A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 193
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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 193
As soon as he heard Ryu Jaehee’s outcry, Kim Dobin reflexively reached for my phone, but when I glared at him, he immediately slipped his hand back.
“Are you really going to make a diss track response? Are you serious, hyung?”
Ryu Jaehee looked at me with his arms crossed, determination flashing in his eyes.
For a moment, I felt a deep sense of reality hit me – did I really have to get the group’s youngest member’s approval to make a diss track response? But since listening to the youngest member had never caused me any losses, I decided to at least hear him out.
I glanced down at the SlenderBeat download bar that had already reached 98% and smiled as kindly as possible at Ryu Jaehee.
“No, youngest, listen to me. I got hit first, right? So what should I do? Of course I have to hit back, right? A fight is only established when both sides exchange blows.”
When I threw a jab into the air, Kim Dobin slowly moved away from me.
“Why are you trying to turn this into a fight?”
“Well, it hurts my pride to just get beaten up one-sidedly.”
At Ryu Jaehee’s still unconvinced expression, I shrugged and added,
“I have rapper pride – I can’t just let a diss slide.”
“A diss track response doesn’t really look that cool either. It just looks like you’re having a fit because someone hit a sore spot. Like that heart dance thing.”
Seo Yehyeon muttered to himself beside me. When I whipped my head around, Seo Yehyeon whistled and pretended not to notice.
“We never did a heart dance on stage! When did we ever do a heart dance! If I did it, then you did it too!”
I gritted my teeth at Seo Yehyeon and stated the facts, then held up my phone screen to show Ryu Jaehee.
-Hyoryun-jwa, looking forward to this time too, let’s go with a disciplinary diss track following the Hyoryun diss rap
-Yo, if you don’t make a diss track response and just let this slide, it’ll look like you chickened out and ran away lol
-Eden hyung, please at least mention on your personal account when you’ll upload the diss track response, I’m constantly refreshing your account
-I believe Yoon Eden has already downloaded SlenderBeat
“Don’t you see all these people waiting for my diss track response?”
At my triumphant words, Ryu Jaehee let out a short sigh and showed me his phone screen.
Reevvee @reevvee
If 2E uploads a diss track response, I’m already tired thinking about those hip-hop wannabes picking it apart down to the nano level arguing about who won and who lost
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Reveismylife @reveismylife
Please don’t come out with a diss track response just because 2E is reacting, damn it
You’re an idol, not a rapper
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Dreamgirl @dreamgirl
If Yehyeon had been dissed instead, I would have felt worse but been more at ease
But it had to be 2E who left the huge precedent of the Hyoryun diss rap, so I’m trembling not knowing what might come out now…
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TTtt @TTtt00
Damn it Eden, please just stay quiet
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“The top three are talking about 2E, not me.”
“Don’t you see the words ‘Hyoryun diss rap’ in front? This 2E is also referring to you, hyung. Don’t search with this when monitoring.”
“Ah, is this like that thing… what was it? Eden? Like a cipher? But why 2E?”
“There are complicated circumstances.”
I nodded at Ryu Jaehee’s reply, which showed he had no intention of explaining.
After three years of monitoring, you learn the ropes – now I knew that ciphers were for search prevention.
And since there was always a reason when Ryu Jaehee told me not to search for something, I decided to obediently follow his advice.
“Just by jumping into that diss track battle and throwing out easy prey for them to tear apart, you’re already stressing our fans. Frankly, if someone liked this kind of thing, they wouldn’t be following idols – they’d be following rappers.”
Ryu Jaehee thrust his phone screen in front of my eyes as if telling me to see for myself.
Are you doing this with blue light filter on right now?
“If I just let this slide, my pride will be completely crushed! Not just mine, but all idol rappers will be insulted for generations to come!”
When I slammed my palm on the floor and raised my voice, Seo Yehyeon grumbled beside me again.
“That issue probably won’t even last a month before dying down, what generations…”
“Ah, are you going to keep grumbling from the side?”
I glared at him like I did with Kim Dobin, but Seo Yehyeon didn’t even blink. That guy was only afraid of me in the recording studio and practice room anyway.
Ryu Jaehee narrowed his eyes and looked back at me.
“When have you ever thought about other idol rappers like that, hyung? You’re always listening to other people’s rap parts at music shows saying ‘Ah, that’s not how you rap. That’s not rap.'”
“I say that because I’m thinking about it! I’m thinking about the future and reputation of idol rappers!”
When I pounded my chest while speaking, Ryu Jaehee seemed to have nothing to say and closed his mouth.
“Hajun hyung, please stop Eden hyung! What if this hyung’s image gets damaged!”
“Does Eden, who already earned the nickname Hyoryun-jwa by doing a diss rap at his grandfather’s 80th birthday party, have any more image left to damage?”
Gyeon Hajun glanced at me and shrugged. Jun, I appreciate you taking my side, but is this an insult or a compliment?
And I was certain that making a diss track response wouldn’t be a problem.
If it were a problem, that damn system would have already deducted initial intention points when I downloaded SlenderBeat.
But the system stayed quiet even when I downloaded SlenderBeat.
Just when I was feeling relieved thinking “see, I told you so,” a blue status window appeared before my eyes.
I swept up my bangs and glared at the status window intensely enough to bore a hole through it.
Hey, doing this now is cheating.
[Surprise QUEST★]
[▶Try responding to the diss without a diss track response!
-Content: It would be disappointing to just let the diss slide. But diss track responses can cause fan fatigue, so let’s find another method!
-Reward: Initial Intention 5, Random Ticket
-Deadline: 10.17 PM 23:59:59
※Penalties exist if you fail to satisfy all conditions!]
Damn, what is this supposed to mean? This is like telling me to drive without stepping on the gas pedal.
My SlenderBeat!
My awesome diss track response lyrics that I already thought up in my head!
I wailed internally and deleted SlenderBeat with trembling hands.
“…Sigh, I won’t make a diss track response.”
“You made a good decision, hyung. At least you came to your senses in 3 minutes, that’s fortunate.”
When I declared this with a grave face, Ryu Jaehee patted my back with a much brighter expression.
But Jaehee, what do I do? The damn system says I can’t just let it slide either.
I asked the hyungs about ‘ways to counter a diss without diss tracks or violence’ but…
‘Time is the answer. We have to wait for it to be buried in people’s memories, what else can we do? Sorry, Eden. You’re getting cursed at because of me…’
This was Yongcheol hyung.
‘You’re not going to make a diss track response and just let it slide? You weren’t this kind of guy! Eden, are you sick somewhere? Or is the agency stopping you? I’ll take responsibility for the aftermath, so just make it!’
This was Jiwon hyung.
‘If you really don’t want to make a diss track response, there’s exactly one way. I’ll call Curdy Boy and gather people too, so curse the hell out of Curdy Boy at a diss track response level in front of people. Do a live diss track response.’
This was Sangyeol hyung.
‘Counter diss songs and how to counter diss without violence? What kind of bullshit is that? Is there any other way besides your mental victory?’
This was Taehoon hyung.
‘Let’s go with a confession attack. It’s the most powerful attack method.’
This was Juseong hyung.
Our hyungs from the hip hop scene couldn’t give me any help at all.
‘Should I just accept the Quest penalty and release a counter diss song? Just letting it slide would hurt my pride more, wouldn’t it?’
After seriously considering it for a moment, I remembered the previous terrible penalties and shook my head vigorously.
Coughing up blood was one thing, but if my personality reversed even one more time, I might be forcibly dragged to a shaman house by the members.
So I decided to change course and turn to the one hyung in our idol group with the longest education, our only hyung.
Of course, the probability that this hyung wouldn’t be helpful was also veeeeeery high.
“Hyung, what did you say before when the topic of counter diss rap came up?”
“That it looks like someone having a fit because their sore spot got scratched.”
Seo Yehyeon answered my question immediately.
“Huh…?”
Hearing those words, I suddenly had a thought and rested my chin on my hand, muttering quietly.
“Come to think of it, the cost-benefit doesn’t match up, does it? I got dissed for 30 seconds, so why should I have to give back over 2 minutes?”
It would be awkward to just let it slide in case it looked like I was scared and avoiding it, but responding with something four times longer than those 30 seconds would also be beneath my standards.
“Jaehee, thanks for stopping me!”
I almost lost face! As expected, there’s never any loss in listening to Ryu Jaehee!
And finally, I figured out how I needed to get through this impossible Quest. As I suddenly got up and grabbed my jacket, Ryu Jaehee looked at me with very uneasy eyes and asked.
“Hyung, where are you going?”
“To see the CEO!”
Don’t worry, youngest! This idea is incomparably more awesome than catching spies!
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It was said that after Curdy Boy’s DTB diss song was uploaded, a slander war broke out by enraged rappers.
Thanks to rappers who were furious, saying “How dare some nobody from the underground outskirts diss me, I’ll kill that bastard,” and unleashing their educational beatdowns, the slander war blazed like oil poured on fire.
But by the sixth day, even the firepower of the seemingly eternal slander war began to slowly die down.
-Aw, is it over already?
-No no, Hyoryun-jwa hasn’t come yet
-I’m getting tired of waiting, don’t tell me Yoon Eden chickened out?
Then the dopamine-addicted public began desperately searching for one person who hadn’t appeared even six days after the diss song became an issue.
And as if meeting those expectations, a post appeared on Yoon Eden’s personal account.
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(Photo)
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vkldsst Oh is a counter diss song finally coming up?
minsu95 When will tomorrow 7 o’clock come, I’m dying of curiosity but time is going so damn slow
kyn.x.x Eden, please just eat something ㅠㅠㅠ
leehj0718 @kyn.x.x Why is it so funny lol
kyn.x.x @leehj0718 Fuck, it’s only fun for you, fans are having their hearts torn out right now fuck
The comment section was chaos with fights between Daydream and hip hop fans, but everyone was filled with anticipation for what kind of dopamine-rushing counter diss song Yoon Eden, the only idol among rappers, would release.
And finally, the time that Yoon Eden had announced on his personal account arrived.
-Oh, a music source just went up on Rev’s YouTube channel
-What is it? It appeared on the music chart too?
-Huh?? It’s an official release?? For real???
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