The Road To Glory [EN]: Chapter 1491

< The Moon and the Sun Are Indeed One - 149 >

“Well, there are no abnormalities in his eyesight or physical condition.”

HALO crossed his arms as if to say, ‘See?’

However, his mother and father, who came as his guardians, and the secretary August Veil had temporarily assigned to him, wore serious expressions.

Clearly, in their eyes, and as everyone knew, the boy had fainted on stage.

For now, he said he was fine, but the expert’s words were more trustworthy.

“Actually, trauma can appear at any time, and—.”

It wasn’t like he had a terminal illness, but the boy, who had even undergone an MRI [Magnetic Resonance Imaging, a medical imaging technique], looked sullen, so the doctor cautiously broached the subject.

“How about getting a consultation?”

HALO’s eyebrows twitched.

“I’m fine.”

“Even adults can often experience stress in rapidly changing situations. Consulting with a specialist wouldn’t be a bad idea. Or I could recommend a counselor.”

That was really only applicable to teenagers; it didn’t apply to HALO.

“Even talking about simple worries can be helpful.”

He did have some simple worries, but he didn’t think a specialist or counselor could solve them.

Because it was a problem they couldn’t solve.

For example—.

HALO tapped his fingers.

It was good that he had returned from the darkness, but there was a question of why Roh, HALO, hadn’t returned. And, if he were to return, when would that be?

He hadn’t thought about it deeply before, but he thought he should seriously consider it now.

These ultra-scientific situations couldn’t be solved by blind believers in science. At best, they would conclude that he was going through a turbulent adolescence.

“Also, there was the accident.”

Yes, the reason he was here was because of that trivial accident. Whether it should be called an accident or just greed, it was about the helicopter that shone its light directly in his face.

At that time, he seemed to have stood still for a moment, and people were talking about shock, fainting, and so on.

‘Me, faint? What nonsense.’

It was cringe-worthy that they thought of him as some fragile sugar cookie. This was not the situation he wanted at all.

“You might have developed trauma.”

“Then I’ll just get a trauma test and leave.”

HALO said nonchalantly.

His guardians were surprised by the sudden change of heart and looked at him.

“It’ll come back normal anyway.”

“Then—, let’s move to the examination room.”

The doctor didn’t shine a flashlight in his eyes but spoke calmly. Normally, a thorough examination at a large hospital would require a reservation and proceed slowly, but that didn’t apply to a VIP and a Korean superstar.

The results, of course, came back normal as he had expected.

There were no signs of trauma, such as fear, flinching, or pupil dilation, and he remained composed even in the face of sudden light.

He wouldn’t have been scared by something like this.

If he were, he wouldn’t have been able to perform on stage at all.

Stage lighting is so bright.

The doctor tilted his head, surprised that there were no PTSD [Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder] symptoms after receiving a shock for several minutes. He felt he had to respond to the boy, who was asking if he could leave now that there were no problems, but he was a little concerned.

The director had told him to pay close attention, and there were quite a few ‘higher-ups’ who had asked him to inform them about the boy’s health. Although the patient came first, so he wasn’t planning to say anything, his sense of responsibility was heavy because there were many eyes watching.

Besides, a 16-year-old boy had been hit in the face by headlights, and it had happened on stage in front of tens of thousands of people, so there was no way there wouldn’t be a mental impact.

In the end, the doctor hesitated and gave a textbook answer that he seemed fine for now, but that the guardian’s attention was needed and that regular check-ups would be a good idea.

“Hey, look. You were going to come out fine, so why were you being stubborn until now? Anyone would think you were an anti-vaxxer.”

“Don’t you have school?”

“I just finished and came here. The professor is going to help me with the studies I haven’t been able to do—.”

Jang Jin-soo didn’t bother mentioning Park Seung-ah’s request to keep a close eye on Hae-il.

“Oh, but you know.”

“Yeah.”

“I have a favor to ask.”

“A favor?”

“Yeah, it’s nothing big.”

Hae-il tilted his head at Jang Jin-soo’s sudden words.

In the past, as he gained popularity, the reactions around him changed. Many people started asking him for money or asking him to write songs, making all sorts of ridiculous requests.

But it didn’t seem like Jang Jin-soo would be like them.

“What is it?”

#

While HALO was freed from the hospital and regained his peaceful daily life, the internet was not.

The stage had continued until dawn, and because there were many eyes watching, reviews were constantly being created for days. In particular, those who had struggled to get into Coachella Week 2 left reviews before returning home, or after returning home.

[The Sun Behind the Veil Finally Rises in Coachella]

That day, the sun rose at Coachella.

Despite a small accident, as if it were intentional, the audience chanted ‘You are HALO,’ and a boy responded with ‘I am HALO.’ All the lights on the stage came on, and the boy and his stage shone the brightest in the Indian desert with the cheering glow sticks and cell phone lights waved by the audience. It was the appearance of HALO, who had shaken the world for over a year.

But the stage was not over yet.

Rather, it was truly becoming HALO’s time.

With blue lights, the melody of HALO’s 13th album, *Until dawn comes*, was heard. It was also Roh’s unreleased song that could be heard on the 13th album.

Bringing out his signature acoustic guitar, HALO played it directly in front of the people and sang the only ballad among HALO’s songs.

And as the music filled the air, the crescent moon embedded behind the stage also filled, and soon, when it became a full moon, and further, a sun shining brightly on its own, Coachella truly greeted the morning, and the chaos that had raged for two months came to an end.

Then, as if HALO couldn’t bear to see the audience shedding tears, he sang *5th album Like a Heroin* and *7th album Requiem for the dead peter* in succession, shaking the audience’s emotions. No one could resist, and thus, there was no room to look elsewhere.

Personally, there were many impressive stages, but if I had to pick one… (omitted).

—

From lengthy articles to short reviews.

[I am HALO was so awesome, but the melody that came on as soon as it ended until dawn was ㄹㅇ [real] goosebumps]

[That was real… I’m not religious, but I held both hands tightly from the beginning to the end of the stage Amen]

[Didn’t they use the stage lighting so well too? ㅅㅂ [swear word] It would have been perfect if it weren’t for that damn helicopter]

[Speaking of the helicopter, I just thought about it, but an accident is an accident after all, if Hae-il had wavered even a little at that time, the atmosphere would have become so brutal, but he immediately gave peace of mind with the 13th album, and then the atmosphere immediately heated up by singing the 5th album, it was crazy]

└ The person in front took off their clothes and threw them on the stage, and Hae-il smiled as if he knew it would happen, that’s the real HALO himself

└ He also rode the groove so naturally, I thought he didn’t dance because he couldn’t

[Personally, I thought *I am Halo* and *Catch me if you can* were awesome]

└ Ah, that too ㅇㅈ [acknowledged]

There were many stages that were talked about.

*13th album Until dawn comes* with stage lighting and devices.

*5th album Like a Heroin* with a decadent atmosphere and naturally riding the rhythm.

*7th album Requiem for the dead peter* with a suffocating atmosphere. Each stage had a different atmosphere, so even if tastes were divided, there was no lack of stories.

In particular, there were quite a few stories about the *11th album Catch me if you can*, because if HALO had been focused on the stage until now, in the 11th album, he walked to the front of the stage as if to say, like the title or lyrics of the album, ‘Catch me,’

He reached out to the audience as if he would hold their hands, making people anxious, and only when he received pleas did the boy reach out his hand.

[The helicopter in front of me didn’t touch Hae-il’s hand, but it seemed like it touched someone else’s hand, and they were so happy that I didn’t say anything because I thought they would kill that person]

And here, there was also Roh, HALO’s fandom.

Those who had struggled to get Week 2 tickets were excitedly leaving reviews, and the fandom became lively after a long time.

[Just when the stage is about to end, they encore, and just when it’s about to end again, they encore again, the real push and pull…]

└ When he holds hands, he makes people crazy as if he’s going to hold them but not

└ The cute guy in front of me was shy when he finally held his hand

└ That’s a Heligan [HALO’s fan name], don’t be fooled

[I thought he would sing the last song, *2nd album Spring Again*, but it was *10th album Cannot be cut*, so it was a bit strange. Every time I listen to that, something stings in my heart]

[The encore encore encore was real. He came out in front of the stage, knelt down and sang *O god*, and then HALO’s style arrangement was really divine, the moon and the sun are indeed one]

Clearly, until recently, they had been laughing while denying reality in a funeral home, so someone questioned.

[Everyone is adapting earlier than I thought, even though they said Roh, HALO = HALO is definitely not]

└ ㅋㅋㅋㅋ [laughter]

└ ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Where is there a fan who wouldn’t like it when my singer becomes a superstar

└ That’s right, the whole world has recognized that my singer is a genius….

└ So he’ll be doing a world tour soon and will be on TV a lot now…?

└ We might miss the old days sometimes, but now concerts will be held with tens of thousands of seats like this….

└ He’ll only walk on the flower path [path of success] from now on?… Good, good

└ Hey ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Are you crying?

[Thanks to XYC [helicopter company], I was so pissed off while looking at the internet because of the helicopter that the fandom was greatly united at that time]

[Let’s think positively, it’s said that pain becomes lighter when shared]

[But these days, Heligans aren’t scary at all. They used to be like hooligans, but now they’re like comrades who will soon share our pain]

└ ㄹㅇ [real] They’re really like a younger sibling next door who doesn’t know anything

To others, they might have looked like Heligans when they typed ㅋㅋㅋㅋ in every post, and they said that Heligans had become easier.

[Heligans were so jealous of Roh, HALO’s cheering stick. When they asked whose it was, I said it was Roh, HALO’s, and they got angry, saying, ‘Did you guys hide HALO?’ ㅈㄹ [nonsense]]

ㅋ [laughter] So I bragged that I don’t know if Hae-il hid it, but Hae-il is hiding the concert and goods

└ What is this self-help two-cheon ㅋㅋㅋㅋ [laughter]

[The price of Hae-il’s goods is going crazy right now]

The handwritten letters given at the small theater concert, the music box given at the fan meeting, and the sun and moon hologram card are up for auction

└ Wellmaworld music box is ㄹㅇ [real]

└ People abroad are belatedly seeing the quality of Hae-il’s music box and going crazy

[Ah, speaking of the music box, the bastard who sold it to me for 900,000 won [Korean currency] recently contacted me saying he would buy it for 2 million won. Yeah, I’m not selling it~~~ I blocked him]

└ 2 million? Only? How cute

└ How much would you all sell it for?

└ I’m not going to sell it?

└ I wouldn’t sell it even if you put two more 0s behind it

└ Why would you sell this? Are you a reseller? Do you want to die?

It was when people who used to be gentle discovered that they had nothing but poison left, and people who were trying to cause trouble were startled and took a step back.

[Why is Roh, HALO’s fandom becoming more and more similar to Heligans as time goes on]

[Like fan like idol;;]

[Roh, HALO is HALO]

This was the situation in Korea,

[But even if Roh, HALO’s fandom is a good thing, the Sun Corps or Heligans have adapted better than I thought. I thought they would cut him off right away because he’s Asian]

└ If you say that over there, you’ll be cut off

└ It’s true that the Jaws Corps [Sun Corps’ nickname] is more lenient than the Heligans

└ Right now, the atmosphere of the Sun Corps and the Heligans is so fierce because of that helicopter ㅇㅇ [yes]

└ Roh, HALO’s fandom was also pissed off all day, but now it’s temporarily relieved, but they’ll probably go on a total attack (attack) soon. They’re making a statement and lawyers are looking up international law, so they’re temporarily calmed down

The overseas, which is wider and has a much larger population, was even more complicated.

In fact, around the end of February, even within the Sun Corps, opinions were divided on whether Roh, HALO, a sixteen-year-old Asian kid, was HALO.

His voice and various circumstances seemed to match, but after all, the HALO they had imagined was at least a middle-aged, bulky British man – at least a European.

Moreover, Roh, HALO was not a very famous K-pop group overseas at the time.

However, the long chaos that lasted from March to April was, in a way, enough to calm them down.

Listening to HALO’s 12th album, *Enjoyable Life*, HALO, they had a mindset that they could accept whatever result came out, and they recalled the time of *I am HALO*.

Someone pleaded that HALO had hidden his identity for over a year because he was afraid that you would reject him.

As the circumstances were created one by one, they thought it was right, and the promised day gradually arrived.

Their king had not made a decision until that day. Whether the 13th album had no title, or what the stage order of Coachella was if Roh was the real HALO.

It was as if he was waiting for them to be sure first, and thus find him.

And finally.

“Don’t you hate me because I’m not white?”

Hae-il asked the first question he had asked again,

And that weak but firm voice seemed to already know the answer.

There’s no way they could hate him.

During the 6 days of Coachella, they saw quite a few fools or troublemakers – at least not true fans – saying that HALO was only white. If they had been seen so often, HALO could have seen them too.

Did he think that was their intention?

They were frustrated and indignant, and they broke the lower jaws of those fools. So they couldn’t talk nonsense again.

“I hope you’re not disappointed in me?”

He must have seen it.

They shouted ‘Never’.

Whatever he looked like, they would love him.

Because they loved the music he played, and the world he embodied through that music.

He smiled softly as if he knew it.

Their hearts fluttered as if their intentions had reached him.

“Then let’s start with this, *Struggle*.”

The struggle heard from the darkness was the first music they had learned about him.

Oh, Sun.

The reason why they had no choice but to search for him for over a year, and the beginning of everything.

His stage was beginning.

The one they had been waiting and waiting for for a very long time.

So the stage had to be perfect.

The stage they had been hoping for and waiting for had to shake them only according to his intentions.

The helicopter’s lights rushed at him as if attacking him.

To their beloved king.

To a fragile boy who seemed like he would break if you touched him.

Perhaps that’s why August Veil had tried so hard to hide him, and when they attacked the sun, their thoughts also snapped.

That’s how a common enemy was determined.

In fact, at that time, if he hadn’t come to his senses, it would have been a situation where someone could have died. If they hadn’t forgotten their momentary anger while being swept away by his gestures, they would have been satisfied by dragging out the necks of the people on that helicopter first.

A helicopter cremation video was posted on the Sun Corps community.

The Sun Corps, who usually opposed the actions of the Heligans, defended that video.

At that moment, they could not deny that the Sun Corps, who were called moderates, had become Heligans.

But that was inevitable.

[Wow, did you see their interview? They said they were just shining a light from above to check who it was]

└ Just shining a light from above? What I saw was shining a light from the front

└ Those damn bastards could have gone blind

└ Let’s catch them right away and shine a light in front of them

[Where are you going to shine it, no, what are they to ruin the stage?]

[Everyone calm down and think rationally, how about throwing a real flashbang into XYC?]

[Breaking) Scorpion Lill, XYC declares boycott of all broadcasts]

└ There’s no way this bastard would have said it so mildly

[Veil Co. announces lawsuit against XYC broadcasting station]

└ Veil Co. is the first

└ August Veil has been cherishing and hiding the sun while being criticized so much, of course, and now it’s just the beginning.

[XYC sued the Heligans]

└ Their news agency still doesn’t know the Heligans

└ So if they were afraid of lawsuits, would they have made a list of liars and destroyed their property? I’m not defending their actions, but lawsuits won’t work at all for them

Of course, HALO’s first appearance was not only consumed by the helicopter. In the community, the XYC and Coachella tabs were separated, and while the XYC tab was burning like this, the Coachella tab was burning in a different sense.

[From today, my motherland is Korea]

[Argentina is located on the opposite side of Korea, no wonder it’s cold]

[At first, I was ambivalent because he was 16 years old, but now that I think about it, it’s a good thing. It means he’ll be releasing songs for the next hundred years]

[He’s 16 years old, so there was a reason why Veil hid him so much. I thought he was locked up somewhere and only made songs, but he was keeping him out of the world’s attention. That’s because he’s 16 years old]

[Seeing things like XYC, the choice to protect him was right]

[What should I do? When I meet the sun, I wanted to bump fists, but he looks like he’ll break]

[I think I can wait 4 years, I’ve been waiting for a lifetime as a solo, 4 years is nothing]

└ The FBI will be coming soon

[When will the world tour be? I’m just waiting for that now]

└ I’m going to do all the concerts no matter what

└ But have you ever heard of Roh’s legendary concert?

└ Are you talking about 830? Isn’t that because Korea has a small population?

└ Korea is not a country with a population of 100,000.

[What should I do? There’s a music box on Amazon Auction right now]

└ A music box? Are you talking about the Sun’s music box?

└ Yeah, I don’t have enough loan amount, is there anyone who will lend me money?

└ What, why isn’t anyone answering?

└ Friend, why are you saying that here?

[Why don’t they sell it even though I’m giving them money? Please, please sell me just one]

[Music box? Is this a limited edition?]

└ I heard they just gave it as a gift at the fan meeting

└ So there are only a thousand in the world

└ Only a thousand of his gifts in the world? Are you kidding me?

[More than that, I want all the postcards. Did everyone see that the moon becomes the sun? It’s the stage device of Coachella]

└ Why didn’t they sell souvenirs at Coachella?

└ Put two or three 0s behind it as you please! But please, sell it!