Chapter 39: When an Unexpected Event Occurs (3)

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They looked like they were about to go to battle. I gave each of them words or encouragement to boost their morale.

Lee Taehee who was always dependable at times like this, Im Seoyoung who looked a bit nervous, luckily, her condition was good, and LJ who was so focused that I felt bad saying something.

Lastly, to Lee Songha, who was silently burning up.

“Songha, just do like you did in practice.”

“Yes. I will do my best and return.”

Lee Songha nodded her head and followed behind the other girls who going to the front.

Just then, the first mission recording of Next K-Star had begun.

I realized something considerably while watching the recording scene.

It wasn’t that the recording process, in which they stopped and resumed with multiple times, was very tiring or that VJs who went around putting cameras in people’s faces and filming managers and staff members’ reactions were very bothersome either.

The biggest thing I realized was that you couldn’t thoughtlessly tell people to sing without instrumentals.

Of course, there were teams or members who did well enough that the spectators shouted in admiration. The ones who the judges clapped for and praised that they could become the next generation K-Star.

However, the performances of some teams literally made you shout. Even though they were new, it came to a point where you would worry whether it was okay to show a performance like that on a show with the words ‘Next K-Star’ in its title.

The ones who were unrivaled amongst them was precisely the team currently on the stage.

Sugar Cats.

“…. Hmmm.”

Eventually, a sound I couldn’t keep contained escaped. It wasn’t only me, the people next to me were unable to look at the stage directly and avoided their gazes. There wasn’t even a need to look far, Kim Hyunjo even covered his face with the hand that had been supporting his chin.

He couldn’t help it. Even if they had insufficient time to practice, this was too severe.

After the shocking 3 minutes and 30 seconds had passed, the Sugar Cats members stood in front of the judges’ table. Although their hearts were probably thumping right now, I was calming my heart as well as we waited for the judges’ evaluation.

This moment right now was filled with more anticipation than the first episode of a drama and more excitement than its last episode.

The malicious character who stood out even amongst the three

judges, Cha Suzy who had smashed the mentalities of those who performed ahead with her harsh criticisms was first to grab her mic. I didn’t think too well of her since she was the type to give overly strong remarks…
“You should have called your team Bitter Cats instead of Sugar Cats. Bitter, bitter. It’s my first time scowling while listening to a song.”

I think I might become her fan.

The Sugar Cats girls were taken aback as they stammered and tried to pass each other the mic. However, there were still two more judges left. Before the Sugar Cats could say a word, the criticisms poured in.

“Because you’re singing without instrumentals, your skills are clearly revealed. This means that you were more or less covering your insufficiencies with the instrumentals up until now.”

“Your key was wavering from the beginning to the end, and you lost the beat so many times I gave up counting.”

“There’s nothing to compliment about. And you were a team that had good preliminary responses from our viewers…”

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