Grab the Regressor by the Collar and Debut - Chapter 85

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85. MIRO MAZE (3)
Regardless of whether Kang Ha-jin’s fans grew more anxious, the broadcast continued without pause.
-…What is this?
-Whoa, they have to escape the Miro Maze!
-But is escaping the right thing to do? If they escape… (it’s like quitting.)
– Quitting jokes lmaooooooooooooooooooo
– Toekkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
– Why is Ju Eun-chan so funny when he talks like that
└ Should’ve noticed from when he and Dan Ha-ru tried to tear down the wall…
Serciel must have gone through all sorts of hardships while ascending, but of all things, his debut server being on hard mode is so damn funny lolololololol
The trainees’ bewildered reactions upon encountering the colossal MIRO Set were absolutely priceless.
The trainees navigated through the winding maze, occasionally performing missions or solving puzzles along the way.
However, since this wasn’t a mystery variety show, the broadcast focused more on how the trainees solved the problems rather than the problems themselves.
[MIRO MAZE Current Status]
(Video of Jeong Si-u calculating a complex equation in his head and unlocking a lock)
(Video of Park Jae-young and Gong Seok performing a romantic drama scene as their mission)
It’s an idol server, but the stage hasn’t come out for more than 20 minutes since the broadcast started, and the trainees are escaping the forced maze (not the agency’s Yes Maze) hahahaha.
– For real?
What the heck is this lolololol
– Jayden only sang one verse of a pop song for his mission earlier, so I’m not sure if this is right
└ And he’s a rapper too…we haven’t even heard the actual rapper rap
Lee Yu-gun
@2uuu_gunn2
Guys please watch Ntv’s MIRO MAZE
A handsome guy who’s 183cm tall is trapped in a giant maze
And there’s an actual world where he can’t escape if he fails the girl group relay dance
And our Yu-gun actually pulls it off
(Video of Lee Yu-gun successfully completing a 10-song girl group relay dance)
Tae Day
@tae_day
What I expected
What Miro gave me
Of course, I prefer → this one
(Screenshot of Seo Tae-hyun after Boy Heaven stage ending)
(Screenshot of Seo Tae-hyun hitting reality while holding onto the Miro wall)
[[Maple] Hey guys I’m curious about something]
Just in case, Maple
(Screenshot of Han Sung-woo caught in the corner)
I’m watching ㅁㄹㅁㅇㅈ right now, why is this guy short?ㅠ
He’s in the camera shots but there’s no interview and barely any lines…
If there is a problem, I will write it down right away.
– (Anonymous1) He dropped out
– (Anonymous2) lol
I got off recently, so that’s why.
└ (Writer) Oh wow, thank you ㅠㅜ I like the face, but I’m so sorry that it didn’t show up… Then, I guess I won’t be on stage or anything like that again ㅠㅠ?
– (Anonymous 3) Since he has already competed a few times and withdrew, he probably won’t even be able to perform on stage. But I think it’s hard to expect the amount of screen time. There are 17 people besides him, so I guess they’ll all be shown.
“Anyway, the real problem is people who stir up drama without even watching the whole thing.”
In her studio apartment, eating spicy chicken feet with her younger sibling while watching MIRO Maze—the older sister (a.k.a Yoon Deputy, belonging to Rene New Artist Development Team, Kang Ha-jin’s number one fan).
She felt both anxiety and satisfaction at the decent response, and closed her phone.
“What?”
“There were people saying Ha-jin was getting all the screen time because he’s the PD’s pick.”
“Oh. But he showed up a bit earlier and not much now, right?”
“Exactly. Earlier, Ha-jin made that scene shine, so he appeared. Now other people are making their scenes shine, so they’re appearing.”
“But honestly, I didn’t feel like Ha-jin had that much screen time earlier either. It was just a bigger impact.”
Her younger sibling’s one-pick, Lee Do-ha, had shown interesting chemistry with Kang Ha-jin, making their evaluation of Ha-jin even more generous.
Isn’t it natural to show talented people? It’s a variety show!
“But if they keep doing this, it’ll be too obvious when Ha-jin appears, so they’ll definitely force the excuse that they’re showing other people.”
“No, those people always say the same thing. I wish they’d at least get their opinions straight.”
“They just decide Ha-jin is the PD’s pick and twist everything to fit. It’s insanity, seriously.”
The older sister scoffed at the ridiculous comments and dipped a bite-sized rice ball deep into the red broth.
Since the trainees entered Miro, Ha-jin’s screen time had been virtually nonexistent.
After briefly showing him entering Miro with Do-ha and reuniting with Won-ho who was wandering around, there had been no word from him since.
“But right now they’re really not showing him at all.”
“Since he’s dead last in escape speed, either he failed the mission or it just wasn’t entertaining.”
The broadcast displayed a mini-map of Miro, organizing the trainees’ current progress.
Currently, the top rankings were: the Seo Ju-dan alliance (Tae-hyun-Eun-chan-Ha-ru) in first, Jeong Si-u going solo in second, and the multi-person alliance including Park Jae-young and Gong Seok in third.
The sisters’ favorite group, captioned as “JKG” (Ha-jin-Do-ha-Won-ho), was currently stuck in last place near the entrance, unchanged for several minutes.
“Even if it’s not entertaining, they’d still show it… The kids’ faces are the most fun part anyway.”
“Oh, but I had a feeling that teaser ending was Ha-jin. Wasn’t it? Looking at the clothes, it’s definitely Ha-jin.”
“They probably filmed it separately. Ah, maybe they’ll release it as unaired footage. He’s barely showing up.”
On screen, the Seo Ju-dan alliance, having found the EXIT, recorded first place and finally escaped the maze.
-1st place!!!!!!!!! (CG with elementary school sports day vibes)
-…! (Expression of doubt despite escaping with competitive fire in their eyes)
-…. (CG of being so exhausted they’re having an out-of-body experience)
“They’re cute though.”
“I just find it so weird that Seo Tae-hyun is being called ‘hyung.’ To me, Seo Tae-hyun was always like a single cherry blossom among all those burly older guys.”
“What’s with the ‘single cherry blossom’ expression? Not even ‘a single flower’? Or should it be a rose?”
“Unnie, that’s your shirt, right? Read the context.”
“It’s not writing, so how am I supposed to read the context. You mean the flow?”
“Ugh, I’m shutting up since you bought me chicken feet.”
Let’s drop it.
My Younger Sibling shook his head and was about to pick up chicken feet with chopsticks when, in the very next moment, he simply dropped them.
-Ah, second place. Damn.
-Is Do-ha some kind of monster? How did you even clear that in one go?
-I did a lot of high jump training back in the day.
-…Why did you do that?
After the first-place finisher emerged, the next contestant to escape after a long silence was none other than Kim Won-ho!
“What. The kids got second place?”
“No, weren’t they in last place??”
“Was it a fake edit?”
【Kim Won-ho was definitely stuck near the entrance just moments ago…】
【How on earth did this happen!?】
“Why are you asking us that?”
“Ah, they must’ve solved it early and the editing pushed it back. Whatever.”
Now the screen rapidly rewound.
The three of them struggling against a difficult puzzle came into view.
Here, the production team deployed one decisive measure to dispel any suspicions of manipulation or editing fraud.
“Wait, so they really were in last place?”
“Yeah. Jeong Si-u solved that thing really early on.”
They showed the aerial view mounted on the ceiling in fast-forward!
For quite a long time, the three of them remained motionless in the same spot. With the movements of other trainees around them visible, there was no room for doubt.
And then, finally, the long-awaited ‘that’ moment aired.
-Whoa, hyung!
Kang Ha-jin, having loosened up lightly, vaulted over a wall in one fluid motion!
The angle from the teaser was rendered beautifully with slow-motion effects, and the same scene was emphasized again about twice from different angles.
-Our goal is to escape the maze in five minutes. How? By wall-vaulting.
-Sometimes I’m scared of that hyung. (Won-ho’s expression of awe)
-Sometimes? (CG of Ha-jin’s rapid-fire words from earlier overlapping on Do-ha’s face)
After that came the three of them’s unstoppable progress.
It wasn’t just about vaulting walls. They utilized their elevated vantage point to identify escape routes, and even demonstrated the precision to track other trainees’ positions and avoid encounters!
-Seo, senior. This is the A2 spot. that… The trainee climbs over the wallㅠㅠ (CG of him sweating profusely)
The production team even inserted audio of the flustered assistant director radioing the main PD. The panicked cameraman’s voice and shaky angles made the situation feel all the more real.
【100% ACTUAL FOOTAGE】
【The quite flustered broadcasting station staff in emergency meeting】
-But wait, is this even allowed? Isn’t this cheating and grounds for disqualification?
-But we never said how to escape, right? We just said to escape.
-!!!!!
-Wait, Writer. What exactly were our instructions?
-“Choose your own path and escape the maze within the time limit,” that’s what it was.
-Then since there were instructions, shouldn’t this be considered a disqualification….
The production team engaged in a fairly in-depth discussion, seemingly mindful that the issue could spiral into controversy over fairness.
However, the result of that discussion, which had seemed destined for an almost disqualifying verdict, was overturned in the very next scene.
-…? Si-woo, why are you coming out from there…?
Another rule-breaker had appeared!
-Ah, reading it again, there was nothing saying we had to escape only through missions.
-Y-you’re saying to choose from the options and escape….
-Yes. So I made the ‘choice’ to find a shortcut.
Jeong Si-u, who had been leading the race, discovered a secret passage made for staff use and escaped in third place!
-H-how on earth did you find this….
-I saw the director coming and going to change batteries.
-Ah….
The production team’s defeat was cleanly wrapped up, and the final rankings for the Miro escape appeared on screen.
The two sisters set down their chopsticks simultaneously the moment they grasped the situation, each reaching for their phones.
– Wow, these trainees these days are scary
– I’m crying right now from laughing ㅜㅠㅜKukkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
– Every time I see stuff like this, what the production team goes through is the funniest
– Where did all those trolls insisting it was just an image cut go?
I was so embarrassed I went to bed.
Jeong Shortcake
@ice_ciu
With a model student, student council president visual
that doesn’t even know the first letter of cheating
even the production team throws up their hands
is this a cheat code you can use?
Jeong Si-u too???
(Video cut of Jeong Si-u escaping from Miro)
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Ah, but am I being too sensitive?
Subject: Miro Maze
It feels like only the kids who did the mission fair and square ended up at a disadvantage…
– Yeah, I think you’re being sensitive
– Cautiously but I also think… shouldn’t the production team have intervened and disqualified them? The kids who did the mission properly are at a disadvantage…
Wow, Jang-i Kim’s already been fired lolol
over the river @ov__rv
(Black and white adjusted three-panel gif of Jang-i-Kim-z)
(Slow-motion gif of Jang-i-Kim-z crossing the river)
– Crazy, I followed right away
– Is this someone’s gif account by chance?
└ Seems like Kim Won-ho & Kang Ha-jin twins
Some voices emerged criticizing the ‘absurdity of winning through dishonesty and shortcuts,’ but even those were quickly suppressed.
– But weren’t all the other trainees exchanging answers with each other?
It turned out that the other trainees had also attempted mission bartering and answer cheating without the production crew’s knowledge.
The production crew meticulously framed every scene to fit the narrative of “broadcasting station staff outwitted by clever trainees.”
– Ah, please, can we just watch variety shows as variety shows…
– Isn’t Maze Maze fun? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha good broadcast
So basically, every team except the first-place team used fouls and loopholes? That’s so typical of Miro’s successors—unfairly dishonest.
└ I’m not sure what that means but somehow it makes sense
The comment list refreshed in real time. The buzz around MIRO Maze was becoming tangible.
If we dug deeper, there would probably be some negative reactions lurking beneath the surface, but the two sisters decided not to sabotage their own good mood by looking.
After all, not knowing certain things was always more enjoyable.
Beep—
A KakaoTalk message popped up at the top of her sister’s phone screen. As she read the contents, her cheeks rose higher and higher toward the sky.
【Kim Hyun Senior ‖ (MIRO Maze Kang Ha-jin screenshot)】
【Kim Hyun Senior ‖ Wow】
【Kim Hyun Senior ‖ That’s number 71, right?】
【Kim Hyun Senior ‖ Jae-hee’s eye for talent is insane】
【Kim Hyun Senior ‖ I can’t tease you about this anymore】
Kim Hyun Senior: Haha, I should show this to the New Rene Z kids to give them some motivation.
He was a workplace senior who occasionally teased her with “You still haven’t forgotten about number 71?” She barely restrained her fingers from typing out an embarrassing gush and sent back the most composed response she could manage.
【Wow, I haven’t seen it yet hahaha It was really good, but it’s a shame ㅠ】
I’m thinking of showing it to the kids when I go into the New Rene Z training tomorrow haha
Jae-hee finally felt the thrill of her long-standing advocacy for the undefeated one bearing fruit since joining the company. And at the same time, she thought of “my real baby,” New Rene Z, who was currently preparing for debut.
‘Ah. So they’ll debut around the same time….’
Between the baby she cherished in her heart and the baby she was actually raising with real paychecks, she could see her future self torn in half. Yoon Jae-hee thought to herself.
‘…Should I quit?’
Yes, quitting really did seem like the answer.

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