Grab the Regressor by the Collar and Debut - Chapter 432

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432. Why Did You Come to My Home (1)
The Kairos special episode of Touch High!, which had overflowed with content and burst at the seams, was split into two weeks of broadcast as everyone expected.
【’Kairos X Touch High!’ Coming… Kairos Special Two-Week Broadcast Decided】
【’Touch High!’ Massive Horror Special Preview… Kairos Ha-jin “Why Go This Far” – The Story Behind His Outcry】
Articles and previews prepared in advance of the broadcast were released one after another.
The production team made no attempt to hide the fact that Kairos, appearing for the second time and their first solo appearance, had delivered spectacular entertainment on Touch High!. Moments of the members enjoying their trip and screaming in terror at the abandoned building were appropriately revealed through ultra-high-definition stills and preview footage.
“Fear?? Are you crazy? That’s a huge purchase”
Did you film the teaser? lol the audio director throwing off his headphones was hilarious lol
– Something’s wrong… Why can’t I hear anything…? I could hear it a moment ago… and mute isn’t even on…(wiping ears that are bleeding)
– The black-haired guy in the middle is handsome, who is he?
└ Jeong Si-u
└ Probably Jeong Si-u
└ Not Jeong Si-u?
└ Everyone except Lee Yu-gun has black hair, the black hair real-name system is insane
– Love the horror special love Touch High! love Kairos = basically just love everything
– Did the production team finally find their sense or did the broadcast station come to their senses?
– Is that scale for real???? It’s been a while since I’ve felt like watching live broadcast
Kairos’s appearance on Touch High! had drawn high expectations even before its public release.
Part of that was due to Touch High!, which had been doing increasingly modest and timid projects this year due to budget constraints, seemingly reclaiming its former glory with this large-scale production.
The ambition to gain another moment of buzz through this special was evident at a glance.
[Wait, Touch High Kairos two-week broadcast?]
Isn’t that a bit much for them?
The PD must have really liked them when they appeared last time
– Wasn’t it two weeks when they appeared last time too?
└ But two other teams appeared besides them back then;
Even back then, we hard-carried among the three teams and even got everyone cast as a reward, so isn’t it worth scheduling for 2 weeks… lol
└ My point was whether Kairos has enough recognition to pull off two weeks of solo public broadcast variety. Even when actors and idols with more seniority appeared, they rarely got two-week broadcasts
└ Do you want a specific answer?
└ It’s not that I want a specific answer, it’s literally whether they’re at that level or if Miro is being treated as some major company??
Wow, both the main post and comments are seriously rude as hell lol
– The members must have pulled good content. They’re good at variety shows
– Is the Tsuni fandom upset they didn’t get two weeks when they appeared on Touch High? They seem really puzzled about what’s so special about two-week broadcasts
└ Actually I think there’s something to that too… My fandom also got lucky with a solo appearance before, but it was just one week of content and pretty standard stuff… But Kairos is still a rookie and they’re already getting special treatment with two-week broadcasts on their second appearance, so I’m wondering if you really do need to debut from a major company… It feels a bit off
└ ? Why is this
└ Everyone knows Miro and QBS have really bad relations, what are you talking about
Those guys reconciled for the first time in years because of Kairos lolololol
Among the male idols who debuted recently, isn’t Kairos doing the best in terms of performance and buzz? It seems like they’re getting the treatment they deserve lolol
There were certainly those who expressed bewilderment at the unprecedented treatment of a solo appearance and two-week broadcast.
However, fortunately, the image of Kairos as a variety show idol that they had built up so far, and the record-breaking performance of this album, served as a shield.
Most importantly, the Destiny fans who should have been reacting to such low-level hate had no time to pay attention to it now.
[Oh my god;;; our house cat caused a major disaster I’m serious]
While I wasn’t looking, Do-ha ordered a full set from Onse Tteokbokki and had it delivered ugh;;;
Can’t be helped, I’ll have to devour it while watching Touch High’s live broadcast later… sigh…
– Your sister’s showing
└ Shh, read the room, my precious kitten
– In my house too, the LCD screen was pressed incorrectly due to the reflection of fluorescent lights, so I got chicken delivered.
– I solemnly purified myself and turned on the TV, and there was a Pimax set in front of the house. Must be a genie from a magic lamp who brought it. Said I don’t even need to thank them~ sigh
– You guys, at this point just say you wanted to eat and ordered it. Nobody’s going to say anything
└ But somehow it tastes better when we give it a narrative like this
└ Ugh, these people are obsessed with the concept…
└ Kang Ha-jin taught the kids something weird….
[Touch High stills dropped!!!!!]
(Ha-jin still shot awkwardly kicking at the air.JPG)
(Kairos enjoying the trip still shot.JPG)
(Kairos still shot huddled together with shocked expressions.JPG)
Looks like they all went on a trip together and did team competitions against each other + horror experience concept!!!!
Just looking at the photo already makes me laugh hahahahahaha
– Oh my god is Kang Ha-jin playing footvolley?????????
Kang Ha-jin’s second installment of lucky draw development lolololololololololol
I’m already looking forward to it because the kids’ chemistry with Ha-rang on the variety show is so good lol
– But I can see that the production crew really grinded their teeth haha. I can feel that they paid a lot of attention to us.
└ 22 I was thankful to the Teoha seniors for being so cute.
– Horror horror horror horror horror horror horror horror horror horror!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?????
└ Calm down, your comment is scarier
Park On Sam
@ponsam
So right now on Touch High
1. The legendary Jeong Si-u Cleopatra recreation
2. Kang Ha-jin’s developed footvolley recreation
3. Lee Do-ha and Lee Yu-gun’s water park water gun battle recreation
4. Seo Ju-dan’s barbecue fire show recreation
5. Kairos group horror escape room
They’re giving us all of this?
This isn’t Aibus membership paid content
They’re airing it for free on broadcast TV????
(Kairos Touch High preview.mp4)
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The Destiny fans, already intoxicated by dopamine from Kairos’s endless content provision.
They were currently consumed with thoughts of only chewing, tearing, tasting, and savoring this incredibly fun, high-quality content.
And horror on top of that. Horror, you say…!?
Fans who had despaired over the fact that there was no horror special episode of Today’s Kairos due to scheduling conflicts, despite this album’s concept being a school ghost story, all gathered with fire in their eyes.
[Predicting which member of Kairos will be the least scared (183 comments)]
Based on the preview, the person who’s clearly scared ▶ Kang Ha-jin
Based on his usual attitude, the person who seems least scared ▶ Jeong Si-u
So I’m predicting Si-u > Do-ha > Yoo Gun = Chan = Ha-ru >>>> Chel = Ha-jin
– Honestly, I don’t know much about the others, but Ha-jin is definitely last place
└ 2222 Looking at the preview, the audio was really packed
└ 333
└ 444444
(….)
└ 1010101010
└ 34343434 Seems like a lot of fans agree, so I’ll just count up to 34 for you
└ Why are you skipping 24 numbers like that
– Our Si-u better not even become friends with the ghost actors, that’s the best we can hope for
Doesn’t Seo Ju-dan seem like he wouldn’t be easily scared? lol
“Forest Dude (Seo Ju-dan’s group name) or something lol”
I guess I’m the only one who crashes all day and screams all day lol.
– ㅇㅇ I’m a bit curious, so I’m the type of person who touches everything and is surprised haha.
– Ha-ru: Hyung, what’s this here! (discovers something)
Chan: What? (touches it)
Chel: Guys, don’t touch things carelessly… (at this point already sensing something’s gone wrong)
Then they all scream and run away
Lol why can I picture it though
Hahahahahahaha
Tae-hyun, you’ve been through so much.
Many things from the preview became hot topics, but still, the most curious thing was Kairos’s scaredy-cat ranking.
And for good reason—these weren’t just any idols. They were Kairos.
Miro’s third group, boasting an average height of 179cm and multiple cold-hearted beauties mixing the vibes of delinquents, mafiosos, and northern dukes.
Even the youngest member Ha-ru, who had belonged to the “Sunshine faction,” recently went through a serious adolescence and acquired some inexplicable dark energy—a notorious rookie in the K-pop industry.
【Sanchez: Whoa! This dormitory is nice! Who booked this?】
【Members who arrived on a mysterious island dressed in surprisingly youthful outfits】
So then, how would Kairos react when faced with a horror situation?
【Mi-young: I, I want to go in first. I want to shower and change clothes quickly.】
【Mi-young: I’m sweating so much, it’s uncomfortable…. …Moooom!】
【??: Ahhhhh!】
【Jung-hyuk: What!?】
【Il-gwang: Why, why!?】
【Mi-young, startled after seeing something as she was about to enter the dormitory!】
【But then, an unfamiliar voice heard from inside?】
And―.
【Mi-young: What?】
【Mi-young: I… just now…】
【Mi-young: I saw a god…】
【A divine descent upon this humble place—today’s guest!】
【What brings Kairos to this Pension!?】
The production team, moved by Kairos’s incredible performance, poured their heart and soul into editing 【Touch High!: What Happened at the MT】, not merely satisfying Destiny’s desires, but far exceeding them,
and thus birthed an all-time legendary episode that would inevitably be mentioned whenever someone asked for recommendations of 【Touch High!】 classics.
* * *
Late evening, in a hotel room in New York City, United States.
Ji Su-ho, seated comfortably on a window-side couch with languid jazz music drifting through the air, reached for his phone resting beside him.
He insisted on a model with a large display screen for easy artist monitoring, and holding his phone lightly in one hand, he accessed the work messenger with his other hand.
【Artist Team 3 Casual Chat (flower emoji) (48)】
Though work messages had piled up considerably, he verified that he’d already handled everything urgent on his mental work calendar, and without hesitation, he accessed the Casual Chat messenger.
Artist Team 3 was the designation for Kairos, the youngest member of Miro.
“Quite a few messages today…”
The Casual Chat was exactly that—a messenger for sharing trivial stories like that day’s lunch menu. Because of this, the conversations that appeared in this room were largely unrelated to work.
‘Well, I don’t know what kind of conversations happen in the chat rooms without me…’
Ji Su-ho himself thought it was odd to have the Executive Director in a casual chat room, but surprisingly, there were quite a few types of ‘casual talk that felt more comfortable with a direct supervisor present.’
Most were too casual to post in work chats, but they weren’t entirely unrelated to work either—ambiguous things.
For example…
【PR Kim Seo-jin Deputy ‖ The kids’ Touch High this time】
【PR Kim Seo-jin Deputy ‖ The response among fans is generally quite good haha lol】
【PR Kim Seo-jin Deputy ‖ (bear emoji smiling proudly)】
…things like schedule monitoring and impressions of this sort.
Ji Su-ho began checking the SNS reaction screenshots that PR Team’s Kim Seo-jin Deputy had posted one by one.
Do Ye-reum
@summerWaV
So I…
I guess I had a hard time believing that our group Kairos is actually three scaredy-cats…
(Kairos collapsing on the ground and screaming.mp4)
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[Touch High Kairos episode is seriously hilarious]
Why are you guys the ones finding clues and getting scared lolololololololol
The way you’re trembling in terror but your eyes go wild the moment you see a clue is literally insane lololololololololol
– ??: Ah ah easy. Got it all. Found all the clues. (hands trembling like a palsy)
└ Correct. Kang Ha-jin.
– Lee Yu-gun: Our leader isn’t that courageous (30 minutes later screaming alongside that leader)
– De-on (Lee Do-ha, Bear, Kairos’s second member) : …. (traces of someone already passed out = De-on)
– lololololololololololololololololol the comments are insane
– Destiny’s full combat power when teasing Kairos is always so funny
– The audio director couldn’t take all the screaming and literally threw off his headset lmaooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Rossy Day
@rossy_1017
So Touch High had a total of 3 different endings this time
-Bad Ending: One member designated (everyone dies or member dies)
-Normal Ending (Good Ending): All members escape (but the building remains cursed)
-Hidden Ending (True Ending): All members + Shim Yak-hae’s spirit saved (curse disappears afterward)
(Ending screenshot from 【Touch High!】 MT.JPG)
(Ending screenshot from 【Touch High!】 MT.JPG)
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Rossy Day
@rossy_1017
But the fact that they reached the normal ending with only circumstantial evidence
is already incredible for the Touch High team
and even though Kang Ha-jin’s team had far fewer clues
precisely because of that shortage, he twisted the puzzle one more time
and discovered the hidden ending—Kang Ha-jin is actually insane
and the members who believed in him too
I’m at maximum pride right now
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[Stop lying seriously]
So if Kairos falls into a zombie AU
Lee Do-ha, Kang Ha-jin, Lee Yu-gun << these guys play the roles of fainting in shock
Seo Tae-hyun, Dan Ha-ru << these guys are the tanks charging forward with bats as damage dealers????
Stop making stuff up seriously lmaooooooooooooooooooo
The moment the 【Touch High!】 episode featuring Kairos was uploaded to the OTT platform, Ji Su-ho watched it on his flight to the United States.
He thought it was an entertaining concept, and since it came out well from a broadcast perspective, he was quite satisfied with it. As expected, it seemed to have resonated well with the fans too. The objective metrics reflecting public response—viewership ratings and trending indicators that had been released—all showed remarkably positive graphs.
"The world they're actually living in seems like the biggest fantasy…."
Ji Su-ho let out a quiet laugh, recalling the surreal phenomena that the Kairos members (especially two of them) were experiencing.
Since this was the first official schedule after stepping back from the team, he felt both worried and curious, but it seemed the remaining members were handling things well enough on their own.
"I need to… work hard too."
He, who had arrived in the United States following Endway's overseas tour, fell into silence while gazing at the glittering night view of New York City beyond the window.
He was processing tasks one by one with the mindset of starting fresh from the beginning, but there were still mountains of things that needed to be recovered and rebuilt.
♩♬♩♪♪― ♩♬♬♩―
It was only a moment before his eyes, filled with the night view, began to grow dull and hazy―.
As if refusing to allow him to sink into melancholy and shadow, the phone in his hand tore through the beautiful jazz melody and awakened him from his reverie.
"…?"
Ji Su-ho picked up his phone again, bewildered by the messenger notification sound rather than his usual ringtone.
On the screen he checked, a name appeared that was far too perfectly timed to be mere coincidence.
Ha-jin
"Ha-jin…?"
Why was Ha-jin calling me at this hour? And through a messenger call, no less?
There were surprisingly few reasons for Ha-jin to contact me directly, bypassing Kwon Wook, his assigned manager.
And among the possibilities running through my mind right now were those "surreal" situations Ha-jin had been experiencing.
"Hello? Ha-jin, what's wrong? Is something the matter?"
Could it be that time had looped again without my knowledge?
Ji Su-ho, recalling the terrifying memory from before, answered the call urgently.
-Hyung….
"Yeah, Ha-jin. What's going on? Why?"
-Ah, I'm sorry for calling so suddenly….
Ha-jin's voice on the other end sounded listless.
No, it wasn't just lacking energy—he sounded bewildered, even desperate. As if he were struggling to find the words to explain something.
'Is this something more serious than I thought?'
Wondering if he needed to fly back to Korea immediately, Su-ho rose from the sofa in concern.
Then Ha-jin spoke again.
-Do you happen to know our house address…?
"Huh…?"
-Our house address. Or maybe my mother's phone number….
Why would he ask me that…?
Faced with Ha-jin's bewildering request, Su-ho collapsed back onto the sofa in utter confusion.

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