I’m Debuting With The Bias I Killed - Chapter 27

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Episode 27
After the shocking ranking announcement ended, the bus heading back to the Dormitory fell silent. Not a single person dared speak first.
The air around Han Sang-yun was especially heavy.
I sat in the seat next to him, but my gaze kept drifting toward the front of the bus.
Kang I-yul.
The guy by the window stared blankly out at the scenery. There was something about him that felt off-limits—like I shouldn’t approach.
Or more accurately, like I had no right to.
‘Ugh…….’
Yet my eyes kept finding their way back to him.
That’s when it happened.
Flicker—
The bus ceiling light blinked once.
“Huh?”
“What the—”
A few trainees glanced up. The light flickered again, unstable.
Flicker, flicker.
An oddly irritating sound.
“Must be old?”
Someone muttered dismissively.
A moment later.
“We’ve arrived. Everyone off the bus!”
The bus pulled up to the Dormitory. It was just an old light—nothing more—yet it had put everyone on edge.
“Yes…….”
Trainees filed off one by one, and Kang I-yul stood as well. I hurried forward too, hoping to say something natural as he disembarked.
And right as I-yul reached the bus steps—
Pop—!
Something burst, and the entire bus went dark.
“Ah!”
“……What?”
Almost on instinct, I grabbed Kang I-yul’s arm.
He’d stumbled on the stairs, startled by the sudden darkness. Because I’d been watching him closely the whole time, I managed to steady him before he fell.
“……Ugh!”
Still, his balance lurched hard. On the narrow steps, our shoulders collided forcefully.
“Are you two okay?”
“Did either of you get hurt?”
A staff member rushed over, alarmed.
“Yes, I’m fine.”
The emergency lights flickered on, casting the bus in a dim glow.
I caught my breath and checked I-yul first.
“I-yul, are you alright?”
He nodded slightly.
“……Yes. Thank you.”
‘Thank goodness.’
A sigh of relief escaped without thinking.
That’s when I heard the staff talking behind me.
“That’s strange…… we just replaced the bulb recently, didn’t we?”
The driver frowned too.
“Yeah. It shouldn’t have been more than a week.”
A bulb that was less than a week old just burned out now?
And right when I-yul was stepping down the stairs, no less?
‘That can’t be…….’
If I hadn’t grabbed him, I-yul would have definitely twisted his ankle.
I watched his retreating back as he walked away. Was it the transparent Status Window, or something else—but a Danger Rating flickered above Kang I-yul’s head.
[Danger Rating: 87%]
‘Something doesn’t feel right.’
And his gait was oddly strained.
“……?”
My heart sank. The impact from earlier had been worse than I thought.
My body moved before my mind caught up.
“I-yul!”
I rushed straight toward Kang I-yul.
“……hyung?”
Surprise flickered across his face. I spilled out words without even catching my breath properly.
“Let’s, let’s go buy some patches.”
“What?”
“No, I mean… when I caught you, I bumped my shoulder pretty hard, right? I think you got hurt too.”
‘No.’
Who asks a kid with a bad leg to go to a pharmacy?
In my haste, the words came out completely scrambled.
“I, I have patches.”
“…….”
“You can have mine.”
I ended up taking the patches in a daze. I added awkwardly, “Make sure you put it on your ankle too.”
“Make sure you put it on your ankle too.”
“Okay.”
“Be careful, and watch where you’re going.”
His expression grew puzzled, but I couldn’t bring myself to say more.
‘It’s because I can see the Danger Rating.’
How could I possibly explain that?
Back in my room, my shoulder began to throb. I’d hit harder than I’d thought.
I stared at the patch in my hand for a long time.
But in the end, I didn’t apply it.
There was no particular reason.
I just wanted to save it for when I really needed it. For when the pain truly mattered.
* * *
The next day.
The trainees gathered on the first floor of the Studio were bewildered by the sudden uniforms handed out.
“What is this?”
Casual Training Suit sets. And now emblazoned across the back was ‘BOY’S CODE’.
“All of a sudden?”
The moment I received the uniform, I let out a short laugh.
‘So this is it.’
Nix Entertainment, which had failed to secure a decent sponsor until right before the program aired, had come back late with a sponsorship deal.
The colors varied by Code. The debut group wore red; Codes 6–10 wore yellow; 11–20 wore black. On top of that, the debut group’s Training Suits even had individual embroidered designs.
“Now they’re discriminating with clothes too—”
“At least black is neutral.”
It wasn’t even yellow—it was bright canary yellow. I felt like a chick.
When I’d watched the broadcast before, I’d marveled at how well Kang I-yul pulled off that color.
……I never imagined I’d be the one wearing it.
“Hello, everyone!”
Moments later, Kang Se-jun appeared, also dressed in a Training Suit.
“Wow, the new outfit really suits you, doesn’t it?”
And smoothly, naturally, he angled his body so the brand logo caught the light perfectly.
‘Professionals are different.’
“The reason we’ve gathered here today! I’m sure you expected it—it’s the unveiling of Round 3 Mission!”
He walked toward a large curtain hanging at the back of the Studio.
Swoosh—!
As the cloth fell away, gasps erupted from the trainees.
[CODE MISSION 3 : Where is your Place?]
—Boys standing at the threshold of their third trial.
There was only one way to unlock the Code:
Reinterpret the legendary idol’s greatest hits.
A massive chart displayed four song titles and finely divided positions.
“This mission asks you to reinterpret the legendary idol’s classic songs,” Kang Se-jun announced, gesturing to the chart.
“You will each choose the song and position that best suits you.”
The trainees’ eyes gleamed differently now. This time, it wasn’t just about picking a team—you had to claim your position first.
“No way, I’m definitely doing ‘Poison’.”
“I want the Killing Part.”
I swept through the chart quietly. The stages from before my Regression were already playing on loop in my head.

“Song and position selection go by Code order…….”
Kang Se-jun paused for effect.
“That’s not quite it.”
“Whoa!”
“Well, that’s a relief.”
‘Is it, though?’
The production staff were hardly known for their mercy.
“First, the trainees from the debut group claim their songs by seniority as the top-ranked benefit.”
“Wait, that’s the same thing either way.”
Some trainees grumbled at the word games masquerading as rules. Anticipating this reaction, Kang Se-jun continued.
“After that, we proceed in order of the first-place trainee from each team.”
“That’s more fair, at least.”
“But then……we’re still completely left behind, aren’t we?”
The trainees’ reactions split between relief and dismay.
“All right, let’s officially begin team selection.”
Ju Han went straight for the Killing Part position in “Born to be”.
‘Made a legend out of that one.’
Second was Choi Un-jo, who chose the Main Rapper position in “Awakening”.
Then came Go Jae-sung’s turn.
‘He’ll pick the Killing Part in “Stop!” for sure.’
I watched without tension. He was moving toward “Stop!” as expected.
But then Go Jae-sung suddenly changed direction.
“……?”
And where he stopped was——
[Awakening: Sub Vocal 1]
‘Out of nowhere?’
I caught myself mid-breath.
It was completely different from his choice in the previous regression.
And worse——
‘That’s I-yul’s part.’
This was an unexpected variable. Before the regression, I-yul had taken the Sub Vocal position in “Awakening” and created a Killing Part even more captivating than the official one.
A hauntingly beautiful moment where he draped his face with flowers to match the Korean aesthetic of the song.
‘I thought I’d get to watch it happen with my own eyes this time!!!’
This guy was about as helpful as a speck of dust.
‘Stay calm.’
I forced myself to breathe steadily. I still had Plan B.
‘Fine then. I’ll just make sure I’m on the same team as I-yul no matter what.’
“Code 6, trainee Yu Sung-woo, you’re up.”
“Yes!”
I walked forward with purpose.
Toward [Shadow Play: Main Vocal].
Now it was I-yul’s turn—the first-place trainee from the third-ranked team.
Silently, I prayed to every god I knew.
But then I-yul started moving toward [Awakening: Main Vocal].
‘What are you doing? Since when were you hungry for Main Vocal?’
Thankfully, after staring at the board for a moment, he pivoted.
Only then could I breathe again. In that brief instant, cold sweat had poured down my face.
I-yul hesitated for a moment, then slowly reached out.
[Shadow Play: Sub Vocal 1]
“……Made it!”
“……?”
A short exclamation burst out before I could stop it.
Kang I-yul looked at me strangely.
I quickly glanced away, but laughter kept threatening to escape.
‘We’re alive.’
Go Jae-sung had thrown a curveball, but I knew what came next.
In the pre-regression interview, I-yul had said he’d agonized over choosing between “Awakening” and “Shadow Play” until the very last moment.
‘All those ten-plus replays finally paid off.’
One by one, the positions filled up. Han Sang-yun managed to hold onto his pre-regression position: [Shadow Play: Sub Vocal 2].
‘So our team is…….’
“Mm.”
So this is what they mean by one mountain after another.
The opposite of Round 2—a headache of a team composition.
When Go Jae-sung picked Bloom, two people on this team changed, one being me and the other being someone else.
“Wow, we’ve all been in a debut team once, haven’t we?”
Jang Hyun-jun. One of the trainees who followed Go Jae-sung in choosing the Sexy team and ended up in a debut group almost by accident.
The last one was Nam Jun-ho. He’d also chosen the Sexy team in the previous round.
‘Jang Hyun-jun is unexpected.’
Before the Regression, he was the type to follow Go Jae-sung to the end, so I naturally assumed he’d choose Bloom.
But this time, he picked the Killing Part of Shadow Play.
‘The flow has shifted again.’
Whether Go Jae-sung abandoned him or Jang Hyun-jun distanced himself, one thing was certain.
The future from before the Regression was now only worth referencing.
Still, having Kang I-yul and Han Sang-yun was something at least.
“Let’s start by nailing down the arrangement direction.”
Han Sang-yun naturally took the role of leader. But the problem I’d anticipated erupted immediately.
“I think it’d be great if we went full hip-hop, you know?”
“Honestly, hip-hop’s probably what Born to Be will do, so let’s go completely wild instead.”
“I think……”
Kang I-yul opened his mouth cautiously, only to be drowned out by that loud voice.
“Hip-hop would be more fun, wouldn’t it? If we want the performance energy going, we have to do hip-hop.”
“I don’t know? We’re not even performing on a stage with an audience right now—”
The talking didn’t stop. It felt like a ping-pong ball flying back and forth at breakneck speed.
“I think it’d be better to do a completely different genre.”
Han Sang-yun made his proposal calmly, and Nam Jun-ho countered just as eagerly.
“But wouldn’t something too different backfire and alienate people?”
Kang I-yul, who’d been quietly waiting for his opening, finally got a word in.
“Looking at the lyrics, it feels kind of scary to me.”
Suddenly, a lightbulb went off in my head.
‘He’s insane. Is he a genius?’
Actually, I’d assumed I’d follow Kang I-yul and choose Bloom for this round too, so I’d never really thought about Shadow Play’s arrangement direction.
But now, from that single comment he’d just thrown out, an idea struck me immediately.
“Scary lyrics? What’s scary about it? It’s just a cute song about playing shadow games together.”
“Isn’t that pushing it too far?”
“Hyung, I really think this is hip-hop.”
But right now, everyone had too much they wanted to say to let anyone else assert themselves.
‘Last time there was too much silence, which was a headache—I’m actually starting to miss that.’
Besides, they’d all been in debut teams at least once, so no one was backing down.
The two who wouldn’t have dared stand up to Han Sang-yun before had switched positions. For Han Sang-yun and Kang I-yul, it had to sting their pride.
“That Sexy team performance last time—I came up with a lot of the ideas that made it successful.”
“He was just adding a touch here and there, and the ideas that really helped came from me, you know?”
‘Ah, I think my ears are going to bleed.’
I can see it now.
A macaroon-mala-hotpot-tteokbokki joint of a stage.
I Kill My Favorite and Debut Together (Serialized)
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