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Join the ServerThis too is an old memory.
Even before the war with the gods.
When he was pacifying various parts of his territory as the Demon God.
– Is that the giant race I’ve only heard of?
A branch of the giant race had invaded the territory and caused a disturbance.
Among them, even the small ones easily leaped over giant trees, and the large ones seemed like small mountains moving alive.
At the forefront stood the largest and most violent giant, ‘Ganu’.
He declared with a voice like a thunderbolt.
– This place is now the territory of us giants!
Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!
The magnificent voice of the giant Ganu swept across the battlefield, leaving echoes.
– Guwooooh!!!!
– It is our territory!!!!
The giants under Ganu’s command responded simultaneously, letting out a heaven-shaking roar.
It was a majesty where the vibration of the atmosphere could be felt even though they stood quite a distance away.
– Hmph.
Of course, the Demon God paid absolutely no mind, whether now or then.
– The sound is indeed tremendous. They must be raising their momentum on purpose because they fear this Demon God.
Confidence.
The confidence that he would win even fighting such massive enemies overflowed from his entire body.
And with himself, the General Commander, acting like this, there was no way his subordinates would be shaken by such nonsense.
With certainty, he turned his head toward his subordinates.
– U-Ugh…. Demon God-nim, please look at the size of those giant bastards.
– How about a strategic retreat here?
– Isn’t their voice too loud from the start?
– You guys?
The stupid subordinate bastards were intimidated….
The Demon God yelled furiously.
– Will you die by my hand? Or will you strike down those bastards?
– Is there no other option besides those choices?
– There is not! The one who spoke, step forward first!
The Demon God searched for who was the most intimidated first.
He intended to strike them with lightning to wake them up.
A subordinate of adjutant rank, unable to just watch, approached and spoke.
– How about giving a speech at least?
– What? You mean I should encourage them word for word?
– But those giants are scary just to look at. Ah, so scary.
The Demon God was dumbfounded.
If even an adjutant rank was openly scared, it was obvious how those below him felt.
– What on earth do you bastards do properly!
– S-Sorry.
Even so, he couldn’t start a war with their morale plummeted.
The Demon God fell into deep thought about what kind of speech he should give, and came to a conclusion a moment later.
– Let’s just create one more Authority to solve this.
– Pardon? Do you have spiritual energy left to create another Authority?
– It is plentiful?
The subordinate stared blankly at the Demon God.
– You are truly a lofty existence.
However, words followed.
– Are you haphazardly taking care of it with an Authority because a speech is bothersome?
– I could also haphazardly execute you.
– Make it quickly! I mean make it quickly. What do you mean haphazardly.
– Haa. If only you couldn’t speak.
Thus, the great Authority created was precisely [Confidence Boost].
The Authority that was activated on the intimidated subordinates in the past, making them even charge at the giant race.
Right now, that exact Authority applied to everyone near the stage.
Except for Ganu, the giants were only big but actually soft.
Naturally, he achieved victory.
Even if the Authority’s influence isn’t as much as it was then, it is fine.
Because the humans aren’t going to war either.
‘Everyone can do it. However, a few seconds of time will be needed.’
The Demon God opened his mouth himself to give the people time to settle things.
“The ringleader has been well subdued by me.”
Then, Tae-young quickly executed [Transcendental Translation] from the side.
“Kwak Su-eon is asleep. Please be at ease.”
“It was merely a trivial attack. Subduing it is an easy task.”
“You were surprised by the unexpected situation, right? You can be at ease now.”
Meanwhile, those influenced by the Authority gradually began to find what they needed to do even amidst the chaos caused by the unprecedented incident.
An unknown momentum was boiling up from the heart in their chests.
It was also during this time that Park Chang-su hung up the Director’s call.
“If an audience member jumped in, that’s one thing! What am I supposed to do about a performer jumping in from behind?”
PD Park Chang-su shouted boldly from the sub-control room.
With this rationalization, he quickly directed lines to the MCs.
“Hee-hyun! Su-a! Say it like this!”
“Yes.”
“Yes!”
The lines were delivered via in-ear to Hee-hyun and Su-a at the MC seats next to the stage.
In particular, rookie actor Hee-hyun was a chirping MC just in her 2nd month.
With an originally introverted personality, she was still unable to adapt to the lively atmosphere of this music show.
Even until just a moment ago, she had been trembling with a stiff face at the incident unfolding before her eyes—
However.
‘I think I can do it?’
A suspicious confidence provided by someone was welling up.
She spat out the lines vigorously.
“Yes! Just now, there was an unexpected situation. The scene has been quickly organized. Right now, everyone is in a safe state.”
The female MC Su-a took the words.
As expected, she also fired off the lines with overflowing confidence.
“We would appreciate it if you could cheer even more wonderfully for the remaining stages from now on!”
Organizing the situation like this first, Hee-hyun took the lines again.
“In a live broadcast, unexpected moments can always come. Doesn’t that mean every moment is sincere, and the heart approaching the stage is hot?”
It was absolute nonsense.
Being sincere every moment has nothing to do with an intrusion.
However, the important thing was confidence!
“We hope that passion was safely conveyed. Then! Shall we return to the stage again?”
Shameless confidence!
Because the confidence thought of by the Demon God, the master of the Authority, looked exactly like this.
“That’s right! Right next, it’s time to meet the following group.”
“Yes, the emotional stage of those calmly preparing their stage!”
Following that, they summoned the male idol group ‘Hertz’, who was next in order after Pantheon.
A team that came out with a sentimental, vocal-centered song as their title track.
One would wonder if they could catch the emotion in this chaos—
“Guys, everyone can do well, right?”
“Of course!”
“Naturally!”
“Hertz! Hertz! Dolphin frequency!”
It was fine.
Because they were overflowing with confidence.
While Hee-hyun and Su-a delivered their lines, the group on stage had already been switched out. Pantheon had already quickly gone down taking Kwak Su-eon.
And the song of Hertz, who had taken their places in advance, began.
– The path I walked together with you, I walk alone today.
Walking together with memories, am I perhaps not alone.
Passing the intro, they sang with sweet voices.
The staff also regained their composure, and the camera moving and lighting transitions were normal too.
The security and audience also calmly kept their positions.
“It works? It’s being settled.”
Because the scene was surprisingly natural for a start, that atmosphere was conveyed through the screen.
At this point, it passed smoothly as if what just happened wasn’t a big deal.
Of course, the aftermath would be tremendous.
Especially, for EXI.
***
“What did you say? Stage canceled?”
Jang Young-bae crumpled his face facing the assistant director.
“Yes. The Director-nim said so.”
The first strike of the aftermath visited the EXI waiting room.
Even the assistant director who came to deliver the message did not have a very friendly atmosphere. He was also one of the people flustered by this incident.
The assistant director delivered the PD’s prickly words in a prickly manner—
“He said, how on earth do you manage your members to cause such a catastrophe! I have never even heard of an idol intruding on a stage! Do you know how difficult our position is too! he said.”
“Ugh.”
Jang Young-bae had nothing to say to the assistant director’s message.
“Is that all?”
“No.”
“Eh?”
The assistant director opened his mouth again.
“Continuing, he said, you probably didn’t prepare a 5-person choreography in advance anyway! Just stay out! Because we don’t need you! f*ck! Ah, I apologize for the f*ck.”
Veins popped on Jang Young-bae’s forehead.
Himself, a Director of Izm, was being mocked even by an assistant director.
“Return immediately! I will also have to think a bit about whether to keep seeing EXI in the future! That is all.”
At this rate, EXI, managed by Jang Young-bae, was about to be blocked from entering SBC.
Using the company’s power, they pushed aside the senior group Pantheon and EXI received the later slot. To think it would return like this.
“Uhm, and also.”
“Again? Is there another message?”
“Yes. He said, so, why did that member do that? he asked.”
“…….”
Jang Young-bae had nothing to say even this time.
For now, they are transporting him to the hospital and responding that it is a health issue.
But that was all, and they hadn’t even grasped why Kwak Su-eon did that.
He had a suppressed attitude compared to his usual skills, but there were no precursors to him causing such an incident.
Even when asking the EXI members, they only said they didn’t know.
“Haa, just convey that I will contact him separately about that.”
“I think you need to tell me right now.”
The assistant director answered sullenly.
“There is a complicated reason. A complicated reason.”
“What is that reason? I need something to say when I go back too.”
“An official statement will go out.”
“You should at least let us know the unofficial stance.”
He tried to pass it over roughly, but the assistant director was persistent—
“S-Su-eon has, mentally, not been well lately….”
Looking back, EXI member Woo Ji-chan was stuttering as he spoke.
“Is that so?”
The assistant director asked Woo Ji-chan over Jang Young-bae’s shoulder.
“Y-Yes. He was originally that kind of friend, lacking a bit of confidence. I guess the pressure was severe.”
“He does something like that because the pressure is severe?”
“He, he must have been too conscious of Pantheon, and did that….”
“Wait a moment.”
Jang Young-bae intervened in the middle. He took Woo Ji-chan to one side.
“Is that right? You weren’t even close with Su-eon, Ji-chan.”
“T-That’s right. Even if we’re not close, I know that much.”
Tsk.
Jang Young-bae clicked his tongue.
For a mere reason like that?
In the eyes of the irritated Jang Young-bae, Woo Ji-chan was seen still standing vacantly.
“Where do you disappear to so much when you come to the broadcasting station? Didn’t you learn not to stray?”
At that, Woo Ji-chan flinched and trembled.
“A-No…. It’s not because I want to do that.”
“What?”
What is this kid saying now.
Anyway, there is no proper guy.
He can’t keep saying things like this with the assistant director standing there.
Jang Young-bae turned his body away from Woo Ji-chan.
– Su-eon, he probably had something else he wanted to do. That’s a shame. Right?
– Y-Yeah…. He probably wanted to do something more flashy….
The conversation between Kang-yul, who had approached before he knew it, and Woo Ji-chan was heard from behind his back.
Those guys don’t even seem to care about today’s incident.
Jang Young-bae paid them no mind and approached the assistant director.
“Anyway, it’s like that. It’s a mental issue. We will care for him well. Please tell the Director-nim I will visit him.”
“You made me wait when you didn’t even have anything to add? Tsk.”
The assistant director did not hide his uncomfortable feelings to the end.
Someone like you, Jang Young-bae thought, grinding his molars.
Suddenly, he became curious about one thing.
“Wait a moment.”
“Yes?”
“So if our EXI drops out? What do you fill it with?”
EXI was supposed to do two songs.
Thanks to the quick settling, not even a single song’s worth of time had disappeared.
It’s a bit long to just fill it with lines.
“Pardon? Isn’t it obvious?”
“What is obvious?”
“Because it was cut in the middle.”
Cut in the middle?
Jang Young-bae thought for a moment, then suddenly remembered what was cut.
The title track stage was cut.
Right before heading to the climax, at that.
“Pantheon goes up again.”
Jang Young-bae’s face became truly terrifyingly distorted.
***
And this was, truly, merely the first strike of the aftermath.
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