23. Differences in Language
"Wow! I really like Surf!"
"Ruma seniors' song! I want to do the first one!"
"Wow, Over is completely gone! I know all that choreography!"
The contestants became noisy again.
Woo Cheong, who became the leader of Neoul's team, also seemed to have a song he really wanted to do.
"Jealous! Let's do Jealous! Let's show our manly side!"
After giving the contestants a moment to check the song names, the song names that came up on the screen were folded into note shapes. 12 notes of the same shape were made.
"Huh?"
The 12 notes began to move around and mix.
"Gambling..?"
In an instant, the contestants' mouths closed and their eyes focused, but they were busy looking around. It was to make sure they didn't miss the note with the song they wanted written on it.
"Aah! I missed it!"
However, more and more contestants started to miss the notes and scream. The order of note selection was also determined in the order of team member selection.
Baek Yuri picked Donkeys'
Woo Cheong, who was waiting for his turn to draw, reacted as if he had been shot when he missed the one he wanted and fell down helplessly. Baek Yu-ri found Woo Cheong doing over-actions and went in with an apologetic smile and raised his eyebrows.
"Our team~ What do you want to do?"
Ha On-ha asked his teammates for their opinions, and when their opinions were divided, he had them vote by majority vote.
"Over? Got it~"
He eagerly said he would draw
"Sorry! I guess I got it mixed up!"
Ha On-ha's teammates warmly welcomed him, saying
A moment later, it was Woo Cheong's turn.
Woo Cheong put his hands together in prayer and made a fuss saying he would gather all the energy of the universe and draw. He meant that he didn't know where anything was, so he would just leave it to luck.
"Haap!"
He cheered like that and chose the note on the far left.
[I'll Pick You Up - SAIM]
The moment the note was opened and the song title came to mind, the pupils of the team members who were huddled next to Neoul shook wildly.
"Oh.."
Only Neoul and one foreign team member from Japan tilted their heads without knowing the reason.
The song that Woo-cheong chose, , was a song by female solo artist Seo Seim. It was neither an idol song nor a dance song, but a band-based pop rock song.
Since choreography had to be created and arranged, it was extremely difficult and tricky for trainees to perform on stage for the first time. On the other hand, the merit of choosing this song was low.
This kind of song is really either all or nothing. It is very likely that it will end up being a poor performance that is neither here nor there, so if you don't have the confidence to do it well, it is a song that is best avoided.
In survival programs, luck is also a skill. This song was a trap that the production team put in among the numerous idol songs.
There were also teams that chose female idol songs, but the atmosphere was not this serious.
Neoul looked at the team members sitting in a circle.
Woo Cheong, Baek Gi-yeom, and the youngest contestant, Go Woon-gu, who was still a middle school student, and the nineteen-year-old Japanese contestant, Kamae Daiki.
Go Un-gu and Kamae Daiki were in the third-class economy class.
Everyone was laughing and introducing themselves brightly, but the Korean contestants still couldn't hide their shaking pupils.
"Didn't you say that Neoul and Daiki don't know this song? Let's all listen to it together first?"
Baek Gi-yeom, the oldest, went first. Neoul suppressed his doubts and listened to the song flowing from the tablet.
Tick, tick. Tick, tick-
They heard the ticking of the clock and the soft but lively guitar riff and drum sound were stuck in the ears.
[Time seems to be passing more and more slowly
Why is that? Well
You already know the reason.]
[Don't pretend not to know and look at me
Don't act like you don't know and listen to what I have to say]
'Um, what's this voice?'
Neoul realized that it was the same voice as the owner of the song
Her stage name was SAIM, but her real name was Seo Sae-im.
In
[Ummm I feel-
Without you, the world would be gray
We're meant to be together
Honestly you too
Be honest with me boy]
The melody, which was calm but bright at first, connected to a more cheerful and lovely atmosphere in the pre-chorus.
The chorus continued.
[I won't wait anymore
I'll come get you
Hold my hand Hold on
Don't let go and follow me]
[Let's walk together to the ends of the earth
We could go to the ends of the world
It seems like it, right?]
Cool high notes stretched out over the richer drum and piano accompaniment.
It was a melody that stood out with a refreshing feeling and a slightly seductive feeling.
[We go beyond the boundary of light
Play with light steps
Just wherever your feet touch
Just fall in love as you feel]
[Don't stop feeling good
Let's keep walking like this
I will be over the moon]
[I can feel your breath even in my dreams
We're already deeply entangled
A maze that we can't escape from
We have to walk together]
Even the sweet singing rap part featuring a junior idol.
The song itself was really good, but the faces of the team members listening to the song were filled with worry.
Even after seriously listening to the music, the team members all looked like they had no idea how to decorate the stage with this song.
"Let's lower it to a man's key first... Let's make a choreography that matches the mood of the song and makes a sweet confession feeling?"
Baek Gi-yeom gave a reasonable suggestion. Woo Cheong looked hesitant.
"Hyung, hyung, is this a confession song?"
"Um... It's about not being able to fight each other anymore and being together when you like each other. Isn't it a confession?"
At that time, middle school student Go Woon-goo raised his hand.
"Wouldn't it be a bit boring if we just kept the original feeling?"
Neoul thought that Go Woon-gu's bright eyes and round back of his head looked just like a penguin he had seen in the Antarctic Ocean.
Woo Cheong agreed with Go Woon-gu's opinion.
"That's right, that's right! The other team will do something really powerful and cool! The
They even had bad luck with the matchup.
They had to compete against the
The team leader was none other than Baek Yuri, so there was no way they could win if they did it moderately.
"I guess so...? But we can't wear a leather jacket to this song."
It was a song that would suit a refreshing campus look or a cute boyfriend look.
The dance, too... It seemed best to start lightly and smoothly and focus on big movements that looked refreshing in the highlights.
"But the chorus is a bit lively. Wouldn't it be nice if we could show here well?"
Baek Gi-yeom asked after playing the chorus.
"Or is there a concept you want to do?"
"Yes, Sir! I want to do a totally cool power sexy concept!"
The leader Woo Cheong's eyes sparkled. Baek Ki-yeom's eyes widened and he looked around at his team members.
One petite middle school student, two high school students. One big guy who acts like a kid.
"Tsk. Tsk. What do you mean, there are three minors here? Even Neoul-i is only twenty? I'm the only one who can do a sexy concept here. Hey guys. Dismiss."
Twenty-two Baek Gi-yeom, who had the legal right to be sexy, shook his head and patted the backs of the babies sitting on either side of him.
"I am not a baby."
"I am not a baby."
Woo Cheong and Go Woon-goo pouted and glared at the same time, but it was impossible.
"Yeah, yeah. Dismissed."
"That's too much!"
It was natural for Neoul to always be treated as a baby by the Dragon King who lived for four thousand years and the Sea Priestess who lived for over two thousand years, so it didn't hurt at all.
'Twenty years old is a baby, right? Right.'
In front of them, even a hundred-year-old human becomes a baby.
'I am the proud baby of Abamama!'
Neoul was proud of himself for having grown from a small baby who could barely wag his fins to a big baby who came all the way to land alone to cure Abamama's illness.
Baek Gi-yeom teased the youths on both sides by pressing their heads with his palms.
"Babies always say they are not babies. Adults are the ones who want to be children and act like they are."
"No. I am a completely real man, 100 percent."
Woo Cheong pushed Baek Gi-yeom's hand away and stood up, showing off his biceps and triceps. Middle school student Ko Un-gu also protested, saying that he is a black belt in Taekwondo and he knows kendo.
However, next to Baek Gi-yeom, who had been maintaining his body through consistent exercise and diet, and Gal Neoul, who had grown muscular by swimming and playing around in the ocean, the two skinny teenagers looked insignificant.
They seemed to be the only ones who didn't know that.
While they were bickering, Japanese contestant Kamae Daiki was just watching them without understanding their banter.
Kamae Daiki had studied Korean for about 6 months to participate in this program, but he was so stupid.
In the end, he was sent to filming with only very basic phrases to memorize.
It was okay because he had a Japanese roommate, but when he was surrounded by Koreans, he felt like he was going to vomit because of Korean.
His roommate would change because of the team battle, but he was already worried and anxious.
"Oh, I get it. Okay, let's be a real man. But the sexy concept will be done a few years later, and now only the manly ones are left."
Baek Gi-yeom firmly and gently coaxed the two teenagers to sit down. Then he noticed that Daiki's expression was not good.
"Daiki. Are you okay?"
Daiki shook his head.
"Um... What kind of concept does Daiki want to try? Do you have any ideas?"
Baek Gi-yeom asked each sentence slowly and accurately. It was consideration for him, who was Japanese.
Daiki understood what Baek Gi-yeom said, but was speechless when trying to answer.
"せいしゅん [*Youth Period], I don't understand Korean."
"It's okay. Just talk with the translator."
Baek Gi-yeom was trying to find the translator on his tablet.
"せいしゅん?"
Neoul, who understood right away, asked Daiki back. Daiki's eyes widened at the pronunciation that sounded so native, and he asked.
[Gal-san. Do you speak Japanese?]
[Who is Gal-san and what is Japanese?]
[What is Gal-san talking about now!]
[Is Gal-san talking here?]
Neoul looked around to find someone named 'Gal-san', but he couldn't see them. They could understand the language, but they couldn't communicate.
[You're the one who's is Galsan!]
[Me?]
Some call him Neoguri [*Raccoon], some call him Galsan. There was only one Gal Neoul, but he had many nicknames.
"Does Neoul speak Japanese?"
"Does Raccoon Hyung-nim speak Japanese?"
Baek Gi-yeom and Woo-cheong asked in surprise.
"Uh... I think I spoke human language... Well, I guess so."
"Uh-huh. What's with human language?"
Baek Gi-yeom laughed at how Neoul sometimes said strange things.
Neoul realized that the feeling of the language flowing out of his mouth when he spoke to a Korean and when he spoke to Daiki was different. Hearing it was the same.
He realized that the language Daiki was using was called 'Japanese'.
[Gal San! The answer to Baek San's question earlier was youth. Please translate it!]
"Neoul. What did Daiki say?"
"Baek Sang asked the question, and the answer was youth."
"Who is Baek Sang... Oh, is it me? It's me!"
Baek Gi Yeom nodded his head as if he understood perfectly.
"Youth. That's good too."
[Gal Sang. What did Baek Sang say?]
[Youth is also good.]
When he spoke to Daiki, Japanese automatically came out of his mouth, and when he spoke to Baek Gi Yeom, Woo Cheong, and Go Woon Gu, Korean automatically came out.
At first, the two languages were indistinguishable, but as they continued to alternate, the differences became more and more apparent.
'Not all human languages are the same.'
Well, dolphins communicate in different languages in different oceans, so they don't understand each other when they meet. There's no law that says humans should only use one language.
The moment he tried to quietly accept it, the voice of Sir Rabbit Baek Yu Ri passed through his mind. Now that he thought about it....
'Wasn't it always Rabbit Language?'
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