A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 256

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 256

Starting with that declaration of war, Miss Kim blinked her eyes in confusion at Yoon Eden’s continuous self-diss that followed.

‘Eden, why are you doing that? Why are you self-dissing by saying the only hip hop thing you have is one solo song? Why are you saying that the heart dance became more famous than your solo song? Saying that if you gathered all your parts from Rev songs, it would make about a mini album – that’s not dissing your opponent, that’s dissing yourself! And saying a full first album would be pushing it a bit is a black joke, but it’s a black joke directed at yourself!’

It was already frustrating that she couldn’t see his face because of the mask, but in this situation, instead of coolly dissing and destroying others, he was self-dissing.

Our kid is fighting a 4-on-1 match in bank robber fashion and now he’s self-destructing.

Unlike the family member who was cheering “Ooooh!” along with the other audience members, Miss Kim’s insides were burning up by the minute.

“That’s also a strategy. He preemptively said all the things the opponents could use to put him down, making it impossible for them to use those words as disses. Wow, seeing this on DTB. The Korean hip hop level is insane.”

The explanation from the person next to Miss Kim to their group reached her ears.

Looking at that person’s hip-hop fashion, those words gained more credibility. As expected, our Eden had it all figured out.

“Now the opponents only have three paths left. Either give up on dissing and go along with the flow, become boring losers by dissing with the same words Hyoryun-jwa spat out, or catch him off guard with fresh lyrics that weren’t in the self-diss.”

Of course, looking at the four people’s faces that had suddenly darkened, the last path seemed far-fetched.

[You’ll bare your teeth at me saying I didn’t start from rock bottom

But I’m from the underground, beneath the floor]

With that one line, Yoon Eden ended the continuous self-diss and refreshed the atmosphere, then began to properly tear down the four rappers who had come at him one by one, without a single curse word or personal attack.

Every time he took down one person, cheers poured out from the audience seats surrounding the battle lounge.

There were stories about labels and connection hip hop that Miss Kim couldn’t understand, but one thing was certain – thanks to the mask covering his face, there was an optical illusion making Yoon Eden look very much like a villain.

And in diss battles, votes tend to go to the guy who looks like a villain rather than the one who looks pitiful.

[The scene of losing 4-on-1 to an idol rapper will be your life’s legendary view count

When you brag about it later, make sure to add – I was one of the four in that 4-on-1]

Patting one of the opposing rappers on the shoulder, Yoon Eden finished his diss rap. Hot enthusiasm poured out as if the winner had already been decided.

That rapper let out a hollow laugh, brushed off the hand on his shoulder, and said.

“Give me the beat right away.”

The following situation went according to Yoon Eden’s strategy.

Since his face was covered with a mask like that, talking about appearance would seem ridiculous, and all the diss-worthy material that didn’t cross the line had already come out of Yoon Eden’s mouth first.

Two gave up on dissing because they didn’t want to lose face, and one tried to attempt a diss rap somehow, but couldn’t escape from the lyrics that appeared in Yoon Eden’s self-diss rap, so he was branded as a loser and his defeat was confirmed.

The very last one dissed Yoon Eden by bringing up stories from his underground days, but aside from having many curse words that made you frown, it was too much of an old story that failed to draw empathy from the audience and received a lukewarm response.

“We announce the results of the diss battle!”

As soon as the MC’s shout ended, the numbers on the electronic board, which had fairly shown ₩500,000 under everyone’s names, changed.

G-TE Sapo

₩0 ₩0

Raizo Freehit Style

₩0 ₩0

Vs

Yoon Eden

₩2,500,000

It was a perfect victory that no one could deny.

“Not even one of the four could beat Yoon Eden? That’s amazing.”

“Wow, when does this air? I already want to watch it again.”

Yoon Eden, who seized 2 million won in one match and rose to 1st place in current fight money holdings with 2.5 million won, looked back at the electronic board.

“It’s been deposited.”

He spoke into the microphone with a voice tinged with laughter, and finally took off his mask.

The blonde hair hidden inside the mask swayed gently along with Yoon Eden’s head movement as he shook his hair soaked with sweat.

Miss Kim covered her mouth and let out a resounding scream. Fortunately, thanks to the loud cheers with deep voices, Miss Kim’s scream was drowned out.

But how could she not scream? It was blonde Eden!

Blonde hair that fans had trouble imagining because he had never shown it once in 4 years despite dyeing his hair various colors!

The mask must have been quite hot as he kept fanning his face with his hand, then picked up a water bottle placed in the corner and poured it coolly over his head, sweeping up his bangs dripping with water.

His white short-sleeved t-shirt got wet and showed perfect refreshingness. Though it was refreshingness that didn’t match the location.

Yoon Eden, who didn’t forget to briefly show off the heart dance that appeared in his self-diss, turned his back without regret and came down from the battle lounge. It seemed his idol persona had also awakened once the money was deposited.

D.I, who had been watching from outside the cage, placed the DTB slogan he was holding on top of Yoon Eden’s head and patted his back.

The sight of blonde Yoon Eden grinning at D.I while shaking his wet hair with that slogan was satisfying enough to completely erase the shock of the robber fashion from her mind.

Miss Kim, who had been proudly watching baby Goyeong who achieved victory with a cotton bat, noticed something entering her field of vision.

‘Did he get a tattoo…?’

Looking at the flesh-colored sticker covering the inside of Yoon Eden’s right arm, Miss Kim became serious for a moment, but seeing Yoon Eden giggling playfully while chatting with D.I and preparing to watch the next diss battle, she became okay with whatever it was.

My goodness, Yoon Eden radiating younger brother vibes. Since Yoon Eden had always shown only older brother moments as part of Rev’s hyung line, that was truly a precious scene.

The remaining diss battles that followed were worth watching, but not enough to surpass the impact of the 4-on-1 match.

“Hey, Yoon Eden is really cool! I’ve been able to tell since , you know?”

Listening to the admiration of the family member who was almost evolving into a male fan of Yoon Eden, she left the filming location in line just like when entering.

After the on-site filming ended and she returned home, a DM had arrived from an acquaintance who had been bragging about winning the DTB audience lottery.

<[Dreamdream, you went to DTB audience today]

<[Did you see Eden?]

<[How was it?]

Keeping in mind the 400 million won compensation for leaking audience content, Miss Kim sent a DM reply at a level that wouldn’t be a spoiler.

[Dark Go became Cheese Goyeong]>

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After the first diss battle ended and the audience left, the fight money settlement announcement was made.

Currently in 1st place is me with 2.5 million won. Rappers who recorded 1 million won were tied for 2nd place in a row.

The rapper who fought a 2-on-1 diss battle match could have beaten all the 1 million won guys and risen to 2nd place with 1.5 million won if he had beaten both of them, but unfortunately, he beat one and lost to one, so he couldn’t even make it to the tied 2nd place.

“Rappers participating in the second diss battle, please come forward.”

The first diss battle was a kind of reconnaissance battle. The number of participants in the second diss battle increases significantly.

Guys who got their fight money taken in the first diss battle, guys who want more, guys who didn’t come out in the first diss battle but got a feel that they could do it.

Unlike the rappers who boldly stepped forward as soon as the MC finished speaking, I was lost in thought for a moment.

‘Should I participate in the second diss battle or not?’

I was willing to step up if someone called me out, but was there a need for me to call someone out?

If I called out another rapper here, I could face backlash for being greedy, so I had to be appropriately cautious.

2.5 million won was enough to become the group leader for the next round’s group music mission.

In the second diss battle, it’s impossible to split the amount when betting, and you have to bet the same amount as the rapper you call out. Even if you’re prepared to go into negative amounts.

Then I should go with the concept of not picking fights first but not avoiding fights that come to me either.

Would there really be someone who would call me out, knowing that if they lose a match against me, they’d definitely go into negative amounts and be eliminated?

But if they’re prepared for negative amounts and beat me while betting 2.5 million won, they can take 2.5 million won all at once.

It’s worth trying once as a gamble. Of course, I have no intention of losing.

Our Hyeongjin already fought a first-round diss match with me, so he can’t call me out.

‘Let’s go out for now. If no one calls me out, I’ll just be the bad guy.’

I could just call out anyone while prepared to get criticized. As I took a big step forward, everyone’s attention focused on me.

And fortunately, I didn’t have to get criticized.

“I call out Yoon Eden.”

The fight money amount of the rapper who called me out without hesitation was 0 won. I wondered if he was aiming for a dramatic reversal.

No one else besides that person bravely called me out. So I’m going to create an eliminated contestant after all.

Anyway, having one more battle and getting my face on broadcast one more time wouldn’t be bad, so I gladly accepted. It would also feel awkward for me to point at someone else.

I returned to the dormitory and fell into deep thought about how to structure the second diss battle stage.

“The mask has already been used once, so it’s lost its freshness now.”

“That’s right, that was really enough for just once.”

Ryu Jaehee, who had tried to dissuade me from bringing the mask until the very end, replied with a sullen face. The kid is smart, but he just doesn’t understand hip hop.

And if I used the Pre-Self-Diss Post-Attack twice, it wouldn’t work on the audience at all—it would only backfire with disappointment.

“Ah, this is difficult. Since there’s a limit to diss material anyway, the most important thing is to plant an overwhelming image in the audience’s minds.”

Going with an idol-like concept was now too obvious as well.

The judging audience doesn’t know what costumes I wore before, so it might seem fresh for now, but once it’s broadcast, it’ll look like a brain-dead move because of the previous costumes.

Something flashed through my mind as I pondered. An idea that could be called a surefire strategy.

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