Became The Leader of a Girl Group Destined To Fail - Chapter 51

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Chapter 51.

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It really was Colors! Colors, I absolutely love these bastards, please, oh Make a New Color, I love you, where do you find such goddesses…
Yun Chung: Did you see? I’ve been drawing aggro all this time just to show you this…
Me: Please keep dragging us every week
@@@ That guy seems unable to function in daily life?
@@ Beep boop, normal. You’ve contracted fingertip disease.
Haha so funny, as a fan I’m straining my brain to keep the delusion filter off, and then my mom next to me asks if they’re dating, the objectivity of a fan saint… of course I’m just frantically gobbling it up lol
Godblue is godblue but please look at godpurple, our godpurple goddess caused an accident, no seriously this combination made me kneel and watch, please both debut, I’ve got my wallet ready unnie
A combination we can’t get enough of… a concept we can’t get enough of… a stage we can’t get enough of…
Now historical drama PDs are done, play the fingertip OST… hurry and take our kids…
Oh Boraㅠㅠㅠ How can we not love Bora?? We, who are so talented and hard-working, how can you not love us? Teach me a way #Godple #Godble #Bleulple #Pubble
Yunblue sings so well, can she also look amazing at acting?? Dancing too??

Even though only the first verse had ended, the reaction was tremendous.
Of course, there were those who didn’t view the Fingertip team favorably.

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But isn’t this concept too calculated? lol
What is this… disgusting.. no subject
What’s with the oriental concept?; It completely overlaps with Greysh’s Sangsa-hwa concept…?
Oh, again, it’s a shame to copy it from the same agency, really; Stop stealing the commercial concept lol;; Even sitting down and singing a ballad is really cool.
Ah, Make a New Color’s kids overlap with our Flpo kids right now? lol Different company but you’re really crossing the line? The outfits are exactly the same as Baekil-mong-hwa? Did you take our kids’ outfits as is? Same stylist? lol
└No they said lol Colors kids are handling King Co now, not Night Night

However.
The second verse was beginning.
All four of them set down everything they held in their hands.
And they glided together to the center of the stage.
The moment their fingertips converged in one place.

Even if I become a handful of ash
I will leap into your flame
So with your fingertips

Lee Gyeong-a and Yun Chung’s duet.
And in response to them,

Cover my eyes
All I feel is the touch of your fingertips

Ryu Bora and Jo Hee-on’s countermelody.
At the same time, Ryu Bora covered Yun Chung’s eyes, and Jo Hee-on covered Lee Gyeong-a’s eyes.
Yun Chung and Lee Gyeong-a grasped the hands covering their eyes, drawing them toward themselves while simultaneously pushing them away.
And then the chorus again.

Stretch out fate
What touches me is the tip of your fingers
Stretch out our bond
If only we could intertwine, fingertip to fingertip

After the chorus ended, the full choreography and singing began in earnest.
Where the beginning had been tinged with melancholy, now the atmosphere was far more powerful and resolute.
As if declaring that they would overcome every trial laid before them.
And as the song drew toward its finale—

My love
Under the full moon, buckwheat flowers shine
And at last we meet

Jo Hee-on took her place beside Lee Gyeong-a,

Oh flame
I become a butterfly
My beloved
I become yours
Again and again, I will reach for you

Ryu Bora clasped Yun Chung’s hand without a moment’s hesitation.
And so the stage came to an end.

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We just in love hate
You wanted me to sacrifice
You call me
Medea

The Dance Position B team’s stage also ended far more successfully than expected.

“Lee Ju-seon’s throwing the first punch.”
“Right? She’s a total dark horse.”
“She trained under Yun Chung and completely transformed.”

The trainees each offered their own commentary on the unexpected dark horse that was Lee Ju-seon.
Lee Ju-seon, who had always been praised for her innocent image, had completely reinvented herself, perfectly embodying the persona of a cold, sinister witch.

“Look at her eyes. The malice is on a different level.”
“True. It looks great.”

I am yet another bullet
Here’s another bully brrrrr!

“Geum doesn’t even need mentioning.”
“The funny thing is, since Geum performed so well, Ha-eun actually looks decent too.”
“Geum must have pushed them hard.”
“For real. They were pulling all-nighters constantly. Though that’s mostly because of Kim Geum’s relentless training.”

This was praise of a different sort.
Yet there was one stage that the trainees unanimously recognized as the best.

“I’m just… amazed. How can Yun Chung unni change so suddenly like that? Honestly, when she didn’t show up for rehearsal, I thought, ‘Oh, she ran away. Finally.’ That’s what I assumed.”
“Me too.”

Shin Yu-hyeon and Bang Su-in nodded in agreement.

“But then, boom, she appears like some phantom thief and absolutely destroys the stage.”
“Speaking of which, where did Yun Chung unni go?”

The trainees glanced around.
All the other trainees had returned after their stages, but three were nowhere to be seen.
Namely, Kim Ryeo-yu, Jo Hee-on, and Yun Chung.

“Hee-on and Yun Chung are on the same team, so I figured they just stepped out for a moment…. But where did Kim Ryeo-yu go?”

The trainees couldn’t possibly not know.
The strange tension between Kim Ryeo-yu and Yun Chung.
The two of them weren’t on good terms with each other in the eyes of fans, and they weren’t on good terms in reality either.
When the cameras rolled, they laughed and joked with each other, but the moment the cameras stopped, the atmosphere turned cold.
Rather, Kim Ryeo-yu was the one who made it cold unilaterally.
Kim Ryeo-yu had always been an object of fear among the other trainees.
It wasn’t simply because she was Director Kim’s relative.
Though she managed her image to some extent, her true nature couldn’t be hidden.
Just when you thought she might be a decent person, those small acts of abuse of power would emerge.
Watching those displays, the trainees came to a conclusion.
She’s garbage.
Avoid her.
That Kim Ryeo-yu particularly disliked Yun Chung was a fact even the most oblivious trainee could perceive.
There were probably various reasons for it.
Though none of them could be justified.
So the fact that all three of them had disappeared simultaneously—

“Something serious must have happened, right?”
“Seems like it.”
“Everyone at the Dormitory, keep your mouths shut….”
“Who else is in Kim Ryeo-yu’s room?”
“Ju-hong.”
“Poor Ju-hong. She was already struggling in that room.”

It suggested that when trouble erupted, it erupted spectacularly.
And that was the truth.

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“…What?”

Off Stage.
One of the Waiting Rooms.
Kim Ryeo-yu had dragged Jo Hee-on and me into an empty Waiting Room.

“I told you to confess.”
“Confess?”

Kim Ryeo-yu let out a soft chuckle.

“Yun Chung. You said you weren’t feeling well, but what’s really going on in that head of yours? What exactly am I supposed to confess to?”

But I couldn’t laugh like Kim Ryeo-yu could.
Because of her, I’d had to take an impossibly long detour.
I couldn’t even participate in the rehearsal for the third stage, and I had to leave my teammates trembling with anxiety.
Of course, it wasn’t something I’d chosen either.

“Jo Hee-on, don’t you have anything to say?”
“…!”

I looked directly at Jo Hee-on and spoke.
I knew the truth.
Kim Ryeo-yu had given the order, but Jo Hee-on had carried it out.

“Someone explain to me exactly at which point I’m supposed to forgive her.”

Just moments ago.
I’d watched the argument between Jo Hee-on and Kim Ryeo-yu, and I was utterly appalled.
Forgiveness—who decides that? Who gets to demand it?
Why should I forgive her?

‘You…! How could you…!’

Kim Ryeo-yu visibly shook.

‘Why? This wasn’t part of your plan, was it?’
‘…!’
‘From now on, I’ll make sure only things outside your plan happen.’

But that was something for later.
Right now, there was something more important than revenge against Kim Ryeo-yu.
Regardless of whether Kim Ryeo-yu was terrified or not, I turned my body toward Jo Hee-on.

‘Jo Hee-on. Look at me.’
‘…!’
‘Just focus on the stage for now.’
‘W-wait, Gyeong-a.’
‘If you ruin this stage.’

I took a deep breath.

‘You’re not ruining my career—you’re ruining yours. That debut opportunity you wanted so badly, the one you went to such lengths to secure through despicable means, you’ll lose it.’

There was no point expecting guilt from someone like her.
I had to appeal to her selfishness instead, tell her to focus on her own performance.
That was the only way to keep this stage from falling apart.

‘We’ll talk later. Right now, concentrate only on the stage.’

My words seemed to land. Fortunately, Jo Hee-on performed at nearly the same level as during rehearsals.
Nothing exceptional, but nothing that would sabotage the stage either.
We’d cleared that hurdle.
Now what remained was—

“….”

These two people.
I turned the memory card over in my clenched fist.
All the evidence was contained within it.
How did it end up in my hands?
I knew that if Jo Hee-on or Kim Ryeo-yu were going to put peanut powder in anything, it would be my chicken breast.
From the moment the dormitory stay began, I’d deliberately avoided eating almost anything else.
I also knew it would happen at dawn.
That was nearly the only feasible window.
So every dawn, I secretly turned on a hidden camera, and deleted the footage if nothing was captured.
And on the day the footage was recorded.

‘…Sigh.’

I immediately secured the camera’s memory card and copied the video.
Then I captured a single frame from the footage and sent it to Oh PD.

Oh PD

What???

Damn, you scared me half to death this early in the morning;;;;

Get to the Studio right now

Oh PD’s reaction was, naturally, explosive.
I explained the situation to him in broad strokes.
And I asked for his understanding.
I asked him to play along with me.

‘…So what’s in it for me?’

Of course, Oh PD wasn’t the type to simply grant my request.

‘If the day comes when this footage needs to be released, I’ll make sure only you can release it exclusively.’
‘No, why should I bank on such an uncertain possibility? I could just release it right now.’
‘Screenshots alone won’t be enough for you. I have the full footage. Don’t you need something like this to make a proper broadcast?’
‘But you said it might not even need to be released, right? In that case, there’s absolutely no benefit for me whatsoever.’

This guy really wasn’t someone to be trifled with.

‘What do you want?’
‘I think you’re going to debut.’
‘….’
‘And I think you’re going to make quite a splash too.’
‘….’

He was saying I’d probably debut, yet I’d never felt so uncomfortable hearing something.

‘When that happens, if I ask you to film a reality show with me, you do it without complaint.’
‘That’s something the Agency decides, not something I can decide on my own, as you know.’
‘Once you’re famous, the celebrity holds the power. You don’t know that? You think I don’t know that?’
‘….’

Where on earth did this person go wrong from the start?

‘…I understand.’
‘You need to go all in. Would I push something pathetic on you? If you half-ass it, maybe, but.’

Oh PD wore a sinister smile.
I really hated that smile.
But in the end, I had to accept it.
Right now, I was the one in need.
So I had to shake hands with the devil because of these two.

“I saw everything. What you did crawling in at dawn.”

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