A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 165

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 165

 

 

 

 

 

“I have something to talk about for a moment, do you have time? As you know, we’re performing a bit later in the order.”

 

Ryu Jaehee responded with a stiff expression to the red-haired guy who was subtly showing off his TK pride, giving him a good blow.

 

“We’re performing last, so we have plenty of time.”

 

Do you think the first place candidate is a joke?

 

Everyone including the cameras went into the waiting room, leaving only me, Ryu Jaehee, and the red-haired and brown-haired trainees in the hallway.

 

As soon as we moved to a secluded spot, Red Hair spoke first.

 

“I’m sorry about back then, Jaehee. We were young and immature.”

 

It didn’t look like a sincere apology at all, but for me who remembered the pre-regression when they mocked Ryu Jaehee to his face instead of apologizing, it was still surprising.

 

But after calming my surprised feelings and thinking about it calmly, these guys had no choice but to apologize now.

 

First of all, they weren’t debuted yet but were trainees whose debut would be ruined if they got eliminated from the survival show, and the current Ryu Jaehee wasn’t someone who had barely risen from a flop idol to rising status, but a second-tier idol who had only been a flop idol for the first two weeks after debut.

 

The situation had completely reversed from before the regression.

 

If Ryu Jaehee even slightly mentioned the past incident, it would definitely be a huge blow to these two guys’ debut chances.

 

They were practically like candles in the wind.

 

“Didn’t you say before that the hyungs are old-fashioned and don’t tolerate disrespectful guys? How can being old-fashioned and being immature coexist?”

 

After receiving that insincere apology and hesitating for a moment, Ryu Jaehee sneered sarcastically.

 

“After experiencing a real old-fashioned person, I realized something. The hyungs weren’t old-fashioned, they were just pathetic bastards who enjoyed bullying kids they didn’t like while asserting their seniority.”

 

Right, but why are you looking at me when you say you’ve experienced a real old-fashioned person, Youngest Member? Seo Yehyeon’s waiting room is way over there, isn’t it?

 

“You’ve grown a lot, Ryu Jaehee?”

 

Looking down at Red Hair who was speaking through gritted teeth while twitching his brow despite trying to smile, Ryu Jaehee chuckled.

 

“I’ve grown a lot. As you can see.”

 

Among the four of us here, Ryu Jaehee was the tallest, so he could say that.

 

Unlike Red Hair who was still being prideful even at this point, Brown Hair who could read the situation better bowed his head deeply and offered an apology in a heavy voice.

 

“About what happened back then, framing you for it, I’m really sorry. We didn’t know things would escalate that much.”

 

“No, you hyungs knew too. That violence between trainees means automatic expulsion. That’s why after you fought until blood was drawn the night before the monthly evaluation, you pinned it on me when I tried to stop you, right? Or should I correct that and say Jiwon Hyung was beaten one-sidedly?”

 

Ryu Jaehee gritted his teeth and refuted each point. The resentment he must have kept buried deep in his heart for so long.

 

“And then you threatened other trainees to make them say they saw me commit violence. Even though there were only the three of us at that location. Honestly, you hyungs knew best how much influence you had.”

 

“I’m sorry, really.”

 

“Yeah. Sorry, Jaehee. But I asked Manager-nim to go easy on you, but he was too strict about it.”

 

Toward the two trainees repeating “sorry” like parrots, Ryu Jaehee let out a hollow laugh and asked.

 

“Let me ask you one thing. If you hyungs weren’t in the middle of a survival show but had already debuted, if I wasn’t established like now but was still a flop idol, would you have apologized to me then too?”

 

Brown Hair nodded and answered hastily.

 

“Of course.”

 

Red Hair also nodded desperately. Watching them, I whispered loudly enough for everyone to hear from beside Ryu Jaehee.

 

“That’s all bullshit, Youngest Member. Those guys one hundred percent wouldn’t have apologized. They would have been mocking you instead.”

 

I could be certain of this since I had seen it all without filter before the regression. Hearing this, Red Hair raised his eyes sharply and questioned me.

 

“Who are you to butt in when you don’t even know anything?”

 

“Oh, my friend. Since you know you won’t debut anyway, did you sell off the senior honorific somewhere? Well, we won’t be running into each other in the broadcasting industry anyway, and it would be a bit weird for me to be called senior by a civilian.”

 

When I stood crookedly with my hands in my stage costume pockets and let out a sarcastic exclamation, Red Hair automatically backed down.

 

“I have no intention of accepting your hyungs’ apology. When I begged you not to do it, when I pleaded for you to let it slide just once since it wasn’t my fault. Did you hyungs listen to me? No, you didn’t.”

 

Ryu Jaehee was pouring out all the words he had kept in his heart to them.

 

“If this is an apology to lighten your hearts, it’s the worst, and if it’s a forced apology because you’re scared an issue will blow up before the survival show ends, then you hyungs really aren’t even human.”

 

And those bastards really aren’t human.

 

“I’ll be going in now. Good luck finishing the survival show, hyungs. Though I can’t cheer for you.”

 

I clicked my tongue watching Red Hair glaring fiercely at Ryu Jaehee’s retreating figure as he walked toward our waiting room without accepting their apology to the end, and Brown Hair just sighing deeply. See, these bastards can’t be reformed.

 

Once Ryu Jaehee completely disappeared from view, I turned to Red Hair and spoke.

 

“Friend, other people have the abnormal hobby of enjoying the pain of creation, so that’s why they rack their brains so hard while creating, not like you.”

 

At my kind advice, Red Hair’s eyes sharpened again.

 

“What are you talking about? Are you saying I plagiarized something?”

 

“Ah, right. Come to think of it, my friend was on the same team as this guy too. I’ll show you something interesting, so come here.”

 

I strode over to Brown Hair who was still hesitating and standing there, casually threw my arm over his shoulder, and dragged him over next to Red Hair.

 

Then I opened my YouTube history and touched a video. I immediately moved the video time to the chorus.

 

When a melody very familiar to me played, Brown Hair’s eyes widened.

 

“Isn’t the chorus too similar to your self-composed battle song? But this is a German song from the 1980s? How about it, interesting?”

 

Brown Hair whipped around to look at Red Hair. Red Hair hastily shouted as if making excuses.

 

“It’s not plagiarism, it’s sampling…!”

 

“Do you think sampling is some magic spell to avoid plagiarism? The moment you uploaded a song with unauthorized sampling crammed in as your self-composed song, your game was over.”

 

Looking back and forth at Red Hair and Brown Hair’s faces turning pale, I smiled crookedly and wiggled my finger.

 

“I’m also a specialist in this kind of thing. A specialist in sending bastards who aren’t serious about music to hell.”

 

 

 

[Profanity detected.]

 

[Initial Intentions –2]

 

 

 

Yeah, I can still use 6 more curse words, right? I can endure this level of pain without flinching now, right?

 

“Congratulations on your elimination in advance. Looking at how you act, you probably won’t be able to step foot in this industry as a composer either, so get your computer skills certification early. You’re still young, so it should be fine.”

 

When I gave him warm advice, Red Hair desperately grabbed onto me and pleaded.

 

“I’m sorry! I’m really sorry! So just once…!”

 

“Sorry? What do you have to be sorry to me about? You should be sorry to your ruined life after living without a conscience.”

 

I shook off my arm to get rid of him and glared straight at him, growling.

 

“And you should be sorry to Ryu Jaehee’s life that you almost ruined, you fucking bastards. You call that pathetic thing an apology?”

 

 

 

[Profanity detected.]

 

[Initial Intentions –2]

 

 

 

“Then we’ll sincerely apologize to Jaehee again, so if you could just call Jaehee once…”

 

“Did the words go in one ear and out the other? Our Youngest Member said he won’t accept your apology. When someone speaks, try to understand it?”

 

When I immediately hardened my expression and became serious, the two guys muttered apologies and slowly backed away.

 

The completely melted iced Americano was bland as hell, but my insides felt refreshed, so it was fine.

 

When I returned to Rev’s waiting room and plopped down on the sofa next to Ryu Jaehee, Ryu Jaehee muttered.

 

“I thought I wouldn’t be able to say a word when I faced those guys. When I was at TK, they really seemed big and were scary hyungs. But when I actually faced them… they really were nothing.”

 

That’s right. When a person grows, even things that seemed so big and scary appear small and you realize they’re nothing special.

 

I was feeling proud of the Youngest Member’s growth for a moment.

 

“Compared to Rev.”

 

At Ryu Jaehee’s additional comment, I raised my eyebrows and asked.

 

“Why is Rev suddenly coming up?”

 

“I think I definitely became stronger living as Rev’s youngest member. Those guys should have experienced Eden Hyung’s therapy, watching Eden Hyung and Yehyeon Hyung fight viciously all the time, and seeing Eden Hyung catch Doby Hyung from the side.”

 

Ryu Jaehee nodded with an unnecessarily wistful expression and muttered.

 

“Hey, what did we do? As I always say, there’s no group that pampers their youngest member as much as our group, you know?”

 

“Pamper my ass. I have something I saw and heard while doing the youngest members project.”

 

“And when did we fight that much? We’re nothing but peaceful.”

 

“From before debut until early after debut, Yehyeon Hyung and Eden Hyung fought a lot. Now I feel like hyung would let anything I say slide, so I’m being honest, but Eden Hyung was just the god of harsh words before debut. I just wasn’t the target.”

 

At those words, I scratched my head blankly. I don’t even remember what I did to be called the god of harsh words. Next to me, Seo Yehyeon was enthusiastically clapping, agreeing it was true.

 

“So, what are you going to do? You won’t forgive them, and that’s it?”

 

Our soft-hearted Youngest Member might end it there, but I can’t end it like that. I’ll show them hell.

 

“I’m going to write a statement. I can’t let them debut smoothly after doing that to me.”

 

Ryu Jaehee declared in a firm voice.

 

Suddenly, I remembered the answer Ryu Jaehee gave before the regression when I knew about his past at TK and asked why he didn’t reveal it during the survival show, or even now.

 

 

 

‘Back then, I was with Rev, and we were failed idols. There was no evidence, and the rumor that I had been kicked out of TK for assault was already fairly widespread. It probably wouldn’t have even become an issue, let alone caused me to drop out of the survival show—it would have just been buried. If anything, they might have counterattacked, saying I was just clinging on because I wanted to get famous. And even if I tried now… I don’t really want to stain the team’s name because of me. It’s not exactly a pleasant story. TK Agency itself has a thick fanbase, so there’s a high possibility we’d be the ones getting attacked instead…’

 

 

 

But the current Ryu Jaehee chose to reveal my past, so that those who had hurt me would pay the price.

 

It felt like I had lifted one heavy burden from my heart from before the regression.

 

“Just in case, I recorded it. I’m going to release a statement, and if they try to bury it by saying there’s no evidence, I’ll release the recording.”

 

Ryu Jaehee waved his cell phone with the recording displayed on it and grinned slyly.

 

“That’s right, Youngest. Hyung will give you solid support.”

 

If we add the self-composed song plagiarism controversy on top of that, we can completely destroy that red-haired guy.

 

Somehow it feels like I’m not the one solving this but just adding a spoon to Ryu Jaehee’s solution, but anyway, since we can get rid of one moron who took music lightly, let’s consider it a good thing.

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