Collective responsibility

Evening 5:42, Genesis Training Facility;

"Do you think it's unfair?" YG asked Jun, looking into his eyes directly. He appeared rather serious.

Meanwhile, Jun, who looked dispirited, nodded slowly.

"What is it that you felt unfair? Is it the low score given by Jinyoung-ssi (JYP) or is it the penalty score given by me?" YG continued to probe the matter.

"Not the penalty score. As a person who wanted to become an idol, I should be aware of my surroundings all the time whenever I was outside.

But, I really worked hard for the past week. I looked after my teammates and helped them out. I even went to Asan medical center to visit Yeongue. I wasn't even the one that selected them. It wasn't my fault that their performance is…" As Jun complained, his voice rose higher at the end. Realizing his mistake, he immediately stopped talking and apologized.

Jun didn't know why he said his problems to YG when he planned to keep it to himself. Maybe, it's due to YG's friendliness towards him for the past week, he acted this way.

YG let out a sigh. "It looked like you didn't understand the core of the issue."

Jun looked at him cluelessly.

YG then proceeds to explain, "Let's suppose you debuted with four other members. Two years passed away and your group released a bunch of albums. You had an upcoming concert but the two of your groupmates faced a car accident, just a day earlier.

The company cannot suffer losses. So, you were ordered to do the whole concert with just the three of you. This is just one song. So, you easily memorized the whole song and were able to protect it at the last minute.

What will you do if you have more than 30 songs in your collection? No matter how much of a genius you or your groupmates, it would be impossible to adjust all the parts. All you can do is to play their parts in the background while you lip-sync.

But, that might not please the audience who came to the concert and paid the money. Then, there's only one thing you can do. Do you know what it is?"

Jun fell into deep thoughts. He analyzed what YG said and tried to think of the solution. What can he do? Singing their parts by himself? Replacing some of the tracks by other songs where they can have solo performances?

While Jun was thinking deeply, YG let out a light chuckle, "Sungjun-ssi, don't think too much. The answer is right before you. Think about what Park Jinyoung-ssi said to you."

Even after recalling JYP's evaluation, Jun said, "he said our team is like failed bouquet because of the difference between me, and SeongMin, Injihae. So, I should adjust to the situation? How?"

Realizing that Jun was still clueless, YG revealed the answer to him. "You are a team. When a member of your group gets an offer from a brand, you and your members will get to share his profits even without doing anything.

Likewise, when a team member does something wrong, you will have to share his burden even if you do nothing wrong. This is called collective responsibility. This is what JYP is trying to say to you…

And you should also understand that this program isn't some reality show like voice or Kpop star or something. This is where we are looking for the trainees, where we are confident to debut them, later.

This is why you were given a penalty score, not a simple warning.

So, from the moment you entered this program, you have to think of yourself as an idol. Understand?"

Jun nodded and then, bowed, "Thank you, YG-nim."

"Okay, go and take a rest. Kang Daniel is your roommate, right. Tell him to come up and meet me before dinner time."

Jun left the room and went to the dorm.

"Sungjun-ssi, you are back. What did YG-nim say?" Shonwu who was lying on the bed and playing some game on his mobile phone asked him curiously.

"Hah!" Collapsing on his bed, Jun replied, "nothing important. Just told me about the teamwork stuff… I'm seriously tired. Going to take a nap. Wake me up when you go for dinner."

"Okay." Shonwu no longer paid attention to him and continued with his playing.

As if he remembered something, Jun suddenly stood up and said to himself, "Let's hit the shower first. After that, I can take a rest."

As soon as he closed the bathroom door, instead of showering, Jun spoke in his head, "Aria, open completed missions."

A holographic screen appeared before him where the emergency quest that was issued by the system was written.

Quest Description: Claim one of the special seats until the end of the week.

Rewards: 0.3 free attribute increase, 1 luck point.

Progress: Completed.

*RECEIVE*

Jun clicked on the receive option, he received a notification.

*Ding! Your luck has been increased by 1 point. You received 0.3 free attribute points. Please check the character stats for details.

"Aria, show my stats." Jun didn't waste any time opening the character stats.

Name: Han Sung-Jun

Stage name: Jun

Birthday: June 5th, 1997

Age: 20 years, 5 months, 17 days

Height: 184 cm (6'0")

Weight: 74.2 kg

Strength: 8.08

Appearance: 7.6

Talent: Max

Vocals: 8.4

Rap: 2.1

Dance: 6.3

Songwriting: 5.1

Luck: 6

Free talent/attribute points: 0.3

Credits: 320

"Ugh… my vocals are improved by only 0.1… On other hand, Dancing was improved by half a point. That's a significant development. Is it because of the first-week challenge? I guess… And credits, man… at this rate, how long will it take for me to buy one video song? Sigh…

Anyway, let's think about what matters now. I have 0.3 free points to invest. Hmm, should I go for appearance or Vocals? My current vocals are enough to call JYP my team as a failed bouquet.

If I improved further, it will become harder for me to perform in a group. Then, I would have no choice but to wait for solo performances…

But, if I choose the appearance, then, will people think I did some plastic surgery? Hmm, but does it really matter? Well, let's see who much it changes. After that, I can decide what to do with, in the future."

*Ding! Your appearance has been permanently increased by 0.3.

Jun then looked himself in the mirror. He immediately sighed in relief as his fears became untrue. No facial features have been modified and yet, Jun felt like he became more handsome.

It made him wonder whether it is the effect on others' eyes.

He immediately went into the mindscape and asked Aria about it.

The palm-sized fairy answered, "Increasing the appearance will increase the natural attention from others as well as slow down your age. Reaching maximum points will not maintain your appearance until you reach forty years old, but also receive a passive skill. Work hard, my host."

Finishing his shower, Jun exited the bathroom.

Shonwu who glanced at him, was taken aback, "How come this guy became even more handsome just because he took a shower?"