Chapter 17
As soon as M8's showcase ended, articles with various titles poured out.
「M8 Showcase Stage 'Hot Issue'... Live Streaming Streaming 100,000 Viewers Surpassed」
「Gorgeous Debut M8, Stage + Live + Sense Unlike a Rookie」
「A Hat Flies During 'M8 Debut Showcase' Stage... Natural Reflexes 'Eye-Catching'」
「M8 Yoohyun, Flexibly Responding to Impromptu Situations... Live Certification」
The public's attention was focused on the sudden happening that occurred during the debut showcase.
—You're really a making one's heart flutter. You caught it so carelessly, but you caught my heart too.
└Is this the quick reflexes of an idol on their first day of debut? It's so clean. Yoo Hyun-i is a genius idol.
—Your crisis management skills are amazing. You just naturally move on. I thought it was originally choreography..ㄷㄷ
└The beret suits him well. With that face, no matter what you put on, the props will look prettier.
—You can hear a faint, sobbing laughter. Live certification. Laughing. The person who lost his beret is so high-pitched.
└Eden's laughterㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ my crush ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
—Did you practice hard? Why are you so good? It's not your second time as an idol??
└The directing is so obviousㅎㅎ
└For a directing ㅋㅋㅋㅋ The hat is too flimsy, wat r u talking about ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Among the articles related to M8, there was one that had an unusually high number of comments and views.
「"This face is a legend"... M8 Yoo Hyun, crazy visuals that steal attention」
I absentmindedly clicked on the title and quickly scrolled down after seeing a picture of me laughing brightly.
'I only took pictures when I needed an ID photo.'
I feel like I took all the pictures I've taken in my entire life in the past few months.
In addition, the pictures that were close-up on my face to the point where even my eyelashes were visible were uncomfortable to look at.
I sighed faintly and scanned the comments.
-What's with the article picture? It's so pretty
└Reporter Kim Hyun-soo, thank you so much. I hope you gain wealth by inhaling and health by exhaling.
-Huh? If you smile like that? Can't you be my husband?
└Huh?
└What the teacher, you're scaryㅠㅠ
—Gap difference is crazy f*ck When he's expressionless, he's a really cold handsome guy But when he smiles, he's so cute that I'm hitting my head hard
└Bald person
—How can there be such a harmless, soft, cute, and heart-damaging life form
└Am In Love... Come In My Pocket
└I'm going crazy, this is seriously the best visual of Idol World history
I couldn't read it all and turned off my smartphone screen.
I looked up articles to check the situation, but it was so embarrassing that I couldn't hold out.
'...is this how things are going again?'
Today's daily quest, 'Sudden Situation', happened suddenly, as the word suggests.
I was in the middle of the group dance.
... Oh!
A small sigh was heard in the in-ear.
And then a hat flew through the air right before my eyes.
I didn't have time to think. As soon as I saw it, my hand went out first and I grabbed it.
Since it was my part, I couldn't just hold the hat in my hand, so I put it on my head.
After safely completing the part, the system window appeared.
[Daily Quest Complete!]
[You succeeded in dealing with the sudden situation!]
It happened in an instant.
'I didn't know it would cause such a big stir.'
Since I had to respond quickly for work, I just naturally moved my body as soon as I saw the hat, but it seems that the people watching had different impressions.
'Anyway, I'm glad things went well.'
Still, I was a little nervous about the sudden situation, so I was worried that I might get caught, but fortunately, the system was quiet.
'It said I failed to control my facial expression during the evaluation, so it mercilessly took away 4 hours of my life.'
The criteria are very arbitrary.
I couldn't relax even after the showcase ended. Because there was still the main quest left.
However, the reaction to the unexpected situation at the showcase was immediate.
In an instant, the number of mentions poured in and it ranked first in real-time keywords on SNS, and the ripple effect caused the music video views to increase again.
That's how it was about 2 hours before the main quest ended.
[Main Quest Completed!]
[The debut song music video surpassed 1 million views on YouTube in the first 24 hours!]
I was able to see the quest completion window sooner than expected. Even now, less than a day after the music video was uploaded, it was approaching 1.2 million views.
'... Somehow, it seems like it's not just my feeling that I'm benefiting from the quest.'
[Reward applied.]
[Life remaining 29:00:13]
I received the daily quest rewards that I had put on hold and filled up several lives.
[Reward applied!]
[Life remaining 53:00:11]
[Life insufficient penalty removed!]
I finally feel relieved after receiving all the main quest rewards.
[A special gift has arrived!]
[Please check your mailbox.]
And a one-time item draw from one of the main quest rewards.
'The main quest reward is nice.'
I took a deep breath as my breathing became lighter.
I haven't had my lifespan exceed 20 hours for a while, so my body should be comfortable for the time being.
I won't be able to let my guard down since I'll be in front of the camera every day during my active period.
'Expression management, camera eye contact. There are a lot of things to be careful of when you're in front of a camera.'
There were too many risk factors.
I sat on the sofa and tilted my head back.
"I feel like I was dreaming... The debut showcase is over..."
The members returned to the dorm after the showcase. They gathered in the living room one by one as if they had made a promise.
"It's not a dream. You threw your hat away."
Kim E-den sat up and spoke passionately as Kang Se-hyun laughed and teased him.
"No, really~! I told you that's ridiculous! The teacher put almost 100 pins in the hat! They fasten it so tightly, but how could it fly away so vainly?!"
"If it weren't for Yoo Hyun hyung, what would you have done?"
"That's right. As expected, our hyung's quick reflexes, wow~"
Kim Eden quickly changed his stance and gave me a thumbs up.
I smiled awkwardly and kept quiet.
'It's probably a system thing.'
It was definitely strange that Kim Eden's hat came off on stage.
I also saw the staff holding Kim Eden's head with the hat on and pinning them in for a long time.
'So even external factors can be adjusted?'
It was an unpleasant fact at all. I thought I was the only one the system could control.
"Yoo Hyun-hyung, you're really born with it."
"What."
I replied, sneakily pushing away Kang Se-hyun's head as he tried to lie down on my lap.
Kang Se-hyun, who had opened his eyes half-heartedly and pretended to glare at me, changed his expression in an instant and curled the corners of his mouth.
"Your face."
Then he thrust his smartphone in front of my nose.
"It's a new thing again, but you're really handsome, hyung!"
[There is a new feeling about something that was already felt or known]
The picture of me that I had just turned away from with blurry eyes was filling the screen.
"Ah."
Is this a new type of bullying?
Why are they doing this?
After the close-up photo in question was uploaded, the members showed various impressions.
Choi Sung-jun laughed, saying it looked like a middle school student, and Kim Eden set it as his smartphone wallpaper without any shame.
Even Shin Yeon-woo, whom I trusted, was enlarging the eyes and cheeks and playing with Choi Sung-jun.
I tried to counterattack Kang Se-hyun.
"You're handsome too."
Kang Se-hyun waved his hand while laughing slyly.
"Oh, me! This is really new again to me, hyung!"
"...."
I don't know how to refuse.
In the end, I gave up and relaxed my eyes.
"The music will be released soon."
Shin Yeon-woo muttered blankly. Has it already become like this? For a moment, the members' tension rose.
[17:56]
Not all the members were expecting to rank high. Recently, as the music chart calculation method has become stricter, the idol songs that make it to the HIT10 0 are at best songs by music powerhouses Clicker and Pink Lime.
The rest are popular singers.
"Oh!"
"It's up!"
new! [OPENING - M8]
"Wow, this is really amazing."
The excited atmosphere passed.
Even Choi Sung-jun, who had already placed his song at number one on the music charts, had a faint smile on his face.
"Let's eat something and rest a bit. We have to leave early tomorrow."
Choi Sung-jun got up, groaning.
"Yeah! Tteokbokki!!"
"Yeah, kimchi fried rice that you guys like."
Choi Sung-jun firmly refused.
"Wow! It's not what we like, it's what Yoo Hyun-i Hyung likes!"
Kang Se-hyun jeered without fear.
As soon as I thought that Choi Sung-jun had become quite easy, he grabbed my shoulder.
'If you're going to do it, don't hide behind me and do it confidently.'
It's not that bad, but it's still scary to talk to alone.
Choi Sung-jun headed to the kitchen without blinking an eye.
'By the way, how did my favorite food become kimchi fried rice without me knowing?'
I thought about that for a moment, but soon the delicious smell coming from the kitchen made my petty doubts disappear.
The grumbling guys quietly devoured the food Choi Sung-jun made.
And then, seven o'clock.
The peaceful mealtime became noisy with Kang Se-hyun's loud coughing.
"Cough, keuhk!! Hyu, hyungs!! We entered the NEW100 chart!!"
new! [98th place / OPENING - M8)]
"...?
"Huh?!"
The ranking after the release of the song. An unexpected result.
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The internet was abuzz with M.Eight's unusual record.
— A male idol entered the NEW100 in just 1 hour, wow
└Look at this, if the song is good, it'll be popularㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
—It's not really a fandom, but it's a summery feeling and if you listen to it in passing, it sounds like a really cool pop song
—If this continues, it'll make it to HIT100;
—This is going to enter the HIT100;
└HIT100 chart is over the lineㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋYeah, burglarizing
└You guys, at least burglarize too
└Where the hell is the burglary? Just look the music chart sound source and tell me if there are any thugs and whoever out there ㅋㅋ Just by looking at them, you can tell they're really impressive ㅋㅋ
The members and staff were also making a fuss.
new! [86th place / OPENING - M8)]
—... It's going up?
Entering the chart from the beginning.
Since entering the chart at 98th place, the ranking has been rising one step, two steps at a time.
Although it was the NEW100 chart that calculates new music released in the past month, it was a result that could not have been easily predicted in the situation where so many music sources are pouring out during the summer season.
"...Yoo Hyun-ah, are we almost there?"
"Not yet. Go to sleep more."
"Yes...."
Shin Yeon-woo's eyes, which had been blankly mumbling with his eyes wide open, slowly closed again.
'You doze off all the time in the shop.'
In the quiet car, the heads of the members who were catching up on their lack of sleep were shaking here and there. It was understandable because they all had trouble sleeping because they had to check the charts every hour.
The car soon entered a familiar building. It was the only place with lights on in a quiet street where the lights seemed to have been turned off.
It was a broadcasting station.
'It's been a while, here too.'
I didn't know I would come like this.
It was my first debut stage.
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