Idols Around the World 28

Chapter 28 – #06_ Preparing for Debut (1)

The name of the newly added member is Nam Kyu Nam.
He is 18 years old, the same age as Kang Jun.
The trainees tended to get along well with each other, but in a class of 16 people, there was no way that a group would be formed, and because of that, I don’t remember playing with Nam-gyu up close.
Now, unless something unusual happens, we will be debuting as these members, so we accepted the new member with open hearts.
We’re going to spend the next few years together sharing the joys and sorrows, but if we’re not in a bad relationship, isn’t it a loss to each other?
Friendly atmosphere.
However, the atmosphere soon had to harden into tension.
It’s because as I prepared for my debut in earnest, the company asked for more things.
The head of the manager said that the camera would follow me from next week, but when I came to the company on Monday morning, the camera greeted me.

“Are you filming already?”
“Act without being aware of the camera as much as possible. There is also the purpose of letting you guys experience it in advance so that you can get used to the camera.”

I saw Kang Kyung-tae, who arrived at the office before me, standing like Jeong-seung with a very nervous face.
There were as many as three cameras taking pictures of him, and there was also a camera attached to the wall of the practice room.

‘I’m out of breath. I’m choking.’

I went to Kang Kyung-tae’s side and stabbed him in the side.

“Are you okay, bro?”
“Uh.”
“Your face is completely stiff.”
“… This is my original face.”
“Foot!”

A mocking laugh broke out involuntarily.
Anyway, I need to know that Kang Kyung-tae is pretending to be strong.
It’s a pity that I have to call him brother.
Her ears were turning red, as if Kang Kyung-tae knew that his excuses weren’t very effective.
I smirked and pointed at the camera.

“Oh, to be honest, I’m more nervous than hyung. The camera is very burdensome.”
“You don’t have much experience standing in front of a camera, do you?”
“Yes. The last time I said I was taking a profile picture was the first time.”
“Uh~ that’s right. Well done. Here’s the profile picture I took then.”

I was having a conversation with Kyungtae hyung, but the head of the manager interrupted.

“Uh? Is your profile picture already out?”
“It wasn’t to be published in a magazine, it was to be experienced at the company, so how long would it take to correct it? Wait a minute.”

The photos brought by the manager are displayed.

“Is this the picture you took then? After the correction, the atmosphere has improved a lot.”
“If you want one, I’ll send it to your e-mail address.”
“Please send.”
“Me too.”

I will take a lot of pictures like this in the future, but I wanted to keep the first picture I took.
Kang Kyung-tae was looking at her picture, then glanced at my picture, and her eyes widened.
Even looking at it, my photos came out so well that I wondered if someone had scammed them.

“Did I come out well?”
“…”

Seeing that he couldn’t answer, he must have thought that my picture came out well.
Kang Kyung-tae looked at the photo of me and the photo of himself, looking sullen.
He also belongs to the good-looking axis, but the guy next to me is me, so he looks relatively ugly.
The moment I wanted to comfort him, the manager said.

“And you guys, since the accommodation is ready, tell your parents and come in with your stuff.”

Uh-fuck, accommodation?
With superhuman patience, he suppressed the desire to jump out and asked again.

“… Accommodation?”
“Okay. I want everyone to come in as soon as possible to enhance teamwork.”

I thought it would be difficult to find time since my debut, but the lodging is an unexpected challenge comparable to a reality camera.
Going into the dorm means spending the whole day with the members.
It meant that he might not be able to meet Joo-ah noona, whom he barely met until dawn.

‘How should I do this?’

Going out secretly at night would be suspicious to anyone.
The difficulties of reality and living in a dorm came over me at once.
The ordeal didn’t stop there.

“Wow-“
“Hey, don’t vomit while eating.”
“Eh, I’m hungry even after eating.”

Diet.
From the time I joined the debut group, a separate menu was provided, but the manager didn’t watch all day, so I was able to secretly buy food.
However, from the moment I was confirmed as a debut member, I couldn’t even go near high-calorie foods.
A reality camera was filming us throughout the meal, so we never had a chance to eat anything.
Except for the time when I secretly stole food and hid on the stairs to share chocolate with the members under the pretext of making reality show fun, it was long before I ate proper food.

‘It’s really very unfortunate. Even if I don’t eat it, I don’t get steamed, so I can just eat it!!”

The fantastic body that Pony prepared so hard does not need a diet at all.
And if I ate too much and gained weight, I could solve it with a cheat key, a coin.
Surprisingly, I was able to increase or decrease my body weight with coins.
Nonetheless, I couldn’t express my dissatisfaction with being under diet management with the members.

‘Because I can’t eat hamburgers and pizza alone in front of the kids who are gagging and eating grass.’

It was surprisingly Kang Kyung-tae who had the most difficulty in managing his diet.
Despite not being overweight, the camera made me look exceptionally rich, so I had to maintain a weight below average so I didn’t look different from the other members.

‘I’ll turn anyway. I didn’t know how to do this and put too much energy on it, ah!!’

After entering the dorm, it took two weeks to pass in earnest.
Coin supply and demand are not available at all.

Tak Tak Tak Tak –
‘Shiibaaaaa

Among the members, my energy overflowed to the point that my energy was quickly exposed, which made me suffer.
Every morning when I wake up, I stand upright, so I can’t help but get caught.

Smart tock-
“Haengnim, are you doing it again?”
“… Hearing your voice, I fell asleep. Thank you.”
“It is sinful to interfere. I couldn’t help it because the shit was so bad, Haeng-nim.”
“I will kill you, Ki Woo-yeon.”

Two weeks without women.
The days are going on where I feel like this is hell.

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I couldn’t work with my right hand while going to the bathroom several times a day.
Something had to be done!
There is only one person I can turn to for advice to resolve this issue.
Just Pony.
I needed that guy.

“I think I’m going crazy.”
[… It seems like it. Why is your face like this?]
“After two weeks of abstinence, this happened. I lose weight not because I manage my diet, but because I can’t solve my stamina.”

Idol.
An existence that is infinitely close to women, but has to be distant from them.
Living in a dorm and being monitored by a reality camera make it impossible to meet a woman.
Pony had a duty to solve my situation.

“If you don’t want to see me go crazy, you have to solve it.”
[Uh… Hmm…]
“I’ll review it, I agree. Isn’t this shit to do? Please tell me what to do! If I stay like this, I think I will be liberated and attain Buddhahood.”
[That’s absolutely not possible!! You have a great mission to impregnate a lot of women!! The eunuch is absolutely not allowed!!!]
“I don’t want to do that either, so find a way. I am very serious right now.”
[You just have to be smart and take your time. Why the hell can’t I meet a girl with that face?]
“They watch me from all sides!! Ki Woo-yeon’s voice still lingers in my ears because of Ki Woo-yeon’s thumping next to me all day. What are you saying!! Even if I want to say I’m going to the convenience store, there’s no excuse because I can’t eat because I’m managing my diet. I did my best!”

Joo-ah noona also hasn’t been able to do it for two weeks, and her body is so overworked that she insists on giving her time, even if it’s just for an hour.
This was really bad for Joo-ah, and it was also bad for me.

[Okay, I can suggest a method right away, but…]
“Is there a way? Why are you saying that now!!”
[Because there is a problem! You have too few coins! That’s why you can’t do it even if you suggest a solution.]
“If you have coins, can you use that method?”
[Huh. Is there anything in the world that can’t be done with money? The problem is that it’s something you can never buy with the coins you have.]
“What are you doing?”
[There are a lot of things. The cheapest would be a doppelganger doll. This is to make a doppelganger that looks just like you, tell the people around you that you are sleeping, and you can sneak out of the dorm.]
“You mean to use the morning hours? But is it possible to write without people noticing? Living in a dorm isn’t something you can only use in a room.”
[It can’t be something you can buy with coins like that.]

Let’s say you put your doppelganger doll on the bed and go out.
If you think you want to go to the place where the doppelganger doll is after you have done all the business, it is said that your body will be swapped with the doppelganger doll.
That means I don’t have to go through the trouble of sneaking back through the front door and getting rid of the doppelganger.

“It’s disposable, maybe?”
[It’s an expensive item, but I don’t think so. The moment it is replaced with your body, it turns into a doll ring.]
“Wow, is that really what I really need?”
[There are as many things as you need. It’s just a problem that you don’t have the money to pay for the item.]
“You mean this is the cheapest item?”

The function looks very good to me, but just because it’s cheap doesn’t mean that the performance is that much lower?

[It’s just a doll. It’s not something I can talk about, so it’s the cheapest. There is a doppelganger Android as a higher version of this.]
“Why is he more expensive?”
[You don’t have to pretend to be asleep.]
“What if I don’t pretend to sleep?”
[A normal life is possible.]
“You mean you’re imitating me?”
[Huh.]

Oh my god.
They sell really unimaginable things.

“Then what is the price?”

You wouldn’t be able to get something like that for 10 or 20 coins.
Seeing that this is impossible with what I have, I am already breaking out in a cold sweat.

[Don’t be too surprised. The price of a doppelganger doll is 4,000 coins, and a doppelganger android is 20,000 coins.]

4,000 coins and 20,000 coins.

“Oh my, fuck! Have no conscience How do you buy them?”
[That’s why I said no.]
“There is no way to live? I can never stand it like this.”
[You have to do your best!! This is all the advice I can give you.]
“Under… Driving me crazy.”

You must roll your head.
I can never live like this.
To collect 20,000 coins, I had to have sex over 6,000 times, so I didn’t want to even look at it.
But what if 4,000 coins?

‘It seems like I’ve been able to handle it somehow.’

“Hey. Can’t I get a loan?”

They also have intelligent beings living there, so wouldn’t there be a bank or something?

[What? Loan? Do you know how scary loans are?!]
“Can I not know that? Are you paying too much interest?”
[Do you think you can get a loan without any identity?]
“You can borrow it.”
[Why me!!! And I absolutely hate it.]
“If the bank doesn’t work, what do you lend?”
[I have no money for that!!!]
“Not all? Then sell the status window?”
[Omg! What!!! It’s crazy? How much is that!! And that’s mine!!]
“Did you still think it was yours when you gave it as compensation? The only place where coins come out is the status window, so I can’t help it.”
[I’ll lend you. I’ll lend you! You can lend it!]

He said he didn’t have any coins, so it looks like he’s got something.
Anyway, this guy, it’s a status window given to him, but he seems to have not let go of his lingering feelings yet.
It looks like he’ll try to trick me into taking the status window away from me.

‘As expected, he’s someone I shouldn’t trust.’