Yeo Haru had fallen asleep after their deep talk. Rayen also stayed behind to watch over him.

In the sleeping pod room, Rayen stared at the ceiling with a blank mind when his phone suddenly vibrated from his dimensional pocket.

Dazed, Rayen instinctively pulled it out to check.

There was a message in their group chat from Xi Huan.

[Fairy Xi Huan: I've got a juicy video for you guys. (Link)]

The group chat was silent because it came from Xi Huan.

[Fairy Xi Huan: Why are you guys so quiet?]

[Fairy Xi Huan: @Rayen Rayeye, I saw you. Don't hide from me! Don't ignore me or I'll put poison in your food!]

Rayen's fingers twitched.

Usually, Rayen would have ignored the message if it came from her, but with this message, coupled with his boredom, he sent a response.

[Rayen: I can poison you first before you do that.]

[Fairy Xi Huan: How will you do that?!]

[Rayen: Simple. I'll just cook a dish. If I switch the food that Mr. Big News or Ren made, you won't be able to tell at all (evil Plotter smile)]

Xi Huan went silent for a moment.

Rayen's dishes definitely looked good. Just with looks alone, it's actually considered at Ren's level. How would Zbigniew even get duped by it twice if it wasn't?

And if he truly did what he said...

[Fairy Xi Huan changed Rayen's nickname to Merciful Rayeye.]

Rayen laughed and silently accepted this nickname. He scrolled back up to look at the first message that Xi Huan sent for a second before tapping on it.

Contrary to his expectations that it would contain garbage, Xi Huan actually sent something useful.

[SEEDZ Don Juan MV debunked]

It was a theory video.

Rayen tapped on the play video, his forehead creasing in curiosity.

Just then...

"I DON'T WANT TO!!!"

Rayen jumped, as soon as his familiar scream sounded from the speakers. His heart almost leapt out of his ribcage the moment the phone left his hands, flying away from his grip.

'!!!'

Fortunately, he was able to catch it before it dropped to the floor.

"Haaaa...."

Rayen let out a long breath to calm himself down. When his heartbeat became stable, he glared at his screen.

'This damn video almost killed me!'

In the video, Rayen's face was close-up as he floated in the ceiling. His eyes were unusually large, as large as his screaming mouth.

'This bastard really chose this close up of mine, huh?'

Soon after, a voice, completely devoid of emotions, spoke. "Do you really expect us to get scared with this face? It's too handsome to scare the shit out of us."

The corners of Rayen's mouth twitched.

'Is that a compliment or not?'

The voice continued, "Just kidding. Hello, here I am again, back from the coffin. I've been asleep for a long while, sorry for that."

This voice sounded just like an AI commentary. Rayen listened as it explained itself for being gone for a few months before delving into various theories about their MV.

Actually, it seemed just like a normal theory video if he didn't listen closely. But when he did, Rayen was astounded.

He was able to guess everything that they thought of during the production.

When he was finished watching the entire video, he dazedly pressed the back button on his phone which directed him back to their noisy group chat.

[Your Haru: I don't know, is this person praising my looks or roasting us for being handsome?]

Upon seeing Haru's name, Rayen glanced toward his pot. Low light emanated from inside the pod as expected.

[Fairy Xi Huan: (screenshot.jpg) I thanked him, by the way. You should also express your gratitude too.]

In the screenshot that Xi Huan sent, she commented on how she appreciated every compliment sent her way.

Rayen immediately headed back to the comment section to see it.

— You Like Me: Thank you for all the compliments. Where's your address? I'll send you roses.

>> Who's this?

>> Black Lotus rarely compliments people's looks, but someone's claiming the credit here already.

>> You Like Me: I'm not claiming credit. They said I look good, so I'm just saying thanks.

>> Is this person one of the idols?

>> I may be a long-lost soul, but I think idols don't have that much time to comment on random videos. That must be a fake.

>> Get a life, kid. Stop dreaming.

>> Let the kid be. The kid's just dreaming.

In a few minutes, Xi Huan had earned dozens of replies already.

'So fast?'

Rayen scrolled up to look at the number of followers of this UCube channel app. His eyes widened at the astounding number.

[Black Lotus | 9.8M]

This was even higher than their own subscribers. Even Adrift's UCube channel only had 5 million at most.

A vibration brought back Rayen's mind. Tapping on the group chat, he read the latest message from Xi Huan.

[Fairy Xi Huan: Is saying thank you that bad? (Screnshot.jpg)]

[Fairy Xi Huan: I just said thank you!]

[Blacky-nene: ...]

Since it was just useless complaints, Rayen headed back to UCube to read more comments.

– Black Lotus, are you back for good? Can I request you to do reactions for Antidote?

– I thought it was another horror movie. That jumpscare at the intro got me good.

– Whoa, you've changed. After horror movies, now you're also dabbling with K–pop? Have you gone gae?

– Hey, it's still horror though.

– Have you listened to it? I can already imagine the song as a horror movie OST.

– Nah, only gaes listen to K–pop.

– Even though it's not a movie, I still appreciate Black Lotus's content. This is definitely worth a save in my playlist.

– This SEEDZ really did a good job planting many clues around their MV. And as usual, BL was able to spot every detail!

Soon, the video didn't just garner the attention of Black Lotus's fans, but also some Edens whose algorithm led them to this video.

– Wow, a detailed review! Salute!

– For all non–fans. This is SEEDZ. This is their debut song. You should all listen to the whole album. Everything has the touch of horror.

– Never heard of them.

– Did someone say horror? I'll give it a try just because this song is a cup of my tea.

– I never noticed the change in the clothes. Does that mean my baby Haru also died and became a ghost? Huhu...

– Who killed my Baby Haru?!

– Justice for Seedz!

– So the house stands for a sheltered nest?

– The fear of growing up turned into horror, huh? I applaud this.

– This is BS! Haru doesn't need to exercise more. He exercises every day with dancing! But yes, indeed, he looks handsome while running hehe.

– The first commenter, who's that?

– I really don't know if they're praising them or roasting them. Still, what a good theory video! Time to watch and stream it again.

Baffled, Rayen closed the video.

'How did that Black Lotus even learn all those theories?'

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