Debut or Die - Chapter 130

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A Fatal Illness if I Don’t Debut – Episode 130
Those who couldn’t secure tickets to Testa’s concert appeared everywhere imaginable.
-I’m looking for tickets to the last concert on the 31st, of course there aren’t any.
-Please schedule additional dates. Even weekdays are fine
-I don’t have a ticket, but I just went there once. It’s funny because there are so many people like me.
Actually, it’s not funny at all (photo)
There really, truly were so many of them.
Moreover, when you included people who were merely interested in the concert, the numbers doubled.
-Oh, is Testa’s concert today?
People who had no intention of seriously ticketing, but were curious about the Stage.
Thanks to Testa’s ticketing video becoming a brief hot topic, the public awareness already formed through Ajusa could extend to the concert itself.
As a result, the concert was being broadcast across all sorts of online communities and social media—either through audio recordings or low-quality phone videos.
-Oh wow
-Park Moon-dae’s live performance is seriously impressive
-Is that Sun Ah-hyun who just passed by? It was cool, but the person broadcasting shook the screen so I couldn’t see it clearly. It’s a shame.
Of course it was illegal, but since the quality wasn’t good enough to impact concert VOD demand anyway, everyone quietly let it slide.
So people could freely discuss Testa’s concert without ever having attended it.
-The title track already finished? What are they planning for the second half
Let me know when the album tracks are done lol
Testa really dances so intensely and well, as expected from a debut concert. My bias was like that at their debut concert too…
“The stage aesthetic is different lol, T1 really spent some money lol”
Of course, not everyone had favorable interest.
-Ah… the live performance wasn’t as good as I thought during the testa. I was really expecting the stage to be crazy, but it was poor… I’ll have to take the broadcast correction into account in the future.
└What? They’re doing great?
Listening to the broadcast, the Chief Justice really got kidnapped lol
└Why are the fans so aggressive? Stop silencing people
Why am I finding Testa fans here of all places lolol
└They’re busy experiencing the concert differently but this person’s over here pulling their own hair out
└Hey just let it be. This kind of criticism has gone too far
Attempts to provoke were consistently shut down.
Unless it was an outright disaster, there was a limit to how much you could critique someone’s skill based on pirate footage that wasn’t even an official broadcast.
But interestingly, anything exceptionally good was glaringly obvious.
What’s with the cowboy thing lol, that’s sick
-Got chills when everything synced up perfectly
From the moment I saw how Park Moon-dae’s Team was being formed, I knew this stage would be fun. The dance line is it.
-I really want to see this
After the first unit Stage ended, the flood of praise for the performance connected to anticipation for the next unit Stage.
But it didn’t last long.
What are the rest of the units doing lol
-You don’t know who’s next? Is it Chung-woo and Rabin, then Moon-dae, Sun Ah-hyun, and Bae Sae-jin?
└One of the two
└Seriously, I have no idea what kind of stage they’re doing
lol for real
└Even after watching the reality show, I still don’t get it. Both of them picked such old songs
Since it was a combination of members whose main positions didn’t overlap, the concrete image didn’t form in people’s minds.
So as the next stage unfolded, the anticipation for the following unit stage began to fade.
-Veramy’s coming out
-That huge golden flag thing from earlier? Was that Cha Yu-jin riding on it? He really knows how to capture that capitalist aesthetic
-Wow, 127 also does a collaboration song. I like this.
-I wish they’d release the band live arrangement as an audio track
-Does Testa even breathe? They’re just relentlessly pushing the group choreography
The audience was entertained by the intense group performance that continued after a single ballad, fully absorbed in the concert broadcast.
The mid-concert talk resumed right around that moment.
However, only two people held the microphone.
-??
-Where did everyone go
-Is it Cha Yu-jin and Big Sae-jin?
The two of them opened their mouths with rough, heavy breathing but bright smiles on their faces.
[Hello, hello everyone, huff!]
[Hah, phew, it hurts in here! But I feel amazing!]
[Yu-jin is, phew, out of breath, but we’re glad to see you all!]
[That’s right!]
Hahaha, Cha Yu-jin is so cute, I’m in the best mood.
-Oh my gosh, take a breath and say it haha.
-I remember Azusa’s impressions ㅠㅠ
└Can’t they give us Ajusa content again…
Among the audience sending all sorts of positive reactions, the two exchanged light jokes before announcing the next stage.
[Next is….]
[Next is!]
[The second unit stage~!]
The two left the audience cheering with the words “see the details on screen,” then grinned and jumped down from the Stage.
And a few seconds later, three people appeared on the screen.
[Is the screen on?]
The faces on the screen were clearly visible to those watching the broadcast.
-It’s Park Moon-dae’s unit
-Ooh
-Curious what they’ll show
-Sun Ah-hyun’s dance, Park Moon-dae’s vocals, Bae Sae-jin’s… acting…?
hahahahahaha
└What could they possibly have prepared.. The highest probability is a vocal performance centered on Park Moon-dae
└I think that would be a lot of fun because of the song selectionㅠㅠ
People chimed in with their comments as they waited for the second unit’s VCR to end.
[The song we’ve prepared… is Miso’s 【You Are Wonderful】.]
[We’re starting right now!]
The screen went dark as the three of them finished waving.
And moments later.
The broadcast feed began shaking wildly.
-???
-What
-Why is the broadcast like this
Simultaneously, “Huh? Huh?” sounds flashed by in an instant, then the venue erupted into deafening cheers and screams.
The roaring was so intense that the song could barely be heard, creating tremendous noise as the audio quality degraded.
-What the heck
-Is the broadcast glitching or is it just me?
Haha, look at that reaction
-But what exactly did they do
-Did they come out undressed?
Haha, are you crazy or something!
I’m literally so curious I’m going crazy lol
Those watching the concert through the broadcast were startled by the overwhelming reaction, yet thrilled at the same time.
Whatever it was, something extraordinary had clearly happened.
Some broadcast feeds even cut out entirely.
-Haha, that’s so funny!
-Where did the broadcast go
-I guess I dropped my phone and the screen went blank haha.
Does anyone know what’s going on?
I kept hearing nothing but screams throughout the live broadcast lolololol
Amid the chaos of reactions, finally a post with context appeared.
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[Insane Park Moon-dae just now]
The last thing I saw before my broadcast cut out
(Photo)
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In the attached photo, Park Moon-dae was sporting a shimmering pink sequined ribbon sash with style!

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Inside the Gymnastics Arena where the concert was being held.
The second unit’s stage began with a spotlight piercing through telephone booths.
Zzzziiing—.
Three telephone booths rose above the protruding stage via lift mechanisms, painted in soft pastel tones.
‘I have to! I absolutely have to capture this!’
Park Moon-dae’s Home Ma gripped the camera and swallowed hard. Then, in an instant, she deduced the concept.
‘Are they going to sing while leaning against the booths?’
Since it was a sentimental song from the 80s, it made sense they might have arranged it slowly.
‘I hope Moon-dae has a lot of parts!’
At that moment, the intro began to play.
A crisp xylophone sound and an upbeat synth brass melody disrupted the beat with cheerful energy.
In sync with that exciting rhythm, the booth doors opened in sequence.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
All manner of dazzling decorations, glitter, and balloons burst out from each booth onto the stage.
“…?!”
And through that shimmer, In-young came into view, striking a pose while leaning against a booth.
‘Blonde hair!’
Park Moon-dae was in the center booth. …Wearing well-fitted jeans and a white t-shirt, with a loose denim jacket draped over his shoulders!
‘The outfit!!’
Just as Home Ma was about to raise the camera, Park Moon-dae began walking out of the booth.
Immediately, the choreography began with the first verse.
-Oh! I can hear your heart~
The shy trembling of my chest
I’m afraid it might reach your ears
My lips are sealed tight
As Park Moon-dae started singing with a smile in his eyes, he pulled out something he’d been hiding behind his back and placed it on his blonde hair.
A sparkling… enormous ribbon.
“Whoa!”
The choreography—a coy gesture that seemed impossible without confidence—unfolded with refreshing fluidity as his body moved with suppleness.
Meanwhile, a pale face was captured on the massive screen. Glittery stickers were even attached beneath Park Moon-dae’s eyes.
‘Insane! Park Moon-dae is insane!’
He’d reinterpreted an 80s female solo artist’s song in a completely classic idol style!
-My heart itches and keeps me awake at night
Should I approach you first?
How are you today?
What are you thinking so hard about?
Bae Sae-jin sang the next part. A sky-blue ribbon of a different shade was placed on his head as well.
Because the choreography focused on fluid, elegant lines, even Bae Sae-jin, who lacked slightly in power, managed to pull it off with considerable grace.
Moreover, his expression was so good that the audience’s gaze was naturally drawn to his face.
—And then suddenly you appeared
I was so startled I couldn’t say a word
In your embrace, holding me close
Everything felt so warm, my heart was racing
Then Sun Ah-hyun came out and sang the pre-chorus in a beautiful voice. A purple ribbon swayed above his head.
‘That insane face….’
The light blue jacket paired with a white t-shirt looked like it was born for Sun Ah-hyun.
And then the full chorus came in together.
Following the choreography, the light blue jacket slipped off his shoulders and then dropped below his elbows.
The white shirt was short-sleeved.
—Ooh, how amazing!
Everything about you
Makes my heart race every day!
I can’t sleep tonight either
Styling, hair, direction, choreography, arrangement—everything.
I could feel the determination to showcase an idol’s impeccable charm.
And that determination worked perfectly.
It was thanks to a face and charisma that handled elements which could have easily become excessive without making them feel burdensome.
Because of that, the audience watching the Stage was simply overwhelmed with delight and complete absorption.
‘Hah….’
Home Ma, who had been watching the Stage while barely managing to keep the camera angle fixed without even checking the direct cam, suddenly became aware of the tremendous screams and moans filling the entire surroundings.
She hadn’t even realized how loud it was because she’d been so captivated watching Park Moon-dae at 200% charm mode.
‘…I must have screamed too, right?’
Her own clear scream had probably been captured in the direct cam.
‘But if there’s a fan who can hold back their scream watching that… wouldn’t that person be the weird one?!’
She suppressed her screams by biting down hard and didn’t take her eyes off the Stage even during the second verse.
The three idols who had even torn off a balloon from the phone booth finished the Stage spectacularly, showcasing several impressive choreography moves with the balloon string.
“Haaah….”
Home Ma leaned back against her seat with a trembling sigh, and only then did she realize that this unit had nailed the live performance in the original key for the female vocal parts.
It was a side effect of the charm showcase.

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“Dude, the fans loved it!”
The moment I descended from the Stage, Sun Ah-hyun shouted with an excited face. Rarely, he was brimming with such conviction.
‘Well, hearing that, it’d be hard not to feel confident.’
The roar cutting through the in-ear monitors was tremendous. It was so intense that I nearly came in half a beat late when entering the second verse’s chorus.
Even Bae Sae-jin, who had suffered from self-doubt in the early stages of practice, calmly acknowledged it while tearing off his headband.
“The concept… it was a good idea, wasn’t it.”
“Y-yes, it was…!”
Sun Ah-hyun agreed enthusiastically. Anyone watching would think that idea came from him.
‘Well, since those two selected the song… Sun Ah-hyun’s opinion was partly right too.’
I only offered my thoughts after the song selection and proposed this concept.
‘It seemed like the best fit for the concert overall.’
And this choice was… also a matter of the concert’s overall structure.
‘There’s no song to lighten the mood.’
At best, Hi-five was an upbeat track, but the rest of the lineup was somewhat overly conceptual.
It meant we needed to include one song around the midpoint that could be laughed off lightly.
I thought the response would be good since it would feel fresh in terms of atmosphere… but honestly, it was better than I expected, which surprised me a bit.
‘…It was fun too.’
But there was no time to dwell on it further. I had to change costumes and touch up my makeup before the VCR ended.
In fact, I was already moving while talking.
“Wow~ the ribbon looked amazing!”
“It was so exciting!”
As I ran to match the next choreography, the other members who were waiting threw in their comments.
I acknowledged them appropriately and took my position. The members checked each other’s outfits and giggled.
“I’m looking forward to this next song.”
“Me too.”
Since everyone knew time was tight, the conversation ended there.
Whoooosh—
The Stage apparatus in front of me opened, and the audience seating unfolded.
Sparkling lights trembled across the entire vast space. The adrenaline surged at the sight, as if I’d stepped into a science fiction movie.
Amid the roar that echoed again, I began the opening verse.
-My waiting is long
And always brings me joy
Ajusa 3rd Team Match.
Moon Rabbit Team’s “I Love the Waiting” resonated through the Gymnastics Arena.

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