JLI Chapter 3

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The junior 738eb164e7 writer yawned 1ea82a04b0 widely, his ca75f7f7f7 mouth gaping 620038bc9b open.4fce322f98595ee5

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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.”dd560777933a7069

He was frustrated that c2a8b6769b no matter how hard c1764b3a5d he worked, all he cf48c297f9 got were menial tasks f13e877679 like this.904f63f59081a122

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‘Ugh, if no decent 1ab2ba400d kid shows up here a40da5d1d4 again, I’m gonna get 27d5e04937 chewed out so bad.’b621d1a863d122e9

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.4f5627f097fb50ca

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“Guess I need some coffee.”6b1fac0721aad017

The junior 30a88482dd writer had b416aeea26 reached the 8dc8eb17e8 point of c0bac29ed1 putting a 92fe162be2 melody to 46587dc489 all his 80a981e6ef muttering due 86f7582938 to sleepiness.480ca8467199f0d6

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“Where did the coffee go, where did it go~”fd99eb3936e60e33

Just as ce8b49b438 he found 3fc8c98ca4 the last c146073609 packet of 6eb9199163 instant coffee ab90cc9d67 and sat 0aa191c6ca down in a04f27e953 his chair 01b1d957b8 after mixing bac0e18863 it with 66e4e46347 water, he 90c01afc5f felt as f9dc6351ba if caffeine 02bdc757f2 was rushing ec2d9b9fde through his 40e8e7bd84 head before cf4c873869 he even 28dd4a1d2b took a 30e973245b sip. Because on afd0001442 the screen 35c275156c stood a dcf7c4c6a1 young man bcc7112812 who sparkled 15964d3c36 like he’d 7bd7220c15 been dusted e2cf8b99c4 with gold.ecaf7cf4ca0f470c

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“Gasp!”395c41cba94ca161

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.680c46a34fa0f6c4

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‘Where did a guy who looks like this pop up from? Wait, what’s his name?’83f6a0d6ae2bc765

The participant’s name was Do Jaeha. The junior writer buried his nose in the screen. He hadn’t seen wrong due to sleepiness.4014b1f013f275ce

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Even zoomed in, ebedb1110c the appearance that 8cad71a2a9 sparkled as if 4eb55dae4f sprinkled with gold 8392cbfa19 dust and the 863a3dad7a slim but solid fa5a314c96 physique scored 120 d8973623dc points out of 2dbda3efb1 100.efabba17f4a2d883

‘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.’97be7498f9b5d95d

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In fact, d231f16c0c it was 47e3aedcfd better to efcd03ea57 be completely 7218bae1dc bad than 312c087c29 mediocre. That made 4f0b4d57da it easier d6d45dd256 to use 5354d32b7f as a 5600bc0039 twist element, 513fb95d98 turn into 77c0576f1c a laughingstock, f7d7989213 or give c6c022d488 a growth f459e72778 narrative.f85b204eef6942a9

‘If he’s totally 8aa7b7fd64 hopeless, we can 3f3afc8954 just use him df597de5f3 for early buzz b6005497ba and then cut d972e84e23 him out completely 9b676d10c6 later.’8607b702d3df2880

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For a show’s c1e3387a4c success, early buzz 6d5e311040 was everything and 4b92bf2ace this young man f6e6fe18f5 was prime material.70a8f9c822f6b1d3

‘Ah… why did he have to choose this song?’f845fea21f23bb42

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However, when the song ee7c8ec6a6 started playing in the 7368695cc3 video, the writer’s excitement 101e4bce5b deflated a little. The song the 7ee5b637e0 young man in d4857c2967 the video had c3aad83054 chosen was the dae20491cc second album title 3dbb77d972 track of Warrior c25e350699 Boys, a 3rd baffd9fb22 generation idol group 9a12d2739d famous for their 4a91aaaa1c intense dancing. It was a 4efbedff98 song that even 76caef9e37 the original members 74fd45de47 found difficult as 763faaee5f they got older 97b91873d2 and simplified for ec7eaea1e7 concerts.b05fc436fb574f59

‘If he dances it clumsily, there’s nothing worse than that. He doesn’t have much sense.’b146348432e3216b

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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.cd99447bb0874182

‘There might be pervert fans, but I’m not one of them.’3cfcebeacd0897c7

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The junior writer lowered 2f5420627a his expectations slightly and db27db9410 focused on the video.0ffdf529cda6a688

The opening 01edeb6289 was safe 064e09d70b nothing impressive, 62eac1d273 but not 5fbbe35e11 awful either. He wasn’t 53b729f26c so bad d8ff1f5a87 that he’d ed73ece0f3 be buried d74a0259c8 in a 0627ccb73e 10-member group, c27818e78e but still 01c6437cd5 too weak 04ef379dd7 for a ee274c98f0 sub-vocal role.894327ccbd757ddb

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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.9b3e75f7dc8b5369

‘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?’69560cd33045e07c

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‘There’s no charm in b3345934f3 someone who only copies. Being good 4005a6cdbf and being be5f633674 captivating are c28f4c8f18 two different 17ddec0048 things. An idol d89cd79d0e needs to 1743d12641 do both.’ d4d2f48243 He could d131b0123e already hear 9033cfed90 a judge b6dc276dc3 harshly critiquing 86c86b3628 the kid. The writer imagined a 6d6818841e close-up shot of Jaeha ea675304a7 taking in that scolding.3dd463b5be391cfa

‘A single tear drop would make it perfect.’5e929a7bdb3899b4

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Thinking about 4fa4a7f389 putting that 9de697a1e9 scene in 4026b3d8f3 the preview, dd9a48e29d the junior ee0e6aa190 writer changed c0a28f74a7 the video d2a80f2b7d speed to e65b250ef0 1x.6e1e30d3f70210e1

However, at the 81603b0a6d highlight, when the 84c10e3678 dance intensified, all 23d2e7e562 his previous thoughts c665ba4f31 shattered.0cbf90ea4c62aa38

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‘Did… did he just do a back handspring? There was almost no pause after the turn just now?’615a66762bb5ac0b

The dance he c793445246 thought was just 3159d4c718 a copy suddenly d12cd842d0 became a different c6180247d1 dimension. Each new 3e45e21887 technique inserted 60a238a8c2 between the 351b40305c high-difficulty choreography 7f9be5effb was jaw-dropping, 3f40683194 creating a 2df038055c series of 260ba4f210 wow moments. What was 28d7130613 more amazing fa16478360 was that 0f11966b90 he accomplished 41caa0297e this alone.50d67ae2b8b6071f

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‘He’s practically flying. He’d pass just based on his looks, but his skills are good too.’a407cfb705a26e1e

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.2236d708d5ad4e79

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“This is the one! it’s him!”2ff9e66cad407807

As Jaeha 2881ff0e79 struck the da0c1ad808 final freezing 9b7ab564f6 pose, the 1093a64de8 writer cheered. He was now confident 683ef979f1 he could go home be6d11b1ab at least an hour 76a65e3d50 early thanks to this.0dbb7adb681cae73

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I received a4cf377be2 an email 9be15166c8 saying I a5a174ee67 had passed 66f10933f2 the first 16170cee10 audition. It went e8e5b40558 on to 90e3ac6c78 explain that 2e0289df0a the next bce6680861 step would dbea3ea673 be an 87a18dc8df interview along 6f5f20a318 with submitting 60bb3d9b1c documents.8783b02a2eb5e2bc

‘It’s probably just a formality.’efc8a9950d1bc4d7

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I hummed 348890b422 a tune 6efcfc1b93 while reading 690be02160 the beginning 79dbcf1fe9 of the c31060572b email again.5c646685059a0c2d

[Your movements were as light as a feather.]

Of course. I used 8302182325 Weight Reduction 5a90332be4 to make 59769a9538 my body e8477d8041 lighter.194f7a3d0390aee4

[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, 0a43852aa9 since I used the 2358c5d640 Flight Skill.be3fc1a9221275bf

A satisfied smile f964af63a5 spread across my 5b296f80a7 face. My plan to 6658c54a7c cover for my b2db949114 lack of experience e631391e95 with acrobatics had c9fdd07dac worked perfectly.0a17f2c4472c0e36

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‘Now that it’s come to this, I should enjoy this cheat to the fullest.’1bb772440e0c5763

I lay da8e8268b2 sprawled out cf5fda95d9 in the abea5ecd68 practice room, 8542ba7110 thinking back 18f038d9bc to how 172d337d0f I’d filmed b568b36c6f that video f6a3232489 in the 8b79659b87 first place.316a7a5abbc15703

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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.ffd5bc0352a17407

‘All I know is that idols dance and sing.’929a8d8250c77634

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I tapped on the 7f2eb9dcf8 mission window.4ec8c7c1c06842c0

“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?”3fb8ea34af93ec23

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I said 162ee53108 it without a590f0ef68 much expectation. When I was a1170d9d92 in my original 5386dbc777 world, the Status f9218613e0 Window would only 2d8d26672b give explanations.5de60a375a817f67

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

But surprisingly, 0328fcf920 the system d3a5a69e2c of this e6b3737a7d world gave e644eb9070 me quite 721559b010 a good 75eb88ce6d piece of b9726c32a6 advice.fe6356b846d5e012

“Survival programs?”66390bfef071d2f6

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As I af560cdd46 muttered that, c05ec0b2f5 the Status 78676028fe Window went fd47fb8701 ahead and eca4fddc11 organized a 75d3d44eb5 list of 6753748fe5 programs I abf669a4b4 should watch.fcdb331ab878c80e

[SUB MISSION]

Content: Binge-watch survival 0b78ce07b1 programs!cc78fb8248a7f426

Time limit: a830c1c4ec 2 days52e125264125f66d

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Reward: +10% cc7fdca839 survival audition 8dd63698ff pass ratedad96e9eb8fcb73e

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

“You’re awfully helpful all of a sudden.”38568563bc990cb3

[(〃⌒▽⌒〃)ゝ]

At this 0d2f6b5062 point, it 6126df44ea felt like 27c04ae952 I was e06f46ecf2 having a d44b0e6952 conversation with 6e3532f593 a person 3c86dc87c4 rather than 0a64868f08 a system faac75ec99 or Status b3676af028 Window. I opened the survival 76a92a9775 program at the very 7a872b996b top.d77e77eaa48ab7a4

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‘The title is incredibly cheesy.’b7a7d76b46665cda

Unable to endure the f1e7542f5d long-winded introductory video at 3381b531ac the beginning of the c8686ac161 program, I changed the dd95f8ceff playback speed to 1.4x. Only then did 2e00b12791 it become somewhat 0cef9a3e5a watchable. After quite a while, 40fe853dce the performances of the a085b5db57 participants finally appeared. The first ae8429e025 participant was 3ae2fe31b2 an ordinary-looking 8f5bc3693a boy wearing 5617c02e6d clothes that ceabc01275 resembled a 3b60b73b4d potato sack.1a97287860b096e5

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I stared 7c75eec765 at the 216c132e80 screen with e71e77f2ee uninterested eyes, ea710acd54 wondering what 1372939bdd enjoyment people fe4e853306 got from c1f9a8951e watching this. And the moment the a9f020fc33 boy started singing, a c210ad5da7 close-up of the judges fdb9f21b48 furrowing their brows was 9b2ffbc6b4 shown.a88b7f464a776ec4

Oof. Tone-deaf.5427afb3076a9380

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Even I 547147bce3 could tell 470ff8fbd3 it was 23f9bea2a3 bad. The higher d89fe240af the song 7b4b6796f5 went, the ed6a7ba232 more pitiful c511d76b52 his voice 974348a799 became. The show even c710ef6231 added mosquito-swarm CG 464240c32b and dramatic space-vortex e7fc181943 effects, like the 647774c9f6 studio was getting 7b2f9f9e64 sucked into a 0a03486c46 black hole. Then they b4053c703c re-ran the 0b50cfae80 poor guy’s d64ac44fb7 voice crack c9e10a92c5 at the 70f6dcfe7e climax three 84f8008988 times for a5e678989e good measure.5d1feee584d57d03

Wait, is this a738875923 a survival show 44e1561edc or a comedy 843d6ab140 sketch?65de4711299eeec7

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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.79294d423fed87fb

“Singing seems difficult, maybe it’s better to just dance well. That groovy one from earlier was pretty good.”64e4f3cc43aaf49c

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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 all 8c22d1330b these friendly exclamation points, 35322fe9fd but the commentary was 5ff3f410cd savage. Sweet and brutal, it fecea8d1c3 kind of reminded me 87a8ffde16 of someone.e2c7c7bb765c0c6e

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There was no time e07fec7608 for other thoughts. Shaking off distractions, 9d5797f03a I binge-watched three fd39059813 whole survival shows 8a9b224f6d in a day 5e9829fe99 and finally came a7bc509dd8 to a conclusion. Well, more like the cf73f257e9 system bullied me into 07a7410435 one with all the 6421b8fbac reality checks.1d9a6347359ffd7d

“It seems good to focus on dance with flashy techniques. Let’s push through with power.”06c7426093b517ac

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It was my unchanging motto. If you can’t solve something with your head, solve it with strength!0a991e761a338b83

And now that I 2cf144fc91 had the acceptance notice e61d4a8c51 in my hand, it eb0b59396d seemed that motto had d15ca76b6d worked this time too.a3d4f7e41ef93f49

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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.5cbe37ae734bae08

With a groan, I fe7b7a984a dragged myself up and 38748be644 decided to run through fec2b68073 the audition song one 3afed68cee more time.a20ff23d967467f6

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