Save a Failed Idol’s Life

Chapter 100:

The comments kept pouring in endlessly.

I had to show them to Kyunghwa when he woke up. There were a lot of praises for him too.

[- I knew the director was good-looking, but his expression is killer]

[ㄴ I don’t know what I did wrong, honey please come back]

[ㄴ Looking for a soy-braised beef recipe to bring back my runaway wife]

[ㄴ You should make soy-braised beef at home, why are you looking for a recipe?;]

[ㄴ You’re so annoying, are you his parents?]

Soy-braised beef was Kyunghwa’s favorite food, which was revealed in Boys in Crisis.

I understood how they felt, but he was in no condition to eat anything.

“Do you want me to make you some soy-braised beef?”

As I looked at Kyunghwa inside the partition, I blurted out without thinking.

“…What?”

Kyunghwa glared at me with a needle stuck in his left wrist.

“What are you talking about?”

“The fans want to feed you some soy-braised beef.”

“In this situation?”

Ugh, Kyunghwa tried to answer me and lifted his body slightly, but he quickly lay down again as his stomach churned.

“Just stay lying down. You’ll be in pain until the tranquilizer kicks in.”

Kyunghwa weakly waved his right hand and closed his eyes, nodding his head.

“Is the result all that matters? What if someone got hurt there? What would you have done then?”

While Kyunghwa and I were bickering, the other members were getting an earful from the manager.

Yi-jun looked like he wanted to say something, but he held back and glanced at me.

I knew what he meant. It was my plan, so he wanted me to make an excuse. He didn’t want to sell out his colleague and get out of trouble.

It was my turn to step up.

“Don’t scold them too much. It was my idea.”

I sighed briefly and stepped in front of the manager.

“I didn’t think about the safety issue. I’ll make sure to consult with you beforehand next time.”

“You…”

I stepped in between the four of them, as if I was taking all the blame. Then Yi-jun hid his big body behind me, shrinking himself.

“Look at that!”

If only he didn’t make that remark. Seong-won was indifferent, whether he got scolded or not. He looked at the floor with an expression that he didn’t care.

“I’m sorry…”

Seon-woo muttered apologetically and hid behind Yi-jun.

They looked like they were playing a train game.

“Ugh, it’s no use talking to you. I can’t even scold Kyunghwa because he’s lying down in pain.”

The manager stepped back and sighed deeply. Then Yi-jun rubbed salt into his wound.

“But we got first place, so we did well, right?”

The manager finally lost his patience and spiked Yi-jun, Seon-woo, and Seong-won on their backs.

“I can’t live like this, really!”

Anyway, the team he had been in charge of for a long time had achieved a good result for the first time, so he couldn’t scold them too much.

“Really… Why can’t you guys do anything easily?”

For them, it was easy. Debuting.

If they were the replacement members for the debut team, it would be understandable. But they were the ones who debuted with Climax, the current top group. And among them, the members who joined after Cheon Ise, they had the backing of Cheon Soo Group and their debut was guaranteed.

They had an easy debut thanks to Cheon Ise, but they never imagined that he would become a stumbling block for them.

“Seriously… sigh…”

The manager, who had been scolding them a moment ago, covered his face with his hand and spoke in a low voice, overwhelmed by emotion.

“I hate going out for support too. Do you think I like it? I’ve been dragging this team along for five years and now I have to follow another team’s schedule.”

His words made me feel choked up too. But this was a public place, even if there were partitions.

It would be a disaster if we cried and drew attention from others.

Yi-jun, who had been listening quietly, quickly cut him off before the mood got darker.

“Hey, can I post a thank you message on SNS for being number one?”

“You, at a time like this…”

Seong-won glared at Yi-jun with disdain and shut his mouth. His face was calm and expressionless, but his hand was shaking, showing that he couldn’t hide his excitement.

“Yeah, go ahead. Post it. Hurry up and post it.”

“Roger that!”

Yi-jun grinned and fiddled with his phone.

“…Can we just leave him like that?”

Kyunghwa, who had regained a bit of energy, opened his eyes faintly and grabbed the manager.

“You guys do whatever you want and then ask me what to do.”

“No, but we should stop him…”

Kyunghwa tried to get up, but I pushed him back down.

“Don’t get up. If he does something weird, I’ll delete it.”

Yi-jun retorted as if he had heard everything.

“Hey, what do you mean? Where is that possible!”

It was possible anyway, since we were all logged in. I quickly went into the announcement account and checked what Yi-jun had posted.

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Climax @ClimaxPlanet

[Hello, Rizers! Thank you so much for making us number one today. We will work harder to show you good songs and good stages in the future. We were really surprised by your warm response when we visited you unexpectedly today.]

[We want to be a group that gives back as much love as you send us. We love you!

P.S. I’ll turn on the live later tonight if you have timeS2

This is a secret from our manager.]

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[ㄴ How can you say it’s a secret and post it on the announcement accountㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

[ㄴ This is 100% written by Oh Yi-jun.]

[ㄴ Yi-jun, run away before you get caught by Iseㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅌㅌㅌㅌㅌ]

[ㄴ This is a battle between who catches him first, Kyunghwa or Ise]

The screenshot that Yi-jun posted showed that our new song was at the top of the real-time chart.

Of course… it was still barely in the double digits for the 24-hour chart.

I wondered if it would end as a flash in the pan, or if the 24-hour chart would be decent too. I had to wait until morning to find out.

The number of shares and comments on Yi-jun’s post went up like crazy in less than a minute.

It was unbelievable.

I couldn’t believe what I was seeing, so I paused for a moment before replying to Yi-jun’s post.

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Climax @ClimaxPlanet

[ㄴ Oh Yi-jun what are you talking about]

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Climax @ClimaxPlanet

[ㄴ Ah I’m busted retreat retreat]

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[ㄴ Yi-jun run away!!!]

[ㄴ RUN Yi-jun RUN!!!]

[ㄴ Dad doesn’t sleep lolololololololololololololololol]

As I was having a verbal spar with Yi-jun on our official account, Kyunghwa looked at me with a worried expression.

“What are you doing?”

Instead of answering honestly, I smiled lightly and closed Kyunghwa’s eyelids.

“Secret.”

Too many things had happened, from the reverse ranking to the sudden chase, that I couldn’t think straight.

All I wanted was to go home and rest as soon as possible.

“Let’s go home as soon as you finish the IV.”

“…Okay.”

I ruffled Kyunghwa’s hair, which was unusually cuteless.

“Hey, stop it.”

Kyunghwa protested, but he was a patient after all. I chuckled and stroked his head stubbornly.

***

“We’re home!”

Seon-woo exclaimed with a voice full of emotion, as if he was really exhausted.

It was understandable. We left home a little after 7 o’clock, and now it was 2:30.

“Are you really going to do a live?”

I asked Yi-jun, who was holding half of the worn-out Kyunghwa.

“I promised, so I have to say hello and turn it off in five minutes.”

Yi-jun answered quickly and went into his room, laying Kyunghwa on the bed.

“I’ll go wash up first.”

Kyunghwa waved his hand weakly, lying down. I looked at Seong-won and Seon-woo and said,

“You guys decide the order and wash up.”

Then, Aeongi stretched and came down from the cat tower that was in Seong-won’s room.

“I have to play with Aeongi, so you go wash up first,”

Seong-won went to the kitchen sink and washed his hands with hand wash, then picked up Aeongi and went into his room.

“Then I’ll go wash up first…!”

Seon-woo glanced at me and went into our room. Then, I heard something rustling in the room that neither of us had entered yet.

‘What is it? Could it be a thief?’

We locked the door thoroughly when we left, so that shouldn’t be possible. I thought it was ridiculous and grabbed the lampshade of the stand in the living room.

“Huh.”

Seon-woo also noticed the sound coming from inside, but he gasped when he saw me pull out the stand.

“Be quiet.”

Shh, I silenced the sound and slowly grabbed the doorknob.

Inside, there was no loud noise, but something… something like a beast of the same size was running around.

What is it? Aeongi went in with Seong-won earlier, right?

“Let’s open it.”

“Yeah…!”

As soon as Seon-woo and I opened the door with determined expressions,

“Woof-!”

A furball of small but big size charged at my body.

“Ouch.”

I was also not in a normal state like the other guys.

It was natural, since I had performed live after live with a body that was not 100% conditioned, and drove around Seoul for hours.

It was impossible to withstand something that weighed at least 5kg hitting my exhausted body.

“What is this, this, ouch!”

“Hehehehehe, woof-!”

A puppy with a pretty necklace climbed on top of my body that fell backwards.

[Pposili]

It was Pposili.

“What? A dog? Why is it in our room?”

Seon-woo asked with his eyes wide open. What about me? I was so dumbfounded by the situation that I finally thought of checking the system.

Right, I should have checked this as soon as I got home.

Did I pass the test?

As I was spinning my eyes, the system’s guide message popped up in front of me.

[Hello, Lim Hyun-seong! Congratulations on completing the tutorial!]

X, congrats and whatnot, what is this? I hugged Pposili, who stuck out his tongue and wagged his tail excitedly.

“Woof-!”

Unlike me, who was stained with shock and confusion, Pposili looked happy to finally lick my real body.

[You have received the following rewards for clearing the tutorial quest.]

[Special Item> Possessor Support Starter Pack]

[Special Effect> ‘Pposili’ Level Upgrade]

[‘Pposili’s level has increased and materialized.]

[‘Pposili’s 2nd level function is opened.]

“Hehehehehe.”

Open and whatnot. Pposili opened his long mouth wide and licked my face with his wet tongue.

“Stop, stop it…!”

I couldn’t be rough with the animal, even though it wasn’t real. I sacrificed my hand to block his mouth, making a sullen sound.

I felt my hand getting wet every time his tongue entered my mouth.

“While we were away, did the staff bring it over for a while?”

Seon-woo asked me for my opinion. Just when he was about to go wash up, Yi-jun came to our room, hearing the sudden barking.

“What? Where is that barking sound coming from… Huh?”

I looked at the puppy that was panting in front of me and licking me enthusiastically, and then I heard Yi-jun shout.

“It’s a puppy!”

“Woof!”

As if to say yes, that’s right, the puppy ran towards Yi-jun with its short legs.

“Wow, so cute! Is it a Welsh corgi? It has a long tail too! So adorable! Good boy, good boy.”

Yi-jun petted the puppy wildly and gave it kisses, even playfully biting its nose.

“You’re so sweet. What’s your name?”

When Yi-jun asked, the puppy lifted its chin as if to answer and showed its name tag.

“Oh, you’re Pposili!”

Yi-jun said as if he recognized the name and then looked at me and asked.

“So what’s this guy doing here?”

It was a fair question.