A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 11

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 11

With the fan meeting as the finale, the promotions finally came to an end.

But I couldn’t feel completely relieved. Who would have thought that the fan meeting, which I had been relaxed about due to my experience, would be such a trap.

“I’m screwed! Totally screwed!”

I rolled around on the mattress, pulling at my hair. Seo Yehyeon, who had entered the room, looked at me with a pathetic expression and asked.

“What, did you make some verbal mistake at the fan meeting?”

“No.”

“Then why are you acting like someone who got exposed on the community for bad attitude and got roasted as a ruined rookie who sang the ‘Oh really?’ medley with dead fish eyes from their very first fan meeting?”

What do you know? It’s even worse than that. My Initial Intentions score got slashed by over 20 points in just that one day!

If I don’t keep my wits about me from now on, the day I regress back to debut won’t be far off.

I buried my face in the pillow and recalled the fan meeting.

For me, who only had memories of half-heartedly spamming “Oh, really?” at fan meetings, playing the role of a ‘rookie idol whose eyes are still alive’ was truly arduous.

I tried my best to give sincere answers, but it seems I was already doomed from the start by automatically adding “Oh, really?” to the beginning of my responses.

It’s already stuck in my mouth and comes out as an automatic reflex, what am I supposed to do about it? Still, I added long sentences after “Oh really,” shouldn’t that be taken into consideration? Won’t it update?

I dealt with over 50 people, so should I consider it fortunate that my Initial Intentions score only dropped by about 20 points?

‘If I complete all the weekly quests, the Initial Intentions score that got cut this time should recover somewhat…’

As I was roughly calculating in my head, Seo Yehyeon, still misunderstanding that I was digging myself into a hole, offered awkward comfort.

“Not that many fans came anyway, so just forget about it.”

Since the lottery was held before had its reverse run, the fan meeting attendance barely exceeded 50 people.

It seems the me before regression was truly insane. To have longed for such a scene.

Moreover, there were only two fansites among them.

I’m sure you can guess who all those telephoto cameras they were holding were pointed at without me having to say.

Ah, are the nightmares of the pre-regression fan disparity going to repeat again?

[Initial Intentions: 64]

[※Initial Intentions score decreases according to the severity when you act or speak in ways unbefitting of an idol.]

[※When Initial Intentions reaches 0, you start over!]

Seeing my Initial Intentions score drop below 70 for the first time made my head throb. Even if I complete all the weekly quests that will be updated tomorrow, I’ll barely be able to recover my Initial Intentions score above 70.

‘Damn, there’s no schedule next week either.’

I rubbed my throbbing temples. Without schedules, the weekly quest list would obviously shrink too.

First, I need to find a replacement for “Oh, really?” I can’t keep losing 20 points of Initial Intentions at fan meetings forever.

“How about ‘Oh, real-yo’?”

“Hyung, are you going for some study abroad concept?”

Ryu Jaehee, who was sitting next to the sofa putting potato chips in his mouth, shook his head and asked. He even added that it was a forced concept, really asking for a beating.

“How about ‘Ah, real-yo’?”

“You sound like an elementary schooler overusing trendy words.”

I pressed down on the youngest’s head once more as he rubbed his already flattened crown and replied with a sullen expression, venting my irritation.

“Ugh, really!”

[Forbidden word detected.]

[Initial Intentions –1]

“Ah, that hurts! It wasn’t ‘ah really’ but ‘ugh, really’!”

[Forbidden word detected.]

[Initial Intentions -2]

“I didn’t say anything, hyung!”

Ryu Jaehee, who misunderstood that I was taking out my anger at the system on him, quickly fled to his room.

Looking at my Initial Intentions score that had been cut by 3 points in an instant, I felt devastated.

Am I going to regress again and have to sing a terrible song like again?

“This is really driving me crazy.”

Isn’t there a system customer service? I’ll submit a 1:1 inquiry, so please fix this. How does it make sense for “ah, really” to be a forbidden word!

As I scratched my head roughly and leaned back on the sofa, Seo Yehyeon, who was flipping through TV channels with the remote, casually threw out a comment.

“How about ‘Ah, truly-yo’ instead.”

“Ah, truly-yo?”

When I tried repeating it quietly, amazingly, my Initial Intentions score didn’t decrease!

Holy shit, that’s it! Instead of really-yo, there was the perfectly good word truly-yo!

“Are you a blockhead…?”

Seo Yehyeon clicked his tongue as he watched me writhe and celebrate with my whole body. I’ll let it slide since I’m in a good mood right now.

So the “ah really-yo” forbidden word problem is roughly solved, shall we move on to the next agenda?

[From. Eden]

Daydream, how have you been? Today our Reve finally had our first fan meeting, and it was really wonderful to meet our Daydream members so closely like this.

Since it was our first fan meeting, I was very nervous and didn’t know what to say, so I think I showed a somewhat clumsy side, which makes me sorry and embarrassed toward our Daydream.

Next fan meeting, I’ll prepare harder and show you a more improved version than today. Always grateful and love you.

(Photo)

Worried that I might get criticized for my fan meeting attitude, I posted on the fan cafe and official SNS, even attaching the best selca I had.

Since I laid the groundwork about being clumsy, please let today’s painful flinching and habitual “ah really-yo” slide smoothly.

-No way! Eden did so so so well today!!! You were so skilled that I thought you weren’t a newly debuted rookie but a 7-year veteran idol☺☺

Reading the comment on the From post, chills ran down my spine.

Oh, oh… I really am a 7-year veteran though… It’s just a coincidence, right…?

* * *

“How about bending the waist more here?”

“That would look good, but I think the difficulty would increase.”

“Hey, looking good is the top priority. Difficulty comes second.”

In the old, moldy, poorly ventilated underground practice room, we were busy revising the choreography.

The choreography they claimed to have bought was just too hopeless.

At this point, I was starting to suspect that our CEO Kim No-Answer’s hobby was getting ripped off.

Gyeon Hajun and I exchanged various opinions and completely overhauled the choreography. Our goal was to reach a level where we wouldn’t be embarrassed on stage.

I was originally pretty good at dancing, and my 7 years of idol experience hadn’t gone anywhere, so it wasn’t difficult.

It would have been a bit easier if main dancer Kim Dobin was here, but the youngest members, who are still minors, went to school to meet their attendance requirements.

Seo Yehyeon, who was sitting on the practice room floor watching Gyeon Hajun and me try out various moves in front of the mirror, said with a fed-up expression.

“Just make it easy. I don’t want to make mistakes on stage.”

If you’re going to be like that, it makes me want to throw in a group dance break too. When I grinned mischievously, Seo Yehyeon, who saw my smile in the mirror, said something.

“Let me give you some advice – you’re the one who has to teach me that.”

I immediately threw my plan to choreograph a high-difficulty stage into the trash. I might collapse coughing up blood from frustration while teaching.

“We’re here.”

We were struggling with a particularly stuck part when the youngest members returned from school with perfect timing.

Seeing Kim Dobin, who came still in his school uniform carrying his school bag, and Ryu Jaehee, who went to school without even a school bag, Gyeon Hajun scolded them.

“Go to the dormitory and change clothes first.”

“I knew this would happen, so I brought training clothes!”

Ryu Jaehee, who had been glancing at Kim Dobin triumphantly laughing as he pulled out training clothes from his bag, tugged at Kim Dobin’s shirt.

“Hyung, can I borrow some training pants?”

“Ah, no way. You go back to the dormitory and change.”

When Kim Dobin flatly refused, Ryu Jaehee, who had been pouting, trudged toward the practice room entrance.

I beckoned with my finger toward Kim Dobin, who had changed into training clothes. I gave a mission to Kim Dobin as he obediently approached.

“Hey, Doby. Your given One Chance, the opportunity of a lifetime- create some point choreography for this part. Make it impressive and easy to follow.”

“How about shooting hand gestures? Bang bang.”

“You watched the cover video, didn’t you?”

When I asked with narrowed eyes, Kim Dobin flinched and avoided my gaze.

Anyway, once Kim Dobin and Ryu Jaehee, who had changed clothes, joined in, the speed of creating choreography really picked up.

As expected from an arts high school practical course student and a former major entertainment agency trainee.

While we were sweating buckets and struggling like this, it was annoying to see someone just sitting and watching, but knowing he wouldn’t be helpful, I just made him run errands.

“At this rate, we should be able to finish overhauling the choreography by today, right?”

Ryu Jaehee got excited as he wiped away the dripping sweat.

Ryu Jaehee, a former trainee from one of the top 3 major domestic agencies, would humbly say he got in based on his singing skills, but unlike a certain someone who was a clumsy dancer, he danced quite well.

I had asked him once why he left such a good agency to come to this new small company, and he only said he left because the hazing was too severe.

He said it was nice here because even though there were old-fashioned people, there was no hazing.

I remember when he nodded saying Seo Yehyeon and Gyeon Hajun had some old-fashioned tendencies, the youngest member looked at me with subtle eyes.

“Creating choreography isn’t the problem.”

I replied indifferently while gulping down water.

“The problem is Yehyeon hyung learning it.”

“I’ll manage to learn it by today somehow, so you don’t need to target me so openly, okay?”

I grinned and casually draped my arm over the shoulder of Seo Yehyeon, who spoke through gritted teeth.

“Yeah, I’ll look forward to it? Work hard and make sure to learn the choreography by today.”

“Ugh, you’re sticky, so get away from me.”

30 minutes later.

Damn, what glory was I trying to gain by volunteering to be that guy’s personal trainer. I’m going to die from stress before making it to the first team.

If my initial intentions get worn down any more here, I’ll really regress. I desperately suppressed the sarcasm rising to my throat and carefully chose words that wouldn’t cause conflict.

“Oh, you can’t do this? Are you a blockhead?”

At my most refined question, instead of frowning as usual, Seo Yehyeon smiled brightly and held up his cell phone.

He’s damn handsome, I’ll give him that.

But what good is being handsome, damn it. I can already see the future where he gets roasted on community forums for his terrible skills, not his looks on stage.

Seo Yehyeon opened a recording file and still smiling brightly, touched the play button.

-I, Yoon Eden, promise to transfer 100,000 won to Seo Yehyeon on the spot as soon as I use harsh language.

The voice flowing from Seo Yehyeon’s cell phone was unmistakably mine.

‘Right, that guy recorded it back then.’

I held my head as memories from that drinking session came back.

“Transfer 100,000 won.”

“Huh, but this isn’t harsh language? This is my emotional expression refined and refined to the maximum?”

“If it makes me feel bad when I hear it, it’s harsh language.”

I should have properly established the criteria for harsh language back then. I belatedly resented my head for not thinking that far due to the alcohol.

“Hyung also called me a blockhead!”

“Is that the same as this?”

“What’s different, what!”

“Back then you did something blockheaded!”

“Not being able to learn choreography isn’t being blockheaded?”

[Speech promoting discord among members has been detected.]

[Initial Intentions -1]

My initial intentions got worn down again today.

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