At night, Max and Lily finally met with the crew and the other cast for the reality show. This show would then be edited and posted on Punchtube by BioShow.


    Tonight''s briefing would be a gathering to get to know each other. The staff would also share do''s and don''ts to the casts.


    "Hello." Max greeted the others with a soft smile as he entered the briefing room.


    He looked around and found many people in the lounge, some were busy moving around while some just interacted with the others. He quickly found the other two cast, as they were sitting on the couches on the side with that strange man with a thick brown beard from the video.


    They looked at him and Lily, and the strange man stood up and waved at them.


    "Ah, finally! Thest couple is here!" He eximed, smiling gently. "We''ve been waiting for you. Now, please sit with the other cast. I will exin how this show works to you."


    "Sure, thank you."


    Max nodded and went to the empty couch, beside a cute couple who nodded at them. He gave them a nod too and focused his attention toward the strange bearded man for now.


    Note that strange man was just Max''s impression of him after he watched the reality show.


    "First of all, let me introduce myself. You can call me Mr. Strange, not strange man. My real name is Tuman, but you won''t use that in this show. I mean, I look strange, right? Hahaha."


    But apparently his name was indeed Mr. Strange. From how he dressed like a magician with a baseball cap, it wasn''t strange to call him Mr. Strange.


    ''What is this? A gag?''


    Max couldn''t help butugh, but he quickly stopped, thinking that it was rude. However, the other two couples had alsoughed after hearing Mr. Strange''s introduction. Even Lily giggled a little.


    An ability to make peopleugh with just a silly introduction. Now that was a talent.


    ''There is a reason behind this show''s sess.'' Max thought.


    "I won''t exin it a lot, ''kay. This show, maybe some of you or all have seen it, is a family friendly one. So I hope none of you smoke or drink. Any slurs and bad words are prohibited. If you are frustrated, just shout ''Gori'' or ''Lion'' or anything friendly."


    "But goris and lions aren''t friendly!" One of the girls, from the leftmost couple, retorted. Sheughed the loudest as the blue-haired man beside her tried to stop her from interrupting the exnation.


    The girl didn''t stop and stillughed, though. She had a low tolerance for jokes and funny things. And probably, she was the dominant one in their rtionship.


    Mr. Strange didn''t seem to mind. Rather, he was amused to have such a loud contestant. It would make things interesting.n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    "I am d you enjoyed my joke, but may I continue?"


    "Y-Yes, my apologies." The blue-haired boy apologized and proceeded to calm the girl down again. "Hey, Queeny, we won''t know what we should do if we don''t listen. So please be quiet for a minute, okay?"


    "Alright, alright. Jeez, you should let loose for a second too, Gun. You''re so stiff."


    "We''re in a briefing, so I listened seriously. And I told you not to call me that in front of many people!"


    "I got it, okay, June. Satisfied?"


    "Just be quiet for a minute now."


    Mr. Strange kindly waited for them to finish before continuing.


    "Hahaha, what a lovely couple." Heughed and pped his hands. "Continuing where we left off… Where was I? Oh, right. This show will require a lot of walking, so we will shoot for 2 days to minimize exhaustion. We also provided a B-Grade nutritional supplement for everyone."


    That was generous. Just B-Grade Nutritional Supplement alone was expensive enough to hire some random couple to join the show. But they gave them for free. Though, considering the line up here, that wasn''t surprising.


    Queeny and June. Both of them were a pretty famous idol couple who debuted 6 months ago. Their rtionship was real, which was surprising for an idol group who usually was created to bait their fans, making them think the idols were their lovers or something simr.


    Even so, they managed to rise in poprity. Their names spread quickly due to their strange concept.


    "Umm, may I ask a question?"


    A bob-haired girl timidly raised her hand. She had a cute-looking face and wore square sses.


    "Sure, go ahead." Mr. Strange gestured for her to speak.


    "Are… hand holding and hugging also forbidden?"


    Everyone''s attention gathered at her at once. They couldn''t believe what they had heard. How innocent was she?


    The bespectacled girl looked around, confused. Her gaze eventuallynded at her boyfriend, a blond-haired boy. He scratched his cheek andughed bitterly, clearly hiding his embarrassment.


    "Hahaha, Airi. Hugs and holding hands are fine. Look, even little kids often hug and hold hands, right? If kids can do it, then we can do it in the show too." He patiently exined it to the girl, and she nodded in understanding.


    "I see. Thanks, Max." Airi beamed in a smile as Max''s head turned at her.


    ''He has the same name as me?'' He thought, looking at the blond-haired boy. ''Well, my name isn''t exactly rare. And I am called Breeze here, so I don''t think that matters.''


    "Max, he has the same name as you." Lily whispered, seemingly amused. "Hehe, that''s funny."


    Max smiled wryly. His girlfriend was just as innocent as that Airi girl. Though, Lily already knew how the world worked, so… she wasn''t as innocent as the other girl.


    Talking about Airi, she looked at Mr. Strange and bowed her head.


    "My apologies for disturbing the exnation. Please continue it, sir."


    "It''s fine. Hahaha, we have some unique participants." Heughed and waved his hands. "My exnation is finished. I can''t hold you guys for long in this ce. Go have some rest or feel free to talk to the others. We will shoot at 9 AM tomorrow, so no rush."


    Mr. Strange said a few more things before he bid farewell. He also went to rest and leave everything to the staff.


    And so, left alone, the couples looked at each other. The idol girl called Queeny grinned as her eyesnded on Lily, apetitiveness burned inside.


    "Hey, White Lily!" She called out with a loud voice. "I will beat you!"


    With a hmpf, she stood out and walked away. June, her lover, was confused and followed her quickly after apologizing.


    Lily only followed the girl without saying anything. When Queeny disappeared, she looked at Max and tilted her head.


    "What happened?"


    "I don''t know." Max shrugged his shoulders and stood up, "More importantly, what do you want for dinner?"


    Lily''s eyes sparkled as she jumped from the couch, "Fish!"


    Smiling at her, he nodded, "Sounds good. Let''s get one."


    Both of them left the briefing room.


    Thest couple still sat on the couch, mainly because Airi looked panicked and she shook her boyfriend''s shoulder frantically.


    "W-What should we do, Maxwell? There will be violences!"