Translator: Wan ED/PR: Personal Ghost
59. True nature (5)
The audition program targeted at the official Players, Playlist.
The viewer voting that progressed at the same time as the live broadcast, that started at midnight, was finished.
Now was the time to decide the last winner of the Playlist.
Three candidates remained.
Among them, the 3rd place was announced first, and as everyone expected, the 3rd place among the three people was the company employee candidate, who showed the worst stage.
As if the company employee candidate also expected his defeat, he left his calm thoughts, thanks towards his fans, and words of cheering for the two people left.
“Playlist’s last play[1], now there are only two Players remaining on the stage!”
After the company employee candidate retreated behind the stage, there were only two people remaining, Dokgo Miro and Yeo Raehun.
As if PD’s order came to drag for time, the final announcement didn’t come out straight away.
The spotlight turned towards the jury.
The jury showed signs of nervousness as if saying ‘it came to it’.
“I wish to ask the People in the jury, who were observing the two Players from the beginning, a question. Who among the two do You predict to be the last winner?”
At Cheo Jina’s question, everyone in the jury showed reluctance.
The jury passed the mic among themselves with awkward smiles, while telling each other to speak first, while sporadic shouts of Dokgo Miro and Yeo Raehun’s names came from the audience seats.
In the end, the most senior member of the jury, the composer and entertainment agency director grabbed the mic first.
Grabbing the mic, the entertainment agency director laid down his opinion like flowing water.
“Ah… I’ll reveal that at first I had many worries about those live stages. I watched the pre-recordings with them, and Miro-yi and Raehun-yi did so well. So I was worried a bit if they would be able to do the same during the live broadcast. But watching the live broadcast, I think my worries were useless.”
‘Right, right’, the other members of the jury chimed in from the side, agreeing.
The entertainment agency director beat around the bush for a moment, while looking at Dokgo Miro and Yeo Raehun, and then said the following:
“Both people showed their best stages so it’s difficult to judge who will win. It wouldn’t be strange for either of them to win. However…”
When the entertainment agency director uttered ‘however’, the surrounding turned quiet like a dead mouse.
It seemed that everyone in the studio guessed what he was about to say next.
“We can’t judge only based on the performance shown on the stage. The people ‘skyrocket’ and ‘plummet’ because of events that happen under the stage. In that context, I believe that the events that happened today will have a big influence. I predict that ‘Saint of Naejang Mountain’ will win.”
After he said that, loud cheers shouting Yeo Raehun’s name exploded out.
The entertainment agency director was shown waving the hand towards Yeo Raehun, and then passed the mic to the person next to him.
The next person to receive the mic was a singer and songwriter, who held a few godly records in the national music industry.
“I fully agree with what director-nim said a moment ago. Anyone who stands in front of the public and camera can agree with that opinion. Even so… there are stars that aren’t buried even when a big incident happens and survive.”
At those words, a few people among the jury nodded.
There always existed stars, who got into a big incident and suffered from the negative opinion, but survived.
“Today Dokgo Miro-ssi had to do pre-recording just after the otherworld occurred, and had to go on the live broadcast stage in the situation where Yeo Raehun’s vote count was overwhelmingly ahead of Her. And there was also a little trouble just before Dokgo Miro-ssi’s stage, correct?”
The singer songwriter, who was famous for blunt personality, looked in the direction of the staff with sharp eyes.
Just before Dokgo Miro went on the stage, trouble occurred, where someone from the news department barged into the studio, saying he had the right to exclusive coverage.
All the cameras of the news department were on, and chaos ensued in the studio.
Dokgo Miro, who was going to the stage, sent a bit of a firm gaze towards the news department’s camera.
Dokgo Miro showed a calm appearance even when faced with the unexpected situation.
“It’s not that no troubles happen, when one stands on the stage, but it was first such case. Did anyone hear about the studio becoming a marketplace in the middle of the live broadcast? I’m glad that the camera team and Dokgo Miro-ssi didn’t waver, but if they did, it would turn into a large-scale incident.”
The people from the news department had guts to insist they receive a coverage permission from the party related to the Playlist, but it was revealed that no one gave the permission.
The ‘proof of coverage permission’ they presented was the curses of the staff that expressed dissatisfaction with the Players, who didn’t fight, and grumbling that asked to come quickly and report on that.
Not only was it not a camera to show Dokgo Miro’s stage, she was made perform in front of the camera that was trying to make her into a news article.
Even then, Dokgo Miro showed her best stage.
Thanks to that stage, the gap in votes, which was so big, gradually narrowed.
30 minutes before the voting ended, the real time viewer voting count was blacked out, and at that point the vote gap wasn’t that big, so it was difficult to judge who would be the winner.
“Dokgo Miro-ssi showed such a stage even in that situation, and greatly narrowed the voting gap. It was the result solely created by Dokgo Miro-ssi’s stage.”
Those words finished, shouts ‘Right! Dokgo Miro is a winner!’ and ‘Dokgo Miro debut!’ were heard from Eungwang School audience seats, which came to cheer for Dokgo Miro.
They were the roars of the Eungwang School students, who were revealed to the Dokgo Miro’s seniors.
“Dokgo Miro-ssi’s stage left a deep impression on me. I cast a vote on Dokgo Miro-ssi.”
At those words, Dokgo Miro smiled brightly, and repeatedly thanked them.
Because of nervousness, her fingers were trembling, but the thankful smile she sent to all people who cheered for her didn’t waver.
The result of the finished overall rating of the five people jury, there were more who assumed Yeo Raehun would win, 3 on 2.
But the people, who expected Yeo Raehun’s victory, nodded at the two jury member’s comments, so a significant possibility of Dokgo Miro’s victory remained.
“Right now there is only one name written on this tablet device.”
The jury’s overall evaluation finished, the time to announce the winner had come.
Just like always, Choe Jina and Yeom Junyeol took the tablet type of device, provided as a product placement, and looked towards the camera from the host seats.
“We will now announce the final winner, who will adorn the last stage of Playlist!”
Pat!
At Yeom Junyeol’s words, excluding the two spotlights illuminating the two candidates, all stage lights were turned off.
Dokgo Miro and Yeo Raehun stood holding each other’s hands, and looking at the camera, and the camera closed up on their hands, illuminating the scene.
“Playlist’s final Player is…!”
The moment the drum rolls reached their peak.
Choe Jina at last opened her mouth and announced the winner’s name.
“… Yeo Raehun! Congratulations!”
Puff! Puuuff!
At the same time as Yeo Raehun’s name was announced, colorful confetti[2] burst around the stage and the lights illuminated Yeo Raehun.
The song Yeo Raehun sung on the live broadcast started in the background.
It was an autobiographical song containing the lyrics about Yeo Raehun’s rapper dream being crushed when he awakened his superpower, and the moment he was stood up in the Playlist again, and it matched very well with the current moment.
“… Raehun oppa, congratulations!”
Yeo Raehun stood blankly as if winning didn’t feel real for a moment, but at Dokgo Miro’s congratulations, his expression finally crumpled as if he came back to his senses.
With a face that one didn’t know if he was laughing or crying, Yeo Raehun smiled towards Dokgo Miro.
“Thank you.”
In the short moment, the hosts, holding the flower bouquet and award medal, climbed onto the stage, the two people finished hugging and exchanging thanks.
Dokgo Miro worked hard to hold back her tears in consideration for Yeo Raehun and looked towards the Eungwang School audience sets, who were sending her applause from under the stage.
Her gaze stopped on Han Yi for a moment, and then headed to somewhere else.
* * *
Playlist’s last broadcast ended.
The final winner was decided to be my Playable Character, Yeo Raehun.
‘It’s a pity that the biggest factors were unrelated to the competition, but the stages of both of them were cool.’
It seemed that the stages of the two people left deep impressions even on Yong tribe members and Red Lion team members, who were watching Playlist solely to watch Yeom Junyeol.
“That was the so-called Saint of Naejang Mountain? Not bad.”
“That child is Junyeol’s junior, right? She indeed has a talent worthy of Junyeol’s junior.”
Even Kim Sinrok stopped eating dried persimmons and blankly watched the stage.
Yong Jegeon grinned contently, while watching that sight, and Kim Sinrok put on a serious look, after belatedly noticing it.
“Eungwang School’s student is standing on stage, so it’s natural to watch with concentration. Don’t be embarrassed.”
“Who, when and about what is embarrassed.”
“Sinrok-yi is embarrassed that he watched TV and lost his soul while watching Playlist broadcast.”
“I didn’t!”
It seemed that the joy of Yong Jegeon’s life was teasing Kim Sinrok.
Faced with the dragon and the tiger’s talk so childish it was difficult to think they were over thousands of years old, Cheongryong made a pleased face.
“The two of them are as close as before, eh?”
The two of them are close?
Looking how Yong Jegeon was openly teasing him, and Kim Sinrok took and gave back, while facing all of it, they seemed to be quite close.
Anyway, the two’s childish talk was a gain for me.
‘Thanks to that, I won’t have to unnecessarily talk with Kim Sinrok, so that’s good. And not a word about returning to Eungwang School will come out.’
Yong Jegeon said that when the Ho guest comes, he will take care of it, and he took care of it really well.
Because Kim Sinrok was swept up in Yong Jegeon’s pace, he didn’t even notice properly that I was leaving with Cheongryong.
Yeom Bangyeol left to receive the report from the Red Lion team’s members, who were dispatched to the broadcasting station, but Cheongryong said he would guide me to the place to rest, and took the lead.
‘Isn’t it a bit strange for the head of the Yong tribe to personally guide a highschooler?’
I thought so, but I ended up erasing my thoughts.
Because Cheongryong started to ask about Yeom Junyeol’s school life.
Other Yong tribe members also wanted to hear how Yeom Junyeol acts at the school, what he talks about, what he does when playing, and with whom, etc., but Cheongryogn monopolized those stories with his authority.
We safely arrived at the resting place without giving a chance for any suspicions.
“Just rest today. We will talk details tomorrow.”
As I expressed my thanks to Cheongryong and sat down in the prepared room, I was flooded with sudden fatigue.
Because I used Gwak Gyeong-gu’s Gwangrim, my body recovered, borrowing the power of Dragon King God’s shaman maidens, the superpower wave was stabilized, but the mental fatigue appeared the same.
When I finished preparations to sleep and laid down in bed, my thinking became very slow.
With that slow thinking, I recalled the Playlist participant, Dokgo Miro as the class vice president.
‘I hope that Dokgo Miro will have more opportunities to stand on the stage…’
I couldn’t see the stage in the middle and left, so if there was something I could help it, wouldn’t it be good to help?
When I was worried what kind of way would be good for Dokgo Miro to stand on the stage again, and how could I help.
Knock knock.
I heard a knock from outside.
‘Did Cheongryong came again? Or did Yong Jegeon come?’
When I was about to respond to the knock, while thinking of a few candidates, I heard a pretty voice from outside.
“Uisin-ah, are you awake?”
Outside stood my disciple, Yeom Junyeol.
*~*~*
[1] play — like playback or resurrection.
[2] confetti — literally ‘flower powder/ pollen’. It’s used here as a metaphorical expression.
Translator’s note: Congratulations, Yeo Raehun!!! And you can do it, Dokgo Miro!! I believe in both of you!
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