A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 128

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 128

 

 

 

 

 

“The number of balloons popped by the Yoon Seong-Eden team is… a whopping 26! Yoon Seong-Eden team wins!”

 

No one could match my record of popping balloons like I was possessed by a hydraulic press. Of course, we were the last team to go.

 

I received the Korean beef and triumphantly held up the beef gift set toward the camera.

 

“Now, please say a word each to the members waiting at the dormitory!”

 

“Guys, this leader is bringing home Korean beef!”

 

“Somehow we ended up with Korean beef, um…”

 

I clicked my tongue internally watching Kwon Yunseong still not having come to his senses and spouting nonsense.

 

KICKS, you guys should be grateful to me, not your leader, while eating this. In reality, I did everything.

 

The balloons on the floor were all cleared away and we sat back down in chairs to continue the talk show.

 

I’d bet Seo Yehyeon’s rap skills that if the story of me and Kwon Yunseong grabbing each other by the collar came out, it would easily hit 5 million views when uploaded as a YouTube clip later.

 

But fortunately, there was no one thoughtless enough in this project team to spill such private stories here.

 

“Then Eden is the youngest here.”

 

“But Eden, you know what? On My Adorable Ones, there’s a rite of passage that the youngest must go through.”

 

“Ah, don’t tell me…”

 

I already knew everything and came fully prepared, but I made an expression like I was in trouble and trailed off.

 

“They say ‘don’t tell me’ are famous last words.”

 

“Come on, let’s see some aegyo! A chance to show off the youngest’s cuteness to your heart’s content!”

 

“The Gwiyomi Song is popular these days. Eden, do you know the Gwiyomi Song?”

 

“Yes, I know it.”

 

I nodded with an enlightened expression. Living life to the fullest, even doing the Gwiyomi Song. After regressing, I’m really experiencing everything.

 

“Then, music cue!”

 

 

 

-1 plus 1 is gwiyomi!

 

 

 

A cute-voiced song began to flow. I poked my cheeks with my fingers in time with the music.

 

I continued the movements in a state of no-mind, hiding my expression that kept trying to reach enlightenment beneath a forced smile.

 

I could overlook Sion and Ganghan holding their stomachs and laughing beside me, but the sight of Kwon Yunseong trying not to laugh but occasionally trembling gave me a massive reality check.

 

3 plus 3 was the biggest hurdle. This damn devil’s section emphasized that cursed gwiyomi twice.

 

At 5 plus 5, I made a hand heart and took a deep breath for the most challenging move coming right after.

 

 

 

-6 plus 6 is!

 

 

 

I brought my fingers to my lips one by one in time with the creepy kissing sounds.

 

 

 

-Gwiyomi, I’m gwiyomi!

 

 

 

I finished to the end and bowed my head. It was such a long minute.

 

From the game where I had to make close contact with Kwon Yunseong to the Gwiyomi Song, my mind was being thoroughly beaten and pummeled in real time.

 

“Wow, Eden has a lot of aegyo! Such fierce looks but unexpected cuteness!”

 

“That was the most fierce yet adorable Gwiyomi Song I’ve ever seen. Are you also the most aegyo-filled member in Rev?”

 

“No, our youngest member has more than me.”

 

“Ah, so you’re also on the aegyo side but the youngest is even more so?”

 

“No, I’m a strictly stern leader. I have no aegyo within the team.”

 

When I frantically waved my hands, MC 2 nodded.

 

“A stern leader type, you say. Well then, shall we hear from the others about what kind of leaders they are on their teams?”

 

It was a naturally flowing progression. Kwon Yunseong, pointed out as the next batter, thought for a moment before answering.

 

“I’m a moderately easygoing leader?”

 

“I’m a mom-like leader. All the members acknowledged it too.”

 

After Ganghan finished speaking, Sion, whose turn was next, confidently declared.

 

“I’m a respected charismatic leader!”

 

“You can’t just say the type you want when the members aren’t here, Sion.”

 

“In Syndrome, the younger members are actually more mature, right? Wasn’t Sion the one being taken care of?”

 

This side seemed to have appeared on My Adorable Ones as a group before, as the MCs immediately ganged up on Sion as if they’d been waiting.

 

“I’m a charismatic leader.”

 

He stubbornly stuck to charismatic leader despite the testimony and pressure.

 

“I’m a very authoritative leader-”

 

Before Junhyeok, who was last, could finish speaking, MC 1 interrupted with an expression like he’d caught another one.

 

“Wait wait wait, Junhyeok! I saw with my own eyes how Revolution members treat their leader right here! I witnessed leader bullying!”

 

“Someone who earned the nickname ‘Pathetic Leader’ calling himself authoritative, hmm…”

 

Leader bullying and Pathetic Leader. This was insubordination unimaginable in Rev.

 

The last segment was Random Play Dance. It was time for my special training with Kim Dobin to shine.

 

“On Top only has one active song, , right? So we added each group’s representative song to the Random Play Dance playlist.”

 

“If you’re a true team, you should have learned the choreography of your members’ groups’ songs.”

 

“If you finish all the way to the last song without making a single mistake, an amazing prize awaits!”

 

Youngest Member, thank you for making sure I don’t get cursed at!

 

Since it hadn’t been long since Music Awards ended, and I’d practiced the choreography several times with Kim Dobin, I could dance ‘s choreography naturally without a single mistake.

 

Since we’d all done it together, we could even match the formations for this one.

 

When ‘s highlight section ended, it continued with KICKS’ .

 

Everyone seemed to have practiced like me, as the movements clicked together perfectly, if not quite knife-sharp choreography level.

 

Next was Introjin’s . Since Introjin only had this one big hit as their representative song, it wasn’t hard to predict. The choreography wasn’t particularly difficult either, so everyone danced with relaxed smiles.

 

Even if we couldn’t match formations perfectly, the movements clicked so well it looked quite like group choreography.

 

The next order was Syndrome’s . There was a circular spinning movement in the chorus choreography, and Sion confidently entered the center to show off a solo dance.

 

Of course, it was part of the original choreography, so there was no problem with solo actions.

 

Revolution’s representative song that we couldn’t choose was . It was quite intense choreography, so the relaxed smiles that had been on everyone’s faces until Syndrome’s song disappeared as they all approached it seriously.

 

Finally, Rev’s came on. Sion reflexively looked at me with a defeated expression. He seemed to have practiced .

 

Sion, who had been watching and following Junhyeok’s movements in front of him, stumbled and eventually made a mistake.

 

Beep! The whistle sounded, announcing the Random Play Dance failure.

 

“Ah, what a shame. Right at the end!”

 

“We were so close, right at the very end!”

 

The MCs were more disappointed about the failure. Ganghan grabbed and shook the shoulders of Sion, who had collapsed on the floor like some tragic female lead.

 

“Hyung, why did you do that!”

 

“I thought would come on…”

 

Sion muttered absent-mindedly. Junhyeok showed no regret, and I’ll skip Kwon Yunseong since I don’t particularly want to look in that direction.

 

“Wait a minute! I object!”

 

Sion, who had become the culprit of the Random Play Dance failure, suddenly shot up his hand and stood up.

 

“What’s the standard for representative songs?”

 

“The most well-known song. The song that immediately comes to mind when you mention each group’s name.”

 

Even at MC 2’s answer, Sion firmly crossed his arms and shook his head.

 

“Fine, okay. I admit that comes to mind with Syndrome. But I can’t accept that comes to mind with Rev. It’s just because came out recently, but for me, Rev is . Everyone agrees, right?”

 

Ganghan and Kwon Yunseong, receiving Sion’s signal, expressed fierce agreement. However, Junhyeok, who was crossing his arms beside them, seemed to think differently.

 

“I think it’s . The music video and everything, it’s more intense so it stuck in my memory more.”

 

“Ah, opinions are split! When it’s like this, we can’t accept it!”

 

MC 2 was even more delighted at the divided opinions, slapping his knee and laughing. MC 1 approached me, who hadn’t voiced any opinion yet.

 

“Then we should ask the person involved. Come on, Eden! What do you think is Rev’s representative song – or ? One, two!”

 

“.”

 

I answered without a moment’s hesitation.

 

“Ahhh, Eden, why!”

 

Sion grabbed his head and cried out in anguish. Next to him, Ganghan buried his forehead in his shoulder and made an “uhhhhh…” sound.

 

“It’s a song with deep meaning to me, so I couldn’t bring myself to deny it.”

 

It was also a song I made after overcoming a slump, and a song that statistically surpassed , which had been a huge burden, so I couldn’t say was lacking even as empty words.

 

In the end, the prize money slipped away like that. But since Sion’s mistake was bigger than my fault of not backing down, I didn’t feel regretful.

 

Now it was time for the broadcast to wrap up.

 

“It was really fun. Getting back together as a team that was temporarily formed like this isn’t an experience you can easily have.”

 

Playing a balloon popping game with a friend you’ve cut ties with isn’t an experience you can easily have either.

 

While giving my thoughts, I swallowed my true feelings inside.

 

“We’re really grateful to the My Also staff for giving us this great opportunity to reunite, and next time I’ll come back to see you as Sion from Syndrome!”

 

“Sion’s sneakily booking his schedule?”

 

After the broadcast completely finished, we greeted the MC and staff, then exchanged farewells among the On Top members.

 

“I was worried, but we ended it well.”

 

Ganghan patted my back with a sigh of relief. His eyes kept glancing at Kwon Yunseong repeatedly.

 

After briefly making eye contact with Kwon Yunseong, I was the first to turn around and leave.

 

I felt it even before regression, but cutting off human relationships left a damn bitter taste even for the one doing the cutting.

 

 

 

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“I brought Korean beef!”

 

I returned to the dormitory proudly carrying the Korean beef. At the mention of Korean beef, Kim Dobin and Ryu Jaehee were the first to run out of their rooms.

 

“Wow, real Korean beef!”

 

“Yehyeon Hyung! Can we eat the Korean beef?”

 

“Hey, I’m the one who brought it, so why are you asking Yehyeon Hyung for permission?”

 

“Well, because it’s past 6 PM right now?”

 

Seo Yehyeon, who walked out of his room, saw the Korean beef gift set in my hands and my triumphant expression, then sighed and waved his hand.

 

“Fine, let’s eat, let’s eat.”

 

Soon newspaper was spread on the living room table and a burner was set up. The smell and smoke of grilling beef filled the living room.

 

Ryu Jaehee, who was diligently grilling the beef, asked me as I was diligently eating the beef.

 

“But how did you get this?”

 

“I won it in the balloon popping game. Hey, I had to hug that Kwon Yunseong and KICKS Leader bastard several times to get this.”

 

As soon as I finished speaking, Gyeon Hajun let out a short sigh and put down his chopsticks.

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