– WorldRank0Jeilgeom: This Heavenly Demon kid is a real piece of work lolllll
└ MaengdyuPrincess-nim: He's a tough opponent, the first since Ju Jaha lolllll
└ WorldRank0Jeilgeom: For real lol Now the Alliance Leader has to manage both Jaha's and Hwajin's mouths lol
└ PrettiestGeom-i: The Alliance Leader is going to have a hard time lol
– FiveFactionsOneAlliance: From now on, if someone asks why we're Gupailbang but only have six members, let's just say the other four died.
└ SoWhatWudang: Crazy lollllllllllll
└ Daekkaehwa: Hey, there's no news about the kids who left, so if you say that, they'll think it's real lolllll
└ UngiJoshikUngiJoongshikUngiSukshik: Gu~pa~il~bang~ You'll find out soon why there are six~
└ SoWhatWudang: Kahl!
└ FiveFactionsOneAlliance: Kahl!
└ Daekkaehwa: Kahl!
– 108NahanJin: But I didn't know Hwajin choreographed the last broadcast. That's really surprising.
└ JahaYaLetsMarry: Looks like a decent kid finally joined?
└ MuhyeopDolIsWhatOtaku: What does the comment above mean?
└ JahaYaLetsMarry: I didn't say who, but that one fan base comes to mind lol
└ MuhyeopDolIsWhatOtaku: So you're saying the person you're dissing right now isn't Jun?
└ JahaYaLetsMarry: Your victim complex is insane. I feel sorry for your bias lol
└ MuhyeopDolIsWhatOtaku: Wow loll Is this the standard for a perpetrator-member's fan?
└ JahaYaLetsMarry: (Comment reported for profanity.)
└ MuhyeopDolIsWhatOtaku: (Comment reported for profanity.)
└ JahaYaLetsMarry: (Comment reported for profanity.)
└ MuhyeopDolIsWhatOtaku: (Comment reported for profanity.)
└ 108NahanJin: Why are you fighting ㅠㅠ Stop it. In my post.
└ JahaYaLetsMarry: (Comment reported for profanity.)
└ WorldRank0Jeilgeom: She said stop. Don't start trouble in someone else's post.
└ FiveFactionsOneAlliance: Comments are ruined.
– UngiJoshikUngiJoongshikUngiSukshik: Just my headcanon, but I don't think Hwajin being a mossol (solo since birth) is a concept.
└ SoWhatWudang: If Japan has a "thousand-year idol," Korea has... a "hundred-year idol."
└ JuhwaImmaWhatImma: He probably couldn't date because he was growing his hair in the K-tsch building basement lol
└ FiveFactionsOneAlliance: An idol who's a mossol because he was growing his hair? I'd love that, actually.
– JinJinJahaJinJinJa: How can that Zhongnan kid be so consistently awful?
└ WorldRank0Jeilgeom: But I'm a little worried, wasn't Hwajin too reckless on broadcast?
└ FiveFactionsOneAlliance: Comment above is right. Unless he was intentionally trying to diss him.
└ JinJinJahaJinJinJa: Didn't he say that on broadcast because something did happen between them??
└ JahaYaLetsMarry: You don't know about the legendary Zhongnan 2's Lies-Live? The final boss of playing the victim lol
└ 3rdGenZhongnanPlz: What the hell is the problem with the Zhongnan Sect? Zhongnan 1 too. The CEO bastard definitely hates the Zhongnan Sect.
– MyKidIsNotBald: But... even though the withdrawn members' situation isn't great, I was somehow relieved to hear news about them.
└ WorldRank0Jeilgeom: Heol, me too.
└ UngiJoshikUngiJoongshikUngiSukshik: Me too.
└ SoWhatWudang: Me too, yeah.
└ FiveFactionsOneAlliance: Me too. It's true the withdrawn members have been weirdly inactive.
└ JuhwaImmaWhatImma: Don't you think the original members are in contact with the members who left???
"If I'm in contact with the kids who left?"
The Alliance Leader blinked, as if surprised that I would ask such a thing.
Normally, I wouldn't have asked the Alliance Leader so openly.
You could assume that almost anything said to the Alliance Leader goes straight to the CEO.
But since the Heavenly Demon had already revealed on broadcast that I intentionally hid the Shin Tae-eul incident from the CEO.
I thought it was better to ask before the CEO gagged the kids.
The Alliance Leader seemed to ponder for a moment, then spoke slowly.
"No.... I'm the leader, so I thought it was right to take care of the kids who remained."
True, with the Alliance Leader's decisive personality, there was no way he would have contacted the members who left.
Nahan, who still uses an old folder phone, also couldn't possibly have contacted them.
I asked Jaha, who has a bit of a clingy personality, and Taegeuk, who was friendly with everyone, but their answers were similar to the Alliance Leader's.
"Uh… I figured I wouldn't hear anything good if I contacted the kids who left because they didn't want to be here, so I haven't."
"It's a bit awkward to contact them first, you know? They might have left because of me."
…I felt the bite in Jaha's last words.
"But Hyung, did you really meet Shin Tae-eul?"
Jaha must have seen the broadcast, as he asked me when the Alliance Leader and Taegeuk weren't around.
I honestly hesitated.
Should I tell him that the person Shin Tae-eul was targeting on that broadcast wasn't Jaha?
It would be a relief if Jaha heard that and felt at ease, but the problem is that it would mean Shin Tae-eul was targeting a different member.
Even though Jaha seems like he only thinks of himself, he has a personality where he can't stand seeing other members get cursed at.
When I gave a simple nod, Jaha hesitated a little, then asked awkwardly.
"Does he… seem to be doing well? Well, seeing him run around with a girl and a guy, I guess he's fine."
It seems Shin Tae-eul's words about being somewhat close to Jaha were true.
But the Shin Tae-eul I saw was in a very strange state, so the words "he's doing fine" didn't come out of my mouth easily.
Just then, the Heavenly Demon, who was lying on my double bed watching N-tube, cut in.
"This master also saw that wretch."
"I know. You said it on broadcast, Hyung."
"Were you there too?"
"How did he look to you, Brother Heavenly Demon?"
"You mean the Zhongnan Sect wretch?"
"Yes."
"Hmm."
The Heavenly Demon sat up and said in a satisfied tone.
"That wretch is this master's fan."
"…It was my fault for asking you, Hyung."
"The wretch who was at fault was the Zhongnan wretch. He tried to choke the administrator."
Why is every word out of his mouth a bombshell?
The Heavenly Demon's mouth was incredibly loose.
Jaha freaked out and looked back and forth between me and the Heavenly Demon.
"What does that mean? Brother So-ui, is this true?!"
"He said he came to retaliate against the administrator. If this master hadn't been there, your administrator would have been a dead man."
"Brother So-ui, what does this mean!"
Before I could make any excuse, Jaha ran out of the room and brought the Alliance Leader. After hearing the whole story, the Alliance Leader's pupils shook violently.
"Then the one who had trouble with Tae-eul that day wasn't Cheonma-nim, but..."
"Uhm, it was me."
"…Why didn't you say anything when something like that happened?"
"Because in the end, nothing happened?"
The Alliance Leader looked at me with incomprehension, then immediately called the CEO.
The CEO, as if he had nothing to do, arrived in less than a few dozen minutes. Anyone would think he lives in the apartment opposite us.
Observation cameras were installed in the living room, so I and the Gupailbang members ended up sitting in a row on my bed.
Except for the Heavenly Demon, of course.
The Heavenly Demon was lying behind us with his head propped up, watching N-tube.
The N-tube sound from the Heavenly Demon played softly like background music.
The CEO stood in front of us and asked with an unprecedentedly cold expression.
"So, what Cheonma-nim is saying is. You went out because Mr. So-ui screamed, and Mr. Tae-eul was about to choke him, so you stopped him. And Mr. Tae-eul came to take out his anger on Mr. So-ui, his former manager, because his acting career wasn't going well?"
"Th-that is, it's not certain he was trying to choke me. He was just trying to hit my neck and knock me out..."
"..."
"Yep. I'll shut up."
The CEO let out a sigh.
No, this is unfair.
If you only listen to the Heavenly Demon, it's true I was the foolish one just standing there, but.
Shin Tae-eul didn't come for revenge that day.
Shin Tae-eul appeared in that spot because he was worried about me, and about the members.
Of course, the part about "you have to know the news of the withdrawn members to live" was hard to believe.
But the fact that nobody knew the news of the withdrawn members was certainly strange.
It was clear the CEO was hiding something.
But I couldn't say this in front of the CEO.
"Brother So-ui."
As the silence lengthened, the Alliance Leader spoke up.
"I'm sure you didn't say anything because you were afraid it would get big, but you have to take care of your body, too. Our group's image won't be damaged by something like that."
"Brother Ilgeom is right."
Taegeuk, who had been quiet, backed up the Alliance Leader.
"Hyung, now that I think about it, the reason you asked about the withdrawn members earlier was because you were afraid they'd show up like Shin Tae-eul, right? Don't agonize over it alone. If something happens, tell us. We've been together for years."
…I've suddenly become a "true manager" who suffered injustice for the kids' sake and didn't say a word.
I don't know if the CEO will think so, too.
The CEO was staring at me with an expression of deep thought.
After a moment of deliberation, the CEO said this.
"For now, Mr. So-ui, you are to be accompanied by Cheonma-nim wherever you go. I will meet with Mr. Tae-eul separately."
He'll meet Shin Tae-eul separately?
I asked the CEO before I even realized it.
"CEO-nim, do you know what the kids who left are doing these days?"
At my question, all the Gupailbang kids' gazes turned to the CEO.
The CEO blinked slowly, as if I'd asked something strange.
The CEO's subsequent answer was concise.
"Do I need to know that?"
In an instant, the atmosphere turned ice-cold.
It wasn't just me; the Gupailbang members couldn't control their expressions either.
We.
Were all scouted directly by the CEO.
Just for having unique names from martial arts novels, we were promised huge contracts and exceptional treatment and came to K-tsch.
And yet, nearly half the members left the company.
Until now, I had never once thought that was strange.
But now, I felt I needed to know why those kids decided to leave.
The CEO, reading the mood, smiled awkwardly as if troubled.
Just as the CEO was about to open his mouth.
A loud alarm sound started ringing from behind us.
– My lord, you must wake up. You cannot collapse like this! Wake up, hurry!
– You must wake up, you are the pride of Joseon! Wake up, wake up! Stand up, stand! Hurry and stand up! Wake up, young master! Hurry and get up!
"..."
"..."
"..."
The Heavenly Demon turned off the alarm and sat up in bed nonchalantly.
The CEO, who had stood speechless for a moment, asked.
"…What kind of alarm is that?"
"The dorm variety show alarm. It's starting soon."
You even set an alarm for the broadcast?
This Heavenly Demon, being an idol seems to suit his aptitude.
"Did… you download that yourself?"
"Cherry got it for me. Why. Are you salty that I'm the pride of Joseon?"
"Not at all. I will download it too."
Why are you downloading it?
6th-year Beggar, WeTaxi nickname '108NahanJin,' was waiting for Gupailbang's authentic dorm martial arts variety show,
It was the first Gupailbang dorm variety show since their rookie days, so her heart was pounding.
The martial arts-dol concept has loosened up a lot by now.
It was because she might be able to see her bias, Baek Nahan, speak.
'I didn't know he'd go on a talk show and not say a single word other than "Namu Amitabul"....'
Even though he only said "Namu Amitabul" with his hands clasped for every question, seeing him be hilarious made her think her bias was freaking awesome, but.
On the other hand, it was always disappointing.
Baek Nahan did turn on U-Live broadcasts sometimes like the other members, but all he did was show himself eating without a single word and then leave.
Since he doesn't talk, it's good that he won't get into trouble for a slip of the tongue, but.
'The only voice I've heard is a few rap lines and "Namu Amitabul." Isn't that a bit... much?'
So she was looking forward to this dorm variety show.
No matter how much his concept is a monk practicing a vow of silence, surely he wouldn't not say a single word in the dorm?
'Don't tell me… they're going to edit out all his speaking scenes?'
108NahanJin stared at the screen, half anxious and half expectant.
At 9 PM sharp, the opening for
The opening was unusual from the very first scene.
Because what was on the screen was the hanging sign at the entrance of the Shaolin Temple.
As the entire temple entrance came into view, Baek Nahan could be seen standing in front of the gate with his hands clasped behind his back.
The camera pulled back further, capturing the Shaolin monks practicing Kung Fu in a group, and Baek Nahan walked down through the middle of them.
108NahanJin watched, thinking 'no way, no way,' then was horrified.
'C-crazy K-tsch bastards, that's really Mount Song...!'