I’m Debuting With The Bias I Killed - Chapter 25

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Episode 25
The second Round’s filming began early in the morning. MC Kang Se-jun walked to center stage.
“Boys Code’s second Round: What Is Your Color?”
As Kang Se-jun gestured, the text on the screen shifted.
“This Round is a team mission where you decorate the stage to match the given Concept.”
He slowly surveyed the trainees below the stage.
“I’m really curious to see how each of you expresses your own color.”
“Sigh…….”
“Which team goes first, I wonder?”
Zing—
Once again, the first Concept appeared amid a dazzling sound effect.
[Concept: Sporty]
“The first stage is none other than the Sporty Concept team!”
With cheers, the Sporty team trainees took the stage.
The song began—fast beats and powerful choreography. Just watching it radiated energy. The judges’ panel nodded in approval.
‘They’re good. Really good.’
I watched the performance from the trainees’ waiting area.
This was a team that had received strong reactions even before the regression.
But what was different was, unsurprisingly, Lee Yul. In a basketball uniform and headband, with her mussel-shell hairstyle, Lee Yul simply stood out. The styling made it inevitable.
Highlight Part. Lee Yul, positioned at center, captured every eye in an instant.
‘There it is!’
With her cast off, Lee Yul was practically flying. Precise movements and expressive facial acting. It wasn’t just because she was my favorite—the stage belonged to Lee Yul alone. She fit it perfectly, and she delivered flawlessly.
I exhaled in relief.
‘Thank goodness.’
The performance ended with a brisk step sequence. Applause erupted from all corners.
“Wow—”
Kang Se-jun burst out in admiration and returned to the stage.
“You must have been nervous going first, but you showed the Sporty Concept perfectly!”
The judges’ reactions were positive. It seemed people’s eye for talent was generally the same—most of their remarks had centered on Lee Yul anyway.
And next was—
“The second team is… the Refreshing Concept team.”
Our turn.
“Please come up to the stage!”
I gathered the members close.
“Just do what we practiced.”
At those words, everyone steadied their breathing. Their expressions were different from how they’d been at the Midterm Evaluation.
“Okay.”
“We can do this!”
They were nervous, but their faces showed no fear.
“Let’s go.”
We walked onto the stage together.
The judges’ eyes fixed on us. Their expressions were wary, unlike those they’d shown the previous team. The Midterm Evaluation stage seemed to have already erased any expectations they might have had.
‘Good.’
An unexpected reversal was always more thrilling.
Kang Se-jun picked up the microphone.
“So, Refreshing team! Please introduce yourselves.”
I glanced to my side.
Ji Dong-seok grinned and nodded.
“One, two, three!”
I shouted first, right on cue.
“If Yu Seong-u does it—”
Immediately behind me, a loud voice burst out.
“I’ll do it too!”
Kang Se-jun was the first to break. Microphone in hand, he hung his head.
“Pfft—”
Laughter rippled through the judges’ panel.
“Wait, what does that even mean?”
Kang Se-jun asked, grinning.
Ji Dong-seok was already doubled over laughing, and Kwon Ki-hyun’s ears had turned bright red.
“Um… that is…….”
In the end, I scratched my head and explained in my stead.
“At first, I… didn’t really know the choreography very well.”
I heard stifled laughter from behind.
‘Is that funny?’
I pretended not to hear and continued.
“But the more I practiced, the more I could keep up—”
I paused to catch my breath.
“And then there was this one time when I hit the beat better than anyone!”
The judges leaned forward with interest.
“So everyone was like, ‘If he can do it, I can too’… that kind of vibe.”
“Ah…….”
Kang Se-jun nodded.
“So it was, ‘If Yu Seong-u does it, then I will too’?”
“Yes…….”
Embarrassment caught up with me all at once.
As my voice trailed off, laughter broke out again.
“Very honest of you.”
“The team atmosphere must have been good.”
“Yes. They teased me quite a bit, but everyone came together because of it.”
The tension melted away like snow in spring. The room opened up entirely.
“Good.”
The MC picked up the microphone again.
“So, what sort of stage have you prepared?”
This time, Song Woo-ju stepped forward.
“We’ve prepared a stage that’s crisp and refreshing, like carbonated soda!”
I picked up the cue immediately.
“Just watching it will refresh your spirits.”
One of the judges nodded.
“I look forward to it.”
A brief laugh.
The atmosphere had completely lifted.
Kang Se-jun raised his hand.
“Excellent!”
Following his gesture, we all took formation.
“Refreshing Concept Team, we begin our stage. Code on!”
* * *
The lights went out.
The darkness that blanketed the stage held its breath, absolute and still.
Song In-hyuk stood with his arms crossed, watching the stage.
A team made up of lower-ranking trainees.
Honestly, he hadn’t expected much.
“The composition was decent, but the skill level was a bit…….”
This was a team whose outcome had already been decided at the Midterm Evaluation.
The choreography itself wasn’t bad. There were even some fresh touches to it.
The problem was that they lacked the skill to pull it off.
‘A shame.’
The stage is merciless. Nothing can be hidden there—everything is laid bare.
The music started.
Snap—
The moment the first beat dropped, the lights came on.
And.
“Huh?”
His eyebrows twitched ever so slightly.
The opening move.
It was precise. Not just correct—flawless.
‘Sharp as a blade.’
A simple motion: several dancers extending their arms at once. But the angle and speed landed with zero margin for error. Just watching it brought a peculiar kind of satisfaction.
He found himself uncrossing his arms.
‘Were they like this at the Midterm Evaluation too?’
He searched his memory.
No. That team, back then—
‘They were shaken.’
The timing was off, the movements scattered. A team that had solid choreography but failed to bring it to life.
But now, they looked like a completely different group.
As the stage progressed, conviction settled in.
This wasn’t a modest improvement. They’d completely rebuilt themselves.
Song In-hyuk’s gaze drifted naturally toward the center.
“Did she dance like that before?”
Yu Seong-u had been the least stable dancer even at the Midterm Evaluation. Her lines were rigid, and she stuck out awkwardly even within the group choreography.
But now, every movement was clean.
The timing to tense and release, the way she pushed through the beat, the rhythmic sense—all of it.
‘She’s dancing well.’
And what was more surprising: it wasn’t just that one person improving.
Now that the movements had tightened, the choreography itself finally came into focus.
The early section started relatively simple, gradually building in difficulty. The Point Choreography woven in midway, each member’s distinct gestures catching the eye.
‘It’s well constructed.’
He found himself nodding unconsciously. Interest was stirring.
And most of all, this team’s strength was unmistakable.
Sharp Group Choreography.
They moved like a single body.
Bang—
The chorus exploded.
The music surged to the next level, the lights flashed, and in that instant, every member twisted their body in unison.
“Oh.”
He heard an exclamation from the judge beside him.
He had to admit it too. This was the product of relentless practice. No amount of talent alone could produce such synchronization.
‘They nailed it to death.’
Hand angles, eye lines, the spacing of each footfall—
Moving identically, yet it didn’t feel mechanical.
Rather—
‘The energy is alive.’
The entire stage breathed.
The Highlight Part was approaching.
The accompaniment pulled back momentarily, while the beat itself tightened like a fist, dragging tension upward.
He looked toward the center again.
[Oh! I’ll find the courage to tell you
that you’re my first love]
Yu Seong-u, who had been standing in the back, stepped forward. The other members fanned out in a semicircle around him.
‘A high note section.’
His expectations naturally lowered.
Honestly, the performance they’d shown so far was already strong enough. Hoping for a flawless live vocal on top of it would be greedy. He recalled the shaky look from the first Round.

[I’ll give you my everything—!]
But then the high note soared.
“What.”
Words that slipped out unbidden.
The vocal tone was that remarkable. Breathing without wavering, hitting the high note precisely and pushing through to the end with sheer force.
You could see the strain in his neck, the sound ripped from his entire body.
The other members were dancing intensely behind him, but the eye couldn’t look away from Yu Seong-u.
“Is that live?”
Park Jae-hun murmured blankly beside him.
He knew well that lip-sync was impossible in a competition, yet disbelief had forced the words out.
He rubbed his jaw.
‘It’s perfectly calculated staging.’
The center hitting the high note, the Sharp Group Choreography wrapping around it.
The backing track drops to spotlight the vocal, while the beat stays strong to give the choreography momentum.
‘Who arranged this.’
The thought flashed past. But that wasn’t what mattered now.
The beat surged again, bleeding into full group choreography. Yu Seong-u, who seconds ago had been belting out a high note, melted seamlessly back into formation.
The transition was flawless.
“Wow…….”
This time, even Song In-hyuk couldn’t hide his amazement.
The stage was nearing its climax.
A section where fatigue might slip in, where mistakes could easily happen. Yet despite their ragged breathing, their movements held steady. Each time the five dancers’ motions aligned, a thrill ran through the audience. The palpable tension never wavered.
That taut urgency sustained itself to the very end.
And then, the finale.
[Today as well
The path to meet you
Is always clear!]
The instant the music cut off, all five dancers froze in perfect synchronization.
Silence. Fleeting but crystalline.
A faint smile played at the corners of Song In-hyuk’s mouth.
‘This is…….’
Completely beyond what he’d expected.
Applause erupted—from the trainee seating all the way to the judging panel.
He lifted the microphone.
“First of all—”
He paused, his gaze settling on the five dancers onstage.
Even their posture was different. During the Midterm Evaluation, they’d kept their eyes fixed to the ground; now they met his gaze directly.
He found himself genuinely pleased by that.
“You’re a completely different team from the Midterm Evaluation.”
The trainees’ shoulders tensed slightly.
‘Still nervous, then.’
He quickly added,
“In the very best way.”
Only then did their rigid expressions ease somewhat.
“The choreography was always solid. But today—”
He gestured toward the stage.
“You actually pulled it off.”
He emphasized the word deliberately.
“It was a stage where you could see just how much you’d practiced.”
His gaze then fixed on Yu Seong-u.
“Yu Seong-u.”
Yu Seong-u lifted his head.
“Did you really arrange the music yourself?”
“Yes, that’s correct.”
“Really—”
He let out a low laugh and shook his head.
“The Highlight Part was truly shocking.”
…….
“Both the vocals and choreography really stood out thanks to your arrangement. It felt like this team’s song.”
“Thank you so much!”
Even as Yu Seong-u bowed in gratitude, Song In-hyuk’s praise showed no signs of letting up.
“You really brought the whole team together.”
At that, all the members nodded.
Song In-hyuk smiled.
“But what impressed me most was that you didn’t overshadow anyone.”
Several judges nodded at his words.
“This was a stage that was completed as a team, not as individuals.”
Then he turned his attention back to the entire group.
“That feeling of being a lower-ranked team? Didn’t show up at all today.”
Song In-hyuk spoke with absolute conviction.
“With a stage like this, you can definitely make the turnaround.”
It was a brief statement, but weighted with certainty.
The five on the stage exchanged glances.
This time, their eyes held not anxiety, but absolute confidence.
I Killed My Beloved and Debuted (Ongoing Serialization)
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