Became The Leader of a Girl Group Destined To Fail - Chapter 164

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Chapter 164.

Anyway, it’s an expansion into the United States.

Yeah… it’s not as idols but as heroes, but it’s still an expansion regardless.
I’m not taking counterarguments.

The US community is also reacting that StillBlue members are funny.

A lot of reactions say it’s not the typical K-pop image, but rather they found it comfortable and entertaining so they just watched while laughing.
Maybe that’s why when they sang, everyone was even more surprised at how well they did.

Yeah, I live there and K-pop has a pretty strong image of being a niche genre (not that niche is bad), so there’s definitely mixed opinions, but this time the reaction was just that they’re funny and cute kids. So the response is good.
But meanwhile, K-pop hardcore fans are converting.
You’re all just in denial about becoming fans now. Stop denying it and just convert already.
No way, we can’t lose our national talent.

Stungies are still rookies ㅠㅠ Please be more active in Korea…
It’s still too early for the United States…

No need to worry, they arrived in the country today.
└There’s no worry as pointless as StillBlue’s worries.
StillBlue’s public statement today is cute.

PUBBLE
Before it’s too late, please buy.
We just went on vacation and took a quick trip to an American variety show.

It felt like Ju-hong went to see it because she’s a huge Philip fan.

Before it’s too late, please buy.
We all know what you’re worried about.

Just think of it as part of our vacation (=･ｪ･=)

PUBBLE
Yun Chung
Haven’t we received more offers?

Yun Chung
A few radio appearances came in too

We discussed it among ourselves and politely declined them all

We came to the United States for a vacation, not to work

Yun Chung
And honestly, I miss EVEL so much I couldn’t do it

PUBBLE
Aww♥
Aren’t you disappointed?

Nope, none of us are disappointed

Aww♥
I can’t speak English anyway, so it wouldn’t have worked out(ˇ⊖ˇ)

Aww♥
I went on the Philip Show because I’m such a Philip fan, but my English is so bad

I barely said anything

I’m still kicking myself over it

Aww♥
It’s okay

I’ll just go again next time. I’ll study English hard until then, EVEL

Aww♥
And we need to start preparing for our next album!!!!!!!

Squish♥
Don’t forget about me ( ˃̣̣̥᷄⌓˂̣̣̥᷅ )

I’ll be back soon

Everyone was actually on vacation lolol

Crisis averted.
Now, please give me an American vacation vlog or something.ㅠㅠ
Please share your daily life on Svl vacation tooㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

And so the fans completely let their worries go.
The Philip Show’s response was delightful too.
StillBlue showed no signs of leaving South Korea.
They even dropped a spoiler that they were preparing their next album.
But that wasn’t the end of it.

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[SUB│StillBlue’s Chaotic United States Survival Guide (1/3) #It_Was_Supposed_To_Be_Relaxing_At_First #Why_Did_This_Turn_Into_A_Survival_Show]

They had even filmed a vlog with a variety show concept while enjoying their United States vacation.
Some fans worried that they’d gone to rest but ended up working the whole time instead.
However, those concerns all vanished after watching the video.

~StillBlue’s Chaotic United States Survival Guide~
-1-
Planning: Yun Chung
Direction: Ryu Bora
Cinematography: Yeon Ju-hong
Sound: Kim Geum
Comedy: Seo Baek-young
Starring: StillBlue

It was clear that the StillBlue members had thoroughly created this chaotic masterpiece themselves.

[Geum: Why on earth do we have to survive on just a hundred dollars a day? And with five of us!!! Coming all the way to Hawaii!!!!!]
[Yun Chung: In exchange, I’m covering the accommodation. The best hotel suite.]
[Geum: Where should we start, Oh PD?]

[Ju-hong: Unnie, I want a hamburger.]
[Bora: You can eat with your twenty dollars.]
[Ju-hong: I spent it all on that sparrow plushie earlier.]
[Bora: …Ju-hong, if you keep making impulse purchases like that.]
[Ju-hong: I bought it to give to unnie.]
[Bora: Can’t we compromise on just french fries? I don’t have any money either.]

And so it went.
The vlog showed them laughing, chattering, and rolling around—a comfortable, carefree glimpse of their time together.
The fans exhaled in relief.
But.

“You all understand this is just the beginning, right?”
“…Yes.”
“Yes!”

StillBlue’s real battle was only starting now.

“Let’s solidify ourselves with a full-length album. You’ve all rested well—time to push forward.”
“Let’s go.”

The members understood too.
That now was the moment to row, now that the tide had turned in their favor.
They had simply held back until now.
Afraid the fans would worry.
But the time had come.
Not merely rowing, but flying with engines fully engaged.

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‘Ah. Did I push too hard yesterday?’

I had stayed up all night at the Studio and returned to the Dormitory at dawn for a brief nap.
Now, finally stepping out of my room.
Seo Baek-young and Ryu Bora were in the Kitchen.
Seeing them standing side by side in front of the stove, they must have been preparing breakfast.
…Was this the moment I should slip away?
As I hesitated, I caught fragments of their conversation.

“…I’m sorry about back then.”

It was Ryu Bora’s voice.
They were discussing what happened before.

“Sorry for what? I understand your heart completely. If anything, I was the one being too meddlesome.”
“No. You only said the right things. It’s just that back then… I didn’t have the capacity to listen to anyone else. I shouldn’t have been that way.”
“That hurts, though.”
“…What?”

At Seo Baek-young’s words, I could hear Ryu Bora’s voice trembling.

“Strangers? We’re not strangers anymore. We’re members. Was I the only one thinking that way?”
“….”
“You can be angry. You don’t have to listen to me, Bora.”

The sound of Seo Baek-young closing the pot lid reached my ears.

“We’re okay because we’re not strangers. So please don’t think of us that way.”

After saying that, Seo Baek-young suddenly seemed to catch herself, her words faltering.

“Ah, is this meddlesome too? Is it uncomfortable to hear?”
“…No.”

Like the aroma of rice seeping into the Kitchen.
I could sense laughter threading through Ryu Bora’s voice.

“You’re right, unnie. We’re not strangers.”
“Right?”
“Don’t be angry with me. I’ll be the only one angry.”
“Huh…?”
“Is there a problem?”
“There seems to be one….”
“There isn’t.”

Only after hearing the two of them bicker did
I manage to slip into the Kitchen.

“What’s on the menu today?”

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Meanwhile.
That night, at the Detention Center.
The perpetrator who had been blackmailing Ryu Bora for so long and ultimately wielded a knife against her.
Lee was imprisoned in the Detention Center.
Still awaiting trial, he spent each day in the Detention Center.

“If I just get out…. If I just get out….”

Even within the Detention Center, he continued to display violent tendencies and was isolated in solitary confinement.
Yet Lee kept muttering his revenge.
Once he got out, he wouldn’t fail this time.
This time, he would carve scars across Ryu Bora’s face without fail.
No.
This time, he would carve scars across the faces of all of StillBlue.
He stared endlessly at the wall, murmuring to himself.
Then.

-It’s so predictable now that it’s not even fun anymore.

A grotesque shadow fell across Lee’s back.

“…!”

When a voice echoed from a place where no voice should have been heard, Lee spun around in panic.
And he stood frozen, his mouth gaping at the presence before him.
It possessed a form that defied all explanation.
Yet one thing was certain—it stirred unease and terror in the human heart.

“You, you are… what…!”
-My contractor has been showing signs of wanting to exploit me lately. I told her I wouldn’t interfere with that girl, but…

The shadow writhed with elongated undulations.

-You seem like you’ll become an obstacle to my business.
“Y-your business?”
-I’ve finally found a contractor worth using after so long, and I’ve been feeding well…

The shadow exhaled a weary sigh.

-What am I supposed to do if you keep coveting what’s mine?
“I don’t know what you’re talking about, but I’ve never coveted anything of yours…!”
-Looking into human hearts, I see that imprisonment lasts only about a year at most. That’s rather inconvenient for me.

The shadow began to slowly coil around Lee.

-I need to use that girl for at least another thirty years.

Then, opening its maw wide, it began to expel something upon Lee.
They were the emotions Lee had continuously expelled over more than a decade.
Despair, jealousy, hatred, disgust, inferiority…
The shadow consumed those emotions, and then—

-returned them to you, far more useful than someone who only produces such tasteless things.

Now it gave back what it had taken.
To the original owner.
With generous interest, all at once.

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