Surprise! The Supposed Talent Show Was Actually–?!Ch153 - Break Point

translator: xiin
editors: apricot & juurensha

Blue Planet Star Harbor. mO2Snt

The star ship that was mostly pink and decorated with other pastel macaron colors soon attracted the attention of countless girls who covered their hearts and screamed. The sparkling star ship had been modified into the shape of a unicorn, and the silver and blue mask emblem of Floating City was hung around the creature’s colorful neck.

 

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“What is this?”

Someone slapped their thigh in realization, “I know! It’s Azure Cosmos, Floating City!” AZkW5D

 

“How could that be? I heard that it’s very dangerous––”

“No, no, it’s very orderly now! Last month, we went on a tour there with our family. In three days time, Floating City will be celebrating the Autumn Festival. It’s said that the entire city will be filled with roses, balloons, pink bubbles, and flamingos running around everywhere! It’s really interesting!”

“Re-really?!”

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At port number 6.

Wu Jin took advantage of the big boss’s terminal chip and stepped delightedly into the VIP boarding channel.

Velvet and satin covered the corridor, and two pale masks lay waiting on silver trays. Through the clean French windows, they could see an endless stream of people making their way through the star harbor. The two girls from earlier appeared in the distance, and the familiar sound of conversation rang out again: DXdFZC

 

“What is this?!” “I know! Floating City!” … “It’s not dangerous at all, both public order and security are very good now!”

 

“……” Wu Jin was in a daze, “Are they advertising to attract tourists to Floating City?” zb swm

Wei Shi peeled the strip of Wu Jin off the glass and skillfully helped him put on a mask, “Mm. Let’s go.”

 

The star ship connected with the port gates. Wei Shi explained, “This quarter, Floating City is driving up tourism revenue.”

Wu Jin’s pupils reflected the pink that was around them, “On- on such an exaggerated scale?!” tQl7ZC

 

The flight steward opened the cabin door respectfully for Wei Shi, and the little Pterosaur jumped in, looking extremely excited. The black cat remained lazily in the pet carrier, refusing to move, and Brother Rabbit’s white fur was washed pink by the lighting.

Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.

Wei Shi: “In the beginning, it was Arjun in charge. He imported 200,000 pink animals.”

Wu Jin: “And then?” zRmMI

 

Wei Shi: “The residents voted to drive away all the pink iguanas and millipedes that he’d bought. Only the flamingos are still there.”

Wu Jin: “……”

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The cabin the two of them were in was located at the top of the star ship. Wu Jin stepped in and immediately exclaimed, “Woah.” He revealed the joy of one who hadn’t seen much of the world.

An entire wall was filled with bottles of red wine, and the soft sofa, mahogany furniture, and complex patterns on the walls were all high-profile and luxurious. Lighting came from the chandeliers that were hanging from the ceiling, in the shape of two crystal flamingos whispering gently to each other. They cast an indistinct glow that reflected off the sharp crystal surfaces. There were first-class seats near the corner of one wall, and when the chairs were faced outwards, they could talk to their neighbors, and when they were turned inwards, they provided excellent privacy.

 

The flight steward bowed and offered hand towels and champagne. T1o5nW

The atmosphere in the ship cabin was lively, and there was the sound of conversation and laughter from the guests. Except for in the first class area, the business and economy class cabins were full of passengers.

 

Wu Jin suddenly noticed the difference. Only a few months ago, very few people visited the city, and online stores even refused to provide delivery to Floating City. Now, it had really started to take on the appearance of being a ‘tourist attraction’.

The place that was once the capital of the underground survival shows and dangerous living was very efficient in starting up its industrial transformation. It was estimated that the next step would be to enter the Federal survival show industry, and then come into contact with the profitable entertainment industry… RcNlPF

 

On the other side, the pterosaur soon started playing with another guest’s parrot. The black cat finally came out of its carrier and ordered the pterosaur to catch the parrot so that it could play with it.

 

Wu Jin could only pick up the black cat and find a plastic bag for it to play with. BRGWdl

There were two girls beside them who were whispering between themselves, “This kitty is so cute!”

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Wu Jin pinched the black cat’s plum blossom paws and waved them at the two girls. The softer looking girl immediately giggled, and the short haired imperial sister next to her said, “We’ll raise one too in the future.”

Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.

 

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Wu Jin accepted Brother Rabbit and was enclosed in the man’s strong embrace in the next second. Wei Shi’s eyes held no warmth as his gaze swept over the young girl who was attempting to get close to sniff the rabbit, and the little sister subconsciously stepped back. awe4v

 

Wu Jin hurriedly expressed, “Yes, yes!”

The little sister nodded and smiled happily, “The advertisements say that it’s the holy land for marriage proposals! If the real scenery is really that beautiful, I would also want to have it in Floating City…”

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Wei Shi glanced at the black cat.

The black cat instantly became alert and jumped away with a ‘meow’. Wu Jin quickly looked back at the big boss, but Wei Shi was indifferent as he stroked the rabbit. Wu Jin had no choice but to say goodbye to the couple and run after the black cat.

 

By the time the star ship slowly pulled away from the port, Wu Jin was already lying comfortably on the sofa bed in their independent double cabin. KMvSyn

Their two masks had been taken off and were piled up randomly on the table. Wei Shi turned on the virtual screen, and <Go! Popular Youth>’s final episode was being replayed.

 

On the screen, in the smoky Warehouse 225, Zhuang Fan was battling against the underground rapper, and Wu Jin picked up a beer bottle, waving it around excitedly.

Wu Jin criticized himself, “So stupid!” Then, he looked down and browsed through the Crosson forums, where there were even more foolish things–– d96yte

Finally, in the segment after the competition, Wu Jin was shown climbing trees and jumping up and down. An unknown technological fan had made a casual game called ‘Bouncing Little Witch’. At this time, the special section on the forums was filled with activity as fans posted their own recordings of the bouncing game.

 

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––“However much mama loves Little Witch is shown by how fast Little Witch climbs the tree!”

––“The 7th stage is too hard! Any carelessness, and Little Witch will get eaten up by Caesar, and the God Wei following behind Little Witch will also get eaten??” dCTAQU

 

“……” Wu Jin shut down his terminal instantly, but he couldn’t control the big boss who had expressionlessly opened up the game.

Bouncing Little Witch, single player mode.

A little, round, 2D Little Witch hopped around on the ground, and he would jump up whenever the space bar was pressed. SesUiD

 

Wu Jin: “Aiya!”

The 3D Wu Jin quickly snatched away the big boss’s virtual keyboard, and the 2D Little Witch bumped into a wall and fell down, crying all the way.

Wei Shi simply switched to the cursor to play. The 2D Little Witch on the ground climbed back up, and following the big boss’s detailed maneuvers, it avoided obstacles the whole way, its movements skillful and smooth. 0P 71d

 

Wu Jin watched for a long time, and his eyes grew rounder and rounder. Finally, he blinked and said, “Hey… I want to play too!”

The screen paused, and the cursor was handed over to Wu Jin. The small curls bounced up as he very seriously led the 2D Wu Jin to run around. Wei Shi bowed his head and kissed the side of the youth’s ear.

The tip of Wu Jin’s ear felt itchy, and he turned around to pounce fiercely on the big boss. dPRAao

On the screen, the 2D Little Witch smashed into a tree and started crying again.

 

By the time Wu Jin picked up the cursor again, the 2D Little Witch had practically cried enough to make the tree collapse.

Wei Shi: “Switch to double player mode.” ZVBvgE

One of them used the virtual keyboard, and the other used the cursor. As expected, the double mode consisted of Contestant Wu and Contestant Wei. Wu Jin moved quickly and snatched up the 2D Wei Shi, and the big boss continued to operate Wu Jin. In the game, both of them jumped and ran around together.

 

Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.

The 2D Wu Jin ran around smoothly up in front, while the 2D Wei Shi stumbled along at the back. Wu Jin’s operation was full of errors, and he was constantly crying and howling at random, all the way until stage seven where a fat and chubby Caesar squatted in the middle. The 2D Wu Jin quickly skipped past Caesar, but the clumsy 2D Wei Shi was directly dragged away by Caesar as potential barbecue––

Wu Jin squeaked and squeezed in beside the big boss, shaking his cursor, “Sharing all difficulties!” MDu91o

 

The 2D Little Witch went out of control and was also brutally dragged away by Caesar and tossed onto the grill.

They both became martyrs for love.

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The star ship was flying over a meteorite belt at this time, and its hull vibrated slightly.

Wu Jin quickly picked up Brother Rabbit, who was about to slide off the table, and held it with both hands.

Wei Shi handed him a large goblet. He hadn’t yet poured in the wine when Wu Jin suddenly saw the light and directly stuffed the tame Brother Rabbit inside the glass.

Wu Jin shook the rabbit goblet, “I only need one hand to hold him this way…” ZpCqWG

 

Wei Shi poured himself a glass of champagne.

The lights outside the window suddenly grew bright, streaming in from behind the meteorite belt. The light from the distant stars was transmitted over across the distance, and the Floating City in their field of vision grew bigger and bigger. The atmosphere caused an intense friction against the star ship, and then the scope of their vision was suddenly enlarged.

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Clouds and flowers that had been dyed pink through artificial lighting all gathered together to form a dream-like ocean of pink.

Wei Shi raised his glass of champagne and bumped glasses lightly with the goblet that held the big white rabbit.

 

“Floating City Autumn Festival. Cheers.” dcCRrX

 

After a few minutes, the port was connected again.

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The fragrance of flowers floated through the air, and the silver blue mask shone brightly over the customs window. After entering the country, the original surreal cyberpunk style of the city had changed. Even the law enforcement machines wore pink aprons, and flamingos ran around everywhere on the streets.

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Tourists, who had just landed, excitedly took photos, and the street vendors were happy to sell them souvenirs, taking the trouble to answer the tourists’ confused questions.

“Gang fights? They don’t happen here! The gangs can’t beat the law enforcement team.”

“Floating City’s King? Oh, there’s a box next to the mailbox with the words ‘Talk To The King’ stuck on it. You can post a letter there. Don’t throw in chocolate, you have to pay a fine if it gets stuck…”

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Floating City that was now opened up to ordinary Federal tourists showed an extraordinary level of enthusiasm towards its guests.

Wu Jin felt that this industry transformation could help Floating City earn quite a lot of foreign exchange credits. Floating City’s standard currency was the rare ‘deep space credits’, which was linked directly to the gray market. Before this, most of the credit points that were used to trade for ‘deep space credits’ had come from Imperial and Federal nobles who’d come to Floating City to have fun.

 

Both kinds of currencies had been equally scarce, resulting in higher transaction fees, and long-term deflation in the city. The foreign exchange brought about by the opening up of the tourism industry would no doubt fill up the money market and pull up Floating City’s GDP. ntz12G

 

Wu Jin followed behind the big boss, looking left and right. He walked another step, then stared at a financial institution’s hanging banner, ‘Floating futures’, ‘Flamingo gambling’.

Wei Shi slowly led Wu Jin forward, “Let’s go.”

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When they entered the main urban area, the embryonic form of the Autumn Festival market could already be seen.

Masks and imitation guns of varying styles could be seen everywhere, and there were no lack of expressionless genetically modified people amongst the traders. At first, the tourists didn’t dare to approach them, but after finding that the ‘genetically modified were honest, trustworthy, and easy to bargain with’, they all crowded over in delight.

 

There was also a very conspicuous wedding company in the market. 04HCIf

The shopkeeper was eloquent, “Autumn Festival? It’s Floating City’s traditional Valentine’s day! We give refunds for proposal failures! The success rate has been 99.9% for the past two years!”

“We have water platform proposals, rainbow bridge proposals, choreographed flamingo proposals, canyon proposals… last month, some big boss even came to us anonymously to plan an armory proposal––”

Chrysanthemum Garden.

 

Wu Jin was very happy listening to him, but Wei Shi suddenly pulled him out of the crowd. OV0MFb

Wu Jin: “Eh!”

A chill spread over Wei Shi’s entire body. He glanced at the shopkeeper, then turned around and left.

Wu Jin could only keep up obediently, his eyes filled with nostalgic reluctance.

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An armory! So cool!!

 

A few minutes later, the two of them were eating wraps as they walked along the street.

A large flock of flamingos clattered past. Wu Jin ate faster. nBx5MC

 

Another large flock of flamingos fluttered past.

Wu Jin ran after them happily.

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Another large flock…

Wei Shi pulled the Wu Jin, who was about to become a flamingo, away from the flock, calling over a suspension car with the ‘Floating Law Enforcement’ emblem to take the two of them to the Floating Base.

 

The misty city was laid out beneath their feet. Wu Jin lay against the window, looking at the ravines beyond the clouds in the sky, the training base shrouded in fog, and the bar, Sharp Blue, that Ming Yao had taken them to before… nmI9YS

At the entrance to Floating City military base.

 

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Mao Dongqing nodded to Wu Jin in greeting, then bowed slightly to Wei Shi, “Researcher Song is ready. We can start at any time.”

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Wu Jin immediately expressed that he would never delay the big boss’s affairs, “I’ll just wait here!” He wouldn’t take up space and wouldn’t hinder anything!

Wei Shi nodded, glancing over Wu Jin before leaving.

 

On the other side of the door, the psychologist Zhou Nan wandered over leisurely. When he saw Wu Jin, his brows relaxed in happiness, “Oh, Little Witch is here!” Cphwio

Wu Jin was sitting obediently on the bench. He was also in high spirits as they exchanged greetings.

Zhou Nan felt that he felt better the more he looked at him and wished that he could trick Wu Jin into becoming a son he could raise. He had a benign smile on his face as he spoke, “I’ll go buy some oranges. Stay here and don’t wander around.”

 

Wu Jin always felt that this sounded very familiar, but he couldn’t place it for a while. PBxvJZ

By the time the two people were seated together on the bench gnawing on oranges, the door to the experimental clinic was pushed open.

 

Researcher Song explained, “There is no such thing as memory deletion in this world. Amnesia can be caused by brain damage, which is then split into psychogenic and dissociative. Little Witch is most likely psychogenic. He is aware of his own identity, and his logic is self-consistent…”

Wei Shi repeated, “Emotional reasons.” oGiPyv

 

Researcher Song: “Theoretically, we can make use of the best hypnosis equipment. As long as the device is enabled––”

Wei Shi: “Not now.”

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Researcher Song paused.

Wei Shi looked through the window, his gaze landing on Wu Jin, who was eating oranges in the distance.

Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.

 

Wei Shi: “I don’t have the right to decide for him. Whether or not his memories are restored is up to him.” Oye8Td

 

A long time later.

Researcher Song finally nodded, “Alright.”

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“However. In any case, before using any equipment, I need to know––what is Mister Wu’s knowledge regarding his own identity? As far as I know, the break point was when he disappeared from R-Code Base at the age of 15.”

“After that, before participating in the Crosson Show. Where was he?”


Juurensha: ….I think WS made use of Floating City’s proposal planning services hahahaha
xiin: more on little witch’s history~ (this is the arc with the giant reveal, guys!) also it’s fricken hilarious that they ordered pink bugs. it’s so cute that this bunch of rough men are trying so hard to create this romantic atmosphere and have no clue what they’re doing, lol.

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37 comments

  1. Is wu jin gonna get proposed🤯 ahhhhhh cant wait for that. I wanna play the game too😂 it sounds really fun😂

    Thank you for the update💜

  2. Aaahhh please please let the reveal be soon in a few chapters!!! I can’t wait!!

    Thank you for the chapter!!~♡♡

  3. So Big Boss planned armory proposal huh rubbed chin

    Have to take Little Witch away before he knew the plan lol He need it to be a surprise!!

    Domestic date for the two of them. So nice~ Big Boss could openly be possessive of him. Little Witch can said they’re lover and them playing game with each other lol That ear kiss and wine and rabbit goblet cheers.

    stuffed pink dog food in my mouth

    Big Boss respecting Little Witch decision again is really really nice. Then we have this contrast of Shao Yu he’ll do what I say as long as I flick my finger 😤 bleh.

    Thank you for the chapter~

  4. How would an armory proposal go?? Instead of fireworks there’s missiles??? Excited about the Big Boss’ big plans!!!

    Thank you for the chapter!!!!!

  5. Lol, the cute expressionless people, I want to see if they’re as good looking as Boss Wei! I’m a sucker for gap moe, expressionless killing machines but truthful and soft as persimmon. That’s what I wanna see~💖

  6. that game seems really cute, I wanna play it!

    Can’t wait for the big reveal and also if the proposal happens I would be so happy.

    Thank you for the chapter!

  7. Xiin, around how many chapters does this arc have? Also thanks for translation, I’m so happy we’ll get Wu Jin’s backstory 🙂

  8. Ok now I wanna know one thing. Did little witch transmigrate two times? Xiin a bit of spoiler please😜😜. I have a crazy theory that he was maybe a scabbard designed for all the swords and then maybe he time travelled to the past and lost his memory.

  9. Thanks for the chapter! Did Wu Jin time travel twice? Arjun’s brain circuits appear to be a bit special…

  10. Bwahaha they thought everything pink is cute.. thats so cute XD

    Also I thought the armory wedding is for SY thats why WS got a chill hearing it..

    So theres still a 5+ years gap missing.. maybe Lil Witch did go thru idol training and time traveled..

    Cant believe I fell asleep b4 reading this 😂

    Thank you as always for the chatper~

    • “WJ always felt that this sounded very familiar..” – ??! Could it be..? Or is it bcos he’s always being told to stay put 🤣🤣

      So thats the decision that WS is talking about.. we’ll finally know the truth behind Lil Witch..!!

      Also. I wonder if the pillow incident will still be brought up..? 😂

      • Tbh, I thought the part about oranges might had been said to him or “the him in his memories”. That sounded too much like what predator always said to little kid, so I think this had been said once to fool the him. I don’t know, the word “familiar” now made me suspicious that it is related to the locked/isolated memories of Wu Jin; just like when he said Wei Shi is familiar during their first meeting.

    • I think the time travel should be true, because then there will be plot hole. Remember when Wu Jin asked White Moonlight staff about his registration forms for the c-position. The staff gave him the form he filled for the White Moonlight audition as well as ancient forms that is brown and aged which is his the form from 21st century that he also filled before the transmigration. It was just so confusing now. It is like Wu Jin had two sets of memories.

  11. Is it that they are big rough guys or is it that they were raised in a completely different social atmosphere so they are missing the cues around what the sweet parts are to others?

  12. Lol… the last time i saw so much pink was in a restaurant in Harajuku, Tokyo. Been to asia a lot, often seen pink used on a large scale.

  13. I always have this feeling that Little Witch is originally from the future(3018) and was one of those R-code subjects it would makes sense then when Song theororized that he was forced to take on alot of (MCHH-i forgot the term), he then transmigrated to the past(2018-i think) and lost his memories then became a trainee for a boy group, as he was setting off to audition he transmigrated back to 3018 where he’s originally from. However, since little Wu lost his memories he thinks that he’s from 2018 and transmigrated to the future. Or maybe am wrong lol.

  14. Pink everywhere lol

    Also WJ so cute being easily amused by the repeated flocks of pink flamingo XD

  15. LESBIAN REPRESENTATIONNN :3

    boss wei and xiao wu playing the game was so cutee! i love how wu jin was like “sharing difficulties together” proceeds to make them both die heheh i just think that it’s a very important moment

  16. on another note, i thought about it… and the best way to kill(?) or get rid of shao yu wouldn’t be to kill him straight since he likes pain, but to maybe lock him up is some empty room that he can’t leave or destroy, and just leave him there forever. he could continue to inflict pain on himself but he’d eventually die plus zero human interaction or supplies too = dies faster

  17. “I don’t have the right to decide for him. Whether or not his memories are restored is up to him.” always love characters who don’t prevent their lovers from making decisions on their own

    i bet that anonymous big boss who planned an armory proposal is our big boss, and ofc little witch isn’t even aware of it

  18. Oh! Oh! Lil Witch went missing at 15?? Then from where is his training of 11 years? He is 19 now… or could it be his age is also wrong? Because 3018 (Lil Witch: 19) – 3008 (R Code disband, Wu Jin should be 9). So… from 9-15 he is still there in Federal?? Under which “guardian”? And from 15-19…??? So many question marks.

  19. cough Since Xiin said this is the arc with the giant reveal, I will drop my theories down here even though I’m a couple of years late.

    Since Wu Jin’s transmigration seemed very real, there’s two possibilities:

    (1) The transmigration is fake and it’s all implanted or re-imagined memories made up either by Wu Jin’s subconscious or someone else. However, I’m not very keen with this speculation since it doesn’t explain how he still has the skills to sing and dance, complete with muscle-memories. So I am more inclined to believe in the following instead.

    (2) The transmigration is real, but the body didn’t get ‘time travel’ed to the future. Instead, the original soul was that scabbard but due to reasons, they disappeared while in White Moonlight’s recruitment and Wu Jin’s current soul could slip in. Perhaps the original’s name might not even be Wu Jin, and the muscle memories and singing techniques are somewhat similar to ‘placebo’ effects where the soul is so familiar with which muscles to use and which techniques to do that the new body can easily settle into said ‘habits’.

    Alright, now I’mma read on and see the real backstory! Have a nice day, if you’ve read this ^^

  20. Arjun … why would your order pink millipedes just why though your pther ideas were cute the pink bugs ain’t bite at all .