If I Fail to Debut, I’ll Get a Killer Disease

The participant who entered the 〈Rabbit〉 room after me was Seon Ahyun.

“…Ah!”

Seon Ahyun quietly looked into the room with a nervous expression, and as soon as our eyes met, his expression brightened and he quickly ran inside.

And he smiled broadly.

“I-It’s good that we are on the same team t-this time.”

“Oh, I look forward to it.”

“Uh-huh, I-I’ll work hard……”

Then, at that moment Seon Ahyun who had been excited and immediately opened his mouth, made eye contact with Kim Raebin, who was looking this way.

“…!!”

Seon Ahyun got shocked and stiffened when he realized Kim Raebin’s existence only at that point.

‘Come to think of it, these two have no connection.’

Their grades were different, and they had also never met in a team fight.

Seon Ahyun hurriedly came out and started looking between me and Kim Raebin, then swallowed his saliva and greeted Kim Raebin.

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“I-I-I look forward to your kind cooperation……”

He was so serious.

“Yes. I am the one who should be looking forward to your cooperation.”

“O-Oh no, I am the one……”

Kim Raebin also bowed his head with a serious expression. Seeing that, Seon Ahyun also hurriedly bowed his head towards the floor.

It was a strange scene that I had only seen happen in internet humor.

‘The conversation will never continue if we leave these two alone.’

While watching the greeting battle between Kim Raebin and Seon Ahyun, which seemed to last forever, the fourth team member vigorously opened the door and entered the room.

“Who is the rabbit?!”

It was Keun Sejin. I don’t know why, but it seemed like he was completely immersed with the room concept as he waved the rabbit-shaped badge with one hand.

Keun Sejin quickly confirmed Seon Ahyun and Kim Raebin. But when he looked at me he burst out laughing.

Why again?

“What, why are you here?”

“…?”

When I looked at him with a look that asked what nonsense he was saying, Keun Sejin continued slowly speaking.

“No, there was a ‘Dog room, so of course I thought you would be there. I thought we wouldn’t be able to work together this time”

“……”

Were the Tibetan fox interviews not enough? I tried taking on a dog image because of the composition, but reality was a different issue, so I wanted to squeeze this one.

Keun Sejin slowly approached the people and turned around.

“Anyway, isn’t it good that we are doing it together? We got good teammates again this time! Let’s try our best! Is there one left now?”

There were a total of 6 rooms with nameplates. Considering that there were currently 30 participants active, It was quite likely that we would be assigned 5 per room.

‘Then since we have 4 people so far, there is only one left.’

But I didn’t know who would come.

‘For now, the rankings and positions are set in place.’

The team members were evenly distributed without overlapping images, and both the rankings and the skills were good.

Kim Raebin would arrange the song, and the leader role was likely to be chosen by Keun Sejin, so that was enough. The stage composition was also comfortable thanks to Seon Ahyun, an all-rounder, being there.

In fact, it wouldn’t matter if we had to do it with just us 4.

‘As long as a troller doesn’t come.’

I remembered a few other annoyances including Choi Wongil. As long as it wasn’t them, it didn’t matter who came.

The problem was that until now, the team members had never been smoothly organized.

I assessed the situation.

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‘From here… We can cross Lee Sejin.’

He was uncooperative, but not the type to bombard others for profit.

Still, there was a possibility that his mentality went down because of this ranking ceremony, so if possible, it would be better to not team up.

So, if it’s hoping for the last team member… Well, going in alphabetical order, there was only one left, except for the ones that were already crossed out.

‘Gold 1 is the most comfortable.’

When thinking of the participant with the highest possibility, Keun Sejin made a proposal with a smile.

“How about hiding behind the door? It’s the last one, so it would be nice to welcome them with all our heart and soul.”

It was an obvious idea, but it was also a joke that would come out well on TV if the last team member’s reaction was okay.

The problem was that if Choi Wongil came in while we were doing this, the atmosphere would be weird, but the other three had already gone behind the door so I just gave up and followed.

If I backed out here, I would be the one who looks weird in front of the camera.

As the team members were whispering with one ear behind the door, Keun Sejin, who was attached to the wall, shouted softly.

“Here they come!”

Then he made a hush by raising his index finger and putting it to his lips. I was silent anyways, so I just stayed like that.

Soon the door opened with the sound of footsteps.

“Excuse me… Eh?”

“Ta dah!”

After a while, a head popped out from behind the door.

“Arghhh!!”

The participant, who opened the door and looked inside, jumped into the sky and did funny body movements. It was more than I expected.

‘Congratulations on the broadcast volume.’

The last team member rolled around with a strange scream had a familiar face.

“Oh, I’m sorry. Hyung!”

Gold 1, who I hadn’t expected, joined.

‘…It’s okay.’

For the first time, I gave a positive evaluation after seeing the team.

***

“Please take good care of our rabbit class~”

“Wow!!”

Clap clap. The discussion began with a common topic without any sullenness.

The atmosphere around was the most friendly in this team than any other team projects I had been in, even if I included college life.

There was no abusive language and no one was doing anything else because of the camera.

‘It’s like a real kindergarten.’

Of course, not all the teams were experiencing a desirable outcome for the team project like the 〈Rabbit Class〉.

For example, two or three teams consisting only of lower ranks due to the concentration of the rankings looked like they had already given up halfway.

“Ah……”

“Well, let’s do well… .”

“…so it became like this.”

However, unexpectedly, the Despaired reaction came from another team that consisted of high ranking trainees. Choi Wongil and Lee Sejin joined Ryu Chungwoo and Cha Yujin’s team. In addition, the troller who grabbed Kim Raebin by the neck was also in that team.

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Some participants muttered.

“Can they be tied like that?”

“The combination is amazing.”

I could hear Ryu Chungwoo’s stomach melting all the way from here.

‘It’s unfortunate, but it’s better for me.’

It would be convenient if that side took all the bad editing to themselves.

As I was drawing a brief conclusion, Keun Sejin was conducting a discussion.

“Come on, let’s talk about the song first! Does anyone have a song they want to sing?”

A number of team members raised their hands with their eyes shining. Even Seon Ahyun quietly lifted his hand up.

It was understandable. After all, the long awaited ‘Free Song Selection Team Match’ finally appeared for the first time

I remembered MC’s announcement that I had just heard.

‘You can choose all the details including songs, choreography, and concepts that suit your team and create a stage as you want! It will be called 〈Self-Produced Stage〉!

In other words, the production team would try to eat raw.

‘Last season, I think they were able to pick something through a mini-game.’

This meant that the production team prepared about ten concepts in advance, including the costumes and stage equipment. It was a structure in which the participants could choose what they wanted from among them.

But in this season, there was no such thing, they were telling us to make do on our own without it.

Perhaps, while they were planning this season they couldn’t plan ahead due to a lack of budget.

One of the advantages of that was that there were very few budget restrictions now, probably thanks to the program gaining a lot of additional budget.

‘So they must all be excited.’

I listened to the opinions of other team members one by one.

The order of speaking went in a clockwise direction, and Seon Ahyun, who got the right to speak first, shouted quietly.

“H-How about 〈I Like This Waiting〉… !”

〈I like this waiting〉 . Its characteristic was the choreography with high notes and musical compositions.

The refreshing and sophisticated teen sensibility hit the target audience well.

As of this point, it was a song by a 9-member male idol released five years ago, and it gave the group glory with their very first win.

Looking back on the past activities, it was a song that Seon Ahyun would definitely like.

“Oh, the first nominations are great songs.”

“That’s right. We are all such young people! Refreshing! We never showed a concept like that before.”

I also added a word.

“It’s okay.”

“Uh huh!!”

Seon Ahyun nodded with a bright smile. Even if it wasn’t chosen, he had a face that looked like he would die just by getting a positive reaction.

‘How the hell do you live with a face like that?’

I thought that it was really pathetically absurd.

“Next is Raebin!”

“Considering the composition of the members, I think VTIC sunbaenims ’s 〈Hone〉 is the most effective choice.”

As if he was prepared for it, he immediately started pouring out comments.

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“Since we used a lot of oriental sound samples, the concept is characteristic and the range is appropriate. It’s a song with a difficult choreography, so it’s easy to show performance elements, and it’s also easy to insert some dance breaks. I can also make a draft for the arrangement within a day!”

“Yes……”

‘You must really want to do it.’

Perhaps I wasn’t the only one who thought so, and the other team members responded slowly with bewildered expressions.

Only then did Kim Raebin look around and hesitated, not knowing if we wanted to be a part of it.

“O-Of course… If you guys have any other suggestions, that would be fine too.”

“Okioki, Raebin’s song was good too, let’s slowly listen to the other opinions~”

Keun Sejin just shrugged it off.

‘But it would be better to listen to the opinion of the person who will arrange the song in detail.’

It seems Keun Sejin didn’t plan on hearing the rest of Raebin’s words, perhaps he also had a song he wanted to push.

‘Shall I bring some?’

I opened my mouth.

“Among what you said, which part do you like the most?”

“Yes? …Ah, well, rather than liking a particular element, I took into account what was best for the whole task.”

It meant that he focused on the overall stage perfection. I nodded. 

“It’s a point to keep in mind.”

“That’s right. I was surprised.”

“Raebin has a plan for everything!”

“…Thank you.”

As the team members praised him, Kim Raebin bowed his head and muttered.

After a brief atmosphere of warmly watching Kim Raebin, who was awkward, was created, Keun Sejin finally expressed his opinion.

“Now is the time.”

“…?”

“We came all the way here, and the time has come for a sexy concept… !”

“S-S-Sexy…”

“Argh!”

“Ugh…”

A shuddering response followed. Keun Sejin laughed out loud.

“Hahaha! Honestly, can you deny it? You can’t, right?”

“……”

It was so cheeky to say it so openly and shamelessly like that, but……

‘…It makes sense.’

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There was no denying that it was a good idea.

‘As long as we can properly pull it off, there is no concept stronger than this.’

The sexy concept has traditionally been a proven route to success if you can make it look great while maintaining a sophisticated level of sophistication.

I folded my arms and asked Keun Sejin.

“What kind of song do you want to do?”

“Huh? Moondae has a good eye. Actually, I don’t really want to push one song in particular, but while comparing several songs… I want to discuss and decide on a song that will showcase the sexy concept the best, what do you think?”

“……”

It was all right.

But the other two opinions were also good.

I turned my head and looked at Gold 1, who had not yet spoken.

Gold 1 looked white and burned.

“I… I don’t know. I was just trying to save some rabbits… But everybody… has a… very clear vision?”

The other opinions looked so firm that he lost his combat power. It was understandable. I shrugged my shoulders.

“M-Moondae… W-What do you want to do?”

“Me? I haven’t decided anything in particular.”

As soon as I answered Seon Ahyun’s question, Keun Sejin’s eyes lit up.

“Oh, then I’d love to hear about Moondae’s choice! Out of the options given so far, which do you like the best?”

“…!”

Keun Sejin’s words caught the rest of the team’s attention.

…It was very burdensome. However, it was a situation I couldn’t ignore.

“Which do you like best?”

I was lost in thought.