RAP STAR

Chapter 88 [verse 14, Beat The Underground

"Team Leader, did you just...?"

"Huh? Did I hear that right?"

Assistant Manager Go and Team Leader Ahn, watching the performance through the window from the corridor next to Code Name's waiting room, widened their eyes.

"Code Name: Shut Up?"

"Since it's a name, shouldn't it be Code Name: Shut Up?"

"Wow, even in the show business, they're merciless. Were those guys always this confrontational?"

"Aren't rappers like that by nature?"

"Is that so?"

Ahn chuckled.

Originally, Code Name was supposed to wait in the adjacent mobile studio. However, they were placed in the information center on the first floor closest to the stage because no one knew what might happen inside, fearing Code Name might not go up due to their pride.

"If they were in the mobile studio, they would've been in the second round, wouldn't they?"

"That's right. Then wouldn't the Code Name members be too embarrassed to come up?"

Assistant Manager Go and Team Leader Ahn, who were more familiar with 888 psychologically, laughed and said.

"But aren't they lip-syncing? Makeup is obvious."

"Yes. We checked with Code Name's AR, and it seems they just brought the released track, not the performance AR."

"Hmm, did they listen to the lyrics? I wonder what their reaction will be."

"Well, maybe they'll prepare for the live now?"

"Do they have that kind of determination?"

At that moment, the door of the waiting room opened, and the manager walked out.

"Team Leader, could we change the song?"

"Huh? Ah, if we have the performance MR ready, it shouldn't be a problem."

"The MR is included in the CD we provided."

"Really? Won-guk, quickly go with the manager and inform the sound team. Manager, you go with him."

"Oh, thank you."

"You've worked hard."

The manager, who sighed in various meanings, headed to the sound team with Assistant Manager Go.

Minji, flustered by her verbal slip-up, fidgeted unsure of what to do, while Inhyuk and Kim Hwan were engrossed in watching the spectacle across the river. Minji, not responding to the audience, recalled her memorized lines and spoke again.

"I, uh, since the remaining two songs are also very exciting, I hope they serve as a tasty appetizer for those of you enjoying the playoffs."

The voices of the audience grew louder.

"Because it's the playoffs!"

The audience's voices grew louder. Minji, unsure of what to do, blurted out without thinking.

"After all, the victory belongs to Gwangju Tigers!"

Minji was startled by her own words and looked towards the Incheon Sky's dugout. Chewing gum and munching on sunflower seeds, the Incheon Sky players watched the performance.

"Oh, my goodness."

The Incheon Sky players were just part of the marketing, so they didn't pay much attention, but Minji's spontaneous remark caught their attention. And that scene was captured perfectly by the camera director and broadcasted on the big screen.