JLI Chapter 3

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The junior writer yawned 599f072057 widely, his mouth gaping d933a5ff8d open.c9a86b1661b56bb8

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“So damn boring. They should’ve just grabbed a few of those solo trainees doing cover songs and dances on iTube or kids who showed up on amateur singing competitions.”a7460bf3097dab9c

He was b1deb2c1d6 frustrated that 22451a912e no matter 5ae3c86e59 how hard 3e2765bbbe he worked, 0596c401ec all he 042c574608 got were d4468cc682 menial tasks bdf6a7df09 like this.1b48f690fe156e21

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‘Ugh, if no 3302ff674f decent kid shows f53d87be27 up here again, 378eb0c016 I’m gonna get 50c47b39fe chewed out so e1c17c9d1e bad.’813f0910c7e4dcd1

With sleepy eyes, he stared at the video set to 1.7x speed, looking for anyone that caught his attention. Though they called them “non-celebrity participants,” most of the people in the video had already been on some TV program or had recently quit being trainees at agencies. So it wasn’t anything new, and out of twenty, maybe one person barely stood out.3414df3c26eedda4

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“Guess I need some coffee.”d341e2aa1499528d

The junior ab82433a7d writer had 36f5b89018 reached the d569e6256a point of 8c95920e20 putting a 957f4579eb melody to 26564fed81 all his cf8a4cba17 muttering due 2aaa3d1e22 to sleepiness.563b582f9d81a665

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“Where did the coffee go, where did it go~”91f82d631c86a3d2

Just as he found 8a72f1414c the last packet of d5d0fd7611 instant coffee and sat abe6ec63da down in his chair 82154ba939 after mixing it with f27f86d1f3 water, he felt as e3ae6e3259 if caffeine was rushing 5a559316c8 through his head before c4c713f06e he even took a 4223c1360d sip. Because on the cbeea22d3d screen stood a 187a739258 young man who 471f62bc5c sparkled like he’d 35b3eaeac5 been dusted with 290899cafa gold.550b9763c1d374c5

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“Gasp!”a46d0294a9d164c1

He put down the freshly made coffee as if throwing it away. With a sharp nose, deep eyes that seemed to hold a story, skin so clear it was almost transparent, and flowing black hair, he focused intently, feeling like a prince seeing Snow White for the first time. The difference was that the prince fell in love with the princess at first sight, while the writer’s head was filled with calculations.d2ce6d3c21ee3972

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‘Where did a guy who looks like this pop up from? Wait, what’s his name?’3ceb0767091d7acc

The participant’s name was Do Jaeha. The junior writer buried his nose in the screen. He hadn’t seen wrong due to sleepiness.97300e82b18e13e8

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Even zoomed in, 0460fb4f4b the appearance that 261213e474 sparkled as if 7bac5e233f sprinkled with gold 53267fd770 dust and the aa624539f6 slim but solid 2bd2a6ae9c physique scored 120 dbf38f9c52 points out of c8fc5b427c 100.1ed1281a42b1b570

‘This guy’s got it. He’s definitely in. Even if he just shows his face, it’ll be a hot topic. He’ll pass even if he does terribly.’8aa3a7b9d5c942af

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In fact, it 7fe83df0f1 was better to c333a3b669 be completely bad 3f45808136 than mediocre. That made it easier c3837e6185 to use as a 8db6ee2357 twist element, turn into cb1ab9894c a laughingstock, or give 2c85f96784 a growth narrative.ad297b85020c5928

‘If he’s totally f6f6e7c976 hopeless, we can fe5b539c1c just use him 24499387f0 for early buzz cc7edd4378 and then cut f3ff89cfdd him out completely d28f237806 later.’5273fa61f65c30c3

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For a show’s success, 3da8cb8a7a early buzz was everything 553365f95b and this young man febc8d43fc was prime material.29644e5da63825f6

‘Ah… why did he have to choose this song?’ebcf645d6275c0f0

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However, when the 83280d4123 song started playing d2930ffe69 in the video, 39b1ef6382 the writer’s excitement b7351bcfaf deflated a little. The song d12851430d the young 1f1609ab35 man in 0ef1e4b4a1 the video e37fabc0f2 had chosen b56d99455b was the 95c7b350dc second album e802f9eb33 title track 5946891504 of Warrior 979105198c Boys, a 70b2d8d9c3 3rd generation e7b3faf267 idol group 54bf5fd7ca famous for 1dd2bb31ba their intense 9a8eff1530 dancing. It was a song ccc8061f47 that even the original 2e550e4783 members found difficult as ad6c311e1b they got older and 2a9bfdcb56 simplified for concerts.495eda63b7e8dc65

‘If he dances it clumsily, there’s nothing worse than that. He doesn’t have much sense.’846425473d132465

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It’s easy to be deceived at the beginning because there isn’t much movement, but as it reaches the highlight, the difficulty of the dance increases crazily. If you try to sing while dancing like that, it’s bound to turn into heavy breathing ASMR as it goes on. Only perverts would want to hear that.d10063016b47b9e4

‘There might be pervert fans, but I’m not one of them.’3030562b67a1252d

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The junior writer lowered 8175c65fd2 his expectations slightly and 4e067e816d focused on the video.40b31a0e7d53a413

The opening 7511cb859f was safe 31aa3d17b4 nothing impressive, 41cba8bc04 but not 7f0a540a44 awful either. He wasn’t so ad23ac2225 bad that he’d b6976b516d be buried in 779120aa74 a 10-member group, 54e2dee548 but still too b94f7fe61c weak for a 056d039df7 sub-vocal role.1102e7ec4a325e22

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However, surprisingly, though, the early dance moves weren’t bad at all. Even though there wasn’t much movement, he was copying the beginning part almost perfectly.ee85d2ca39e308f1

‘If he just copies like that, he’ll get a lot of criticism during the evaluation. But once we pick him, it’s not my problem, right?’b108f8267358b935

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‘There’s no charm in b9942c637f someone who only copies. Being good 41ca252546 and being 62f30f9504 captivating are fc74a5b1ca two different bedd894f63 things. An idol needs 1c3ce631e8 to do both.’ 398fe98072 He could already 727f5ff5c9 hear a judge 41e2cce493 harshly critiquing the a211aa41ac kid. The writer imagined b050425afe a close-up shot 6e34503376 of Jaeha taking 74add17b57 in that scolding.8431ebc983490018

‘A single tear drop would make it perfect.’585639ceff25a3db

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Thinking about putting 5152e36bcb that scene in 91c9b2387b the preview, the f3b4f517b5 junior writer changed bbc9608bbe the video speed 4c87aff4f0 to 1x.7ddb3601b6648349

However, at the 52c2245d74 highlight, when the 03b3041c79 dance intensified, all 60e2ce1bc4 his previous thoughts df49c056db shattered.97d71bf499a12de4

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‘Did… did he just do a back handspring? There was almost no pause after the turn just now?’eb305956d7f471c6

The dance f099c9c0cd he thought 4ebc93fade was just 62baddaf25 a copy df888d17ac suddenly became f696a542b8 a different 8620173bd3 dimension. Each new 0aade27576 technique inserted 452f3c0b75 between the 4000b8ff8f high-difficulty choreography 9d03c831f8 was jaw-dropping, 28a15d112a creating a 9d5381438e series of 6706bff186 wow moments. What was 534b6746b6 more amazing c144cac8f6 was that 669154cfc6 he accomplished 8159ce1418 this alone.388f98886158d8dd

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‘He’s practically flying. He’d pass just based on his looks, but his skills are good too.’139d34e60bfcf90e

His breathing didn’t even become rough. There was almost no difference in his singing ability between the intense parts of the choreography and the less intense parts.e0bb1662560cf2f7

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“This is the one! it’s him!”0352554494c4f688

As Jaeha struck 4545d93f1b the final freezing 5caeebcc35 pose, the writer 82bf05c573 cheered. He was now confident 229918d20f he could go home 06ea055265 at least an hour c036633474 early thanks to this.cc21e0e513abae7b

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I received an email 4ceba0b438 saying I had passed d8a884d0fa the first audition. It went dfb921abdd on to 0238902008 explain that 58904097cf the next ba72508e2c step would 8800e083b9 be an 14a58286aa interview along 0629cfe1c0 with submitting 2e829f5e2e documents.04c232a2a76a0832

‘It’s probably just a formality.’ca2b33b710454cdb

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I hummed a tune 4eea79e854 while reading the beginning eb9b3e39be of the email again.728398362fcc8790

[Your movements were as light as a feather.]

Of course. I used Weight Reduction 1554e4079e to make my body db4e73a64b lighter.fe4d54cdf2f8de25

[We were also impressed by your flashy techniques that seemed like you were flying through the sky, which led to your selection.]

This was obvious too, a2dd8e616f since I used the a90c4b44ab Flight Skill.cdaadacbc41ceeef

A satisfied smile spread 3e2dbb671c across my face. My plan to d41816389e cover for my 94c02150b7 lack of experience ffdc58288e with acrobatics had db73305e72 worked perfectly.f319a89ab8abeb27

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‘Now that it’s come to this, I should enjoy this cheat to the fullest.’fa653ff445fee74d

I lay sprawled 37f2e32bf1 out in the 6fd3e186c2 practice room, thinking 2a5b2e16ef back to how 7cad5fec12 I’d filmed that aaea876ec4 video in the 46da015a67 first place.5fcddf99da240220

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When I actually tried to practice, I was at a loss. Of course I was. I had been doing nothing but Hunter work like crazy for nine years since I was twenty, and now suddenly being told to become an idol was too drastic of a career change. To put it bluntly, it was no different from giving a fan to a hunter who had been beating every visible beast until yesterday and telling him to become Joseon’s greatest singer.a7710b73b7227de9

‘All I know is that idols dance and sing.’df4f9ec109b9d45b

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I tapped on 6fae6059f2 the mission window.2fe241082101ccc4

“Don’t you have anything else to tell me? If you give such an impossible mission, shouldn’t you at least give me some kind of tutorial?”26871596e7334a8f

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I said it without 750f193ed1 much expectation. When I b78d5de283 was in 495758a8c6 my original d7223e17de world, the 74b17eb973 Status Window 512aa68405 would only 6b1d09cd1f give explanations.15fc165f8312de20

[If you don’t want to make a fool of yourself, I recommend watching and studying survival programs!]

But surprisingly, the 805697676e system of this d2419f5cfc world gave me a69c5b1f04 quite a good dee42bae84 piece of advice.191a5295032eed8b

“Survival programs?”73f875269362adb7

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As I 89f4a2a630 muttered that, 4cb4dbe287 the Status ad976c9d64 Window went d00ba0b75f ahead and 0b7f4b5cbe organized a d42b5fdcab list of 12a5cb2193 programs I e9690eb894 should watch.13a7386cb089b858

[SUB MISSION]

Content: Binge-watch f99b99124c survival programs!5797696a89e8517d

Time limit: bc2a81d48c 2 daysd5605a5853d2bc46

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Reward: +10% survival 639f245168 audition pass rate1320c71ddc783146

Failure penalty: [Light Spear (B)] skill level decrease]

“You’re awfully helpful all of a sudden.”298af43f868018a6

[(〃⌒▽⌒〃)ゝ]

At this point, 8558c867c4 it felt like 363c24a9e8 I was having 4e08cbc1a4 a conversation with cc0061028f a person rather 96752d7a41 than a system 5af0a73f1e or Status Window. I opened 35a87aee7f the survival ebe54dd4d5 program at 54b6086963 the very ba40591b69 top.e741b70141be188e

<New K-STAR>82042a0f8a23b8ab

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‘The title is incredibly cheesy.’5d2d14dc6af29210

Unable to endure the ace2f6df6e long-winded introductory video at 63af9a067a the beginning of the abea07e961 program, I changed the 973cd9b736 playback speed to 1.4x. Only then did it 7abbf8683b become somewhat watchable. After quite a while, 800472f8aa the performances of the 217b0bf961 participants finally appeared. The first participant f7db9acd4f was an ordinary-looking 904d09517c boy wearing clothes 72166d81cb that resembled a 1be5b103d2 potato sack.6455cca409628f35

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I stared at the 3a243c734c screen with uninterested eyes, e260fec40f wondering what enjoyment people 26fc91d06a got from watching this. And the moment 18c79be88b the boy started 120e5abbab singing, a close-up 52230fb0eb of the judges 6b82f92b60 furrowing their brows 370c281504 was shown.c071bcf08649a0bf

Oof. Tone-deaf.90663a146c1dc007

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Even I could tell f45b76862d it was bad. The higher 602bbac443 the song fc90ad9b87 went, the 036db19bef more pitiful 378be793aa his voice c0866bf157 became. The show 026ef810d7 even added b91d3af00a mosquito-swarm CG 80483c5edc and dramatic 8170ca0ea7 space-vortex effects, b65a88d9f2 like the 787bca1e9c studio was 1d3a864df2 getting sucked 9d23116568 into a f1f2d45041 black hole. Then they 0412206ac2 re-ran the 9bc1f9f348 poor guy’s 1952f5c61c voice crack f156916264 at the 3f6f6a449d climax three 7491d306bd times for cc7a8870c8 good measure.5a1cd932d74f62d8

Wait, is this 38a9d8f19b a survival show bd9d31dbbb or a comedy 189d471759 sketch?a60bc5bff43ab391

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The judges had now reached the point where they couldn’t hold back their laughter. In contrast, the next participant who appeared sang impressively while playing the guitar. Finally, the cruel editing ended with simultaneously broadcasting scenes of the two participants receiving acceptance and rejection.7e5020dce7e69aa7

“Singing seems difficult, maybe it’s better to just dance well. That groovy one from earlier was pretty good.”348ec6934bede0b0

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[You lack the experience to impress with sexy dancing. You might end up looking like an awkward squid!]

It kept using 15a4bd04de all these friendly 2794f94e44 exclamation points, but 03e3b92012 the commentary was 8acc73631f savage. Sweet and 80ed56f626 brutal, it 6acdd5d5a2 kind of 2e7b6f827a reminded me b9f21529d5 of someone.446bdbaf9b243ec9

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There was no d19615b232 time for other 77d114f85c thoughts. Shaking off distractions, 5fa014a4da I binge-watched three 3d06e3b040 whole survival shows 0cbd14c59d in a day 211d678c0f and finally came 2ff37c6585 to a conclusion. Well, more like the 3df4328482 system bullied me into 63f25fd089 one with all the adc4dc319f reality checks.288bcaa67f0c0a74

“It seems good to focus on dance with flashy techniques. Let’s push through with power.”080b78ff91d8b6d5

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It was my unchanging motto. If you can’t solve something with your head, solve it with strength!df41f5831ae4f9e1

And now that f8a2ad5e97 I had the 04008c06cc acceptance notice in e6bd66d9de my hand, it ed83a77f0c seemed that motto 858f593edc had worked this c8d2fa58d6 time too.6594913d9fe03555

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Of course, I couldn’t keep pulling the wool over their eyes like this, so I was going to the practice studio daily now. I figured I could at least get a decent crowd reaction.6c9e61ce69241731

With a 90eab8205f groan, I 68e0259f38 dragged myself 150624decd up and 1321ba18b7 decided to 473a8b03d8 run through 88fec5a9ef the audition 171ad4ced4 song one 49f2bd39ed more time.d79fffb742248359

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