Became The Leader of a Girl Group Destined To Fail - Chapter 134

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Chapter 134.

Today was the final filming day of Top of Idol.
Since the final stage would be broadcast live, we were all on edge.
The championship team for the final mission would be determined entirely by live broadcast voting—100%.
Unlike the rival voting, there were no variables like politics involved.
It would be decided purely by the public’s votes alone.
Perhaps the rankings would reflect the popularity we’d built up over time.
Or perhaps the rankings would be determined by the stage performance itself.
But regardless, one thing was certain: it was the public’s choice.
Once it became the public’s choice, no one could object, and no one could refute it.
It simply became fact.
In the past, that weighed heavily on me. Accepting the results was difficult.
But once I accepted that the result was merely one achievement among countless others, my heart found peace.
No matter what the result is, it cannot change who I am.
A result is just like a name.
I may be called by that name for the rest of my life, but that name cannot define everything about me.
A name is just a name.
One given to me.

Ding!

Se-a

Yun Chung

I was grateful back then

A message from Se-a had arrived.

Se-a

Honestly, I

wanted to run away from that program

Thanks to you, I found the courage to run away.

I simply stared at the screen in silence.
I knew what Se-a wanted to say.
That was it.
I had shown Se-a a way to withdraw from Top of Idol without any scandal.
There was only one method.
The moment Kim Ryeo-yu became a ‘true loser,’ I would create that moment for her.
She just needed to voluntarily withdraw citing an injury, without worry.
It didn’t matter if it was her or a member. No idol walks around without some injury anyway.
She should cite the most serious injury among them as her reason for withdrawal.
Then no one would point fingers at her, and no one would think she had lost.
That’s what I advised her.
If you ask why I gave such advice to someone I didn’t even know well.

‘Shin Yu-hwa, what are you doing right now?’

This could be called the turning point.
That night.
Actually, Se-a had sent me a message.

Senior Se-a

Yun Chung… I’m worried, so I’m sending you this message.

Are you okay? Is your body alright?

You didn’t get hurt when you fell, did you?

Actually, I had fallen on purpose anyway.
I was simply astonished that she had taken the time to reach out and show such concern.
I had heard the rumors, but I never expected her to be such a kind person.

Senior Se-a

Yes, senior.

I’m fine, thank you!

You must have been quite shocked too, senior. Are you alright?

🙂

After getting through it that way,

Se-a

I’m fine

Actually, what’s been worrying me…

Did Shin Yu-hwa perhaps do something wrong to Yun Chung?

Hmm.
This is a rather difficult question.
I began to consider how I should answer.
No matter how I thought about it, this wasn’t a moment worth taking risks for.
So I was about to just brush it off and say nothing had happened.
But then.

Se-a

Shin Yu-hwa…

He did the same thing to me

Se-a showed courage in a way I couldn’t.
That was the beginning.
Se-a had mustered that courage out of genuine concern for me.
She had wrestled with the same struggles and suffered greatly, so she asked me to tell her if I was facing anything similar, whenever I needed to.
She wanted to be as helpful as possible.
Would it sound strange if the first person I thought of in that moment was Seo Baek-young?
Even when I rationalized my refusal, pushing away help.
There was someone extending a hand to me.

Se-a

If watching Shin Yu-hwa on this program is difficult for you

But if you can’t drop out of this program either

But if I can’t even be eliminated from this program

I was unfortunately weak against that kind of person.

Senior Se-a

There is one way.

Thanks to her, Se-a was able to escape the program without disappointing anyone or facing criticism.
Fortunately, the Sugar Dream members all knew what Shin Yu-hwa had done to Se-a, so they cooperated fully.
It seemed the members were incredibly close-knit with one another.
Judging by how they even pushed back against the Entertainment Company’s opposition together.
Looking at how they pushed back against the Entertainment Company’s opposition too.

Senior Se-a

Thank you.

I hope Yun Chung does first place in today’s live broadcast.

Anyway, thanks to that, I even got a message like this today.
It’s nice, you know.
Oh, that’s right.

‘Senior, but…’

After we’d gotten a bit closer, I asked Se-a something.

‘Hmm?’
‘Why did you say “it’s you” the moment you saw me?’

I was genuinely terrified back then.

‘Ah. You’ve been holding onto that?’
‘Of course I have…’

Se-a grinned widely.
Warmth finally bloomed in eyes that had seemed so cold.

‘It didn’t really mean anything.’
‘…Pardon?’

There are people who say things like that without any real meaning?
I felt a little hurt.
After hearing that, I quietly worried whether I’d done something wrong.

‘Just. The moment I saw you, those words came out. “It’s you,” I said.’

Se-a rolled her eyes slightly.

‘I don’t know why. Maybe it’s fate?’

Just, fate.
The phrase didn’t sound bad, so I just laughed softly.

“Unnie.”

Ryu Bora thrust a bottle of water at me.

“Why are you laughing to yourself like that? What are you thinking about?”
“Nothing. Just random thoughts. Is it our turn to go up now?”
“Yeah. We have to win today, after all.”

Right.
I nodded in agreement.

[~A small personal mission from Yun Chung~
Achieve 1st place in the final rankings of 【Top of Idol】

Reward: 1,000 Points]

I owed a debt of gratitude to the person who lent me their voice.

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[Day: Welcome to 【Top of Idol】, a survival competition where idols vie for the summit. You are now witnessing the final mission stage.]

Day, the new MC from All Colors, was hosting with practiced ease.

[Day: After making you wait so long, 【Top of Idol】 returns with an even more spectacular stage. The theme of this final mission is: a new song stage featuring a concept never attempted before.]

Behind Day, a stage spread out—clean yet grand in its setup.
Powerful lighting poured down upon it.

[Day: At this moment where the summit is decided, I will introduce the teams that have advanced to the finals by proving their skills on this magnificent stage.]

Cha-yul
Max Burning
StillBlue

Originally, four teams should have advanced, but due to Kim Ryeo-yu’s voluntary withdrawal, the final number of teams advancing to the finals was reduced to three.

[Day: First, I will introduce the team that will take the stage first.]

Day flipped through his cue card with a smile.

[Day: This team is a rising force like a tempest, heralding a new wave in the music industry.]

StillBlue, of course.
The experience gap with other teams is so massive that this order feels inevitable.
Kim’s dayㅠㅠㅠToday is also a great dayㅠㅠㅠ
If Seubleul gets the last hit, that’s just as much of a waste lol

[Day: Right on cue—StillBlue!]

Caption: Fresh and vibrant rookies today—StillBlue!

The way StillBlue bounded onto the stage was nothing short of spectacular.
True to the mission, it was a completely different image from what we usually saw.
Wait.
What concept and image does the public currently associate with StillBlue?
‘Glamorous.’ ‘Kitschy.’ ‘Refined.’
Blue’s concept centered on the keyword ‘a princess reinterpreted through a modern lens’—so this was only natural.
Then what was StillBlue showing us now?

★
Wait, is today girls’ hip-hop?
Hip-hop!!!!!!!!!
Geum hahahaha finally the negotiation succeeded hahahaha
I like girls hip hop dogsㅠㅠ
ㅁㅊㅁㅊㅁㅊㅁㅊ The kids are so pretty ㅠㅠ Hemeko God wall ㅠ

[Day: Hello, Baek-young. Could you explain today’s concept for us?]
[Baek-young: Of course. Our concept today is…]

Seo Baek-young glanced at Kim Geum and smiled softly.

[Baek-young: To put it simply, we’d call it girls’ hip-hop.]
[Geum: That’s right~!]

StillBlue’s outfit concept today was techware.
Black or white shirts paired with harnesses, black straight-fit cargo pants, and black fingerless gloves.
And everyone wore modified gas masks draped around their necks.
Since it was such a departure from their usual style, the audience reaction was explosive—both positive and negative.

★
Are Colors insane? Insane techware StillBlue, what is this
Gas masks? Gas masks? Gas masks?
Wait, seriously, isn’t “top of Korean hip-hop” a term made after seeing Yun Chung? Is this even a real person? Definitely not 2D
Baek-young, my love…Baek-young, my love…no, the physicality matches so perfectly…
Jjuhong ㅠㅠㅠ The goggles on his head are crazy ㅠㅠ The bright bird is wearing something like that, so… the narrative suddenly becomes…
No, Ryu Bora is seriously just the female lead of a spy thriller; the concept is so good, I’m obsessed

[Day: So, what song will you be performing for us today~?]

Day asked with a subtly sly smile.
Then Yun Chung immediately took the microphone.

[Yun Chung: Yes, this song was composed by Day himself, and Geum wrote the lyrics. We’re grateful to Day for gifting us such a wonderful song.]
[StillBlue: Thank you!]
[Day: Oh, well, of course. We’re Colors. Aren’t we one family?]

Yun Chung maintained her business smile.

[Yun Chung: That’s right. One. Family. Yes, to me it feels more like… an elder of the household.]

After emphasizing once more that it was absolutely nothing beyond that, Yun Chung passed the microphone to Yeon Ju-hong.

[Ju-hong: The song we’ll be performing for you today is 【Shotgun Mike】!]

Shotgun mike?? What’s that
Shotgun and mike??
Guys, shotgun mike is that filming equipment, that long microphone you know, that one
Ah

[Day: Wow, the title alone has me excited! Well, we can’t possibly skip this now. Here it is. StillBlue’s, 【Shotgun Mike】.]

The performance that began like this.
Was intriguing from the very first beat of the intro.
A slow yet refined beat that sounded like gunshots.
And naturally, the opening was Kim Geum.

I’m different from Real
Mike in my hand instead of a misfiring gun
Hitting the mark with precision
Shotgun Mike
Bang bang bang bang

No way, is this—
No way no way no way no way, from the start lololol Kim Geum lololol this is a direct hit!
Kyaaaaaaah
Oh my god, Kim Geum is hip-hop

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