Top Girl Group Scenario Rewritten with My Own Hands - Chapter 87

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Episode 87
뽀 @Jaei10_15
Going to throw the opening pitch for Lotte, I’m so hyped
(Univers comment screenshot)
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뽀 @Jaei10_15
Thank you to Lotte Giants for the opening pitch. Fighting for the postseason!
야구좀잘하자 @rottiyagu19
Thank you, but our Lotte hasn’t confirmed postseason yet ㅠ,,,,,,,,
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뽀 @Jaei10_15
Thank you to Lotte Giants for the opening pitch…(more)
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뽀 @Jaei10_15
Oh my, I’m so sorry. I really hope Lotte Giants makes it to the postseason
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야구좀잘하자 @rottiyagu19
Thank you, but our Lotte still hasn’t…(more)
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EVERGREAT @EVERGREAT_Official
Evergreat’s first university festival, burning hot with the enthusiasm of Moon Sung University students🔥
Thank you for enjoying it with us💖
(Group photo in festival outfit)
𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕪 𝕠𝕟 @focusmyon
2×0921 Seo Jung Arts University festival
Wow, Seo Jung Arts University student Seo Ji-on really exists
(self-introduction video)
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“…Why does everyone look like they’re half-dead?”
“Quiet. We just got back from pre-recorded content….”
“Wow, your fans must be really struggling more than you guys.”
“During the pre-recorded shoot, people asked if a lot of Rhythmic Gymnastics fans were doing double takes….”
So that was why everyone looked like the walking dead—Han Jeong-yeon and Daylight had just come from a pre-recorded shoot.
Daylight had moved their comeback date up, so their ASchamp recording and music show pre-recorded schedules completely overlapped.
Well, we’re heading down to Busan tomorrow at 2 PM for the Lotte opening pitch….
And our stamina’s taken a hit from comeback prep and doing the university festival.
“Still, I look less like a zombie than you, don’t I?”
“Stop, be quiet….”
“Use nice words.”
“I just did change it…?!”
“That’s exactly why you should use nice words from the start.”
My condition really does look better than Han Jeong-yeon’s.
Not that there’s much difference, but….
Han Jeong-yeon, sprawled in the corner and staring at me, decided to shift the blame onto me.
“I didn’t decide to move up the comeback just because you said something.”
“Haha, that was your choice.”
Who was it that said facing Evergreat or Ashcode head-on felt too risky, so they’d move their comeback up on their own?
I didn’t add a single word to Daylight’s comeback schedule. Really.
All I did was mention that our comeback was the second week of October. And Ashcode’s comeback too.
Surely that’s the kind of information two regressors in the same situation can roughly share with each other.
If I say I didn’t deliberately engineer the effect of them moving their comeback up…, well, that would be a lie.
But it was Han Jeong-yeon who moved the comeback up before I opened my mouth. I’m truly not responsible.
“Go see the fans. Stop talking nonsense about not being able to do archery.”
“Huh, wait—are we actually good at archery? Hold on, what team are we up against?”
“…Did I say something wrong?”
“Thanks for the intel. You guys still have your touch.”
“In this condition, I don’t know myself.”
“Yeah, thanks for the info.”
…Did I go a bit overboard just now?
I was trying to tease Han Jeong-yeon, who was doing a lying-down broadcast for ASchamp despite the stamina issue, but I think I took it too far.
But how much could revealing one piece of information change the outcome anyway? Besides, ASchamp is an athletic competition—it’s even harder to change results arbitrarily.
Han Jeong-yeon just obtained information that our members are actually pretty good at archery….
ASchamp proceeded without any surprises.
After easing Ju Hye-rin’s nerves, she took the gold medal in Rhythmic Gymnastics with overwhelming performance just like the first time, and the rest of the events followed a smooth, unremarkable flow.
But there was one thing—archery.
“I said I’d probably shoot all tens, didn’t I?”
“Wow, how did you know?! I’m shooting a bow for the first time today!”
“…You don’t need to announce that so loudly.”
Anyway, Kang Su-ah did shoot all tens, and it was the same setup where I’d go out as the final archer with the score hanging tight, but.
“Here’s the final arrow. Ji-on of Evergreat, who’s shown quite stable performance so far! If she scores 8 points or more right now, Evergreat advances to the semifinals!”
“The final arrow! …Nine points! Evergreat defeats defending champion Daylight and advances to the semifinal!”
I’ve developed a decent feel for the bow now.
There was even a period where I’d get a bit fired up and practiced archery for hours on end, so I’ve retained some sense in my fingertips.
“You said you probably couldn’t do it, and here you are doing well.”
“Haha, since I’m doing it for the first time, I wasn’t sure. It’s actually more fun than I thought?”
Yeo Eun-jae genuinely marveled at my archery skill (?) and cheered me on to win the gold medal while we were at it.
…But it’s true that fundamentally my stability wasn’t great, so.
We lost in the semifinals, but finished ASchamp smoothly with comments about fighting well.
Oh, by the way, the Jacks game happened with Hyun Jae-yi bringing Lee Han-byul and the maknae from Daylight, and somehow it managed to proceed.
This time a few members of Ashcode got involved too, and I’m pretty relieved that the toxic people who’d been spouting nonsense about conflict between Evergreat and Ashcode on YouTube Shorts seem to be disappearing a bit.
And here they are saying they did a pre-recorded shoot, did ASchamp, and now they’re playing Jacks because they’re bored…?
Nineteen years old—what kind of stamina is that? No matter how many times I think about it, it’s miraculous.
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Without a chance to rest, Hyun Jae-yi and I left for Busan right after finishing ASchamp.
Sunday, the last weekend of September—before the regular league ended, the Lotte Giants organization invited our Evergreat, specifically Hyun Jae-yi, as the opening pitch thrower for their last home game of the season.
The very last home game of the season is on a weekday, so apparently today would have the most people. Or so Hyun Jae-yi said.
I heard they haven’t confirmed playoff entry yet…. I don’t know much, but Hyun Jae-yi probably knows better.
“The atmosphere must be insane?”
“Super intense! Right now they’re deciding whether they even go to the postseason and what rank they’ll finish!”
She’d kept track of the baseball standings consistently despite being so busy. She really loves baseball….
Hyun Jae-yi, quite animated, briefed me on a few pointers for the baseball stadium.
First, always watch out for foul balls. Second, focus on the Lotte game. Third, even if you’re tired, don’t show it and cheer hard for Lotte.
“Honestly, there are a lot of Lotte fans who don’t really welcome idol opening pitches? They say it just creates friction.”
“Really?”
“Yeah! So even if our team has a good image, if we do one thing wrong at the stadium, our whole image could flip. Total caution. And absolutely cheer for Lotte. If they win today, they confirm the Semi-playoff, and if they lose, they might go to Wild card!”
Oh, I didn’t really understand what that meant.
I only caught that they need to win and we should cheer hard for Lotte….
“So basically, they need to win?”
“You understood perfectly, unnie.”
What rank was Lotte in at that time, anyway?
It seems like Hyun Jae-yi must have gotten pretty hyped about it, but I can’t remember—which means either she didn’t make a huge fuss or the bad news piled up so she didn’t have the energy to. One or the other.
Not that remembering would let me do anything anyway.
Fighting for Lotte. Fans kept saying Evergreat was their lucky charm and to come by whenever possible.
This is the time to believe in superstition…. Lucky charm, I wish I could actually be that!
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Mom, I’m sorry. Mom, your daughter’s become someone who suddenly goes to Busan to see an idol….
A college student silently begged her parents for forgiveness.
Yesterday was the ASchamp shooting in Ilsan, today Evergreat’s opening pitch in Busan.
Hyun Jae-yi’s home master, account name ‘EZ’ (nicknamed EZ), suddenly felt a wave of reality hit.
You came of your own will, right? You still love Jae-yi, right?
If people ask you like that, there’s really nothing you can say….
And when rumors about Jae-yi throwing the opening pitch spread, ticketing for Sajik Stadium—which has been crazy brutal lately—became several slots, and she managed to grab a good seat.
And somehow she ended up with consecutive seating….
– Ppeu: Where are you right now, Ji?
– Ppeu: I just arrived at Busan Station
When news spread that Seo Ji-on would do the ceremonial catch, she naturally found someone to come along from among her Evergreat home master fan friends.
“Wow, we’re seeing each other again today.”
“Right? We really are seeing each other again.”
“Yesterday was Ilsan.”
“Ah, that topic is banned. I’m getting hit with reality.”
“Tch, you’re still not doing the full home master thing.”
The two of them, who’d met in Ilsan yesterday and spent the whole day rotting away at the Gymnasium, naturally shifted the conversation as they talked about Evergreat.
“But I didn’t know Hye-rin was that good. I only knew she was a national team member…. Really, how does she make it look that easy?”
“My friend has liked Hye-rin since her figure skating days, and they said it was the dignity of national team selection—like, she’s a national team member, so of course she’d do that much, right?”
For instance, the story of Hye-rin, who won gold in Rhythmic Gymnastics yesterday.
“The archery members’ visuals are insane too….”
“I agree, really agree.”
“I think the community went crazy over Ji-on on the scoreboard. Did you see?”
“Of course I saw it. Ah, my girl finally getting some recognition from the world for how talented she is makes my heart feel so good.”
About the archery members’ visual close-up shots that shook the internet hot boards yesterday afternoon.
As they shared such talk and headed toward the baseball stadium, before long they’d arrived right in front of Sajik Stadium.
The college student’s reality check had long since vanished. Like yesterday, once you dive into deep fan talk with someone, this kind of reality check disappears quickly.
I thought I was the only one obsessing, but it turns out others are obsessing just the same? So good!
And they even came to Busan with me—a fan friend?
Really, that’s the best!
Unlike being steeeped in reality after arriving in Busan, the college student, who was quite thorough in her preparation, pulled out a Lotte uniform she’d prepared in advance and changed into it by the time they reached the stadium.
Her companion, Ji-on’s home master Ppeu, had also sourced a Lotte uniform from somewhere.
Neither of them knew baseball that well, but they weren’t unaware of how hot Lotte’s fan atmosphere had become on the internet lately.
With the rank battle going on right now, they had to put in at least this much effort to avoid standing out as idol fans and drawing attention…!
(Though they’d bought it secondhand, so it was cheaper than retail price.)
The atmosphere at Sajik Stadium was similar to a few minutes before an idol concert starts. Or maybe even a bit more fervent….
According to other girl fans, the opening pitch and ceremonial catch were really just for a moment, and the real deal was watching baseball from the table seats.
(But since it’s Lotte, it’s better to participate enthusiastically in the cheering if possible.)
“I introduce today’s opening pitch thrower! A longtime Lotte Giants Junior Member, true fan—Hyun Jae-yi of idol group Evergreat will throw the opening pitch, and the group’s leader Ji-on will perform the ceremonial catch!”
Just before the game started, with the stadium announcer’s booming introduction, the college student, along with the Hyun Jae-yi and Ji-on she’d been waiting for, took the field.
“Hello! I’m Hyun Jae-yi, a 10-year true fan of the Lotte Giants, and a member of Evergreat! Today I want Lotte to definitely win, make the third seed and go to the postseason with joy and style! I really hope you win the championship! Lotte Giants, fighting!”
The Hyun Jae-yi caught in the lens looked so delighted she didn’t know what to do with herself.
It showed so well in her voice and her face.
In that moment, all of the college student’s reality check evaporated!
Hyun Jae-yi is a super idol, a professional idol, but…. it’s not often you see her smile so happily in a different field like this that she loves!
And then the game began.
After quietly getting through the top of the first, the Lotte Giants’ turn to bat in the bottom of the first.
The leadoff batter swung at the very first pitch and sent it over the wall!
Today’s feeling was good. I had a feeling Evergreat could pull off the lucky charm again today!
Rewriting the Top Girl Group Scenario with My Own Hands
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: Nam Seo-rang
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: May 21, 2026
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