47. First Broadcast (2)
"What did you say back then, Neoul?"
Baek Gi-yeom asked.
Neoul nodded at the screen and stuffed his mouth with food. It meant that he will know later.
[Baek Yu-ri: I'll give it to you if we debut together successfully...!]
[Q. What did Baek Yu-ri promise to give?]
[Gal Neoul: he promised to give me liver.]
[Q. Huh? Liver?]
Baek Yu-ri, who didn't know that Neoul had been interviewed, was shocked.
"Cough!"
Hey! What am I going to do if you say that! You crazy bastard!
Baek Yu-ri lowered his head, barely hiding his shaking pupils.
In the meantime, Neoul on the screen continued to speak shamelessly.
[Gal Neoul: I asked for his liver as a joke. I suddenly got playful when I saw his rabbit ears. So I said, 'I am a prince from the Dragon Palace, and since my abamama is sick, give me some rabbit liver.' Sir said he would give it to me if I debuted.]
Neoul wasn't good at lying.
But he knew how to make a lie sound plausible. It was by mixing in with truth.
A lie mixed with truth always sounds more true.
It was called a 'true lie.'
[Gal Neoul: Sir Baek Yuri was just playing along with my joke.]
It was fortunate that the interview was conducted after Baek Yuri's true identity was revealed to be human. Thanks to that, he could say that it was all a joke.
If it had been before then... Neoul might have been caught that he was seriously aiming for Baek Yuri's liver.
"Oh, is that so?"
Baek Gi-yeom brushed it off and focused on the screen.
Neoul looked at the camera that had been recording their appearance since a while ago. And smiled faintly.
As if to say that it was all just a joke.
[But!]
[Jump jump jump]
[Plop plop plop!]
The subtitles were added to the scene where Neoul kept falling over while jumping around.
[Gal Neoul contestant who can't walk straight and falls...?]
—Why is he like that?
—?
—What is it
Somehow Baek Yuri helped Neoul move, and then Baek Yuri on the screen grabbed the mic and started singing unaccompanied.
—Wow, crazy
—He's really good
—It's summer. It's really summer.
—The memory manipulation is crazyㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
After Baek Yuri finished Seo Seim's song, which is famously difficult, Neoul picked up the mic.
—Oh, can we hear the Mermaid Prince song?
—Is Gal Neoul good at singing?
—Yes!!!!!!
—The tone is just crazy
—Legend!!!
—That handsome one is good at singing too, you have it all ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
—He sang the signal song really well
When Gal Neoul started humming into the microphone, the chat window that was going up suddenly stopped. Everyone seemed to have stopped their hands and it was quiet.
Neoul looked at himself on the screen.
It was quite strange and fun to see and hear about his past like this. It was also a little embarrassing.
'My wet hair, my robe, my dripping bag, everything is a mess.'
He was exhausted from swimming from far away, so his humming was quite disappointing. After humming, Neoul calmly evaluated his appearance.
"That's a bit... like a mojiri."
Baek Gi-yeom and Woo Cheong clapped their hands in admiration, fixing their eyes on the screen.
"Wow, that's the best mojiri." [*Dummy foolish person]
"That was a great mojiri, Raccoon Hyung-nim!"
Ha On-ha and Yeo Do-bin also added.
"You're the best Mojiri in the world~"
"What's Mojiri? What's Mojiri? Best singer?"
"That's right~ It's similar~"
Thanks to that, Neoul's expression became ambiguous.
It's like a compliment, but not a compliment, but a compliment-like insult...is it...?
Whether Neoul was dissatisfied with his appearance or not, the open chat was filled with compliments and exclamations like crazy.
Neoul on the screen jumped around again and was carried by Baek Yuri like a load.
[Baek Yuri: Baek! Yuri! Ne! Oul!!]
—Baek Yuri is so strongㅋㅋㅋ
—Voice is amazing
—Even if he just hum, his voice is...
—Does Gal Neoul's leg hurt?
—How can he run like that when he is sick? He is not even limping.
The process of wiping with a towel, borrowing slippers, and getting on the bus was all edited out.
Instead, the images of the 10 candidates for the signal song sitting on the bus were shown all at once, and then the faces of the participants passed by one by one, and a close-up shot of Neoul appeared briefly.
It was the moment when Neoul looked at the camera, tilted, and smiled.
—OMG
—G|절
—Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy
—Is this heaven?
—It was a good life..
And as they continued to talk to each other and become closer, the problematic scene appeared.
[Kim Ji-rok: Why, why why? What do I smell?]
[Gye Tae-seok: Huh? Do I have bad breath? But I just brush my teeth? Did someone fart?]
[Woo Cheong: Ji-rok hyung-nim, you smell like cigarettes!]
[Kim Ji-rok: Hey, Woo Cheong, shhh...! Hey...!] The camera pans
[Woo-cheong: Ugh, ugh, ugh! Ugh, ugh, ugh!]
[Baek Yu-ri: Neoul ssi, does your nose hurt? Are you having trouble breathing? Instead of holding on like this, I think it would be better to go to the hospital and get checked out first…!]
Baek Yu-ri, Woo Cheong, and Ha On-ha, who were there at the time, turned pale.
They didn't know they would broadcast this scene as is. Since it was a scene that could be severely criticized, they thought they would edit it out. Or at least they wouldn't show it in episode 1.
Baek Yuri covered his mouth, Woo Cheong covered both of his ears, and Ha On-ha opened his eyes wide and his ears.
[Gal Neoul: the souls of those two...]
[Kim Ji-rok: Huh? Souls?]
[Gal Neoul: It smells bad.]
[!]
[Everyone is shocked!]
[Gal Neoul: Sorry for the first time meeting, but please keep your mouth shut.]
[Contestants who are embarrassed...….]
—What is Gal Neoul?
—?
—What does it mean that your soul smells bad?
—Cigarettes.
—Bad breath.
—Kim Ji-rok smokes, I guess.
—He's an adult, so why doesn't he smoke?
—He's a singer?
—Lungs rotting + voice damaged
—Gal Neoul is crazyㅋㅋㅋ Look at the way he talks to his hyungs
—Why is he like that
—He's acting like a jerk when they first meet..
—Oh my goshㅋㅋㅋ Gal Neoul's speech is polite, but his content isn't politeㅋㅋㅋ What's with that ㅋㅋ
—Kim Ji-rok, Gye Tae-seok, does your breath smell badㅋ What kind of embarrassment is that
—No matter how bad it smells, isn't it rude to say that to someone when you first meet? It shows that he hasn't learned anything.
—If he acts like that in front of the camera, he'll probably act even worse behind the camera.
—Just look at the value of his face. His personality is amazing. Hahaha
—Ah, no way total BS
—I liked it but what is itㅠㅠㅠㅠ
—What... Both of them were likeable, but they were unfavorable just now..
Baek Yu-ri tried to flip over the smartphone that he had placed on the table. It seemed better if Gal Neoul didn't look at it.
But Neoul had already seen everything. A teardrop fell silently from his eye.
"Crying...?"
"What! Are you crying, Raccoon hyung-nim?"
"Neo, Neoul ssi, are you okay...?"
Everyone turned around in surprise at Baek Yu-ri's question.
Neoul lowered his gaze with a completely calm expression.
"Tongue.."
Tongue? You want to pull out the tongues of those who curse?
Or do humans have really long tongues?
He was worried whether he should turn off the camera before Neoul threw out more foul language, but Neoul shouted with a resentful and distressed expression.
"I feel like my tongue is going to get cut off...!"
At that moment, the quiet outside the window suddenly flashed brightly, and as if to represent the heart of the person, thunder rumbled!
Baek Yuri misheard and stepped back in shock.
"You're going to cut off people's tongues?!"
"Huh? What kind of horrible thing is that?"
Neoul looked at Baek Yuri strangely and pointed at the bright red food.
"You shouldn't eat this! It's poisonous!"
Upon closer inspection, Neoul was holding a spoon covered in red seasoning.
'CEO Won Hashin ordered this horrible thing to poison me!'
It was much more spicy than the ramen or kimchi stew he'd had before, so no matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't help but think it was poison.
"Ahahahahaha!"
Ha On-ha, who noticed the situation the fastest, hit the floor and burst out laughing.
"Tteokbokki! You couldn't eat spicy food, so why did you eat that~"
Go Woon-gu, who had been nervous for a moment, immediately relaxed at those words and shouted.
"Aak! What the! I was surprised!"
"Huh? Is the tteokbokki really spicy? I ordered it less spicy...? I added cheese too?"
Woo Cheong picked up his chopsticks, puzzled.
"Isn't it okay? It's similar to mala-tang, what is it?"
Everyone picked up their chopsticks one by one at Woo Cheong's indifferent comment.
They had been so tense while monitoring that they didn't even think about eating anything, but seeing Neoul eat tteokbokki and talk nonsense because it was spicy made them feel so dumbfounded that their tension eased.
Ha On-ha approached the window and asked.
"But didn't it thunder just now? Shouldn't we turn off the TV?"
He opened the window and checked the night sky. The moon and stars were visible elsewhere, but dark clouds were only visible near the house. It was a strange sight. As he stared out, fortunately, there were no more signs of thunder or lightning.
"Hmm...? It doesn't seem to be thundering anymore...? I think we can keep watching."
Yeo Do-bin followed him to the window and looked at the sky.
In the meantime, Daiki, a Japanese man, tasted the tteokbokki out of curiosity and was so surprised that he cried and looked for water.
"This is spicy! Spicy, water!"
It was as terribly spicy as a bomb. Yeo Do-bin, a Korean-Australian, also tried one, hardened his expression, and let out a slurp. His pupils shook back and forth at the spiciness that made his ears pop.
"Oh, the tteokbokki that mom made wasn't this spicy… ."
"Oh my, these foreigners~"
Baek Gi-yeom snatched Baek Yu-ri's chicken breast salad and gave each of the three spicy people a probiotic drink.
Neoul drank a whole pack of the sweet drink and soothed his numb mouth with the oily fried food and cheese balls.
After his mouth calmed down a little, Neoul fixed his gaze on the screen, his expression showing that he didn't care at all about editing or comments.
—No, how bad must the smell be for that to happen? I have a sensitive sense of smell too, so I can't really control my facial expressions on the subway, but I guess the smell of the mouth's poop was really bad.
—The smell of the mouth's poopㅋㅋㅋㅋ
—?? Defending that
—He should've held it in. That's basic manners, but Gal Neoul seems to have no social skills at all.
—He talks to other people just fine. Is it selective social skills?
Fortunately or unfortunately, only one side didn't get cursed at. There were more curses, but there were also a few chats defending Neoul.
Baek Yuri picked up his smartphone, checked the viewers' reactions, and sighed.
On TV, the signal song was released, the interview scene was passed, the participants who stayed on the beach to busk were given their time, and finally the production crew withdrew.
[The production crew was organizing their equipment.]
[But! The rock is moving...?]
[???: Huh? Filming is over?!]
[Assistant Director: Huh? You're a participant?]
[???: Yes! It's Baek Gi-yeom.]
The image of Baek Gi-yeom, smiling brightly with refreshing facial features, was shown on the screen. It was a smile that looked very healthy and lively due to his slightly tanned skin tone.
[Assistant Director: Huh? We sent everyone away, so why is there one left? PD-nim!]
[The entire production crew is flustered!]
A scene of counting the number of people boarding the bus appeared, turning back time.
[Staff: 68, 69, 70! All the remaining participants, except for the 10 who left first, have boarded!]
[The personnel check was definitely perfect?]
Back to the present.
[PD Seok: What's your name?]
[Baek Gi-yeom: It's Baek Gi-yeom. (Smiles)]
[The production crew hurriedly checks the profile!]
[There definitely is a profile for the 'Baek Gi-yeom' contestant!]
The audition scene of Baek Gi-yeom passed by briefly.
It was a scene that showed off some clever but not excessive gestures and chewy rap.
[PD Seok: How did one person fall behind when there's an even number? I'll call. Just a moment.]
[Writer: Yes. PD Seok! All the participants arrived a little while ago.]
[PD Seok: ??? (Surprised, embarrassed)]
[PD Seok: Yes, writer. Just a moment. One of the participants here couldn't get on the bus. Could you check the number of people once?]
[Writer:? All 80 people arrived?]
[PD Seok: !!!]
[Writer: Isn't it 80 people now, including the additional participants?]
[PD Seok: Oh, that's right...! But one person here fell behind?]
[Writer: Yes? There's no way?]
[(Creepy!)]
[Writer: I checked the number of people twice and it's 80 people.]
[The production staff's mouths are frozen in surprise!]
—Wow, what is this? Wow
—ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋI came here because I was curious after watching the trailer and finally
—It's so scary;;
—Baek Gi-yeom's lips are crazy
—??
—Please show me more rapㅠㅠ It's shortㅠㅠ
—Goosebumps..
—Huuuh?
[PD Seok: You're not a ghost, are you?!]
[Someone who doesn't know if it's Baek Gi-yeom or a ghost: No, huh?! (screaming)]
[Baek Gi-yeom contestants get scared all at once!]
[The situation where they're both scared and flustered!]
[PD Seok: So, is one of the 80 people over there a ghost...? (earthquake in pupils)]
[What on earth happened?]
[3 hours ago.]
[Baek Gi-yeom contestant hiding in the turtle shell tube he chose.]
[A vacationer places a beach towel on the tube without knowing that there's a contestant?]
[A while later]
[Baek Yu-ri: Rabbit ear headband! I picked it!]
[Baek Yuri contestant who picked the rabbit ear headband!]
[Baek Yuri: When I think of rabbits, the first things that come to mind are
[That's right! Baek Yuri contestant was paired with Baek Gi-yeom contestant who picked the turtle!]
[Baek Yuri: Are you by any chance from
[???: Yes? That's not me!]
[Baek Yuri contestant wandering around in a random place.]
[But then he suddenly runs off somewhere?]
[The person who was there was a Gal Neoul participant!]
—???
—Oh right, Baek Yuri did the mission with Gal Neoul, right? ㅋㅋ
—The partner changed?
—Baek Gi-yeom must be so upset ㅠㅠㅠㅠ He can't even buskㅠㅠ
—Huh.
[The production crew mistook Gal Neoul-ssi, who was swimming and playing in the ocean, for a regular contestant selected locally!]
—Oh ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
—ㅋㅋㅋ It was a mistake that could be made
—What the heck ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Gal Neoul is crazy ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Why did he join naturally while swimming and playing ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
—No ㅋㅋㅋㅋ they just picked him up by chance, but how did he become a visual mebo ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
—
—What the ㅋㅋㅋㅋ web novel above ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
—Huh? Why are you singing when you're not a contestant?
—ㅋㅋㅋㅋ?
—Gal Neoul is such a nuisance
—Didn't he do it because he didn't know? It might not have been done on purpose, but calling it a nuisance is a bit much;;
—Who told him to do it? There, ㅋㅋㅋㅋ, so hilarious that makes me dizzyㅋㅋㅋㅋ
—No, somehow, there was no microphone;; I thought they didn't give it to him because the production cost was insufficient
—FLu received investment from a large corporation, so they have a lot of money
—Baek Yuri was completely fooledㅋㅋㅋ
The chat room became noisy at the truth that was revealed.
The scene of Baek Gi-yeom hiding in the tube whispering into the microphone and a speaking Gal Neoul without a sound was contrasted in one scene.
[Baek Gi-yeom: Can you hear the footsteps? I think he is looking for me.]
[Baek Gi-yeom: Who is my mission partner?]
Baek Gi-yeom was giggling happily in the darkness, making it look even more pitiful.
—Oh my goshㅠㅠㅠㅠ
—By the way, Giyeom is crouching down, it's cuteㅋ ㅋ큐ㅠ
—How can you be so sad when you're smiling
—My legs are going to fall offㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
—Noㅋㅋㅋ The important thing isn't hide and seek, but you hid too perfectly by yourselfㅋㅋㅋㅋ
—The sudden Gi-yeom.. so cute..
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