29 Cloaked Man

The live performance started with an unusually lively song. The powerful and big moves made people astonished. With the smiles on their faces, you wouldn't believe how painful their last performance would be.

The normal sequence of a live showcase would start with the intro plus title track and comes to the second track. The other performances would only be live singing plus outro. But considering their title track jin hwan arranged them to perform the title track last and the second track first.

While watching the group of boys smiling and dancing happily, reporters and a small audience of fans felt unusually happy. Their moods lifted and they got effected from the boys happy go lucky aura. But these moods and vibes were almost all of the idols selling points. Cutesy dances with good choreography and good looking faces. Skyline continent did not lack any adorable idols. A-GEN, this group other than the exotic temperament they had no different than any others which lowered the expectation of people watching both on the venue and live online.

Jin hwan could see the faces of the audience clearly and had an evil smile on his face. An ordinary group that got hyped unnecessarily was what they wanted them to think. These people were just fishes on the net now. What a shock would they be in when they drown in the dark waters like fishes.

After finishing three songs group took a ten minute break and answered some questions. Most of the questions were directed at haneul and mi Jung as expected. But none of them had anything to do with the album or the songs they just listened to. Even though they felt a little vexed at the situation, they did not show it on their faces.

When one reporter asked when the shootings for Alvaro Edna's photobook would start, haneul swiftly took the chance to speak before other members. " We will be promoting our new album as a group for the coming month and will have fan meetings."

With that answer, he didn't expose when the shootings would start and promoted their schedule. After a bunch of unruly questions showcase continued with the songs. The once cheerful mood slowly left itself to a more emotional air with ballads.

The last song finally came, the lights dimmed and turned into a dark navy blue and purple. The group of boys' white oversized shirts glowed with different paired colors. A member with a dark red glowing shit was lying in the middle of other members. Seven of them stood straight like grim reapers with long dark cloaks their faces couldn't be seen only the soft glowing of colors of their shirts under the cloak made it possible to distinguish them from each other.

The song started with a high violin note giving everyone watching goosebumps. They all felt shocked between the difference from the first song and the last song. An uncomfortable feeling crept into their hearts making their anticipations reach their peak.

The red figure lying inside the circle came into life with every beat of the music as if every note was calling out to him. He stood up in the middle when the song abruptly came to a stop. The hands of the red figure slowly made their way to the back of the cloaked man in front. As if hugging him with tender touches.

Everyone watched with full attention even the staff of the backstage. Rehearsals of this song were always made in secrecy so none of them saw the actual performance of this song. The melody of the song suddenly startled everyone out of their chairs with a loud screech and the cloak of the man in the front was ripped off of his back and thrown to the side. A glowing black shirt was seen when the man started to dance with the red figure in synch. One went to left the other to the right but every fling of their arms, every step they took and every turn they did were completely at the same time.

They ripped off the cloaks one by one exposing the other members' shirts until only one of them left. Two black shirts, two navy blues, and two purples but there was only one red on the stage. Everyone held their breaths and waited for the last man's cloak to be ripped off.

The formations changed and the red figure stopped right in front of the last cloaked man. But he did not rip off his cloak. instead, they all started dancing. Powerful moves at a fast pace contrasted the song they were singing. Right before the chorus all seven of them gathered in the middle and lifted the red figure with the melody of deep bass and a slow beat. As if he was reaching for something..no, someone. The move gave everyone the chills.

When the chorus came every pair turned to each other and a mirrored dance started. They kept changing the formation but pairs never strayed off. But the red figure and cloaked man wasn't doing a mirrored dance. The cloaked man was as if a clone, dancing behind the red figure with the same moves just like a shadow.

The last lines of the song were sung torturously slow, making the audience anxious. Members of the group stopped one by one. The cloaked man slowly inched closer to the red figure but when the pair stopped red figure was behind the cloaked man. The last note hit and the red figure ripped off the cloak unveiling the mystery. Mi Jung with a glowing white shirt stood in the middle of the circle that was the same as the one at the start of the song.

Raising his head and looking head on at the small camera in the air with rapid shallow breathing. Half open, moist eyes that looked hollow and a subtle smile lidded with agony.