The Trashy PD Has To Survive as an Idol - Chapter 185

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185

“Ahhhhh!!”

Right up until the concert, the fandom buzzed with countless worries.

First, they were still rookies.
With so few songs, the concert would be painfully short.
Dae Pa-sung had a notorious reputation for poor management—no one knew if they could properly control the crowd.
Whether The Dun possessed the skill and capability to carry a concert remained a mystery… and so on.

Their affection was tempered by anxiety, leaving everyone restless, but the moment they saw the massive poster hanging outside the stadium that day, their hearts raced wildly.

“Kang! Yi! Chae!!”

College student Noel felt euphoric, her body practically bouncing with excitement.
She’d fallen for Kang Yi-chae after witnessing him rap like a madman on Kill The Lights, and though her fan career was relatively short, she’d gambled her year-end savings to join the official fan club and managed to snag a concert ticket.

“Yi-chae, I did it…!”

Throughout college, she thought her only talent was the ability to move faster than others—reflexes sharp as light itself to secure divine schedules—but she never imagined that skill would prove useful here.
Since all her friends had failed to get tickets, she’d be attending her first concert alone, and The Dun’s first concert as well, but she was already fully prepared to enjoy every second.

As she approached the entrance, the crowd grew denser.
Queues for concert merchandise and those who’d missed the ticket lottery but hoped to at least capture some photos filled the space.
Witnessing The Dun’s popularity firsthand, college student Noel felt her chest swell with emotion.
After successfully entering the standing section, she gazed at the stage so close she could almost touch it and silently cheered.

‘Insane! I can practically see his pores!’

She clasped her hands together tightly.

‘Please, gods above, let Kang Yi-chae look even more stunning in person…’

The college student fan had such firmly established tastes that even she recognized it herself.
Having steeled herself to thoroughly enjoy the performance, she fantasized about the fan service moments from other singers’ concerts that often appeared on YouTube, then shook her head with a wry smile.
Even she knew the odds were as slim as winning the lottery,

‘Kang Yi-chae’s mere existence is more than enough. Yeah.’

The moment she nodded and turned her gaze toward the stage, the lights gradually dimmed and an announcement signaling the concert’s start echoed through the venue.
Then the intro beat flowed out.

【♩, ♪, ♫, ♬】

The sharp, staccato melody triggered a wave of screams from the fans who instantly recognized the concert was beginning, filling the entire stadium.
A VCR appeared on stage.
It was Seo Ho-yoon gazing at the moonlight with glistening eyes, then slowly lifting his head. Next came Kim Sung-hyun, Sung Ji-won, Kang Yi-chae, and Jung Da-jun in succession, each crossing the frame as the moon completed its cycle and turned a deep crimson before The Dun’s silhouette was consumed by darkness.

【Drrrrr-!】

【Drrrrr—-!】

Simultaneously, the laser lights that had been spreading in all directions stopped, and with a thunderous boom, the screen went black.

THE DAWN

And so The Dun’s first concert officially began.

【You showed me the way!】

Waaaaaah-!

That’s when Kang Yi-chae’s low, husky voice pierced through the darkness. The crowd erupted in frenzied screams as if all reason had fled their minds.
The lights came back on, and blue lasers enveloped the stage.
As the VCR screen rose upward, The Dun’s members stood atop the lift.

‘Insane, insane, insane!’

The aura radiating from their real presence was far more overwhelming than anything seen through a screen.
While the college student Noel, her gaze fixed on Kang Yi-chae, was overwhelmed by his far more masculine and striking real-life presence, Seo Ho-yoon’s face filled the large display screen.

“Ahhhhhhh!! You crazy bastard!!!”

‘Wow… Seo Ho-yoon’s face, damn….’

Standing at center stage, Seo Ho-yoon made eye contact with the camera, then lifted the corners of his mouth ever so slightly before letting it fall.
The fans’ roar grew even louder.

【Drrrrr- You showed me the way!】

The lift descended slowly, and the highly anticipated opening song, Kismet, began.

【Lift your head and open your eyes from the dust!】

Most of the fans were hearing The Dun’s live performance for the first time, so everyone’s eyes widened in amazement.
The college student Noel was no exception.

‘Wow, they really brought it live.’

When Noel fans who had attended Shining Star or music broadcasts had praised them endlessly, I felt nothing, but hearing them in person—watching them execute fierce choreography while their rich vocal power made my eardrums melt—was something else entirely.

The punchy sound combined with dazzling visual effects.
Since The Dun belonged to a mid-sized entertainment company and this concert was a bonus feature of Shining Star Season 2, the Noel fans had cautioned each other not to expect too much, but they were pleasantly blindsided and couldn’t recover their composure.
Most of all.

‘Are these guys’ faces insane?’

The members’ visuals were incredible.
As a college student, I was only for Kang Yi-chae, but even so, Seo Ho-yoon made me wonder what career he’d have pursued if he hadn’t become an idol. Every time he appeared on the screen, massive cheers erupted.

【You showed me the way
Now I’ll become the light and show you】

As if to show that ‘this is what The Dawn is like.’, when Kismet ended, Kill the Lights and Phantom Reincarnation continued with the Malamat combo.
Even better, subtle changes in lyrics, beats, formations, and choreography for each stage kept the performance fresh and engaging.
During Phantom Reincarnation, where Jung Da-jun had made a major mistake, they threw caution to the wind and delivered an absolutely wild performance, flying across the stage with explosive energy.

“oh my god….”

Even though the choreography was planned in detail as if breaking up the beat, they did not miss a single breath, beat, facial expression, song, or anything else.
Bound tight with tension and fighting spirit, The Dun’s fierce presence sent the fans’ cheers soaring higher and higher as time went on.

“Huh… Huh….”

A few more songs passed, and then the singing stopped.
After a few more songs, the music finally stopped.

Jeong Da-jun squatted down and took a deep breath, then stood up shaking his butt. Seo Ho-yoon was also breathing heavily. When he took a gulp of water and rubbed the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand, another small cheer rose and died down.
Jung Da-jun crouched down, breathing heavily, then brushed himself off and stood up. Seo Ho-yoon’s breathing was equally ragged. When he gulped down water and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, another small cheer erupted and faded away.

“One, two, three!”
“One, two, three!”

Looking at them standing in an orderly manner, it seemed like they were in the same group and had a similar atmosphere, but their faces were clearly different. Next to me, I heard another Noeul frantically muttering, ‘Baskin

As soon as the greeting was over, Jeong Da-jun collapsed on the floor.

“I wonder if concerts are actually like this….”

Seo Ho-yoon, who saw his youngest child dying from exhaustion, laughed and poked his cheek with his finger.

“Now, there are a lot of stages I haven’t seen yet.”

Seong Ji-won rolled the corner of his eyes and helped Jeong Da-jun stand up, and it felt as if flower petals were only fluttering around him.

“It’s a fan song we released around this time last year.”
“This is the fan song we released around this time last year.”
“That’s right! When Ho-yoon was filming that drama.”

Fans screamed at the message introducing the next song.
At the introduction to the next song, the fans erupted in screams.

“Do you want to go to prom with me?”

As soon as the song started, the members each took out a flower from inside their leather jackets.
As the song began, the members pulled out a single flower from inside their leather jackets.

【I tried talking to you, but you’re being harsh again today.
【I tried talking to you, but you’re prickly again today
Still, there’s something good about it

Seo Ho-yoon smiled and sang his part while putting a flower next to his ear. And he even waved his hand at the sunset and made eye contact as much as possible.

The first verse was lightly choreographed, but in the second verse, everyone freely ran around the stage and greeted the fans.

【Ah- babe please answer me

The members’ voices came together in the chorus, and the fans, who waved their hands steadily, also sang along.

【Will you go to Prom with me?

Noeul, a college student who was mindlessly following the flow of the concert in the standing room, looked like she was about to faint when she saw Kang Yi-chae gradually approaching.

‘Aren’t you crazy??’

He was swept away by the fans nearby and stretched out his hand, which he could not reach.

‘zone! well!’

As he was shaking left and right and screaming, his eyes met directly with Kang Yi-chae.
She swayed wildly side to side and screamed, when her eyes met Kang Yi-chae’s directly.

【Ah, I know I shouldn’t do this.
【Ah, I know I shouldn’t do this

And isn’t he waving his hand towards himself?!
And then—wasn’t he waving his hand toward her?!
Even as her mind went blank, she had a sudden instinct that if she missed this moment, she’d regret it for the rest of her life.
College student Noel widened her eyes and lifted her head.

【I want to hold you passionately and pour out those words
【I want to hold you passionately and pour out such words

The image was captured on the electronic screen, and the fans’ screams pierced the sky.

‘Fuck!!!!’

I couldn’t bear to say it out loud, so I cursed a lot because I just liked it on the inside, but Kang I-chae pointed out Noeul, a college student, and sang.

【I want to look good to you, I.】

“Wow!! It’s crazy, fuck!!”

My will to hold back from cursing was gone in 3 seconds.
My resolve to hold back the cursing crumbled in three seconds flat.

“Lee Chae!! I love you!!!”

Kang Yi-chae coolly turned around and went up to the stage.

【Say Yes!
Will you go to Prom with me!

After the performance of ‘Will you go to Prom with me?’, which made the hearts of the sunset people feel like spring, everyone at The Dawn took off their jackets and threw them on one side of the stage, probably because it was hot.
After the performance of “Will you go to Prom with me?” ended—a song that stirred the hearts of the Noeul fans like a gentle spring breeze—all of The Dun seemed overheated and tossed their jackets to one side of the stage.

“It’s really cheap….”
“They’re genuinely so damn attractive….”

This was the reaction of the fans seen on the electronic display screen, and the sunset seen from the stands in front of them was almost fainting.

“I was worried that it might not be enough as it was my first time performing on stage….”

Even before Seong Ji-won, who carefully opened his mouth, could finish speaking, a voice burst out from the audience.

“It was perfect, Jiwon!!!!!”
“It was perfect, Ji-wooooon!!!!!”

His vocal skills were good enough to seriously consider becoming a vocalist. The four members held back their laughter with flushed faces as they ran around the stage.
It was vocal quality worthy of seriously considering a career as a professional singer. The four members, flushed from running around the stage, suppressed their laughter.

“Next… um, it’s a song filled with our memories.”

Seong Ji-won continued the introduction.

“It is also a song that was briefly considered as the title song while preparing for a comeback after Hoyun joined the group.”

Jeong Da-jun also responded with a bright smile.

“The more I hear about it, the better it seems! It makes me want to eat fruit!”

Fans were very happy with the idea that the unfamiliar behind-the-scenes story was revealed and that new songs were being performed only here. If it was to be discussed as a title, I was excited with anticipation because it meant that the quality was guaranteed to be at least as good as Second Chance.

“This is the song the company gave us Lee Chae before she started composing, right?”
“It’s a song our Agency gave us before Yi-chae started composing, right?”

While listening to the conversation between Seong Ji-won and Jeong Da-jun, Kim Seong-hyun let out a small breath.

“Then, here’s the announcement.”

And a song with a soft melody mixed with EDM flowed.

‘green onion… , green onion… Parachute??’

However, it was said that Parachute was a song created by Kang Yi-chae in just a few tens of minutes while filming a reality TV show.
But Kang Yi-chae had said that Parachute was a song he’d created in just minutes while filming a reality show.

Kang Yi-chae came running out from behind wearing a hat that looked like a mango.

“Aaaahhh!!!”

In addition, he tossed his hat to the members.
He tossed hats to the members in quick succession.

“It’s not a parachute.”

【—Pop pop pop like a pineapple!】

“It’s ‘a mess.’”

This was the emergence of ‘Manmangmang’ for concerts.

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