Top Girl Group Scenario Rewritten with My Own Hands - Chapter 104

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Episode 104
“Oh no, we’re going to win.”
“Nope, Evergreat will.”
Ever since we first met, I’d kept thinking it—why does Han Jung-yeon grow more childish with each passing day?
Or was she always like this? Was her concept always this way……?
Han Jung-yeon laughed with an expression brimming with mischief, and today she struck me as particularly irritating.
I’d never explicitly told Han Jung-yeon about the next mission. Just because we’d come to know each other’s secrets didn’t mean we needed to share everything. She’d never asked me further about the mission either.
As I tilted my head and turned my gaze away from Han Jung-yeon, my eyes met those of a member from Ashcode who’d been staring at me.
Those bright, sparkling eyes—I’d seen that look somewhere before…….
“Um, senior……!”
“Oh, yes.”
“Did you do the arrangement for this performance too?”
“Actually, our debut dates are almost identical, so you don’t need to call me senior. I’m probably younger than you. You can just call me sister……. And yes, I did the arrangement.”
“Then I’ll call you Ji-on! Your stage was really amazing……!”
“Haha, thank you.”
Though I didn’t know her well, she seemed like a character brimming with genuine passion.
Before I knew it, I’d struck up conversations with several members of Ashcode and was chatting away, and then Pale Heart’s stage came up.
To be honest, I didn’t retain much from Pale Heart’s performance.
To put it kindly, they’d all done reasonably well, but frankly, they’d failed to highlight their strengths, and there was no real charm to speak of.
While they managed to react well enough to avoid being called out on broadcast, the truth was they lacked wow factor and didn’t demonstrate a strong understanding of their concept.
Only the main vocalist, Lee Seo-young, stuck out to me—someone I’d been half-forced to exchange numbers with thanks to Yeo Eun-jae’s well-connected nature at the year-end joint concert.
The next performance by Daylight was so devastatingly brilliant that it pushed Pale Heart even further from my memory.
Idea
Breathtakingly beautiful
My Idea
These guys brought their debut track.
Instead of going with the crowd-friendly route that Han Jung-yeon had actively shaped, they’d chosen to focus on their own unique performance and worldview.
I’d expected their introductory stage to be the more public-friendly “Aurora,” but they completely defied my assumption.
“Idea” hadn’t achieved mainstream popularity due to its heavy beat, but it was the track that solidified Daylight’s core fanbase.
It felt like the first anchor point that kept the fandom gathered through the Dream Girls Project from scattering.
I didn’t know much about Daylight before the regression. But the fact that I have some memory of hearing this track before suggests it likely wasn’t a new title before the regression either.
I’ll have to ask Han Jung-yeon about that later. I don’t know the team Daylight all that well…….
Still, even without knowing that, their performance came across with such directness that it captured my attention.
Burgundy-colored dress costumes, a tightly packed stage filled by nine members, varied formations, and each member’s impressive concept understanding and stage command—there wasn’t a single gap to be found.
‘So they really are a survival show group.’
Survival groups typically gather members who excel at self-promotion and have a sense of what concept suits them.
Otherwise, it’s impossible to make it through a survival show.
I understand that Daylight’s concept selection and stage work heavily incorporate all the members’ input.
That experience clearly shows.
Especially with Han Jung-yeon. You can tell she was forced to endure a survival show for an extended period.
Her concept comprehension is frighteningly high, and she knows how to use her face well…….
Off stage she has the innocent impression of a rabbit, but on stage she creates an impression of charisma and chill. That’s exactly why she was the survival champion but not her group’s center.
…It’s a bit unsettling, actually.
No matter how I think about it, the biggest variable in this mission seems to be Daylight—with their solid fanbase, crowd-pleasing tracks, and strong execution.
I never thought we’d waltz away with the win, but we’ve definitely encountered a formidable opponent.
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After all the performers had finished, each participating group moved to their waiting rooms to begin voting for the final evaluation.
The structure allowed each group to cast one vote each to three teams they thought performed well, and one negative vote to a team they thought didn’t.
“First, we should vote for ourselves.”
One of Evergreat’s three allotted votes went to us.
Objectively, we’d been among the top two strongest performers out of seven teams, and subjectively, we were the group that had prepared most thoroughly.
“Daylight was great too. I’m not saying this just because we’re friendly…….”
“Oh, me too—Daylight.”
“I don’t think this one will be controversial. I’m voting Daylight.”
The second vote went unanimously to Daylight from all six members.
Their stage quality had been exceptional, and they’d made an excellent impression.
The most divided opinion was on the final vote.
“I’m voting for Rain Kids. They were really cool?”
Kang Su-ah wanted to vote for Rain Kids, who’d performed last.
You could see the experience—or perhaps the seasoning—in their performance. They clearly had done many shows.
Maybe it was because they had a solid fanbase and enough overseas fans to support a touring schedule.
Rain Kids, who had higher buzz within idol fandoms than among the general public, took the stage with their most recent comeback—a heavy hip-hop beat track.
“I thought Liliiel’s seniors’ stage was great. The song was beautiful and the seniors performed so well…….”
Lee Han-byul’s pick was Liliiel. While every other team except Evergreat was using heavy beats, Liliiel alone stuck to a fresh, innocent concept, which appealed to Han-byul.
Indeed, Liliiel had brought their signature light and refreshing song to their introductory stage.
Overall, their easygoing vocals and beat, plus their mainstream concept, set them apart from the other teams.
“We’re split on opinions. What should we do? Vote?”
“I think that’d be best.”
“Since this goes out under our team name and which team we voted for gets revealed on broadcast anyway……. Let’s think about that and vote.”
After some brief discussion, Evergreat ultimately settled on Rain Kids as our vote.
The negative vote came quickly without much debate—Bellier was confirmed.
After all groups had finished voting and we returned to the stage to announce the results, the revealed voting tally didn’t deviate much from our expectations.
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[180-Second Introductory Stage Self-Evaluation Rankings]
1 – Daylight (6, X)
1 – Evergreat (6, X)
3 – Rain Kids (3, X)
4 – Liliiel (2, X)
5 – Ashcode (2, -1)
6 – Pale Heart (1, -1)
7 – Bellier (1, -5)
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Bellier, who’d received a flood of negative votes; Pale Heart, who’d failed to stand out; and Ashcode, whose absolute skill fell a bit short—these three occupied the lower tiers.
Rain Kids and Liliiel, who’d leveraged their strengths soundly without negative votes, held the middle positions.
“Wow, Daylight and Evergreat tied with 6 votes……?”
“Both teams got votes from almost every other team.”
“Crazy…….”
“But I kind of expected it. You both did so well.”
“You really did…….”
And without dissent, at the very top—Daylight and Evergreat, who’d received near-universal support.
Among the groups gathered on stage for the rankings announcement, murmurs rippled through. While everyone had some expectation, nobody quite thought the gap to the middle tier would be this stark.
“Daylight and Evergreat, Evergreat and Daylight—both teams have achieved joint first place in this introductory stage evaluation.”
MC Ji Cheong-yeon, who’d been watching the scene unfold with interest, stepped in to clarify the situation.
“Evergreat’s leader, Ji-on.”
“Yes.”
“In the pre-interview, you named Daylight as the group you see as a rival. Now, both teams have received the highest ranking in the first stage. How does that feel?”
Well, I knew this question was coming. It felt inevitable the moment the rankings were announced, but with identical votes, it was practically a sure thing.
V-Net had made it abundantly clear in the pre-interview that they wanted to stoke rivalry. I was glad we’d coordinated with Han Jung-yeon beforehand to some degree.
“First of all, Daylight…, Han Jung-yeon really performed well.”
“Ah, so I didn’t stand out?”
“No.”
“Oh.”
“Of course, I’m just joking. You did great too, Eun-jae.”
“What…….”
The laughter in my voice made all the idols around me laugh.
I took Yeo Eun-jae’s teasing comment in stride with humor (probably for broadcast material?), and continued speaking slowly.
“We said we came here to win ‘For the Crown,’ and I definitely think Daylight is a team we’ll need to surpass to win. Honestly, they were impressive.”
“So in your assessment, between Evergreat and Daylight today, which group performed better?”
“I’d still say us. I think we performed well enough.”
In a competitive situation, respecting the opponent to this degree is sufficient. Praise them adequately while also asserting our confidence that we can win.
Ji Cheong-yeon then asked Yeo Eun-jae for her thoughts as well, and spoke with a gentle smile.
“The benefit given to the first-place team is the right to prioritize selecting which group you’d like to face in the next mission—the Song Change Mission. But we now have two first-place teams, right?”
Song swap. This was one of the missions we’d anticipated with the members.
It’s a mission that never fails to appear in V-Net’s programming or group survival shows.
“The two first-place teams should each select a group you’d like to swap songs with in the next competition. If there’s no overlap, we’ll proceed as planned. If your selections overlap, we’ll determine priority through a mini-game.”
But wait—there are an odd number of participating groups. How could a song-swapping format even work?
Just as the question rose to the tip of my tongue, Ji Cheong-yeon spoke again.
“After that, the nomination right continues down the rankings in order. The team that remains unselected until the end will……participate in the competition by choosing any song from the other six teams.”
Politely put, but bluntly speaking, that amounts to being treated like an afterthought…….
Evergreat, being first to nominate, would be fine, but the rookie teams with fewer songs would have a rough time.
“Could we be nominated that way too?”
“It seems like we could, but let’s go ahead and do it first, then ask.”
During our brief meeting time, we organized the plan our company had decided on into words suitable for broadcast.
“Evergreat will select as the team to swap songs with in the next competition…….”
– Should we just play along with V-Net?
I’d said this to the members the day after the pre-interview ended.
– They’re trying so hard to push this rivalry angle. I’m thinking we could lean into it as rivals. With whoever.
“We’ve chosen Daylight.”
If we’re going to play along with the broadcast, shouldn’t we get something out of it ourselves?
Ah, I’m already anticipating this.
How heavily V-Net’s survival show editing will emphasize this moment.

Rewriting the Top Girl Group Scenario in My Own Hand
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: Nam Seo-rang
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: May 29, 2026
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