Became The Leader of a Girl Group Destined To Fail - Chapter 87

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Chapter 87.

“Right. About the next mission.”

The second mission—and the final one.
If I could accomplish that alone, I could return to my original state.
But Cotton Ball Entity still hadn’t revealed what it was.
It felt like they were deliberately avoiding it.
How difficult could it possibly be….

-You’re pretty impatient, aren’t you? Last time too, and this time as well. So let’s get straight to the point.

Cotton Ball Entity wasted no time and immediately pulled up another window.

[Receive the Rookie Award at the Platinum Music Awards, Korea’s most prestigious music awards ceremony.]

I’d anticipated it, but this was no easy mission.
Some might wonder why the Rookie Award would be so difficult when it’s not even the Grand Prize.
But the Rookie Award had a fatal flaw.
Time.
The Grand Prize could be attempted again next year if I failed this year.
But the Rookie Award?
Only once in a lifetime.
That meant if I failed at this year’s Rookie Award, I could never challenge it again.
In other words, I had only one chance.

-That sounds like quite a heavy responsibility.

Cotton Ball Entity bounced around erratically, puffing and bobbing.
Maddening.
I swatted at Cotton Ball Entity like I was shooing away a mosquito, pushing it away with a wave of my hand.

“Of course it is. Because I only have one chance.”
-Well, that’s something you’ll have to figure out yourself.

Cotton Ball Entity’s fur bristled sharply.

—But I shouldn’t completely crush your spirits either, should I?

With a strange sound, a new window appeared.

—You should be able to understand this just fine on your own. See you next time then.

It just vanished as it pleased.
But I had no desire to spend any more time with the Cotton Ball Entity either.

[Current Status: Leader of StillBlue]
[Leadership comes with grave responsibilities. Additional rewards have been generated!]
[Would you like to check the additional rewards? (Yes/No)]

…Additional rewards?
I selected (Yes) right away.
If it’s a reward, it has to be something good.

[Additional Reward: You may select one of the following to confirm:

1. Members’ Locations
2. Members’ Stats
3. Members’ Emotional States

※Warning: Once selected, you cannot change it until 50 days have passed, so choose carefully!]

This is difficult.
First, I ruled out option 1—the members’ locations.
Since they were rookies, their whereabouts were predictable.
There wasn’t a single member I’d worry about not being able to reach.
Colors didn’t restrict phone usage even for rookies.
Though honestly, it would be strange for a company to prohibit phone use in the first place.
Before we took our break, we’d created a group chat.

Ding!

StillBlue group chat

Yun Chung has invited Hong President, Baek-young, Geum, and Bora.

Created our group chat

Check in here regularly, no matter what else!

Yun Chung pinned 【Check in here regularly, no matter what else!】 as an announcement.

Hong

(squirrel emoji)

Awesome

Everyone’s here! (ง˙∇˙)ว Our first group chat hahahaha

Baek

lol okay

Leader Chung~

Everyone make sure to check in!

Hong

Of course

Geum

(tiger emoji)

All leader~ all~

Can we chat freely here, leader?

In moderation, sure
Hong

hehehehe

There are restrictions like that????

ヽ ( ꒪д꒪ )ﾉ

Then what if we create separate chat rooms for announcements and casual chat?

You do it then
Hong President

Ugh

(squirrel emoji)

So annoying ( Ĭ ^ Ĭ )

Geum

By the way, why aren’t you reading Ryu Bora’s messages?

She’s a phone addict

But she ignores our messages?

Bora

I

Geum

Look at her character, seriously

…Anyway, there’s no one I can’t reach.
So it seems like I just need to choose between stats or emotional state.
Hmm.
I deliberated for a moment before making my choice.

[
2. Member Ability Stats
has been selected!]
[Changes are available after 50 days. Time remaining: 49:23:59:32]

I selected the ability stats.
It wasn’t that I was particularly curious about the stats themselves.
After competing together, I could already see them to some degree with my own eyes.
The real reason I chose stats over emotional state was that I didn’t want to pick the latter.
As a leader, it’s right to look after the members’ emotional well-being.
But I wanted that to happen through conversation, or for them to share it with me voluntarily.
Real-time surveillance of someone else’s emotions is a violation of privacy.
And I didn’t want to rely on this strange game created by the Cotton Ball Entity.
So I decided to attempt it only in truly urgent situations.
Since I can change it every 50 days… I should pray that nothing goes wrong for those 50 days.

[Would you like to check the members’ ability stats? (Yes/No)]

Since I’ve already received the reward, let me check it.
In order of age… starting with Seo Baek-young.

Seo Baek-young

Vocals: 78/100
Dance: 91/100
Appearance: 82/100
Charisma: 75/100
Entertainment Sense: 65/100
Unique Special Ability:
Choreography Creation (79/100)
? (?/100)
Recommended Development Abilities:
Vocals
Choreography Creation

It’s more specific than I expected.
Everything else aligned with my predictions, but this “special ability” caught my interest in an intriguing way.
Is this an ability unique to Seo Baek-young?
What fascinated me next was the development recommendation ability.
Seo Baek-young’s lowest stat was entertainment sense.
Yet despite that, the development recommendation ability was songwriting and choreography creation.
What’s the criteria?
And what’s with that question mark in the personal special ability section?
Could there be latent potential that hasn’t been developed yet?
I pondered it, but no clear answer emerged.
For now, I should check the other members’ stats and think about it comprehensively.

Kim Geum

Singing: 73/100
Dancing: 70/100
Appearance: 86/100
Charisma: 91/100
Entertainment Sense: 92/100
Personal Special Ability:
Rapping (94/100)
Producing (81/100)
Development Recommendation Ability:
Rapping

Those are insane stats.
Charisma, entertainment sense, and rapping—all surpassed 90 points.
It’s no wonder she placed second at Make a New Color.
I’d always thought she was pretty funny, but 92 points? That’s something else.
So she wasn’t someone who simply didn’t overthink things?
Not only is her rapping excellent, but her singing is a respectable 73 points too.
And her producing score backs it all up.
Those stats were truly remarkable.
Kim Geum wouldn’t need to worry about her abilities.
The development recommendation ability was rapping.
Despite the high numerical score, the recommendation of rapping suggested it wasn’t simply about developing weaker areas.
It seemed more like recommending fields where she has potential and could excel.

Ryu Bora

Singing: 70/100
Dancing: 71/100
Appearance: 97/100
Charisma: 88/100
Variety Show Sense: ?/100
Personal Special Abilities:
Acting (92/100)
? (?/100)
Development Recommended Abilities:
? (?/100)

Why are there two question marks here…?
I had assumed her special ability would be acting.
She’d even been called a national child actress at one point, so I figured her score would be high.
Since it’s her specialty, I thought the development recommendation would naturally point toward acting….
Is she not supposed to act?
Is that what this means?
And why is variety show sense marked with a question mark?
Does that mean she’s good at it or bad at it?
I was confused, but I didn’t think wondering more would give me the answer.
Let me check Yeon Ju-hong instead.

Yeon Ju-hong

Singing: 66/100
Dancing: 68/100
Appearance: 93/100
Charisma: 97/100
Variety Show Sense: 88/100
Personal Special Abilities:
Celebrity Presence (87/100)
Fan Service (82/100)
? (?/100)
Development Recommended Abilities:
Celebrity Presence
Fan Service
Singing
Dancing

This one has three special abilities too.
Though it seems one of them hasn’t fully awakened yet.
Fan service—I think I have a rough idea what that means….
But I have no idea what this celebrity thing is supposed to mean.
No, I know the dictionary definition.
But I’m saying I don’t understand what they mean by celebrity in this context.
Should I just tell her to build up her SNS presence or something?
Yeon Ju-hong’s dancing and singing abilities lagged behind the other trainees.
But her other stats were excellent enough to compensate for it.
She’s the only one with three personal special abilities.
…And this one too.
She has four recommended development stats.
Why does she need to develop four of them?
At this point, I can’t tell if I’m managing an idol or running a princess maker game.
You’re basically telling me to raise these kids, aren’t you?
I was starting to get frustrated, but there was still one left.

Yun Chung (Baek Nok-ha)

Singing: (89~97)/100
※Yun Chung’s vocal cords are currently overworked.
She may not be able to display her full capabilities, and penalties will be applied randomly.
Dancing: 88/100
Appearance: 92/100
Charisma: 95/100
Entertainment Sense: 60/100
Personal Special Abilities:
Composition & Songwriting (96/100)
Leadership (83/100)
Recommended Development Stats:
Composition & Songwriting
Leadership

It was none other than my own stats—Yun Chung’s abilities.
Exactly as I had anticipated.
Who else would know me better than I know myself?
What caught my eye was the caution note beneath my vocal score.
My baseline ability was 97 points, but my current vocal cord condition wasn’t optimal, so it fluctuated somewhere between 89 and 97 points.
I was reminded once again of how essential vocal cord management truly was.
Now, look at my entertainment sense score.
Wasn’t it practically a curse telling me never to attempt variety entertainment at this level?
Yes, I know. I’m not funny. I’m aware of it.
The even more absurd part was my leadership ability score.
Where on earth did I possess any leadership?
This particular stat didn’t resonate with me at all.
It wasn’t an ability I could simply develop on a whim.
Reading leadership textbooks wouldn’t make the stat skyrocket, after all.
It wasn’t as though there existed some book titled “Idol Leader, You Can Do It Too!”

“Hmm.”

I thought earning points would be far more worthwhile than dwelling on this.
To earn points, I needed to complete Quests.
Let me see.
Which Quest would be the most… suitable?
I scanned through the endless list and paused at one entry.
This one.

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