Chapter 148
The spoiler for Steel Blue’s album, which was released like that.
It was heating up the internet.
Steel Blue’s new album has all the members participating again.
They did the composing, writing, and even the art direction.
What, even the art direction?? Who??
└Yeon Juhong, but it’s a joint effort.
└└Oh wow, she’s been appearing in lots of magazines and ads lately. She must have a knack for it.
Steel Blue’s concept this time is probably going to be super cute.
Paper Doll: Paper Doll
Paper Doll: Paper Idol
Judging from the last album’s costumes and props, which were all designed like paper dolls, it seems like the concept is idol dolls.
It seems like it’ll be cute and fit the girls well.
The killer point is ‘I’m Alive Doll’. Seeing as it means ‘alive idol’, it’s probably not just referring to simple dolls.
Yeah, there’s probably some deeper meaning, haha. It’ll be fun to interpret. Give us the next hint soon…
Ryu Bo-ra really hasn’t lost her touch as an actress.
I thought the December diary video of the members felt really raw and good.
Apparently, Ryu Bo-ra filmed it all herself.
She seems to have some interest in directing.
Wow, I thought the video aesthetic was really good.
Exactly, she said she filmed it with a second-hand camcorder she bought herself.
Just as we thought they were smoothly leading to the next album’s response.
Ding!
Ding!
Ding!
News that made fans’ hearts sink was heard.
▶ The hottest rookie girl group these days, Steel Blue’s Ryu Bo-ra, caught dating.
▶ Ryu Bo-ra’s dating rumor that perfectly fits her face, summarizing it all.
▶ Deceiving fans, Ryu Bo-ra?! Rookie boy group killer?
▶ Former actress, now idol? Steel Blue’s Ryu Bo-ra’s dating rumor is ongoing.
Immediately.
It was a dating rumor from OTube’s cyber leak channels.
▶ A girl idol revealing her relationship on Stargram;;;; Is this okay?
Ryu Bo-ra’s dating rumor instantly took over all the celebrity-specialized cyber leak channels.
Fans deliberately didn’t watch the videos to avoid giving them views.
But the subscribers of those channels watched and excitedly spread the rumors on communities and social media.
Idol hinting at a relationship on Insta? (Subject: Ryu Bo-ra)
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This is Ryu Bo-ra’s post on Steel Blue’s official Stargram.
The photo shows she went to the West Coast sea.
Night sea, yes.
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This is TerraByte’s Seungdo’s personal Insta post from last March.
He posted it just one day apart from Ryu Bo-ra.
Background: West Coast night sea
That wasn’t all.
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This is the dish that Ryu Bo-ra tried and failed to make.
If you look closely, it’s an egg dish.
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This is the message TerraByte’s Seungdo sent to his fans on Bubble that day.
He said he had a stomach ache from eating a failed fried egg.
There were other overlapping places where they did volunteer work.
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Fans discovered this secret Stargram account, supposedly belonging to TerraByte’s Seungdo, and he follows Ryu Bo-ra.
There are many other instances where their outfits and props match.
Wow, isn’t this conclusive evidence?
Who is TerraByte…? They’re complete nobodies.
Did they really make it this obvious…?
Wow, this is undeniable…
Both are rookies, but they’re really bold, haha.
??? How can this be considered evidence…? By that logic, I’m dating Ryu Bo-ra too.
└Oh, look at this delusional fangirl in denial.
└└I also went to the West Coast sea, and I also ate an egg dish. Does that mean I’m dating Ryu Bo-ra too…???? Haha, what kind of evidence is this?
└└└Haha, sure, keep believing that~~
Fans were dumbfounded by the evidence the leak channels and trolls were presenting.
The so-called evidence they gathered was so flimsy and forced that anyone could see it was a stretch.
Initially surprised, fans gradually grew angrier.
Why is following Ryu Bo-ra on a secret account evidence of a dating rumor?
By that logic, do the 100,000 followers of Ryu Bo-ra’s secret account already married her?
Moreover, ㅌㄹㅂㅇㅌ ㅅㄷ’s secret account follows 712 celebrities in total.
Shouldn’t the celebrities not followed by him be the ones feeling left out?????
Exactly, haha, they’re not even mutuals; it’s just one-sided following?????
And where’s the proof that it’s really his secret account anyway? When asked for evidence, they had none and just said to believe it.
Fans fervently rebutted the trolls’ false evidence.
However, no one believed the rebuttals denying the dating rumors.
From the start, since the evidence for the dating rumors was so weak, they insisted that the denial wasn’t convincing either.
Evidence of TerraByte’s Seungdo dating Steel Blue’s Ryu Bo-ra
Ryu Bo-ra’s favorite food that she always mentions: salad
Even the fans can’t deny this.
And yesterday, TerraByte’s Seungdo’s SNS
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He said he’s trying to get used to eating salad, haha.
Ryu Bo-ra deceiving fans so hard, haha.
Pretending to love her fans while secretly dating, tsk tsk.
As fans spent days in frustration, they gradually sensed something was off.
Not a single paparazzi photo of the two together had been posted.
Why had such a dating rumor suddenly exploded out of nowhere?
Especially involving ‘that’ Ryu Bo-ra.
Steel Blue was famous for being professional idols with no connections to male celebrities. Was it really possible they’d reveal their relationship so blatantly?
Gradually, fans began to dig for the truth.
But something was off about TerraByte’s agency.
I thought they were a new agency because TerraByte was their only group.
The agency’s CEO… is the same one from Midbless, who was infamous for severe accounting errors and harassing idols.
Wow, the CEO who got exposed for terrible press and contract breaches by the idols who left?
└Yes… the person who harassed their artists through media manipulation… they just changed the agency’s name.
There’s something fishy about TerraByte’s dating rumor.
Look at the timeline of the so-called evidence they’re presenting.
Ryu Bo-ra always posted first, and then Seungdo posted afterward…
The timing is always a day or two apart…
Seungdo never posted anything first.
It’s as if they posted on purpose to create the dating rumor…
Wow
That CEO is super famous…
Could it be deliberate…? To attract attention…?
But I was really confused because I had never heard of that boy group before; is it all to gain recognition?
This time, the evidence was compelling.
There were countless idols and celebrities who had suffered under that agency’s CEO.
The suspicions began to grow, given the notorious reputation of the agency, akin to a blacklist.
Just as people were starting to see the truth, the opposition’s struggle intensified.
[Steel Blue’s Ryu Bo-ra, dating? The other party is rookie idol group ‘TerraByte’s Seungdo]
[Hot love among rookies these days… Steel Blue’s Ryu Bo-ra ♥ TerraByte’s Seungdo]
[Rookie idols dating too? ‘Steel Blue’s Ryu Bo-ra,’ dating rumors?!]
Articles were published, making the dating rumors official.
Previously, it was just circulating on some social media and communities.
Now it had surfaced completely.
The power of the articles was formidable.
Public opinion, which had been calming down, began to boil once again.
So far, Colors had not responded since it was merely an underground rumor.
Responding to such rumors would only feed the trolls.
But now, there were articles.
Efforts to establish the dating rumor as fact.
Efforts to prove the absurd dating rumor false.
In the midst of this, what was Steel Blue doing?
“Get me that bastard’s face, right now…!”
We were holding back Ryu Bo-ra, who seemed ready to demolish the problem agency.
“Bo-ra, Bo-ra. You can’t make the front page of the news.”
“Unnie, please hold back! Being angry is natural, but violence will be a disaster…!”
“Everyone, hide anything sharp from Bo-ra’s hands! Hide it all!”
“Let me go. I’ll burn down that agency right now.”
Ryu Bo-ra, usually calm, never tolerated such things.
She barely endured the rumors circulating underground, but now they had been made official.
It was only natural for Ryu Bo-ra to be furious.
The members knew this, so each of them was holding one of Ryu Bo-ra’s limbs.
“Bo… Bo-ra….”
After hours of struggle.
The members finally managed to calm Ryu Bo-ra and still held onto her limbs.
Who knew when she might dash out and cause trouble…!
“I won’t go out, so let me go.”
“Are you really not going to go out?”
“I said I won’t.”
S-Scary…
The members trembled and cautiously released Ryu Bo-ra.
“What does the company say?”
Ryu Bo-ra asked me in a barely restrained angry voice.
“They plan to completely deny the dating rumor.”
“What if they insist the rumor is true? It seems like they fabricated it on purpose in the first place.”
That scenario was the trickiest, and we were being cautious in our response.
It was clear that the other agency was using Ryu Bo-ra to gain recognition.
In fact, many people learned about TerraByte after the dating rumor broke.
Since Ryu Bo-ra had been the most recognized among us, it seemed they deliberately targeted her.
It’s hard to find someone who doesn’t know Ryu Bo-ra in our country.
“We need to show that the dating rumor is absolutely false.”
“How do we do that?”
“Don’t worry. I’ve got a solution.”
I handed a tablet PC to Ryu Bo-ra.
A PC containing the solution.
“…How long have you been preparing this?”
Ryu Bo-ra looked at us with wide eyes, forgetting her anger.
“We didn’t prepare it. We each found things on our own, and it just happened to become evidence.”
“This doesn’t seem like something you prepared in a day or two.”
“We’ve been thoroughly investigating since the first rumor, so don’t worry!”
We patted Ryu Bo-ra’s shoulder.
Not just me, but all the members looked at each other with determined eyes.
Although we didn’t say it.
We were all angrier than anyone else.
We knew before Ryu Bo-ra.
So we were angry first.
We were ready to fight first.
“Neither the company nor we will stand still.”
Let’s go and make them eat their own words.
We were really furious for the first time in a long while.