I’m Debuting With The Bias I Killed - Chapter 59

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Episode 59
An emergency had gripped the NIKS Trainee Development Team Office since early morning.
“Have you verified whether it’s true?”
“The post went up at four in the morning…….”
“This is insane. Really.”
The team leader ran a rough hand through his hair.
“Get the kid in here. We need to confirm this directly.”
The sudden arrival of staff sent a ripple of tension through the trainees.
Showing up at the Practice Room without warning meant something was seriously wrong.
“What is this……?”
“Nobody here did anything wrong, right?”
“Not me. I didn’t.”
Anxious glances shot back and forth. The staff member stopped directly in front of Hwang Geon-hui.
“Geon-hui, come with me for a moment?”
“M-me?”
Hwang Geon-hui’s face went rigid.
“What’s this about?”
“We’ll talk once we’re there.”
His footsteps as he followed the staff member were noticeably heavy.
Just minutes before, he’d been dancing enthusiastically through the choreography Go Jae-sung had arranged.
But the face reflected in the mirror was drained of color, like someone who’d lost any place left to run.
“Whoa, what?”
“What did Hwang Geon-hui do?”
“Is it because of that thing?”
The Practice Room erupted into whispers.
The moment the Conference Room door opened, Hwang Geon-hui knew instinctively.
Something had gone very wrong.
In the Conference Room sat not just the trainee development team staff, but the main producer and writer of Boys Code as well.
Every face was grim.
“Sit down for a moment, Geon-hui.”
“……Yes.”
“Do you remember when that exposure post went up a few weeks ago?”
The color drained from his face at those words.
During the preparation for Round 4, a single exposure post had appeared on the community board where Boys Code viewers gathered.
[Exposing the past of a Boys Code trainee.]
I used to train alongside trainee H, who currently appears on Boys Code. From the day I joined my new agency, H incited the other trainees to ostracize me, forcing me to clean the Practice Room and Dormitory under the guise of “what new trainees always do.” During rehearsals, he deliberately tripped me, intentionally withheld updated choreography, and continuously inflicted physical and psychological harm……
The initials in the post and hints about the previous agency pointed directly to Hwang Geon-hui as the likely culprit.
But at the time, Hwang Geon-hui had simply insisted on his innocence, claiming it was a false rumor spread by a jealous trainee. The production team’s position was that they couldn’t take action based on a single unverified anonymous post.
What made them especially complacent was that the post had appeared only on a small board within the Boys Code viewer community.
But this morning at dawn, a second exposure from the same person had detonated.
This time on the board of a massive community known as “the Exposure Plaza.”
[Exposing the past of a Boys Code trainee.]
[As expected, posting in a place where only viewers gather brought no response, so I’m posting again where everyone can see it.
I am here to expose the past of Hwang Geon-hui, a trainee currently appearing on the popular idol survival show “Boys Code.”]
This post didn’t even use initials. The poster had written Hwang Geon-hui’s name directly.
The content was far more specific and severe than the first post.
The subtle ostracism throughout dormitory life, breaking company property and then pinning the blame on him while laughing it off as a mistake, hiding his outfit and practice materials before evaluations and pretending it was unintentional…….
The poster added that they had eventually left the agency and given up on ever becoming an idol.
[If there had even been a semblance of an apology at the first exposure, there would have been no additional post. But I received no contact from the agency, the production team, or Hwang Geon-hui. Instead, Hwang Geon-hui gained even greater popularity from his last Stage performance, and his ranking rose to 7th place.
Aren’t idols supposed to inspire dreams and hope? How can someone who trampled another person’s dream ever become an idol?]
This time, messenger screenshots and photographic evidence were attached—there was no room for excuses.
The post was already spreading beyond containment.
-What’s Boys Code this time? Well, it’s an unknown show anyway, so no wonder they cast kids like that lol
-So these types just put on a mask and act all pure in front of fans, huh;;;
└But that’s the appeal?
└Figures, fans of kids like that usually aren’t right in the head
-Wow, subtly messing with people and bullying them—that’s real scum;;;
-If he doesn’t withdraw, shouldn’t we be boycotting?
Heavy silence filled the Conference Room.
“Sigh…….”
Hwang Geon-hui couldn’t bring himself to look up. To be honest, he had no idea who it was. Even running through the faces of everyone he’d trained with, there were far too many suspects.
“Geon-hui.”
The Trainee Development Team director called softly.
“Is what’s written here true?”
……
“Answer me.”
Hwang Geon-hui’s lips quivered.
“Not all of it…… ”
That single admission sent the temperature in the conference room plummeting.
“What do you mean, not all of it?”
“Some of it is exaggerated.”
“So there are parts that are true, then?”
“That’s……”
Hwang Geon-hui found himself unable to speak.
The main PD exhaled deeply.
“We don’t have a choice here.”
He gestured toward the torrent of comments flooding the laptop screen.
“If we don’t withdraw him now, they’re threatening boycotts, filing complaints with the national petition board…… It’s already gotten way out of hand.”
“If you’d just admitted it and apologized from the beginning, we never would’ve ended up like this!”
A staff member from the Trainee Development Team couldn’t hold back any longer, raising his voice.
“What did you say back then? That it was all lies!”
“I never thought they’d have evidence like this…… ”
“Is that what you think is appropriate to say right now?”
Hwang Geon-hui flinched and fell silent.
“Should we post an apology first?”
“No. An apology alone won’t cut it.”
For NIKS, a startup agency, this was a bolt from the blue. Since it was an in-house survival show, they’d planned to keep him as talent for the next group even if he was eliminated.
But withdrawing him like this meant NIKS could no longer use Hwang Geon-hui in any capacity.
For a fledgling company that desperately needed every last ounce of talent, it was a staggering loss.
“Listen…… withdrawal is unavoidable, Geon-hui.”
The Trainee Development Team director sighed.
“Sir, just one more—”
Hwang Geon-hui’s lips trembled.
“Isn’t there one more chance?”
“What kind of chance are you asking for?”
“I’ll apologize. I’ll go meet them in person, kneel if I have to…… ”
“Why didn’t you apologize when the first post went up?”
He couldn’t answer.
He’d never imagined things would blow up like this.
He’d thought a post from an anonymous account, without any evidence, would sink into obscurity in no time.
His rankings had been climbing, and his fanbase was growing.
He’d believed that if he just held on a little longer, no one would bring up the past.
“I…… ”
Hwang Geon-hui’s lips moved soundlessly a few times. He couldn’t think of anything to say.
He could only curse his former self for treating the initial exposure post so lightly.
When Hwang Geon-hui returned a while later, his eyes swollen, the atmosphere in the practice room froze solid.
“What’s going on…… ?”
“Something’s off.”
The staff member who followed him inside looked around the practice room.
“Dance position team members, could you come out for a moment?”
Go Jae-sung was the first to approach and support Hwang Geon-hui.
“What’s wrong? You okay?”
Hwang Geon-hui could only mumble through tears.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry, Jae-sung.”
“What exactly happened?”
Go Jae-sung asked again, but Hwang Geon-hui couldn’t bring himself to speak.
As the dance position team members gathered one by one, the staff member spoke with a rigid expression.
“This might come as a shock, but I have something to tell you first.”
An anxious silence descended.
“As of today, trainee Hwang Geon-hui is being withdrawn from Boys Code.”
“Pardon?”
“I’m sorry—pardon?”
“Wait, withdrawal?”
“No, I don’t—what do you mean all of a sudden?”
“Why? Geon-hui, are you hurt? Is something wrong?”
Hwang Geon-hui said nothing in the end. Han Sang-yun asked calmly.
“We deserve to know the reason, don’t we? There are barely two days left. Actually, less than two days now. And you’re talking about withdrawal…?”
The writer beside them glanced at Hwang Geon-hui and answered curtly.
“You should ask the person involved directly.”
It was a cold remark.
“We’re confused too, so let’s just prepare the stage. There’s no time to waste.”
“But…”
Hwang Geon-hui left for the dormitory without offering any explanation.
The Dance Position team, having finally heard the full account from the staff member, fell silent for a long moment.
“Wow…”
“This is so absurd I don’t even know what to say…”
“I mean, even so…”
“What do we do about our stage?”
“We’re doing our best to find a solution. No one could have anticipated a situation like this.”
Hwang Geon-hui had the second most parts after Ju Han. Especially in the choreography created with Go Jae-sung, he occupied the Center position most of the time.
Filling that spot overnight seemed impossible.
Han Sang-yun dragged both hands down his face. There was no time to create new choreography, let alone learn it again.
“Then… could we divide the parts among us?”
Ju Han spoke first.
“No way.”
Han Sang-yun shook his head immediately.
“We’d have to redo all the movement lines. We’d need to learn new choreography.”
Heavy silence settled over them.
Then Go Jae-sung carefully raised his hand.
“I’ll do it.”
Every eye turned toward him at once.
“How?”
Go Jae-sung hesitated for a moment, then spoke.
“Actually, since Geon-hui said he wasn’t confident about creating choreography… I basically choreographed most of it. So I know all the moves.”
“Really?”
A faint spark of life returned to the eyes of teammates who’d looked half-dead moments before.
The PD, hearing this, immediately gestured to the staff.
“Get more cameras on him.”
The atmosphere shifted. Faint hope had emerged where there had been only despair.
“Yes. And since Geon-hui and I share a lot of the movement lines, we won’t need to change them much.”
“Incredible, Jae-sung. How did you foresee this…?”
“Foresee?”
At the subtly chilled gaze, a member of Boys Code laughed awkwardly.
“I just meant—you know, just joking around—”
“Even as a joke, that’s not something to say.”
“Oh… I’m sorry.”
Go Jae-sung, silent for a moment, laughed somewhat sheepishly.
“Sorry, I’ve been on edge because everything happened so suddenly.”
“No, it’s my fault. I spoke without thinking.”
Han Sang-yun asked with concern.
“Are you sure you can handle all of it alone? Won’t it be too much?”
“That’s right—if we split it, we could finish in a day.”
But Go Jae-sung shook his head.
“No, Ju Han is the Center. You have the most impactful role—you don’t have room to worry about other parts. And you need to focus on your own section, too.”
“Still—”
“And I want to finish Geon-hui’s part well. Since it’s choreography I created.”
Go Jae-sung stood up with determination, shaking off the heavy mood.
“We don’t have time to sit around like this, do we?”
“Jae-sung’s right. Let’s start practicing with Jae-sung handling Geon-hui’s choreography.”
“Yes!”
The five of them stood before the mirror again.
The camera moved restlessly, determined not to miss a single moment of the team fighting through crisis.
In that instant, Yu Seong-woo, passing by, found himself studying Go Jae-sung.
Go Jae-sung was smiling.
It was hard to believe this was someone who had to rebuild the entire Stage in two days—
his smile was far too composed, too calm.
* * *
When Hwang Geon-hui returned with his puffy face, Go Jae-sung bit down hard on his lip. He was terrified a laugh might slip out.
Why he’d assigned Hwang Geon-hui such an impactful piece of Choreography. Why he’d ceded the Center to Ju Han. Why he’d chained Han Sang-yun to Ju Han’s side.
All of it had been preparation for this very moment.
When he’d first returned, he’d planned to put Hwang Geon-hui in the Impacter debut lineup.
But then a variable appeared—Yu Seong-woo—and the game changed entirely.
Hwang Geon-hui was now a card to be discarded.
“I’m really sorry, Jae-sung. It’s because of me…….”
‘Why are you apologizing to me?’
If anything, he was grateful beyond words.
Hwang Geon-hui’s Choreography was something he’d brought from the future anyway.
“Apologize to the other team members instead, not me.”
“But still, you were the one who cared for me the most…….”
“Are you going to have to quit being a trainee?”
“What?”
“No, never mind.”
Go Jae-sung rearranged his expression.
“It’s going to be rough. Take care of yourself emotionally.”
“Thank you, really, Jae-sung. Where could you find another kid as kind as you…….”
Go Jae-sung shook his head while smiling to himself inside.
‘That’s right—where else could you find someone as kind as me? Here I am, pulling this stunt to save a failed group?’
The way his teammates looked at him, as if he were their savior, thrilled him.
“Trainee Go, could we get a quick individual interview with you later?”
“Um, our practice time is really tight…….”
“Go on, Jae-sung. Do the interview. It won’t take long.”
“But even so—”
Han Sang-yun nudged him from behind.
“It won’t take long, I promise.”
“Yes, I’ll make sure to answer well so we get approval on the first take!”
At his smooth answer, the production crew burst into delighted laughter.
The interview camera turned on.
“How did you decide so quickly to do the part yourself in that crisis situation?”
Go Jae-sung answered with apparent embarrassment.
“Of course it’s for the team. I really want to make sure we finish in first place.”
Praise drifted in from all corners.
“Jae-sung, with a heart as pure as yours, how are you going to survive as an entertainer?”
“Well, the writer keeps teasing me like that, so……”
He laughed shyly, covering his face, and the set warmed with a wholesome atmosphere.
After the interview ended, Go Jae-sung returned directly to the Practice Room.
“One, two. I go in right here, correct?”
The space left vacant by Hwang Geon-hui filled in with remarkable naturalness.
A Part nearly doubled in size. The camera’s focus gathering seamlessly toward him.
And his teammates, leaning on him.
Everything unfolded exactly as he had planned.
‘Now.’
The game was finally rolling the way it should.
I Killed My Bias and Am Debuting (Serialized)
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