Chapter 264:

Chapter 264:

Translator: MarcTempest

Editor: Rxel

Chapter 264

“Hahaha!”

The day after the K-pop concert.

As they were having breakfast in the hotel room, the youngest one shoved his smartphone in front of Woojoo.

“Look at this. Jiho’s face changed so fast, it was awesome, yuyu. Yuyu!”

“Do you want more milk?”

“Yes! Oops... no, Hyung. I was so cool, you know. They’re saying I rocked the stage.”

“Wow, our maknae is amazing.”

“...Please put some soul into your words. Hyung.”

Jiho was excitedly talking, but Woojoo wasn’t paying much attention.

His eyes were fixed on the tablet PC.

He enjoyed the sweet taste of cocoa and took a bite of the bagel.

He hadn’t been looking at the internet reactions lately, except for the fan cafe, but when he searched for them, they were so fun. It wasn’t just him, the other members were also eating and browsing, sticking their noses to the screen.

“Hooh...”

“Oh, this is a save.”

“Hoohoo.”

The words ‘oh’ and ‘hooh’ kept coming out, and Jiho shouted, “Hyungs! Hyungdeul!” calling them.

Woojoo winked at him.

‘Pat.’

‘Laser.’

Bijoo and Junghyun, who were sitting on either side of the youngest, stretched out their hands and stroked Jiho from both sides, keeping their eyes on the smart devices.

He seemed to calm down quickly, so it must have worked.

Rihyuk, who was elegantly sipping his coffee, asked Woojoo, “Are you still looking for that?”

“Yeah.”

“They said it’s hard to notice even if you tell them. You hid it so well.”

“Is that so...?”

What Woojoo was searching for was the connection between Flower Dance and Windflower, which he revealed during the concert yesterday. The thing that if you played the two songs backwards, you got the melody of the other song.

Jiho chuckled.

“When you said that yesterday, your expression was so funny. This song has a secret. Huhuhu.”

The manager Hyungs who were eating with them laughed at his imitation of Woojoo.

The other guys joined in.

“I still think that expression was so cute.”

“Woojoo Hyung, when you said that, your nose was twitching so much. And your eyes were huge.”

“Look at this. Junghyun Hyung noticed it, that says it all.”

“That’s right. I have a keen eye. Hyung.”

“Pfft-!”

The manager Hyungs were now laughing out loud at their proud dung beetle.

“Did I look that excited yesterday?”

Everyone nodded.

Well, he was really thrilled when he told them the secret of Flower Dance.

He understood why the tailor in The Emperor’s New Clothes was so restless. He wanted to tell them so badly, he was itching since before the concert.

Because...

“Come on, no one noticed.”

It had been a week since they released Flower Dance.

Two weeks, three weeks passed, but nothing happened.

Woojoo hoped that a fan with good ears would post on the internet, ‘Wow! Our kid is a genius! What a trick!’ But until yesterday’s concert, not a single Soufflé came out.

Even when they performed the follow-up song!

No one!

No one noticed.

As a show-off who enjoyed recognition and attention, he couldn’t stand it any longer, so he finally opened it at this K-pop concert.

“Let’s see.”

Woojoo searched for the Soufflés’ reactions.

[The secret of Flower Dance and Windflower that Woojoo revealed yesterday]

Oh. There it was.

The full translation of the Japanese comment Woojoo made at the concert yesterday was posted on the Soufflé community.

Woojoo focused and read it carefully.

-Wow, amazing;;

-I never knew while listening

-Does it really play Flower Dance backwards???

-I love these kinds of bread crumbs

-They tried this yesterday and it’s actually not Flower Dance backwards =/= Windflower. There’s a slight difference

-??? What difference?

-Well, this is... ah... what do I say, Woojoo twisted it so complicatedly

-It’s almost a high difficulty level

-To put it simply, the main melody is perfectly symmetrical when played backwards, but the side melodies have variations in each of them. It’s like I did a decalcomania, but the universe drew different and complex backgrounds on both sides.

-?

-Explain again please

-I drew a big picture, but the fans didn’t know, so Woojoo was sad

-Ah, I see

-I don’t know what it is, but it gives me goosebumps

The reaction was more like ‘Wow... Woojoo had a big meaning’ than Woojoo expected.

“...Did I make it too complicated?”

“When you were making it, the A&R Team told you to go easy. They said no one would understand it.”

“They did say that.”

Woojoo nodded at Rihyuk’s words.

When he felt a bit gloomy, Rihyuk put a piece of bread with butter on his plate.

“Thank you.”

Woojoo looked at his siblings with a sullen expression.

“I think I’ll try to put this kind of design a bit easier next time. I’ll also take the A&R Team’s advice more actively.”

“Yeah. And if possible, let’s have a suitable song for the choreography...”

“Right.” Bijoo answered as he neatly sliced the fish. “This time, the Windflower was too easy for the choreography. We have to make it fun for the fans to watch the stage.”

“...”

“Bijoo Hyung. Rihyuk Hyung is crying now.”

“Ah... Rihyuk. It’s okay. We just have to work hard together. Do you want a ginger cookie?”

They talked about the next album for a while.

The fourth album.

They hadn’t planned it exactly yet, but they were having meetings about the comeback schedule.

They needed at least 25 to 30 songs to have a solo concert.

Woojoo had been making well-made songs, putting their blood and sweat into each one, so the number of album songs was low.

Thanks to that, they got great reviews from the critics.

But the problem was that if they went on like this, they would have to fill a lot of the setlist with cover songs.

Fortunately, they had a lot of good songs besides the album, like Night Sea, Slip’s OST, or A Poem from Yesterday.

But still, album songs suited solo concerts better.

So Woojoo suggested that they should advance the comeback, riding on the momentum of Windflower.

The next album would be much easier to work on.

The person who was the best at communicating and had the stamina of a bull when working was the main character.

“Junghyun.”

“Yes. Hyung.”

“Let’s work hard together when we go to Korea.”

“...”

Junghyun gasped and dropped the morning bread he was holding on the plate.

Jiho exclaimed, “Wow. I’ve never seen Junghyun Hyung make such a heart-sinking expression.”

Woojoo smiled warmly.

“Junghyun.”

“...”

“Look at me.”

He lifted his head with a squeak, and Woojoo gave him a warm smile.

“Let’s exchange our souls again, like we did at Fireworks. We’re going to make our soul song, you and me.”

“...”

“Let’s go with hip-hop, which you like, for the theme. Come on. Let’s cheer with hip and hop. Hip.”

“...Please save me. Hyung.”

“Hop! Wow! This is exciting!”

Woojoo clapped and celebrated.

As they danced along, not caring about their own work, Junghyun looked at his morning bread with a lost appetite.

While they were having fun.

That was why they had a variety of content, including programs that introduced Korean idols like now.

They sat around the soft leather sofa that was lined up on the white background, like in the movie Matrix.

They finished their self-introduction and went straight into the talk.

“Who is the one who takes care of the members the most in New Black?”

Tey all pointed at Bijoo.

Rihyuk, who was the most fluent in Japanese, explained, “Bijoo is really caring and attentive to the people around him.”

“Bijoo Hyung is the best.”

“But he also nags a lot. ... He’s good at sneaking a glance at the camera from an angle where it doesn’t show, like now.”

The MC asked with a smile, “That’s surprising. I thought you, Woojoo, would take on that role since you’re the leader.”

“Absolutely not. He’s as far from being considerate as the earth is from the end of the universe.”

“He’s just a grandpa. A grandpa who’s good at music.”

“... You guys will see after this is over.”

Woojoo threatened them with a kind smile, and his siblings looked at each other’s faces.

“Huh...”

“I think we’re in trouble.”

“Since we’ve already messed up. Let’s go.”

“No... guys...”

“Let’s go!”

“Kyarruk!”

Seeing his siblings act like bouncing balls and go kyarrur! with excitement, the MC’s spirit was sucked out in real time.

“Well... I see.”

“Say more!”

“Me too!”

“This recording is so fun! Let’s do this forever!”

After calming down the jumping siblings, the talk corner ended and a simple game corner came up.

“It’s a famous game in Korea, right? It’s the ‘Guess What I’m Saying With My Body!’ game.”

The MC took the card that the production team handed him and said, “For example, if the word is ‘giraffe’, one person has to describe a giraffe and the team members have to guess it.”

“Yes!”

They were confident because it was a familiar game.

And their eyes widened at the next words.

“By the way, there’s also a prize to boost your challenge spirit. There’s a promotion opportunity if you succeed. And if you succeed perfectly! There’s also a prize. A whopping 500,000 yen!”

“What?!”

“Money comes out?”

They all stood up as the MC chuckled.

“Yes. That’s right.”

“Is it true that you get a prize if you guess all the questions in ‘Guess What I’m Saying With My Body’?”

“Of course.”

They looked at each other.

“It seems too easy...”

“Right. We’re bad at thinking but good at moving.”

They were seriously worried about the production team’s well-being, thinking that they were getting the prize for free. But they were laughing over there.

“It may seem easy, but none of the Korean idols who have appeared so far have won the prize. There are words like ‘amoeba’ too.”

Looking at the words, they were definitely hard. It would be hard to tell what they were if you expressed them with your body.

Maybe it was a prize for an event.

Like ‘Throw a dart and win 100 million!’ but the roulette’s mark was a nanometer.

But the word prize made them eager.

“500,000 yen...”

“How much is that in Korean money. Rihyuk Hyung?”

“Unfortunately, it’s yen now... It’s probably about 4.56 million won at the current exchange rate.”

“Wow. Hey. That’s 400 king pork cutlets.”

“Wow. If you go to a 100 yen shop, you can get 5,000 socks.”

Rihyuk swept his hair back and said, “... I really hope this conversation wasn’t translated into Japanese. No, the Soufflés in Korea shouldn’t know either.”

They had a strategy meeting among themselves. Especially who would go out as the representative and explain the motion.

“Woojoo Hyung should go out.”

“I think it would be better if Hyung goes out.”

“He’s the most suitable.”

Woojoo’s siblings chose him as the person to explain the words.

Actually, he was talented in that area, so he was going to volunteer.

Then Rihyuk raised a question.

“But if this guy goes out, who will guess the problem? I’m not good at guessing this kind of thing quickly.”

“That’s true.”

“Right. We’re a mess among ourselves.”

“Is there a way for Woojoo Hyung to give the problem and guess it...”

They were planning to use Woojoo without thinking about what they would do.

“First of all, guessing is more important. Let’s try having Junghyun Hyung give the problem.”

“Hmm, but isn’t it better for Woojoo Hyung to give the problem?”

“We have to choose the side that can eat more. Hyungs.”

“Then...”

They turned their heads after a brief moment of hesitation and discussion.

“Can we do a practice game or two before we start?”

“Sure. Whatever you want.”

MC Kunimura smiled.

‘How cute.’

They were New Black, a Korean idol group that had the same fire in their eyes as the other Korean idols who had appeared so far, wanting to win the prize money.

‘...They won’t succeed anyway.’

This game had a success rate of 0%.

You could tell from the prize money of 500,000 yen. The difficulty was so hard that it would be worth giving that much money if someone actually succeeded.

But how easy was it to express and guess a word like ‘encyclopedia’ with your body within the time limit?

“You can’t say or express the word directly. You have to do it with your body only.”

“Yes!”

But for some reason, the idol group called ‘New Black’ who was answering now had a confident face.

As if they had a hidden secret weapon.

‘What do they have?’

As he wondered, a tall and handsome man stood where the problem was given.

They cheered each other with ‘Fighting!’ and then the practice game started.

The first word given by the production team behind New Black was ‘power.’

Junghyun pondered for a moment and then took a pose.

And at that moment.

The production team, MC, and New Black members were all startled at the same time.

Junghyun, who had been thinking for a while, soon took a pose with an ‘Ah’.

A slightly relaxed pose.

With a blank face between sternness and arrogance, Junghyun started to clap his hands.

“...?”

And at that moment.

They all gasped.

That...?

Bijoo looked at Woojoo. ‘No, right? Hyung?’ That kind of feeling. Rihyuk, who was next to him, also gasped.

That expression and applause.

It was like he was looking down at a parade from somewhere high and clapping his hands.

If a compass saw that, it would shake its N-pole and point to the north.

“...!”

As MC’s pupils shook and he wondered what to do with this.

The youngest, who had been looking at him with narrow eyes, hummed and then got up with an ‘Ah’.

Jiho pointed at Junghyun with his finger and smiled brightly.

“I know who that is! Kim...!”

Woojoo shouted urgently.

“Hey! Stop him!”

“I’ll stop him!”

“That’s Kim...!”

“Yayayayayaya!”

As Woojoo made a noise with ‘yayayayaya’ to erase the youngest’s voice, the brothers blocked Jiho’s mouth.

“Uhuh...!”

Meanwhile.

“Puhahaha!”

The MC and the Japanese production team, who had been staring with a dumbfounded expression, started to laugh out loud.

Their staff, who had been watching from afar, were lying down and sobbing.