I’m Debuting With The Bias I Killed - Chapter 61

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Episode 61
Outside Cnet Broadcasting Station, the day of Boys Code Round 5 Live Evaluation.
Hwang Geon-hee’s fanmaster, who had been active under the name ‘Disappear Boy’, stood in the queue waiting to enter with eyes completely devoid of light.
Clearly he was ‘a boy so charming that at the moment of meeting his gaze, everything around him would vanish’.
That was what the name meant.
‘I never thought he’d be the one to disappear…….’
She hadn’t wanted the name to live up to itself like this. For days now, she’d been cycling through the same regrets. And of all times, she’d won the lottery to attend this Live Evaluation.
Wasn’t that what they said—forget one love with another?
“At least I should vote for Go Jae-sung…….”
She’d been pushing the combination of Hwang Geon-hee and Go Jae-sung, what they called ‘Hwang & Go’.
Just last week when the two ended up on the same team, she’d been thrilled.
“I thought the moment had come for all the hints to pay off…….”
That hope had shattered, but she still wanted at least Go Jae-sung to debut.
This Live Evaluation had expanded by a hundred evaluators compared to the last round, bringing the total to six hundred.
Boom—
The stage lights came up as solemn background music swelled.
“Kang Se-jun?”
She’d only ever seen Kang Se-jun on music broadcasts. Seeing him here was something else.
“He came dressed to the nines again.”
Blonde hair, an ornate nobleman’s costume dripping with lavish accessories.
He looked like a prince who’d just stepped out of a romance fantasy.
“It’s definitely overdone…….”
“Why does it suit him so well?”
“He pulls it off.”
It wasn’t for nothing they called him the ‘peacock MC’.
“Isn’t that attention-seeking? He’s dressed flashier than the contestants.”
Overhearing someone’s complaint, she thought quietly. She didn’t know who anyone’s favorite was, but whoever was their favorite was clearly going to be disappointed…….
“This round’s mission is—”
[CODE MISSION 5: When are you STRONGEST?]
“Position Battle.”
“Wooooow—!”
“We have three stages prepared, representing Vocal, Dance, and Rap positions.”
But her mind was still entirely on Hwang Geon-hee.
‘If only he hadn’t quit…….’
It would’ve been legendary.
In her mind’s eye, Hwang Geon-hee was already dancing on stage. So why couldn’t he have just behaved himself, you XXXX……
She was swallowing twin curses in her throat when—
“Let me explain the voting format.”
Kang Se-jun swept his gaze across the audience seating.
“Today, you can vote a maximum of three times.”
“Position winning team, top trainee within the team. And…….”
Kang Se-jun paused for effect, then smiled.
“The last-place trainee within the team.”
The audience seating stirred.
“What?”
“Is it like a negative vote?”
“Of course, if you’d prefer not to vote for the last-place trainee, you may abstain.”
The scoreboard immediately displayed the point breakdown.
[Position Winning Team Vote: All team members +5 points
Top Trainee Within Team Vote: +7 points
Last-Place Trainee Within Team Vote: -5 points]
“Wow…….”
She let out a hollow laugh.
“Today’s going to be chaotic.”
Interference and defense.
A fierce psychological battle had already begun on the floor.
“The first stage features the Rap position trainees who chose ‘All or Nothing’.”
“This one’s—obviously going to be Choi Un-jo no matter what.”
It had been long established that Choi Un-jo was the rap position trainee slated for debut.
And indeed, when Choi Un-jo took the stage, the roar that erupted was incomparable to anything before.
Ripped jeans with a loose silhouette at the knees, layered with a t-shirt. It was an outfit that fully realized the Y2K concept currently in vogue.
The glittering bridge dangled and chimed with every movement.
“Un!! Jo!! Ya!!”
“Choi Un-jo!!”
“Un-jo, over here!!”
Choi Un-jo played to all the attention with the ease of someone accustomed to it.
“Un-jo, did you decide on the team name yourselves this time?”
“Yes! Our team’s name is—”
Clap—
All five of them thrust their palms open and shouted with force.
“Rap Five!”
“Oh…….”
‘That’s pretty weak.’
Her mouth itched to speak, but she barely managed to swallow the words.
The actual performance began, and as expected, it was Un-jo’s one-man show.
[Hold up!
I hate anything ambiguous
All or nothing]
“Un-jo’s insane!!!”
His thick English pronunciation, the finely fractured flow, and the smooth transition into Singing Rap—curses of enthusiasm erupted from all corners.
Even in his small movements to the rhythm, his signature ease shone through.
[A brawl between nobodies
This stage is everything anyway
All mine—]
When he playfully swiveled his hips in time with the final lyrics, shrieks poured forth.
“He’s lost it!!”
“Ahhhhh!!”
A low-toned rap that contradicted his mischievous image. With that reversal charm, he’d won over the judges’ hearts.
“Un-jo’s so cute…… Our Geon-hee was so pretty too.”
Just as her heart was growing wistful again, the performance ended.
“Un-jo, you did great!!”
After watching that stage, how could anyone vote for first place to a different trainee instead of Choi Un-jo?
She, too, cast her vote for Un-jo without hesitation.
“Next, the Dance Position team for ‘Dynamite.'”
“Waaaa!!”
This time, the roar from the crowd was entirely different in magnitude.
“Ju Han!!”
“Han Sang-yun!!”
The names of their biases erupted from scattered spots in the Audience seating.
The Disappear Boy fans were shouting themselves hoarse too.
“Jae! Sung! Ya!!”
In place of Hwang Geon-hee, they were determined to debut at least their second favorites.
“Whoa, they’ve got black hair??”
The five trainees who took the Stage were all wearing white t-shirts and jeans.
Some even gushed that they were the embodiment of “refreshing youth,” and with their sleek black hair cascading down, they looked like a scene straight out of an advertisement.
Since all the trainees had solid physicality overall, simply standing there was a pleasure to behold.
“…… They really do look like idols.”
Among them, Ju Han was the first to capture everyone’s gaze.
Large, sparkling eyes, defined double eyelids, sharp facial features—and yet his face radiated an undeniable, delicate cuteness. A certain idol visual.
“Wow, the crowd’s roar is really incredible, isn’t it?”
Kang Se-jun grinned while egging on the Audience seating.
“What’s Han Sang-yun’s body?”
“Those shoulders aren’t totally unfair, right?”
“If everyone said what they’re really thinking, we’d all get in trouble?”
“That’s why we’re holding back—”
Even the phrase “Pacific Ocean shoulders” seemed clichéd for him. His back was so broad it looked like the t-shirt might tear from the strain.
“The shirt looks like it’s struggling.”
Even the Disappear Boy fans gasped softly in admiration.
“Hello, we are team ‘Runaway’!”
“Kyaaaah!!”
“Let’s take first place!!”
“What was it like preparing for this performance?”
Kang Se-jun lifted the microphone.
“Well… shall we have Go Jae-sung answer?”
Disappear Boy’s eyes narrowed at Kang Se-jun.
“Why are you rubbing salt in the wound……?”
An intentional question, if ever there was one.
Go Jae-sung took the microphone quietly, his face still taut with tension.
“Though we faced unexpected difficulties, it became an opportunity for our team to grow even closer.”
It was only natural, but any mention of Hwang Geon-hee never came.
She found it disappointing, honestly. If he’d acknowledged it even once, it felt like the pressure might have lifted a little.
“Team Runaway’s stage begins now. Code—”
Kang Se-jun spread his fingers toward the audience, and they cried out as if enchanted.
“On!”
The stage darkened briefly. She held her breath, waiting for the lights to come up.
Pop!
The stage burst into brilliant light alongside a rhythmic beat. With Ju Han at center, the others split into pairs to form a large formation.
A lazy, yawning performance.
When Ju Han pointed a finger at the audience, the bouncing beat took hold and the scene came alive.
She quickly pulled out her camera, dodging the production staff’s eyes—Ju Han and Han Sang-yun would be worth good money as data.
[Just rock your body
To this music
Don’t think of anything else]
“Ju Han! Ju Haaaan!!”
But her gaze kept drifting toward the spot where Hwang Geon-hee should have been.
And then came the choreography she’d been most anticipating.
The part where Hwang Geon-hee would locking into the center.
The very section that had set the timeline ablaze when it was briefly revealed at the mid-point evaluation. She’d had no idea Hwang Geon-hee could create choreography like this.
“Did he remake it entirely……?”
[Dynamite!
This heart about to burst
I send to you Woo-ah!]
But the one who walked to center was—
“Huh??”
Go Jae-sung.
She reflexively covered her mouth, nearly dropping the camera.
“Woooow!!”
Goosebumps erupted across her entire body. Hwang Geon-hee had left just two days ago, yet in that short span he’d absorbed all of this?
“So that’s what this was……?”
She recalled the interview before the stage.
The reason he’d avoided mentioning Hwang Geon-hee at all—he’d genuinely wanted to show it through the performance instead of words.
‘How much did he practice for this?’
Disappear Boy felt her eyes grow hot.
Her former favorite’s choreography being carried forward by her current favorite—her finger tightened on the shutter release.
‘Hwang & Go is eternal.’
With solemn determination, she framed Go Jae-sung through the viewfinder, resolved to capture the shot and footage of a lifetime.
But even after Hwang Geon-hee’s part ended, Go Jae-sung remained at center.
Lost in the emotion of it, she didn’t hear the murmurs of discontent rippling through the crowd around her.
“……But how long is he staying at center?”
“Looks like he just took the whole part for himself.”
Out of three minutes and thirty seconds, he’d held center for nearly half a minute without budging.
“Isn’t Han Sang-yun barely visible anymore?”
The Han Sang-yun fans’ reaction in particular was palpable.
“I mean, he’s not even supposed to be buried like that, so why……?”
But none of it reached her ears.
Right now, she could only think—
‘Jae-sung must have worked so hard.’
That was all.
As a group they drew back like archers and executed a half-turn, firing arrows of affection toward the audience as the performance came to an end.
“Woooow!!”
“Go Jae-sung finished the job. Seriously.”
“He’s insane, seriously. I have no idea how many times Go Jae-sung went all out over these two days.”
On one side of the audience seating, gasps of admiration erupted; on the other, sighs of regret.
“Well then, we’ll begin the voting!”
She cast her vote for Go Jae-sung as the best in the team without hesitation.
What remained was the lowest-ranked trainee vote.
“It seems…”
After a brief moment of thought, she quickly voted for Ju Han, hastily shielding her screen in case any Ju Han fans around her noticed.
“Jae-sung, you really worked hard.”
At the first words from Song In-hyuk, Go Jae-sung turned away for a moment.
“Huh?”
“Are you crying?”
“No, no, no… Don’t cry!!”
When he turned back around, his eyes were red.
“Thank you so much!”
Sympathetic exclamations rippled through the audience seating.
As the warm judging continued, Song In-hyuk picked up the microphone.
“This must have been a difficult time in many ways, but I think what you’ve prepared to this extent is truly remarkable.”
Disappear Boy nodded with satisfaction.
“However.”
That single brief word sent a chill through the room.
“With trainee Go Jae-sung taking on all the parts of the trainee who dropped out, there’s unfortunately an imbalance in the overall performance that can’t be helped.”
“What the hell is he saying?”
The words had already escaped her lips before she could stop them, and she clamped her mouth shut too late.
“Look at Song In-hyuk making a valid point for once.”
“It was a bit much, though.”
She quietly bit her lip.
“Still, it was a performance where you did your best, so we’re looking forward to good results.”
As the Runaway team exited, groans echoed through the venue.
Fans whose legs had gone numb from the long taping began stretching one by one. Disappear Boy also stood up from a crouch and straightened their back, joints popping audibly with each movement.
“Man, when is this going to end?”
She figured her work was already done.
‘Might as well head home.’
If she just slipped in an empty Memory Card and pretended to film, the production staff would chase her out on their own.
After the Stage set change was complete, Kang Se-jun appeared again.
“So we’re down to just the final team of today’s competition.”
“Finally…!”
“Wait.”
Disappear Boy stopped her hands, which had been putting the camera away.
“Yu Seong-woo and Kang I-yul are in this one, right?”
Yu Seong-woo, who’d been climbing the ranks at an alarming rate lately, and Kang I-yul, whose core fanbase remained solid despite the recent drop in ranking.
She pulled the camera back out.
“Going to make some good money today.”
There was nothing quite like money to help you forget a lost bias.
I Killed My Bias and Am Debuting (Serialized)
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