Became The Leader of a Girl Group Destined To Fail - Chapter 252

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Episode 44.

With a crackling sound, the screen turned on.
StillBlue members wearing animal headbands of various kinds appeared.
Seo Baek-young wore a headband with large white dog ears, Yun Chung wore a headband with a yellow chick on top, Ryu Bora wore a devil headband with a purple ribbon, Kim Geum wore a tiger ear headband, and Yeon Ju-hong wore a headband with an adorably designed cat that appeared to be controlling her hair like puppet strings.

[Yun Chung: Let’s greet everyone. One, two, three.]
[StillBlue: Hello, we’re StillBlue~]
[Yun Chung: Today we’re going to… the long-awaited Amusement Park~]
[Kim Geum: Ju-hong sang about it so much we had no choice but to go.]
[Yeon Ju-hong: Isn’t it obvious you go to an amusement park when you come to the United States?! How many chances do we get to visit an amusement park in another country?!]
[Yun Chung: For this amusement park… we even extended our vacation by a day because Ju-hong’s insistence was so earnest. So we all came here together today.]
[Seo Baek-young: We should explain the headbands too.]

At Seo Baek-young’s words, all the members except Yeon Ju-hong sighed with slightly skeptical expressions.

[Yeon Ju-hong: I picked them all out!]
[Ryu Bora: We all picked out Ju-hong’s headband together. The cutest one.]
[Yun Chung: I can’t figure out the selection criteria. When she first picked Seo Baek-young’s, I thought maybe she was going for something that matched her usual image, but seeing that mine is a chick, that doesn’t seem to be it either.]
[Ryu Bora: …Could it be that you see me as a demon?]
[Yeon Ju-hong: No way~! I just put on whatever I wanted to see you wearing!]
[Kim Geum: What kind of standard is that supposed to be?]
[Seo Baek-young: Anyway, the headbands don’t matter. What matters is riding all the attractions.]
[Ryu Bora: …All of them…?]

Caption: Ryu Bora suddenly looking haggard

[Kim Geum: Waaahhhhh! Let’s goooo~~~!!!!]
[Ryu Bora: Yun Chung. You’re going to ride all of them too?]

Caption: Ryu Bora’s last hope, Yun Chung

[Yun Chung: Huh? I like amusement park rides.]
[Ryu Bora: …]

Caption: And hope shattered completely

[Baek-young: This amusement park is especially famous for its roller coasters.]
[Geum: The names alone are terrifying. ‘Giant Drop’, ‘Twisted Cyclone’—yikes.]
[Bora: Count me out.]
[Yun Chung: If all five of us successfully ride today, I’ll buy dinner, yeah?]
[Bora: I’ll pass. Really.]
[Geum: Let’s each grab one of her legs and one of her arms.]

Caption: Bora, literally being held down
Caption: Somehow always ending up in the position of having her limbs grabbed by the members…

[Ju-hong: Wow!! Look at how high that roller coaster is! It’s absolutely insane…!]
[Bora: You want us to ride that?]
[Geum: Ryu Bora might seem like someone who’s afraid of nothing, but she’s actually a bit scared of tangible things. Horror movies are fake, but roller coasters are real, so she gets absolutely terrified.]
[Bora: It’s not fear. I avoid them because they make me motion sick.]
[Geum: Sure~ Ryu Bora the scaredy-cat~]
[Baek-young: Geum, what are you going to do when we get back to South Korea….]

Caption: The eldest sister worried Geum might actually get hit
Caption: And StillBlue getting in line regardless of Ryu Bora’s wishes

[Yun Chung: Ah, there’s a photo spot over there. Looks like they take pictures here too.]
[Ju-hong: Let’s all do a unified pose! Our signature choreography from this album!]
[Geum: Ooh, best idea ever.]
[Bora: (silence)]
[Baek-young: (pure joy)]

Caption: StillBlue finally boards the roller coaster
Caption: So how are StillBlue’s seating arrangements?
Caption: Baek-young & Ju-hong
Caption: Bora & Geum
Caption: Yun Chung & …and EVEL?

[Yun Chung: I left the seat next to me empty to indicate I’d ride with EVEL.]
[Yun Chung: Please sit here, EVEL.]
[Geum: I swear that unnie would probably ask to be buried with EVEL when she dies.]
[Baek-young: …Isn’t that a pretty dangerous thing to say?]

Caption: It’s fine, it’s fine
Caption: A leader consumed by madness

[Ju-hong: We’re going up…! Going up…!]
[Geum: If you have a fear of heights, close your eyes here. Ryu Bora, I’m not singling you out.]

Caption: And now we’re falling!

[Bora: This is way too high!]
[Geum: Kyahahaha! Hahahaha!]
[Ju-hong: (Seems slightly unconscious) Uwaaaaaa….]
[Yun Chung: (Surprisingly serene) Oho.]
[Seo Baek-young: Hahaha. Wow, this is fun.]

Caption: Come on, snap out of it~!

[Bora: ….]
[Ju-hong: My legs are trembling….]
[Seo Baek-young: Scary, right? But if we rode it again, I think I’d go for it.]
[Yun Chung: Same here. It wasn’t as terrifying as I expected.]
[Geum: Now that’s what I call a life experience.]
[Bora: Why do we have to experience life this way?]
[Ju-hong: That one! Let’s go ride that next!]

Caption: What is Ju-hong pointing at?
Caption: Twisted Coaster…?
Caption: The name alone sounds ominous….

[Bora: I’m going on strike.]
[Yun Chung: Let’s take a break for Bora’s sake. Walking around and eating something sounds fun too.]
[Geum: I’ll have a hot dog.]
[Ju-hong: I want ice cream! I think I saw a cola-flavored slushie earlier!]

Caption: ~StillBlue is eating~
Caption: Bora finally getting her color back
Caption: Entrance to the Haunted Mansion
Caption: Huh? Where did you all end up…?
Caption: Could it be the Haunted Mansion?

[Bora: Let’s head to the Haunted Mansion this time.]
[Geum: Wow, Ryu Bora. Look at you stubbornly picking the hardest ones.]
[Ju-hong: I, I can’t go in there!!]
[Baek-young: Let’s hold hands tight as we go in.]
[Yun Chung: We’ll line up single file with our hands on the person in front’s shoulders. Fair and square.]
[Geum: Yun Chung will be at the very front, right?]
[Yun Chung: Is that how it works?]
[Geum: And let’s put Ryu Bora at the very back.]

Caption: Screen transition time
Caption: StillBlue lined up in order: Yun Chung – Yeon Ju-hong – Seo Baek-young – Kim Geum – Ryu Bora
Caption: ※This is the order that Ju-hong carefully decided※
Caption: But… something unsettling about Bora’s gaze
Caption: B, Bora…?

The moment we stepped into the darkest, most terrifying room.
Ryu Bora’s eyes began to gleam with an eerie light.

[Bora: Waaah!]
[StillBlue: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!]

Caption: StillBlue in complete panic
Caption: Baek-young carrying the youngest and bolting while everyone scatters
Caption: Geum disappearing the fastest
Caption: Yun Chung frantically feeling along the wall trying to look after Ryu Bora, not realizing Bora was the cause
Ju-hong narration: That’s the end of StillBlue’s Amusement Park vlog episode 1~!
Ju-hong narration: See you again in episode 2~!

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On the return flight.
Yun Chung glanced at her members, each wearing an eye mask and completely passed out, then let out a quiet chuckle.
Coming straight to the airport from the amusement park, they were all so exhausted they fell asleep immediately.

‘…It was worth pushing to stay one more day.’

Normally they should have returned right away due to budget constraints, but Yun Chung had negotiated to send most of the staff back and stay with just the members, remaining in the United States.
‘What kind of vacation is just working the whole time,’ she had said.
Fortunately, even the members thought it was a bit much, so Colors accepted Yun Chung’s request.

“Chung, aren’t you going to sleep?”

At that moment, Ju-ha, one of the few staff members who had promised to stay with them until the end, spoke to me.

“Oh, yes. I was planning to sleep later. Aren’t you sleeping? You worked harder than all of us.”
“What are you talking about? I didn’t work that hard. Watching you all is my greatest pleasure, really.”
“That’s not true, unnie. You should take a personal vacation too.”

I spoke with a serious expression.
At that expression, Ju-ha laughed softly and showed me her tablet screen.
A chat window was displayed there.

“I contacted my mother like you said.”

At Ju-ha’s mention of her “mother,” my shoulders tensed.
Ju-ha’s mother—Baek Gyeong-ju, the representative of All Season. What kind of person was she?
She was the entrepreneur who had founded All Season, one of South Korea’s three major entertainment agencies, and continued to run it to this day. A woman known as the Iron Lady.
And—

‘She’s also the most crucial piece in this entire situation.’

“All Season is very interested in this acquisition deal, apparently.”
“…!”
“If Hong President is planning to sell his stake to a private equity fund, All Season said they’d consider jumping into the acquisition of Colors as well. Of course, nothing’s confirmed yet.”
“That’s more than enough.”

At my words, Ju-ha asked with a worried expression.

“Chung, are you really going to hand Colors over to All Season…”
“No.”

I shook my head.

“That’s not it.”

All Season is merely one piece on the board.
A tool to pressure Hong President.

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