Chapter 87
“Yeah. About the next mission.”
The second mission and also the last one.
Once I accomplished it, I could return to my original state.
However, Som was still not telling me what it was.
It felt like she was deliberately avoiding it.
How difficult could it be….
– You’re really impatient. Just like last time and this time. Let’s get straight to the point.
Without any delay, Som pulled up another window.
[“Receive the Rookie of the Year Award at the most prestigious music award ceremony in Korea, the <Platinum Music Awards>”]
As expected, it wasn’t an easy mission.
Some might say it’s just the rookie award, not the grand prize, so why make a big deal out of it?
But there was a fatal problem with the rookie award.
Time.
If you don’t win the grand prize this year, you can try again next year.
But the rookie award?
You can only attempt it once in a lifetime.
That means, if I fail to get the rookie award this year, I can never try again.
In short, I only have one chance.
– The responsibility seems quite heavy.
Som was jumping around, puffing.
Annoying.
I waved my hand to shoo Som away like a mosquito.
“Of course, it’s because I only have one chance.”
– Well, that’s up to you to handle.
Som raised her fur.
– But I shouldn’t discourage you too much, right?
With a strange sound, a new window appeared.
– You should be able to understand this by yourself. See you next time.
She vanished as she pleased.
But I didn’t particularly want to spend more time with Som either.
[Current status: Leader of <Steelblue>]
[Leaders bear great responsibility. An additional reward has been granted!]
[Would you like to check the additional reward? (Yes/No)]
…Additional reward?
I chose (Yes) for now.
A reward must be a good thing.
[Additional Reward: You can choose one of the following to check.
1. Members’ locations
2. Members’ stats
3. Members’ emotional states
※ Note: Once selected, you cannot change it for 50 days, so choose carefully!]
This is tough.
I excluded option 1, the members’ locations, first.
Since they were rookies, it was obvious where they would be.
There were no members who would be out of reach.
Even though Colors was a rookie group, phone usage wasn’t restricted.
Companies that didn’t allow phone usage were strange in the first place.
Just before we received our break, we created a group chat.
Ding!
**SBSBL**
Yoon Cheong invited Juhong, Baek-young, Geum, and Bo-ra.
We made a chatroom
Make sure to check here frequently even if you don’t check other places!
Yoon Cheong set the message <Make sure to check here frequently even if you don’t check other places!> as a notice.
**Juhong**
(Squirrel emoji)
Wow
Nice to meet you all(ง˙∇˙)ว Our first chatroom hahaha
**Baek-young**
LOL
Leader Cheong~
Everyone, make sure to check!
**Juhong**
Oh, of course
**Geum**
(Tiger emoji)
Leader~ Leader~
Can we chat here, leader?
As long as it’s moderate, it’s okay
**Juhong**
LOL
There are restrictions like that????
ヽ ( ꒪д꒪ )ﾉ
Can’t we create a separate chat for announcements and chatting?
You do it then
**Juhong**
Whine
(Squirrel emoji)
So mean ( Ĭ ^ Ĭ )
**Geum**
By the way, why isn’t Ryu Bora checking the chat?
She’s addicted to her phone
But she’s ignoring our chat?
**Bo-ra**
Yes
**Geum**
Look at that attitude
…Anyway, there were no members who would be out of touch.
So, it seemed like I needed to choose between stats and emotional states.
Hmm.
I thought for a moment and then made a choice.
[You selected 2. Members’ stats!]
[Changes can be made after 50 days. Time remaining: 49:23:59:32]
I chose the stats.
It wasn’t because I was particularly curious about the stats.
After participating in the competition together, I had a general idea.
Actually, I chose stats because I didn’t want to select emotional states.
As a leader, it was my responsibility to take care of the members’ emotional states.
But I wanted to do that through conversation or by the members voluntarily sharing with me.
Spying on someone’s emotions in real-time felt like an invasion of privacy.
And I didn’t want to rely on this weird game created by Som.
So, I decided to only attempt it in urgent situations.
Since I could change it every 50 days… I just hoped nothing urgent happened in those 50 days.
[Would you like to check the members’ stats? (Yes/No)]
Since I got the reward, I decided to check.
In age order… starting with Seo Baek-young.
**Seo Baek-young**
Singing: 78/100
Dancing: 91/100
Appearance: 82/100
Charisma: 75/100
Variety skills: 65/100
Personal special abilities:
Choreography creation (79/100)
? (?/100)
Development recommended skills:
Singing
Choreography creation
It was more detailed than I expected.
Although other scores were as expected, the special abilities were intriguing.
These were Seo Baek-young’s unique abilities, I suppose.
The next interesting part was the development recommended skills.
Seo Baek-young’s lowest score was in variety skills.
Despite this, the recommended skills for development were singing and choreography creation.
What’s the standard?
And what’s with the question mark in the personal special abilities?
Does she have some undeveloped potential ability?
I pondered, but there was no clear answer.
I decided to check the other members’ stats for a comprehensive understanding.
**Kim Geum**
Singing: 73/100
Dancing: 70/100
Appearance: 86/100
Charisma: 91/100
Variety skills: 92/100
Personal special abilities:
Rap (94/100)
Producing (81/100)
Development recommended skills:
Rap
Amazing stats.
With charisma, variety skills, and rap all over 90 points.
No wonder she came in second in Menucal.
I had always thought she was funny, but a 92 in variety skills?
Was she just a thoughtless person?
Not only was she good at rap, but her singing was also decent at 73.
Even her producing skills were backed up by a good score.
Clearly an outstanding set of abilities.
Kim Geum didn’t seem to need any worry about her skills.
The development recommended skill was rap.
Despite the high score, it seemed the recommendation wasn’t simply for improving weak areas.
It seemed to suggest areas with potential where she could excel further.
**Ryu Bo-ra**
Singing: 70/100
Dancing: 71/100
Appearance: 97/100
Charisma: 88/100
Variety skills: ?/100
Personal special abilities:
Acting (92/100)
? (?/100)
Development recommended skills:
? (?/100)
Why does she have two question marks…?
I expected her special ability to be acting.
She had been labeled a national child actor, so a high score was expected.
Given that it was her specialty, I thought the development recommended skill would be acting….
Are they suggesting she shouldn’t focus on acting?
Is that it?
And why is her variety skills score a question mark?
Is she good or bad at it?
It was confusing, but I didn’t think pondering would provide any answers.
Next, I checked Yeon Juhong.
**Yeon Juhong**
Singing: 66/100
Dancing: 68/100
Appearance: 93/100
Charisma: 97/100
Variety skills: 88/100
Personal special abilities:
Celebrity (87/100)
Fan service (82/100)
? (?/100)
Development recommended skills:
Celebrity
Fan service
Singing
Dancing
She had three special abilities.
Though one seemed undeveloped.
I could guess what fan service might mean….
But what exactly does “celebrity” mean?
I understood the dictionary definition.
But what did it mean here?
Was she supposed to boost her SNS presence or something?
Yeon Juhong’s singing and dancing stats were lower compared to other trainees.
But her other stats were excellent enough to compensate.
She was the only one with three personal special abilities.
…And she had four development recommended skills.
Why does she have four?
At this point, I wasn’t sure if I was raising idols or playing a weird princess maker game.
I was supposed to nurture them, wasn’t I?
I was getting more annoyed, but there was one left.
**Yoon Cheong (Baek Nokha)**
Singing: (89~97)/100
※ Currently, Yoon Cheong’s vocal cords are strained.
She may not be able to perform at her best, and penalties may be applied randomly.
Dancing: 88/100
Appearance: 92/100
Charisma: 95/100
Variety skills: 60/100
Personal special abilities:
Composing & Writing (96/100)
Leadership (83/100)
Development recommended skills:
Composing & Writing
Leadership
It was my own… Yoon Cheong’s stats.
Just as I expected.
Who knows me better than myself?
What stood out was the note under the singing score.
The original score was 97, but due to the current state of my vocal cords, it ranged from 89 to 97.
I needed to pay attention to vocal cord care.
And my variety skills….
Wasn’t this level of variety skill like a curse?
I mean, come on. I know I’m not funny.
What was more absurd was the leadership score.
When did I have leadership…?
I couldn’t agree with that part.
It wasn’t a skill I could easily develop.
Reading leadership books wouldn’t magically improve my leadership skills.
It wasn’t like there was a book titled <You Too Can Be an Idol Leader!>.
“Hmm.”
Earning points seemed more beneficial than this.
To earn points, I needed to clear quests.
Let’s see.
Which quest seemed the best….
I stopped when I saw one in the endless list.
This is it.