'What's this guy planning?'

Before Rayen could even react, another one raised his hand.

"I also concede," Mr. Big News said.

Then, Liam also followed suit after glancing around for a moment. "I also concede..."

Rayen blinked in confusion.

'What the hell is happening? Should I also raise my hand?'

However, Rayen wasn't willing to give up the position even if he felt like he was being left out.

Plotter seemed also puzzled by the sudden change in the situation.

"And why is that?" he asked.

It was Ren who responded first.

"Being the main vocalist is a great burden. If fate chooses me, I think I'll have to disappoint it," Ren said with a straight face as though he was confident that fate would indeed choose him.

Although Ren's unexpected action was greatly beneficial for Rayen, he wasn't moved in the slightest.

'What the hell is this guy really planning?'

Plotter then turned to the other two who conceded. "What about you?"

"I acknowledge my skills aren't up to par," Mr. Big News said with a wry smile. "Somebody else deserves this role more than me."

Meanwhile, Liam was unable to answer right away as if he hadn't thought of any reason yet. Then, he asked Plotter, "What do Main Vocals do?"

Plotter explained, "Like the name suggests, they're the main voice of the group. Usually, they're also the one responsible for taking on the hardest parts of the songs, such as the high notes."

Hearing that, Liam finally found a good reason and nodded. "I'm not used to hitting high notes."

"....."

Rayen was entirely speechless.

"Are you really sure?" Plotter asked once more.

The three nodded in response.

"That works as well, I guess," Plotter said.

But then, his gaze landed on Adrian who remained standing beside Rayen.

"You're not going to follow them?" Plotter asked.

Adrian flashed a lazy grin. "No."

Rayen glanced at him, trying to read his expression. But aside from his usual lazy slouch and charmingly droopy eyes, Rayen couldn't glean any more information. After all, he didn't have the same ability to read minds like him.

'Is he doing this to retaliate against me? What did I even do wrong?'

Rayen sighed.

'I don't really know what this guy is thinking now...'

"Very well, then... We'll just roll another round for the other position later," Plotter said as he erased the name of the others on the roulette with one sweep of his hand.

After that, the nine managers stepped forward to spin the roulette again.

The first one to spin was Yeo Haru's sponsor, Drake. Rayen just watched the roulette spinning until it gradually stopped, pointing at a certain name.

First point... Rayen.

Then, Zi Xu rolled the roulette next.

Second point, Rayen again.

One by one, all the results stopped at Rayen's name.

It seemed as if fate was saying that it wouldn't ever choose Adrian.

"With that, Seedz's Main Vocalist is Rayen."

"Well, I guess I'm not really made for the main vocalist position. Too bad..." Adrian mused as he took a step back with a smile. Sensing Rayen's gaze, he turned toward him. "Congrats, Main Vocalist."

Rayen's lips twitched at his sarcastic remark.

'What's your problem, man?'

After that, they held another round of spinning to decide who will be under the other position.

The result was:

Mr. Big News: 5

Ren: 2

Liam: 1

Adrian: 1

[Main Vocalist: Rayen

Lead Vocals: Mr. Big News

Sub: Ren, Liam, Adrian]

Next round, for the Rapper Line, Liam was the Main Vocalist, and Xu Jiji was the sub after not receiving any points.

Then, for Visuals...

Just as when everyone was waiting for the managers to spin one more round, Plotter dismissed the roulette.

"We won't be holding a roulette spinning for the Visual Line and the Leader."

"Why?" the nine members asked.

Plotter only smiled. "The Visual Line is a special case. In a sense, they're the faces of the group. Visuals are the marketing asset — the ones who attract fans. So, we're taking it from a business standpoint instead of relying on fate's favor. We're also not just judging it based on appearances and how high your visual stat is."

'Faces?'

Does that mean there wouldn't be just one Visual?

"That's right. It's not just one, but two faces," Plotter said, once again reading Rayen's expression. "Before you arrived, I and the other managers held a meeting."

"One visual is responsible for the local fans. The ones we deemed the most suitable for this should be Yeo Haru and Navin, but we settled on Yeo Haru."

Yeo Haru pointed at himself. "Me? Why?"

"Simple. Because you're a local. And the statistics we gathered pointed you as the most popular member among the Korean fans aside from Navin."

Hearing that, Yeo Haru's face beamed.

With Immortal's backing, of course, it wouldn't be weird if Yeo Haru's name was well-known among the Korean fans. Plus, the nationality of the past owner of his Life Book was also Korean.

Thus, it made sense for Yeo Haru to be the local face of the group.

As for the other Main Visual...

"After careful consideration, we all think it's Iris who suits the role the most as the international visual. This was also based on the fans' perception."

It made sense too. No one disagreed.

"Lastly, the leader…" Plotter continued. "You should choose among yourselves who you would like to lead the group."

The group fell silent and glanced at each other.

Choose among themselves?

"The nomination for the leader is now open!" Plotter announced.

Mr. Big News raised his hand. "Then I'll nominate Ren."

Rayen blinked in surprise.

'Ren? I thought they had some differences during the third round?'

"Although I think his measures are a bit unhanded, I can see that he's actually considering his whole team," Mr. Big News explained.

Rayen scoffed at his words. If he considered the whole team, he should have considered Oh Heejun's feelings too.

If he did, that accident might not have happened.

Meanwhile Plotter accepted Mr. Big News's words. "Is there any other nomination?"

Yeo Haru raised his hand. "I choose Rayen bro since he's kind and caring to us."

'!!!'

Rayen glanced at Yeo Haru who only grinned back.

Lastly, Iris nominated Adrian since he had the most experience out of everyone in leading a team.

"Is there any other nomination?" Plotter glanced around.

Only Ren raised his hand.

Upon being granted permission by Plotter, Ren said, "I concede. I don't want to babysit eight people."

"Is that so?" With that, Plotter erased his name with a grin.

Once again, Rayen scoffed. Earlier, he thought Ren was planning something after conceding the main vocalist position. Turned out he really just wanted to avoid responsibility.

'Shouldn't it be Adrian who liked to laze around? Why did it seem like the situation suddenly changed?'

"Then, let's start voting. Who votes for Rayen?"

Xu Jiji and Yeo Haru immediately raised their hands.

'These two…'

Then, Mr. Big News also hesitantly raised his hand. However, only the three of them raised their hands for him.

It was already clear who won, so Plotter didn't ask the others to raise their hands for Adrian anymore.

"Then, the leader is decided."

A few moments later, the whole group's roster was finally finalized.

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