Godsent Top Star [EN]: Chapter 211

211. The Result? (1)

May 30, 2022

“Seok, calm down.”

“Of course, if I knew you, Seok, I would have helped you up so you wouldn’t fall.”

“But why didn’t I catch you?”

“Because I didn’t know you……?”

Why should one be kind to strangers?

This was the part where the protagonist, Kang Seok, felt something was off about Kim Seon-woo’s reaction.

“I’m sorry. I’ll be careful next time.”

“I was thinking about something else…….”

“Seok, are you angry?”

Yeonwoo’s acting was very effective.

Constantly maintaining a smile only highlighted the bizarreness of the situation.

A person had tumbled down the stairs, lost consciousness, and had their leg broken and twisted.

In no way was laughter appropriate here.

In some ways, it was a tense and serious moment where someone might have died.

It was by no means a light accident, as 119 [Korean emergency services number, similar to 911] was called and the protagonist, Kang Seok, a police officer, was controlling the situation.

However, the smile on Yeonwoo’s face diminished all of that.

As if someone had stumbled and fallen lightly.

‘A normal person wouldn’t be able to laugh here.’

It’s a serious situation, so even if they were strangers, they would be worried.

‘But Kim Seon-woo doesn’t understand that situation.’

The Kim Seon-woo that Yeonwoo created had no empathy for the situation at all.

Even so, he still hadn’t lost the thought that ‘I need to give people a good image,’ which resulted in an even more bizarre outcome.

‘So, being expressionless wouldn’t suit him.’

The intelligent Kim Seon-woo had been trying to hide himself from the start.

But if he suddenly remained expressionless here, it could raise suspicion.

With that in mind, he was just trying to be likable as usual.

‘Kim Seon-woo must have really thought that what just happened had nothing to do with him. And when the protagonist got angry, he would have put on a smiling face as usual.’

Kim Seon-woo smiled and handled the situation ‘like a normal member of society.’

He apologized to Kang Seok and said he was sorry.

He also added that he would be careful in response to Kang Seok’s urging.

It would have been enough in a normal situation.

Yes. If it were a normal situation.

‘He really didn’t realize why the protagonist was angry. Because it’s natural for Kim Seon-woo.’

If Kim Seon-woo had done it himself, the reaction would have been different.

He would have given a sincere apology and pretended to reflect.

However, someone else falling was completely unrelated to Kim Seon-woo himself.

The situation of being blamed for something that happened while walking down the street was even further from the learned situation.

It was a limitation shown by the superficial mask of socialization.

“That’s all.”

The people who had been swept away by Yeonwoo regained their senses.

This time, it was PD [Production Director] Gil Sang-joon who came to his senses first.

“Well done. Um…… Unlike the previous two, Participant No. 31’s Kim Seon-woo had a slightly different expression. Can you explain why you interpreted it that way?”

“The Kim Seon-woo I identified…….”

Yeonwoo calmly listed the characteristics of Kim Seon-woo that he had identified.

“So, you’re saying that being expressionless is closer to Kim Seon-woo’s original trait, and rather, a smiling face is Kim Seon-woo’s expressionless face?”

“That’s right.”

“Expressing the fact that he didn’t understand the other person at all with a smiling face…… That’s persuasive.”

Rather, if he had been expressionless like the previous two participants, he would have had to express Kim Seon-woo’s alienation in a different way.

However, Yeonwoo solved it all with a very simple method.

“Okay, then please do the third scene.”

Gil Sang-joon asked for the next scene so as not to break the immersion.

That was a completely unnecessary worry.

As soon as they entered the third scene, a heavy atmosphere began to weigh down on them once again.

“I really don’t know why they’re whining so much.”

A low voice with no laughter at all.

He asks back as if he really doesn’t know.

“Are you curious about that?”

It was a completely different expression from the second scene.

As the inorganic gaze, devoid of any emotion, turned towards them, the judges unknowingly shuddered.

Some even brushed away the goosebumps that had risen on the back of their hands.

“Why am I curious about that? Hmm. Do you think there’s a reason?”

If you only look at the situation, it feels very static and quiet.

But everyone in this place knew.

That this third scene was the scene right before Kim Seon-woo was about to kill someone.

If they hadn’t known anything, they might have thought he was asking normally…….

“Ugh…….”

Someone let out a soft sigh.

It was a voice full of the feeling of being very disgusted.

The calmness just before the murder was so eerie that it was not ordinary.

This was also the opposite of the interpretations of the previous two participants.

“Ah~. Really. It’s so noisy. Why are you whining so much? Huh?”

Almost the same lines, but the tone and nuance of the voice were completely different.

Should I say that the joy was clearly revealed at a glance?

The previous participants revealed their unhidden pleasure.

They applied madness to the act of murder.

Murder.

That was Kim Seon-woo’s ultimate goal and the center of his life.

‘If you do what you want and like the most, even a crazy psychopath will feel pleasure!’

It’s not that that thought is completely wrong.

The world is wide and there are many crazy people.

There are no two crazy people in the world.

So, in some ways, this was just a difference in character interpretation.

The Kim Seon-woo that Yeonwoo plays doesn’t feel any pleasure at all.

No.

He was feeling it, but he didn’t think there was any need to show it.

‘Because this is a very natural thing for Kim Seon-woo.’

The act of murder had been a very natural act for Kim Seon-woo, like breathing, since it was first committed with the help of others.

People often say.

Working part-time, going to work, and doing work.

All of this is to make a living.

Does that mean that those people are all happy to make a living and burst into laughter every moment?

‘For Kim Seon-woo, murder is as natural an act as making a living.’

So, one by one.

Each time he committed murder, there was no need to be filled with joy and soaked in madness.

There was also a calculated reason included.

‘If you become emotional, the probability of making a mistake increases.’

The fact that the probability of making a mistake increases means that the probability of being caught increases.

This is the same as saying that Kim Seon-woo can no longer commit murder, which is his purpose.

‘There’s no way Kim Seon-woo would take that risk.’

Besides, Yeonwoo didn’t find the situation of being intoxicated with himself for committing murder very convincing.

This idea became firmly established after the interview in prison.

‘That was the last resort of a loser who was trying to fill his self-esteem with the means of murder.’

At least Yeonwoo didn’t want to express Kim Seon-woo that way.

That was too kind of an interpretation for a serial killer.

‘There is no reason for evil.’

That was the conclusion Yeonwoo came to.

There’s no need to attach reasons to this and that.

Yeonwoo wanted a form of evil that had no purpose or reason, just pure evil.

That’s why Kim Seon-woo’s attitude was very calm and ordinary.

As if he were doing something very natural.

So there was no need to be happy or soaked in madness.

‘It’s the most enjoyable thing, but it’s also a very natural thing to do, so there’s no reason to be excited.’

A smile.

It was a mask for Kim Seon-woo to blend into society.

But now he’s committing murder.

This is the part where Kim Seon-woo’s essence is most directly revealed.

So Yeonwoo erased his expression.

To show Kim Seon-woo, who is faithful to his purpose and doesn’t need to look good to anyone.

“Heup!”

Gil Sang-joon made a strange noise.

This was because Yeonwoo, who had finished acting, raised his head and made eye contact with Gil Sang-joon.

“Hmm, hmm!”

This time, Gil Sang-joon quickly recovered the atmosphere.

Fortunately, this time there was no unfortunate incident of regaining his senses after hearing Yeonwoo’s words announcing the end of the performance.

Except that Gil Sang-joon almost choked for a moment.

“I enjoyed the performance. You were proceeding very calmly. The murder scene is supposed to be dramatic, but is there a reason why you proceeded that way on purpose?”

“As a serial killer, murder is a very familiar act to Kim Seon-woo. He’s also been meticulous enough not to get caught. As such, I thought that maintaining a familiar and ordinary attitude would paradoxically show that murder is a daily routine.”

“Certainly…… there is that aspect. It’s so natural that it’s rather eerie…….”

Another judge sitting next to PD Gil Sang-joon took the words.

“The act of murder itself is already stimulating, so it might be better to show a calm contrast. He’s also a serial killer with the characteristics of a psychopath.”

One by one, the judges who had been suppressed by Yeonwoo regained their senses and threw out their evaluations.

The atmosphere was quite favorable.

“Thank you all three. The results of the audition will be sent individually.”

From the story that they can go back as it is to the story that they are grateful for participating.

The host said some perfunctory words.

“Ugh…….”

“Hoo-oop……!”

Number 32 and 33, who came out, groaned at the same time.

For some reason, their eyes seemed to be full of camaraderie, deeply understanding each other.

But that was only for a moment.

“Hoo-woo-woo…….”

“Sigh…….”

The two sighed deeply at the same time again.

I know without saying it.

Why does the song that was a hit in a certain CF [Commercial Film, Korean term for advertisement] come to mind?

The gazes of the other participants looking at them, saying that they knew what was going on, were clearly readable.

That wasn’t all.

“Sigh…… I was hoping, but it’s what I expected.”

“It’s over, it’s over…….”

There were people who muttered like that.

“No. Why this role of all roles? Why did you suddenly appear and start farming……!”

There were also people who made incomprehensible noises and tore at their hair.

However, none of them would feel the same despair as Numbers 32 and 33, who had auditioned together.

“Let’s have a drink…….”

“I’d like that…….”

“Let’s go…….”

They were people who had met for the first time today, but they had already become best friends of thirty years.

What was Yeonwoo thinking as he looked at the two of them…….

‘I wonder what the result will be.’

He didn’t have any particular thoughts.

‘I did my best, but that doesn’t guarantee that I’ll be selected.’

Yeonwoo’s eyes see many things that others cannot see, but he doesn’t have the future sight to read the future.

Well, if it’s Ms. Kang Yeon-hwa, you never know.

But Yeonwoo could be sure.

‘No matter how good I am, I’m definitely not as good as our Ms. Kang.’

So Yeonwoo couldn’t make a hasty decision about the result.

‘I hope the results will be good as I did my best.’

He just hoped that he would be given sufficient compensation for his efforts.

There is only one thing left.

Since he auditioned, all that’s left is to wait for the results to come out.

Yeonwoo stared silently at the closed door.

Because if you have lingering feelings at times like this, you’re bound to suffer.

And at the same time.

“Um…… How was it just now?”

“Hmm, hmm. I thought it was pretty good.”

Before calling in the next applicants.

It was time for a short meeting using a brief break.

Should I say it’s a time to briefly share each other’s impressions of how the previous applicant was?

“How did everyone score?”

Everyone is busy turning the words this way and that way.

In the end, Gil Sang-joon took the lead and asked directly.

“What’s your score, Director?”

“Me? ……98 points.”

The sound behind him was so small that it was almost inaudible, but it was heard very clearly by the people who were staring at Gil Sang-joon’s mouth.