Episode 2
“Sh*t.”
[Condition 18 | A perfect idol refrains from any reckless words or actions anywhere.]
Ah, please.
Go Young-in tightly clenched his lips. The memories of the past nightmare began to resurface vividly. It was clearly madness.
‘How did I manage to forget about this?’
[However, if there are no people around to hear, it will be considered normal behavior.]
He felt like crying out of gratitude. The status window clearly indicated he was insane. He felt pathetic for being relieved by such a sentence.
Was it all for nothing? Or has he finally lost it?
‘Reset. Was this what the reset meant?’
Go Young-in remained frozen for a while, then suddenly glanced around.
It was indeed his room. Although it was the house where the young Go Young-in lived, not the one in his twenties.
How could this happen without any warning signs? Especially right after being discharged from the military? Surely it couldn’t be because I didn’t become an idol.
[Become the greatest idol!]
“Right. It’s……………”
Why did nothing happen until now, and then this happened right after my discharge?
‘D*mn it, it’s like they’re deliberately targeting the day after discharge.’
The military is too much. If they were going to reset anyway, they should have done it sooner.
With nowhere to vent his silent rage, Go Young-in grabbed his hair in frustration.
Even the crazy status window didn’t give any warnings. It really was a day no different from usual.
Go Young-in had simply slept and woke up in bed. He had done nothing but fulfill one of the three basic human needs—sleep.
By this point, he had a feeling. If he were to say he wasn’t going to become an idol again, the same thing would happen.
It wasn’t just a feeling.
It was a complete certainty.
He couldn’t fathom why this was happening to him, why out of all the numerous professions, he was chosen to become an idol.
All Go Young-in could do was wait, knowing that if he didn’t follow the status window, there was no other way to avoid the inevitable.
And so, Go Young-in naturally found himself once again being scouted by DD Entertainment for street casting, just like in the past.
It goes without saying that his acceptance was different from before.
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Of course, Go Young-in’s trainee life was far from smooth.
No, it wasn’t just rough—it was downright terrible.
His second reset happened less than three days after the first one.
Go Young-in managed to accumulate ‘Warning 5’ in the company’s underground practice room for trainees, barely within a few minutes of entering.
He came completely unprepared.
Furthermore, his idol skills were abysmal.
Even Kang Bada, who scouted him based solely on his appearance, looked bewildered enough to exchange glances with the agency’s CEO.
His singing was average, his dancing was on par with deflated balloons in front of a newly opened store.
Feeling the beat? It would have been a miracle if it had happened.
The only stat he somewhat excelled in, after his appearance, was being able to awkwardly fumble in front of the camera like a rusty tin can.
The fact that the agency gave him a probation period instead of kicking him out immediately was nothing short of a miracle.
*Ding*
[Condition 2 | A perfect idol must possess skills that are not embarrassing to anyone who sees them.]
[Warning!]
[Warning!]
[Warning!]
[Warning!]
[Warning!]
[Accumulated status: Warnings 5 times, Penalties 0 times]
[‘Warning 4 times’ will change to ‘Penalties 2 times’]
[Accumulated status: Warning 1 time, Penalties 2 times]
Go Young-in, who was bombarded with warnings for showing off skills that were not typical of a perfect idol, quickly filled up the remaining number of warnings on the spot due to the penalties that came at the same time as the ‘2 warnings’.
[Condition 18 | A perfect idol refrains from any reckless words or actions anywhere.]
[Condition 32 | A perfect idol must be proficient in facial expressions management.]
[Condition 40 | A perfect idol always pays attention to giving sincere responses.]
Just with those three conditions.
And starting his trainee life semi-voluntarily wasn’t easy enough to consider being an idol as an easy profession.
No matter how hard he tried, it was like a jungle where only a few dozen trucks of trainees could debut without dropping out or giving up.
Go Young-in, who had never even thought of becoming an idol and had no interest in it, couldn’t possibly make it.
Resetting wasn’t anything remarkable. At first, it was just like waking up from a dream.
After the tenth reset, Go Young-in gradually became accustomed to each condition.
Around that time, as memories mixed together, he occasionally started babbling nonsense.
On the day he accumulated Warning 5, he even tried staying awake out of fear of resetting without sleeping, but no matter how he resisted, the reset still occurred.
After the thirteenth reset, he began organizing and recording memories in a notebook.
When he couldn’t even remember how many times he had gone through it, and there was no progress, a word was added to the warning message.
[Upon accumulating 5 warnings, ‘death’ followed by a reset will occur.]
After that, Go Young-in stopped organizing memories in the notebook.
Anyway, to avoid death, he sincerely continued his trainee life.
As time passed, the interval between resets increased, and his skills began to improve. He also gradually aged.
By the time he safely became a high school student, Go Young-in began to feel increasingly anxious.
Although he eventually entered a debut group, the team’s luck was so bad that it seemed unacceptable.
The start was when fellow members from the same debut group got into accidents and left, causing the debut to be temporarily postponed.
After that, members started leaving continuously, either due to injuries, quitting, or receiving secret contacts from other agencies and switching companies.
Eventually, the debut group fell apart.
Even after that, he was given multiple chances to debut, but Go Young-in kept slipping through the cracks.
It was about time to debut, why couldn’t he debut?
Without causing any major issues, he continued living in the practice room. Was his skill lacking?
Luck… was definitely lacking.
Only the first time, the reset occured without accumulating warnings.
Since the reset occurred when he was an adult, if he couldn’t debut after becoming an adult, he didn’t know when he would come back.
So he had to debut before becoming an adult.
‘D*mn it, not another reset.’
Because of frequent accumulations of warnings due to curses, Go Young-in had developed a habit of swearing silently instead of verbally expressing it.
He even tried to subtly reproach Kang Bada, who brought him here.
But seeing Kang Bada feeling more disappointed and apologetic, Go Young-in couldn’t bring himself to say it.
In the end, Go Young-in, desperate for his own survival, began searching for potential idols with Kang Bada.
Go Young-in was truly in a hurry.
More than anything else, visuals and skills were the most important. It was too urgent to find someone who met all the conditions.
Even if they lacked a bit of talent!
Even if they lacked a bit of personality!
As long as they had a good-looking face and skills, wouldn’t they seem problem-free on the surface?
Of course, Go Young-in would later deeply regret his foolishness.
Anyway, he invested another two years to barely get by and spent time practicing to get on the same page with the new group.
The hastily formed team became a debut group so easily, as if all the struggles before were just a dream, and Go Young-in finally debuted as a member of a 5-member K-pop boy group called “Zero One.”
Now that he debuted, maybe something would change if he just followed the conditions and endured until the expiration date of the contract with the agency?
Go Young-in started to harbor hope once again.
Of course, the status window never mentioned anything about the end coming with the expiration date, but if Go Young-in didn’t set an end like this, he might go crazy.
But Go Young-in’s hope was soon crushed.
Ignoring minor issues, the ‘big’ controversy-free team suddenly started to go haywire after two years of debut.
***
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🔥 HOT! [Entertainment Issue] Compilation of controversies by Zero One members [999+] ㅇㅇ 2020.01.21 Views: 64,222
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[Im Se-bin]
-I heard from an acquaintance working at a hospital that someone with severe mental illness was admitted here, and it seems to be one of the members. Is this real? I have a photo.
-I’m Se-bin’s classmate, lol. He’s seriously obsessive-compulsive and so picky that if someone just brushes past him, he’ll wipe it off like they’re covered in germs and curse at them.
-Se-bin’s attitude controversy – Unable to control expressions during broadcast, showing a cold expression in front of senior members
[Go Yeon-eup]
-Even Go Yeon-eup’s close friends are all hipster drug addicts. Seriously, they’re the worst.
-Go Yeon-eup, stop showing off that you won’t renew your contract. Play with your teammates a bit. I feel sorry for them.
-BJ and rapper 5-woon’s collaboration summary today: Go Yeon-eup regrets not wanting to be an idol, spilling his regrets and quarreling with his team members
-Go Yeon-eup, go to the clubs and hostess bars less.
[Go Young-in]
-11-bbang’s center ambition attention seeker moment (+additional)
-By any chance, are you not on good terms with the other members? I’ve never seen you sticking together.
[Cheon Sa-yoon]
-Sa-yoon, are you joking about being an idol? Stop pretending to be a fan and start dating properly.
-Sa-yoon, stop pretending to date Na Yeon-seo. Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up.
-Distracted by acting, an idol, neglects his main job (given 1004 likes)
-I wish he practiced singing during acting practice. Encore live controversy
[Tae Jaeho]
-Zero One Tae Jaeho’s hate thread link address
-Stirring up fights with fans, isn’t Tae Jaeho practically an adult now?
-An idol who disregards idol songs, affected by the artistic disease
-New song produced by Tae Jaeho – Plagiarism controversy involving a famous freelance composer
-Antagonizing his team members and avoiding them, now he’s not only hated, but he’s also hated by the members themselves, lol
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Just searching around brings up this controversy consistently.
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[Comments 999+]
>> Some of these are not controversies, just forced posts, right?
ㄴ It’s disgusting how they keep bringing up old posts.
ㄴ Some of them clearly show which member wrote it, unlike other members’ controversial posts, it’s so obvious.
ㄴ Because they don’t cause any incidents like other members.
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>> Hey, I thought this was an update and came in all excited, but it’s all stuff we already know.l guys, when the hell are you going to make a comeback as a full group?
ㄴ LOL, laughing and crying, LOL.
>> Aren’t they fake idols?
ㄴ Yeah, they’re practically a bunch of fake idols.
ㄴ LOL, I knew this comment would be here.
ㄴ They’re not good enough to be idols, but they’re not bad either, LOL.
>> Seriously…so many ups and downs…
ㄴ Ah, they are legend for going through all this and still not quitting.
ㄴ Seriously, the revolving door of hell, it cools down every time a controversy erupts, but looking at their faces suddenly makes my blood boil again.
ㄴ LOL, seriously, it’s rare to see this kind of visual and physique in the entertainment industry.
ㄴ Every night, unfollowing and following their official account repeatedly, it’s exhausting not being able to quit.
>> Wow, even with all this chaos, they’re still more popular than other groups… I’m feeling inferior…
– There’s a lot to feel inferior about. Just skim through and move on, please enjoy your current life, sir.
>> And they’re not considered trash idols…? Seriously, what are their fans thinking? Have they all gone to a temple stay or something? Why do they even stan them…?
ㄴ The fans are just fans of that singer. The core fans don’t get swayed easily.
ㄴ They were just joking from the start, most of the controversies were forced, and there’s nothing controversial enough to appear in the media, LOL. If they’re idols, are they angels now?
ㄴ If those faces become useless, they’ll be thrown away pitifully. (This phrase has been repeated for years)
>> If I were born with that face and those specs, I’m confident I could be a great idol, just make me an idol already.
Escape from Eternal @xojtWbSaUQ The reason for the nickname being Ward 11 is the psych ward
Hip-hop disease/Party-hating disease/Can’t lose a woman disease/Just mental illness/I’m straight up sick because of the members
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@no_jungB replied to @xojtWbSaUQ Don’t use the word “ward:
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Escape from Eternal @xojtWbSaUQ Reply to @no_jungB
Shut up, d*mn it. I’m about to die because of them.
Bombardment @misAeCUaOkjaz
Fact: No matter how much you say this, the guys who keep sucking up to them because of their looks and skills will keep sucking up.
Look at the level of the other idols’ looks these days. Aren’t they starting to look less appealing?
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Escape from Eternal @xotYWbSaUQ
The thread is marked as Ward 11 for the nickname.
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Even with just a search, the pouring controversies were just the beginning.
Damn this is good