- Who are you fooling with your ugly ass face? Stop impersonating June, you fool!
- Lol. This guy's actually cosplaying as June while the real guy is in the hospital? He's a real piece of work.
- You deserve a special place in hell. June will kick-drop you when he meets you in real life.
- My grandma takes better pics than this. I don't know who you're fooling.
June's eyebrows furrowed deeper as he read the comments.
As of now, the post has garnered over 100,000 interactions…with hate comments.
It was ridiculous! It only had 487 likes, but the comments and reposts accounted for those 100,000 interactions. How could his post have been ratioed this badly?
June thought he'd be greeted a bit more warmly, at least. He was in 11th place this week. How could he get such comments?
He is the real June! Why would he lie about his real identity?
He clenched his jaw and wrote another post.
'Uh…it's really me. I'm the real June. I am at the hospital right now, and I am okay."
- Loser! He's still going on with this? The real June would never say that.
- For real. And have you seen June's face? He's an angel who has fallen down on Earth. You look the same…except you fell down face first.
- HAHAHAHAHA. Ugly bastard. Stop pretending to be June.
- And can we talk about this dude's username? You're not fooling us, Hi_ImKittyJunexxR1s1ingSt4r5.
- It looks like a keyboard smash.
- This loser can't even come up with a good enough username.
Bora burst into laughter as she saw a random guy pretending to be June on Navel. She quickly showed it to Jia, who was crying her eyes out while reading the comments of the news article that said June was in a critical condition.
"Oh, stop crying and look at this," Bora said, pushing the phone to Jia's face.
"How can you just sit there and laugh when June is on the brink of dying?" Jia exclaimed.
Bora clicked his tongue. "And I don't know why you believe such rumors. It's clear that June is still alive. Sure, he must have been stabbed…but Rising Stars will definitely release a statement if a trainee had died."
"Do you really think he's okay?" Jia sniffed.
"Well…," Bora trailed. "Again, I don't know if he's okay, OKAY, but I bet he's alive, at least. Did you see the way he dodged those attacks during the livestream? It was so fucking cool I almost forgot that we were watching an idol show."
Jia glared at Bora. "I swear. I can't read you sometimes."
Bora smiled. "Chronically not giving a fuck is my coping mechanism. The situation had already happened, so we can't do anything about it. Cheer up, friend. I bet June will be back next week."
Jia pouted but felt better after Bora's little scolding. It's still a shame that June might miss this week's mission, though.
"Now look at this," Bora said, pointing to her phone. "This guy's acting like June."
Jia frowned as she observed the photo.
You know how people joke about how certain photos or videos are taken with a potato?
Jia never thought of that statement seriously until this moment.
The photo, indeed, looked like it was taken with a potato—one that had been rotting in the ground for a long time.
Then, she squinted her eyes. "They have a resemblance."
Bora burst into laughter as she looked at the photo again. "Are you blind? This dude looks nothing like June. And look at his username," she pointed.
A disgruntled expression appeared on Jia's face.
"Yeah, that definitely isn't June."
Our June is much cooler than that!
***
[Congratulations, host! You have completed the mission: Post a selfie on your SNS account. Gain over a hundred thousand interactions! Please choose one aspect to improve.]
Even after completing the mission, June couldn't feel quite satisfied.
He was still being obliterated online because of that post.
He even contemplated taking it down, but Fu insisted it would void the mission.
"Tsk," June clicked his tongue.
Again, he thought hard about what aspect to improve. 'Skateboard Ride' is very dance-heavy, and even if he had improved a lot, he wanted to get nearer Casper's and Zeth's levels so people wouldn't say anything about him being a freeloader.
Moreover, he's been praised by the starlights for his vocals until now, so he wanted to give them a nice surprise.
'Dance.'
[Wise choice. Dance +1. Current grade: B+]
June nodded in satisfaction as he looked at his stats. He had come far since the start of the competition. He didn't even have a B-tier during the first episode.
Now, the only problem was this wound.
He has to go back to Azure's building tomorrow if he doesn't want to lag behind their practice.
Is it possible to heal a stab wound in less than 24 hours?
June sighed and looked up at the white ceiling of the hospital, feeling at a loss.
Out of boredom, he started rummaging through his status window. He scrolled through the missions he had finished, as well as the side quests that granted him unusual abilities.
Then, as he continued exploring the user interface, June suddenly stopped when he saw an unfamiliar folder.
'Potions.'
June tilted his head to the side in confusion before clicking on the unknown folder.
As a new window opened, he saw a singular potion inside the folder.
'Healing Potion.'
June raised his eyebrows in surprise when he remembered the healing potion that was granted to him as a bonus when he went up more than five ranks!
A small smile appeared on his lips as he read the description.
[Introducing the System's Ultimate Healing Potion: a potent potion that instantly restores 100% of your health. It can heal various illnesses—from wounds, colds, lice, cancer, and more. Its effects take place after 18 hours.]
"Fu, consume Healing Potion."
[Healing Potion has been consumed. Amount remaining: 0. Effect will take place after 18 hours. Please maintain a period of rest while Healing Potion is being internalized.]
