A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 134

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 134

 

 

 

 

 

[Doby’s Graduation Ceremony Record Vlog]

 

 

 

A video was uploaded to Rev’s official YouTube channel. Doby’s image holding a bouquet appeared as the thumbnail.

 

 

 

[Doby: Kuhaha! Daydream, I finally graduated! Now I’m twenty too!]

 

 

 

As soon as the video played, Doby’s face filled the screen as he wore his school uniform, made a V sign, and smiled brightly.

 

 

 

[Yuje: Now I’m the only student left in Rev. Doby hyung, who was in the same situation just a few months ago, feels like he’s moved far away.]

 

 

 

Doby lightly patted Yuje’s drooping shoulders with a cheerful face. Yehyeon checked his wristwatch and waved at the camera as he spoke.

 

 

 

[Yehyeon: We just need to go in time for the graduation ceremony.]

 

[Hajun: To think Doby is already an adult… My heart feels so restless. Should I say time passes so quickly…]

 

[Eden: Right. His mentality is still seventeen, not an adult yet.]

 

 

 

The dormitory door opening faded out and the scene transitioned to a classroom.

 

 

 

[Doby’s Friend 1: What, is this going on broadcast?]

 

[Doby: No, it’s a Vlog.]

 

[Doby’s Friend 2: Wow, they say fans and reporters already came.]

 

[Doby’s Friend 1: Ah, didn’t everyone come for Lee Sena, not Kim Dobin?]

 

[Doby: Hey, Rev is popular too, you know?]

 

[Doby’s Friend 2: Then who do you think is more popular between Rev and Mapleflower? Please give us an honest answer.]

 

[Doby: You guys are really trying to bury me alive right now. Mapleflower seniors, I respect you.]

 

 

 

Doby bowed his head toward the camera.

 

 

 

[Doby’s Friend 3: But wasn’t there one more person who debuted from our class, besides him and Lee Sena?]

 

[Doby’s Friend 2: Hey hey hey hey, you can’t mention that!]

 

[Doby’s Friend 1: School viole-mmph…]

 

[Doby’s Friend 3: Ah, right! Edit, edit!]

 

 

 

Doby’s friend frantically made scissoring motions at the camera.

 

One classmate gestured toward them as they sat at their desks chatting.

 

 

 

[Classmate: Hey, you guys write too! You need to finish writing before the graduation ceremony.]

 

[Brief rolling paper writing time✎]

 

 

 

Doby’s figure was shown writing a heartfelt letter on a post-it note, and as soon as he stuck the last post-it on the large paper, the announcement rang out.

 

 

 

[Doby: They’re calling graduates to gather in the auditorium. Then I’ll go attend the graduation ceremony. I’m passing the turn to the members.]

 

 

 

The screen flickered briefly, then Yuje’s face filled the camera.

 

 

 

[Yuje: Hello, Ilmong-ies!]

 

 

 

Yuje waved at the camera and then showed Eden’s back.

 

Eden stood in front of three people whose faces were pixelated, smiling awkwardly but naturally carrying on a conversation.

 

 

 

[Yuje: Right now Eden hyung is caught by Doby hyung’s parents and is earnestly telling them how well Doby hyung is adapting. Doby hyung’s older brother came too.]

 

 

 

The principal’s congratulatory speech passed by quickly, and Doby receiving his diploma appeared.

 

 

 

[Yuje: Oh, Doby hyung is coming out.]

 

[Taking photos with parents]

 

[Hajun: Ah, there’s another photo zone?]

 

 

 

After showing Doby at the photo zone in front of reporters, Rev standing side by side with the school as background was captured on camera.

 

 

 

[Eden: Let’s take a group photo here.]

 

 

 

The Rev members posed with Doby holding his diploma and bouquet at the center.

 

Doby checked the photo that was taken and made a surprised face as he sneakily compared his height with Yuje.

 

 

 

[Doby: What? When did you get this tall? Am I the shortest on the team?]

 

[Yuje: Ahaha, reversal!]

 

 

 

The camera screen shook wildly. The screen switched again, showing Rev arriving at a Chinese restaurant.

 

 

 

[Eden: On graduation day, it’s definitely jjajangmyeon.]

 

[Doby: I want jjamppong and sweet and sour pork!]

 

[Yuje: I want cream shrimp! Can I have jjajangmyeon too?]

 

[Yehyeon: …]

 

[Hajun: Yehyeon hyung, would you like to share with me? I’m going to order seafood rice bowl.]

 

[Eden: Eh, Jun, are you okay with half a bowl? Hey, then let’s order one more samseon fried rice.]

 

 

 

Despite Yehyeon’s serious expression, Eden calmly placed the order.

 

 

 

[Eden: We’ll have one large gan-jjajang and one regular large jjajang, one large samseon jjamppong, one cream shrimp and one medium sweet and sour pork each, seafood rice bowl and samseon fried rice.]

 

[Yehyeon: Was there a particular reason you had to order large portions…?]

 

[Eden: Because I’m hungry. Ah, should I have ordered seafood tray jjajang instead?]

 

 

 

After the Rev members finished their eating broadcast, the diploma and bouquet, along with Doby’s school uniform hanging on a hanger, were shown once more with Doby’s narration.

 

 

 

[Doby: Graduation ceremony vlog, end!]

 

 

 

* * *

 

 

 

At Manager Hyung’s words, Seo Yehyeon frowned and asked back.

 

Although Seo Yehyeon asked as the representative, everyone’s expressions weren’t very bright.

 

“What? ?”

 

. It was a military experience variety show broadcast on terrestrial television.

 

It was a variety show that became lax toward the latter half and received a lot of criticism from both military veterans and viewers, but now was the early period. It was the time when they were being the toughest and receiving rave reviews.

 

“Only one out of five members needs to go, so just decide who’s going and let me know. Since it’s awkward for the company to pick someone and force them, it’s up to your discretion…”

 

Our weight class had grown quite large for the agency to push Rev around. Our contribution was also quite high.

 

“If we refuse the casting in the first place… Yes, it would be difficult for you, since it’s terrestrial broadcasting…”

 

Seo Yehyeon muttered weakly. Manager Hyung, who had now become the general manager, patted Seo Yehyeon’s shoulder lightly and said.

 

“It’s not a regular appearance offer, just a one-time guest spot to fill in, so don’t feel too pressured. After this filming, there’ll be articles saying you’re leaving due to scheduling conflicts.”

 

And so the choice was placed in our hands….

 

“Who wants to go?”

 

No one answered my question.

 

Thus, Rev’s 218th meeting, inheriting the constitutional spirit of the Republic of Korea, was convened.

 

Everyone sat around with unusually serious expressions. I was the first to speak up.

 

“Let’s have the person whose military service is closest go. If they get some experience before going, won’t they be able to adapt better when they actually go?”

 

Seo Yehyeon was the oldest, and there was an age limit for military service deferment. Therefore, among us, Seo Yehyeon would be the first to go to the military.

 

Realizing that this was a comment targeting him, Seo Yehyeon’s brow twitched as he quickly offered his opinion.

 

“The person who needs to go to the military to get their head straight should go.”

 

He said while poking Kim Dobin who was sitting next to him.

 

“Doby, Yehyeon Hyung says you should go.”

 

“He was talking about you, Yoon Eden.”

 

Before Seo Yehyeon and I could get into another fight, Gyeon Hajun intervened.

 

“I noticed they do some shirt-taking-off stuff, so shouldn’t the person with the best body go?”

 

“Hajun, are you volunteering to go right now?”

 

“No, why did I suddenly become a volunteer…?”

 

“Well, because you have the best body here, Hyung.”

 

Due to Gyeon Hajun’s firm stance that he couldn’t accept this, everyone had to go through taking their shirts off once before this opinion faded away.

 

Thanks to Gyeon Hajun, who was both the person who suggested the idea and the person it applied to, withdrawing his opinion.

 

Kim Dobin raised his hand high and shouted.

 

“The person who’s best at digging should go!”

 

At this comment that was obviously targeting me, I raised my eyebrows and said.

 

“It’s not even winter and there’s no snow, so what digging?”

 

“My hyung who completed his service at the front line said there’s plenty of digging to do even without snow.”

 

Still, I had no intention of going on a military variety show to showcase my specialty of digging.

 

“Youngest Member, you go.”

 

“But I’m still a minor?”

 

Ryu Jaehee deployed his age shield.

 

Kim Dobin, who had been searching for something on his phone and wiggling his finger, poured cold water on Ryu Jaehee who had been laughing triumphantly.

 

“Military service obligation begins from January 1st of the year you turn 18. So you can definitely go too.”

 

“Aaaaah! This can’t be!”

 

Ryu Jaehee screamed while clutching his head. Realizing that where he was standing wasn’t a safe zone, Ryu Jaehee also began to participate in earnest.

 

“The strongest person with the best stamina should go!”

 

At those words, everyone started pretending to be weak.

 

“Being in the kitchen all the time has made my lungs bad….”

 

“I sprained my wrist this morning because the blanket was too heavy when I was making the bed.”

 

“Cough cough, oh my body condition is so bad. And Hyung, your wrist looks perfectly fine.”

 

“Youngest Member, just tell us straight who you had in mind.”

 

“Eden Hyung.”

 

“You’re telling the leader who pulls all-nighters like it’s eating meals to go to the military too? Are you even human!”

 

“You have to go to the military eventually anyway.”

 

“Then aren’t you going?”

 

“Just let the leader go. He’s Rev’s representative.”

 

“What, dude? Now you’re not even adding conditions?”

 

“When did I tell the Youngest Member to go!”

 

“When? ‘When’ is informal speech.”

 

“…yo!”

 

“Are you doing hip hop?”

 

As I was grilling Ryu Jaehee who was only targeting me, Seo Yehyeon’s eyes lit up as he joined in.

 

“Why are you picking on the kid again? If you’re going to do that, let’s have the person who’s sensitive about hierarchy go. That’s perfect military style. They’ll do well there.”

 

“Why is the conversation flowing in that direction!”

 

“Did you forget our meeting rules? No raising voices above a certain decibel level.”

 

At Seo Yehyeon’s mention of the meeting rules, I made a displeased expression but kept my mouth shut.

 

“This is a variety show. Let’s have the person with the highest recognition in the team go.”

 

“But who has the highest recognition?”

 

“Obviously it’s Yehyeon Hyung, right?”

 

“I thought it was Eden Hyung. The legendary filial piety moral lesson extremely wicked balloon slaughter machine idol.”

 

“Balloon… what?”

 

Unable to follow Ryu Jaehee’s words, I asked again, and Ryu Jaehee sneakily avoided my eyes.

 

“Let’s have the person most obsessed with dieting and exercise go. They’ll probably be able to diet and exercise properly for 5 nights and 6 days.”

 

“Hey, from now on let’s ban targeting specific people.”

 

We continued the meeting for a while longer, but not a single person volunteered.

 

And so the 218th meeting ended without determining a sacrifice.

 

 

 

And a few days later.

 

“I’ll go.”

 

When I declared this while eating at the dinner table, everyone stopped using their spoons or chopsticks and looked at me.

 

“What?”

 

“Go where?”

 

I kindly explained to the members who were asking back.

 

“, I said I’ll go.”

 

There was a sad story behind how I came to make this decision.

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