A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 112

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Regression Manual for an Idol Who Lost Their Original Intentions Chapter 112

Kim Dobin clicked his tongue with a face that said he didn’t like it. Then he held up the pen like a microphone again and continued the proceedings.

“Anyway, we’re taking suggestions for this room-switching game!”

“Let’s decide with rock paper scissors like last time.”

At the indifferent reply, Kim Dobin shook his head back and forth.

“Aw, rock paper scissors is boring now.”

“There’s no camera, so what does it matter?”

“Professional idols must somehow create talking points so they can tell stories anytime later, even without cameras!”

What kind of professional idol when he’s only been debuted for a year.

“Since we’ll be busy preparing for our September comeback anyway, how about we play some holiday games in advance? We can decide rooms with that.”

“Holiday games… you mean traditional holiday activities?”

“Yep, everyone give your opinions!”

As soon as Kim Dobin finished speaking, I blurted out.

“Go-Stop.”

A moment of silence fell.

“Well, we do play Go-Stop when we gather during holidays, so it’s right…”

“I was thinking more like Yut Nori…”

“We can’t get Yut Nori right away. How are we going to get the game pieces?”

“Then what about flower cards?”

“Don’t convenience stores sell flower cards?”

“But here’s the problem, I’ve never played Go-Stop before.”

“Me neither.”

“Oh, me too.”

Go-Stop was eliminated from the room-deciding game because three out of five members had never played it.

So only Seo Yehyeon and I could play it.

After suggesting all kinds of games, we eventually played Mafia. I have no idea when Mafia became a holiday game.

Since one person had to be the MC and couldn’t participate in the game, we played online.

These days they play Mafia games on cell phones.

[Yoon Eden: Ah, I’m really the doctor]

[Ryu Jaehee: From what I can see, Eden hyung is 100% mafia, execute him go go]

[Yoon Eden: You’ll regret it if you kill me? I’m telling you you’ll regret it?]

[Yoon Eden: Ah, Seo Yehyeon is the mafia!]

[Kim Dobin: Both Yehyeon hyung and Eden hyung said they were doctors]

[Kim Dobin: Then one of them must have kept targeting the doctor to kill them]

[Kim Dobin: And one of them must have kept self-healing to save themselves]

[Ryu Jaehee: Doby hyung, you don’t need to say obvious facts like they’re amazing deductions]

[Seo Yehyeon: I’m really the doctor]

[Seo Yehyeon: Yoon Eden is the mafia]

[Gyeon Hajun: Investigation results show Jaehee is really a citizen]

We decided to assign rooms based on the order we died in the game.

And the result was…!

“Eden hyung and Yehyeon hyung share a room, Doby hyung and Hajun hyung share a room, and I get a private room!”

“Wow, the hyungs don’t have to move their stuff, so convenient.”

My body is comfortable. But my mind is fucking uncomfortable. I’ve been enduring until now looking forward to switching rooms, and now I have to endure several more months.

Counting the damn semi-basement dorm, this was already the third time being roommates with Seo Yehyeon.

“Jaehee, want to switch rooms with hyung?”

At my most gentle question, Ryu Jaehee glanced at Seo Yehyeon and waved his hand.

“Sorry, I want to try having a private room too.”

Is it because he really wants a private room, or because it’s awkward to room with Seo Yehyeon?

If it’s the latter, then Seo Yehyeon, what have you been doing not getting close to the youngest member?

I changed my target to the next best option. Sharing a room with Gyeon Hajun would be okay. Kim Dobin also became quite close with Seo Yehyeon, forming a master-disciple relationship.

“Doby, want to switch rooms? Room with your master.”

“Aw, hyung. Then there’s no point in playing the game. Why don’t you and Yehyeon hyung try for ‘We Hope You Get Close’? Though that show was canceled long ago so you can’t even apply now.”

“Even if it was still on, we couldn’t apply, hyung. Why create rumors of team discord?”

Ryu Jaehee cut off Kim Dobin’s nonsense.

Only Kim Dobin and Ryu Jaehee had to move their stuff.

Seo Yehyeon, Gyeon Hajun, and I sat on the sofa watching the youngest members’ noisy moving process.

“Done!”

“What? Why did you finish so early?”

“We had a lot of stuff in each other’s rooms.”

Right, considering Kim Dobin and Ryu Jaehee were always in each other’s rooms, that made sense.

When Gyeon Hajun wasn’t in his room, Kim Dobin would go play in Ryu Jaehee’s room, and when Gyeon Hajun was in his room, Ryu Jaehee would go play in Kim Dobin’s room.

“But at this point, aren’t Eden hyung and Yehyeon hyung destined by fate?”

At Kim Dobin’s giggling words, Seo Yehyeon and I simultaneously turned to look at him.

“If, if you both look so serious like that, I get scared…”

“What kind of destiny is that? My destined partner being Yehyeon hyung, what a horrible thing to say!”

“Hey! I’d hate it too if my destined partner was you!”

As we both shouted angrily from both sides, Kim Dobin timidly shrank back and made excuses.

“No, destiny doesn’t necessarily mean love or life partner, it could just be the destiny of having to keep using the same room.”

At those words, Seo Yehyeon and I simultaneously looked disgusted.

“Ah, what kind of talk is that!”

“Stop saying unlucky things. Will you take responsibility if we end up roommates next time too?”

Everyone went to their rooms, and we who remained in the living room until the very end finally headed to our room, dragging our feet well past bedtime.

Entering the unchanged room, we looked at each other with bitter faces and extended our hands.

“Please take care of me until we switch rooms, hyung. Let’s definitely separate next time.”

“That’s what I wanted to say.”

Hand and hand clasped firmly with appropriate strength.

* * *

Rev’s first full album comeback date had suddenly approached.

KICKS, who made their comeback in early July aiming for the third quarter music awards, didn’t achieve any meaningful results.

And Altair, who we expected to comeback in mid to late August…

‘Damn it! No wonder I didn’t remember it – that was a pre-release song…!’

Their comeback was in early October.

Rev’s current comeback schedule had been pushed from early September to mid-to-late September.

Considering that full album promotion periods are usually a month, if Altair comebacks in early October, our activities would inevitably overlap.

And this year Altair is in their third year.

The year they win the grand prize.

So we now have to compete with this year’s grand prize song.

Moreover, if the pre-release song I saw on the September charts before regression comes out in mid-September, there’s also the risk of them stealing our buzz.

Plus, Altair is an idol group under Shinwol Ent, one of our country’s three major agencies. We could never catch up in terms of capital.

At least our CEO abandoned the cost-effectiveness strategy so we can compete, but surpassing them is absolutely impossible.

If we win here, Rev will be remembered forever as a small agency miracle, and even if we lose, it’s a good fight…

If you lose, you lose – where’s the good fight in that, fuck?

And I absolutely could not tolerate the picture of my song losing to a song that bastard claimed to have written lyrics and composed.

“Rather than moving the date up… it’s not too late even now, so we should make a comeback right away…”

Ryu Jaehee muttered in a dazed voice. It was fortunate he didn’t know that we weren’t just competing with Altair, but with a strong candidate for the grand prize.

Ryu Jaehee’s pale face looked like it would have already collapsed backward if he had known that fact.

“The agency pushed back the comeback because they couldn’t meet the early September date, so how could we move it up, Jaehee?”

Gyeon Hajun let out a deep sigh and replied in a calm voice.

“Of all times, why does this have to overlap with our full album activities…”

Ryu Jaehee slumped over the dining table and muttered dejectedly.

“That’s it, that’s it. They say if you avoid fate, it comes back in some form. The fate we avoided during our [HI-TN] activities, that crazy lineup, has come back now!”

Kim Dobin made a fuss with his otaku-like words, but no one responded. To be precise, everyone lacked the energy to respond.

I was about to speak up in the dormitory that had become like a funeral home, but Seo Yehyeon was one step faster.

“Did everyone die or something?”

Oh, that’s pretty intense from the first line? I was just going to start normally with ‘Hey guys, is Altair some kind of overwhelming natural disaster? Then do you want to spend your whole life only picking on empty houses?’

At Seo Yehyeon’s calm voice, everyone’s attention focused on him.

“Our song isn’t even at the level of , and it turned out well, didn’t it? The choreography is good, and the outfits are good too. So what’s the problem?”

“The problem is that our activity period overlaps quite a bit with Altair’s. We’re in completely different weight classes from them.”

Let’s see how you counter this. Seo Yehyeon frowned at my indifferent response and asked.

“You, don’t you have confidence in your song? Altair’s song hasn’t even been released yet, so why are you already acting like you’re dead? It’s not like we’ve always been pushed out of first place.”

“I never acted like I was dead. Who said I lack confidence?”

When I shrugged my shoulders, Seo Yehyeon rolled his eyes in a way that wasn’t unpleasant and spoke while making eye contact with each member one by one.

“Guys, we’re not those guys who sang in that damn early debut period anymore.”

Ugh, Seo Yehyeon made a groaning sound and ruffled the back of his hair, pausing for a moment before continuing.

“Everyone’s doing their roles excellently, and though it’s a bit embarrassing to say with my own mouth… even I, who was the biggest weak link in the team, am now pulling my own weight.”

Even while saying that, he glanced at me as if seeking agreement, so I chuckled and nodded.

When I watch him practice, he’s definitely reached a level where he can no longer be given the nickname “creator of new choreography.”

“So don’t jump to conclusions about the results already. We haven’t even clashed yet.”

Seo Yehyeon said firmly.

I rested my chin on my hand and stared at him intently.

“I realized from my experience that nothing changes by avoiding it. Sometimes confronting it head-on can bring better results.”

The image of Seo Yehyeon smiling confidently before the regression overlapped with Seo Yehyeon giving a faint smile in front of me now.

I thought that self-confidence would never bloom for his entire life, so I thought it would remain a lifelong burden for this regression cycle.

But in the end, he bloomed it himself. Though I clicked my tongue calling it a sunfish mentality, Seo Yehyeon was a stronger person than I thought.

I laughed refreshingly, feeling relieved as if a burden had been lifted from my heart.

“So let’s clash once. We don’t have much to lose anyway. We’re still first-year idols, and we’re from a small-medium agency, not a major one like Altair.”

Even if we didn’t want to do it, it was an unavoidable situation anyway, but having the will versus not having it makes a difference.

And Seo Yehyeon’s words were enough to instill determination in the members.

Judging by how light returned to eyes that had been filled with worry just moments ago.

Somehow it seemed more effective than me giving them a thorough talking-to. Is this like the contest between the sun and wind where the sun wins?

Feeling a sense of crisis that my leader position might be threatened, I opened my mouth not to be outdone.

“Actually, the ones who should be worried aren’t us but Altair. We don’t have much to lose even if we lose, but they have a lot to lose if they lose, right?”

When I chuckled, Ryu Jaehee, who had regained his spirit and energy, gave an honest review.

“Yehyeon Hyung seemed like a hero, but Eden Hyung seems like a villain.”

Have you been influenced by Kim Dobin too?

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