A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 144

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 144

 

 

 

 

 

“We’re going with the scene where a dog that suddenly became human reveals to his owner that he’s the family dog!”

 

Kim Dobin, who had the biggest say in deciding the topic, cheerfully shouted. I was planning to make him do something like a dual personality serial killer, but Kim Dobin was really actively giving his opinions.

 

Originally, I was going to make it a cat since Seo Yehyeon’s personality isn’t really dog-type, but it was changed to a dog due to Ryu Jaehee’s strong argument that we should go with the opposite image to test his acting skills.

 

“Hey, what’s that supposed to be!”

 

“Still, isn’t it better than dual personality or possession?”

 

“Well, that’s true…”

 

Seo Yehyeon glanced at me and readily agreed. Are you disparaging my excellent acting right now?

 

“But is the owner male or female?”

 

“Do whatever you want, hyung. But does that even matter…?”

 

“It matters.”

 

Seo Yehyeon took a deep breath, got into character, and opened his mouth.

 

“Hyung?”

 

The sight of him blinking while looking into space already made my resistance falter. That’s why I said we should just do dual personality serial killer.

 

“It’s me, me. I’m Baduki, hyung’s little brother.”

 

At his honest pronunciation that sounded like he was reading from a book, the members beside him desperately bit their lips to hold back laughter, but I couldn’t bring myself to laugh.

 

Why does that guy’s hair color have to be platinum blonde right now, making me think of our golden retriever Baduki that I had when I went to Rainbow Star at age 14?

 

We’re currently raising a Pomeranian named Podo at the family home, but my eternal companion dog, first dog, and little brother was Baduki.

 

Of all names, he had to call himself Baduki, he’s as big as a large dog, and his head happens to be platinum blonde, so even with such shitty bad acting, I was getting immersed and it was infuriating.

 

It’s really a fanboy-like thought, but I even suspected that maybe Baduki missed seeing this hyung after so long and temporarily possessed Seo Yehyeon’s body.

 

This is all Kim Dobin’s fault. He makes a fuss asking if everything is possession, so my way of thinking has been tainted by fanboy thinking too.

 

“Hyung, don’t tell me you’re crying…?”

 

Ryu Jaehee, who had been looking at me while holding back laughter, was shocked when he saw my face and whispered carefully in my ear.

 

“Who’s crying?”

 

I replied curtly while secretly wiping the corner of my eyes without anyone noticing. Damn it, Baduki. I miss you.

 

Thinking that I was moved by his own acting, Seo Yehyeon made the finale dog sound with a triumphant expression.

 

“Woof.”

 

That dog sound snapped me out of my sentimentality. That’s not Baduki, that’s Seo Yehyeon.

 

“No! That’s not a dog sound!”

 

I struggled like Beethoven tearing at his hair when the desired melody wouldn’t come.

 

“Geez, you scared me. What’s wrong?”

 

“Our Baduki didn’t bark like that!”

 

“How am I supposed to know your dog’s barking?”

 

“But ‘woof’ is honestly a dog sound from a human’s perspective.”

 

Kim Dobin butted in teasingly. Seeing how he pointed it out as if he’d been waiting, he must have been quite upset about getting a 0 for getting the dialogue verification wrong with Seo Yehyeon.

 

“Ah, then you try it. Let’s see how well you can do it.”

 

“Who said I couldn’t?”

 

Ahem, I cleared my throat a couple times and gave a passionate performance thinking of Podo and Baduki.

 

“Woof woof! Woof! Arf! Grrr… Arf arf!”

 

“Wow, that’s really a dog sound. Wait, something sounds a bit weird…”

 

Ryu Jaehee, who had been clapping and admiring, trailed off. Seo Yehyeon, who had been staring at me dumbfounded, acknowledged that I won. Of course, I wasn’t particularly proud of it.

 

Then the evaluation score announcement followed.

 

“I’ll give you 0 points.”

 

“I’m also giving 0 points. It’s a cold and objective judgment without any personal feelings, so don’t be hurt. People might not be able to act. We’re not even actors, we’re just idols.”

 

Excluding visuals, our abilities as idols weren’t particularly outstanding either, but if I said that, my initial intentions score would definitely decrease, so I decided to let it pass.

 

“I’ll give you 1 point.”

 

Gyeon Hajun was indeed deeply compassionate. To give a whole 1 point to such acting. But Seo Yehyeon looked at Gyeon Hajun with a shocked face and said,

 

“Hajun, you gave Yoon Eden 4 points!”

 

Kim Dobin shook his head with a serious expression and told Seo Yehyeon the truth in a sincere voice.

 

“To be really honest, Eden hyung’s acting was way better than Yehyeon hyung’s acting.”

 

“See? Did you hear that?”

 

When I said this with a smirk, Seo Yehyeon let out a hollow laugh. After thinking for a moment, I also gave my evaluation.

 

“2 points.”

 

It was a token of gratitude for making me think of Baduki after so long.

 

Though he ruined it with that last dog sound.

 

“2 points? Not 0 points? No, it’s not even Hajun hyung, there’s no way Eden hyung would give 2 points.”

 

“No, hyung. Eden hyung was moved by that acting. He must have unusual tastes.”

 

Ryu Jaehee whispered to Kim Dobin.

 

I can hear everything, man. If only Seo Yehyeon hadn’t set the dog’s name as Baduki, I wouldn’t have been entranced by such bad acting.

 

In the end, the 100,000 won prize money went to Gyeon Hajun, who unanimously received 5 points and became the final winner. When I immediately transferred the 100,000 won, 50,000 won came back as payback.

 

I was really glad that Gyeon Hajun won.

 

“I don’t want to act anymore.”

 

Seo Yehyeon, who was the cause of starting this useless acting competition, lamented and lay down on the bed.

 

“Even if I learn separately, it doesn’t seem like my skills will improve dramatically in just a few months. It’s difficult… Role analysis is easy, but when I try to actually express it, it’s hard.”

 

I also let out a sigh of relief. I succeeded in erasing Seo Yehyeon’s bad acting dark history. This is all for the group. Please understand.

 

“But hyung, why did you call the owner ‘hyung’ instead of ‘master’ when calling him?”

 

“Usually pets are family, right? I also refer to myself as ‘oppa’ when talking to our house cat.”

 

“Huh, you have a cat?”

 

When Kim Dobin asked with sparkling eyes, Seo Yehyeon eagerly started explaining about his cat as if he’d been waiting.

 

“Yeah, want to see a photo? She’s a mackerel tabby shorthair. She’s 10 years old this year and her name is Caesar. My younger sibling brought her home when I was thirteen, and we’ve been raising her ever since.”

 

“But didn’t you say ‘oppa’? Then isn’t it a female? But the name is Caesar?”

 

“My sibling said we had to give her a strong name…”

 

Trailing off, Seo Yehyeon held out his cell phone to Kim Dobin.

 

“Oh…”

 

Kim Dobin, who saw the cat photo, let out an ambiguous exclamation. Kim Dobin tapped Ryu Jaehee and smoothly showed him the screen.

 

Ryu Jaehee muttered in a lukewarm voice.

 

“Doesn’t she look a bit like Eden hyung…?”

 

“I know what you mean. I can see Eden a little bit.”

 

Gyeon Hajun, who glanced at the cat photo displayed on the cell phone screen, chuckled and said. I also sneaked a peek at the cat photo, but I’m not sure if it really looks like me.

 

“Where?”

 

“The eye shape is kind of similar.”

 

“Hey! What kind of slander are you saying about our Caesar right now!”

 

Seo Yehyeon shouted angrily. The slander is what you’re doing right now.

 

 

 

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This music video had many action scenes. The intense action of jumping from building to building was handled by stuntmen, but we filmed most scenes ourselves.

 

For example, car chase scenes on open foreign roads.

 

“Isn’t this too fast? Hyung hyung hyung, speed! Please slow down a bit!”

 

Ryu Jaehee, who was sitting in the passenger seat of the sports car, gripped his seatbelt tightly and desperately shouted.

 

“Hey, if not now, when else would I get to floor it like this!”

 

Regardless, I didn’t care and lightly spun a toy gun with one hand that wasn’t holding the steering wheel, then pretended to shoot at the car chasing us.

 

I twisted the steering wheel to change the car’s direction and hit the brakes hard to stop the car, leaving skid marks on the road as the car came to a halt.

 

“Cut!”

 

At the director’s instruction, Ryu Jaehee finally unbuckled his seatbelt and got out of the car with trembling legs.

 

“You absolutely can’t speed like this in Korea, hyung. You’re going to get a new car this time too, right?”

 

“Hey, I don’t want to be on the society section either.”

 

The moment my face appears on the society section, I’ll immediately regress back to the days.

 

“After going through all this trouble, I really hope the music video turns out well.”

 

Ryu Jaehee grumbled as he got back into the sports car. He earnestly pleaded while turning on the portable camcorder.

 

“I’m going to film a making video now, so you can’t speed.”

 

“You’re worried I’m going to floor it again, aren’t you?”

 

“I purely just wanted to film hyung driving.”

 

I lightly ruffled Ryu Jaehee’s hair as he lied brazenly without batting an eye. Every time I became aware that I had to raise my arm higher and higher, I felt a bit strange.

 

I was very worried while filming the action scenes, but fortunately no one got injured and we safely finished filming the music video and performance video.

 

One day before returning to Korea. In other words, our last day staying overseas.

 

“When we get back, we have to watch the live broadcast of right away.”

 

“Right. This week they’re showing trench combat and NBC training.”

 

“There’s also rappel training… Hey, you guys can’t watch this week’s episode!”

 

“Why? You didn’t seem to mind doing girl group dances, so what could possibly be there.”

 

“Now this makes us want to watch it even more.”

 

I couldn’t reveal to the members the comment that came out when my two selves were fighting before the descent during rappel training. This would be years’ worth of teasing material.

 

“Anyone want to go to the mart to buy late-night snacks?”

 

At my question, Ryu Jaehee and Kim Dobin immediately raised their hands high.

 

“Hey, what late-night snacks at this hour?”

 

“Ah, it’s our last day, so cut us some slack.”

 

As expected, Seo Yehyeon tried to stop us, but at my smooth words, he sighed and nodded.

 

“Be careful. Manager hyung kept emphasizing that the security here isn’t very good.”

 

It was because we spent too much money on production costs and ended up booking a hotel in a remote location.

 

“Uh-huh. Then I guess I should bring this.”

 

I gave a half-hearted response to Gyeon Hajun’s words and dragged the youngest line to the mart that was a bit away from the hotel. The market inside the hotel didn’t have much food and was ridiculously expensive, so this was the choice I made.

 

“Wow, but it really is eerie.”

 

When men in hoodies glanced at us as they passed by, Kim Dobin quietly came up next to me and muttered.

 

We bought a lot of food at the mart, but it wouldn’t all fit in the bags, so we stuffed cans into the pockets of the sports jerseys we were wearing.

 

“Hyung…”

 

Ryu Jaehee called me quietly with a voice filled with anxiety.

 

“What?”

 

“That person, hasn’t he been following us since before we entered the mart?”

 

Following Ryu Jaehee’s nod, I turned my gaze and saw the foreign man we had seen earlier following us. Kim Dobin gripped my arm tightly and whispered in a voice that sounded like he was about to cry.

 

“That’s… that’s a gun, isn’t it…?”

 

Although it wasn’t clearly visible due to the darkness, what the man was holding in his hand was definitely a gun.

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