The Malicious Member is Back! - Chapter 167



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The Malicious Member Returns! Episode 167

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So, late Monday evening.

The members of T.O.J., including me, spent the short vacation we got during our active period playing around, each of us were busy for our own reasons.

“Logan, have you read all the materials for tomorrow’s repackage activity meeting? I’m not the only one who didn’t read enough, right? Everyone, you’re all focused on hanging out with Yongyong hyung, right?!”

“Huh? Mars, of course I read it all. Chun-yong and I each spent an hour playing. It’s right to play when you play and study when you study.”

“No, what is this guy talking about? Logan was with Chun-yong hyung for almost three hours. But when on earth did he read it? Oh, shit. I’m screwed. Judging from the atmosphere, it seems like I’m the only one who didn’t read it enough…”

“Oh, if you want, I can summarize it a little bit. But then Mars has to do something for me, like buy some guitar strings for me!”

“Oh, you want to save a slave? Go, go.”

Fumbling around because you haven’t finished your work properly, and laughing and making fun of the person who is fumbling around.

“Ah, Siwoo. Are you monitoring our stage video?”

“Um, Jaeha hyung. Yes… This, the path… feels a little bit, disorganized, I… get it…”

“Um, Chun-yong said he wanted to go over the choreography again before. After the meeting tomorrow, when we have time, we should all go to the practice room together.”

“Oh, then… while we’re at it, ‘Boyhood Ending’ too… .”

In order to finish our debut song promotions well, which will soon end, let’s check the stage.

“Oh, yes. Manager! Are you planning on coming over later? Yes, yes. Then I’ll tell the kids in advance…”

Make phone calls as needed.

Should I say that these are preparations for tomorrow, when they will be busy again?

Well, that’s always the case with people who do their best at their jobs.

I was already sorry for causing you so much trouble recently with the Wiz and Antaei issues, but on top of that, you’re taking care of me too.

The fact that I have member luck is something I cannot deny.

“…after.”

My heart was already warm with gratitude towards the members, so I stretched out on the living room sofa and smiled happily as I took in each of them one by one.

Oh, of course.

– X: Are you kidding me? Why are you carrying your cell phone around???

– X: Hey, there’s a limit to walking around absentmindedly.

– X: Seriously, the more I talk, the angrier I get.

– X: Aren’t you reading Kim Chun-yong Yongguri?? I can see everything you’re reading in the preview??

I lightly ignored my phone, which was on silent mode and kept popping up notifications like crazy.

– X: Look

– X: You told me to watch?? Do you really want to get in trouble??? Do you want to take on a really hard and difficult mission???

I could sense a serious anger in the messages from X that were pouring in.

It seemed to be quite a shock to him that I had left my cell phone behind, my only means of communication with him, during this entire vacation.

“… Sigh.”

I slurped my lips at the feast of messages that filled the preview window.

No, I didn’t really want to keep it around.

“No, Yoochan hyung. I left my cell phone here. If you just bring it and come back….”

“Use it. No, no. It’s one hour per person, Chun-yong. If you need to contact me, I’ll get back to you, so let’s go!”

It’s just that from the moment Yoochan hyung took me out without giving me a chance to refuse, I didn’t really think much about my cell phone.

however….

It’s nice to have it around, honestly.

– X: Hey hey Kim Chun-yong Yong-guri look at this look at this

– X: (photo) (photo)

– X: Looks like you haha

– Kim Chun-yong: You say I look like a crocodile? Are you out of your mind?

He always teases me using the contract as an excuse, and when I ask him to do something about my skills or stats, he just says, “It’s not my responsibility, so you have to ask me.”

When I asked where the accumulated information in the Pokedex was used, he avoided the question by saying that I would find out later.

… Thinking about it this way, I felt like leaving my cell phone behind and just wanting to change it to a different one right away and say goodbye to X forever.

“…after.”

But I couldn’t just ignore the guy who brought me back to this moment, so I slowly moved into my room and lightly skimmed through the messages that had poured in before.

As the 1 next to the message he had sent disappeared, X started to get more annoyed with me.

– X: Kim Chun-yong Yong-guri When I couldn’t properly deal with you, Ryu Wei-go, and An Tae-go, and you were making a fuss, did I ever say anything? No, I didn’t ㅡㅡ

– X: Yes!! This is a different case, that’s what I’m saying.

– X: Kim Chun-yong Yong-guri treated his benefactor very badly, didn’t he? He acted as if he didn’t need me?

– X: The more I try to organize my sleep, the more angry I get. Oh please.

– X: I’ll come back after some cold water friction. Just wait.

– X: (angry) (furious) (fire-breathing emoticon)

“Can this guy do cold water friction…?”

My curiosity was fleeting.

X, who I don’t know if he was really doing cold water friction or just doing it metaphorically, soon opened up a surprise mission window towards me that I hadn’t seen in a long time.

[Sudden Mission (NEW!):

Lately, don’t you feel like you’re settling for the present and moving away from your original goal? It’s difficult, it’s difficult! You still have a long way to go to become the best idol in K-pop history.

Because of this, your kind supporters have prepared a special mission for you.

There is also a penalty for this mission, so let’s do our best to complete it!

Mission: Achieve 1st place on music charts or music shows with a repackaged album

Reward: Pokedex – Open , Restore Relationship with Supporters

Penalty on failure: -5 to total ability]

A penalty that didn’t exist before suddenly appeared.

Moreover, that penalty is nothing more than a reduction in the ability value that you worked so hard to raise.

And the reward isn’t anything special, just ‘restoring relationships with supporters’?

It seems that he himself thought this was quite absurd, so he added an additional explanation as if it were natural.

– X: Hey, what am I? Am I just trying to harass you? I’m not doing that, am I?

– X: The original contractor and supporter are supposed to be one and always together ㅡㅡ, but you left that means behind!! Of course, it’s a penalty that should be given!!

– X: I’m giving you a reward called the Pokedex, something special for you. ㅡㅡ

– X: Write

– X: If I do this, you won’t treat me coldly, right? You’ll take your phone with you wherever you go, right? Answer me!!!

Why is this excuse so long?

“her….”

I couldn’t hide the laughter that suddenly burst out, and buried my face in the pillow for a moment and sobbed.

Oh, really.

If it were normal, I would have been very angry and asked, “What the heck is this? Why are you trying to harass me when you said you were going to help me?”

That’s ridiculous, honestly.

But today, I feel really good thanks to our members.

“… … .”

I quickly raised my head again with a determined expression and typed my first message to X in two days.

– Kim Chun-yong: Hey

– Kim Chun-yong: Is it true that if I just do this well, I will be able to relieve my anger?

– Kim Chun-yong: It was a promise.

– Kim Chun-yong: If I finish this well, I’ll let go of the anger right away and give you another proper reward.

X looked quite taken aback by my concise, decisive, and not-so-annoying reply.

– X: Huh? What? What? What the hell is it?

– X: Why are you so confident? Why don’t you treat me like a match for you????

– X: Wait wait wait wait

– X: Did you take your medicine???

– X: Hey you, you didn’t take any medicine even when you were trash, wake up!!!!!!!!!

I closed my phone, which was meaningless to talk about anymore, and slowly looked through the repackaged album conference materials that I had left next to my bed.

Why are you so confident and why don’t you just act like a fool?

That’s right, of course… .

[ToZ – 1st mini album ‘Six-leaf Clover’ repackage album ‘WoW (tentative title)’ plan]

It’s because there is a corner of trust that you don’t have to act like a loser.

This is the second album by T.O.J. and will be the repackaged album promotion that will follow the end of the Hide and Seek promotion.

I remember what happened when we were already preparing the repackaged album through Arrows.

Clearly, I was confident that I could handle this well.

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Just as our T.O.J. was preparing for a repackage, Arrows also released a repackage album around the same time.

Although it is slightly lower than T.O.J’s now, it is a performance that allows AG to show confidence that ‘we have also figured out the idol market.’

There are usually two things discussed when preparing a repackaged album.

To what extent will the image of this album be reflected?

And to what extent will you add songs?

Arrows released the album with an additional song, while maintaining the same image as the original album at the time.

The intention was that if the preparation process took too long, fans might leave.

More than anything else… .

“Since the ‘Hide and Seek’ album is already doing well, I don’t think there’s a need to experiment right away. Let’s just add one more song with a similar nuance and go with it.”

Because of the person who sits at the top of the office where the repackaged album meeting is held and talks like that.

“Hmm….”

Jae-ha, Hwa-seong, and Si-woo looked at each other and shut their mouths tightly.

Even if people who aren’t familiar with AG don’t know, those three know full well what kind of people they are dealing with.

And, I am one of those people who know enough.

“… … .”

I looked at the man checking the meeting materials one by one with sharp eyes.

At the time of , the person who tried hard to include Liu Wei, who was only gaining popularity and thinking of going to China, in this group.

And then, in the end, he realized that it wasn’t going to work, admitted defeat, and went on a pretty long business trip.

“And, let’s just leave the working title as is. There’s no need to work on it any more since we already have a logo draft. This is good enough.”

… Director Shin Gi-ho.

“Does everyone understand?”

Although he failed to achieve his goal as a , the sharpness in his eyes remained the same.

You are still the idols I planned, and so you have that mindset that I can have a huge influence.

Since he was able to mentally recover so quickly, I wonder if he ate well and lived well even when he went to China with Liu Wei.

Well, so I guess we’ll be in the repackaged album meeting just like before.

“… … .”

Since I came back, Director Shin Ki-ho and I have been at odds with each other, but if you think about it, this is only the second time we have met face to face.

The last time I saw it, it was when I somehow convinced Logan’s mother.

I can’t even remember how I did it, it’s so vague.

“after….”

I briefly recalled that time and fell into a deep sleep, naturally leaning my head against the headrest of the conference room chair.

Honestly, if we do as the CEO says now, T.O.J’s repackaged album won’t be that successful.

Well, I saw it all when Arrows was on.

“Ah, this week’s 15th to 10th place! Let’s meet them right on the screen!”

It’s not that bad, but it’s at a level where it’s fluctuating between 10th and 15th place on music show rankings.

What was not bad and what was good were different.

Your grades are proportional to the effort you put into it.

So, this time, if I want to achieve different results and succeed in the surprise mission that X gave me, I have to break Director Shin Gi-ho’s will, that’s what I was saying.

I blinked slowly and covered my mouth with the minutes.

Otherwise, I thought I would be caught smiling.

Now, it’s time to reveal why I was so confident in X.

“Hmm? You don’t like it?”

“…yes?”

“No, I understand that you took the top seat in the conference room as soon as you arrived. Since you’re the CEO. But don’t you know that I’m in charge of the visuals for this album, CEO?”

Ah, this aesthetic fanatic who can’t be this strong when he’s on my side…

“Huh… Honestly, I heard that a repackaged album is coming out, so I have a song that I prepared! Can you at least listen to it once?”

Our team now has a sensational genius boy from Liverpool who is absolutely weak against our new CEO.

And I was convinced that this was the turning point.