at this, I can't get used to it!"
"Now it's Karis, please!"
Everyone's eyes turned to me.
The members' earnest wishes for my promotion seemed to be alive and well.
Without a moment's hesitation, I put two slices of lemon with the peel removed into my mouth at once.
"Hey, hey, are you going to eat all of that at once?"
"Just looking at it makes me slurp."
"Wow, my mouth is watering."
The cast of
The members also looked at me munching on the lemon with their eyes wide open.
"He's eating well, he's eating well!"
"Your expression hasn't changed at all! You're crazy!"
"Karis, open your eyes! I'm so scared right now!"
"Hyung, you're so expressionless right now!"
"You're wrong, he can't hear a single word we're saying."
I was so focused on chewing the lemon in my mouth that I didn't have time to pay attention to what kind of expression I was making.
The more I chewed the lemon flesh, the more sour it became.
My mouth was filled with saliva and my nose was tingling, but I couldn't stop.
I had to keep moving my jaw to finish off all the remaining lemon.
About 15 seconds passed like that.
I swallowed the lemon and whistled lightly.
Exclamations poured out from those around me.
"Wow, Karis, he really is wow....."
"He ate it with a gust, with a gust."
"He ate it, he ate it."
"Did you see Karis's expression? Seriously, I've never seen anyone eat a lemon so viciously."
"You shouldn't rush in later."
"Karis! Di you? You have really eaten it."
"You really did."
Then Jung Moo-hyuk shook his head and expressed his sincere admiration.
I answered Jung Moo-hyuk's question honestly.
"He's a real deal. It's amazing that he ate it all without even frowning."
"Haha, this is basic."
The next runner was Song Hyung-bin.
Song Hyung-bin started spinning his elephant's trunk as soon as I whistled, as if he was possessed by a top.
"Hyung, just slow down a little! It's too fast right now!"
"You don't have to rush too much, hyung! There's plenty of time!"
But was it impatience that got the better of him? Song Hyung-bin didn't slow down and quickly completed 10 laps before stepping toward the target about 1m away.
Unfortunately, we knew the result from his first step.
-Kkudangtang!
"No!"
"Hyung, what are you doing! Get up quickly!"
"It's okay because he hasn't put his finger on the target yet! Hurry up and go!"
"Ugh, wait a minute. I'm so dizzy?"
Song Hyung-bin staggered like a drunk and fell to the side as he crawled toward the target.
Then he focused as much as he could and put his finger in the middle.
"Ahhh! I missed!"
"You missed?"
"Hurry up, again! Again!"
Song Hyung-bin's index finger unfortunately missed the center.
Again, the first runner, Chae Eun-gyu, had to do the jegi kick.
However, because time was running out, 120 seconds passed in the middle of Kang Si-yoon's sit-up.
"Oh, it won't work."
"It's okay, it's okay."
"Oh, sorry, I was rushing too much."
"It's okay, it was only the first attempt."
We encouraged each other, saying it was okay.
Meanwhile, the cast members who were so happy to see Song Hyung-bin fail also failed the first attempt in a good way.
"No, you ate the lemon too slowly!"
"It's because you kicked the jegi too late!"
"We're screwed. We're fighting from the beginning."
Leaving behind the seniors who were busy blaming others, we went straight into the second attempt to continue the good flow.
"Nice!"
"Karis, do it like before!"
Chae Eun-gyu and Kang Si-yoon quickly passed without much trouble.
And amidst everyone's expectations, I quickly crushed the lemon this time too.
Yes. Instead of eating it, I chewed it so much that I couldn't even taste it, chewed it again, and swallowed it right away.
With the determination to crush everything that stood in my way, I destroyed the lemon without a trace.
"Whew~."
"Wow, it's even more painful for me to watch."
"Good job, good job!"
This time, Song Hyung-bin also successfully circled the elephant's trunk and hit the bull's-eye.
And Ji Yoon-chul also showed off his long legs like he showed before and neatly completed five Sang-sangs.
"Hey, aren't they succeeding on their second try?"
"Oh, this is a big deal."
"We can't finish next time. What are we going to do with Byung-tae and Jong-woo?"
The cast of
Yoo Min-ha, who had his hair pulled back, stared at the staff who was going to ask the question with wide eyes.
"I'll get it right as soon as it gets out!"
"Min-ha, there's really enough time, so don't get it wrong. Please!"
"Just stay calm. Stay calm!"
After completing our respective missions, we put our hands together and prayed that Yoo Min-ha would get the question right on the first try.
If we got it wrong here, it would be the end of the second attempt.
"One, two, three!"
The staff turned a photo forward. The person in the photo was.......
"Hey hey hey hey! You have to get this right! Seriously!"
"If you get this wrong, you're in real trouble!"
The reason the members are so excited is because....... The person in the picture is none other than Hwanjo.
A famous Korean solo artist and a senior who was active at the same time as us.
A question that was so advantageous to us came up, but if Yoo Min-ha gets it wrong here-!
"Answer! Hwanjo!"
"Success!"
"Wow-!"
"It's here! Please, last one!"
Even Yoo Min-ha succeeded in restoring his honor.
Now all that's left is Heo Yu-bin.
A rising star in the world of rock-paper-scissors.
A possessor of overwhelming luck and cunning.
An undefeated man who won all 7 matches, if Heo Yu-bin succeeds, everything will be over!
"If you don't show up, you lose! Rock, paper, scissors!"
"Paper!"
With Heo Yu-bin's powerful shout, everything was truly over.
"Kkwaaaaak!"
"Ah, no! Nooooooo!"
".....Ah."
Heo Yu-bin twisted his whole body and fell forward in a flash, and we who were watching this match of the century let out a short sigh and fell to our knees.
Heo Yu-bin with a fist, the main PD with a paper.
It seemed like the thrilling BGM of losing in a match of fortune and bluff was heard at this scene.
"...I'm sorry."
"It's okay, it seems like it will take a long time for the seniors to succeed. Let's definitely succeed next time."
"Okay, let's do it!"
Still, thanks to all the members' good deeds, the atmosphere was still cheerful.
I took a deep breath as I returned to my seat.
'...I have a bad feeling that I might fill my stomach with lemons before I even eat lunch.'
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