Episode 193. Sharing the Final Version (2)
Previous summary: The kids’ outfits are amazing, and I thought Iwol might be the hidden mastermind, but I guess not.
This was the state of Baek Haewon’s mind.
I really need to study my vocabulary. My word command is trash.
As the song stopped, the screen returned to the conference room.
The photo of the man being dragged away was the same, but this time, a twenty-four-hour countdown accompanied it.
At the same time, the events began to rearrange.
At a time when the sun was up, Gim Iwol headed to where the man had been dragged away, rescued the protection target, and relayed the news to headquarters.
After securing the man’s identity, Bak Juu and I Cheonghyeon infiltrated the company mixed in with the rush-hour crowd, carrying out behind-the-scenes work to support Choe Jeho and Gang Giyeon's, and in the darkness, their joint operation succeeded splendidly.
After the two left, beyond the broken window, while the sky gradually brightened, those who had been threatened busily reached for their phones.
A belated order to handle the whistleblower. However…….
『An overflowing feeling
As payment
It’s more than enough』
……The man himself was in the conference room with Gim Iwol, watching the news he had leaked to the world being reported in the morning news. Very safely.
So the sky was foreshadowing. I was too distracted by their faces to notice.
‘Then who was the man in the fire?’
When the area around the tied-up man had become a sea of fire, the surroundings had definitely been bright.
As if reading Baek Haewon’s inner thoughts, flames covered the screen.
Jeong Seongbin’s soft voice rang in Baek Haewon’s ears.
『I’ll stay here
In the backstage
Until you come
With a joyful heart』
When the ear of the man trapped in the flames was shown in close-up, a tiny transparent earphone inserted in his ear was visible.
The man nodded his head a few times, then untied the rope binding his own wrists without a hint of panic.
The rope sliding off his fingers and the motion of removing his blindfold smoothly followed in sequence.
The man’s hand went toward his nape.
Veins bulged on the back of the hand tucked behind the shirt collar. Along with a sound of skin tearing, the artificial face mask was peeled off.
Jeong Seongbin, having revealed himself, shook out his hair. The sight of the fake skin remaining here and there looked even more shocking.
『Hiding traces, quietly
Behind your back
From the closest place』
Removing the earphone from his ear, Jeong Seongbin leisurely escaped to a place the fire hadn’t yet reached.
Beyond the flames, the morning sun was rising.
『COMPLETE』
A stamp was pressed onto the black background, and the MV ended.
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≫ Guys (150 million people), let’s watch Spark’s MV
If you don’t watch it now, don’t blame me later asking why I didn’t tell you about something this good sooner
I clearly told you to watch it now
└ Where did 150 million even come fromㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└ [OP] It includes the future population
└└ Just how far ahead are you looking, oh wise one……
└ First grab them and include them in “guys”
≫ F*ck, so they’ve been pushing the fresh concept all this while hiding a concept like this
I can’t go back to before I knew Mission Spark now, anyway that’s that
└ So they prepared the fresh concept so diligently knowing it would come to this……
≫ Then did Pep tie Seongnen’s ropes???? And put on the blindfold too??
No, think about it. Whistleblower rescue > If the hostage and Seongnen were swapped, timing-wise it makes sense that Gim Pep tied up Seongnen
But looking at the MV content, isn’t Seongnen the superior? Is this okay?
└ Pep was just an ordinary office worker who wanted revenge on his superior too
└ ???: Ah, Team Leader, you came back alive? Oops, that came out wrong;;; You’re here?
└ ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
≫ I wish the maknaes would become adults quickly
I just wish they’d grow up quickly
└ ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ First time seeing someone wish so desperately for my idol to age
≫ When jumpsuit Gang Giyeon passes by, blonde I Cheonghyeon comes out
When white-haired Bak Juu passes by, crop-top Gim Iwol comes out
When lens-wearing Jeong Seongbin passes by, wire-riding Choe Jeho comes out……
└ Spark’s blessings never end
≫ I wondered what flower was on Iwol’s back
I think it’s a white malchaenamu flower! It’s also called Hongseomok
The shape was unusual so I had a hard time finding it……hah
(I zoomed in a lot so I might be wrong!!! ㅠㅠㅠ)
└ I think this is rightㅠㅠ The flower language of Hongseomok is “I will protect you.” It fits the MV and lyrics concept perfectly yy
└ White…… malchaenamu…… Its bark has a reddish hue…… The redder it gets as winter approaches……
└ This is totally fire, you UA degenerates
≫ But really, Spark is so consistent
Performing righteous roles with faces that look like they’d shoot a noir film
Even if it’s not a fresh concept, I don’t know exactly how to express it but confident? They seem to maintain flawless roles
≫ I only realized after watching the MV five times that the group dance background was a damn barren wasteland
└ Well, because the kids’ faces are the Louvre
≫ The MV is a spy operation of secret agents, but it’s pretty funny that the lyrics alone are romantic
└ The lyrics are basically a love confession lol
└ I was fooled by the MV and missed something important……
Ah.
I’m happy.
I’m fulfilled.
My fan heart is brimming over.
These good-looking, cute, adorable, sexy kids are our kids!
When emotion overflows like now, there is something that must be done.
The album unboxing that arrived at just the right time.
Hovering over this shopping mall and that, Baek Haewon struggled to obtain a slightly better exclusive photocard. For a student with limited capital, choosing and focusing was essential.
The delivery from the carefully selected shop after much deliberation arrived three hours after the MV was released. Though it had been bought with Baek Haewon’s own money, it felt somehow like a gift.
They said if you bought six albums, the member exclusive photo cards came like Dragon Balls. So Baek Haewon unhesitatingly ordered six. It was a stroke of luck that it was a mini album, so the damage to the wallet was minimal.
‘They shouldn’t just throw in B-cuts and call them exclusive photocards.’
The essence of being a fan lies in photocards. Random poca, version A to C poca, unreleased poca, lucky draw poca, broadcast poca, fanclub poca, season’s greetings poca…….
Even knowing it was a sales tactic, the desire to have pocas boiled over every time Baek Haewon engaged in fan activities.
Since Iwol had earnestly asked, “Everyone, I’m really grateful when you buy albums, but please do so only when your happy daily life is guaranteed!”, this time Baek Haewon had purchased somewhat rationally.
Should Baek Haewon say they reached a peaceful agreement to give up on the clothes jumbled in the shopping cart and buy the kids’ albums instead? If it was to be with them, being a single-suit gentleman this fall was fine.
Anyway, he was an upright man. You had to show such men what was what through streaming.
Baek Haewon, looking at the phone running hot with infinite power from a portable battery, picked up one of the phones that was streaming to film an unboxing video in case a refund was needed.
“Alright then~ let’s unbox Spark’s new mini album!”
Although Baek Haewon didn’t upload anything to MyTube, they were probably not the only one who delivered lines in a vlog tone while filming. Baek Haewon carefully cut the box tape with a cutter knife.
The first things on top were the exclusive photocards. At a glance, they seemed to have been photographed in stage costumes.
Starting with Gang Giyeon in techwear who came out first, then I Cheonghyeon wearing round-framed glasses and a hoodie while drinking soda, Bak Juu in a white gown lowering a surgical mask, Choe Jeho in tight muscle-fit wearing various accessories like belts and chokers, and Gim Iwol in a black turtleneck with wireless in-ears—they all tumbled out in droves.
“Wow, the photos are insane……. No, first, since I saw all six exclusive photocards came, let me check the photocards.”
Delivering quite raw expressions for a vlog, Baek Haewon quickly flipped through the album. One card fell onto Baek Haewon’s sleeping pants.
“Aaaack!”
Baek Haewon covered their mouth.
In Baek Haewon’s hand was a photo of Gim Iwol (ver. A) wiping away lipstick slightly smeared on the lower lip with his index finger, as if pushing it away.
Defect certification or whatever was no longer needed. Baek Haewon ended the video recording and hurriedly switched the camera app to photo mode. Then, propping the photocard against the wall where the fluorescent light shone best, began taking pictures.
Baek Haewon’s unboxing was not bad. Although Gim Iwol was the bias, most Sparklers had a strong all-fan tendency.
Besides, the quality of all the photos was so good.
Version A had a feel similar to the concept photos, while version B strongly gave off an off-the-record after-work vibe.
Just Gang Giyeon, having taken off the top of his techwear to clearly reveal shoulder muscles outside a halter neck, and I Cheonghyeon undoing his tie were enough to paralyze reason.
Gim Iwol pulling out his in-ears with a languid expression gave off a shockingly adult impression despite his neat attire.
‘Did our Iwol go to the design team?’
Rational suspicions kept rising. Baek Haewon checked UA’s homepage, but there was no organizational chart. This damned company, if they sent Iwol to the design team, they’d launch a mass fax campaign.
Baek Haewon’s Spark high broke through the limit. Now Baek Haewon was in a state where nothing could be done except instinctively murmuring love for Spark.
But that too was momentary.
‘I want Iwol’s version B photocard.’
A powerful material desire dominated Baek Haewon’s brain.
‘Version B Iwol is the Iwol taking out his earphones!’
If Baek Haewon couldn’t get this, sleep wouldn’t come. In the end, Baek Haewon began searching for Spark photocard trade posts. Quick reviews and trade posts from people who had received their albums were already going up.
Pro trader Baek Haewon swept through SNS and markets, checking the going rates.
Thankfully, it hasn’t reached Banpo Xi yet. I knew you were filial sons, but still, thank you.
But don’t worry. Once the sale is done, even if I can’t send you to Banpo Xi, I’ll send you to Saebit Island. I’ll post five hundred promotional posts on SNS every day, so just let me off today.
Without a moment’s hesitation, Baek Haewon DMed a post that said, “Transferring Gim Iwol ver. B for 0.4 (convenience store courier only).” By even providing the convenience store branch name, that day’s work was finished.
In the end, Baek Haewon’s judgment was correct. A few days later, Baek Haewon heard friends whining and crying because Spark members’ photocard prices had shot up past ten thousand won.
(Continued)