The Trashy PD Has To Survive as an Idol - Chapter 355

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355

Within the K-pop fandom, impressions of The Dun varied widely, yet could be distilled into roughly two categories.

A group that primarily played among themselves.
Handsome, but strange guys.

Publicly, Seo Ho-yoon was known to be close with Joo Woo-sung and Min Ji-heon, and Kang Yi-chae was also recognized as being on intimate terms with Blue Tiger, yet in reality, they spent roughly 348 out of 365 days circulating only within The Dun.
Particularly, this aspect subtly surfaced in the Level S2 dance challenge videos that spread across TikTok and YouTube Shorts.

[Jung Da-jun’s dancing is insane lol]

The Dun’s maknae, Jung Da-jun—who seemed like the human embodiment of “cheerfulness” and remained bright-eyed only while dancing in sync with other idol groups—was repeatedly caught bowing at a ninety-degree angle with an awkward expression the moment it ended.

[Jung Da-jun is so interesting though…
Inside the group he’s still like a 21-month-old baby being fed
Outside the group he suddenly becomes a cold-faced pretty boy

[UNTRANSLATED LINE 23]
└└What?
└└Yeah, last time at the music show when another idol group was filming a vlog, the waiting room was briefly visible lol
Male idols his age trying to network seemed annoyed when approaching Jung Da-jun
It seemed like he found it annoying when male idols around his age kept approaching Jung Da-jun under the pretense of building connections.
└└Real talk, this guy now knows everything and has become cynical… seems like he mostly learned the bad habits from his hyungs though…
Please take good care of our baby puppy…]

Even Jeong Da-jun, who liked people, started hanging around in the group at some point.
And the other members weren’t much different either.

[The youngest came forward to give a serious presentation at the meeting, but when he saw Lee Chae’s face, he suddenly burst out laughing.
It’s so baseless, he just laughs it off completely
Even Yi-chae was spinning a pen with a blank expression, but when he saw Da-jun he cracked up and collapsed, whimpering…
What’s with these two, why are they like this…]
[What did you two communicate behind my back…]
[These days they just make eye contact and start laughing…]

[But really, when the two of us face each other and do the choreography of holding hands in this Level S2 program, our babies don’t waver at all and look like they’re correct.

└└Did you see that fancam? The kids are laughing when the camera doesn’t catch them because they’re turning around.
└└Did you see the fancam? When they turned their bodies away from the camera, the kids were holding back their laughter

So, even a small gap could have been greatly exaggerated and rumors of discord could easily have spread.
Perhaps that’s precisely why even the smallest gaps could be exaggerated into major discord rumors that spread so easily.

[It was strange that there were rumors of a feud between them in the first place]
[It was actually weird that discord rumors even started in the first place]

I could see how comfortable they were with each other just by looking at the chats that Kang I-chae and Jeong Da-jun sometimes posted on UseVerse, or even the rare text messages that passed through the camera.

[Rap Machine: Guys~ Gather in the practice room at 5 o’clock!!]
[Rap Machine: Hey guys~ Meet at the practice room at 5!]
[Conscienceless: OK]
[Meatball: Sung Ji-won.. 5 PM right?]
[Me: Hyung, why are you asking that?]
Haha, of course Hyung is coming in the afternoon!
[Rap Machine: Huh? 05 AM]
Me: Uh…
[Maknae: Ugh…]

A message like this.

[Conscienceless: Jeong Da-jun, come back right now]
[Conscienceless: Jung Da-jun, get over here right now]
[Maknae: Brother, please calm down]
Dude, chill out for a sec, Brother.
[Maknae: I’ll come in a bit]
[Maknae has left the chat.]
[Conscienceless: Kang Yi-chae]
[Me: Yi-chae, Yi-chae]
[Meatball: What’s going on?]
[Rap Machine: Da-jun didn’t listen to Ho-yoon and left..]
[Rap Machine: So Yi-chae’s going to go catch him]
[Meatball: Is Kang Yi-chae… Seo Ho-yoon’s Pokémon or something?]

Just look at this content.
Just from content like this.

[UNTRANSLATED LINE 82]
Yi-chae Yi-chae lol so funny hahahahahaha
[Kang Yi-chae saved the name fresh
Sung Ji-won Rap Machine
Kim Sung-hyun Water Dumpling
Jung Da-jun Little Maknae

[Kim Seonghyun’s drip is so hot

└Kim Seong-hyun is my little comedian, really funny]

[No, how does Jiwon see that and translate it haha]

[No, so what happened to the rumor of discord between Lee Chae and Hoyoon??

└Well, they didn’t explain anything… I guess I’ll just do it anyway.]

[The two are close, but what hahaha Seong Ji-won said that Seo Ho-yoon went to the workshop to get some kind of album to give to Kang I-chae as a gift.

[UNTRANSLATED LINE 101]

Contrary to the rumors that were secretly spread, the relationship between Kang Yi-chae and Seo Ho-yoon was not much different from usual. On the contrary, Kang Yi-chae seemed to be more friendly, clinging closely to her.
Contrary to the rumors spreading quietly, Kang Yi-chae and Seo Ho-yoon’s relationship was no different from usual. If anything, Yi-chae seemed to cling more readily and act more affectionately.

【THE DAWN – Solve my code】

Jijijik – A color bar of the screen adjustment time appeared along with noise, and soon The Dawn appeared, engrossed in a game in an arcade filled with purple lights.

【Dungers enjoying light games at the arcade♡】

Everyone was wearing light clothing consisting of windbreakers, sweatshirts, hoodies, and cotton pants or jeans.

[Today, Hoyoon has an official schedule, so he came out wearing white clothes]
[So Ho-yoon wore white clothes today because he has official schedules]

Kim Seong-hyun, who took off his windbreaker and tied it around his waist because it was a little hot, looked at the claw machine and said.

[UNTRANSLATED LINE 119]

[UNTRANSLATED LINE 121]

[UNTRANSLATED LINE 123]

[This guy next to me keeps making sarcasm]

To Seo Ho-yoon, who was snooping around with his arms crossed and blocking his view, he said that he couldn’t see Kim Seong-hyun, but he sighed and shook his head as if he was sorry.

“Baby, you’d rather donate.”
“Kid, you should just donate the money instead.”

[LOL But Kim Seong-Hyun is amazing. He is concentrating even though his face is staring at me like that.]
Hahahahahahaha, but Kim Sung-hyun is amazing. Even though he’s staring so intently like that, I can still focus.

In fact, Seo Ho-yoon’s appearance did not have much influence on Kim Seong-hyun, but his sabotage was very persistent. Because of this, even if you caught the ball chain just in the nick of time, you would often miss it.
In reality, Seo Ho-yoon’s appearance didn’t affect Kim Sung-hyun much, but the sabotage was incredibly persistent. Because of it, I kept almost hooking the cheek chain only to drop it.

“You mean you haven’t picked it yet?”
“You still haven’t grabbed it?”
“Just stay still for a moment.”
“You know, Sung-hyun. It seems like you don’t have the talent for this….”

Even Seong Ji-won, who sang the promotional song Level S2 alone at a coin karaoke room, had an embarrassed smile on his face.
Even Sung Ji-won, who had just come back from belting out Level S2 at the coin karaoke for promotional purposes, wore an awkward smile.

“Hoyoon, do you want to try it? I think you’ll do well.”
“Ho-yoon, want to give it a try? I think you’d be good at it.”

Seo Ho-yoon just rolled his eyes, looked at Seong Ji-won, and then shrugged his shoulders.

“And why spend money on something like this? It’s a waste.”

Everyone in The Dawn was gathered together to watch Kim Seong-hyun wasting money, so Jeong Da-jun, who was squatting nearby, raised his chin and asked Seo Ho-yoon with an innocent face.

“Bro, but can’t the fans do it?”
“Brother, but couldn’t the fans do this too?”

[hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha]
Hahahaha

Seo Ho-yoon ignored the members’ stinging eyes and smiled lightly as he pointed straight at the camera he was in charge of.
Seo Ho-yoon ignored the piercing gazes of his members and stared directly at his assigned camera with a light, carefree smile.
Kang Yi-chae, catching sight of this, raised one corner of his mouth before tapping Kim Sung-hyun as if to say move over. He then took the spot and snatched up a plush toy in one swift motion. Kim Sung-hyun, clutching a rabbit he’d pulled from the dispenser with a somewhat sullen expression, settled into a chair set up in the middle of the arcade. The other members followed suit, taking their seats in the empty spaces around him.
As Kim Sung-hyun turned the item in his hands this way and that, he spotted a zipper running down the back and pulled it open. Several slips of paper came into view.

“Each member of The Dawn has a secret. Through missions, find out your secret code and take first place.”
“Each member of The Dun harbors a secret. Complete missions to discover your secret code and claim first place.”
“It’s my secret, so how am I supposed to not know it? Am I supposed to be playing dumb?”

Seong Ji-won, who received the new note, read it slowly.

“…All members except the first place person will be penalized.”
“…All members except first place will face a penalty.”
“Wow, isn’t that a bit harsh?”

The youngest members were the first to protest and add a word one by one.

“Of course, there are prizes. First place will be given ‘freedom’ to do whatever they want for two weeks.”
“Of course there’s a reward. First place will receive ‘freedom rights’—for two weeks, anything you do will be accepted without question.”
“Even if we don’t clean?”

Jeong Da-jun, who lost his momentum a little at the words of the production team hastily added, said, ‘Then aren’t the rest just slaves? .’ he muttered.
At the production crew’s hastily added explanation, Jung Da-jun’s momentum deflated slightly as he muttered, “So basically, the rest of us are slaves then….”

“Why do you keep looking at me?”
“Why do you keep looking?”
“I’m not looking.”
“When you stare that blatantly, it’s hard for me to pretend not to notice.”

[hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha]
[hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha]
[He’s seriously so annoying]
Look at Kim Sung-hyun’s fist trembling right now lololol

“Okay, then I’ll read the penalty. Umm.”

First, Seong Ji-won, who was scanning the paper down, smiled slightly and continued speaking, ignoring the members’ complaints.

“First of all, our youngest is not allowed to watch dramas for two weeks.”
“First up, our maknae—no drama watching for two weeks.”
“Nooooo!”
“Yi-chae, no gaming for two weeks. That includes IRIX.”
“Nooooo!”
“That’s not so bad.”

[UNTRANSLATED LINE 206]
[Sung Ji-won gives me chills lol
“Practice is gonna go great.”]

The person identified as the party involved screamed, but the others were very calm. He looked like he didn’t care as long as it wasn’t him.

“Seong Ji-won, speaking in a harsh, gangster tone for two weeks. …Huh?”
“Sung Ji-won, you’re speaking in rough, delinquent slang for two weeks. …huh?”

[Ah, Kang Yi-chae, look at how she uses the accent of a gangster hahahaha]
Ah, Kang Yi-chae, look at him right away expressing that thug accent lololololololololol

“Haha, this penalty is a bit difficult….”
“Haha, this punishment’s pretty tough….”
“How is that easy?! That’s not easy at all!!”

As the players gradually became more competitive and their eyes began to flash one by one, Kim Seong-hyun’s penalty was finally revealed.

“…Kim Seong-hyun, tell the members that you love them once a day for two weeks, and kiss them goodnight on the top of their heads every night.”

At the same time, Kang Yi-chae and Jeong Da-jun jumped up and screamed.

“Raise Seonghyun hyung to first place!!”
“Vote Hyun-sung for first place!!”

At the two’s violent reactions, Kim Seong-hyun’s brow furrowed and he growled in the same way.

“Hey! What are you doing?! I don’t want to do this to you either! Me too!!”
“Hey! What’s wrong with you guys?! I don’t want to do it for you either! I don’t!!”
“If you keep doing this, I’m moving out of the dormitory!”
“Seriously! This is unfair!”

[hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha]
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Ah hahahahaha

It suddenly became noisy, like a place where excited apes had gathered. As expected, Seong Ji-won was in charge of calming down the members who were having a hard time calming down and arguing with each other. Dajun Jeong, Seonghyun Kim, and even Ichae Kang paused at the firm voice.

[But why is Seo Ho-yoon so quiet? It’s scary]
[But why is Seo Ho-yoon so quiet? It’s scary]

Seong Ji-won continued talking and glanced at Seo Ho-yoon, who was unusually quiet today.

“Anyway, if you come in first place, you will be given privileges. If you want, you can avoid carrying out other people’s punishment….”

In an instant, their eyes met.
In an instant, their eyes met.

“That’s fun.”

The restless voice also drew the attention of other members towards Seo Ho-yoon. Everyone – except Seong Ji-won – had their thoughts expressed on their faces as if they were unfiltered.
At his ominous tone, the other members’ gazes also turned toward Seo Ho-yoon. All of them—except Sung Ji-won—had their unfiltered thoughts written plainly across their faces.
If they could just eliminate that damned lead vocalist, seal the mouth of terror, and get Kim Sung-hyun to first place, they’d have a peaceful outcome.

“Don’t do it, you will never do it.”

Kim Seong-hyeon, who was the quickest to notice the suspicious vibes, perhaps because he was attacked the most often, was disgusted and tried to dissuade Seo Ho-yoon from doing so.

“hey.”

Without even pretending to hear, Seo Ho-yoon leisurely crossed his legs and leaned closer to Kim Seong-hyun.

“You should prepare lip balm or something good.”

His eyes were deeply bent.

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