A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 267

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Regression Manual for Idols Who Lost Their Original Intent Chapter 267

 

 

The camera focus turned to Yoon Eden, who had been called out. Yoon Eden, with a complex and subtle expression, rose from his chair.

 

[No one expected Yupi’s choice!]

 

-Crazy, maximum stimulation from the first round

-They immediately delivered broadcast material lololol

-He chose certain death

-Why are Yoon Eden’s clothes like that again? Did a button fall off?

-Why doesn’t he have any middle ground with clothes? Last time he came dressed so hot it made viewers sweat in midsummer, and today he’s got his chest all unbuttoned and breezy

 

[MC: Good. Both of you, please move to the stage immediately.]

 

Following the MC’s words, the participants’ gazes focused on both Yoon Eden leaving his seat to head to the stage and Yupi walking toward the stage as well.

 

[Seven Kick: Wow, crazy. Calling out 1st place from the first round. That’s totally alpha, right?]

[Skoen: It’s disappointing not to face 1st place, but there will be opportunities later. Still, I didn’t expect to be called up in the first round.]

[G-TE: Here, being called out hurts your pride less than doing the calling. It doesn’t matter. That guy (Yoon Eden) just needs to come up.]

 

The participants’ interview voices were overlaid like narration.

Before going up to the stage for the 1-on-1 match, individual interview screens appeared.

 

[Q. How do you feel being called out by 54th place?]

[Yoon Eden: (Hollow laugh)]

 

It was actually a scene cut from the mood interview right after being eliminated, but after going through Dubnet’s editing, it transformed into a hollow laugh that anyone would see as being burst out because this situation was absurd.

 

-Right, this situation of facing off against 54th place must be absurd for you too, it’s absurd for me as well

-The biggest victim of broadcast material certain death

-I wanted to see a tight battle between similar skill levels rather than Yoon Eden’s overwhelming victory, tsk

 

[Q. Why did you choose 1st place?]

[Yupi: I couldn’t choose 53rd place. That person should also have their right to use the nomination guaranteed.]

 

Yupi shrugged his shoulders and adjusted his snapback.

 

-Isn’t this crazy behavior lolololol

-That reason is fucking novel

-The right to use nomination lololol

-Would 53rd place actually be happy about this consideration?

-Dubnet, let us hear 53rd place’s feelings about receiving pity from 54th place

-Is this a crazy battle between crazy people?

-Since he’ll 100% get crushed in skill, at least try to hit back with some craziness

 

The screen changed, and the producers who received notice of the battle combination were sitting on the sofa having a conversation.

 

[Moltic: Oh, what? 1st place and 54th place? Why is the match like this?]

[G1: Can this even be called gambling?]

[Gongchul: It might surprisingly be a good strategy. If he does well here, he can reverse everything in an instant.]

 

-54th place? Defeating 1st place? If that happens, it’ll be a reversal legend that lasts forever, damn

-What kind of underdog story is this;;;

 

[BQ9: Yupi used his head well.]

 

-Right, it’s better to choose 1st place, secure broadcast time, and get certain death

-Like a 7th grade student who applies to Seoul National University and goes around saying they got rejected from Seoul National University

 

Finally, the protagonists of today’s first match came up on stage.

Average height with an ordinary face, dressed in hip hop fashion which was the trending fashion at the hip hop survival filming location, evaluation rank 54th place, Yupi.

Above average height with an eye-catching face, wearing an open shirt that slightly revealed his chest muscles built through intense workouts, evaluation rank 1st place, Yoon Eden.

It was obvious without saying where the producers’ interest and attention went first.

 

-Yoon Eden overwhelming victory

-Isn’t it too cruel to Yupi to line them up like that… If it were me, I’d run out crying

└It’s Yupi’s choice, so he has to endure it with grit and determination, what else can he do

 

[D.I: Ah, Eden. Do you have any thoughts about buttoning up your clothes before we start? It’s burdensome for all of us watching.]

[G1: It’s somehow a fashion that makes us avoid eye contact.]

 

At D.I and G1’s scolding, Yoon Eden awkwardly fidgeted with the collar of his open shirt.

 

[Wonbaek: Is today a sexy concept?]

[Yoon Eden: Rather than sexy, it’s more like deadly intent.]

 

-I don’t care about sexy or deadly intent, it’s burdensome so I wish he’d button up his clothes

-Someone please sew on a button or at least give him a clothes pin,,, what if he gets eliminated because of his clothes

-At this rate, he’ll probably come out shirtless later

-As a Daydream, I’m just happy…

-Shocking, Yoon Rida’s deadly intent look actually exists

-Eden, next time please coolly show your back too~

 

After brief banter, the producers’ attention finally turned to Yupi.

 

[Gongchul: Yupi, why did you choose Eden? Did you not see Eden’s stage?]

[Yupi: I saw it.]

 

After answering and pausing for a beat, Yupi looked back at Yoon Eden and added.

 

[Yupi: I chose him because I’m confident enough that I can win.]

 

Yoon Eden’s slightly stiffened expression and Yupi’s confidently smiling face were cross-edited.

 

[Yupi: Certain death? *Beep*. Who’s supposed to die?]

 

In the individual interview screen, Yupi smiled crookedly while raising his middle finger, which was mosaicked.

Returning to the stage, Yoon Eden chuckled and shot back at Yupi’s words.

 

[Yoon Eden: What should I do? I’m not confident I can lose either.]

 

The camera captured his crooked smile and then zoomed in on Yoon Eden’s emotionless eyes.

 

-Wow, the mouth is smiling but the eyes aren’t ㄷㄷ

-So scary lol Yupi’s got guts, I would’ve pissed myself on the spot

-Oh he’s really pissed? Are we gonna hear Yoon Eden’s explosive rap today?

-If I were him and the last place guy said he could beat me to my face, I wouldn’t be able to manage my expression either

-I never knew he had a tear mole

 

[Wonbaek: Ooh, it’s already getting intense.]

[BQ9: Then Yupi gets to choose the order. Yupi, will you go first or second?]

[Yupi: I’ll choose to go second.]

 

-Going second is definitely advantageous

-It’s only advantageous if your skills are somewhat similar. With that gap, going second would just be hyping up Yoon Eden’s first rap

 

[Moltic: Hey, DJ! Drop the beat!]

 

At Moltic’s shout, the beat flowed out with the DJing.

 

[Yoon Eden goes first!]

 

The producers nodded their heads with satisfied faces at Yoon Eden’s relaxed rap, as he threw in some ad-libs before jumping right into the first verse on beat.

 

[G1: He’s good, for sure.]

 

-The dignity of 1st place

-Just the GOAT

-He made even crappy beats work, now with a decent beat he’s practically got wings

-You’re so good for real lol

-What’s Yupi gonna do? Everyone’s gonna be savoring that rap until the second turn, they probably won’t even hear a 54th place second rap

 

As soon as Yoon Eden finished his turn and lowered the microphone, Yupi immediately took it.

 

[Yupi jumps right in!]

 

When Yupi’s rap started, the camera caught Yoon Eden quickly turning to look at Yupi, then showed the producers one by one straightening up in their seats with surprised expressions.

 

[G1: Was he like this in the second round? If so, there’s no way we would’ve given him 54th place.]

[Gongchul: 54th place? Him?]

 

-Wow

-Oh

-This is insane????

-What is he??

-Holy shit this is so shocking

-Best plot twist of 20xx

-There was a reason he so confidently called out 1st place

-Since when did honorable death mean honorably killing your opponent?

-Damn I can’t remember any of Yoon Eden’s rap now

-Wait he’s really good? Why did they give a rapper like this 54th place?

-This is amazing

-Is Gongchul a god! Is Gongchul a god! Is Gongchul a god! Is Gongchul a god!

-You deliberately hid your skills lol trying to pull a plot twist lol that’s why you immediately picked first place

-For real looks like he’s about to write a comeback legend?

 

After Yupi’s turn ended, the producers who had been frozen started chattering noisily.

The situation had completely reversed from before the match when all attention was only on Yoon Eden.

 

[AJA: What? What’s with Yupi? He’s completely different from the second preliminary round.]

[D.I: Ah, he was hiding his skills? That’s amazing.]

 

Yupi’s second preliminary stage, slightly toned down and easily recognizable as a past performance, briefly appeared as archive footage.

 

[Skills clearly different from the second preliminary round!]

 

-See, I told you he deliberately held back in the second round to explode in the third

-Wow getting exactly 4 PASS is also chilling, amazing

-How did he adjust his skills like that

-This is real showmanship, not dyeing your hair and showing your chest

 

[Young Billy: How do we choose just one? This is driving me crazy, really.]

[AJA: Do we have to pick just one? Can’t we choose both?]

[BQ9: How can you give us such a trial from the first match? Mine was random back then.]

 

BQ9 sighed while dry-washing his face. The producers’ individual interviews followed that scene.

 

[G1: Yupi definitely had the stronger impact. I can’t deny that.]

[D.I: Showing unexpectedness worked well.]

 

D.I raised one finger and shook his head.

 

[D.I: For Eden, we’re thinking ‘he’s originally good,’ so our expectations start at a baseline of 80. So even meeting 80 is just breaking even, and if he shows 70, it becomes a minus.]

 

The finger that had gone straight up immediately dropped straight to the floor.

 

[D.I: Yupi’s expectations were at 0. In that situation, when he shows 80, even though it’s the same 80, this gets maximized. Should I say he strategized well? Eden just charged straight ahead stubbornly.]

 

-Even so, not getting buried by Yupi’s plot twist is really amazing

-For real only someone like Yoon Eden could pull that off

-But Yoon Eden’s skills were already verified so he couldn’t deliberately hide them like Yupi did that kind of performance

 

Even after all the other producer teams had finished choosing, Team Gongchul & BQ9, who had been deliberating until the end, finally touched the selection button on their tablet.

 

[After much deliberation, Team Gongchul & BQ9 finally cast their vote]

[The judging results from the four producer teams are!?]

 

The screen split in two showing the extremely tense faces of Yoon Eden and Yupi. Drum sounds that heightened tension and excitement rang out.

 

[Moltic: It’s a tie.]

 

At Moltic’s declaration, Yoon Eden and Yupi looked at each other with surprised expressions.

 

-They’re definitely both thinking they won

-But honestly, I wouldn’t be able to choose either

-No, Yupi’s plot twist was too shocking. I can see why the underdog meta has been such a popular theme for so long

 

The participants watching that match from the waiting area each threw in their comments.

 

[Skoen: Oh, a tie-.]

[Abrik: If something like this comes out from the first round, what are we supposed to do!]

[LO6(53rd place): You shouldn’t expect something like that from me. I’m not hiding my skills.]

 

-LO6 is screwed now ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Ja must be so relieved right now lol he almost got stomped on by Youpi

 

[G1: What, if it’s a tie, do we have to go to a rematch?]

[BQ9: But it’s really too hard to choose. Doesn’t DTB have a super pass?]

[Young Billy: I actually like it. I get to see another stage.]

 

At Moltic’s suggestion to just switch the order, both nodded in agreement, and through editing, the rematch took place immediately.

 

[Moltic: DJ, drop the beat! keep it real!]

[This time Yupi goes first!]

 

-I thought the bubble burst after experiencing culture shock once, but it was real skill

-Still sounds good on the second listen

-Seems like he’s still controlling his tempo? He’ll probably fly when he gets to the main rounds

-Wow this is… why did these two have to face each other in the 3rd preliminary?

-For real, these two should have faced each other in the finals

 

[Can’t lose! Yoon Eden strikes back immediately!]

 

Yoon Eden, riding the groove with even sharper eyes than in the first round, jumped into aggressive rapping perfectly timed to the rhythm as soon as Yupi’s last verse ended.

 

-Wow he tore it up

-What, he’s practically playing with the beat?

-This is honestly Yoon Eden’s win

-He sharpened his blade, sharpened his blade

-His skills are too good to remain just an idol rapper

 

The beat ended. It was the signal marking the end of the rematch.

 

[The result of this 1-on-1 match, Yoon Eden versus Yupi?]

 

Yupi’s tense face and Yoon Eden’s face looking ahead without showing emotion were captured in one frame.

As AJA’s highly elevated words ended, Yoon Eden’s eyelashes falling was shown in slow motion.

 

[AJA: Congratulations, Yupi. You pass.]

 

The image of Yupi clenching his fist contrasted with Yoon Eden standing stiffly frozen.

 

[The underdog rebellion that completely overturned the rankings in one go!]

 

-Honestly Yupi deserved to win, his impact was much stronger

-No damn it, are they only judging by impact? Yoon Eden rapped way better both times

-Isn’t this Yoon Eden getting unfairly beaten down because he’s an idol rapper???

-54th place beat 1st place ㄷㄷ

-No matter how you look at it, our Eden did way better, what is this…

-So hip hop, dragging down 1st place and ranking however they want, screw DubNet

-It’s Dub.net’s intention but fuck Dub.net, bullshit. Whether it’s Yoon or whoever, they were never brought down by Yupi in the first place, it’s all a setup created by Dub.net

-Stop putting down Yupi just because you’re biased toward idol rappers. Do you think the producers don’t have ears and picked Yupi over Yoon Eden? I’m sick of armchair experts second-guessing real experts’ evaluations

-The real winner will be determined by the YouTube clip comments that come up after the broadcast ends

 

[The participants watching their battle also begin to stir]

[Skoen: Huhhhh…]

[G-TE: No, that bastard, what if he gets eliminated here already!]

[Nijeous: Wow, what a plot twist! I should have crushed it more in the 2nd round!]

[MoonK: I’m not sure. Is this result right?]

 

-Skoen’s face really shows he doesn’t accept it

-They were excited thinking they could milk the rival storyline for broadcast content, but their rival just dropped out ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Nah, they’ll probably bring him back with a revival round. DubNet isn’t crazy enough to waste Yoon Eden as a throwaway card here

-MoonK’s feelings = my feelings

 

[Why did the producers raise Yupi’s hand?]

[Young Billy: Actually, both of you performed very well in the second match too, so it was really difficult to choose. However, I think Yupi showed a more intense image, that’s how I felt.]

 

-No you didn’t~

-Release the script

-Fangirls, please accept it, it’s pathetic

-Anyone can objectively see that Yoon or Seung won, but you’re still calling them delusional fans ㅉㅉ

-It’s not like Yupi did badly, what bullshit about the script

 

[BQ9: Both performed so well that I feel bad evaluating them, so any result leaves a lot of regret.]

[Moltic: Ah, he’s not a rapper who should fall here. Ah, this match… really…]

 

As Moltic kept sighing deeply, his background turned black and the screen switched to a personal interview.

 

[Moltic: This friend Yoon Eden is a rapper who still has a lot he hasn’t shown us yet, so it’s a bit unfortunate that he falls in the 3rd round.]

[D.I: Survival shows are important for skill, but you need luck to follow you too. It can’t be helped. I feel sorry about it all.]

 

-No, Yongcheol, are you saying you won because luck followed you? Your close friend got eliminated?

-There’s a revival round so everyone stop getting heated

 

Yoon Eden and Yupi, lightly embracing and bumping shoulders and fists as if praising each other’s fair play, came down from the stage.

 

[Yupi: I’m going to the 4th round.]

 

Yupi grinned wickedly as he held up four fingers in front of the camera. The screen switched to show Yoon Eden against a black background, still wearing an open shirt that revealed his chest.

 

[Eliminated Contestant Interview]

[Q. What do you think was the reason for your elimination?]

 

-You guys rigged it to drop him and now you want to ask the person involved about it?

└Why is it rigged? Anyone could see Yupi won by a landslide

└Don’t you know what landslide means, you loser? How was that a landslide win for Yupi?

-No matter what he answers here, he can’t escape Mnet’s evil editing making him either a Yupi hater or trying to act cool, right?

 

Yoon Eden scratched his cheek and answered with a face showing no trace of resentment.

 

[Yoon Eden: My chest…? I think my chest might have distracted the producers and that was probably the cause of my defeat.]

 

-Wow, this is how you avoid evil editing lololol

-Why is he bringing up his chest here lol

-Lololol I’m losing it for real

-I was ready to get mad with you but suddenly chest lololololol

-What a gentleman, finding the problem in himself

-Wow, if it were me I would’ve cursed saying “You think I don’t know you dropped me for broadcast drama?” and gotten completely edited out. Being a celebrity isn’t for just anyone

-His expression is even serious so you can’t tell if he’s being sincere or not

└Anyone can see he’s being sincere

-No matter how much Yupi flies around, he still can’t surpass the original crazy guy

-Those three words “my chest” beat all of Yupi’s quotes

-This is hip hop

 

Since Yupi happened to be ranked 54th, they couldn’t find a good editing point and had no choice but to air this match early. The result dampened interest in the subsequent matches while burning up to an unprecedented level among all DTB one-on-one match results, past and future.

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