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While no one was paying attention,
The cameraman suddenly noticed that his lens seemed to only capture Renz. He wasn't sure why, but Renz had naturally taken over the camera's focus.
Taro Hanyu's earlier performance had been quite captivating, but then Renz completely dominated the spotlight. Taro Hanyu's pained expression while drinking the dark beverage and Renz's calm expression needed to be contrasted.
For that contrast, Renz absolutely had to be on camera.
But who would have thought Renz would have such a sudden development?
Rina's appearance immediately stole all the camera's attention.
However, the show couldn't just stop.
Sudden situations had to be dealt with as such. So far, the handling seemed decent; it was just an interlude, not significant enough to affect the progress of the show's recording or necessitate deleting content and segments.
"Now, we will announce the third place in the first-stage challenge... Kakeru-kun, please taste!" Yu Nagasawa deliberately paused, delaying the announcement of the name.
Kakeru Saito wasn't surprised when he heard his name.
His task was to perform a musical, which he wasn't good at, so he could only do his best. A low score was expected.
However, seeing Renz drink the dark beverage without batting an eye, Kakeru Saito wasn't as panicked anymore. He calmly reached out and took a highball
glass filled with the dark beverage.
He chugged it down heartily.
Three seconds later, Kakeru Saito elegantly said, "I'll be right back, I need to use the restroom."
Taro Hanyu had just exited the restroom when Kakeru Saito entered.
This reaction undoubtedly corroborated the potency of the dark beverage. Kakeru Saito was a pianist; he had been taught proper etiquette and gentlemanly conduct, and wasn't as uninhibited as Taro Hanyu on a variety show.
He was still quite reserved.
Everyone who drank it, except Renz, went to the restroom. Even the sole survivor so far, Sadaaki Kitahara, was panicking. If he didn't have to drink it, he definitely wouldn't want to.
He could only wish that he would be the ultimate winner of the first stage.
"And now, the results of the first stage competition are officially revealed. Second place goes to Mr. Sadaaki Kitahara!" Yu Nagasawa had already used her time-stalling trick earlier, so she couldn't use it again.
Sadaaki Kitahara, upon hearing he was in second place, immediately asked, "Director, does second place only require drinking a small bottle cap?"
His immediate question revealed how afraid Sadaaki Kitahara was of this dark beverage.
Except for the one with unique taste buds, everyone who
had drunk it had gone to the restroom. Sadaaki Kitahara couldn't risk being another person with unique taste buds. What's wrong with trying to minimize the suffering?
Yu Nagasawa nodded.
"So, the rankings for this round are officially out. First place for the first-stage task goes to Renz and Erina.
Second place is Sadaaki Kitahara and Maaya Amemiya.
Third place is Kakeru Saito and Ms. Tomatsu Kiko. And fourth place is the Hanyu couple."
"Bed allocations will be made according to the rules."
"Does anyone have anything they'd like to say?" Yu Nagasawa asked.
Sadaaki Kitahara's task was to prepare a dish. He happened to have an interest in this area, and the dish he made was within the normal range of human consumption. With the other two groups having no competitive edge, he secured second place.
Sadaaki Kitahara was quite happy to have achieved this ranking.
However, this scene of the show was clearly not the main event. It was intended to intersperse information, inform the audience who the participating guests were, and announce the most basic game rules, including one or two explosive confrontational points and enough shots of guests looking flustered.
The real highlight would still be the later couple interaction segments.
After all, the show's title was "Koi no Challenge" (Challenge of Love).
Intense clashes would certainly be limited. The core content would still revolve around interactions between couples.
"Um, Renz-kun, can you tell me how you drank such an awful thing without changing your expression at all, causing my judgment to be completely wrong?" Sadaaki Kitahara was an experienced artist who had participated in many shows, so he was good at initiating topics that
others might not be able to follow or respond to.
Sadaaki Kitahara proactively took on this topic.
He had drunk a small bottle cap and still felt a shiver of discomfort.
"Oh, I've drunk things that tasted even worse than this," Renz explained.
"Huh?" Sadaaki Kitahara was startled. "Did some student or friend make you such a drink to taste?"
"Not really. Sometimes I research cooking myself, and there are successes and there are failures. The dishes that result from 'exploding ovens' have very strange tastes," Renz replied calmly.
"Then I heard that the God's Tongue can pinpoint mistakes in failed dishes and use that to re-cook them?"
Taro Hanyu also chimed in on the topic.
He's a homebody, after all.
Taro Hanyu had also heard various versions of rumors about the God's Tongue circulating online.
"I need to add something here: the God's Tongue cannot taste dishes that have been confirmed to be 'exploded' (failed beyond repair)," Renz said with a wry smile. He still needed to properly explain the issue of the God's Tongue on this show, to avoid various strange situations.
"Firstly, the God's Tongue has the ability to point out mistakes, but the condition is that the dish you make must be a finished product, not a waste product," Renz continued. "Because the function of the God's Tongue is to amplify the taste of flaws."
"If it's a finished dish with one or two flaws, when
amplified, it causes some damage to the God's Tongue, but it's still tolerable. In such cases, the God's Tongue's guidance is very useful."
"But if you present a waste product, full of flaws,"
"The God's Tongue will experience more pain than an ordinary person."
"Therefore, there's no way I would let Erina drink this. Thankfully, punishment can be transferred. I'll drink as much as there is," Renz said candidly.
"But what if the production team doesn't allow the punishment to be transferred?" Taro Hanyu posed a hypothetical question.
"Then I'll just quit the show," Renz said, shrugging his shoulders with a truly roguish expression. "You don't think I have the guts to quit the show, do you?"
As soon as he heard that, Renz got angry.
The production team didn't even bother to understand the drawbacks of the God's Tongue and started introducing such punishments. How many times did they say before participating in the variety show? To be careful, to be cautious, and that they would withdraw from the show if there were any unexpected situations.
But what happened?
The production team still forgot to do their homework on the God's Tongue, so it's no wonder Renz's tone was harsh.
And Renz didn't have to say this at all. He could have negotiated privately and resolved the issue. Saying this during the actual recording was indeed a bit jarring, at least for the production team, it would sound very uncomfortable.
However, Renz had to say it.
This was to prevent the production team from repeatedly making such mistakes. This was a reminder, a warning.
Renz wasn't actually quitting the show; his underlying message was simple: to warn the production team not to cross the line, not to create punishments that would cause the God's Tongue discomfort.
Others, and even the viewers after broadcast, might feel that Renz was being overly dramatic and excessively protective of Erina. In their eyes, perhaps a small sip wouldn't hurt.
Yu Nagasawa had more information.
She knew beforehand about Renz's contract, that in certain situations, Renz would withdraw from the show.
This was a confirmed fact, so Renz wasn't just "threatening" the production team without reason.
However, Renz's way of speaking was very off-putting to casual viewers; his attitude was too strong.
This would require someone else to find a way to smooth things over and resolve the conflict.
But it was clear that others didn't understand the situation with the God's Tongue either, so they simply avoided the topic, leaving the production team to figure out how to deal with this problem themselves.
"Mmm-hmm, let me just say," Erina couldn't sit still anymore. She had to speak up for Renz. "If I consume beverages that haven't been properly prepared, the feedback from my God's Tongue will cause me to vomit physiologically."
"We might not have informed the production team beforehand, so I'll explain it now."
"And we're not bad sports either. If we had lost, Renz also said he would drink this beverage for me, but we didn't lose, did we?"
Erina's words gave herself an out and also gave the production team an out. The tense atmosphere immediately eased.
"Rina was born not long ago, and my body is still recovering. Um... this makes my husband quite sensitive, and he's especially concerned about me, so his words can be a bit impulsive. I hope everyone can understand, please understand."
Erina then brought up her physical condition again.
From a moral standpoint, others couldn't say anything. In this situation, Renz's strong tone was understandable, wasn't it? Wasn't it perfectly natural?
Erina had just given birth, and her body wasn't well.
Since the God's Tongue had this side effect, and consuming such things could cause vomiting, what was
wrong with Renz protecting his wife?
Renz was too lazy to explain the intricacies of it all.
For him to explain would seem somewhat disingenuous, so Renz simply didn't want to explain in deeper detail.
His attitude was enough. Besides, if the production team invited them on the show and didn't know the taboos of the God's Tongue, that was the production team's problem, not the guests'.
Renz was overwhelmingly in the right on this matter.
Why bother explaining?
Could the production team blame Renz for their own lack of homework?
However, Erina's explanation didn't escalate the conflict.
The production team, realizing the situation, immediately rectified it, remembering the special circumstances of Erina's God's Tongue and trying their best to avoid potential issues in future episodes.
"Filming for the first scene has concluded."
"You can take a break."
Yu Nagasawa made a gesture, then walked over to personally apologize to Renz.
"Saying this to me is useless. You simply didn't take the issues regarding Erina's God's Tongue seriously enough.
You should be apologizing to Erina," Renz's anger, seeing the other party proactively admit fault, had already subsided.
But seeing that the object of their apology was wrong,
Renz could only give a helpless, wry smile.
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