"Hell no!"

Currently, Team 1 huddled together on the floor with their eyes glazed from the light of the practice room's projection screen as they watched the 11th episode.

Rayen's nose fumed when he read a comment connecting him with that hateful person. At the same time, a similar comment to what he just blurted out appeared on the screen.

– Rara's Minmin: HELL NO!!!

A sense of camaraderie with this person rose from the bottom of Rayen's heart.

– Why not? Can't you see the flowers blooming for RenYen?

– Rara's Minmin: Why do you all place Rayen after? Can't he be the dominant one? YenRu! YenRen! Don't you think it sounds better?

Reading this comment, the sense of camaraderie in Rayen's heart suddenly vanished. The corner of his lips twitched.

'Is that actually the problem?'

– No! HarYen is superior. No one can beat HarYen!

– AeMist: I agree. HarYen is definitely superior.

'This person again...'

– Queen AeMist dropped by!

– Our ship captain! All hail our ship captain!

Because of her superb editing skills, AeMist had definitely gained some fans.

'Isn't this person an Entity?'

Perhaps that might explain the level of her editing skills, but doesn't she seem to have too much time in her hands?

Just then, another commentor with a different view appeared.

– Who's a fan of Rayen and Yeo Haru? Those two are suckers. Obviously, Ren alone is better than them.

– AeMist: Oh, understandable.

– Someone's finally agreeing with me.

– AeMist: No. It's understandable you've got such bad taste. You're a fan of that guy.

– Rara's Minmin: Yeah, such bad taste.

The same anonymous participant didn't reply to the two, who had joined forces, as though he went mute. AeMist's own fans saw that the fight was over before it even reached the climax and cheered for their Queen's victory.

Suddenly, Oh Heejun's voice disrupted Rayen's thoughts.

"I'm heading out for a moment."

"Okay. Come back after a while. We're not yet done with practice," Adrian said.

Oh Heejun hummed a reply then walked out of the room. The others didn't even glance at him as they watched the episode, enjoying Rayen's misery.

The episode continued playing just as they remembered. For this healing episode, it wasn't only the participants who were relieved of their tension for the upcoming finals, but also the fans.

If only it wasn't at the expense of his own image, Rayen would have enjoyed this episode too.

After the healing vacation on the island, the process of the interim individual evaluation was also aired before the end of the episode.

The screen was split into the perspective of the two teams when the judges entered their respective practice rooms. The scene when the Director explained their sudden intrusion was skipped. Instead, it was Yeon Miwol, holding a microphone, who stepped up and explained the mechanics for the evaluation.

"Today, I am not your usual emcee," she said with a bright smile. "I've come today to be a judge! As you all know, you were asked to prepare an individual performance for a segment in the finals, right?"

The participants onscreen nodded.

"However, you're not going to perform it on that day!"

The confusion was evident on everyone's faces. And even the comment section was bombarded with question marks.

– What is this? A spoiler?

– If it isn't going to be performed in the finals, then are we going to miss it? No! Let us see it!

– Sshhh. YMW isn't done speaking yet!

"Because you will all perform it today!" Yeon Miwol happily continued. "Your performance today will be graded by us, three judges, and it will determine which rank group you'll be performing with on the day of the finals."

The three judges she was pertaining to were exactly her, the Director, and Plotter with his usual hateful smile.

"Is there anything you'd like to ask?" Yeon Miwol asked.

The screen suddenly switched to Ren who had raised his hand.

"What's with this rank group?"

"Good question," Yeon Miwol exclaimed. "This rank group will consist of five groups, from S to D. You will be graded accordingly based on your performance later.

During the final round, the scoring mechanics will be like this:

First, for the group battle. The members of the winning group will each get 50,000 points. Then for the last segment, all 16 participants will perform one song together. Your rank will determine when you will enter the performance. The first one to enter will be the participants from the S rank, followed by the others. And during the performance, only then will the voting be reopened."

The comment section immediately went into a frenzy.

– In that case, we only have a few minutes to vote?

– This is too harsh, Flower Garden!

The viewers would obviously be mad. How could they possibly bridge the point gaps within a few minutes? They could only vote once per day!

Yeon Miwol's smiled and once again opened her mouth. "Because of that, the restriction of one vote per participant per day would be lifted."

The participants on screen sighed in relief as well as the viewers watching behind the screen.

"However…"

Before their sighs could even dissipate, though, it was held back. Yeon Miwol's smile turned gentler. It was as if she was holding everyone on their necks. This was the first time the viewers felt annoyed with Yeon Miwol.

She continued, "The viewers will only get to vote those who are performing. Meaning, they wouldn't be able to cast a vote on you until you appear on stage."

This news silenced everyone. Even the comment section stopped for a few seconds before a bombardment of protests appeared on the screen.

– This is too despicable!

– How long will the song even be? If my baby placed in D or F, he can only appear and get votes for a few seconds!

– Who cares? Why would we even vote and let someone who placed low on rankings debut?

– No! My baby deserves more screen time! This is too unfair!

With this news, another bout of war started. The fans were divided in half. Fans of participants who were hanging at the edge protested unfairness. Meanwhile, fans of the top rankers felt that it was appropriate.

…

Despite the ongoing war in the comment section, the individual evaluation proceeded. Amidst the bombs and bullet the two sides exchanged, the evaluation segment passed by as fast as the wind.

However, the results the fans were waiting for didn't arrive. Instead, it was Yeon Miwol's smiling face that greeted them once more.

"The results…"

– Hurry. Hurry!

"... will be announced on the final day!"

Casual viewers: …..

The shippers: …..

The anxious fans: …..

As expected! Flower Garden is indeed a menace!

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