I’m Debuting With The Bias I Killed - Chapter 58

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Episode 58
A cryptic post appeared without warning.
The comment section overflowed with fans’ questions.
-Why bait everyone and disappear
-Unless he’s actually injured, what’s the deal?
-The most annoying thing about people is starting to say something and then stopping mid-sentence
A few hours later, the author posted a follow-up.
[Yu Seong-woo’s Injury – Part 2]
It happened while dismantling the set after the survival show ended. Kang I-yul was underneath the set, and Yu Seong-woo pushed him out of the way and ended up getting more hurt instead. Both of them went to the hospital right away, and the team selection filming got pushed back a day because of it
The comment section erupted instantly.
-So lazy they couldn’t even bother with a real title and just slapped a 2 on the end?
-That’s crazy but why wasn’t any of this shown on the broadcast?
└There’s no need to put an accident scene in anyway
-Wait, I-yul got hurt trying to save him?
-So only Seong-woo was injured?
└Sounds like it? Kang I-yul didn’t seem to have any visible injuries on the show
└(OP) No, Kang I-yul went to the hospital too because of bruising
Of course, skeptics appeared.
-People just believe any random post without proof lol
But counterarguments quickly surfaced.
└There was a witness account saying they saw Yu Seong-woo at the hospital days ago (link)
└Wow, it’s real
Just days earlier, that post had been attacked.
‘Why are you posting about a trainee’s private life,’ ‘Is this fabrication to get sympathy’ — things like that.
But the newest comments were all testimonies from fans who had made the pilgrimage to verify.
-So it wasn’t made up
-How badly was he hurt to go to the hospital like that
-But if he came back the next day, couldn’t it have been a minor accident? Why’s everyone making such a fuss
└Stop whining. It started huge with fanfare lol. Did you not watch? He had a bandage on his arm and it was chaos
Public opinion flipped in an instant.
It spread rapidly to mainstream forums and social media.
The most shocked were the Boys Code producers.
“Wait, we were supposed to release this footage next week…….”
The production team eventually took emergency measures.
“Post a statement first.”
An official notice went up shortly after, and the comments exploded again.
[Statement’s Up]
It was an unforeseen incident that occurred during set dismantling, and all trainees received detailed medical examinations that day. The relevant footage is scheduled to air on next week’s broadcast
-Did they run out of money? How did the set get messed up
-Then next week’s episodes will have less content?
└Now that I think about it, yeah. The OP was just an attention seeker
Of course, the biggest shift was in public opinion about Yu Seong-woo.
[I Don’t Care About Anything Else]
I totally decided he’s my favorite after this. I’m definitely voting Yu Seong-woo as Code rank 1 for debut
-Yeah I was already keeping an eye on him but my mind’s made up now
-I-yul’s my favorite but I’m voting for Seong-woo all the time now
“…….”
Yu Seong-woo, the subject of all the commotion, couldn’t put his phone down for a long time.
[In an idol survival competition where it’s pure competition. But even within that, there’s a courageous trainee who saved a fellow trainee. This trainee is…… the younger brother of dancer Yu Jeu, trainee Yu Seong-woo. If you were moved by trainee Yu Seong-woo’s brave choice, please subscribe and like…….]
Scrolling to the next video made little difference.
[You guys know the idol survival show Boys Code? When you think idol survival, you think sabotage and competition, right? But apparently there’s this trainee who saved a fellow trainee and got hurt instead…….]
[In a Crisis, A Nineteen-Year-Old Trainee Moved On Instinct]
Yu Seong-woo finally flipped his phone face-down.
Watching the generic shorts flood in, his face grew hot.
“Ugh…….”
“Hyung.”
Kwon Ki-hyun spoke, suppressing a grin.
“I think I’ve seen like ten shorts of you just today.”
“You don’t need to tell me…….”
Song Woo-ju chimed in as well.
“The trainee who saved a life—that’s me, Yu Seong-woo.”
“Stop messing around.”
“Yes.”
Watching Yu Seong-woo’s ears flush red—a rare sight—the two of them finally burst into laughter.
“All right, that’s enough.”
Yu Seong-woo cleared his throat awkwardly and waved his hand.
“Let’s get back to practice. We only have four days left.”
“Yes.”
The production crew, who had just extinguished the immediate crisis, finally exhaled.
It had been an unforeseen accident.
The filming schedule had slipped, and if things had gone differently, the entire program could have faced criticism.
But looking at the results alone, Boys Code’s buzz had only grown stronger.
And the name Yu Seong-woo was becoming clearer and sharper in the minds of far more people than before.
* * *
Even after Kwon Ki-hyun and Song Woo-ju’s teasing ended, my cheeks refused to cool.
‘Character marketing is something I need to avoid at all costs.’
“Perfection” is a double-edged sword for idols. When you’re perfect, you’re loved by everyone. But the moment you slip even once from that image, you get twice the criticism compared to an idol who’s been causing scandals all along.
It was the biggest reason idol fans were wary of character marketing.
‘I-yul suffered terribly from it too.’
In the early days of their debut, Kang I-yul was frequently marketed through heartwarming stories. Even I, new to idol fandom back then, thought that was a good thing.
But as time went on, it became ammunition for Go Jae-sung’s fanbase to attack Kang I-yul.
For handing Go Jae-sung snacks a little late: “disrespect to the hierarchy.” For supposedly not greeting properly: “no manners.” And on and on.
‘Even thinking about it again makes me sick.’
The fanbase had already calcified long ago. True to their survival show origins, individual fan loyalty ran deep.
Those who hadn’t gotten their preferred ranking couldn’t let the results go, even years later. Who should have ranked higher than whom, who stole whose screen time, who had caused their favorite to lose out.
They argued endlessly, over and over.
All that was left in the end was endless individual fan warfare.
‘Which is exactly why.’
Go Jae-sung could not debut.
“Did you see it too?”
Kang I-yul asked with unusual urgency in his expression.
“Yeah. Why, are you here to tease me too?”
“Why would I tease you? Who would tease you?”
“That’s touching, I-yul.”
No matter how I thought about it, there was nothing wrong with Kang I-yul’s character marketing.
How could you call it marketing when it was the truth?
I glanced playfully at Kwon Ki-hyun and Song Woo-ju, and both of them immediately looked away.
Through it all, I-yul remained serious.
In fact, I felt sorry toward I-yul.
Online, there were already posts emerging that dragged him into the situation, calling him “the trainee who hurt Yu Seong-woo.”
Fortunately, the production crew didn’t seem inclined to let it stay that way.
“Yu Seong-woo.”
The head writer called me from outside the practice room door.
“Could we get one more individual interview with you?”
The interview started right away.
“Weren’t you afraid it was dangerous?”
“I didn’t have time to think—my body just moved.”
“Didn’t you feel even a little…… wronged?”
The production crew asked carefully.
“After all, you ended up getting hurt worse.”
I shook my head without hesitation.
“Not at all.”
After collecting my thoughts for a moment, I continued.
“I received so much help from I-yul throughout the survival show. I always felt indebted to him, and while I wouldn’t call this repaying that debt, I’m glad I could be of help somehow. So I have no regrets.”
And I added honestly.
“Besides, if I’d left it, I-yul would have gotten hurt much worse.”
As I recalled the structure falling from above, my expression hardened involuntarily.
“If that had happened, we wouldn’t even be on the same team this time.”
The production crew nodded slowly.
I looked directly at the camera and continued speaking.
“Actually, I hurt myself in places that are visible, so it just looks worse than it is.”
Band-aids and bandages. Enough to make anyone watching feel concerned.
“Kang I-yul doesn’t show his injuries as much on the surface, but he had contusions on his wrist and lower back.”
I took a moment to collect myself.
“So when I see posts blaming I-yul, I feel… sorry.”
Kang I-yul hadn’t caused the accident. He was simply beneath the set, yet he was being treated as if he were the reason for my injury.
“It wasn’t I-yul’s fault.”
This time I looked toward the production team.
“And the production staff have worked so hard for this program.”
When I sighed, the head writer’s eyebrows drooped visibly.
“I feel terrible whenever I see anyone getting criticized because of me.”
Beyond the camera, the PD gave me a small thumbs-up sign.
Right. This was exactly what the production team wanted to hear.
“Neither I-yul nor I have serious injuries, so please don’t worry too much. We’ll prepare even harder and show you such an incredible stage that this accident will be forgotten entirely!”
I clenched my fist enthusiastically and ended the interview on that note.
“…Okay! We’ll wrap it here.”
“Thank you.”
‘With that speech, they’d better edit it beautifully.’
“You must have been pretty shocked yourself, but you were still thinking about us?”
“Of course.”
I smiled smoothly.
Perhaps because I cursed the production team every time I watched Boys Code, my throat prickled with an allergic reaction the moment I spoke praise. But what else could I do? I had to make a living.
Still, I had to navigate society somehow.
“You’re the ones who’ve worked the hardest.”
The head writer’s lips pressed together as if moved by emotion.
‘Besides…’
I wasn’t losing out in this deal either.
I was preventing blame from falling on Kang I-yul and leaving a good impression on the production team.
Most of all, I had a chance to build a narrative with my favorite person. That was an opportunity I couldn’t get even if I died and came back to life.
‘Though I literally did die and come back to get it!’
I was already looking forward to Episode 7. If we pulled off Rounds 1 through 5 flawlessly, Kang I-yul and I rising together was as certain as a done deal.
“You made it?”
“Yeah.”
I spoke the moment I opened the practice room door.
“Let’s get started right away.”
Now I was obsessed with performing at my own one hundred percent rather than worrying about Kang I-yul. I’d told the other team members to rest a bit, but I couldn’t afford to.
“How was that one?”
He asked after we finished the song.
“Solid one hundred percent the whole time?”
Kang I-yul smiled faintly and nodded.
“Because you’re going full one hundred percent all the time…”
Kang I-yul paused as if searching for words, then laughed.
“It makes me want to do better too.”
“Mm.”
“Maybe that’s why.”
Kang I-yul lowered his gaze, looking a little embarrassed.
“It’s awkward to say it out loud, but I think I’ve become… better than before.”
“Better than you were?”
He hesitated for a moment before finally nodding.
“Yeah.”
The moment I heard that, my lips curved up before I could help it.
People really can’t escape the influence of their surroundings.
‘When I show one hundred percent, the people around me grow along with me.’
“Hold on.”
Suddenly, an idea popped into my head.
* * *
A room with the lights off. Only the glow of a monitor faintly illuminated a face.
Click.
Click.
The sound of fingernails being gnawed filled the silence.
His leg bounced against the table with agitated tremors.
The desk was a wreck. Scattered cans and snack wrappers, medication packets and cigarette packs rattled in time with the shaking.
The man couldn’t tear his eyes from the screen.
Bloodshot eyes, greasy hair, clothes he couldn’t remember changing.
The face of someone who hadn’t slept properly in days.
He reached for an empty beer bottle rolling beside the desk.
He drained what little remained in one gulp and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand.
“It’s all over now.”
The words escaped his throat in a fractured rasp.
“You bastard…….”
The mumbling continued, his tongue thick with alcohol.
“I told you so.”
A twisted smile.
His lips curved upward in a grotesque sneer.
“Hiccup—! I said I’d destroy your whole life…….”
Tap, tap-tap-tap!
His fingers found the keyboard, and like a man possessed, he began typing without hesitation.
His hands moved with certainty.
[I’m exposing the past of a Boys Code trainee.]
“You should’ve apologized when I gave you the warning, you bastard…….”
Tap-tap-tap, tap-tap-tap.
He didn’t stop for even a second, words flooding onto the screen.
The blank page filled instantly with dense text.
“Ha ha…… ha ha ha…….”
The man’s laughter grew increasingly grotesque, half-delirious.
Clack, tap-tap-tap, clack!
[……Does someone who trampled another’s dream truly deserve to be an idol?]
The man stared at that final sentence for a long moment.
Laughter or weeping—his ragged breathing was indistinguishable.
“And here I am, struggling to even stay alive, while he gets to be an idol…….”
[Do you wish to post this?]
The cursor hovered over “Yes.”
For a moment—just a moment—he seemed to hesitate.
“Yeah. Damn right it’s yes…….”
Click.
The sound echoed through the room.
The man sprawled across the desk, drained of all energy.
For the first time in ages, a satisfied smile played across his lips.
I Kill My Favorite and Debut (Serialized)
Author │ Yu Jeu
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ⓒ Yu Jeu 2026
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