Superstar From Age 0

Chapter 137

The culprit, Park Young-jin, who was holding his bag preciously to move the trophy to another place, ran into Jung-hoon, who suddenly appeared in front of him in the hallway.

!

Park Young-jin turned around to run away as soon as he saw Jung-hoon. 

If Jung-hoon didnt have a bag in his arms, that is. Jung-hoon, who also tried to run away after seeing Park Young-jin, stopped his movement when he saw the bag that Park Young-jin was holding.

Huh? Why do you have that bag, Young-jin hyung?

Jung-hoon, you why?

They looked at each others bags. 

The bags had the same color, shape, and size.

!

The two opened their bags. 

They opened the boxes inside the bags and took out something wrapped in bubble wrap. 

Trophies, two identical Oscar trophies. They didnt know which one was real and which one was fake.

I knew it! It was weird! The hints were different! I left mine on the bookshelf! Ugh, the production team, really! I was so surprised when I thought it was the real trophy! Ugh!!

While Jung-hoon was making a fuss, Park Young-jin was lost in thought. 

So that presence was not his imagination.

Jung-hoon, did you not feel someone following you? I felt like something was following me all the time.

Huh? You felt it too, hyung? Me too. But they hid so fast that I couldnt find them. I only saw the staff.

Park Young-jin and Jung-hoon lowered their voices.

A spy?

Seems like it.

***

All the games that could give hints were over and it was time to find the trophy and the culprit.

Then, from now on, please find the Oscar trophy and the culprit within an hour. The hint for the culprit is in the building. After an hour, please put the Oscar trophy on this table in the lobby on the first floor

The PD pointed to a table with a [W] mark on it.

And write down the name of the culprit here. You only have one chance.

The PD handed over an envelope. It looked similar to the envelope with the name of the winner at the Academy Awards.

Then, race start!

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The red digital clock started ticking.

The six members excluding Park Young-jin and Jung-hoon tried to scatter while watching each other. 

Park Young-jin opened his mouth.

Are you all culprits?

What, what? Hyung, what are you talking about?

What do you mean? Theres only one culprit, right?

At Park Young-jins words, the members pretended to be innocent and then realized the strange points so far. 

They were all too flustered. 

As if they were the culprits themselves.

I have a trophy.

Park Young-jin brought out the bag he had hidden nearby. 

Jung-hoon did the same. 

The six members were shocked by the appearance of two Oscar trophies.

Why do you have that, hyung?

Wait, then does that mean our trophies were fake!?

Fake!

At that word, some of the members collapsed as if their legs gave out.

Crazy! I almost cried when I saw the trophy in my office!

Fake it was fake! Thank goodness!

Yeah, right. Who would trust them to leave a real trophy here.

Seeing the members who were genuinely relieved, Park Young-jin continued his words.

But didnt you feel someone around?

At that, the six members shuddered. 

They had felt a presence when they were hiding their trophies.

You felt it too, oppa?

Nuna too?

Yeah. Theres someone else besides us. I think we have to find that spy.

Spy.

The eyes of Workingman members sparkled.

Maybe what came out as hints for the game were the locations of the real trophy.

Then lets split up like this: four of us will look for the trophy and four of us will look for the spy.

Who do you think is the spy?

It must be someone related to Seo-jun since he came out. Actor Lee Ji-seok, actor Park Do-hoon, actor Kim Jong-ho why are you looking at me?

The members looked at Jung-hoon incredulously.

Seo-jun? Youre close with Seo-jun gun?

I have a strong inner bond with him! Im from [From Sprout] fancafe since season 3!

Hehehe. Season 3? Im from season 1! Whats season 3? Cameo in Reinvestigation, Spring play, fan meeting wait. Here?

Choi So-hee, a season 1 fan who joined the [From Sprout] fancafe after seeing William, proudly continued her words and looked around.

Why? Why?

They all followed Choi So-hees gaze. There was nothing there?

This is the Milky Way Center! Where they performed the childrens play Spring!

Oh, oh. Thats right.

I thought we came here because it was Seo-juns special, but the guest was the child actor who appeared in Spring, right?

Thats possible! Wait, who was it?

Actor Lee Da-jin, actor Choi So-young

Choi So-hee listed the names one by one with her fingers. The members were speechless at her amazing fan knowledge.

Do you know them all?

Of course. Ive watched the fan meeting and the play so many times! Oh, of course on DVD. I found out about the performance after it was over.

Then who do you think has a high chance?

Actor Lee Da-jin is filming a movie these days

She came out to promote her movie!

The members eyes lit up at Choi So-hees words.

There are 50 minutes left.

Lets go!!

The Workingman members left the practice room at the PDs words.

A moment later, when it seemed like the footsteps of the members had faded away, Seo-jun opened his mouth.

Theyre good at deducing.

I almost slipped up. And I have bad eyesight too. And Seo-jun gun is right here.

Seo-jun, who was sitting with the writers, smiled at the main writers words. 

Seo-jun had been sitting with the writers since the members entered the practice room that was decorated as a shooting location.

Then, Seo-jun gun, you have to choose the last mission too, right?

Yes.

At the PDs words, Seo-jun sat down in front of the table that was prepared next to where the members had been standing until a while ago. 

PD Jeon Min-jae placed eight mission papers in front of Seo-jun.

This is the last mission. Please choose one.

Seo-jun carefully looked at the eight mission papers. 

According to PD Jeons words, both the first and second missions were high-difficulty missions that he had chosen today.

Seo-jun carefully looked at the mission papers and flipped over one of them.

[Group photo with Workingman members.]

It was this one no matter what he chose. 

The production teams expressions showed that clearly. 

He had succeeded in both the first and second missions, but the third mission was hard to succeed.

This is good too. Who would have thought that superstar Lee Seo-jun would be, um, unlucky.

Right? How did he pick three hard ones out of ten?

Seo-jun seems to have bad luck.

Anda-ho smiled quietly as he heard the staffs words.

Luck is relative, and Seo-jun is lucky.

Luck was on Seo-juns side this time too. 

The harder the mission was, the brighter Seo-juns face became. 

It was a face that was so excited and happy. 

It seemed like luck responded to Seo-juns interest rather than the outcome of the mission.

All you have to do is get in one shot with eight members and Seo-jun gun. It doesnt matter what camera you use.

Do we have to show our faces?

At least four faces have to be captured. And Seo-jun guns face has to be in it for sure.

Thats really hard!

He said that, but Seo-jun looked like he was having a blast. 

The production team wondered for a moment. 

Could he succeed this time too?

Seo-jun, who received the mission, left the practice room with the cameraman.

Seo-jun stood still in his place and looked around. 

Where did they go? 

Seo-jun activated his ability.

[(Line)Sandfishs Vibration Detection-Low Level is activated.]

[(Line)Sandfishs Vibration Detection-Low Level]

It is a desert fish that lives by eating sand.

To avoid becoming prey, it has developed an ability to detect the movement of living things.

The longer you search, the more detailed you can sense the movement of your opponent.

Sandfish, a low-level monster of the desert monster system, had no attack skills either. 

Only evasion, escape. 

Thats why Seo-jun chose this ability. 

Thanks to this ability, he had avoided trouble so far. 

But he didnt expect to chase after the members now.

Ten seconds passed and a map was drawn in Seo-juns head. 

The short search time showed only blurry dots.

But that was enough for now. 

Because they were not living things, the shape of the building did not appear, but he could see the movement of living things floating in mid-air.

Members and cameramen, staff

Unlike before, there were dots moving around here and there without hesitation. Seo-jun chuckled softly.

It means they formed a group.

He had seen it many times before, when low-level monsters gathered together and attacked stronger monsters than themselves. 

And he also knew how to deal with those low-level monsters. 

Attack them separately and destroy them, or dig a trap and wait.

I heard it secretly, no, right in front of me, so openly, but it seems like everyone is moving hard.

Seo-jun said to the viewers across the camera. 

He felt a bit more comfortable with the entertainment camera now.

How much time is left?

45 minutes.

Thats enough.

Seo-jun went to check on the trophy he had hidden first. 

The staff member of Team 2 who was managing the hidden Oscar trophy waved his hand happily when he saw Seo-jun. Seo-jun waved back.

It seems like they havent found the trophy yet.

Seo-jun moved his steps after checking the location of the members with vibration detection.

It was fun as his friends said. It felt like he had gone back to the time when he lived as a monster, chasing and being chased, and his wildness that had occupied most of his previous life was stirring. 

His heart was pounding with excitement.

Since the mission is a group photo, I think I have to gather the members in one place.

He would have chased them down with vibration detection if there was no mission, but since the mission was what it was, he had to dig a trap. 

Seo-jun laughed out loud at his uncontrollable hunting instinct.

***

There they are!

Jung-hoon spotted the cameraman.

Hey! Lee Tae-hoon! The guest in charge cameraman! Lee Tae-hoon!

He was lucky. 

He didnt see the guest, but he barely caught a glimpse of the back of the guest in charge cameraman. 

The spy capture team of four rushed after him.

Ugh! Hes really fast!

Hes good at escaping.

The members looked around as they gasped for breath.

Are we going down more?

I guess its easier to go down than up, so hes going down.

Then do you think hes already at the bottom?

Thats too much. What if he comes up in the middle? Arent there kids at the bottom?

Jung-hoons eyes stopped as he looked around. He thought he heard footsteps going down.

Hyung! Over there! Hes going down!

At Jung-hoons words, they all moved. After following the sound and finding the back of the cameraman and chasing him, they arrived at the lobby on the first floor. 

Park Young-jin felt uneasy at the timely chase.

Dont you think were being lured?

Lured?

It feels like hes barely escaping. He was hiding for sure before, but now his back is slightly visible.

Come on. Why would a spy lure us? Besides, he seems to be alone, we can win.

You want to fight with a student?

No! Im talking about the game! The game!

Why do I feel uneasy

Park Young-jin scratched his head.

The place where they followed the cameraman down was the lobby where they had filmed the opening. 

The spy capture team found the trophy search team wandering around the lobby.

Oh. So-hee nuna. Werent you going to look for the trophy?

You guys seemed to be chasing the spy down, so I came.

We were going to join forces and catch him but hes gone?

At the lobby of the Milky Way Center, eight members gathered. 

The production team was also curious about what had happened.

The key to everything must have been in Seo-juns hands.

While the Workingman members were talking, Seo-jun, who was hiding, smiled at the backs of the members gathered in one place.

Gotcha.

Seo-jun quietly moved his position. 

The cameraman followed him. 

As he glanced back from time to time and narrowed the distance with the members, Seo-jun nodded his head in satisfaction and looked at the screen.

[(Line)Elfs Basic Breathing is activated.]

A notification sound that no one could hear rang out. 

Line energy burst out from Seo-juns body.

Even a faint presence could turn a persons head, but that intense aura forcibly grabbed the attention of the members and the production team. 

They had no choice but to look at that place.

In the eyes of Workingman members, someones back was visible there. 

And in front of him, the guest in charge cameraman, Lee Tae-hoon, was holding his camera lens towards someone and the members.

He had approached them without them knowing, Seo-jun was there with a lot of superstar aura. 

Seo-jun smiled brightly at the camera.

Kimchi!

With stunned Workingman members as his background, Seo-jun made a victory sign towards the camera.

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The red digital clock pointed to zero.