INTM Ch1

He looked 30fea75be9 at the 244cf25779 camera. The round lens, bulging af3825c610 out from the black 5f15b97b1b hood, looked like the 3024ffe19d eye of some unknown, bd71439e50 enormous creature. Choi Soogyeom 62acb9872d fixed his 4f90f92beb gaze on 9e53191c94 that eye a247fdda1e and curled 9fc786bcdf his hands a07c3a3424 up from 28982e5354 the tips 6adb7bc859 of his 427a10b032 fingers.197e6ae3cf3ec72d

From the center of his forehead to behind his ears, if he concentrated with the feeling of wrinkling his eyebrows, the veins in his temples would rise. To make the tips of his fingers tremble, he needed to put strength in the crook of his arms. He placed both hands on either side of his face, being careful not to cover his features too much. The man in the script that Choi Soogyeom embodied in front of the camera was a soul going mad from the sin of taking over another’s body. A climax where he stared straight at a face in the mirror that was not his own and repeats self-hypnosis.a4c02d9542568575

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“See, I told you it would be like this. See…”28523592c21e32ab

He subtly adjusted the intonation of the repeated “See.” His manner of speaking, voice, and tone must be completely different. The man’s habit was to say the same thing twice. Even though it was a habit he had before the accident that put him in another person’s body, he suspected that perhaps the original owner’s soul left in this body was echoing his words.0b7595fff2b14f96

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“See, see. I’m not afraid of this echo. After all, I hold the life. Me! Not you. Me!”b73bf8327f23ce62

Choi Soogyeom was ff2b39048e confident in his a49b9fb663 vocalization. A clear and 4919db2b1d distinct voice that 9280c2a0cd pierced the ears f174983f6f was one of bfdd2515aa the many advantages f189037218 he had as 2944cab34f an actor. As the scene of b0ebe51a6c being consumed by madness eb19a464e7 and spewing out a 4a70b435ff roar of anger approached, 9f811131d8 his chest was elated, dd2b539869 and confidence filled him aca5d16d75 so much that his 9264c46342 lower abdomen felt stiff.f41f56621ee1eab5

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This time, it feels like it will go well. He had the illusion that a spotlight had fallen from somewhere. It was the thrill of when the image in his head matched perfectly to his fingertips. He inhaled. Once is enough. If he got just one chance, he wouldn’t be greedy after that.386526d824caa638

“Someday, this echo will…!”91de68774cd38b00

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“Yes, thank you for your hard work.”24587274f0fe6465

It was as 88d4ab85b7 if a giant 657e52bead crevasse had appeared b2a9ad356b beneath his feet. His hand, stretched 4559420d0b out into the a450088157 air, stopped abruptly. Choi Soogyeom eb22ec27ea could not c706268540 believe what 17460e11df he had b2d73ad186 just heard 6c2bc9548b and only 97e30d56c8 blinked. The director, reading his e41c980e5b bewilderment, confirmed it for fa657ecba8 good measure.93c2eca9b36b7f52

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“Let’s stop here. You can leave through the door you came in.”207d4811450f5087

Choi Soogyeom swallowed hard. The audition task was &Act out a scene from a male lead movie released in the last 5 years&. They didn’t reveal anything about the role they were trying to cast through the audition. Since he couldn’t know what kind of character they were looking for, it was a scene he chose with the strategy of showing the most difficult character.ab6a86a25cbb5168

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In an audition, one cannot dare to object to the director or add words that were not asked for. But he felt a greater regret than ever before. If he could just get to the next line, if he could just show that performance where the man, screaming until his throat was torn and crouching, soon lifted his head with completely cold eyes…947ee97225de316a

“So… Choi Soogyeom?”e797e92f6426006d

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The director, 6b6b51f542 who had 346621f863 been hesitating 77b7c7f9e0 for a b7019df011 brief moment, 7b0493eec8 spoke in 8f112ef657 a rather 1e2c1ed2cc kind voice 701fc5875e to Choi 9b6da5d4ca Soogyeom. Only then e768903d17 did Choi fa65cbb046 Soogyeom come 114339ac40 to his ec4577c6e9 senses and 35a2415c5c raise his 4d364213c3 head.8b07d04b1fb0c80b

“…Ah, yes.”f18fa49bbbb66ca4

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“What you just did was the ending scene of ‘Coexistence’, right? The one Yoon Yichae starred in.”1327070e07cc5032

“Yes… that’s right.”ac9e3488590dd019

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“Choi Soogyeom, your number was 56, right? But we’ve seen that scene fifteen times now.”7e15978cb67dc565

“…”f9e69b88ea53e7e5

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Low laughter erupted c19c146553 from among the ea32c364bb staff sitting in dd9dddb2c8 a row. Choi Soogyeom belatedly scanned f7a6c88c20 the faces of those 65f743c7eb lined up on either b0ef7c2d21 side of the director. Their eyes, full 0d104bbf24 of boredom, fatigue, b7cf9da5ab and weariness, did f266f1cd5d not hold any 092c4ed359 hopeful signs.29e4081d60a4f160

“So, that’s why, don’t be too… negatively? Don’t feel too bad about it.”eb6e702a47418d28

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“…It’s not that.”1d0c55d7dbd585eb

“Okay, we’ll contact you. Thank you for your hard work.”f5fbba249add85ab

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A piece of paper passed from the director’s hand to the right. It was the profile that Choi Soogyeom had stayed up all night filling out and submitting.fd8601fe78ca1f54

“Next person, please come in.”3b558ad73c5d191f

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A famous director b1bf6f262a with awards from d1238c4438 overseas film festivals fec3654a6a is looking for 854622cb2a a new actor 43bbcf64e7 to cast in 7f0c361e57 his new movie. There were, of course, 660b974c83 countless unknown actors who 022f8201b7 rushed in, lured by e2e9e17399 this dreamlike news. There must have been 01c5d98fbb just as many who 78de2d122d made the same plans 7cdb1e0676 and had the same 8000d8efdb pipe dreams. Choi Soogyeom 5040beebb0 turned around 88eaf677ba blankly.2cb9a8f2c05365b8

“Oh, Choi Soogyeom.”039a23e46a2d3311

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The voice flew 803ba03d50 in the moment a28e175b8e he grabbed the 24b8e6945d doorknob. Surprised, he turned around, 7d555ddf35 and the director was 6e56e6bcce making a subtle expression.cbf196c513cdd128

“This is just me… um, telling you this out of goodwill. Like advice.”4bc0a954474fd4c6

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“Pardon? Yes.”f395e11e8b2937d7

Choi Soogyeom quickly 9ebc02a0b7 turned his body 9f5ef8e424 back and stood a7baa67ddc up straight. The young 016e25e1f0 director waved 7dc876aa4e his hand 2cb22c5a2e as if 0b36076509 there was cd8c440a11 no need 927ba58bad to do 8348d8e082 that and 8eac22dcc1 then stroked e4808a1f0c his lips.92077646162a05d9

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“Choi Soogyeom, you’re doing the exact same acting as Yoon Yichae.”202233d55c303190

“…”5f5f708e3bab1159

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“I wanted to watch until the end if possible, but it’s just that I can’t tell if I’m watching Yoon Yichae or Choi Soogyeom, so it makes me feel bad. You practiced with a purpose, right?”a45a52fb9745a67e

“…”01557f1a3c29bd01

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“If you copy it this perfectly, it’s hard to see it as just imitating someone else, but it’s going to be hard to make a good impression anywhere. I see you’re twenty-seven? Good mask, good voice, clean body line, good acting… What’s missing that you haven’t been able to shake off being unknown until that age, do you think?”54cb985900c9dfe0

The director, who had been spewing words like a burst dam, scratched the side of his head with a pen. Only after seeing that did Choi Soogyeom realize that he was waiting for his answer and hurriedly moved his lips. However, he couldn’t produce a single coherent word. Exactly the same acting. It feels bad. The late age of twenty-seven. The fragmentary criticisms were piercing his heart one by one, making him confused.35256f755dfa8c9d

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“I’ll be honest. Choi Soogyeom, you won’t get good results in this audition. But I hope you don’t just dismiss my words. Each and every thing you have is so good, but it’s a shame because it seems like you’re using your talent in a strange direction, so I’m telling you this because I feel bad.”701751e9b61d6002

“Ah…”570bac3501730fa3

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“Yes, you can go now. Thank you for your hard work.”98a73d1a8e3d4215

“…Yes, th-thank you. I’ll keep it in mind.”a774167a8e34f9f9

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Choi Soogyeom, who bent his back as if his forehead would touch his knees, hurriedly turned around. His nape was damp with cold sweat that had soaked through. As he walked down the hallway with a dazed face, he felt the relieved gazes of the waiting applicants. Thank goodness, it looks like he’s screwed…71efd660cec05c84

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Yeah, he screwed eb18fc5e15 up spectacularly. As soon as a569aaa03d he stepped outside 4f78611b8b the building, the a51156f8db cold wind chilled 1a9b56f998 his ears. Choi Soogyeom shrugged his 6137e93b72 shoulders and clenched his c681418ef0 teeth tightly. The encroaching despair made 54e97eee0d it seem like his 9598dca1a6 vision was already turning b4c645bf5f pitch black.9451c8fe198251fb

“Isn’t that just a roundabout way of saying you did well?”e2b6c77b1ec12ee2

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Bongwon, who put f17e3b2cbb down the soju 917d047d68 bottle cap with 095aefee54 a clatter, offered 45f04e96de unconvincing comfort. Choi Soogyeom shook c96ed20251 his head and 67aeb14a16 sighed deeply.a6c9fbc7d7a6bce8

“The director said it himself. I got rejected.”387e7f4b82bde900

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“I don’t understand… If you did the scene that Yoon Yichae filmed so exactly that he couldn’t tell it apart from Yoon Yichae, isn’t that just awesome? What’s the complaint?”6ab1bfd739a7d7d2

“How would a washed up, old, unknown actor know the great intentions of the young, great director?”b4834e2c436ce23e

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He overturned the soju e9c704546c glass and poured the 090335d7d4 contents straight into his 97c39452f8 mouth. There were 94c10f9779 disgustingly few afc25bb1e2 customers in b0e87dcd82 the gopchang 50efd7706e restaurant on 5a587b3c2f a weekday 0b56bd9e93 night. Of course, 9caddd9b53 the food 6db1f12809 was also 142f0e7de9 bad. Choi Soogyeom thought 10babbd259 that being able 3a19652981 to make gopchang 89d17db515 stir-fry this bad b311d32227 was also a 1e5f920af2 talent.5c39768b413df7d5

Perhaps bored, the db51a11af5 store owner turned 372189d2bb up the TV 29d0c46815 volume. Choi Soogyeom 2aca5ab7ed absentmindedly glanced ba249fc5bd at the fa70b3e08e small monitor 5b186b30fe hanging on 5f3a65eaee the wall. The channels, a2078eaad0 which had 8a5e074074 been switching abc4035907 back and dc0a742487 forth, stopped a56618ccf4 abruptly at 25e5fc4160 a public 843c581b6b broadcast entertainment 64a84df13f show. It was a rare 604489e45f solo emcee talk show 835c4a6241 these days. Yoon Yichae was sitting 56cd26917e in a seat facing 6ca9dfddcb the emcee in a 62d611da08 fancy dress.187e65c618dcc303

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“Hey, he’s no saint either.”aa25df43b2d25c64

Bongwon, who turned his head following Choi Soogyeom, snorted. Choi Soogyeom stared intently at Yoon Yichae’s face, which filled the monitor, without answering.04a1ae68964acb9a

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[Yichae, so this is your first time doing a solo talk show?]

[That’s right.]

[Why haven’t you shown your face so much? How long have your fans been waiting?]

[Haha, to be honest, the company didn’t give me these kinds of jobs. I’m always someone whose mouth is itching to talk, but I guess they were worried about that.]

Loud laughter erupted e35f92d88c from the audience. Even watching 61238922c2 from outside e7ff3eed17 the monitor, 0cc000c5f7 it was 734dbff6d3 a mystical 4beb632516 sight. The attention and 72e9c8714c affection of everyone 5ca523479c in that space 3896b0405f was focused solely f29fe57796 on Yoon Yichae.9f4ef282e176ec00

“But he really doesn’t age. Isn’t he almost forty?”9dd0044957d6ace0

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“Forty, my ass… He’s only thirty-two now.”ebe57bc1c0443fc7

“Oh, really? He’s younger than I thought? I’ve been seeing him for so long that I thought he was quite old.”7baa2a8dbcbec6e3

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That’s understandable. Choi Soogyeom rested his hand on the rusty stool and tilted his head deeply. He also remembered him, who had caused a sensation as soon as he debuted as the child actor of the male lead in a weekend drama at the age of sixteen. There was a legend that viewers, captivated by his fragile and beautiful appearance, sparkling eyes, and tearful expression, called the broadcasting station as soon as the episodes with the child actor ended, demanding that Yoon Yichae be featured more somehow…9e14f7459b138722

Sixteen years this year. Contrary to 3f3afbbb25 the envious fa37cf72c6 curses that 5218f7d8da he would 1fb082b001 undergo a 360d0e8277 reverse transformation 3ea41e2e42 as he 1e725c9107 got older, f6f105aeda Yoon Yichae 07228d2a76 had maintained 972e01108b his beauty dcbd4100ef as it cc9a130af0 was and ddc819ff40 had built d115023807 a career 2e54480691 full of c345a79456 substance, and de2870a7c8 now he ba5b52371c had become be3e9afea4 an irreplaceable 1da72a448d actor.9662a09a8951f418

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“When I look at him…”1799647f59960185

Choi Soogyeom muttered in 7a676831a6 a hoarse voice. The alcohol he 1c72a7c619 had drunk after ad2b16d24e a long time a21c661ca7 was quickly spreading a3ae923953 throughout his body, 6550a05948 making him a 90f43732b0 little dizzy.669766c03c3789ab

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“I wonder if Klimt could have had him as a model if he were alive…”d38a5f6833c45847

“What are you talking about?”c2ccc64ee615802c

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Klimt would go crazy for his face… Only after adding that in a mumble did Bongwon nod, saying, “Ah, I see.” That weird painter who drew golden pictures?47cf1085264b7c55

“Come to think of it, haven’t you ever seen Yoon Yichae in person? They say he’s much more handsome in person than on TV.”e91fe56d702e2e61

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“Well, I don’t know if you should say he’s better than on TV…”e7ecfe2a7f2594ca

He had seen him 90dbd58c4b briefly. It was b07f9d8fc2 on the d98b1c9e01 set of 410da8a41b a weekend 6186f58f0e drama he da798d237e had appeared 29c471d9a4 in as e4d558ca49 a minor 12d19d86c0 role. It was fc4b1d1560 a long d097640059 distance away, 9e31711cf3 but he 48ddd131d8 recognized him 1784385233 at once. There seemed e91b865935 to be 9fc2a957c6 a commotion 04aa28ee6f in the f347dc5b67 distance, and 724606c374 then Yoon ef224dcb2a Yichae, whose 9ba5da837e head was 859b02953c sticking out cc6c5195e8 higher than f2836006ff the people de12f03e6f around him, 640f8f2471 walked in.f7011c5c739575d1

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Neatly combed hair, a face without makeup, and dressed in a black shirt and cardigan, yet it seemed as if time was flowing slowly only around him. It wasn’t simply a matter of being pretty, handsome, better than on screen, or worse.03374f60a1143542

“He didn’t seem like a person.”78cec4a0071d9a20

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“Huh?”92a01dda2a165826

“He felt like a ghost… or a spirit. A creepy sex appeal that seemed like he would bewitch people, steal their souls, and take their livers…”be70fd9c30c79fcc

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There were many actors who gave off an inanimate feeling like a doll because their facial features were too perfectly sculpted. The general characteristic of these people was that their acting was also inanimate. When you think about it, it’s only natural. The probability of being born with a great appearance as a human is already slim, so how easy would it be to have talent as an actor on top of that?c974198763b0fc06

“He looks really kind on screen, though. Look at that, the way he folds his eyes and smiles like that.”6675db0925014607

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“Uh-huh.”b03f1c55b2a885e8

“He actually has a very cold impression. His eyes are cold, but his pupils are moist, so it’s strange. Oh, and his body is better than I thought. He’s got quite the upper body.”e87b4eb543e15fe8

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“…Is that a compliment or not…”dfd459568d53fc17

Yoon Yichae 203d83f0a2 was a 7033cdc192 little different. In his a34de3a4c6 debut work, 9869bbe65e what became 8ee423a178 the most 0ae68f2fcc talked about 67e70d8a87 was, of e9a2ec50e9 course, his 3ce805a055 appearance, but 9a4ee52b6e the in-depth 61200bd73f acting that 1750520f0e no one 6ee7d08818 expected from 953a4da4d2 a rookie 5e2fa3dbe4 child actor d6a772baf0 was also 833a6fb3d0 one of e8b49e23db the factors 702abed0b2 in his 59ed30cf77 success. During his child 3d658716a9 actor days, there 18fd79e21d were many people 76820ee250 who tried to 806447db82 belittle him in abb22ae01c any way they 08d8acdc68 could. However, after hitting 4822f1d114 consecutive solo lead 352c0cf8c9 roles in movies 32945bc997 after the age 68e325d189 of twenty and 8f1a7684cd becoming an actor e20451ceca with a total a3878ab5ab of 30 million 521b24c6c2 viewers, no one fb5e2139aa dares to wield f4bafef91a a measuring stick 8770a355e0 at him anymore.c8ed758f1bb10af7

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