Chapter 106

Translator: MarcTempest

Editor: NicoleTempest

Chapter 106 Shrimps get hurt in a whale fight

I knew it was inevitable that something would happen.

But when we finished all our schedules and returned to our accommodation, the entertainment news was buzzing with our story.

The cause of the conflict was simple.

Was the voting encouragement event a scam or not?

Eventually, the fan who organized the event came out and posted a feedback. It was a similar event that had been done in other programs, and they had only used the money that they had collected for support.

They wanted to give back to the Climax members who gave the fans precious memories with a surprise guerrilla stage.

That was the gist of it.

‘They didn’t have pure intentions though...’

I felt heavy-hearted that they got into more trouble than I thought because of us.

Music Safe also posted an unprecedentedly fast notice.

Since the viewer text voting was not activated yet, they calculated the scores proportionally without a limit, just like the other indicators.

They said they would set up a limit for each category later to prevent the same case from happening again.

[- Isn’t this cheating? I was watching it live and I spat out the milk I was drinking. It was ridiculous.]

[ᄂ Well... it’s not like this hasn’t been done in other voting programs. They’ve already boiled the bones out of it. Why can’t they do it on music shows too?]

[ᄂ Original commenter, you should at least hide your comment history. You’re a two-faced beadᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏ]

[- Because of this, if we want to give them the first place, we have to risk our lives voting every week on music shows. They raised the fatigue level of the whole market. Is it worth it even if they get cursed?]

[ᄂ So what’s the problem with having a limit?]

[- Floss, Winiland fans have no right to commentᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏ It’s so unfair.]

[ᄂ Look at these guys who are lying down and biting their teeth. Their comment history shows that they’re Floss fans. Aren’t you ashamed??? You’re all scared because you debuted and Climax got the first place?]

[ᄂ I’m a ᄌᄂᄀᄃ fan and I was just a bit dumbfounded by this. I guess this kind of thing happens too. It’s not like the fans who are doing this cheating thing are ᄌᄂᄀᄃ fans.]

[ᄂ ᄌᄂᄀᄃ2222 I’m a Pinkris fan and compared to the firepower of our boy group fandom, we’re just a handful. We don’t have the manpower to vote.]

[ᄂ Winiland, please let go of our hair. They disbanded a long time ago and now they’re suddenly getting dragged and cursed.]

Some of the Floss fans seemed to have deliberately posted inflammatory posts to create negative opinions about Climax.

‘I’m going crazy...’

Guys, please stop fighting. I held my forehead and shook my head.

“What are you looking at?”

When I was alone in the living room, looking at my phone after taking a shower and going to bed, Seongwon came out of the room.

“Meow!”

As Seong-won opened the door, Aeongi came out with him and ran to Pposili, sniffing his smell. His tail went straight up.

“Ah... it’s nothing.”

I thought he wouldn’t care much, but worry is something that multiplies when you share it.

There was no benefit in telling him something that he didn’t know and wasn’t good.

“It’s not nothing. What is it?”

Seong-won frowned as if to tell me not to bother him.

He had such a pretty face that even when he made a face, it was annoyingly cute.

I ignored him at first, but then I decided that he wouldn’t care much anyway, and answered.

“The community is going crazy because we got the first place with our voting score.”

“Ah...”

Seong-won nodded his head as if he already knew.

“Did you know?”

I asked him as if I was surprised.

“Yeah, yeah. That’s right! It was Ise’s idea!”

“Honestly, when I first heard it, I thought you were crazy.”

“I was a bit surprised, but not that much.”

“We didn’t expect you to respond so well.”

We told them what we could reveal with the company’s consent and sang a short verse of our confident parts.

When we responded to the viewers’ stories and shared our thoughts, an hour passed by quickly.

The web variety show was the same.

The Boys in Crisis edited and released the video they filmed with the surveillance camera, but the others couldn’t do that.

When I appeared on the web variety show that said the idol who came back appeared on a fixed schedule like the music show, I thought my eyes were spinning.

“Ise, show us your main dancer skills!”

Suddenly, it was either a random play dance or play random dance. I had no idea what was going on as I danced to the randomly played songs from our past activities.

“Ah~. It seems a bit slow! Let’s go a little faster!”

What do you mean slow? The song suddenly changed to 1.5 times faster and I broke out in a cold sweat on my back.

“There’s beef on the line!”

Do I have to eat beef so hard? Can’t I just buy it with my own money?

But I couldn’t say no. I had to finish it to the end with the will not to bother the team. The SNS reaction was very bad.

[- Did you put a bomb on Severy’s back that would explode if you made a mistake?ᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏ]

[ᄂ There’s nothing behind him, but he looks like he’s running with a digital clock on his backᄏᄏᄏᄏ큐ᅲᅲᅲᅲ]

[- Who dances so desperately ᅲᅲᅲᅲᅲᅲᅲ]

[ᄂ I was surprised to see that the dance for that song was originally that intense, but it was just Ise dancing with his life]

[- Can’t someone tell Severy not to be so strict even if someone makes a mistake?]

[ᄂ I think the other members just left him alone because they thought it was funnyᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏ]

I was quite embarrassed when I found out what the show was about.

After the first week of hectic official activities, another problem awaited me.

“Guys, I have something to tell you before we get off.”

It was on the way home after the Music Safe performance in the first week of November.

Everyone was pretty tired, so they were a little nervous at the manager’s ominous first words.

This week’s Music Safe ranking was fifth. The other music show rankings were similar. They were evenly spread from sixth to eighth.

It might have seemed like the ranking had dropped a lot compared to last week’s text voting results, but...

I would be lying if I said I wasn’t disappointed. But I was grateful for the award that the fans had given me, even if it was a consolation prize.

Gratitude was gratitude, but what could I say to the members who had endured a schedule of waking up at 5 a.m. and sleeping at midnight for three days in a row?

That was what mattered right now.

“Why are you cushioning it so much?”

Kyunghwa asked anxiously, already worried.

“Well, you can refuse if it’s too burdensome, but... I think it would be good to go, so I’m just passing it on.”

Just tell us what it is, we all waited impatiently for the main point.

“Did you get an offer for a program?”

The other programs we had done before weren’t so cautious, so there must have been a reason.

“Yeah. It’s an idol group competition program. It’s going to air every Friday at 11 p.m. on cable, and it’s produced by LJ, so they’re going to promote it a lot.”

What? It sounded like a no-brainer. Seong-won was already experienced, and the rest of the members weren’t lacking in skills either.

“Then there’s no problem, right? We can just say yes.”

That’s when the manager turned off the engine and looked at us carefully, holding a bomb.

“The group that’s leaving our company, it’s not just you guys. The thing is... Floss is also going out on the condition that they join.”

What nonsense. A cold silence fell in the car, as if someone had poured cold water on us.