The Trashy PD Has To Survive as an Idol - Chapter 141

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141

January 30th.
The Dun’s sub-vocalist Seo Ho-yoon’s birthday.
The Noeul fans were absolutely thrilled.

[Guys, The Dawn must be really popular!!! Oh, I’m so proud ㅠㅠㅠ I uploaded a direct cam from the department store, and there are so many people and they all know how to cheer ㅠ]
[So touching, I told you he’d become the Yen Prince~~~]
[Honestly, even if the Japanese fans call Seo Ho-yoon a cat, we can let it slide]

The reason was partly because The Dun was sailing smoothly through Japan,

[Ho-yoon’s birthday><!!!]

and partly because Seo Ho-yoon's birthday was coming up soon.
Everyone was eagerly anticipating Seo Ho-yoon's birthday while listening to Colors, the Japanese recording track.

[Wow, but Seo Ho-yoon really is a confirmed popular member, huh? The Korean Noeul fans' experience is seriously insane
Right after debuting in Japan, they straight up put a birthday ad on the building's digital billboard]

They'd even put up a birthday congratulations video on a building right in the heart of Tokyo Shinjuku. It was just a short clip that lasted only a few dozen seconds, but it filled the Noeul fans' hearts to the brim.

[But I'm getting emotional watching the video..
Ho-yoon, thank you so much for being born…
Seriously… I'm so moved

└Why does today feel so bittersweet?
└Because Ho-yoon was born with such a gorgeous face…
└That's definitely moving…]

[Will they turn on the birthday party for us on B App?
The only downside is that we're in Japan…]
[Has the birthday hashtag been decided yet??]

The fans' attention was completely focused,

[Looks like a surprise is impossible lol]
Hahaha… did you just get pranked by Seoho…?

└Bewildered..]

[If you show amazement, I'll act surprised?

└Of course]

That was the consensus among most fans.
Even if reborn anew, it seemed impossible to imagine Seo Ho-yoon ever being surprised or moved to tears by a surprise party or hidden camera moment.

[If he cried, it would feel like a hallucination at this point

Damn, this is hilarious lol

So Noeul fans were only expecting modest content—like all The Dun members baking a cake together or doing a gift exchange.

[Mission Impossible – Seo Ho-yoon's Surprise (Feat. Yi-chae)]

But the B App title was strange.

[?????]
[What's this???]

When Noeul fans rushed into the B App, Kang Yi-chae's face appeared.

"Hey there~."

With a hotel room as the backdrop, he wore a black hoodie and a backwards cap, cupping his hands like flower petals as he grinned mischievously.

"Everyone's coming in now. We don't have much time, so let me get straight to the point. You know what day is coming up soon, right?"

Kang Yi-chae hummed as he tapped the keyboard of the laptop the Planning Team had prepared in advance.

"It's our sub-vocalist's birthday. …We can't just let that slide, can we?"

[What?! What?! What?!]
[Seriously, are you guys really going through with this??]
[Wow, Kang Yi-chae is bold lolololol]

Seo Ho-yoon no longer fell for it. He'd been caught off guard in the beginning, but now he had his members' personalities completely figured out.
Besides, he'd always been shameless to begin with, and now that he'd equipped himself with nerves of steel, even teasing didn't work on him anymore.

'He's changed a lot. Back when we were doing the role-swap special, there was still fun in messing with him.'

Watching Seo Ho-yoon counter "Hoppy-hoppy" with "Carrot-carrot" and similar comebacks, Kang Yi-chae felt his pride was wounded.

'I can't just leave it at this. My pride won't allow it.'

So Kang Yi-chae put considerable effort into setting up a plan.
One that he himself found quite satisfying, and one that might actually catch even Seo Ho-yoon off guard if things went well.

"Mission Impossible: Seo Bunny Surprise Party. Now, let me explain quickly."

Kang Yi-chae snapped his fingers with a sharp click!
Right on cue, the Mission Impossible theme blared out.

―Dun-dun, da-dum dun-dun, da-dum!

"Since the suspicious Seo Ho-yoon will definitely catch on if we carelessly point cameras at him or set them up poorly, we've reserved an entire floor with rooms for our company staff and members. We've pre-installed cameras in our rooms and parts of the hallway with the hotel's permission."

[This is insane lololololololololol]
[Dude stop playing spy movie music you crazy bastard lololololololololololololololol

└Kang Yi-chae this guy is having the time of his life]

Since it was a pre-arranged announcement coordinated with the Planning Team, getting their cooperation wasn't difficult.

"You can monitor everything from here."

The large TV screen positioned behind Kang Yi-chae turned on. Four-split CCTV footage appeared on the display.
Kang Yi-chae had pre-connected his laptop screen to the TV so that fans watching through the B App could also follow the situation together.

[Lololololololol Kang Yi-chae lololololololol]
[Why are you so serious about this lololololol]

The Noeul fans found the meticulous preparation—which surpassed even mainstream broadcast variety shows—even more hilarious.
Yet despite this, they didn't hold much hope.

It seems like it might be too much for Hoyun…haha

They understood Seo Ho-yoon far too well.

"Throwing a surprise party for Seo Ho-yoon is impossible. The moment he arrives, he'll ask 'Where's my cake?'"

[Yi-chae's accuracy is insane]
[horrified]

"But that's exactly what makes it Mission Impossible, isn't it, everyone?"

Challenging the impossible.
Kang Yi-chae flashed a confident smile.
As the movie BGM surged toward its climax and the second hand ticked to zero,

"Mission Accepted!"

Seo Ho-yoon's surprise party had begun.

.
.
.

-Where's my cake?

The moment January 30th arrived, Seo Ho-yoon—practically shoved back to his own room—opened the hotel room door assigned to Jung Da-jun, Sung Ji-won, and Kim Sung-hyun, and asked exactly that.
Inside, he found Jung Da-jun wearing a hat with teddy bear ears and sunglasses with candles drawn on them, holding a cake in both hands; Sung Ji-won in a party hat with a glittering star, wrapped in layers of blue tinsel around his neck while inserting candles; and Kim Sung-hyun holding a match with a half-removed party hat dangling from his neck—all three frozen in shock mid-action.

-Why, why, why are you here already?!
-Why? Is there a problem with your brother coming?

"Just as expected…."

Damn, Seo Ho-yoon is asking the exact same question without a single grammatical particle off.
Kang Yi-chae's character analysis is so accurate it gives me chills.

As the Noeul fans broke out in goosebumps and flooded the comments with excitement, Kang Yi-chae observed the situation with sharp, calculating eyes.
The first premise—that he wouldn't notice his own birthday—was impossible to pull off.
Excluding the periods when Second Chance was being prepared and promoted, and the era of Shining Star Season 1 when Kim Sung-hyun had suffered through it all, The Dun always celebrated each other's birthdays. It was excellent content for the fans and a great way to strengthen bonds between members.
So this Mission Impossible setup was exactly that.
A birthday party that got exposed and ruined.

-W-wait, how did you know? Why are you back already?!

Passing by Jung Da-jun, whose eyes had gone wide, Seo Ho-yoon casually flopped down onto the single-seater sofa.

-How could I not know?

There was no way he wouldn't know.
When Jung Da-jun had awkwardly asked if he could take his phone so he wouldn't see the B App, when he'd deliberately pulled him out of his room to rest for the party preparations—Seo Ho-yoon had complied without question every time.
He'd already been certain from that moment on.

-So where did Kang Yi-chae go?

"Look, look at that."

That Kang Yi-chae was scheming something.

"He's already looking for the camera."

[Goosebumps all over my arms]
[Wow, this is seriously thrilling..]

He was a formidable opponent indeed.
As Seo Ho-yoon's gaze swept across the room from top to bottom, Jung Da-jun, Sung Ji-won, and Kim Sung-hyun launched into seamless performances.

-Yi-chae's downstairs getting drinks right now… it's such a shame we got caught.
-Dude, how did you even…?

The Noeul fans watching the broadcast noticed something unexpected.

[Wait, why is Hyun-sung acting so well?]

Setting aside how he shined on stage when dancing, the Noeul fans knew all too well from their own produced content that Kim Sung-hyun was notoriously bad at acting.
As the same question kept appearing in the comments, Kang Yi-chae let out an amused chuckle with a relaxed expression.

"Hyun-sung doesn't know anything about this."

[?????]

That was the truth.
Kang Yi-chae had no confidence whatsoever in asking Kim Sung-hyun to act. No matter how hard Kim Sung-hyun tried, Seo Ho-yoon would undoubtedly see through it like a ghost.
So he'd devised one method to keep Kim Sung-hyun in check.

"By now, he probably thinks the hidden camera really failed, right?"

It was to deceive even Kim Sung-hyun himself.

[Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha]
[Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha]

The comment section on B App erupted, and simultaneously, people who'd been live-posting their admiration on SNS flipped out as well.
Naturally, not a single comment saying it was too much appeared.

Hahahaha, Hyun-sung, I really love you hahahaha

The ones laughing the hardest were Kim Sung-hyun's fans.

-Couldn't he at least pretend to be fooled? This is so anticlimactic….
-Is hyung sorry?
-This is annoying.

Every time the innocent Kim Sung-hyun genuinely lamented and grumbled, the chat exploded with laughter.
Kang Yi-chae carefully observed the situation, then plugged in his earpiece—a device connected to equipment he'd prepared in advance after separately briefing Sung Ji-won and Jung Da-jun on how to adjust their actions depending on the circumstances.
The reason Jung Da-jun was wearing the animal ear headband and Sung Ji-won had wrapped the flashy scarf around his neck was to conceal the device in his ear.

"Maknae, let's head in."

Just as Seo Ho-yoon, who'd even found the fake camera, was about to offer a polite greeting and wrap things up, Jung Da-jun moved to the next stage.

-Ugh, what….

With his cheeks puffed out and his lips pouted in the sulky expression he often made when he was upset, Jung Da-jun muttered as he set the cake with partially inserted candles down on the table.

-Hyung, but seriously… couldn't you have at least pretended to be fooled?

Phase 2 was underway.
The "feeling neglected" operation.

-We spent hours preparing for this, and I didn't expect you to fall for it easily… but you could have at least pretended to be fooled.

Jung Da-jun's passionate performance
[Perfect—even Sung Ji-won beside him is subtly playing along]

In reality, the youngest member Jung Da-jun, who was naturally expressive and emotionally sensitive, would genuinely sulk even if the birthday party had actually failed, so right now it was half acting, half genuine.

-Running around in this weather to buy your cake. How exhausting that was….

Fully immersed, Jung Da-jun delivered his scripted line with a trembling expression.

-You won't even pretend to be fooled.

Jung Da-jun glanced cautiously at Seo Ho-yoon and lowered his gaze. The atmosphere in the room grew heavy.
Seo Ho-yoon turned to face Jung Da-jun after turning off the hidden camera.

-….

And he said nothing.

[Wait, Ho-yoon actually fell for it]
[Look at his expression;;]

The fans murmured with excitement at the hidden camera's apparent success, but Kang Yi-chae narrowed his eyes and stroked his chin thoughtfully.

'Really?'

Kang Yi-chae knew that Seo Ho-yoon was no easy opponent.
Observing Seo Ho-yoon recently, he had carefully crafted every word of dialogue designed to shake him, and Jung Da-jun had practiced and practiced it.
Seeing Jung Da-jun's eyes grow red from the effort, Seo Ho-yoon finally exhaled and ran his hand through his hair.

-Sigh….

Not missing that moment, Jung Da-jun delivered his final scripted line.

-Every time you're like this… I hate it a little.

Carefully chosen dialogue, perfect timing, and Jung Da-jun's passionate performance with eyes glistening red—
It was flawless on all counts.
Jung Da-jun, who had delivered a line that would have earned Min Ji-heon's admiration, squeezed his eyes shut and bowed his head deeply.
Seo Ho-yoon simply watched him in silence.
Then he spoke, his voice dropping flatly.

—Do you really hate it?

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