The Malicious Member is Back! - Chapter 194



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The Malicious Member Returns! Episode 194

When T.O.Z was all preparing the demo for the title song ‘WoW’, the members had a brief meeting.

“Guys. Should we take a quick break?”

“Huh? Yoochan hyung, does your throat hurt? It can’t be! You’re the most important person in the demo song recording right now!”

“Haha, no. It’s not that my throat hurts… I just thought it would be good to talk about it when you’re not here.”

“Who’s not there… Ah. Yongyong hyung? Oh, gossip time? Okay. I’m ready. Actually, I want to talk about Yoochan hyung more than Yongyong hyung. Hyung, please don’t put your socks inside out in the laundry basket… .”

“Will you do it, Inma?”

Except for Kim Chun-yong, who declared that he would ‘prepare a choreography demo in the practice room.’

Despite their exhaustion from continuous demo recording and editing, their faces, huddled together on the sofa, were filled with an emotion that surpassed fatigue.

Curiosity towards Kim Chun-yong, who had declared earlier that he would leave this place.

“Ahem, so… what I wanted to say is this. In fact, the one who strongly recommended Logan’s song during the meeting was Chun-yong more than anyone else. But why is Chun-yong leaving? This has been bothering me since earlier.”

“Hmm… That’s true. The person who recommended the song the most is trusting us and going to choreograph the dance? I didn’t think much about it before… Yongyong hyung. I don’t know what you’re thinking.”

“I, I, listened to a lot of your songs… so… something like that… ah, maybe… ? Even if it changes a bit, I’m confident that I’ll get used to it…”

“Huh. Hyung Chun-yong has listened to it a lot. But, whether you edit it or not is another matter! In the end, the choreography has to match the changed song, right?”

“Um, but, Chun-yong said so seriously, ‘I don’t know much about arranging,’ so it was a bit hard to catch him… ”

“Ack, a lie. Yongyong hyung, you came here rearranging a song for the mentor evaluation, right? Aigo, excuses are really…”

No matter what, leaving the place where we gathered to make a song together was bound to raise questions.

The excuse that I didn’t know much about arrangements and that I didn’t know anything worked somehow, but I couldn’t completely avoid the eyes of the people I had spent months with.

“This is just my opinion… Maybe he needed some time alone in the practice room? I don’t think Chun-yong would tell us everything that happened to him, given his personality.”

“That makes sense. Hyung Chun-yong, your face and expression are always a bit scary! What is that? Delicate….”

“Logan, be delicate. Be delicate. Well, there are some parts of Yongyong hyung that don’t match his face. But, if that’s the case while preparing a repackaged album… shouldn’t we talk about it?”

“… How about if I say something like, ‘Eat something… sweet?’”

“I know what everyone is saying, but… I’m not sure. I think we need to properly check what’s going on first.”

I have to check. I have to find out. I’ll try to figure it out somehow.

After meeting the members of T.O.J., Kim Chun-yong started saying such things out of habit.

He said that because he knew he wasn’t that smart and he needed to be prepared and ready for anything in order to respond appropriately, but the opinions of those around him who heard it were different.

He’s digging the ground alone again.

Think alone and decide alone.

… Did you know how to do that?

As much as Kim Chun-yong changed from being a trash can to being Kim Chun-yong, the aftereffects have also been felt by those around him.

So, it’s not strange that the members secretly went to the practice room where Kim Chun-yong was alone, holding a magpie’s quilt.

Men with an average height of 179cm walk on tiptoe, take the stairs instead of using the elevator in case someone notices because of the noise, and even cover each other’s mouths to keep from making any noise.

“Hey, is that the practice room with the lights on?”

“I think so. Chun-yong liked practice room 4 the best… ”

“Oh, is it because your birthday is in April? I have to remember these things so I don’t forget them, ugh!”

“Shh, shh. Logan. Your voice is too loud! Oh, my. What am I supposed to do if I don’t take care of all these things, really? Watch me and learn… Ugh, ugh!”

“Wow, Seong-i hyung… is… noisier…”

The AG headquarters building at dawn, with almost all employees gone to work and only a few unfortunate employees left to work overtime due to their tight schedule.

The five men who stood in front of the practice room, muttering and arguing repeatedly, were finally able to peek their heads through the small glass window of the tightly closed door after many twists and turns.

and….

“… Oh my. That’s Chun-yong. That’s Chun-yong.”

“Wow… That much already? Are you crazy? That’s the part we just finished editing…!”

“Wow, that’s amazing….”

“Huh. As Yoochan hyung said earlier, I don’t think it’s ‘he might be digging the ground alone’.”

“… … .”

Everyone could not help but let out a short exclamation at the sight of the red hair swaying within.

The excuse of not knowing how to arrange.

A persuasion that leaves you wondering if things will progress quickly if the right people are placed in the right places.

Because these are movements that make you forget everything.

“…let’s go down.”

“Huh? Jaeha hyung. I think it would be okay to look around a little more….”

“No, no, no. Mars. Let’s go, let’s go. I just had an idea. I have to go down right now to fix it.”

“Huh? Even Logan?”

“Mars. Chun-yong is working so hard on choreography for a song that hasn’t even been completed yet. Let’s go, too!”

“I think the lyrics… are a little, good… that just came to mind…!”

“Eww. I’ll just watch a little more. I think watching more will help me write rap lyrics… Eww, Jaeha, hyeong!”

“Mars. Let’s go.”

There was a strange light in Son Jae-ha’s eyes as he went down, leading Ji-hwa-seong’s arm.

As if trying to engrave the image I just saw into my mind forever.

“… … .”

Son Jae-ha’s eyes blinked several times, and in his head, the demo song that Logan was currently revising and the movements that Kim Chun-yong had just seen mixed together.

♬♪♪♬♩♪…

The music box sound that decorates the beginning, like the mood sampler of ‘Hide and Seek’.

However, there are beats and noises that are slightly mixed in between, so that the tension is not lost.

The sharp sound of the synthesizer scratching down my spine, moving back and forth between skyscrapers and low buildings.

And among them, the red hair that decorates the dance break center.

“… I think it would be good to do it again.”

“Huh? Jaeha, what did you say?”

“Oh, Chun-yong. I think it would be good to dye your hair again.”

In a darker color.

And when Son Jae-ha finished that thought.

He, Tioz, and Kim Chun-yong were already on stage.

* * *

Was it a trick of God, or was it just fate?

The title song of T.O.J’s repackaged album, ‘WoW’, fits perfectly with the working title that Logan had come up with, and there were virtually no major changes to the overall album concept.

The boys who suspected and helped each other during ‘Hide and Seek’ and found the lost puppy, holding each other’s shoulders and hands and leaving the island.

The island was before its debut.

Outside the island was the entertainment world.

Therefore, ‘Hide and Seek’ was Moon Yoon-ha and AG’s intention to throw their hat into the ring in the entertainment industry with the memories of .

So then, what about the ‘WoW’ that is coming out this time?

What happens to the boys who get out of the island?

The boys, who knew nothing, become confused about their identity as they grow up.

Am I a trainee or an ordinary person?

Or a stranger from England?

An idol? Me? Really?

They needed a compass.

A compass that will show you the direction you should go and lead you from the center.

And the situation where the compass was most useful was travel.

– Somewhere, where you choose

I already know, it’ll be good enough

Somewhere, where you talk

The music box sound of the introduction stops, and the beat sound that was inserted in between gets louder.

The introduction, which started with the synth sound being emphasized by mixing in the bass sound, was Jaeha Son’s part.

– Every step you take is sweet

Walk on waltz, Walk on water

He was wearing a very different outfit from the ‘Borderline’ he had previously shown, and his eyes had a strange light that had been seen before.

Moon Yoon-ha, who had originally emphasized the feeling of ‘boys on the borderline of growth, thrown into another world’, had all of T.O.J. wear leather jackets with similar details.

“Tell me what’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word wandering.”

“Uh… a punk?”

“Oh, it’s so one-dimensional. It’s driving me crazy. Honey, Mr. Mars. I told you to study a little bit… .”

“…There is an end?”

“Yeah! It’s different even when the leader is a bit different.”

Moon Yoon-ha, who pointed her finger at them and smiled sinisterly, only said one thing.

“Because Tioze is an idol who is the object of idolization.”

Tell me that the wandering will end someday.

– Buddy, Buddy

It’s my first time here too, but I can feel it

Feel like Another round

Another place, but I knew it

As soon as Ji Hwa Seong’s rap begins, the large group that had scattered in unison regroups and all six members step in the same formation.

Right foot, and left foot.

As they are all bunched up, the arm movements are not large, but precise.

– We don’t need liquor at all

Quicker, Quicker Just turn up the tempo a bit more

I’m not even tired of escaping

Maybe this is my nature

Once on stage, idols don’t stop.

Keep dancing and singing.

Go forward, go forward.

– Oh, Oh, Oh, Walk on, Walk on!

Next episode too

Oh, Oh, Oh, Walk on, Walk on!

Perfect up to the epilogue

The highlight part where Bang Yoo-chan put dots, and the bridge and verse of the second verse shared by Logan and Jang Si-woo.

– Oh, Oh, Oh, Walk on, Walk on!

Next episode too

Oh, Oh, Oh, Walk on, Walk on!

Perfect up to the epilogue

One of the members who had been briefly supporting the chorus gritted his teeth as he listened to the gradually increasing beat through his earphones.

Is that Son Jae-ha? Or Ji Hwa-seong?

no.

The one person who made all this possible.

A person who struggles to cook up a single song with one goal, decides on a title song, choreographs a song that hasn’t even been released yet, and racks his brain for days thinking about ‘how to do better in the future.’

At the moment of the dance break, ‘that’ Kim Chun-yong stood in the middle.

Step as if you’re flying across the stage, and make big, cool arm movements.

But at the same time, adjust the speed so that it is not too excessive, and keep the center.

Use all the joints of your body flexibly, and stop at the exact moment without losing the beat.

– Oh, Oh, Oh, Walk on, Walk on!

Next episode too

Oh, Oh, Oh, Walk on, Walk on!

Perfect up to the epilogue

Kim Chun-yong was neither a trainee, an ordinary person, nor a stranger.

He was the one who came back.

The wandering he experiences is probably quite different from that of those around him, and there is no one with whom he can share it.

Because you can’t say that to someone you don’t know.

Even if they are someone you know, they might be your enemy.

– Oh, Oh, Oh, Walk on, Walk on!

Next episode too

Oh, Oh, Oh, Walk on, Walk on!

Perfect up to the epilogue

In the last highlight part, while singing along with the other members, Kim Chun-yong could see his dark red hair slightly falling down in front of my eyes.

Kim Chun-yong smiled brightly and determinedly as he looked at his hair, which had become closer to a wine color as advised by Son Jae-ha.

‘But what can I do?’

Kim Chun-yong has simply been wishing for this moment over and over again.

Rather than throwing yourself into the abyss, I hope you can wander in the right direction.

May there be one chance to turn everything back.

therefore….

– Oh, Oh, Oh, Walk on, Walk on!

Nexus continues until the end

Next, Next, Walk on, Walk on!

It was only natural that at the last moment he smiled brightly and opened his eyes with sparkles.

“-thank you!”

Kim Chun-yong, who finished the first stage of T.O.J’s repackaged album title song, ‘WoW’, was confident.

… This is real, it can be done.