Translator: Wan ED/PR: Personal Ghost
47. Loser Resurrection Match (4)
Middle of the night, residential zone, 1st year dormitory building’s 1st floor unisex public lounge.
The dormitory 1st year class 0’s children gathered in front of a hologram.
While waiting for the death match survivor announcement, whose live broadcast was in progress, the children were devouring snacks faster than usual, perhaps because of nervousness.
Especially Han Yi’s speed at getting through chocolate pralines in caramel chocolate shells was no joke.
After the scene of Playlist participants spending time with vocal trainers and active music mentors, the scene changed.
The mark ‘LIVE’ appeared in the screen’s upper left corner and the main MC Choe Jina and sub MC Yeom Junyeol started their commentary from the studio.
“What to do, I guess it is starting now!”
“Wow…”
“Uh, it wasn’t a live broadcast until now?”
“That was probably recorded! And the participants would watch it together in the studio.” [1]
Choe Jina and Yeom Junyeol concisely explained the death match’s rules and the edited videos of two participants’ activities were shown.
Three days before the live broadcast, the number of views on the death match’s videos were hidden, so only the staff knew the accurate view numbers right now.
— On midnight we will end the Playlist’s first death match, video mission.
In the center of the stage, Dokgo Miro and BJ LocalBean, the two of them were standing, and in the corner survivors were sitting in terraced seats.
Above Dokgo Miro and BJ LocalBean a hologram counting down the time remaining to midnight floated up.
— The video views after the number on the hologram reaches 0 won’t affect the death match. Then we’re starting to count down… 10.
— 9.
— 8.
The main MC Choe Jina and sub MC Yeom Junyeol took turns counting down.
With the voices of MCs counting down, the comments left by BJ LocalBean’s fans and video of Eungwang School students cheers when watching Dokgo Miro’s stage passed by.
At last, with the ‘Bang’ sound effect, the number changed to 0.
— The last count has been completed. The results are now being sent to this tablet.
Choe Jina spoke, while confirming on the tablet type device with the support from PPL.
Yeom Junyeol standing at the side also checked the tablet, and then said with a surprised face.
— The combined views result of the two videos… is it okay to say it right now? Yes. It’s more than 5 million!
At Yeom Junyeol’s words, the class children stirred.
The number result of combined views that was shown with a caption was over 5.12 million.
“When video views were public, how much views did Miro’s video have?”
“I seemed to be a bit behind a million.”
“It was about 985,300.”
It seemed that Han Yi memorized it almost perfectly.
After hearing the numbers, Mok Uram and Kwon Lena analyzed with dark faces.
“If two videos’ combined views were 5.12 millions, then She needs more than 2.56 million views to win against the opponent. Then the number of views would have to increase by at least 1,574,700.”
“The view number on the video with Miro were rising, but a few days ago, the streamer’s fans bought subway ads and internet banner ads with their own funds. I don’t know how it will turn out.”
Maeng Hyodon rolled his stone head, and attempted to calculate something on his fingers.
Regretfully, because he had just ten figures, it was impossible to calculate on numbers like 5.12 million, 985,300, 1,574,700, etc.
While Dokgo Miro and BJ LocalBean answered the interview with trembling voices, the announcement didn’t come out any time soon.
‘It seems they think of dragging out the time. The CG and caption would be already prepared.’
On stage, Choe Jina and Yeom Junyeol seemed to be trying to figure out when they should announce it, while exchanging glances with the staff.
As it was the live broadcast, it was a situation where MC couldn’t announce it as they pleased.
A few minutes passed by in such a nervous situation.
“I guess they will announce it now!”
The holographic numbers started to circle above the two people on the stage.
Choe Jina gathered strength in her voice and shouted with clear enunciation.
— The surviving Player of the Playlist’s first death match…
Following after Choe Jina, Yeom Junyeol shouted:
— The final owner of three million four hundred seventy-eight thousand seven hundred eleven video views!
3,478,711.
The numbers came up one after one matching Yeom Junyeol’s voice.
The sound of drums echoed louder and the spotlight moved between the two people.
At last, Choe Jina opened her mouth.
— Dokgo Miro!
The spotlight illuminated Dokgo Miro, who forced herself to keep a smile,
After a fanfare rang out once, the song Dokgo Miro sung with Kwon Lena and Mok Uram’s performance started to play as BGM.
The children, who held their breaths, cheered.
“Miro won!”
“Wow! When considering the total video views, it seems there is almost a double times gap between them!” [2]
“Uh? Double? Half of 5.12 million is 3.40 million… how much is left if it’s a double?”
“It’s thanks to Lena-nim’s performance.”
In the screen, the closed-up Dokgo Miro covered her mouth and blinked as if she couldn’t believe it.
BJ LocalBean, who stood with her on stage, approached Dokgo Miro and after hugging her, he patted her on the shoulders, and the participants, who were standing behind, gathered and shook hands or hugged the two people.
The eyes of Dokgo Miro, who exchanged a word with each participant, were a bit tearful.
‘The Playlist’s participant have good relationships with each other, huh?’
Usually on the audition programs the conflicts between participants, who were under enormous pressure and stress, were maximized, but Playlist wasn’t like that.
Perhaps because the Players were a minority of the population, they had a strong sense of camaraderie.
Even ‘Naejang Mountain’s Saint’, who was considered the strongest victor candidate and was receiving overwhelming support right now, wasn’t greatly held in check and kept peaceful relationships with Players.
After Dokgo Miro finished a hug with rapping monk Naejang Mountain’s Saint, whose hair grew a lot compared to the audition application video, her face was in close up again.
— Congratulations, Miro-yang. You passed to the next round!
— Congratulations! Please say a word to the fans, who watched the video.
Together with MCs’ congratulations, a mic was handed to her.
Dokgo Miro, who was handed a mic, couldn’t speak right away.
Instead, she grabbed the mic, which she was holding in two hands, with one hand and wiped her tears with another.
It was the first time that tears of Dokgo Miro, who never cried even when hearing harsh words from strict mentors and viewers, were seen on the broadcast.
It may have been the first time when Dokgo Miro’s performance met with such a good reception.
The participant and the audience cheered to soothe Dokgo Miro.
Around the time cheers stopped, Dokgo Miro controlled her face again and opened her mouth:
— I thank all of You, who watched the video. I kept showing unsatisfactory appearance, so I thank You for giving me one more chance.
Dokgo Miro mentioned and thanked her parents-nim, participants, mentors, vocal trainers, etc.
And lastly…
— And the 1st year class 0’s kids, who filmed the mission video with me… Thank you for helping when I really couldn’t think and…
The end of Dokgo Miro’s words blurred and she closed her mouth.
Dokgo Miro stared straight at the camera and smiled.
It was just a moment, but it looked as if she forgot about her camera phobia.
— …. See you at school. I’ll buy you a meal!
At Dokgo Miro’s last words, the class children were seriously happy.
It seemed that more than thanks and words about buying a meal, they were happy about seeing her at school.
After Dokgo Miro finished her speech, BJ LocalBean, who was chosen as a final elimination, performed the last stage.
The eliminated candidate could each choose their last stage song, and BJ LocalBean sung a self-composed one.
With the final cool stage of BJ LocalBean, the Playlist broadcast ended.
* * *
Family restaurant’s room.
Our class children filled the champagne glasses with non-caffeine sparkling drink and raised them.
“Then, in congratulations on Miro’s survival and wishing fighting spirit in the future, cheers!”
“Cheers!”
After Kim Yuri finished her toast speech, class children clinked their glasses.
We dined together as Dokgo Miro promised during the broadcast the following day.
It was because, in addition to the otherworld conquest attack team classes starting soon and the Sport Exchange with Military Academy, the mid-term exam period was approaching, and Dokgo Miro’s schedule would be tight in the future.
As we finished the toast, our conversation centered on Dokgo Miro.
“You said You’re coming to school, correct? When are You coming?”
“When Playlist’s shooting ends. I want to concentrate on audition program right now.”
“Even if I don’t get into the final round, the participants who got into the finals will put a special performance together, so I’ll be busy. I’ll come after mid-term exams.”
Dokgo Miro was thinking positively about appearing in the Playlist and coming to school in the future.
‘It seems that this busking video became a trigger for her to overcome the camera and school phobia.’
Dokgo Miro’s singing on the other side of the camera was touching and fans cheering for her started to form.
They were the Eungwang School students who prepared the stage to help Dokgo Miro in school, and after the video was suspected of cheating, they stepped out and revealed their students ID to defend her.
It seemed that with the busking video as a trigger, the fear Dokgo Miro held was disappearing little by little.
It didn’t look like she overcame her phobia completely yet, but Dokgo Miro could naturally smile in front of the camera and made up her mind to come to school.
“… But who said to do busking?”
At Dokgo Miro’s words, everyone’s gazes poured towards me.
“It was Uisin.”
“Vice president.”
“That guy.”
“Uisin!”
The children spoke in unison.
I was happy about the fact that our class children united so well, but because they gathered their mouths to so openly point me out, I didn’t know how to react.
“… Th-thanks.”
At the king’s thanks, I had even more subtle feelings.
I said something in the gist of ‘If it wasn’t me, someone else would suggest it’, but Dokgo Miro just thanked me again.
Seeing that scene, Hwang Jiho started laughing, and my feelings turned complicated.
“Hahahaha!”
After main course, cookie and cream macaroon icecream were served as dessert, and after learning that dessert refill was for free, Han Yi ordered them five more times.
As if out of kindness, Hwang Jiho added jelly bean topping that wasn’t on the menu to the dessert ordered by Han Yi.
Even though dissatisfied, Han Yi ate macaroon icecream with the topping.
“… I thought it was one of the two. Which one is it?”
Looking at Hwang Jiho and Han Yi bickering, I suddenly heard Song Daeseok’s mumbling.
* * *
Gwangli Elementary School.
Currently, Jeon Muyeon was doing a ridiculous thing of infiltrating an elementary school.
‘Assemblyman’s chief aide infiltrating elementary school in the constituency?!’
Since catching Seong Gukeon’s eye during the school days, he was swept in all kinds of bizarre incidents, but he felt a sense of shame after a long time.
‘Even so, it’s better for me to go than Gukeon hyung.’
First incident Seong Gukeon handled.
Among the people involved in that incident, only one person was staying in his teacher position.
But from the results of the investigation into that teacher, if excluding a small SNS’s controversy, there were no major problems.
Seong Gukeon, who saw the result of the investigation, said he would personally investigate.
Jeon Muyeong couldn’t see the assemblyman personally doing an investigation into an elementary school teacher’s affairs, so he decided to investigate instead of Seong Gukeon.
‘He is an ordinary teacher, but… one person feels out of place, eh? They said he is a transfer student, right?’
The class he was the homeroom teacher of.
Jeon Muyeong used a hiding skill to hide his body in the classroom corner cabinet.
‘It’s the worst. You’re doing something like that in the classroom?’
Groups were made for the group meeting, but no one wanted to be in the group with one child and they fought.
The teacher said nothing to stop or soothe the children, and only said things to secretly instigate them.
‘Shouldn’t a teacher mediate in such a situation? Why are you mentioning right now that he is a pitiful child, because he lives in the neighborhood with cheap land prices?’
The boy with pretty eyes, who looked at the last page of attendance book, smiled as if he couldn’t understand teacher’s words.
Suddenly the boy looked in this direction.
He stared right at Jeon Muyeong, who wasn’t visible.
‘… Is he a boy with outstanding superpowers perhaps? It seems difficult to deceive his eyes with just a skill, eh?’
Even though he thought it was a pity, Jeon Muyeong activated ‘Time without Traces’.
When without light or sound Jeon Muyeong’s presence completely disappeared.
“….!”
The boy suddenly ran in this direction with a shocked face.
The teacher and class children scolded the boy for his unexpected actions, but the boy didn’t seem bothered.
‘He really detected me? It would become complicated if I didn’t use Gwangrim straight away.’
While Jeon Muyeong sighed in relief, golden light flashed through the boy’s eyes.
The boy mumbled around where Jeon Muyeong was perfectly hidden.
“… It seems like the same ability.”
*~*~*
[1] “That was probably recorded! And the participants would watch it together in the studio.” — Sawol Seeum’s sentence.
[2] “Wow! When considering the total video views, it seems there is almost a double times gap between them!” — Sawol Seeum’s sentence.
Translator’s note: I’m so damn happy for Dokgo Miro and all Players in the Playlist…
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