The Trashy PD Has To Survive as an Idol - Chapter 147

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147

“…Casual speech?”

Kang Yi-chae, who had been swaying at an awkward angle, froze mid-motion. His eyes rolled thoughtfully for a moment before he broke into a crooked grin.
Since Seo Ho-yoon was his superior, it was only proper to use formal speech.

“Well, should we just unify it to casual then?”
“….”
“But from what I know, I’m quite a high-ranking person~, so is it really okay for Seo Ho-yoon to treat me like this?”

Kang Yi-chae spoke with a teasing tone, as if reminding everyone of his status as the successor.
Though most of his anger had dissipated since Seo Ho-yoon had been treating him quite well lately, he couldn’t resist the temptation to tease Seo Ho-yoon once he’d gotten a taste of it.
Seo Ho-yoon stared at him for a moment, then

“—Kang Yi-chae.”

smiled gently.

“Penalty point issued.”
“…???”

[…?????]
[Why????]

Not only The Dun members on screen but the Noeul fans watching were bewildered. No matter how hard they thought about it, Kang Yi-chae hadn’t deviated from his concept at all.
A slick successor with a rogue’s edge—wasn’t that the perfect fit?

“…Why?”

But his opponent was Seo Ho-yoon.

“I sense defiance in your tone.”
“….”
“Don’t be disrespectful to your superior.”

Over the past few days, I’d finally gotten the chance to repay Kang Yi-chae for every single one of his misdeeds. There was no way I could let this slide.
Just as Kang Yi-chae, caught completely off guard by my unreasonable demand, opened his mouth in shock, I snapped my fingers with a sharp click.
Immediately, people dressed in black swarmed out and seized both of Kang Yi-chae’s arms.

“????”

[???]

“Hey! Seo Ho-yoon! Wait, wait a second!!”
“The screams of a castaway… That’s a high G-sharp, second octave.”
“Hey!!!”

[Kang Yi-chae casual speech lolololololol]
Hahahahahahaha this crazy bastard figuring out his vocal range in the middle of all this hahahahahaha
[Ahhhhh
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, I was dragged away and Dajun ate weird food ㅠㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

As Kang Yi-chae was forcibly dragged away and took one bite of the tuna macaron Jung Da-jun had made, his face turned deathly pale, and everyone trembled in horror.

“Kim Sung-hyun.”

I singled out Kim Sung-hyun, who was desperately trying to avoid making eye contact, and a smile played at the corners of my lips.
Kim Sung-hyun, well aware that if he didn’t answer, he’d be dragged away just the same, forced his stubborn lips apart with great effort.

“…Yes.”
“I’m issuing you a penalty.”
“Yes???”

[???????]
[No way]

This time, Kim Sung-hyun genuinely hadn’t done anything wrong.

[Why this one????]
[What on earth is going on??
Ah damn, I’m unconsciously writing in casual speech]

I tapped the brim of my hat lightly as I spoke.

“I don’t like it when you add that ‘b’ sound at the end of your answers. For a rebel, no less.”
“…!!”
“Go on, do a cute, sexy dance. Now.”
“Seo Ho-yoon! You’re only like this because I was hard on you during practice!”
“Now!!”

And so the victims kept piling up one after another.

[This bastard’s just being stubborn while forcing it to fit the concept, deliberately throwing in rebel-related words like “defiance” and all that]

[This is ridiculous, seriously
Seo Ho-yoon marry me rebel

└Kim Sung-hyun let’s date for life government army]

The same people who had dragged away Kang Yi-chae earlier reappeared and pulled Kim Sung-hyun along.

“Jung Da-jun….”

Standing beside Kang Yi-chae, who had lost all motivation in the world after eating a tuna macaron, Kim Sung-hyun desperately tried to read the script in front of him while mixing in aegyo as he performed Kill the Lights.

“I… love you, love you….”
“….”
“Hah… huff….”

[Kim Sung-hyun seriously
Of all songs, it had to be that one]
[An idol who actually does what they’re told, I really love them]
[Lol Kang Yi-chae’s expression of genuinely having lost all hope in the world lol]

Now only Sung Ji-won and Jung Da-jun remained.
Seo Ho-yoon turned his gaze toward the two of them, who were trembling nervously.

“Alright.”

Seo Ho-yoon adjusted his hat and pressed it firmly back onto his head.

“Now we’ll begin the Apocalypse self-cam that everyone’s been waiting for.”
“….”

No one could talk back to him.
What was written as ‘Apocalypse’s own produced content’ should have been read as ‘Seo Ho-yoon being a complete bastard and throwing his weight around’.
The tyrant had arrived.
Seo Ho-yoon had been keeping his head down lately, conscious of how much he’d come to care for The Dun, and guilty for the harsh words he’d said to Kang Yi-chae. So when that bastard side of him resurfaced, the impact hit even harder.
Even though it was the combination of Sung Ji-won and Jung Da-jun—the pair Seo Ho-yoon particularly favored—his gaze toward them was ice-cold.

“That’s strange….”
….
“Am I talking to myself here?”

It was a demand to answer quickly. Sung Ji-won and Jung Da-jun shot to their feet.

“Yes, yes!”
“Yes!”
“I haven’t had noise-canceling surgery on my ears, sir.”

[Oh
noise-canceling
haha]
[Seo Ho-yoon really knows how to make people panic like this..]

“Yes!!!”
“…with a final consonant ‘b’?”
“Ah!! Not ‘yes’ with the wrong ending—just ‘yes’!!”

Only then did Seo Ho-yoon smile with satisfaction.
The comment section of the Noeul fans who witnessed that scene erupted once more.

[You guys]

The majority opinion was unanimous.

[Have you only been living for Seo Ho-yoon today?]

In reality, they’d only been waiting for today.

.
.
.

“Aren’t you going to get up?”
“Is life worth living?”
“What’s that white thing? Those are teeth, right?”

Today’s interrogation was professionally vicious. Yet watching the other members tumble from the fans’ mouths, no one dared say Seo Ho-yoon was going too far.

[Wow, today was insane]

Everyone had performed a relay of sexy dances to avoid Jung Da-jun’s bizarre food.

[Seo Ho-yoon…
Thank you
You are our king..]

I eagerly devoured the countless legendary clips pouring in, frantically taking screenshots.

[Ugh… my forehead’s pounding…
I’m just waiting for Hyun-sung to take his turn]
[Hyun-sung is the only idol in The Dun whose ears turn red when he acts cute…
Right? It’s because Seo Ho-yoon got shameless]

[Ji-won, oh I love you Ji-won, oh!!!!! I love you for dancing sexy so well too, ugh!!!!

└Sung Ji-won really… is amazing. The soft flow of his movements, the way he breaks down every detail… he was embarrassed but then his expression completely changed at the killing part and he was rotating his hips like that…
└Let’s stop, I feel like I’m being dragged away if I say more..]

[Jung Da-jun was mumbling about protecting his pride and eating his bizarre food, then secretly spits it out behind everyone ahahahahahahaha

└Hey, if you can’t eat it, don’t make it ahahahahaha]

After a while, as the members were thoroughly ground down like performing bears, Seo Ho-yoon, who had been standing with his arms crossed, surveyed the dying members.
Then he called Jung Da-jun.

“Jung Da-jun.”
“Yes!!”
“….”
“―Not that, but yes! Yes yes!!”

Jung Da-jun hastily corrected himself after adding a consonant to the end, but the other members who had already experienced the consequences firsthand looked at him with pitying eyes.
However, Seo Ho-yoon tilted his head slightly and simply beckoned with his hand.

“Come here.”
“…?”

Exhausted from the relentless dancing, Jung Da-jun shuffled forward drenched in cold sweat, dragging his legs like an ox being led to slaughter.
Seo Ho-yoon then rummaged through a shelf beneath the stage and handed over his portable fan.

“…???”

As Jung Da-jun stood there bewildered, Seo Ho-yoon seated him on a folding chair and personally switched on the fan, placing it in his hands.
Witnessing this, Kim Sung-hyun breathed heavily and asked.

“…Instructor. What’s the deal with Jung Da-jun?”
“Didn’t I mention he’s a case of excessive immersion?”

Seo Ho-yoon adjusted his slightly twisted tactical vest with a few taps as he answered.

“Da-jun is a destroyer, so he doesn’t need to follow my instructions.”
“…!!!”

As everyone’s jaws dropped in shock, SNS naturally erupted in flames.

[Hey
hey!!!]
Haha, oh shit.
[He’s just saying to go easy on Jung Da-jun since he’s so young]

Receiving this unexpected mercy(?), Jung Da-jun sat basking in the fan’s breeze and muttered blankly.

“…So I was able to escape because I’m a destroyer?”
“….”
“Then all the suffering I’ve endured until now…?”
“I regret not catching on sooner.”

At the irritating remark, Jung Da-jun’s face puffed up like a red balloon, but Seo Ho-yoon paid no mind.
Just then, Kang Yi-chae—today’s greatest victim, who had been forced to eat bizarre food and performed the relay dance over ten times—shot up with a face flushed red and blue.

Smack!!

“Kang! Yi! Chae! I have a question!”
“Go ahead.”
“I’m only two years older than the maknae!!”

Watching Kang Yi-chae bristle with indignation, Seo Ho-yoon lifted one corner of his mouth into a smile.
Truthfully, bringing Jung Da-jun forward was half out of a desire to let him rest, and half out of a deliberate scheme to get under Kang Yi-chae’s skin.
Having successfully scratched that cunning fox’s nerves, Seo Ho-yoon let out a deep sigh as if to say, “See?”

“What a shame.”
“…?”
“Kang Yi-chae, if only you’d been born two years later. Then you might have received my attention.”

[hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha oh hahahahahaha]
Wow, there’s something about Seo Ho-yoon that really gets under your skin lolololol
Kang Yi-chae is seriously pissed off lol

“Stop nitpicking. Kang Yi-chae, perform a cute and sexy dance.”
“….”
“Now!!”

Having sent Kang Yi-chae to his doom, Seo Ho-yoon turned his gaze to Sung Ji-won.
Even for someone as dedicated to practice as he was, the relentless drilling had clearly taken its toll—sweat trickled down Sung Ji-won’s pale cheeks.
Seeing him like that, Seo Ho-yoon spoke gently.

“Sung Ji-won.”
“…Yes.”
“You should also reconsider your over-immersion.”
“…Excuse me??”
“…Wait, are you discriminating?”
“Don’t use informal speech. Kim Sung-hyun, perform a cute and sexy dance!”

Kim Sung-hyun attempted to stop another round of discrimination with his trembling body, but it was futile.
Seo Ho-yoon turned his gaze away from Kim Sung-hyun, who had taken a spot next to the fuming Kang Yi-chae and begun waving with gritted teeth, and smiled faintly.

“Sung Ji-won, you can regress, can’t you? You have the ability to escape this scenario, to turn back time.”

Seeing Sung Ji-won’s eyes flutter rapidly in bewilderment, Seo Ho-yoon gestured to Lee Ji-hyun, and soon a Planning Team staff member held up a sketchbook with writing on it.

“…!!”

Sung Ji-won, who by now barely reacted to anything, found his words catching in his throat.

“Really…?”
“Yes. Do you happen to know? I might treat you the same way I treat Jung Da-jun.”
“Wow, this guy really plays favorites….”

Kang Yi-chae, who had just finished dancing and was swallowing back a stream of curses, scrunched his face in displeasure.
Sung Ji-won knew Seo Ho-yoon’s nature well enough that his sweetly spoken words felt like whispers from the devil, leaving him in continued deliberation.

‘…Is he serious?’

Yet on the other hand, he was aware that Seo Ho-yoon hadn’t been particularly harsh with him either, so it felt wasteful to simply let it slide.
Watching Jung Da-jun cool himself down by holding his mouth to the fan and making “ahhh” sounds made it all the more so.
After a moment had passed, Sung Ji-won, having made his resolve, squeezed his eyes shut.

“T-time to….”

Sung Ji-won really wanted to stop acting cute and doing sexy dances.

“―The one who turns back time!!!
1)
”

—The one who turns back,
back…
back…
back…
back….

It felt as though an echo was reverberating through the room.

“….”
“….”
“….”
“….”

But nothing happened.

Whirr, whirr…. Bzzzzzz….

In the stunned silence, only the sound of the fan spinning in Jung Da-jun’s hands could be heard.
After a long pause with no response, Sung Ji-won opened his tightly shut eyes in confusion, only to find Seo Ho-yoon’s expressionless face staring back at him while everyone else stood frozen in shock.

“Yes, I saw it all.”

And he twisted his mouth into a crooked smile.

“Did you really believe my words so naively, Sung Ji-won?”
“….”
“For falling for it so easily—sexy dance time.”

In one small corner of Seo Ho-yoon’s heart, the lingering resentment from that Christmas still remained intact.

1) Reference: SBS Entertainment Program Running Man (2010.07.11.~) Christmas Special Psychic Edition (Episode 74).

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