Became The Leader of a Girl Group Destined To Fail - Chapter 163

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Chapter 163.

We had to continue our activities for one more week even after the originally scheduled three-week music broadcast schedule.
We’d been nominated for first place, and as rookies, we couldn’t possibly skip the appearances.
But now the time had truly come to wrap up our promotion.
Continuing any longer would only backfire at this point.

“Wow. We finally made it.”

We’d arrived at Honolulu Airport, Hawaii.

“I seriously thought I’d die on that plane. Why is it so far?”
“Still, it’s amazing. It’s Hawaii!”
“Right. It’s surreal.”

Why had we come all this way to a foreign land?
Before the members began their individual activities in earnest, we’d deliberated on how to spend roughly two weeks.
After discussion, we’d decided to impulsively head to Hawaii.
We’d concluded that taking a vacation in South Korea would be difficult.
Staying confined to the Dormitory would be fine, but I didn’t want to lock my members away.
They were just kids.
They needed to see some sunlight and grow.
Fortunately, Hong President enthusiastically supported my decision. He even gave us spending money and told us to rest well while we were at it.
We’d tried to keep our staff to a minimum.
…But Hong President ended up assigning a stylist to us anyway.
He said we shouldn’t look shabby even on vacation.
Hong President’s philosophy was that idols had to remain idols even in hell, let alone Hawaii.
Honestly, it was annoying, but I understood his point.

“Please, let’s not talk about work here. We talked about nothing but work on the plane and couldn’t even properly enjoy first class.”

Kim Geum spoke with an exhausted expression.

“Sorry.”
“So no more of that.”
“Okay.”

We grabbed our luggage and headed straight to the hotel.
I’d booked it out of my own pocket, hoping the members would love it—

“Wooooooooooow!”
“Wow!”

…They clearly loved it.
Seo Baek-young had mentioned this was her first time flying.
As for Yeon Ju-hong and Kim Geum, there was no need to ask.
Even Ryu Bora’s lips were twitching upward.

“Let’s forget everything for ten days and get some real rest.”
“Absolutely no work—just relaxing! Promise!”
“Yun Chung. Come on, promise us already!”

The members fixed me with a deadly stare.
Hmph.

“…Just one day of vlogging, though.”
“What is wrong with you?”
“I was thinking of our fans…”
“It wasn’t one day—you meant the whole week. What could we possibly accomplish in just one day?”

Their tactical shift was quite impressive to watch.
And so we reached an agreement.
Just one day of work, and the rest of the time we’d sleep in, lounge around, watch the ocean, and have fun.

“But I’m curious about something.”
“Hmm?”

I approached Seo Baek-young and asked in a low voice.

“Back then… what were you, Geum, and Ju-hong whispering about together?”
“Oh, that.”

Seo Baek-young laughed with an embarrassed expression.

“If someone actually attacked Ryu Bora, we’d snap to attention right away. In case the bodyguards couldn’t stop them or… well, something like that. I’d block them first, and the other two would protect Ryu Bora. It was our own kind of strategy meeting, really. Honestly, I didn’t think we’d ever actually need to use it. But it actually happened.”
“…!”
“Still, I’m supposed to be the older one, so I had to be the one to stop it.”
“Why did you discuss this without me?”
“If Yun Chung had told you, would you have listened? You would’ve just taken the knife instead. It’s better this way—at least I’ve had some training, so I can actually block it.”

I couldn’t deny it.
If I’d been in that position, I probably would have taken the knife for Ryu Bora.

“Yeon Ju-hong and Kim Geum tried to stop me at first, saying it was dangerous. But once I showed them my taekwondo skills, they understood. After all, it’s the most efficient way to protect Ryu Bora.”

She had a surprisingly cold-headed side to her.
I was a bit hurt that she didn’t include me in that plan….
But right now, I was just grateful.

“Thank you.”
“What are you thanking me for? We all just did what we had to do.”

Seo Baek-young patted my shoulder and approached the Manager to speak with her.
I followed after Seo Baek-young.

“Manager, you should rest too.”
“Girls. But… I’m getting so many appearance requests. What should I do?”
“We decided to turn them all down. No media appearances.”

The requests hadn’t stopped, whether before we came here or after we arrived.
But I’d already drawn a clear line with Colors beforehand.
No matter who came, we absolutely would not expose ourselves to the media.
Not even if CNM came calling.
I knew it well.
Surprisingly, offers from the United States had been pouring in.
Most were just small radio stations, but even that was significant.
But since we weren’t planning to expand into the United States for the time being anyway, it wasn’t something to consider.
The members felt the same way.

“I know, I know….”

The Manager looked at us with a very troubled expression.

“We got a call from the Philip Show….”
“Philip or not, we’re not going-”
“Um, um… can’t we go?”
“?!”

What?
We all turned to look at Yeon Ju-hong.
Yeon Ju-hong and Kim Geum were the ones who had shown the strongest determination to rest.
And now she suddenly wanted to go out?

“I’m… a huge Philip fan….”

Ah, well, I can’t fault her for that.

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Prism Homma was fuming that she wasn’t a native English speaker.
Having to wait for subtitles to appear!
Right now, overseas reactions were ablaze with all sorts of memes and real-time trending searches.
And I’m the only one who can’t enjoy it…!
I want to enjoy it in real-time too…!
Prism Homma pounded the ground in frustration.
I should have studied English when I was younger…!
A belated regret.
And then.
About three hours after the broadcast ended.
A translated video was uploaded to OTube right away.
Prism Homma hit the play button at lightning speed.

[Philip: Today’s third guest is a group of girls from a very distant country.]
[Philip: You’ve probably seen them. I bet there’s hardly anyone who hasn’t seen them on OTube lately.]
[Philip: To be honest, I saw them first on the news while I was having breakfast.]
[Philip: Let me introduce them. They’re StillBlue, from South Korea.]

Philip, with his characteristic smug expression, began the introduction with ease.
Then the camera captured StillBlue, sitting comfortably in their chairs.
They all wore outfits that were unpretentious yet appropriately relaxed and stylish.

[Philip: Hey, everyone. Thanks for making the trip all the way out here.]
[Yun Chung: Not at all. We were actually on vacation in Hawaii anyway.]

‘Why is Yun Chung’s English so fluent…?’

Prism Homma was taken aback by the fluent English flowing effortlessly from Yun Chung’s lips.
Though she wasn’t particularly skilled in English herself, even she could tell that Yun Chung sounded remarkably composed and articulate.

[Philip: Really? In Hawaii?]
[Yun Chung: Yeah. I got a sudden call while we were on vacation, and I was debating whether to come or not… but since my members are fans of yours, we decided to check it out.]
[Philip: You were actually debating whether to come?!]

Philip slumped over the desk with an exaggerated wounded expression.

[Yun Chung: You know how it is—we were in the middle of enjoying our vacation. Our rule is to turn off our phones and actually rest during time off.]
[Philip: Ah, right. You guys deserve to enjoy your vacation, don’t you?]
[Seo Baek-young: Obviously!]

At the mention of enjoying their vacation, Prism Homma felt a weight lift from her chest.
In truth, ever since the announcement about appearing on the Philip Show, there had been malicious comments circulating online.
They’d rejected all their Korean schedules, so was it because they were going for American schedules instead?
Vicious remarks questioning whether they had any pride.
But now.
StillBlue was making it clear that they were simply enjoying a vacation in the United States and happened to make an appearance.
Coming here was purely coincidental. They were on vacation, after all.

[Philip: I want to be honest—this was an incredibly difficult booking. I think we made like a hundred calls just trying to get you guys here.]
[Yun Chung: Well, heroes usually rush to answer when there’s an emergency, but appearing on broadcasts is something we’re a bit hesitant about, you know? I hope you understand.]

Yun Chung matched Philip’s half-joking, half-serious comment with humor of her own.
Philip laughed, and soon the audience erupted in laughter as well.
Prism Homma found this moment absolutely fascinating.
And she wasn’t the only one.

Wait, I’m watching the Philip Show right now

Yun Chung is seriously so composed lolololol
like she’s giving off this vibe of “I’m on vacation but you guys pestered me so much I came out for a bit”
lololololol

I actually prefer this more lol. I didn’t like how they acted like appearing on the Philip Show was such an honor. You guys are all top stars in South Korea lol.
└2222
The fact that she’s so composed even though she’s a rookie is seriously the killing point lol. I’m dying.

[Philip: So, can you explain what happened?]

I glanced at Ryu Bora.
She responded with a knowing smile.

[Bora: Actually, I was called the Baby Princess Mama back in South Korea.]
[Philip: ?!]
[Dylan: Philip. What are you sitting there believing for? This girl was an actress when she was young. The role she played back then was a Korean princess.]

Dylan, the seasoning of the Philip Show, teased Philip at Ryu Bora’s joke.
Philip pulled out a handkerchief and made a show of wiping his brow.

[Philip: Okay. I got it. Your Highness. But what does that have to do with this incident?]
[Bora: Well, every princess always has a villain threatening her, right?]
[Philip: Ah. Right, right.]
[Dylan: These kids are even funnier than you, Philip.]
[Philip: Actually, I was thinking the same thing.]

Bora really knows how to talk well too.

The show’s atmosphere was very warm and pleasant.
Not quite as fluent as I was.
But Ryu Bora was doing remarkably well.
Rather than using difficult vocabulary, she used simple words but delivered them without hesitation, which made it even better.

[Bora: This villain was the same. She’d been threatening me since I was young.]
[Philip: Wow.]
[Bora: She disappeared for a while, but when I debuted as a singer, she showed up again and threatened me. And then… as you saw, she came up on stage and swung a knife at me.]

It was already covered extensively in the news.
But hearing it from Ryu Bora’s own lips felt different.
What was fortunate was that perhaps because she’d rested a bit.
Ryu Bora’s expression looked much brighter than before.

[Philip: Alright, we’ll all watch the footage from that moment together.]

The screen switched.
Footage from the Venue Stage at that time began to play.
StillBlue and Philip appeared in a small window, showing only their reactions.

[Bora: In such a dangerous moment…. Boom.]
[Baek-young: I showed up.]

Baek-young smiled with a smirk and raised her hand.
The members covered their faces in embarrassment, but Seo Baek-young was utterly confident.
Philip applauded the protagonist of the meme that had finally made her appearance.

[Philip: I’ve watched your kick video a hundred times.]
[Baek-young: I understand. I’ve watched it a hundred times too. I was pretty cool back then.]
[Dylan: These guys are seriously all weird.]

Seo Baek-young wasn’t particularly fluent in English, so she spoke haltingly with the help of an interpreter.
Yet her confident demeanor came across as endearing to the fans.

[Philip: So you’re a princess and heroes?]
[Baek-young: No. We’re all princesses and all heroes.]
[Philip: (?)]
[Baek-young: Doesn’t it work? All the princesses in movies are like that. Princess and hero combined.]
[Philip: That somehow makes sense….]

After StillBlue and Philip exchanged a few more jokes,
it was time for StillBlue’s performance.
StillBlue performed one verse each of “Blue” and “Paper Dol”.
After the brief stage concluded, the interview resumed.

[Philip: By the way, your lyrics are supposedly that entertaining? Tell us about them.]
[Yun Chung: Yeah. Our songs are always about fighting together for ourselves and our fans.]
[Ju-hong: Doesn’t it fit this situation perfectly?]
[Philip: It does. It feels almost like a prophecy.]

The StillBlue members nodded vigorously in agreement.

[Bora: And from now on, we’ll keep fighting for each other and for our fans.]
[Yun Chung: We’re heroes who can grow stronger anytime.]
[Philip: If we become hot as heroes again, can you call us back then?]
[Yun Chung: I’ll come by if I have time. Like I said before, heroes only show up in emergencies anyway.]
[Philip: Maybe it’d be faster to just tell Dylan to take a swing at me.]

And so the show ended in an atmosphere that remained cheerful and delightful right to the very end.

StillBlue’s performance from this show is going viral as a bias-wrecker moment.

They’re seriously adorable.

The reaction in South Korea began to heat up once more.

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