Superstar From Age 0

Chapter 719

As soon as the posts were uploaded on the YouTube channel [JUN] and the SNS of Evan Block and Rachel Hill, the fans of the actors quickly checked them on their phones.

They gasped at the photos that were posted and then clamped their mouths at the hashtags below. 

Tears welled up in their eyes.

The photos spread quickly to the internet communities of various countries, just like the global popularity of the [Shadowman Series].

Korea was also buzzing.

[Title: I hope today is not April Fools’ Day(Feat.Shadowman)]

What? They posted these photos because it’s April Fools’ Day, right? That means if it’s not a lie, then the Natra fam can’t have a happy dinner together like this?! Is it official? Confirmed?!

Not that I hate these cool and tearful photos (give me more…) but, if only it wasn’t today!! If only it wasn’t today, I would have enjoyed the rice cake soup!! F*ck April Fools’ Day!! Go away!! Is there still room for the people who want to get rid of April Fools’ Day!?

But the photos are really good

Show me this in the movie too. Marine I know you guys are a superhero movie production company and you have to show us awesome fights and action scenes, but please also include these cheerful and harmonious scenes… Why don’t you show me

(A photo of Shadowman dividing a large plate of food to each person’s plate)

(A photo of Jin Natra and Zin Natra smiling at each other as they put food on their plates)

This is also really good

(A photo of Bel Natra and Jin Natra clinking their glasses)

They must have lived like this on Natra planet

(A photo of Tul Natra and Jin Natra talking and laughing)

This made me cry as soon as I saw it. They reconciled with their (grand)father! Our Jin Why is his smiling face so elegant I’m just a commoner and I’m really touched and moved by our prince’s smile

(A family photo taken by Bel Natra’s selfie)

And the final touch with the family photo!!

Butthe hashtags are #Shadowman#Natra_Family#Happy_Dinner#April Fools’ Day#April Fools

April Fools…April Fools!!

(An emoticon of a bear pounding the ground violently)

I’ve never hated April Fools’ Day as much as today

+)Go to channel[JUN] for more photos

-The happy dinner of the Natra fam…! I was happy until I realized it was April Fools’ Day and then I cried.

=The actors are giving us a spicy tasteWhat is this

=It’s really spicy but… it’s delicious. Give me more.

-Showing the irony with photos.

=April Fools: Don’t they look happy? It will never happen

=F*ck

-Let’s pretend April Fools’ Day never existed from this year.(A high school student who enjoyed April Fools’ Day at school)

=22 Let’s get rid of April Fools’ Day(An adult who pranked his friends on April Fools’ Day)

=33 April Fools? What’s that? (An adult who laughed so hard at the prank that he cried when he saw the photos)

-To see Jin Natra as an adult like this…

=Wow! That’s right!? He was a teenager until Shadowman3!?

-Leave this as a video

=22 Video! Video!

=33 The photos are more poignant

-When will Shena be released

=22 Will there be a scene where William is with his mom and dad?

=33 William, you be happy too

Not only on the YouTube channel [JUN], but also on the SNS of Evan Block and Rachel Hill and the internet communities of various countries, there were comments full of tears.

While countless fans of the [Shadowman Series] were sad, there were two groups who were uniquely happy.

“I don’t think we need to do any promotion for Shadow and Knight.”

One was Marine, the production and distribution company of [Shadow and Knight].

“That’s right. We’re getting this much attention with just a few photos.”

Of course, they were planning to do a massive promotion before and after the release, as befitting of Marine.

Anyway, the officials of Marine were full of smiles.

And another group.

They were the ones who caused a big storm with a few photos.

-Evan: Did you see the internet, Jun?

-Rachel: It was totally chaotic!

On the way to the studio.

The two actors who had taken photos here and there with playful faces while having dinner together yesterday sent messages to Seo-jun, who replied with a smile.

<Yeah.

<It was like a flood.

Of course, Seo-jun also acted as a ‘happy Jin Natra’ who had grown up with a face full of mischief.

At Seo-jun’s message, the three actors, including Swallen Enem who was in the group chat, burst into laughter.

-Swallen: That’s a good thing.

-Evan: Yeah. It means they love the characters.

Seo-jun agreed with Swallen Enem and Evan Block’s messages.

If it weren’t for the fans’ love, they wouldn’t have been able to make a new series, [Shadow and Knight], a few years after the end of the [Shadowman Series].

Rachel: You have a shoot today, right?

<Yes. That’s right.

<I’m on my way.

Seo-jun was heading to the studio for the shoot.

Evan: You’re shooting with Kirk today, right?

<Yes.

Kirk Lawrence.

He was the actor who played the villain in [Shadow and Knight].

‘I’ve never seen him before.’

Seo-jun had watched the works that Kirk Lawrence appeared in beforehand, but he had never met him in person.

If they didn’t have any scenes together, they might not see each other until the end of the movie shoot, which was Hollywood, but he didn’t expect that he wouldn’t meet him until right before the shoot.

<I wonder what he’s like.

-Evan: Hmm.

Evan Block, who had shot with Kirk Lawrence on a day when Seo-jun didn’t have a shoot, answered Seo-jun’s question.

-Evan: He’s a bit stiff and

-Evan: He doesn’t seem to have much passion for the shoot.

Hmm. No passion.

In the car heading to the studio, Seo-jun rolled his eyes.

‘He’s the complete opposite of me.’

-Rachel: He’s the complete opposite of you?

“Ha ha.”

He laughed involuntarily at Rachel, who had the same thought as him.

At the sound of his laughter, Choi Tae Woo, who was driving, glanced back at the rearview mirror and smiled before turning his eyes forward.

-Swallen: Jun is very passionate.

-Swallen: He was like that yesterday too.

<You had fun too, Swallen :3

Seo-jun’s message made Rachel Hill and Evan Block laugh.

-Evan: But the shoot will be fine.

-Evan: He’s an actor who does his job well.

‘Job…’

Outside the window.

Seo-jun looked at the studio area that was getting closer and thought. He had a vague idea of what kind of actor he was.

<I arrived at the studio!

-Rachel: Do your best!

-Swallen: Cheer up.

-Evan: /Fighting!/

Seo-jun smiled brightly at their cheers.

***

“Hi, Jun.”

“Hello, Jonathan director.”

Jonathan, the director who came out to greet him, smiled at the familiar sound of director and moved to the actors’ waiting room with Seo-jun.

“I saw the Natra family photos. You did a good job.”

“Ha ha.”

“Ryan uncle was looking at them for a long time too.”

Aha.

He wanted to talk about this, so he came out to meet him.

“Really?”

“He kept looking at them as soon as he found the photos in the morning. I felt strange as a staff member, but how would uncle feel, who was directly involved in the synopsis, script, and shooting.”

As Seo-jun listened to Jonathan’s story, he thought he should send a message to Ryan director after the shoot today.

Jonathan talked a lot about the Natra family photos.

“You’re shooting with Kirk for the first time, right?”

“Yes. Is he here?”

He wanted to greet him if he came first, since it was their first meeting. Jonathan shrugged at Seo-jun’s question.

“Kirk is an actor who arrives right on time, so he’s not here yet.”

Seo-jun nodded at that.

‘As long as he’s not late.’

He had a better idea of what kind of actor Kirk Lawrence was.

“Do you want to take a look at the set?”

“Yes. Sure.”

They left their luggage in the actors’ waiting room and headed to the set with Jonathan.

As they passed by the staff who were preparing for the shoot, they saw a bus.

The shoot today was supposed to take place inside this bus.

There were buses that were modified in various ways for the convenience of the shoot, such as a whole bus, a bus cut horizontally, a bus cut vertically, etc.

A huge screen surrounded the bus.

“This is called the volume, and it’s what Hollywood uses instead of background chroma key these days. Unlike chroma key, which doesn’t show the background at all, it shows the background and makes it easier to immerse yourself.”

As Jonathan explained, the screen that filled the wall, the volume, showed scenes of tall buildings and cars passing by on the road.

“It feels like I’m standing in the middle of the road.”

Seo-jun admired as he looked around.

“Right? When you get on the bus, it feels like the bus is really moving. I’m planning to use it for other scenes too…”

Jonathan, who was excited about introducing the new technology, explained passionately with gestures, and Seo-jun listened carefully.

‘Can I use it for practice?!’

His eyes sparkled.

“Kirk Lawrence has arrived.”

“Oh, really?”

A moment later.

Jonathan and Seo-jun snapped out of it at Matthew’s words. They had lost track of time with the explanation of the volume.

Jonathan checked the time.

“Let’s do the makeup, rehearsal, and start shooting right away.”

“Okay.”

Kirk Lawrence was an actor who arrived exactly on time.

***

After the makeup, a short rehearsal time.

Seo-jun greeted Kirk Lawrence on the set.

“Hello!”

“Nice to meet you.”

The two actors shook hands lightly.

That was it.

“He’s not a bad person… He’s just that kind of actor. A bit stiff.”

“Yes. He seems like that.”

Seo-jun agreed with Jonathan’s words. He didn’t think he was a bad person either. Just…

“He feels like a worker who came to do his job.”

“Oh. Yeah. That’s exactly how he feels!”

Jonathan nodded vigorously at Seo-jun’s words.

Looking at Kirk Lawrence, who was sitting on a chair and reading the script with a blank expression, Seo-jun had a clear idea of what Evan Block meant by lack of passion.

***

“Ready, action!”

William, who had met Shadowman in the park in the morning and thanked him, got on the bus.

The destination was the baseball stadium.

The director told him that they would continue the game at a baseball stadium that was a bit far away, instead of the nearby one that was ruined by the last plane crash. 

So he decided to go and see the stadium with his baseball team friends today.

William got on the bus and a few people followed him. 

And finally, a man stepped on the bus stairs. He wore a hat tightly and pulled the hood over his face, so his face was hardly visible.

Well, there were all kinds of people in New York, so no one paid much attention. 

The camera also didn’t focus on the man as if he was just one of the passengers on the bus. The man walked slowly and sat in the seat behind William.

The sunlight came in from outside the window.

His face felt relaxed by the warm sunlight. His mind was also comfortable. Then his phone vibrated.

-Where are you, Will?

<I’m on the bus.

-OK

William, who had been happy every day since he solved his long-standing problem about his family and met his hero, Shadowman, smiled and replied to his friends. Then he opened the gallery app and looked at the photos he took with his parents.

The photos went back slowly from the present to the past.

William’s finger stopped as he flipped through them. It was a photo of seven-year-old William holding a teddy bear and posing with his mom and dad.

William smiled softly.

He wanted to tell his younger self back then.

‘Don’t worry so much,’

He said.

As he thought that,

“…You…!”

A boiling voice came from behind. And a dark green something stretched out from the back seat, piercing the bus’s metal plate and the vehicles next to it, like sharp blades.

Aaaah!!!

Before the screams of the startled people could be heard, before William could figure out the situation and look back,

Jay reacted.

A black shadow rose like a shield and blocked the dark green spike that was stabbing from behind.

No, what he thought was a spike was not a spike. 

The blunt end looked like a viscous liquid. 

The dark green liquid split in both directions after hitting the shield that Jay made and stretched out towards William again.

Jay tried to defend against the unidentified liquid and attack the man, but it was not enough. 

The dark green liquid that kept splitting eventually covered William, and William’s sight turned black.

It all happened in the blink of an eye.