Rayen’s life had been going on like this for a while now.
Sleep, eat, practice. Sleep, eat, practice. And do missions so that their practice sessions wouldn’t turn for naught.
Eventually, using some fertilizers on the way, most of them were already near the goal of cranking up their skills to the A Rank.
Once again, Rayen turned into a practice maniac, just like he had in the first round of preparations.
The ghost was gradually forgotten by them as well.
Rayen actually saw it once. Just a hazy figure coming in and out of the room at exactly the same time every morning and evening. But aside from being spotted for some time, it never actually interacted with anyone.
With that, Iris’s immunity toward ghosts also levelled up.
After living this way for a few weeks, Rayen finally achieved his dream.
[Name: Im Rayen
Vocals: S
Dance: B+
Visual: A-
Production: S-
Team: D+]
Seeing the letter beside his ranking skill made him feel proud. Right now, he could no longer be called a shitty dancer. He had come a long way, and he had caught up with the others as well.
’Now, I can finally accept another ranking mission.’
[Would you like to accept the ranking mission?
Y/N]
Rayen immediately tapped the Yes option.
[Skill Ranking Mission (Dance)
Mission: Record yourself dancing and post it anonymously on social media. Gain 10 million reactions.
Deadline: 7 days]
Rayen’s lips twitched.
’... Are you kidding me? Why is it like this again?’
Was this a glitch?
He shook his phone repeatedly to see if it wasn’t lagging, only for Mini Plotter to appear.
"Ah, stop shaking!" Mini Plotter complained.
Finally, Rayen stopped shaking.
"What the hell is with this mission?"
Mini Plotter only grinned. "Eh? You don’t like it? Well then, let me update it."
’It can be done like that? It seems like Mini Plotter is feeling a bit generous today?’
As Mini Plotter swiped his hand on the pop-up window, the words on the mission changed.
[Skill Ranking Mission (Dance)
Mission: Create a series of yourself dancing and post it anonymously on social media. Gain 100 million total reactions.
Deadline: 7 days]
As soon as Rayen read the changes, his eyes widened. Instead of making his life easier, it even made it hellish.
Rayen glared at Mini Plotter who only grinned proudly before disappearing right before Rayen’s eyes.
’Damn Mini Plotter. It did this on purpose.’
He was quite certain it was intentional. After all, that thing had told him the account would be a waste to throw away.
Now, it’s just forcing Rayen to use that account once again.
...
Since the day the hater account went viral, Minji had kept an eye on it. She had repeatedly reported the account for trolling, but it seemed like it was blessed with a golden shield that couldn’t be destroyed. Every report ended in utter failure.
Minji thought that after his newfound fame, he would post a few more clowning videos of Rayen. However, for these few days, this hater also went silent.
There were even some of his fans lurking in to see if he dropped any more videos, but nothing was posted again.
In just a few weeks, this account had become a den for Rayen’s haters and the solo fans of the other members.
– Knock knock, Mr. No. 1 hater. Are you still there?
– I miss your dancing. You dance so well. Why aren’t you posting anything?
– He’s gone so quiet. Do you think weed garden eliminated him already?
– Shush. Don’t give weed garden any ideas!
– Even haters have fans now.
Minji grunted in annoyance as she pressed the report button again. Today was the 17th time she was reporting this guy.
’Let’s see if your account can still stand up with this!’
[We will review your report within 24 hours. If the report was verified...]
Minji dismissed the already familiar pop-up then sighed.
She did have some times when she forgot about this hater. Like when the 2nd episode of the dorm series dropped.
[SEEDZ Dorm Series #002: The cook, the maid, and the lazy]
"I beg you! I don’t want it, please!"
In the video, Yeo Haru was hiding behind Rayen as Xi Huan was trying to feed him her cooked food.
– Hahahaha please spare Yeo Haru.
– Look at that purple dish. Is that even edible?
– Even Rayen’s face had turned purple when Huanhuan shoved his food to him.
– lololol but Jiji ate it like nothing.
Minji browsed through her feed, munching on the latest clips and posts regarding the new content.
[Xu Jiji’s face forcing herself to eat vs. Xu Jiji’s face after eating, Chef Xi Huan edition]
– The food screams hell, the face screams heaven.
– Look at his eyes twinkling. Is it really that good?
[Xu Jiji’s face about to enjoy the food vs. Xu Jiji’s face after eating the food, Chef Rayen edition]
– Rayen’s food: looks good, spat out. Xi Huan’s food: Looks terrible, yum.
– He’s just meant to be a foodie, not a chef.
– Yeo Haru almost vomited lololol
– Rayen to Yeo Haru: You can’t even hold a knife, yet you dare vomit out my food?
[Xu Jiji’s normal face vs. Xu Jiji’s normal face eating, Chef Zbigniew edition]
– Finally a decent cook.
– I think we already know who’s gonna be assigned to cook.
– My hot papi knows how to cook? Really yummy. I mean the food.
[Xu Jiji’s face proudly cooking, Chef Xu Jiji edition]
– Wow, our little MJ is so good at cooking.
– Isn’t this what he cooked in his introduction video?
– Master of one dish!
[Ren Satoki’s 5-star Michelin restaurant is now open.]
– Wow! One glance, I know it’s delicious!
– We have a true chef here.
– Did anyone see Rayen’s face? Lol, Ren’s food just won his heart.
– Ren: No restaurant. I refuse to cook for you, peasants!
– Excuse me, but why is there no Navin, Iris and Yeo Haru chef edition? And where’s KLi?
– They don’t because Navin is too lazy to bother, Iris doesn’t know how to use an electric stove, and Yeo Haru is a risk. He held the knife like he was about to stab someone LMAO
– KLi went into hiding the moment Rayen held the kitchen hostage (laughing emoji)
[Seedz Kitchen, The Final Verdict
Ren - Legendary
Xi Huan - Gross looking food, but yum.
Zbigniew - DECENT
Xu Jiji - can only cook one food. Our Gourmet.
Rayen, Iris, Yeo Haru - Never let them go to the kitchen if you want to survive.
Navin, KLi - Unknown, Missing in Action]
[Lazy One wins: Young Master Navin]
– He really did work hard not to work hard. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ NoveI-Fire.ɴet
As Minji happily ate new contents, her notification bell rang.
’Eh? Is that my report ticket? That fast?’
She immediately clicked on the notification, thinking her report had been reviewed already.