The audience cheered as the music faded away. The mbers of Team 2 waved their goodbye to the audience below the stage.
– Kyaaa!!! What was that?!
– Finale worthy!
– Don’t you think that Xu Jiji and Yeo Haru’s chemistry onstage is superb?!
– Ayumi! You’re so good-looking! Please debut!
– Please let Zbigniew debut so he can flex his idol muscles!
– Xi Huan is so cool!
As Team 1 read the comnts on the screen inside their waiting room, the air circulating in the whole room was getting heavier. Rayen could feel its weight on his shoulders.
Looking around him, everyone’s faces were dark.
’This is bad.’
It’s not that Rayen was unconfident of their own performance. It’s their team’s condition that’s worrying him.
Rayen glanced at Adrian, whose face was the darkest.
’Shouldn’t the leader do sothing with this?’
However, Adrian seed out of his wits these past few days. His usually sensitive perception of Rayen’s facial expressions seed nowhere to be found.
Rayen was just about to open his mouth when a staff mber opened their waiting room door.
"Team, please get ready."
Rayen shut his mouth and followed his team out silently.
...
On the way, their team t the others from Team 2. After Team 2’s performance, the weight over their shoulders had lessened. Especially Xi Huan, who couldn’t stay in the sa place for a minute. Her head kept glancing left and right, conversing both with Xu Jiji and Yeo Haru at the sa ti.
When she spotted the mbers from Rayen’s team, her face brightened.
"Rayeye, Adidi, Lili! Hi!"
Rayen smiled awkwardly.
If only Rayen could have the sa energy as her...
When the two teams’ eyes t, the sense of rivalry swirled in the air. Still, no one voiced out their wish for the other team to lose. Wishing themselves luck would an wishing the others their death.
As they passed by each other, only a few nods were exchanged.
The mont that Team 1 ascended the stage, the view below gave them a sense of oppression. Hundreds of eyes watched them expectantly, their hearts still beating fast from excitent from the earlier performance.
Rayen’s breath was stuck in his throat, his fingers getting stiffer from pressure.
Yet, he continued to walk toward his position in their formation. If their team lose this battle, his future wouldn’t be certain for the individual performance later.
He still needed to accumulate 110,000 points to debut. This round’s 50,000 points would help him bridge this gap.
Even if he’s afraid, the only thing he could do now was give his best to deliver his all in this performance.
’It’s now or never!’
The stage lights dimd.
...
In the livestream, the short comrcial interlude finally faded. When the lights once again shone on the stage, the comnt section was also filled with countless words.
– Fighting! Team 1!
– Looking at their full white attire, I thought that angels have descended to get .
– Rayen debut! Fight for Prickles!
– Navin for the win! Angel Navin!
– Ah, I really wish I could see their performance live personally...
Watching the finale live at the venue does have its perks, but watching from the livestream also brought a different experience for the fans. For example, so information wouldn’t be shown on the venue, but in the livestream, it would — just like an easter egg.
From the bottom-left corner of the screen, the title of the songs that Team 1 would perform was displayed.
[Na song Na Song Na Song
Group Na
Original: Group nas of artists
Arrangent: Im Rayen, KLi]
This information imdiately caught the attention of the viewers.
– Three songs?
– I’ve seen two songs getting rged together, but three songs...
– Haha, I know all these songs! How the hell did they even arrange them? They’re totally different songs!
Three different energy in one song? In theory, it’s nearly an impossible task to combine. Yet, here it was in one song performance, arranged by idols that haven’t even debuted.
As the fans wondered what kind of performance they would witness, the first song’s lody filled the stage. It sounded the sa as "na", yet it also sounded different.
– Is this really "na"?
At the sa ti, the lights ca back again. The audience below was greeted with a ssy scene. Rubbles and trashes lay scattered the whole place, left-over foods untouched on the table.
A lone torn wall stood erect at the middle. Graffitis in different colors filled it, but the eyes of the audience laid on the eye-catching single line written on the center.
"We were here"
It was as if the world suddenly stopped. The six people onstage likewise stood unmoving in their places.
– What kind of concept is this? Fallen angels?
– No, I think it’s not!
– I think it’s apocalypse! Look at the stage set!
The music filled the whole stage. As though the viewers could see it floating in the air, it bathed the whole set in different colors.
The forr bubblegum pop now sounded so dreamy without its vocals.
– Sohow, it feels so nostalgic.
– I approve of this arrangent!
Yet, before the viewers could even enjoy the music, it suddenly changed courses.
The EDM synth from the second song entered the scene, grating the ears of the people listening to the song. At the sa ti, the six people onstage started to sing simultaneously.
[Insert lyrics]
One sang in a high-pitched voice, another whispered as though afraid of being heard. Their voices combine as though they were lunatics performing a ritual.
– My ears are getting raped! Help!
Among the audience below the stage, Minji’s heart had fallen to the ground. Even though her ears are getting raped, she still persevered on watching their performance. However, she couldn’t help but worry.
If this was the kind of performance that Rayen would show, how will they win?
She stared at Rayen at the center of the stage. Just like everyone from his team, his eyes were closed solemnly as he sang along their ritualistic lyrics.
Just then, all the sounds stopped.
Rayen opened his eyes. He raised his hand and aid it at the audience.
"Bang! Bang!"
’The show is just getting started.’
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