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The three hosts of the show made their entrance to start off the first episode of the newest season of the highly rated show, and a global phenomenon, I Can See Your Voice. The much awaited season 5 is finally here. Fans have been waiting for months for this season. With the new season is on the way, there's also some new addition to the Tone-deaf Detective Team this season. One of the new addition in particular that a lot of people has been waiting for, especially when months ago that person was seen having lunch with the hosts of the show. Since then, fans had been speculating, and hoping for that person to be part of the next season, and it's happening now.
"We're already at the 5th anniversary of the show. The show has been aired and became a hit in many countries around the world. Meanwhile, many good things happened on the show. So, as the first MC, I'm so happy of what the show has become" Yoo Se-yoon happily remarked.
"When I go to a world tour with my group, Super Junior, I've heard the show is so popular with the locals. Whenever I hear the show is the talk of the town, I feel very happy as the MC" Leeteuk shared his joy on being part of the amazing show.
"As the Korean music show, the first episode of this season is boiled especially, and more globally.." Yoo Se-yoon remarked.
"Boiled?" , "Did you boiled it? Like ramyeon?" Kim Jongkook and Leeteuk laughingly asked.
"Uh, yeah. I boiled it globally at the degree of 100, you just need to slurp it" Yoo Se-yoon replied.
"Araseo~ so what about let's introduce the new faces in our Tone-deaf Detective team.." Kim Jongkook remarked.
"Yes~" Leeteuk and Yoo Se-yoon enthusiastically replied.
"First, we have one of the member of hip-hop duo All Black.. welcome to the show Microdot!" Kim Jongkook introduced one of the new members of the Tone-deaf Detective Team. The audience gives the rapper a warm round of applause.
"And the next one, this guy is so hot recently. The TIME Magazine chose him as one of the 30 Most Influential Teens... Welcome, Han Hyun-min!" Leeteuk introduced the global star model. Han Hyun-min stands up and bows to the audience who gave him a warm round of applause.
"And the 3rd Naul of Season 2 of I Can See Your Voice, Kim Min-seok of MeloMance!" Yoo Se-yoon introduced one of the top singers nowadays who topped the charts with the song Gift.
"Actually, it's 9 in the morning. But if you don't mind, can you sing Gift for us? even for just a little.." Leeteuk kindly asked Kim Min-seok if he can perform his hit song.
"Would you like to hear his song?" the hosts asked their audiences, and they get a resounding yes.
Since everyone wants it, Kim Min-seok grants the request and he sings his hit song Gift. And as expected, the hosts, the detective team and the studio audience all had a goosebumps upon hearing Kim Min-seok's unique voice, live.
"And lastly, same as Han Hyun-min, he is another global star. An international stand up comedian, South Korea's biggest stand up comedian, and the 8th Brother... welcome to the show, L/N James!!" Leeteuk introduce another person who is suitable for the global special episode. James stood up and politely bows to the audiences.
To his surprise, James received a loud round of applause from the studio audiences. James was little nervous because this is the first time he will be in a show where there are studio audiences. Even though he performs in a venue which have way more audiences, doing a different show with studio audiences feels like a total different territory. But thanks to the surprisingly warm welcome he received from the studio audiences, James' nervousness gradually lessened.
"I think James is the perfect person to be in this special global episode.." Leeteuk commented, extending James' introductory, ".. not only because he is popular in many countries, but he can also mimic and do different voices. That's why I believe he is a good fit in the Tone-deaf detective team" he added.
"Hyung, thanks for the pressure. I really appreciate it~" James sarcastically and jokingly said to Leeteuk, and speaking for the first time in the show. He is now showing why fans are looking forward for him to be in the show. The studio audiences and the detective team started laughing. Even the hosts are giggling, especially Leeteuk, he is also taken aback a little because he didn't expect James to respond this early. He can't help but to feel like Heechul is in the show.
Leeteuk's natural and professional hosting instinct kicks in where he found a way to move on with the flow of the show, "James-ssi, can you also show something to us?" he asked James.
"No. I'm good~" James quickly and firmly replied with a straight face while comfortably leaning back to his seat. Everyone in the studio burst into laughter at how quick and casually he replied to Leeteuk.
Sangmin can't stop laughing and proudly clapping his hands for his younger Brother, it seems like he has nothing to worry about James doing well in the show. Jang Do-yeon who is a close friend and fellow comedian is one of the people who are laughing hard. As James was just sitting right behind her, she turns around and gives him a thumbs up.
"I've never seen a response like that in my life~" Kim Jongkook is dying and he loves how James responded to Leeteuk's request. "Right! He quickly shuts the request down~" Yoo Se-yoon is in the same state as Kim Jongkook. Meanwhile, Leeteuk's brain briefly stopped functioning for a couple of seconds as he was not expecting James while respond in that way.
James is smiling and can't stop giggling as he successfully disrupts the flow of Leeteuk's hosting, just like what Heechul asked him to do. He thinks it's better to do a little preemptive move because he knew that Leeteuk might going to tease him later about being in a relationship with Irene.
"Why not?" Leeteuk laughingly asked, trying to get back on track
"Hyung, you want me to follow up after Min-seok hyung? I mean after that voice? Nah.." James laughingly explained while pointing at Kim Min-seok who is sitting beside him. "It's like me doing a dunk after Vince Carter dunks, or me flexing my biceps after Jongkook hyung flexed his biceps.. so nope I'm good~" he added and everyone burst out laughing again.
"Plus, you didn't asked Microdot hyung and Hyunmin-ssi to show something. I didn't hear a rap, or saw a model walk.. thingy.." James is not yet done with Leeteuk. Laughter continue to erupts in the studio as the show is finally getting what they asked for, and James is ready to give it. James is now invading I Can See Your Voice as the 8th Brother.
"Ani~ I'm not going to ask you to sing. I'm just going to ask if you can.. uh, do your thing, tell us a joke and make us laugh" Leeteuk laughingly explained.
"Laugh?" James' voice got all pitchy and shrill. Everyone laughs immediately at his reaction. "Hyung..." James is pointing his finger to everyone in the audience, ".. don't you see? they are laughing seconds ago, and they are still laughing right now~" he laughingly told Leeteuk.
Leeteuk gives up and he can't stop laughing because for the first time in his years of hosting in different shows and events, this is the first time he encountered a character like James. Even Yoo Se-yoon and Kim Jongkook feels the same way to James. On the side, Sangmin is laughing and proudly smiling as his younger Brother seems ready to take over the show.
"Leeteuk hyung, mianhae~ Heechul hyung actually told me to target you.." James laughingly apologized as he explains why he is specifically disrupting Leeteuk.
"Jinjja? Heechul did?", the hosts and the Tone-deaf detective team burst into laughter after James' confession.
"Yes, he also asked me to go for Jongkook hyung too, but.. I'm just gonna do that in another show~" James laughingly said.
"Oh, jinjja?" Kim Jongkook just smile as he knows what James is talking about. "Ne~ so prepare yourself hyung. I'm not scared~" James giggles as he playfully warned Kim Jongkook.
"What about Se-yoon?" Kim Jongkook asked.
"This is my first time meeting Se-yoon hyung, so I have nothing for him. Plus he is a fellow comedian so there's an unspoken sense of uh... alliance between us~" James laughingly explained. "Right!" Yoo Se-yoon likes and totally agrees to what James had just said, and he gives him a thumbs up.
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Now that everything is out of the way, the new additions for the Tone-deaf detective for today's episode had been introduced. The 3 main hosts of the show now introduced their guests for the first episode of the newest season of the show. The very talented boy group and blockbuster idols are finally in the show, it's Block B. They are ready to find the tone-deaf and to promote their latest song Don't Leave Me.
"Yo, do you wanna be~ .... Block B! Annyeonghaseyo Block B imnida!~", Block B introduced themselves and their fans who come to the show warmly welcomes them and gives them a loud cheer.
While the hosts are talking to the members of Block B about their new song, their upcoming concert and other stuff, Jang Do-yeon and James are having a little chat.
"Yah!, is it awkward that your best friend's ex-boyfriend is here?" Jang Do-yeon turns around and kinda whispered it to James.
"Aniyo~ it's fine noona. Seolhyun is fine with it, you know since I'm going to host Block B's concert.." James replied.
"You're hosting their concert? jinjja?" Jang Do-yeon apparently didn't know that.
"Yes, actually Zico hyung is the one who called and asked me to host their concert. Zico hyung is a cool dude so that thing about him and Seolhyun is out of my.. uh business with them" James explained.
"Ohh.. so have you met all of them already or this is the first time?" Jang Do-yeon asked.
"Ani, I already met them in a meeting for the concert weeks ago" James replied, and Jang Do-yeon nods. Then both of them went back to listen the hosts interviewing the boy group.
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"The first round of M-net's I Can See Your Voice is The Singer's visual.." Kim Jongkook announced.
"As I mentioned, it's the first global special, so it will be very hard to find the Tone-deaf. Uh, Zico-ssi, are you confident that you can find them?" Leeteuk asked Zico.
"I'm not confident~" Zico replied, and it seems like he is a bit nervous, or just being polite.
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"Araseo! It's now time to introduce the 6 global mystery singers who'll open the season 5!" Yoo Se-yoon declares and they now finally show the 6 mystery singers that they invited from all over the world.
Everyone is clapping their hands and got amazed when the 6 mystery singers finally show themselves to everyone. These are the people who participated in the I Can See Your Voice version in their own respective countries. As soon as they are finally revealed, everyone starts to analyze and think on who might be the tone-deaf among them.
"Do you guys have a feeling who's the tone-deaf from the first glance?" Kim Jongkook asked the boy group.
"I think number 4 could be the one.." Jae-hyo picks the mystery singer from Thailand.
"Why?" the hosts asked.
"She alone crosses her legs, like, not me, X.." Jae-hyo explained his theory which seems to be really.. have no basis. (Lol). His group member are just laughing at his silly reason.
"Araseo, who else do you guys think?" Leeteuk asked them.
"I think number 3 is the tone-deaf.." Park Kyung picks the mystery singer from Bulgaria.
"Why?" the hosts asked.
"My personal trainer in the fitness center looks like him, and he's poor at singing.." Park Kyung gives his reason since the mystery singer from Bulgaria is very muscular that it's hard to image that he can sing.
"He could have Kim Jongkook's voice even though he is muscular" Leeteuk pointed out. "Yes. You will never know. He could have a sweet voice like me" Kim Jongkook added.
"Ohh.." Park Kyung has come to realize that could be possible.
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"Since it could be too tough for you guys, we prepared some hints today. We will briefly show you the journey of the mystery singers went through from their countries and here to Korea..." Leeteuk announced before they show the video presentation that shows a little bit about the identities of the 6 mystery singers.
To kick off the the new season, the show prepared a special episode where they invited and flew people from different countries like Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Bulgaria, and Romania.
After the video presentation, members of Block B doesn't really get enough information they needed to find out who is the tone-deaf among the 6 mystery singers. All they know is that those 6 mystery singers are amazing and all look like they can sing.
"We will now introduce the mystery singers one by one.." Leeteuk announced.
"Mystery singer number one. He is a barista who have record of the highest rating in Malaysia" Kim Jongkook introduced the first mystery singer.
"He looks like tone-deaf" Microdot commented. "He also looks like a Korean" Shindong commented.
"So, does he looks like a barista?"" Kim Jongkook asked the members of Block B.
"I've been watching him for some time and his hand... the hand that holding the kettle seems awkward" Minhyuk(B-Bomb) shared his observation. "I'm not sure if he is a barista.." he added.
"And his hands are trembling a little. Baristas' hands shouldn't be trembling" Jihoon(P.O) added.
"I hope you encourage the man with warm words since he lived as a barista until now.." Sangmin suddenly speak up and in a serious dramatic tone. James suddenly turns his head towards his older Brother, and he is looking at him in a rather different way.
"Everybody, look at him closely.." Sangmin asked everyone to focus on mystery singer number one. "Compare the length of the arm holding the mike and the arm that holding the kettle" he pointed out his observation.
"Oh, they're different!" Shindong exclaims. "The right arm is longer!" Leeteuk have the same reaction as Shindong.
"For a long time holding the kettle, he has been bearing the tough time as a barista.." Sangmin said.
Meanwhile, Zico seems lost and quietly staring at the mystery singer number one from Malaysia. It seems like he is trying to process what Sangmin had just said.
"Zico-ssi~" Leeteuk chuckles as he noticed that Zico seems zoning out a little. "You don't seem to catch it all, do you?" he then asked Zico.
"Uh... I think he's the true one" Zico replied.
"Oh, why?" Leeteuk asked.
"It's just so believable. It fits him so well" Zico explained. Apparently, he listened to Sangmin with no hesitation.
"Are you usually this gullible?" Leeteuk asked.
"When I doubt, I don't buy it. But when I don't doubt, I think I'm deceived.." Zico explained.
"Don't you be doubtful at all now?" Leeteuk asked.
"I don't doubt now~" Zico replied.
"This show needs you to be doubtful.." Kim Jongkook told him.
"Ah, does it?" Zico shyly chuckled.
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"Let's meet the second mystery singer.." the hosts are now going to introduce the mystery singer number two, from the Philippines.
"Chefie is the queen of events, who made the guest singer cry in the I Can See Your Voice edition in the Philippines.." Yoo Se-yoon introduced the mystery singer from the Philippines.
"There are many people who sing well in the Philippines" Kim Sang-hyuk commented. "Most of them sing well. They grow up singing from the early age in the village" Sangmin added as the Tone-deaf Detective continue to observe the mystery singers.
"Zico, do you doubt this time?" Kim Jongkook asked.
"Yes, I do~" Zico replied.
"So what do you think?" Kim Jongkook asked him again.
"I think Chefie is a good singer.." Zico confidently said. Sangmin and Sanghyuk is giving him a thumbs up, meaning they are agreeing to Zico's intuition.
"Why? what's the reason?" Leeteuk asked.
"I've never seen anyone in the Philippines who don't sing well.." Zico explained why he thinks the mystery singer from Philippines is a real singer.
"But because of that fixed idea is so strong, could Chefie be really tone-deaf in the contrary?" Jang Do-yeon made an excellent point. The mindset that people from the Philippines sings well is so strong that it might be used to fool everyone in the show. Because of Jang Do-yeon, everyone are now having second thoughts.
"Chefie made the guest singer cry right?.. it might not probably because of her singing ability, but Chefie's story could make people cry. Chefie sings well and her story probably made the guest singer cry.." Sangmin gives another theory about the mystery singer from the Philippines. And it seems like everyone is accepting Sangmin's theory.
"Oh, I can see tears building up in Chefie's eyes" Jang Do-yeon remarked. "Chefiee seems like she is holding her tears.." the hosts commented as they observer the mystery singer.
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"Let's meet the next mystery singer.." Leeteuk is now going to introduce the next mystery singer. "Mystery singer number 3. He is the Hwang Chi-yeul of Bulgaria, who debuted because of the show. Will the mystery singer number three be a good singer or not?".
Everyone in the studio is very curious about the mystery singer from Bulgaria. Specially the ladies, all eyes are on the hunk muscular mystery singer.
"How do you guys feel?" Kim Jongkook asks the boy group.
"I think there are amusement parks in Bulgaria as well, right? They must have some festival there..." Park Kyung is now starting to explain what his opinion about the mystery singer from Bulgaria.
"Ah, I know what you mean!" the hosts and some of the Tone-deaf detective team are seeing where Park Kyung is going with his explanation.
"I think he came here with the mystery singer number six. When I saw them dance in the video, their chemistry was great. They seem to collaborate a lot. So, I guess they got married and came to Korea for their honeymoon!" Park Kyung gives a rather interesting theory.
"Ohhh~~" the hosts can't exclude Park Kyung's unique theory because it is still.. a possible case. "Ohh.. he's the king of brains!~" Yoo Se-yoon declared. "That can be true~" Leeteuk remarked.
"He seems to make something..." Zico whispered to Park Kyung.
"Zico whispered something to me, and I think it's plausible" Park Kyung said to the hosts.
"What is it?" Kim Jongkook asks.
"I think he seems to sell Turkish ice cream in the park" Zico told them.
"Ahh.. the ones who are teasing the customers before they give the ice cream!" the hosts quickly got it as they excitedly reenacts how those ice cream vendors did it. The same goes with almost everybody else, they also like Zico's theory.
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"Lee Sangmin-ssi, what do you think?" Leeteuk wants to know about the veteran singer's opinion.
"I saw how he dances. A good singer doesn't shake his body like that.." Sangmin is now giving his opinion and observation about mystery singer number three from Bulgaria.
"Ah, then how?" Kim Jongkook asked.
"Zico knows how to do it. The recent dance style is like this.." Sangmin then tries the kind of dance he is referring to. A dance with somewhat little movement but with swag. "Oh, right right~" Zico agrees with Sangmin.
"Ah, just with some swag" Leeteuk remarked.
"Yes, but he danced differently in the video. So, I think he is not really a singer" Sangmin is firmed about his opinion. The members of Block B is nodding as they think that make a total sense. Even the Tone-deaf Detective has always been considering and respecting Sangmin's opinion. But in this episode, there's someone who isn't agreeing.
"Hold on..." Leeteuk can't help but to notice something. "Yah.." Kim Jongkook also noticed the same thing.
"James-ssi, why it looks like you're holding your laughter while looking at Sangmin?" Kim Jongkook laughingly asked. "Yes, I've noticed it since we're talking about mystery singer number one. You keep looking at Sangmin hyung when he is explaining something.." Leeteuk have been keeping an eye on James for quite some time now because he is behaving oddly.
"Mianhae~ I just can't help it.." James shyly giggles after finding out that hosts had been noticing him.
"Why? what's wrong? Is there something at Sangmin's back?" Kim Jongkook laughingly asked, and he is curious why the young comedian have been giggling while looking at Sangmin.
"Ani~ It's just that Sangmin hyung is different here. Sangmin hyung looks so respectable here and everyone is listening to everything he says, but in our show.... haha" James tried explaining but he burst out laughing in the end.
".. in your show he can't even talk~" Leeteuk laughingly said.
"Exactly!" James laughs, ".. Sangmin hyung can't even finish a whole sentence 90% of the time there" he added and everyone started laughing as they know exactly what James is talking about.
"Haha, right right~" the hosts and the Tone-deaf Detective are laughing.
"See, you guys know what I'm saying, right? Some of you had been to our show. You knew how chaotic it is when we get going. You all know how we roast and make fun of each other, specially when it comes to Janghoon hyung's divorce and Sangmin hyung's debts. Guests are also not safe, Zico hyung almost lost his wristwatch to Soogeun hyung after betting it.." James laughingly said. Sangmin is just laughing as he nods to everything that James is saying. Members of Block B and their fans in the audience is laughing as they remember that episode that James is talking about.
"And you're bringing up Sangmin hyung's debts here in the show also?" Leeteuk laughingly asked.
"I didn't. You did hyung. I'm just quietly sitting here and laughing by myself until you put me in the spotlight~" James told him. And soon, laughter are echoing in the studio again.
"So you're saying what Sangmin saying awhile ago is wrong?" Kim Jongkook asked.
"Ani, that's not what I mean... but yeah he said something wrong..." James giggles.
"Ohhhh.." the hosts laughingly exclaimed.
"Yah, where am I wrong?" Sangmin laughingly asked.
"About number three.." James points at the mystery singer from Bulgaria. "You said a good singer doesn't shake or dance like that".
"Yes, he is more of a dancer than a singer. Base on his dance moves in the video. A good singer doesn't shake his body like that.." Sangmin defends his opinion, or more so, his theory.
"Aniya~" James is shaking his head. "Hyung, I'm not a singer but I can name a lot of singers who shakes their body like that, maybe even more~".
"Ohh~" everyone is loving the confidence in James' words as he challenges Sangmin.
"Which singer James-ssi?" the hosts asked him. "Okay, name one.." Sangmin is giving his younger Brother the chance to challenge.
"Almost similar to the way number three dances... Shakira~" James confidently said and gives a funny look at Sangmin.
"OHH! Right, right!!" the hosts, the Tone-dead Detective team, Block B, and the studio audiences erupted as James gives a perfect example.
"What about Beyonce? what about Michael Jackson? Ricky Martin? BoA noona? uh,.. Britney, J.Lo, Madonna, Bruno Mars, Chris Brown..." James continue to enumerate more singers who are also exceptionally great dancers.
"Teng teng teng~" Shindong is making a TKO boxing bell sounds as he stops James from naming more names, and saving Sangmin's dignity. Sangmin is just laughing at his defeat at the hands of his younger Brother. Everyone erupts in laugher as the show suddenly became Knowing Brothers for a moment.
"All of them dances, and shakes their body more while being a good singer~" James blurted out one more as Shindong is pushing him down to his seat. "Uh, sir.. I believe in you! I know you're a good singer and a dancer as well~" James stood up again but he is now talking in English to the mystery singer from Bulgaria. James also did a cool swaggy-ish salute to the mystery singer. The mystery singer from Bulgaria is giggling as he coolly salutes back.
"I believe James~" , "Me too~" Taeil and P.O laughingly said. The members of Block B are still laughing at the little battle between the Brothers.
"What about you Zico-ssi?" Kim Jongkook asked him.
"Yeah, James made a good point. You can be a good dancer and able to shake your body like that while still being a good singer.." Zico replied.
"So, you believe James more than Sangmin about this one?" Kim Jongkook asked him again.
"Yes~" Zico smilingly said as him and James gives each other a thumbs up.
"Zico-ssi, you and James are close? because you two just give each other a thumbs up as if you guys are close like... best friends.." Leeteuk finally finds a hole to poke fun at Zico and James.
"Ahhh~" Block B's fans in the audience squealed a bit and started laughing as they know where Leeteuk is heading with that question. Zico and James is looking at each other while preventing themselves to laugh, for obvious reasons.
"Well yeah, Zico hyung was a guest in Knowing Brothers. That's how we became friends.." James steps in trying to block Leeteuk's attempt. "Right~" Zico and the members of Block B goes along quickly as if they planned it.
"Hyung, don't go that way..." James is shyly laughing as he warned Leeteuk. Everybody continue to laugh as they know what's going on
"Haha, ani~ I'm just curious. I thought this is the first time the two of you meeting each other" Leeteuk continue to act very innocent.
"Hyung, you asked me earlier to tell a joke. I have a knock-knock joke for you~" James suddenly trying to divert the topic.
"Oh, okay go.." Leeteuk buys it.
"Knock-knock.." James said.
"Who's there?" everyone in the studio said in unison.
"You saw someone on a date last night....." James is already smiling and trying not to laugh.
"You saw someone on a date last night... who?" everyone in the studio said in unison, and there's already some laughs that comes along with it.
"Leeteuk hyung~" James points at Leeteuk.
Seconds later, a huge wave of laughter hit the studio. Everybody thought it was really a knock-knock joke at first, but it turns out it is a counter tease or attack to Leeteuk.
"Yeah, I saw him~" James yelled out and continue to sell that made up story to everybody as he points at Leeteuk who looked guilty. Leeteuk is just laughing at how James turns the tables on him. Kim Jongkook and Yoo Se-yeon are laughing their asses off as Leeteuk failed miserably, and it quickly backfires. "I don't care if it's a lame knock-knock joke, all I care is.. bullseye!" James burst into laughter after he successfully turned it around and saving Zico.
"Wahh~~" Zico and members of Block B is giving James a proper round of applause.
"Anyway, James-ssi.. what are your thoughts about mystery singers number one and two? we didn't hear your thoughts earlier.." Kim Jongkook then got curious about James' opinion to the other two mystery singers since it's already clear what he thinks about the mystery singer from Bulgaria. Also to transitioned back to the flow of the show.
"Oh., uh.. I think both of them are singers" James said while looking at the mystery singers from Malaysia and Philippines.
"Why?" Kim Jongkook asked.
"Just like what Zico hyung said to Sangmin hyung's theory, it's just believable and it suits him. I really think he had been working hard. I just had a feeling. Then for number two.. well I have stand up comedian friends who I met while I was part of Ken Jeong's comedy tour who are from the Philippines, and I'm just going to say.. they can sing. It's like a natural thing with them. So yeah, I believe number two is also a singer" James gives is opinion for the two mystery singers.
"This is why I personally recommended James to be part of the Tone-deaf Detective team this season. Aside from doing different voices, he also worked overseas with a lot of people from different nationalities. He can give some insights about other nationalities.." Leeteuk remarked and admitting that he played a huge role on James being part of the Tone-dead Detective team for the first couple of episodes for the newest season. "But I didn't expect he would go after me.." Leeteuk laughingly added.
"Hyung, it's a package deal when you asked me to be part this show. I warned you from the start.." James laughingly replied.
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"It's now mystery number four turn.." Yoo Se-yoon is now introducing the next mystery singer. "Ms. S, the tragic trainee of the show in Thailand".
"Block B also had a long training period" Leeteuk remarked and the members nodded. "Among all of you, who was the longest trainee?" Kim Jongkook asked.
"I was the longest trainee" Jaehyo
"How do you feel as the same tragic trainee from Thailand?" Kim Jongkook asked Jaehyo.
"Tragic? I've become a member of Block B, right?" Jaehyo and his members burst into laughter.
"Ani, I mean is that you suffered for a long time too" Kim Jongkook quickly explained what he meant.
"Well when I was a trainee, I looked pale and tired. But I think she looks so bright to be a trainee.." Jaehyo gave his opinion about the mystery singer from Thailand.
"I think she's a real trainee because-..." Park Kyung have the opposite opinion.
"Oh, here comes the king of brain~" Yoo Se-yoon teases Park Kyung again.
"To a tragic trainee, having a chance is very valuable. When I saw the video earlier where she just came to Korea, she wore clothes that is covering her neck.." Park Kyung starts explaining his observation.
"Ah, to cover her throat?" Yoo Se-yoon said. "Yes, I think she's protecting her throat for the show" Park Kyung concluded.
"So genius, so genius~" P.O teasingly commented. "Ah, such a genius man~~" Yoo Se-yoon teases Park Kyung again.
"You mistook that point.." Joon Park doesn't agree and have a different opinion, ".. to my eyes, she's not a good singer but an ice skater".
"Ah, a figure skater?" the hosts said.
"Yes. Look at her massive thighs! It looks like she has been training her lower body. And look at the way she is standing, that's the pose someone receiving a medal in the Olympics" Joon Park pointed out.
"Ah, for Pyeongchang Olympics?" the hosts gets what Joon Park is trying to say.
"Yes, Pyeongchang-dong!" Joon Park excitingly said, and everyone burst out laughing because he got the place wrong.
"Pyeongchang and Pyeongchang-dong are different" Jang Do-yeon explained to him.
"Ahh.. anyway, I think she came to Korea for the Olympics and dropped by to the studio briefly before she went back to training" Joon Park gives his opinion for the mystery singer from Thailand.
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"The next singer!.." Kim Jongkook is now going to introduce the next mystery singer. "Mystery singer number five. He's from Indonesia, but he is from a Korean descent. John Lee!".
"I think he's a tone-deaf!" P.O commented.
"Why?" the hosts asked.
"He understands Korean very well..." P.O is about to explain is opinion but it seems like he wasn't listening few seconds ago.
"They said he is a Korean descent~" Kim Sang-hyuk told him.
"Ahhh..." P.O wasn't really listening, so he didn't continue to share his opinion. Fans of Block B can't stop laughing at him.
"I've mentioned it a couple of times" Kim Jongkook said to him. P.O is just shyly laughing.
"He's a good singer.." Sangmin commented.
"Why?" the hosts asked.
"Though he's quite young, he doesn't seem mischievous. He doesn't look naughty as a tone-deaf. He also seem serious for his age. I feel that he'll sing greatly.." Sangmin explained
"I'm confused.." P.O chuckles while looking at his members.
"I think he's a good singer" Zico commented right after Sangmin.
"Why?" the hosts asked.
"He looks like a singer. His visual... uh, it seems like he is a good at singing" Zico explained.
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"Let's move on to number six. The winner of the second episode of the show in Romania. Is mystery singer number six a good singer, or a tone-deaf.." Leeteuk introduced the sixth and last mystery singer.
"A bad singer could be a winner.." U-kwon commented.
"Ah, it could be~" Joon Park and the tone-deaf detective team agrees.
"Yes, a tone-deaf could be a winner" Yoo Se-yoon confirms.
"I think she is an amazing talent that is unimaginable. The hand holding the mic, and her posture are that of a musician" Sangmin gives his opinion about the mystery singer from Romania.
"Zico-ssi, beginning to have a doubt?" Kim Jongkook asked Zico who is looking carefully and analyzing the mystery singer from Romania.
"Uh, I think she can sing well" Zico replied.
"Sooner or later, I'll commit fraud on Zico because he's so gullible. I'll try him soon~" Kim Jongkook laughingly remarked.
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"Block B, how do you guys feel about meeting them directly?" Leeteuk asks the boy group.
"It's harder than we expected because they're foreigners. It's so hard.." Block B replied.
"We have a new thing for the season 5 of the show. The audience will vote to help you guys find the tone-deaf. The will vote in real time to let you know who you should eliminate" the hosts explained the new addition to the show.
After the hosts explained, the voting had commenced and the studio audiences brings out their phone to vote on who they think is a tone-deaf. They will have to choose among the 6 foreign mystery singers. Will it be the barista from Malaysia? or Chefie from Philippines? or the muscular dude from Bulgaria? or Ms. S, the tragic trainee from Thailand? or John Lee from Indonesia? or the gorgeous singer from Romania?. Everyone have their own suspicions on who might be the tone-deaf among them.
Once the voting is finished, the mystery singer from Bulgaria received the highest votes from the audiences.
"With 38%, the audience chose number 3" Leeteuk announced.
"The audience also think the same.. they're thinking right.." Sangmin commented.
"Aniya, he's a good singer" James smiles evilly as he have one mission in the show, to annoy Sangmin and Leeteuk.
"Ani~ I'm 100% sure he's tone-deaf. " Sangmin told James. "I'll buy you a coffee if you're right~" James laughingly said to Sangmin. "Okay, deal! I'll buy you a coffee if you're right~" Sangmin smilingly accepted the bet.
"I think he's a good singer as well~" Microdot commented. "Oh, Sangmin hyung, you have to buy me and Microdot hyung a coffee if we're right" James smilingly points Microdot. "I think he's tone-deaf.." Shindong joins in and he is siding to Sangmin.
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"It is now time for Block B to make a choice. Will they follow the audience's opinion or ignore them.... Block B! Whose voice can you see?!" the hosts said in unison.
Block B took their time to decide. They also look around to see what everyone is suggesting. They are carefully considering the suggestion from the audiences and from the Tone-deaf detective team.
"Well, uh.. we will..." Park Kyung is now representing his group to announce their choice. ".. we choose number three!". Block B picked the mystery singer from Bulgaria as the tone-deaf. The fans clapped their hands as Block B followed their vote. The mystery singer number three then walks out of the podium to prepare himself for his stage.
"Our choices are actually number 6, 5 and 3. But we decided to go with the audience" Park Kyung explained.
"So, you'll follow the fans' opinion?" Leeteuk asked.
"I can't trust them" U-kwon laughingly said.
"If number three is a good singer, would you guys still follow the audience and your fans?" Leeteuk asked the boy group.
"We'll decide whatever we want then. We will cover our ears" P.O laughingly replied.
"Will mystery singer number three be a good singer or a tone-deaf? The stage of truth! Come out!!" the hosts now gives the signal to open the stage for the first contestant who got eliminated to come out and show if he is a singer or tone-deaf.
The studio got dark and the stage opens up. The mystery singer from Bulgaria comes out from the moving stage with full of charisma. Everyone is still debating to each other whether he is a good singer or a tone-deaf.
"Is there anything you want to say?" Leeteuk asked mystery singer number three. The translator then translates what Leeteuk said to the Bulgarian.
"It's true?... Yes! Okey dokey, yo!" the mystery singer did a little tribute referencing one of Zico's song.
"I've never seen such a sexy Okey dokey~" Yoo Se-yeoon commented and everyone started laughing.
Seconds later, a few people from the staff of the show enters to do some final preparations for the stage of the Bulgarian mystery singer. A guitarist also came to help the Bulgarian mystery singer for his performance, and he is a past contestant of the show too, that's why the others recognized him once he walks up to the stage.
"Mystery Singer number three, let us hear your voice!" the hosts gives the stage to the Bulgarian mystery singer.
The special guest guitarist begins to do an opening guitar solo. The song that is the Bulgarian mystery singer chose to perform is Despacito by Luis Fonsi. After the guitar solo intro, the beat drops and the mystery singer from Bulgaria started dancing, showing his gorgeous latin dance moves. The crowd was overwhelmed and thrilled when the Bulgarian mystery singer shows his dance moves. Everyone starting to get anxious and excited to find out if he is a singer or a tone-deaf. And then.... "♫Despacito~ Quiero respirar tu cuello despacito. Deja que te diga cosas al oído. Para que te acuerdes si no estás conmigo♫~~".
It turns out the mystery singer from Bulgaria is a good singer. He has a good voice with a very rhythmical groove to it. Members of Block B and the audiences are all engrossed to the performance. Nacho Pascal is the name of the Bulgarian Mystery singer and he appeared in the I Can See Your Voice show in Bulgaria, where he became a hot topic in the country after his appearance. Because of it, his dreams did come true when he debuted as a singer and released an album right after he got discovered in the show.
"The identity of the mystery singer number three, is a talented singer!!" the hosts announced.
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Meanwhile on the other side..
"Eee.. eh... ehehehe~" James is laughing in a very annoying way at Sangmin. "We're right!" Microdot then high-fived James as they are correct with their guess. The rest of the Tone-deaf detective team are giggling as they watch James and Microdot teasing Sangmin.
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Kim Jongkook and the rest of the hosts interviewed Nacho Pascal about how popular the show in Bulgaria and how he became a singer after he appeared on the show. He was in fact similar case to Hwang Chi-yeul as they both able to debut as singer because of an appearance in a show. After praising Nacho Pascal about his dance moves, they had a little fun and asked Shindong to come up to the stage and have a little dance off, where Nacho Pascal showed a charismatic sexy dance, while Shindong showed a sexy and funny dance that brings laughter to everyone.
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Moving on to the second part of the show is the Singers' Lip Sync. Where the guests and Tone-deaf detective team will observe and assess each mystery singer on their ability to lip sync, as well as whether the voice suits to their overall image of the mystery singers.
"From the mystery singer number one, we will show each lip sync stage one by one.." Leeteuk announced, and it is the cue to start the lip sync of the first mystery singer.
The mystery singer from Malaysia did a lip sync of Taeil's song, It Was Love. While doing the lip sync stage...
"Is he tone-deaf?" Kim Sang-hyuk asked the opinions of his fellow tone-deaf detectives.
"His voice matches well to his image" Joon Park replied.
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"His voice tone is so good" Zico whispered to Park Kyung. The members of Block B is watching and listening carefully to the lip sync stage of mystery singer number one.
"Is his pronunciation is too correct? Don't you think he pretends as a foreigner?" Park Kyung whispered back to Zico.
"That can be right~" Zico replied.
Meanwhile, for some reason, James can be seen focusing too much that he is squinting his eyes, as if he is trying to look for something.
After the lip sync stage of the mystery singer from Malaysia. The hosts and the guests had a little fun. They asked Taeil to do a lip sync of the song, but to the voice of mystery singer number one, or at least to the pretend voice. P.O also asked to join Taeil to have a laughing role. (BBC's knows the incident where P.O is holding his laughter while Taeil is passionately doing a lip sync. Also, BBC mean 'Block B Club'. Just in case some of y'all thinking of something... lol)
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"Next is Chefie, the event star from the Philippines who made the guest singer cry. Let's listen to the voice of the mystery singer number two!" Yoo Se-yoon gives the lip sync stage for the mystery singer from Philippines.
The mystery singer from Philippines did a lip sync My Destiny by Lyn. While doing the lip sync stage...
"Anida! Anida, anida~" Zico became so sure and convinced that mystery singer number two is a tone-deaf just right at beginning of the lip sync stage. "I don't think Chefie is the real singer. The voice doesn't fit. It's not about being poor at lip sync, but Chefie's image and voice color don't match at all" he addedly explained while whispering to Park Kyung.
"Yes, it doesn't sound like Chefie's real voice" Park Kyung agrees with Zico.
On the other side, the Tone-deaf detective team are having rumbling discussion about the lip sync stage of mystery singer number two. But majority is now declaring that mystery singer number two is tone-deaf after watching the lip sync stage.
"Noona, what do you think?" James asked Jang Do-yeon who is sitting right in front of him.
"I think she's a tone-deaf. The voice doesn't match at all.." Jang Do-yeon replied.
"What about you hyung?" James then asked Kim Min-seok who is sitting beside him.
"I'm not sure. But her voice doesn't match her image" Kim Min-seok have the same reason.
"What about you?" Jang Do-yeon asked James.
"I still think she is a good singer. But that just my hunch.." James replied while looking back to mystery singer number two.
"She's not a real singer, right?" Taeil whispered to Park Kyung and Zico.
"Yeah, I think she's not~" Zico replied.
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"Let's now see the lip sync stage of mystery singer number four, the tragic trainee of Thailand" Leeteuk gives the stage to the Thai mystery singer.
"Ohh!" , "Wow!" everyone exclaimed when they heard the first beat of the song that the mystery singer is going to lip sync. Everybody knows that sing because it is one of the hottest song in South Korea recently. The mystery singer number four, Ms. S from Thailand is going to lip sync Sunmi's hit song, Gashina.
"Oh.. damn~" James blurted out of surprise because Ms. S even started dancing to the song, and giving the same fierce charisma as Sunmi. "Wow, she's good!" Microdot and Shindong are impressed.
"She's full of talent. She has various expressions.." Park Kyung commented while whispering it to Zico.
"She's good~" Kim Sang-hyuk and Sangmin are getting amazed as Ms. S continue to show charisma on her lip sync stage.
"If she snap in the chorus, she will be in my number one choice.." James commented as he continue to carefully watch the lip sync stage. "Haha, right right~" Jang Do-yeon is on the same page as him.
Moments later, just as everybody is expecting. When it finally reach the chorus of the song, Ms. S snapped and did the choreo with the same energy as Sunmi.
"Ohhh~" , "Wahhh~"
The mystery singer number four lives up to everyone's expectation when it reaches the chorus of the song. Her charming lip sync stage captures everyone's heart and successfully made them believe that she is a real singer.
"Wow!" Everyone automatically clapped their hands when it's finally over.
"Too perfect, isn't she?" Kim Min-seok commented as he looks at his fellow tone-deaf detective team. James is giving him a nod.
"Do you guys think she's tone-deaf or not?" Kim Jongkook asked the members of Block B.
"I can't tell because she prepared perfectly.." Zico replied.
"You're sitting there to figure it out" Kim Jongkook told him. Members of Block B started laughing. "Oh.. yeah.. hehe~" Zico cutely and shyly laughs.
"What about you guys?" Leeteuk ask the other members.
"I think she's a little tone-deaf. Her eye expression is really good. So I think she is a kpop cover dancer" U-kwon gives an interesting opinion.
"There are so many YouTube stars recently" Joon Park is kinda agreeing to what U-kwon said.
"We just saw the lip sync stage of the mystery singer number four, and it was sensational.." Leeteuk remarked. "Jang Doyeon-ssi, can you do Gashina for us?" he then asked one of the comedian in the Tone-deaf detective team.
"Ay, jinjja!" Jang Do-yeon got surprised and instantly got shy at the sudden request performance.
"Yes noona!! Jang Do-yeon! Jang Do-yeon! Jang Do-yeon!" James burst into laughter he started cheering right after. The audience follows James' lead, and because of the cheering, Jang Do-yeon was forced to do it.
"Now we're showing you Jang Do-yeon's Jangshina~" Yoo Se-yoon announced, and using a wordplay that means 'tall' or 'tall stature'. Members of Block B are laughing at that wordplay. "Jangshina Janghinaaa~" the hosts started singing.
Jang Do-yeon took the centre stage and she shows everyone her own version of Sunmi's Gashina, the Jangshina. It starts normal for at least just the first couple of lines, until Jang Do-yeon's became the literal interpretation of the lyrics. Also showing and reminding everyone that she is a top-tier comedian. Everyone in the studio burst out laughing as Jang Do-yeon continue with her version of Gashina. It got even more better and a huge wave of laughter hit the studio when it reaches the chorus part. Instead of a handgun/pistol hand gesture as from the original dance move, Jang Do-yeon upgrades it and pulls out a machine gun. As expected, Jang Do-yeon's lip sync never fails to amaze and bring laughter to everyone.
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"Let's continue to the mystery singer number five. Let's now watch his lip sync" Leeteuk announced and giving the stage to the mystery singer from Indonesia.
Fans of Block B responds instantly when they heard the first beat of the song. The mystery singer from Indonesia is going to lip sync to Block B's song, Toy. Members of Block B got excited and they're expecting to see a good lip sync performance.
Once the John Lee, the mystery singer from Indonesia started singing,.. he got a fairly favorably reaction from everyone.
"Oh, he's doing well~" Leeteuk commented.
"Oh.. Oh.. the eyebeam~" Jang Do-yeon is quite impressed.
"I think this guy is a tone-deaf.." Microdot is impressed at the lip sync but he has some doubts. "He's the real singer.." Shindong sounds confident. "Why?" Microdot asked. "His eyes says it~" Shindong gives his simply reason to believe that the Indonesian mystery singer is in fact a real singer.
"Do you think he's the real singer?" Kim Min-seok asked James, who is still watching carefully while squinting his eyes as if he is looking for something. He has been doing this behavior from the mystery singer number one. "Hmm.. I think he is, hyung~" James politely replied to Kim Min-seok.
Meanwhile on the other side..
"Did you saw James-ssi? He keeps on doing this while watching the lip sync..." Yoo Se-yoon whispered as he tries to imitate how James observes the mystery singers. "Right, I saw him too~" Kim Jongkook said. "He's been doing that since the first mystery singer's lip sync. But let's address it later after the last mystery singer. Let's see if he does it again. It looks like he is looking for something" Leeteuk replied. Apparently, the three hosts noticed that odd behavior James is showing.
"Ohh~~" Everyone claps their hands after the Indonesian mystery singer is done with his lip sync performance.
"I think he's the best, right?" Kim Sang-hyuk commented, convinced that mystery number four is a real singer.
"It suits him well, doesn't it?" , "It really suits him well" , "It does" the three hosts are also convinced.
"The voice and the pronunciation matched perfectly" Minhyuk commented.
"Does the dance match well?" Yoo Se-yeon asked the boy group.
"Aniyo~" P.O. quickly replied. His members and their fans started laughing.
"His dance wasn't that great but he danced leisurely" Yoo Se-yoon remarked. "Yes, it has a feel to it" Leeteuk backs him up.
"The thing Sangmin hyung mentioned earlier. The rhythm of a good singer have.." Kim Jongkook mentioned.
"Does he have it?" Leeteuk
"Yes, he have it.." Sangmin nodded, "..his dance says he's doing music" he added.
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"And now the one the everyone is waiting for. Mystery singer number six lip sync stage begins now~" Leeteuk gives the stage to the mystery singer from Romania.
Everyone is curious and excited about the gorgeous mystery singer from Romania. Even right from the start, majority of the people's opinion is that she is a good singer. And now that it's her turn to do the lip sync stage, everyone is anxious to find out if their guess is right.
The mystery singer number six from Romania is going to lip sync to the song Be Be Your Love by Rachael Yamagata. Everyone starts to get engrossed when they hear the sexy vibe instrumentals of the song, and as soon as the Romanian mystery singer starts lip syncing...
"♫If I could take you away~~~",
"Oooohhhhh~" everyone instantly got caught by the strong and sexy charisma of the mystery singer from Romania. It was undoubtedly a great lip sync stage that the mystery singer from Romania is showing. Sangmin actually got up on his feet in just the first line of the song, he totally love it.
"Woo, what a feeling~" Microdot commented.
"Wooooo~~" Zico exclaimed as he also loving the sexy charismatic lip sync stage of mystery singer number six.
"She's so cool~" Jang Do-yeon totally admires the Romanian mystery singer.
About halfway to the lip sync stage, Leeteuk, Se-yoon and Jongkook looked at James and they saw that James is doing it again. They got more curious and decided to address it after the lip sync stage.
"Wahh~ Wow~", that is the only reaction of everyone in the studio when mystery singer number six is finished with her lip sync stage. They give her a warm round of applause for that great lip sync stage.
"Zico-ssi, your eyebeam says you know something" Leeteuk talks to Zico.
"I think she's the real singer~" Zico confidently said.
"Ohh, why?" the hosts asked. "He finally answered with confidence this time" Jongkook remarked.
"Her look and voice matched very well" Zico explained his reason for believing that the Romanian singer is a real singer.
"While singing and getting into the rhythm was very natural. I think she's a real singer" Minhyuk also shared his thoughts.
"I think everyone missed something.." Shindong suddenly speaks up, and everybody's attention quickly turns to his direction.
"Oh, what is it?" the hosts asked.
"All of you think that she is very relaxed, but she is the most nervous among them" Shindong completely have the opposite thoughts as for the majority of the people in the studio,
"Ohh, on what grounds?" Yoo Se-yoon asked.
"She moved slowly while singing, but did this when she's not singing" Shindong explained and even give a physical example of what he is talking about. He copies the shaky dance movement, plus with a little exaggeration on his part. "I'm sure she's tone-dead" he added.
"I agree with Shindong hyung. I think she is tone-deaf~" James remarked.
"Why?" the hosts asked.
"First she did a very good lip sync, no doubt. But for some reason it doesn't feel right" James replied.
"Anyway, James-ssi, we noticed that from number 1 to number 6, you are very focused on watching them. Your eyes are locked on to them while singing, your eyes are even squinting like this.." Leeteuk finally confronted James. Leeteuk and Yoo Se-yoon even copied how James was observing each mystery singer earlier.
"Are you looking for something?" Kim Jongkook asked.
"Yes, I was looking for something on their necks while they're lip syncing.." James replied. After James said that, everyone turns their attention at him as they got curious on what James is talking about.
"Oh, what is it?" the hosts curiously asked.
"A small nerve~" James replied and he got a little nervous when he feels that everyone's attention is at him.
"Nerve? what nerve?" the hosts asked.
"Okay, as you all know a part of my stand up comedy is doing different voices and accents, so it means I practiced a lot before putting anything on my materials. When I start to master it, I have to learn the basics and techniques. And one of the techniques that I learned from other stand up comedians who also do other voices and veteran voice actors., is about a small nerve in the neck, it's called eneriryngeal nerve. Most singers actually doesn't know this because they don't really use this small nerve. But people who do different voices, mostly voice actors, uses and take good care of this small nerve.." James started explaining and everyone in the studio is just quietly listening to him carefully. ".. according to the study of a famous otolaryngologist, named Dr. Bernadette Rostenkowski, in her book, she discovered that the eneriryngeal nerve is actually the reason for a person to have the ability to change the tone or pitch of the voice. Voice actors and stand up comedian who do different voices, like myself, we all put a finger to push the nerve inward while practicing for a new voice. It's located here near the right vagus nerve and the larynx..." James then demonstrates and pin point the location of that small nerve using his finger. "Now, I'm watching them carefully because if the eneriryngeal nerve is visible, it means that the person is tone-deaf. If a person has been a singer for a long time or a trained singer, that nerve is not visible because the muscles and other nerves in the neck got more developed and eventually covers that small nerve~" James explained further and gives a very detailed information to everybody else.
"Ohh~, wahh~", Everyone in the studio is actually engrossed in that all of a sudden little lecture from James.
"Oh, so did you saw that small nerve in one of the mystery singers?" Kim Jongkook asked.
"Yes, only the mystery singer number six have the visible eneriryngeal nerve, so it means she is a tone-deaf. The others are singers because I didn't see that nerve, which means they have been singing for a long time or have been training~" James gives his opinion and overall conclusion on who among the mystery singers are tone-deaf and singers.
"I got to learn a new thing today~" Leeteuk remarked. "James is smart, he have a sexy brain~" Yoo Se-yoon teasingly commented. "Wahh~ I didn't knew that" Sangmin remarked. "Yeah, it's the first time I've heard it" Kim Sang-hyuk said.
"I can't find the nerve.." Shindong and Kim Min-seok are touching their necks trying to feel that nerve. "Ani, if your a singer it will be covered up by the neck muscles" Joon Park told them.
"James, where is it again? I can't find it.." Jang Do-yeon asked as she is trying to locate that nerve on her neck.
"I don't know. I made it all up~" James replied immediately, then naughtily and sheepishly smiled.
"WHat?!", Everyone exclaimed all at the same time. "None of it is true?!" Leeteuk asked.
"Yup, none of it is true!" James smilingly said.
"Yahh!!" Jang Do-yeon is laughing as he starts to playfully attack James. Sangmin and Shindong joins in, and acted like they are ganging up on James.
"Whaa--", Everyone in the studio cannot believe that they all just got fooled by that damn 22 year-old stand up comedian. The hosts, members of Block B, the tone-deaf detective team, the mystery singers and the staff of the show, all of them are smiling or giggling out of disbelief.
"James-ssi, the name of the nerve is also made up?" Kim Jongkook laughingly asked.
"Absolutely, that nerve didn't even exist. I just used my girlfriend's name backwards and added the 'ryngeal nerve' on it, just like laryngeal nerve. So, it became eneriryngeal nerve~" James laughingly explained.
"Irene... e-n-e-r-i.... Oh!! HAHAHA", Everyone started spelling Irene's name backwards, and then seconds later, everyone in the studio burst into laughter after they found out what James did to fool them.
"Wait, what about the doctor? is it made up also?" Yoo Se-yoon asked.
"Actually, Dr. Bernadette Rostenkowski is a character in the sitcom The Big Bang Theory.." James is giggling as he replied, and everyone started laughing again.
"Then what were you doing earlier?" Leeteuk laughingly asked.
"Nothing. I'm just pretending to do something. All of it is to sell out this joke I prepared just for this show~" James smilingly explained. "When I saw Leeteuk hyung and Se-yoon hyung looking at me around the first and second mystery singing, I was like.. 'alright~ they took the bait!'. And from then I repeatedly do it in each lip sync stage!" he laughingly added.
"That is amazingly silly and ridiculous~" Joon Park laughingly commented, and then he high-fived James. "I noticed it also but I just thought James just have a bad eyesight" Shindong remarked. James is laughing hard as he successfully initiate that joke and he managed to fool a lot of people. "Look they are also laughing" Jang Do-yeon pointed at the mystery singers are also laughing hard.
"Wahh.. this is an international level comedian~" Leeteuk commented while pointing at James. "Exactly! that is not a simple joke to pull off" Yoo Se-yoon laughs and claps his hands. "That's smart, the name of the nerve really sound like a real nerve" Kim Jongkook remarked.
"I thought it was real" , "It's so believable~" Zico and Park Kyung are dying from laughter. "James explained it so good~" Taeil is in tears from laughing. The rest of the members of Block B have their stomach and jaws aching from laughing.
"This is why we asked him to host our concert~" Zico proudly remarked. "He can do things likes this" P.O added.
"Kamsahamnida~" James bows to the members of Block B and to their fans.
"Oh yeah, James is going to host your concert next week" Leeteuk said.
"Yes, it will surely be a fun concert" Taeil commented. Fans of Block B in the audience claps their hands and cheered for James.
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"Araseo, from 1 to 6, we met our mystery singers and saw their lip sync stage. It is now time for our audience to decide which mystery singer they think is a tone-deaf!" Leeteuk announced.
With that, the studio audiences brings out their phone to vote for who they think among the five mystery singer is a tone-deaf. While the voting is happening, the hosts are interviewing the members of Block B for a minute. While on the other side, the Tone-deaf detective team are discussing and sharing on who they think are the real singers and the ones who are tone-deaf. As expected, that short meeting is just full of laughter because of the young stand up comedian who is with them. Also for a fact that he keeps being playful and annoying his older Brother, basically, he is opposing majority of Sangmin's opinion.
Once the voting is finished, they quickly show the results. The audiences voted for mystery singer number two from the Philippines, who got 60% of the total votes.
"60 percent?" Shindong cannot believe it's that high.
"No. 2 is tone-deaf" Sangmin looked at him and confidently said.
"Hyung aniya, aniya~ She's a real singer" James is shaking his head, and contradicting Sangmin again. The tone-deaf detective team started giggling again as James never fails to oppose Sangmin whenever there is a chance, and acts like the annoying little Brother.
"I'm 100% sure. I will buy you a nice meal if they are singers!" Sangmin confidently said. "Oh oh.. no taking back hyung!" James immediately accepts the bet.
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"Now, who does Block B think of as the tone-deaf? Block B, whose voice can you see?" the hosts asked for the decision of Block B.
While members of Block B are having a little last minute group discussion, the Tone-deaf detective team are helping the boy group with the decision by shouting out the number of mystery singer they confidently think is a tone-deaf. Everyone is suggesting number 1 and number 2, the mystery singers from Malaysia and Philippines. Even the audiences is suggesting the same thing. The Tone-deaf detective team seems very confident with those two suggestions as they are trying their best to influence Block B with their decision. Well everyone thinks the same except for one, the young stand up comedian in the corner is shouting and making the number six sign in his hands. James is the only one, and probably the only in the studio at the moment who thinks that the mystery singer from Romania is a tone-deaf.
"You guys should choose 2 mystery singers!" Yoo Se-yoon said to the boy group.
"The Tone-deaf Block B saw is.... number 1!" U-kwon, on behalf of his group, he picked the mystery singer from Malaysia. Almost all of the Tone-deaf detective team is clapping their hands as Block B choses mystery singer number one.
"And the next?" the hosts excitingly asked.
"Number 2!!" Block B picked the mystery singer from Thailand.
"Nooo!!!! Not number 1 and 2!!" James cried out, and members of Block B, and even the audiences, were all burst out laughing on how hilarious James' disappointed reaction is. "Not number 2!!" Shindong, Microdot and Han Hyun-min is also on the same side as James about mystery singer number two.
"Good choices!" Sangmin is happy at Block B's choices.
"Why did you guys choose number 1 & 2?" Leeteuk asked.
"Number 1, because most of the tone-deaf detectives chose him, so we decided to trust them. Number 2, because... even though the fans let us down once, but we still trust them" Park Kyung explained. Their fans shyly laughs because they might be wrong for the second time.
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"Now, who is the mystery number one? Is he a real singer or a tone-deaf? The stage of truth, come out!!".
The stage opens up and the moving platform where the mystery singer from Malaysia is standing, is now slowly coming out to the center stage. Excitement and nervous starts to linger in the studio as everyone started to doubt the choice, even the members of Block B..
"The mystery singer number one, was chosen as the first dropout of the second round. Is he a real singer representing Malaysia?" Leeteuk narrates as everyone anxiously wait for the stage of truth to be ready.
"I suddenly feel that he will do well. We're doomed~" Taeil nervously remarked. Him and Jaehyo started laughing as they might be made a mistake.
Once the live band that is accompanying the Malaysian mystery singer is all set. The stage of truth finally begins. The mystery singer from Malaysia is going to sing Stay by Rihanna. Everyone is quietly and anxiously waiting to find out if the mystery singer is a singer or tone-deaf. And then....
"♫ All along, it was a fever~ A cold sweat, hot headed believer♫~~"
It turns out, the mystery singer from Malaysia is a real singer. He has a beautiful, attractive and very sorrowful voice. He also have a control on his voice like a professional singer. His name is Bernard Quart and he is a true singer, he is also a real barista and pâtissier in Malaysia. It's also true that he appeared in the I Can See your Voice Malaysia and recorded the highest ratings. After his appearance on the show, he was offered a lot of projects and other opportunities.
Most of the people in the studio has their mouth open and some are scratching their head as they choose the wrong person. The Malaysian mystery singer is a real singer, and a very good singer for that matter. One person in particular is celebrating a little. When the Malaysian singer started singing and everyone finally heard his beautiful voice, James throws one of his hand in the air as he stood up. He was right on his hunch that the mystery singer from Malaysia is a real singer.
"Mystery singer number one is a real singer!" the hosts announced when the stage of truth ended.
"Wahh~" Everyone is now clapping and cheering for that great performance of the Malaysian mystery singer.
"Park Kyung, are you okay?" Leeteuk asked as they saw Park Kyung is still having goosebumps and zoning out.
"Oh.. uh.." Park Kyung got a bit startled as he come back from reality. "Actually, we just picked number 1 because we were just following the Tone-deaf detectives. Frankly, we didn't picked number 1. We were just following our sunbaenims" he then started explaining everything.
"Ah, they just followed the seniors" the hosts laughs at Park Kyung's excuse.
The hosts then interviews the Malaysian mystery singer, where they also found out that he is a big fan of Kim Jongkook, and that he is excited to be in the show to meet him. Bernard Quart, the Malaysian mystery singer then thanked the show for inviting him to South Korea as it is one of his dreams to visit the country. He also hope that many people would listen to his voice, and his songs.
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"Now, who is the mystery number two? The stage of truth, come out!!".
"In unison with the audiences, they made the choice and chose the mystery singer number two.." Leeteuk narrates as the stage of truth for mystery singer number two is on it's way.
Then all of a sudden a large group of staff suddenly enters the stage bringing out a lot of things, chairs, musical instruments, etc. Members of Block B and the Tone-deaf detective team got alarmed as they might be wrong again for choosing the msytery singer.
"An orchestra came in..." Park Kyung commented out of shocked on how big the ongoing preparation for the next stage of truth.
"Do you usually do this?" Park Kyung asked the hosts.
"We usually do this.." Kim Jongkook replied.
"What if Chefie is tone-deaf.." Taeil giggled.
"With all this, is there a chance Chefie could be a tone-deaf?" Zico asked Kim Jongkook.
"Of course. Last time, after 30 minutes of setting, the singer was tone-deaf" Kim Jongkook told them.
"30 minutes and tone-deaf~" Jaehyo is laughing out loud.
The preparation and the setup for the stage of truth for the mystery singer from Philippines is undoubtedly grand compare to first two stages. There's an orchestra and even a conductor. Expectations are rising and people are getting more anxious. Everyone got more nervous and excited when the orchestra started playing. The song that the mystery singer from Philippines is going to sing is a very popular song all over the world, it is The Prayer by the greats, Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli. The mystery singer from the Philppines, Chefie, she is very relaxed and calmly waiting for her to begin singing in the middle of anxious audiences. And then...
"♫La luce che tu daaaa~~"
A strong tenor like voice came out from her that send chills to everyone in the studio. Everyone is either frozen in their seats or jumped out from their seats when they heard the voice of the Chefie. All of the people in the studio cannot believe what is happening. Goosebumps, chills to the bones, eyes and mouth are wide open, that is basically the sight in the studio as the mystery singer from Philippines continue to sing.
"♫Nel cuore resterà~~
A ricordarci che~~
L'eterna stella sei~~♫"
While everyone is speechless and having all the hair in their bodies stood up, there is one person among everyone in the studio who is quietly celebrating. James threw both of his hands up in the air with a huge smile on his face as he keeps muttering, "I knew it! I knew she is a singer!", repeatedly. And then, the mystery singer from the Philippines has another thing up her sleeves that will shock the people, even more..
"♫Let this be our prayer~~~"
Jaws... jaws... jaws... people's jaws are on the floor now as everyone dropped it when the mystery singer from the Philippines suddenly changed her voice into a feminine soprano like voice. Everyone are just having a hard time to process what the hell is going in the stage of truth of I Can See Your Voice. Surely, none of the people in the studio needs to do some waxing for the next couple of months as everyone's body hairs all jumped out on their own.
"Wahh~~" Everyone are on their feet as they give the mystery singer from the Philippines a well-deserved standing ovation.
"That was amazing~" Leeteuk, Yoo Se-yoon and Kim Jongkook are in awe after that amazing performance.
"Wahh~~ I've got goosebumps" Park Kyung and his members are still stunned.
"This is crazy... wow~" the Tone-deaf detective team is also stunned from what they had just witnessed.
"James hyung is right again~" Han Hyun-min remarked. "He's 3 out of 3.." Microdot added. James just give them a smile and a thumbs up.
"Araseo~ I want to ask everyone to sit down first before we interview our mystery singer.." Leeteuk is asking Block B and the Tone-deaf detective team have a seat as they are still standing there frozen because of that performance.
"How can we just sit down now?" , "Hyung, how can we calm down and sit down after that?" Shindong and James yelled out to Leeteuk.
"I can't calm myself too, but we need to interview Chefie.." Leeteuk replied.
Yoo Se-yoon is suppose to interview the mystery singer number two from the Philippines, but an idea pops into his head. He then whispered to Leeteuk and Kim Jongkook, where they agreed.
"James-ssi, can you interview Chefie? since you can speak like 5 languages" Yoo Se-yoon asked James to do the interview. "Yes, and you can speak Filipino, right?" Leeteuk asked.
"Eh? Ani, ani~ I don't speak Filipino. I only know a few words and phrases because I have stand up comedian friends who taught me back then. But araseo, I'll interview her~" James explained and accept the offer to interview the mystery singer from Philippines.
"Block B, what can you say about that stage?" Kim Jongkook asked the boy group while James is going down to interview the mystery singer.
"Wahh.. daebak~" Zico and his members are still pretty much speechless.
"Hello~, Paalam~" James smilingly greets Chefie, the mystery singer from Philippines. But Chefie burst out laughing.
"Wait, did I say it right?" James asked.
"Actually, 'Paalam' means 'Goodbye' in Filipino~" Chefie explained.
"Oh damn, haha I just said Hello to you and then Goodbye~" James burst out laughing out of embarrassment after he failed to impress the Filipina mystery singer. "I'm sorry, it's been more than a year, I forgot what my friend taught me~" James apologized and shyly laughs. "What is the Filipino word for Hello?" he then asked Chefie.
"It's 'Kamusta', but it can also be use to say 'How are you'. But Hello is acceptable in general.." Chefie explained.
"Oh yeah, now I remember.. haha thank you~" James shyly giggles.
"Why, why?" the hosts asked as everyone is confused why James and the mystery singer suddenly started laughing. Also some people can't understand since the two are talking in English.
"I want to impress her, so I greet her in Filipino. I told her, 'Paalam', which I taught the Filipino word for 'Hello'. Then, Chefie told me that 'Paalam' means Goodbye. So it looks like I just ended the interview and asked her to leave~~" James laughingly explained what happened, and everyone burst into laughter after hearing that silly and embarrassing moment.
James then interviewed Chefie, where they learned that it is her dream to go to Korea and that she experienced a lot of new things such as the snow. They also learned that Chefie had through a lot of hardships in her life as she suffered poverty since childhood. Because of the talent and her voice, she able to earn money to support her family and made her the breadwinner of her family. All of that greatly changed after she appeared on the I Can See Your Voice version in the Philippines, where she got a lot of opportunity as a singer. Chefie also mentioned that because of the show, she was able to achieve her dreams, and she wanted to inspire others. During the interview, Chefie was actually getting emotional while sharing her story. But James console her as he can sympathize with her struggles and how hard it is to be the breadwinner of the family.
"uh.. sarang..hamnida.. thank you~" Chefie tearfully thanked everyone in the show.
"No, thank you for coming here~ and I hope you continue singing and inspire a lot of people. Enjoy your stay here in Korea~.." James offered a comforting hug to the Filipina mystery singer.
Everyone gives Chefie one last warm of applause for giving such an amazing and memorable performance.
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With just 3 mystery singers left, it is now time for the third and final round. The title of the third round is The Proof of Singers. Each mystery singers will get one person from the Tone-deaf detective team to defend them that they are the real singer, no mater what.
"The defender of No.4, the tragic trainee of Thailand is..." Leeteuk said as they wait for the big screen to show the face of defender.
"Microdot!!",
"The defender of mystery singer No.5 is...." Leeteuk said as they wait for the big screen to show the face of defender.
"Lee Sangmin!!",
"And lastly, the defender of mystery singer No.6 is...."
Everyone waited, and seconds later the studio erupted in laughter because the defender of mystery singer number six is James. Even the Romanian mystery singer is laughing hard.
"All throughout the show I've been saying she's the tone-deaf, and now I'm have to defend that she's the real singer! This show have a lot of twist!" James is laughing at the sudden turn of events.
The three defenders then were asked to take an oath that they will do their best to defend their mystery singers.
"Now, Block B, you have to watch the defenders carefully and observe their reaction while they are going to watch the video and hear the real voice of the mystery singers" Leeteuk explained the mechanics of this round to the boy group.
"Play the music please!"
The three defenders are now listening to the real voice of the mystery singers. Microdot, Sangmin, and James have to try their best to act as if the mystery singer they are defending is a real singer.
"Oh.." Microdot exclaimed, and it got the attention of Block B because it seems like he got the right singer.
"Hahaha look at James~" Park Kyung laughingly points at James who have his mouth wide open.
"Wahh... daebak~" James looked at mystery singer number six. She now confidently smiled back at James. Block B member got confused again because James seems to be serious and not just acting out.
"I think he is faking it. He is lying~" Park Kyung laughingly remarked. "It's hard to believe in him after that small nerve thing" Jaehyo chuckled. "He is a trickster!" Taeil laughingly remarked.
Meanwhile, Sangmin is just quietly listening to the video as if he is enjoying it. But members of Block B doesn't really buy it, instead they just got suspicious.
"Ok that's it! Take off your headphones now" the hosts asked the three defenders. It is now time for Block B to interview the three defenders and to get some information that will help them to find the tone-deaf.
"Why were laughing while listening to the song?" Minhyuk asked Microdot.
"She was amazing. I was surprised. She sang Jessie J's song.. " Microdot replied and tries to defend mystery singer number four.
"James-ssi, how was the singing of No.6?" Taeil asked him.
"Uimitor!~ and that means 'amazing' in Romanian~" James smilingly remarked. He then gives a thumbs up to the mystery singer. "Ohhh~~" everyone exclaimed and amazed that James even knew how to speak Romanian.
"Wait, wait... he can be lying again" P.O laughingly said. "Haha, right! He might be pretending to speak Romanian!" U-kwon giggles, and the other members started thinking that might be the case again. "That might not be Romanian at all~" Park Kyung laughingly added.
"You guys don't believe me? araseo, watch this.." James smirked and then looked at the mystery singer from Romania. "Uh, uimitor.. inseamna uimitor in romana, nu?~" James suddenly speak in Romanian.
"da, este uimitor~" the Romanian mystery singer replied to James in Romanian.
"WAHH--" Everyone is speechless and impressed after finding out that James can also speak Romanian.
"Wahhhh..huh.." members of Block B just got even more confused. "I don't know anymore~" Zico is scratching his head because it doesn't seems like James is lying.
"Wahh, James is.. daebak! Wahh!" Leeteuk can't even express enough how impressed he is to James.
"Anyway, her lip sync stage earlier, that was just the tip of the iceberg. She have a soulful voice when she sings, kinda similar to Beyonce~" James explained further and trying to get Block B to pick mystery singer number six.
"Sangmin hyung, would you pick No.5 if you're a CEO of an agency?" Park Kyung asked the veteran singer.
"Absolutely!" Sangmin instantly replied in a serious tone.
The given time for Block B to interview the defenders had ended. Which means they now have to choose one among the three mystery singers left who they think is a tone-deaf. Block B huddled for one last time to discuss on who they will pick.
"Block B, whose voice can you see?"
"The tone-deaf Block B saw is.... No.5!!" Jaehyo announced that they picked mystery singer number five as the tone-deaf.
"Why did you guys picked number five?" Leeteuk asked.
"Majority of us chose No.5" Zico replied. "Also, Lee Sangmin sunbaenim have pokerface earlier so we thought it might be No.5" Minhyuk added.
"If Lee Sangmin-ss failed to defend well, he'll get the strong wind.." Kim Jongkook is referring to the punishment that the defender will receive is Block B correctly chose the tone-deaf.
"I'll show you guys how strong the wind is.." Sangmin stands in front of the area where the show setups the nuzzle, and asked the staff of the show to demonstrate the punishment. Seconds later, a strong blow of wind comes out from the nuzzle and blasted into his face.
"Ohh.." members of Block B exclaimed when they saw that the wind is quite strong.
"It's this much strong. So, let's begin" Sangmin confidently said, while also meaning to tell that Block B made the wrong decision again.
"Wahh.. now I'm confused.. Sangmin hyung is too confident" Park Kyung looked at Zico who is also as confused as he is.
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"Now, who is the mystery number five? The stage of truth, come out!!".
The studio got dark and the stage of truth opens up. The mystery singer from Indonesia is standing with full of confidence as the stage is moving towards the centre stage.
"It's the third and final round. Can Block B escape from the swamp of misfortune? After they eliminate three singers consecutively, will they be able to find the tone-deaf this time..." Leeteuk narrates while the stage of truth is on it's way.
A short video presentation suddenly started playing in the big screens. It is about John Lee, the mystery singer from Indonesia. It shows family photos of his childhood, it also shown in the video that his father is a Korean while his mother is Malaysian, but he grew up and lived in Indonesia.
"So it's true..." Park Kyung exclaimed, and he starts to feel that they picked the wrong person again.
"Actually, his father is here.." Kim Jongkook remarked as he looked to the direction where the father is sitting in the audience.
"Ahhhh... oh, they look so much alike~" Everyone started to believe that the mystery singer from Indonesia is a real singer as everything seems real about him.
"Since his father came..." U-kwon started to feel bad and a little embarrassed as they might actually picked a singer again. "I think we should kneel down.." Jaehyo chuckled.
The song that the mystery singer from Indonesia is going to sing is Like it by Yoon Jong-shin. The sad melodic sound of the song started playing and Block B members starting to get a little uneasy as they feel like the mystery singer number five might actually be a singer again. If that happens, the possibility of the remaining mystery singers be tone-deaf are really high. But then...
"♫joeuniii saranghaeseoooo~"
Everyone burst out laughing as mystery singer number five turns out to be a tone-deaf. Even though, he is still singing passionately while giving the right emotion for the song. Block B finally succeeds to find the first tone-deaf.
Apparently, mystery singer number five, John Lee, was actually from the Philippines and just disguising as a mystery singer from Indonesia. He works at a fast food restaurant, mostly cooking patties. But after his appearance in I Can See Your Voice Philippines, he suddenly gained fans. Getting invited in Korea is also part of his memorable memory of his life, and it is all because of the show.
"Mystery singer No.5 is a tone-deaf!!~" the hosts announced once the stage of truth has ended.
"The expression of emotions to the song was actually good even though he is tone-deaf~" Kim Sang-hyuk commented.
"Anyway, is the father real?" the hosts, and as well everybody else are curious. The translator then translate it to John Lee.
"No! It is actually our first time meeting!" John Lee laughingly replied.
Everyone in the studio burst out laughing after finding out the truth.
"Abeoji, who are you really, and please introduce yourself.." Leeteuk and Yoo Se-yoon asked the pretend father.
"I'm the father of the translator who's in charge of mystery singer No.1~" the pretend father explained.
"Ahhh~~" Everyone started laughing again.
"The staff of our show just uses everybody" Yoo Se-yoon laughingly remarked. Meanwhile, on the other side, James and Min-seok are laughing hard as they find the sudden twist really hilarious.
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"There are only 2 mystery singers left. Let's invite them back to the stage~".
Mystery singer number four and six enters the centre stage once again for the final elimination. Block B now have to make a very crucial decision to choose between the tragic trainee from Thailand and the winner of I Can See Your Voice Romania. Even though they eliminated three singer already, there's still a chance that one of the mystery singers left is a singer.
"Block B, who do you want to do the final stage with? Block B, who do you want to do the duet stage with you?" the hosts asked the final decision of the boy group.
"We choose.. No,4!" Zico declared.
"Mystery singer No.4, come here please~" Leeteuk asked the mystery singer from Thailand to go over to their side. "And mystery singer No.6 please go to the stage of truth~".
"No.6 is the real singer" Sangmin remarked as he switched places with James, as it is now time for James to sit in front of the nuzzle. "Without a doubt~" Kim Sang-hyuk agrees with him.
"Why did you guys choose No.4?" Leeteuk asked the members of Block B.
"We believe in James this time~" P.O replied.
"But he said No.6, he defended her~" the hosts and the tone-deaf detective team are confused.
"Ani~ I mean James is correct on the first three mystery singers. And from the start he keeps saying that No.6 is tone-deaf and something is not right with her.." P.O explained.
"Eh? wait, I changed my opinion after I heard her singing. She's the real deal~" James told them.
"But you might be tricking us again~" Park Kyung laughingly said to him.
"Hyung, I'm not~~" James is trying his best to keep a straight face.
"He looks like he is about to laugh~" Taeil and Jaehyo remarked and they can't stop giggling.
"Oh, so you guys are believing the James earlier? not the James who saw the video" Kim Jongkook said to them.
"Ne~" the members of Block B said in unison and everyone started laughing at them.
"Araseo, let's find out now. Open the stage of truth!!" the hosts announced.
The stage of truth opens up for the final time today as the mystery singer from Romania took the stage. And again, everyone started to question Block B's decision. Earlier, they are among the many people who strongly believed that mystery singer number six is a tone-deaf. But in the end, they had a change of hearts and decided to go with the only person who has doubts with the mystery singer from Romania, James, who also unfortunately were tasked to defend the mystery singer.
"As James said, is mystery singer No.6 really does have a voice similar Beyonce?" Leeteuk narrates as the final stage of truth moves to the centre stage.
"Her pose is good" Sangmin commented. "Her pose is that of a diva" Jang Do-yeon added.
"I think James-ssi failed to defend the real singer" Kim Sang-hyuk laughingly remarked as he looked at James, who just shyly laughs and covers his face.
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"Salute~..." it's the first greeting words from the mystery singer from Romania. And after finally hearing her voice for the first time...
"Ohh! She's authentic!!" Sangmin exclaimed, as well as the many others who truly believed that mystery singer number six is a singer since from the start.
"It's a pleasure to be on the real stage of I Can See Your Voice. I won the 2nd episode on Romania one..." The Romanian mystery singer continue to speak in English and everyone is quietly engrossed listening to her beautiful speaking voice. ".. And actually, tonight is kind of more special, because I'm here with my fiance. He's over there~" the Romanian mystery singer revealed one thing about herself.
"Ohh.." members of Block B got embarrassed and shyly laughs because the fiance is just right behind them.
"Oh, so Pascal is not her fiance" Kim Jongkook laughingly remarked, he was referring to the mystery singer three, who Park Kyung suspected as the fiance of the mystery singer number six.
"With this song, I would like to propose to him to marry me~" the Romanian mystery singer announced with a beautiful smile on her face.
"WAAHHHHH~~" everyone was shocked about that revelation.
"Wha--- now I feel bad I didn't defend her more to win~" James stood up after he heard that and he starts to feel a little embarrassed as well.
"But he could be the fake one" Kim Sang-hyuk is kinda suspicious about it. James then sits back after he heard Kim Sang-hyuk as he realized that it could be the case.
"Ani, his eyes are full of tears!" the hosts remarked as they watch the fiance started to tear up.
"His tears could be true, or it could be false. Mystery singer No.6, let us listen to your voice!!"
The final truth of stage finally begins as they start to setup the stage for the mystery singer from Romania. A grand piano was brought in as part of the setting for the stage of truth of the Romanian mystery singer. With that, the speculation that she is a real singer just grew stronger. The Romanian mystery singer is going to sing the song Love by Keyshia Cole.
"Now, mystery singer No.6.. let us hear your voice!!"
The stage of truth begins with a the sweet piano melody. The mood is so genuine that the mystery singer's pose and vibes is that of a real singer. Everyone feel the romantic and sweet vibes of the song when the mystery singer keeps glancing on her fiance. And then...
"♫Looo---iiihhh--- vvvee--eeeee~~~, Never knew what I was missin'~~"
The mystery singer sings passionately despite being a tone-deaf with a piercing pitch. Everyone is shocked when they heard her real voice. Her acting as a real singer is so believable that everyone felt betrayed after finding out she is a tone-deaf.
Block B is now celebrating on the other side as they successfully eliminate another tone-deaf. They also burst out laughing as James is enduring the punishment. Seconds later after the punishment, James stood up and spread out his arms while looking at his older Brother as he was correct again. Kim Min-seok and Joon Park were high-fiving James for being the winner of the bet. Sangmin is just laughing in despair as he lost the bet against his younger Brother, and his soul of a music expert is crushed. James then looked at the members of Block B who are giving him a thumbs up for his correct hunch. P.O runs towards him to give him a high-five. Meanwhile, the mystery singer number six continue to sing her heart out and dedicate it to her fiance.
"Mystery singer No.6 is a tone-deaf!!" the hosts announced after the stage of truth is over.
"We are so much curious about you. First, please.. what is your name and where are you from? Please introduce yourself~" Leeteuk politely asked as they start interviewing the mystery singer.
"I'm Milka, winner of the 1st episode of the show in Bulgaria~" the mystery singer replied in Bulgarian. And when the translator translate it in Korean, the studio erupted..
"What? She's not from Romania?" everybody is confused.
"HAHA James was just pretending to speak Romanian" Taeil and the members of Block B started laughing. The audience and the rest of tone-deaf detective team soon started laughing.
"Wait, but you and James talked you in Romanian earlier.." Leeteuk asked in confusion. James also doesn't know what's going on.
"Yes we did, because I can speak Romanian too~" Milka replied.
"Oh! Then James can really speak Romanian?!" Everyone was surprised yet again and they are impressed again at James.
"Actually, I don't speak Romanian.." James started talking, and everyone's head is aching as they don't know what the hell is going on anymore.
"Huh??",
".. during the short break earlier before the start of the third round, I went to google translator to learn some words in Thai, Indonesian and Romanian. Because I thought I might get chosen to be a defender of one of them, and I did. I actually didn't know if I said it correctly or the grammar is right~~~" James laughingly explained to everyone. The whole studio erupts in laughter as once again they got fooled by the young comedian.
"YAHH!! Can you stop fooling everyone for one minute!!" Sangmin yelled at his younger Brother.
"Wahh.." the hosts, and even the staff of the show cannot believe how easily they got fooled. The studio audiences are clapping their hands on how smoothly James fooled everyone for the second time.
"I told you he's a trickster!!" Park Kyung and the rest of Block B are dying.
"Mianhae~ I'm done, I promise!" James shyly laughs as he stood up and bows to the staff of the show. ".. I was just trying to make sure that I'll be sitting here again on the next episode~" he shyly added. Everyone got hit by another wave of laughter again.
Now that everything is clear, they now went back interviewing the mystery singer. During the interview, a video was played in the big screen showing her winning the I Can See Your Voice Bulgaria. They also learned that Milka is a real estate agent in Bulgaria, and the man in the audience is really her fiance. Milka then give a beautiful message that is full of love and admiration towards her fiance.
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"Now, mystery singer No.4 and Block B, come to the centre stage please~" Yoo Se-yoon asked the boy group and their mystery singer to come to the stage. It is now time for the moment of truth. It is now time to find out if Block B managed to eliminate all the tone-deaf, or is there another left.
The stage is set, Block B is going to sing their hit song Her, together with mystery singer number four from Thailand.
"♫Jesus museun mari pillyohae
modu neol jakpumirago bulleo
Just a little bit of you
gyeokhage akkyeo Baby~ yeah, yeah~~
"♫Ooh Wow nollawo~
deohal nawi eobsi areumdausin geunyeoui jatae
botong yeojan myeonghamdo mot naemilgo
kkirikkiri mungchyeo ne heomdameul nanugetji~~~"
Block B excitingly perform their hit song and their fans are cheering loudly. As everyone is enjoying the live performance, everyone is also getting anxious as the chorus of the song is fast approaching and they will now find out if the mystery singer from Thailand is a singer or tone-deaf...
"1 2 3, let's go..."
"♫Jesus museun mari pillyohae
modu neol jakpumirago bulleo
Just a little bit of you gyeokhage akkyeo Baby~"
Everybody cheered and celebrates as the mystery singer from Thailand is a real singer as she instantly just created her own version of the song. She sang it merrily as everyone is celebrating that Block B picked a real singer in the end.
"♫Her! eoeo! Her! eoeo!
Her! eoeo! Uh eoani beongbeonghae
Her! eoeo! Her! eoeo!
Her! eoeo! neo malgon jeonbu pyeongbeomhae~~"
The mystery singer's name is Sasapan, and she is the tragic trainee from Thailand. She trained for six years in a big entertainment agency like SM Ent. She was unable to debut and abandoned her dream to be a singer. But after appearing on the show in the I Can See Your Voice Thailand, many people supported her and become her fans. It also opens up opportunities for her to reach her dreams once more.
Everyone gives Sasapan a warm round of applause for her wonderful performance with Block B. They continue the celebration of Block B for their success to have a duet with a real singer. The hosts then presented the present for Sasapan for winning the show. It's a customized glamorous mic set with diamonds and signatures of famous singers.
"Mystery singer No.4! Chukhahamnida!~~".
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After the taping of the first episode for the 5th season of I Can See Your Voice has ended, James hangs out for a couple of minutes to personally thank each staff members of the show, be it cameramen, props men, sounds and lights personnel, stage crew, as long they are part of the show James goes to each one of them and personally thanked them for their hard work.
"Wow, James-ssi is very friendly" Kim Sang-hyuk remarked. "Yeah, he's really a polite kid~" Joon Park added.
"Yup, in our show, he's friends with everyone in the staff" Sangmin told them as they are walking back to their waiting room. "Even the janitors and security guards of JTBC, he's friends with all of them" Sangmin laughingly added.
"Jinjjayo?!" Kim Sang-hyuk and Joon Park was impressed on how friendly James is. And the best part is, he brings that friendliness everywhere he goes just like in this show.
"That's why everyone adores him~" Sangmin smiled proudly for the praises that his younger Brother is getting.
James continue to thanked every staff of the show, and of course the writers, directors and producers of the show. While thanking them, the producers told James that he will be coming back to the next episode of the show and continue to be part of the Tone-deaf detective team. They sincerely love the fun and laughter that he brings to the show, and that's why they can't just let James be in just one episode.
After that, James and his team was getting ready and about to leave for their next schedule when some of the mystery singers went to him and ask for a remembrance photo. Of course, James gladly accepted it and have a little chat with them.
"James hyung!!",
Someone shouted James' name when he is walking out of the studio. James turns around to see a young man running towards him, it's Han Hyun-min.
"Oh hey!!" James smilingly greets him.
"Hyung mianhae.., can we take a picture?" Han Hyun-min politely asked.
"You're the model, I should be the one asking a photo with you, haha. Sure come on~" James chuckled as he gladly agrees to take a photo with Han Hyun-min.
"Give me, I'll take the picture~" Yuna smiles as she presented to be the photographer.
"Gomawo~ noona~" James thanked her manager. "Kamsahamnida~" Han Hyun-min politely thanked Yuna.
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"We're going to see each other tomorrow. You're one of our guests tomorrow in Knowing Brothers, you could have asked me tomorrow.." James laughingly said to Han Hyun-min after they finished taking a photo together
"Oh, right.. hehe~" Han Hyun-min shyly laughed.
"Hey, give me your number, let's hang out some other time~" James smilingly said.
"Oh.." Han Hyun-min was surprised for a couple of seconds as he realized that everything he heard about James being very friendly is true, "Uh.. sure, sure.. kamsahamnida hyung~".
"Araseo~ Hmm, are you free this weekend?" James asked him.
"Yeah, yeah.." Han Hyun-min replied.
"Cool. I'll call you~" James smiled at him.
"Ne~ kamsahamnida hyung~" Han Hyun-min smiled and politely bows to him.
"Haha, hey no need to be very polite. Anyway, I'll see you~" James smiled and gives Han Hyun-min a fist bump. Yuna, Minji and Yeonhee also bows and waved goodbye to the young model as they leave the studio.
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"Han... Hyun-min.. a new addition to James' celebrity friends list.." Yuna laughingly remarked.
"Yeahhh~ Imma make him member of the LSS~ James smiled and started laughing.
Yuna rolled her eyes and sighed, "Please stop it. Don't say----".
"IT'S THE LEAF SOUP SQUAD UPRISINGGGG!!!" James playfully shouted as part of annoying his manager.
"Oh god~" Yuna just shakes her head. No matter how mature James for his age, Yuna remembers that he is still kid at heart. Minji and Yeonhee started laughing.
"Noona, you know how Kpop groups have their fandom names right? LSS will be mine.. hehehe" James laughs annoyingly at his manager.
"Yah, it's not for to decide that. Your fans have a say on that or at least they should come up with that" Yuna told him.
"Don't worry, on my next comedy show I will bring that up and engrave it to their minds~" James laughingly said.
"That would be the worst fandom name ever! Your fans will not going to with it!" Yuna told him.
"Noona, that's what you thought! If everyone finds out the members of LSS.. I'm telling you, people will sign up immediately" James laughingly said.
"Anyway, who are the current members of your... Leaf Soup.... Squad?" Minji giggles as she can't even say the name straight.
"Well, first, the co-founder is Go-eun noona, then the vice-president is Bo-young noona, the chief of staff is Mina, then the current members are Heechul hyung, Momo, Dahyun, Tzuyu, Sana.. well basically Twice, then BTS, EXO, Apink, Blackpink,... hmm.. Dara noona, Henry hyung, Oh!, and the recent ones are Park Bo-gum hyung, IU noona and Taeyeon noona~ HA!!" James enumerates the member of his practical joke squad.. ish... group.
"I don't even know how you get those people to come aboard in your antics~" Minji lauhgingly remarked.
"Tell me about it, even Kim Go-eun and Park Bo-young have their positions. This crazy boy.." Yuna lighly slaps the back of James' head.
"It all started when I was having dinner with Go-eun noona. We ordered tea, and leaf soup comes up in my head. She burst out laughing and then we started calling it Leaf Soup. Then the same thing with Bo-young noona, we were also out having dinner.." James laughingly explained.
"What about Seolhyun? Why she's not a member?" Yeonhee asked.
"She hates it~" James chuckled.
"What about your girlfriend?" Minji asked.
"She doesn't like it at first, but she comes around and now she's the president, hehe" James laughingly replied. "And now, Han Hyun-min will be the latest recruit, hehe. He's a cool dude, right? Plus he is really handsome~" James remarked.
"Yup~" Yuna nods.
"I wonder if he is single?" Yeonhee muttered.
"What? Hold on noona... he's still a minor!" James jokingly teased Yeonhee.
"Wha--- Yah! that's not what I mean!" Yeonhee yelled out.
"Uh.. Yuna noona, call the police.. pali~~" James continue teasing Yeonhee.
"Yah!!" Yeonhee tries to kick James but he managed to dodge and run away from her.
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About an hour later, James and his team finally arrived in JTBC. They are not there for the taping of another episode of Knowing Brothers. But because of the first script reading of the cast of Ms. Hammurabi is going to be held in JTBC. James is very excited for his first script reading as an actor and for being part of the main cast. He is also nervous as he is going to finally meet the cast of the drama, most especially the lead actress Go Ara, as she is one of his favourite actress.
Directors, Producers, writers, and other staff of the drama is already in the conference room when James arrived. He nervously and shyly enters the conference while politely greeting everyone inside. He wasn't late at all and he was actually one of the cast who arrived first in the conference room.
One of the writers greeted James and brought him to the producers and directors of the drama. James politely bows and thanked the producers and directors once again for casting him for the role. James then went to find his designated seat in the round-table by looking for his name. His name is right beside the other three main actors. He sits down nervously and trying to calm himself. James is going to play the role of Jung Bo-wang, an elite presiding judge from department 43, who is a half-korean and have a very friendly and goofy personality.
Just a minute later, the lead actor, Kim Myung-soo, are more famously known as L of the boy group Infinite. He is going to play the role of Lee Ba-reun, an elite presiding judge from department 44. Myung-soo also greets the producers and directors first before going to his designated seat, right beside James.
"Sup hyung!" James smilingly greets Myung-soo.
"You're early as usual" Myung-soo giggles as he playfully rubs James' head just before he sit down.
"Ani, I literally just arrived. I just finished with the taping of I Can See Your Voice.." James explained.
"Oh, jinjja? I thought they only invite singers to be a guest there?" Myung-soo asked and he is a little confused.
"Ani, I'm part of the tone-deaf detective team" James explained.
Myung-soo and James continue chat until all of the cast is complete. For the next couple of minutes actors and actress continue to arrive one by one. And then, one of main cast arrived..
"Hey, your partner is here.." Myung-soo teasingly smiled.
James looked over to the main entrance and saw a gorgeous woman. It's the actress Lee Elijah, who is playing the role of Lee Do-yeon, a mysterious woman and a stenographer for department 44. She will also be the love interest of Jung Bo-wang, James' character in the drama.
"Ahh~ you guys are perfect~ you guys even wear the same clothes and color!" Myung-soo teasing giggles.
"Hyung, this is a turtleneck, she's wearing a hoodie. And what are you doing? I have a girlfriend!" James told him and Myung-soo is laughing, "Come on hyung, let's greet her~" James stands up to greet the actress as she coming near them.
"Annyeonghaseyo~" James and Myung-soo bows to greet the actress.
"Annyeonghaseyo~" Lee Elijah smiled as she greet them back. She then sits in her designated seat, right across from James.
James starts to get more nervous as other actors and actresses are coming one by one. He cannot believe that he will be acting together with those actors, especially the veteran ones. His heart is beating fast and his knees are shaking as he is sitting in the round-table with those amazing actors. During that nerve-racking moment for James, he received something that exactly what he needed that time. James' phone vibrated in his pocket and he quickly take a look at it. The screen of his phone displayed, 내 사랑 ♥️ (nae sarang) which means My Love.
Irene send him a message because she knew exactly that James is currently in the first script reading, and she have a feeling that her boyfriend might be very nervous at the moment. So, she sends him a message to wish him good luck and say some sweet words to calm him down.
James smiled and blushed a little as he reads the message from his loving and supportive girlfriend. He then quickly replied to his girlfriend as it does really helped him to calm down. James went back to his normal self, he then engaged to a little conversations with the other cast of the drama. James then had his first conversation with Lee Elijah, where he founds out that the actress actually was a little timid. And as usual, James threw some jokes around along his conversations with the other cast and to the producer of the show.
Couple of minutes later, the lead actress finally arrived and James actually holding himself to scream and start fanboying as he remembers that this is not Knowing Brothers where he can do that. Go Ara greets everyone in the room and she was also apologetic because she thinks that she is late because of the traffic and the snowy weather. After she greets the producers and directors, she heads to her seat right across from Myung-soo.
"Annyeonghaseyo~" Myung-soo and James bows and greet the actress.
"Oh~ annyeonghaseyo~" Go Ara smiled brightly as she greeted them.
Go Ara then joins the lively and friendly conversation of the cast. Lee Elijah got more comfortable now that Go Ara is there. Soon the cast of the drama started to become a little close to one another.
And finally, Sung Dong-il, the last of the main cast had finally arrived. Same to most of the other cast, he got stuck in traffic and the snowy roads made it harder. He shyly apologized to everyone for being late.
Now that everyone is in the conference room and all the cast are complete, they now start the script reading. Each cast start to go and scan the scripts of the drama. Soon, everyone are now getting into their characters. Thankfully, James' one year continuous acting lessons and training at least twice a week since he became a part UAA is actually helping him in his first script reading as part of the main cast. He actually managed to keep up with the acting of the other actors who obviously have more experienced than him. Even though it is a script reading, every actor in that room put their acts on each of their character's lines. James is amazed and at the same time cannot believe that he is now a real actor. And he is now very excited to work with those great actors on set.
Couple of hours later the first script reading is finally finished. Everybody had a good time and everyone are now familiarized with each other's acting at the very least. Next time every cast will meet is on the set. The producers thanked everyone and give an important announcement regarding the filming schedules. The five main cast, Go Ara, Kim Myung-soo, Sung Dong-il, Lee Elijah, and James, they took a group photo at the end of the first script reading, signaling the kickoff of the newest drama of JTBC.
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Later that night...
"Where's Irene unnie? I heard her phone in her room ringing.. James is calling" Seulgi went to the kitchen looking for their leader.
"You didn't even went inside her room, how'd you know it's James?" Wendy asked, she is in the kitchen eating some snacks.
"Because of the ringtone. Hold My Hand is unnie's ringtone for James. It's her song for him, remember?" Seulgi explained as she started looking for a snack to eat.
"Oh, right..." Wendy nods as she remembers. "Wait, isn't today the script reading of the drama?".
"I guess..." Seulgi wasn't entirely sure.
The bathroom door opens and Irene comes out as she just finished taking a quick shower.
"Unnie, your phone is ringing. James is calling you~" Seulgi said to her leader.
"Eh?!.. ahh!" Irene squealed and panicked as she quickly run to her room to get her phone, she even forgot to close the bathroom door. Seulgi and Wendy just laugh at their panicking leader.
When Irene got to her room, she quickly reach for her phone. And she saw two missed calls from her boyfriend as her phone displayed 내 사랑 ♥️ (nae sarang). Irene immediately calls James back and put her phone on speaker as she quickly putting clothes on.
"Jagi!!" James answered the call from Irene/
Irene heard the voice of her boyfriend for the first time that day.
"Jagiyaa.. mianhae~ I was in the shower.." Irene apologized in a cute voice.
"Oh, haha don't worry it's fine. How was your day? did you girls have dinner?" James asked and cheking her girlfriend and her members if they're doing fine.
"Yes, we already did about an hour ago. We actually got home early, so the girls are just taking some rest~" Irene told him. "How about you? how was your day?"
"It's tiring, but I had a lot of fun.." James said to his girlfriend.
"By the way, how was the script reading? did you finally get to meet Go Ara noona?" Irene asked.
"It went really great. It's.. awesome to be part of the drama. And yes, I met her.. and actually she told me that you two know each other? how?" James asked.
"We met when I was still a trainee. Go Ara noona's previous agency is SM.." Irene explained.
"Ohh.. now it makes sense.." James started laughing.
"Why? what did she say?" Irene asked.
"Well, she mentioned that you were really cute and a little shy back then. I didn't know she was talking about when you were a trainee. I didn't question it, I just nodded along~" James burst out laughing at himself on what happened earlier.
"Yah!!" Irene can't help but to laugh at her boyfriend.
"I was starstrucked! I thought maybe you two are friends from Daegu~" James can't stop giggling at his dumb self.
Irene and James spend the night talking to each other over the phone and catching up to their own activities. Irene is currently busy with their upcoming comeback at the end of the month, while James is also busy with a lot of things, variety show, radio show, hosting concerts, and preparing for his upcoming dramas. Even though they are very busy and can't see each other, the couple keeps communicating to each other mostly at the start and end of the day. Irene and James knew the challenges and hardships that comes with being a celebrity couple. They discussed and talked about everything on how they can keep their relationship healthy despite their busy schedules.
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Meanwhile on the other side of Seoul..
"It's getting late, I think I will call it a night~" Haejoo said to her classmates. She is currently having a night out with her classmates.
"Jinjja? it's only 10:30pm.. it's still early" one of her classmates said. "Yeah, and the guys are haven't here yet. We told you that we will introduce you to someone" another classmate said to her.
"Aish~ I told you guys I don't want to meet anyone!" Haejoo sighed.
"Come on, we're in college now. I'm sure you are allowed to have a boyfriend now" one of her classmates said to her.
"Well yeah, but..." Haejoo was cut off when the boys arrived. "Hey guys!!" Haejoo's classmates greeted and welcome the boys from their class, and some other boys.
"Anyway, I'm off, here's my share.." Haejoo put some money on the table for her share and pick up her bag.
"Haejoo wait!!" one of her classmates grabbed her arms and stopped her. "Stay for another 15 minutes, or at least meet the guy we are telling you".
Haejoo sighed and rolled her eyes, "Araseo, I'll just meet him but I'm leaving.. I'm not staying"
"Araseo.." her classmates then calls that guy they want to introduce to Haejoo.
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"Haejoo, this is Sung Min-jae. He's a freshmen like us, and he is part of the Taekwondo varsity of our university. Minjae-ssi, this our classmate Yoo Hae-joo~"
"Annyeonghaseyo~" Minjae smirked in a cool playboy manner.
"Annyeong~" Haejoo forced a smile and just greet him.
"He's cute isn't he? You guys look good together.." her classmate teasingly said.
Haejoo just sighed as she wasn't interested even a bit, "Araseo, I need to go home now~"
"Wait, Haejoo-ssi, can you stay for another 30 mins.? I want to know more about you.." Minjae blocked and stand in Haejoo's way. Haejoo's classmates squealed.
"Mianhae, but I don't have time. I need to go home now. Excuse me.." Haejoo told Minjae while showing no emotions at all.
Haejoo is walking and about to walk past him when Minjae stopped her again. This time it got more physical as Minjae grabbed Haejoo's arm. Haejoo felt Minjae's strong grip and she started to get a little scared.
"You don't even have a few minutes? Come on, I came all the way here to meet you.. " Minjae said and smiled at Haejoo.
"I... I...uh...." Haejoo is trying to come up with an excuse but she is having a hard time.
"Well? Please? Let me buy you some tteokbokki or something.." Minjae insists and he is still holding Haejoo's arm.
"Mianhae~ I'm already full and my parents are waiting for me at home..." Haejoo managed to get away from Minjae's grip and she took a couple steps away from him.
"You don't have a boyfriend do you? because they told me you're single.." Minjae said and still have that smirk in his face.
"I... I...." Haejoo is having a hard time coming up with an excuse again. She really wanted to be out in that situation.
"Actually she does have a.. boyfriend~",
Haejoo suddenly felt someone hold her hand and locked it's fingers to her. Haejoo's eyes grew big when she saw the guy who just hold her hand. Sojiro just give him a warm smile, and Haejoo unconsciously tightens the hand that is holding Sojiro's hand. Haejoo is just looking at Sojiro out of shock as she doesn't understand why Sojiro is in that place.
"Mianhae~ I was late. It's snowing quite hard tonight so I had a hard time finding a parking space. Plus there is no valet in this place~" Sojiro smiled as he continue to pretend to be Haejoo's boyfriend.
"G-G-Gwenchana~~" Haejoo is still confused what's going on, but she is glad that Sojiro is the one who is saving her in that situation.
"huh? valet? he has a car?" Haejoo's classmates are all shocked to their core when they saw Sojiro, and declaring himself as Haejoo's boyfriend.
"Anyway, shall I take you home?" Sojiro smilingly said to Haejoo. She didn't say a word, she just nods at him. Sojiro drags Haejoo away and they head to the exit.
"Yah.. who the hell are you?" Minjae didn't like what he saw and he started walking towards them.
Sojiro looked back and give Minjae a cold death glare, "Take one more step and that will be the last time you will walk with two legs..".
Minjae stopped walking and froze out of fear as he really felt that death stare from Sojiro. Everyone nearby who heard it actually also stopped as they looked at the terrified Minjae and the unknown boyfriend.
"Oppa..."
Sojiro stopped eyeing and giving death glare to Minjae when he heard Haejoo's voice. Sojiro walks out of the restaurant while still holding Haejoo's hands. They actually got far away from the restaurant as they continue to walk outside in the snow covered sidewalk.
"Oppa..." Haejoo shyly called Sojiro's attention.
"You okay?" Sojiro stopped walking an looked at Haejoo.
Haejoo didn't say any words, she just nods while looking down. Sojiro then just realized that his fingers are still locked into Haejoo's, and then walked like 3 blocks away from the restaurant.
"Oh, m-mianhae~" Sojiro got shy and started blushing. He took a couple of steps away from Haejoo. He is now panicking as he doesn't know what to say or do in that situation. He just distanced himself a couple of feet away from Haejoo.
"Go-Gomawo..... for saving me~" Haejoo looked up to Sojiro and look at him straight in the eyes.
The hands of time stopped moving as Sojiro and Haejoo are lost in each other's eyes. The quiet and calm winter night moves ever so slowly as two individuals are now trapped in each other's calm gaze. Snowflakes shining and slowly falling down as they fall in between them.
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To be continued...
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I'm really sorry once again, TT. I got very busy because of work related stuff. I barely had time to write for the past weeks. I'm really sorry for making you guys wait for the next update. But I promise that once everything is okay at work, we will be back at one chapter for week.
Thank very much for waiting. I hope you and your families are always safe :)