Invasion from Seoul (13)

The audience was visibly shaken, but an even louder murmur came from the bands. No one had expected Ulim Stones to choose Group Sound.

And that was only natural. Everyone with the eyes to see and ears to hear had regarded Group Sound as a strong contender for the championship.

Even if they had received an audience score of 62 in Round 1 and advanced in sixteenth place in Round 2… those scores and rankings did not represent the band’s skill. Group Sound had long been recognized among the participating bands as possessing something that could not be measured by such things: true skill.

And that fact was well known not only to the other bands, but also to the members of Ulim Stones.

“Hyung, are you crazy? What are you thinking?”

The shoot had been briefly halted, perhaps because this was a scene the PD had not anticipated. During the pause, Ulim Stones gathered in a corner of the set and engaged in a heated discussion.

The leader, Jung Woojin, had chosen Group Sound as their opponent without consulting them. The members of Ulim Stones simply could not understand their leader. How could he pull something like this on his own after they had worked so hard to reach the repêchage?

“Go cancel it right now. Tell them you misspoke.”

“No, fuck…! How does that make any sense?!”

“It’s already done. You need to think about how to clean it up. What good will it do to just sit there getting angry?”...