A translucent hologram appeared next to Cha Eugene.
[Na: Cha Eugene]
Vocal: B- (B )
(Rap: B )
Dance: S- (S )
Visual: A (S)
Talent: S (EX)
Characteristic: Black hole (S)
I almost cursed.
‘Is this bastard human?’
His dancing had improved again, so he got two S stats. As for his singing, his vocal part had increased recently so it eventually entered the B stat.
And the final nail in the coffin was… his characteristic.
[Black hole (S): Imrsive stage that sucks everything, driving people’s hearts]
– Stage imrsion 150%
As A stat beca S, 150% beca 180%. Characteristics would also evolve.
‘Is it because of that?’
I broke out in a cold sweat.
‘I think I am f*cked no matter what I do.’
I felt like I was reviving my senses from survival for the first ti in a long ti… My survival senses.
‘Did I push forward too hastily just because the fans like it?’
No, let’s calm down.
I didn’t have to leave the group just because my stance was broken after doing a unit with this guy. I would just be a little embarrassed.
‘It’s not like I am trying to press down Cha Eugene, like Keun Sejin.’
Though, I could already see that the fans would struggle to push public opinion with ‘Both of them did a good job’ and Cha Eugene’s solo fans would sneer at and say things like ‘Gomo sucksㅋㅋ’.
And in the end, the image of Park Moondae being good on the stage would suffer…
‘I can’t stand that.’
I couldn’t. I’d double-check to make sure that such a situation didn’t occur.
“Eugene.”
“Yes!”
“Tell all the devices you wanted to use on the unit stage.”
Cha Eugene, who was looking at his smartphone, jumped to his feet. His eyes were sparkling.
[Water! Fireworks! Lights and dancers! And a huge moving structure!]
In other words, he wanted to use everything he had.
“You know that it’s impossible to use all of that budget-wise.”
“I know! But I still really want to use a lot of them! They’re great!”
“Yeah.”
It was true.
The choreography draft and stage setting had already been confird. And a lot of the things Cha Eugene had ntioned were actually used on the stage.
I agreed with Cha Eugene’s claim only in secret, but I was actually aiming for those too.
I wanted the focus to spread throughout the stage thanks to the colorful peripherals.
But I could tell when I checked Cha Eugene’s stat. It was a little superficial.
‘Their focus won’t disperse.’
People would definitely focus on Cha Eugene. The stage setting would only help with it.
I needed a more enforced thod to take away their focus.
The easiest thod was… handling my stats.
‘Status window.’
Let’s check my status window this ti.
[Na: Park Moondae (Ryu Gunwoo)]
Level: 18
Title: None
Vocal: S-
Dance: B
Visual: A-
Talent: A-
Characteristics: Infinite potential, Now that I heard it, it’s true (A), Bacchus 500 (B), and Snatching ears (A)
!Status abnormality: Get the audience or die
Remaining points: 2
I thought my current status window was pretty decent, but after seeing Cha Eugene’s status window, that thought faded a bit.
‘First of all, there are no unique points.’
What’s worth looking at was… the one level-up. And the naturally-increased dance stat.
Perhaps it naturally went up because I kept learning and performing the improvised choreography during the tour schedule.
Then, naturally, what I would do was obvious.
‘I will raise the dance stat from B to A-.’
It was easy to think of it as an efficient way to change the stat grade and a way to catch up with Cha Eugene’s specialty, dance.
But… It felt iffy.
‘Even if I raise it like that, the grade is different from Cha Eugene’s.’
Cha Eugene’s dance stat was S. Since it was a unit stage, even if I mixed it in with an A- stat, we might end up barely matching.
Even if I invested all 2 points and set it to A, it would be the sa. In talent and characteristics, I was way behind.
And this was true no matter where I invested.
‘…Turn the vocal into S ?’
It was a way to make the eyes focus on Cha Eugene, but the ears focus on Park Moondae. It was a bit desperate.
Let’s put it on hold and look at the remaining variables.
‘Hmm.’
I brought pop-ups accumulated through concerts and reality shows.
[Successful performance!]
You deeply impressed the majority of people!
There had been several pop-ups like this, including notifications of reputation renewal.
Most of them gave a moderate amount of characteristic draws, so there were about five draws accumulated.
And it had been proved every ti that the characteristic that ca out was always sothing that could be used in the near future, doubting it more would be embarrassing.
I was almost certain now.
‘Let’s spend all of it.’
Spit out sothing useful.
Let’s start with the low grade.
I ran all the draws that had ‘precious’ and ‘hero’ on them. They were the ones that ca out with B–C grades.
The lever turned and the slot machine flashed.
Papapang!
[‘Soft and cute (B)’ Acquired!]
[‘Angelic Heart (C)’ Acquired!]
[‘Crocodile’s tears (A)’ Acquired!]
[‘Unmoving Heart (B)’ Acquired!]
They were unnecessary and didn’t fit the situation.
‘There’s nothing related to the stage.’
Only the characteristics related to external activities were pouring out.
‘Are you telling to take care of my performance on my own?’
Is it implying that I won’t suffer much damage even if the unit stage is ruined this ti?
I scanned the pop-up window with my head colled down. Then, all of a sudden, I rembered a rather unsettling prediction.
‘Or… Maybe it’s because the ti has co.’
Naturally, the status abnormality would be over soon.
[Get the audience or die]
: If you fail to et more than 200,000 spectators within the ti limit, you will die
The number of people reached: 199,997 / 200,000
There were only three audiences left.
After the encore concert, no, even if it got canceled due to natural disasters, it didn’t matter. With just one stage filled with three spectators, this status abnormality was over.
‘And… I think there will be another s*hitty truth check.’
Considering the past cases, it wouldn’t be strange if it showed soone dying again this ti.
…That ant it could stir up.
So, in order to defend against attitude controversy, characteristics related to external activities appeared…
‘The fact it’s so convincing made this reasoning more unpleasant’
Don't give a disease and dicine[1]Give a disease and then dicine = it’s a proverb aning ‘to give trouble and then pretend to help’. , just don’t show useless sh*t.
I clicked my tongue, but I decided to act rationally for now.
In other words, my characteristic was replaced.
[Characteristic: Now that I heard it, it’s true (A) has been deleted!]
Instead, I added the ‘Unmoving Heart’ characteristic that could be useful. Although it had a lower grade, it was a characteristic that could be used in many ways.
…By the way, the ‘Crocodile’s tears’, which montarily interested because it was grade A, could arouse sympathy by crying pitifully… It was the upward compatibility version of the faucet characteristic.
In other words, it was trash.
‘Done.’
I cracked my neck.
Now, let’s clear out our brains.
There was only one left.
It was a draw lot with an unusual na.
[Draw Legendary Characteristics ☜ Click]
This was the last draw I received after the tour.
Whether in mass-produced sh*tty gas or god gas, it was the rule that having legendary attached to it ant it was sothing good.
In that case, the sa should be true for this obscure ga system.
‘I expect an A grade at least.’
Please let add so stage enhancent features too!
The lever of the holographic slot machine was pulled, and the platinum-colored slots began to spin rapidly.
Brrr–
Amidst countless plausible characteristic nas passing by.
Click.
The slots slowly… stopped.
It was a slot that had never been seen before, shining with a five-colored light.
Papapapapang!!
[Characteristic: ‘Ti of Indulgence (S)’ Acquired!]
‘F*ck.’
An S grade appeared!
Before I knew it, I pounded the bed with my fist. Fortunately, Cha Eugene, who fell back into his smartphone, didn’t notice.
‘It’s crazy.’
Even if I wasn’t so hung up in this kind of drawing lots, it was thrilling to have such a high-grade stat.
Wait, let’s calm down.
First, I had to check what kind of characteristics it was.
‘Still, just looking at it, it seems to be a stage-related characteristic.’
I brought up the details of the characteristic.
[Characteristic: Ti of Indulgence (S)]
– I feel alive up here.
: (Self) imrsed in the stage 180%
‘It’s driving crazy.’
Isn’t this basically Black hole but with a different na?
“Huft.”
I took a long breath and sat down on the bed.
‘Additional 180% stage imrsion…’
At this rate, I could compete with Cha Eugene just by efficiently adjusting the point distribution and coordinating the practice…
No, wait a second.
Looking at it again, there was sothing attached.
(Self) imrsed in the stage.
‘Self-imrsed?’
So, it wasn’t the imrsion of the entire audience… It ant that the perforr was imrsed in their own stage.
“…”
You bastard.
‘Are you telling to get narcissistic on my stage?’
If this status window was a real ga, I would have already asked for a refund and left a one-star review.
‘Where did you sell your business ethics?’
I gritted my teeth while looking at the status window, but soon cooled my head.
‘…Compare with the Unmoving Heart.’
Let’s calmly weigh the pros and cons.
First of all, the effect of this characteristic, which was an S rank, would be certain.
It would really make imrse myself on stage.
Then, what about how I usually did it?
Have I not been fully imrsed?
‘The stage… It’s fun.’
It was rewarding, and matching the concept with the atmosphere wasn’t embarrassing at all.
In other words, it was just ordinary.
Then, what’s good about being more imrsed than I do now?
‘It’ll look more natural.’
If the perforr was deeply imrsed, the effect of making the viewer more imrsed was also expected to so extent.
And in case of an ergency, even if various obstacles intruded, the performance could be carried out more easily without breaking the flow.
‘And… it might be more fun.’
…This shouldn’t be taken into account, so let’s skip it.
“Hmm.”
Anyway, in summary, it seed to be quite useful even if not at the level of the ‘Black hole’ scam.
In particular, due to the nature of this group having a strong concept, it was also beneficial if I could perform with less sense of incompatibility. Because it seed to affect the concept performance.
There would be fewer complaints like ‘It’s so embarrassing to see’.
‘It’s a little different from being good, but it ans he can do it with boldness.’
The mont I thought that far.
“…!”
Suddenly, an extre thought occurred to .
‘But… I want to be able to use it.’
It was all or nothing anyway.
I’d already peeled off all the variables I had, and there were no other options.
‘Let’s just try it.’
I manipulated the pop-up right away.
[Characteristic: Unmoving Heart (B) has been deleted!]
In the empty spot where ‘Unmoving Heart’ had passed by, a new characteristic, ‘Ti of Indulgence’ was inserted.
And I poured all the remaining points into talent.
Talent: A
All right. Let’s proceed like this.
“Cha Eugene.”
“Yes??”
“Would you like to have more fun on the unit stage?”
Cha Eugene answered right away without asking a question.
“Yes!”
Yeah. I knew it.
With less than 15 days left until the encore concert, Cha Eugene and I made so changes to the unit stage composition.
And both of us were satisfied with the revised direction.
“Are you okay with this?”
“It’s really great!!”
“If you say so…”
Ryu Chungwoo asked several tis, but Cha Eugene only raised his thumb.
It was worth it.
We would do what we were good at.
1. Give a disease and then dicine = it’s a proverb aning ‘to give trouble and then pretend to help’. Author's Thoughts
Hello everyone, Tapas has picked up this novel so naturally, I have to stop here. Take the chapters I posted today as a farewell gift and thank you for all your love support, it has been a wonderful journey(◍•ᴗ•◍)❤
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