A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 302

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Regression Manual for Idols Who Lost Their Original Intent Chapter 302

“Ooh, what’s this? This is a proper rival narrative.”

“I thought I was watching a youth movie. But Eden, it seems like you’ve lost the protagonist spot. G-TE is way too much of a protagonist.”

BQ9 and Gongchul, who had returned to backstage together after finishing the stage featuring, took turns letting out teasing exclamations of admiration.

“Why are you saying such negative things? If G-TE is the protagonist, then Eden loses.”

BQ9 raised his eyebrows and scolded Gongchul as he looked back at him. Gongchul made an “oops” expression and mumbled an excuse in a shrinking voice.

“I just meant it like that, just…”

With the two following behind me, I quickened my pace and returned to the waiting room, where Choi Hyeongjin’s figure appeared on the monitor that Seven Kick was watching with great interest, along with the sound.

I plopped down on the sofa and watched the stage that Choi Hyeongjin was creating.

Setting aside my curiosity about how Yongcheol Hyung had put together a song and stage that could suppress my usual style, I was curious about the stage that Choi Hyeongjin had gone up to with such confidence.

It wasn’t because I wanted to know the answer to that question that Choi Hyeongjin mentioned, the one I had asked in the past.

Because the current me knows that it was quite an arrogant question.

And because, unlike me who chose a different path to avoid an unstable future, Choi Hyeongjin’s footsteps of staying in the underground until now and making it to DTB’s main competition round 2 had already given me the answer.

‘He’s good.’

Choi Hyeongjin strutting across the stage was truly the protagonist of that stage itself. He firmly held the center point of the stage without being overshadowed by Wonbaek and Yongcheol Hyung, who appeared as features.

Gongchul’s comment about him being like a youth movie protagonist overlapped with what Kim Dobin had said before about me being the protagonist’s rival, which bothered me quite a bit.

Usually the protagonist wins, right? That would mean I lose to Choi Hyeongjin.

“Wow, D.I really hard carried properly? He maximized his flow and brought out the feeling perfectly. We seriously almost got eaten alive. Good thing we completely switched direction to dominate with rap skills.”

BQ9, who had been watching Choi Hyeongjin’s stage beside me, let out a sigh of relief as he spoke.

“Even if he knows me well, for Yongcheol Hyung to carry this much…? If that’s the case, Yongcheol Hyung should be called a rap god, not a rap genius.”

I muttered while listening to Choi Hyeongjin’s competition song that perfectly blocked my usual style. That wasn’t something Yongcheol Hyung could do alone.

No matter how much power Yongcheol Hyung put in, if Choi Hyeongjin couldn’t follow along, it would all be for nothing.

But Choi Hyeongjin was showing 120% of his capabilities on this stage as if he had poured out his very soul. I could vaguely understand why Choi Hyeongjin had been so confident just before going up on stage.

As Choi Hyeongjin’s stage was gradually coming to an end, the waiting room door burst open with a short knock.

“Yoon Eden, please prepare for the results announcement!”

Hearing the staff’s shout, BQ9 and Gongchul patted my back from both sides.

“Hey, relax! Don’t show that you’re nervous! We definitely won!”

“I’m not nervous.”

“Go give G-TE a good send-off.”

I got up from the sofa and headed to the stage. Thunderous cheers poured toward me as I reappeared on stage.

Following the MC’s guidance, I stood side by side next to Choi Hyeongjin, and Choi Hyeongjin, who had just finished his stage, looked back at me with eyes still rippling with the heat from being on stage.

“How was it?”

I postponed my answer to Choi Hyeongjin’s question by shrugging my shoulders. I turned my gaze away from Choi Hyeongjin’s face, which was clearly distorting, and looked at the screen where the fight money amount would appear.

“We will announce the final results of the Yoon Eden versus G-TE battle. Please reveal the total fight money amount that both of you earned!”

At the MC’s shout, the numbers next to the ₩ symbol began to rapidly increase. The numbers for Choi Hyeongjin’s fight money, which had been steadily rising, stopped at some point, but my fight money continued to multiply its numbers.

[G-TE]

₩5,950,000

LOSE

[Yoon Eden]

₩7,800,000

WIN

I stared at the money difference that was insufficient to call an overwhelming victory, then turned around and suddenly extended my hand toward Choi Hyeongjin, who had a somehow relieved expression on his face.

Choi Hyeongjin, who had been quietly looking down at my hand, chuckled and clasped it.

When I firmly pulled our tightly clasped hands, I lightly embraced Choi Hyeongjin as he was drawn toward me and patted his shoulder.

“That was amazing.”

Choi Hyeongjin, who realized which question my words that were faintly heard buried in the cheers were answering, chuckled and firmly patted my back with force.

“Make sure you win the championship. If you can’t even win after stepping on me to get up there, you’re dead, you bastard.”

“Yeah, thanks for the support. Next time when you re-appear in a season without me, make sure you make it to the semi-finals.”

“Is this bastard trying to irritate me or cheer me on?”

“? Obviously cheering you on.”

With this, my advancement to the semi-finals was confirmed.

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[DROP THE BEAT SEASON 4 Ep.9- Main Competition Round 2Ⅰ]

[Finally revealed TOP 8!]

[A leap toward the top 4, SEMI-FINAL!]

Scenes from DTB 4 up to episode 8 were briefly edited and flashed by, and the camera swept across the eight TOP 8 participants standing unnecessarily solemnly on the stage lit by dim lighting.

[Complete the stage with team producers!]

[Main Competition Round 2 Tournament Bracket]

[Team Gongchul&BQ9 Vs Team Wonbaek&D.I]

[-Yoon Eden(Team Gongchul&BQ9) Vs G-TE(Team Wonbaek&D.I)]

[-Seven Kick(Team Gongchul&BQ9) Vs A01(Team Wonbaek&D.I)]

[Team Moltic&Young Billy Vs Team G1&AJA]

[-Skoen(Team Moltic&Young Billy) Vs Geek Seung(Team G1&AJA)]

[-Toohyeok(Team Moltic&Young Billy) Vs Yupi(Team G1&AJA)]

-See, I told you there’s no way they’d match Skoen and Yupi in the main competition round 2

-Wouldn’t it be strategically better to match Yoon Eden with A01 and Seven Kick with G-TE? Why did they deliberately match Gongchul and BQ Nine like that?

└Of course it’s scripted tsk tsk don’t you know how the internet works

-Team Moltic&Youngbilly Vs Team G1&AJA this matchup seems like the result is already decided so I don’t give a damn about it, and Team Gongchul&BQ9 Vs Team Wonbaek&D.I this is where the real action is lololol

-I’m curious who will advance between Seven Kick and A01. Personally I think Seven Kick got lucky to become group leader in the group music source mission thanks to Nijeous, and A01 would have gotten the leader position if he hadn’t lost the diss battle to IJM

[Main Competition Round 2 Stage D-11]

[TEAM Wonbaek&D.I]

[Wonbaek: They’re telling us to create the tournament bracket primarily. Is there anyone who has an opponent they absolutely want to face?]

[G-TE: Of course I want to face off against Yoon Eden.]

[A01: I want Seven Kick. I want to make it to at least the semifinals.]

[Wonbaek: Then our team’s tournament bracket is decided. The question is how the opposing team will come out… They’d probably have higher chances of winning if they do the opposite.]

[D.I: Ah, you don’t need to worry about that, hyung. From what I’ve seen, Eden will definitely go with G-TE. They’re tied together as rivals. He thinks there’s a narrative between them.]

[Wonbaek: That guy does care about broadcasting. Seeing him come out with that mask covering his face, I thought he was the type to do whatever he wanted regardless of broadcasting.]

[A01: Isn’t it kind of like that? A sophisticated strategy to establish that kind of image. He’s actually calculating everything he does.]

-Sorry to interrupt, but our Eden isn’t that calculating

-As a current daydreamer, I’m confident it’s 60% chance he stumbled into it while doing whatever he wanted, 30% chance Yuje coached him on what to say, 10% chance he actually calculated in his head how he’d come across and acted accordingly

-So Yoon Eden was a narrative enthusiast too

[Sudden defensive pressure targeting the opposing team’s ace]

-Is that defending him or insulting him

-How does that look like restraint? Isn’t it just a pure curious discussion about Yoon Eden’s intelligence?

-How does that look like checking? Isn’t it just pure curiosity leading to an intelligent discussion, whether it’s Yoon or whoever?

[D.I: G-TE, if you’re going to face Eden, I’ll handle the producing. Since I’ve been watching Eden for a long time, I think I can somehow make sure the competition song stage doesn’t overshadow Eden.]

[D.I: G-TE, if you’re going to pair him with Eden, I’ll handle the producing. Since I’ve worked with Eden for a long time, I think I can make sure the competition stage doesn’t overshadow Eden somehow.]

-D.I’s revenge against Yoon Eden who didn’t choose him

-Could this be D.I’s big picture plan to repay Yoon Eden who helped with the semifinal featuring in season 3 and created a legendary stage?

-Could this be DI’s big picture of repaying Yoon Eden, who helped with the semifinal featuring in Season 3 and created that legendary stage?

The tournament bracket creation process and producer selection scenes for other teams including Team Gongchul&BQ9 passed by briefly.

The process of creating brackets and producer selection scenes briefly passed by, including Team 공출&BQ9 and other teams.

[Toohyeok: Sigh, I’m dead either way I choose. Skoen, just pick whoever you want to face first. I’ll face whoever’s left based on your choice.]

[Skoen: Then I’ll go with Geek Seung. We were on the same team for the music source group mission too. I should see him off on his final journey.]

[Toohyuk: Haa, I’m dead meat no matter which one I choose. Just let Scoen pick whoever he wants to fight first. I’ll fight whoever’s left based on Scoen’s choice.]

[Skoen: Oh, what are you saying. We’re being considerate so you don’t waste energy before producing.]

[Moltic: We both prepared one beat each. Now, time to choose! Pick the beat you like and whoever made that beat will handle the main producing.]

[Young Billy: Our team members are so good at handling everything on their own that there’s nothing left for us to do.]

-Right after Yoon Eden’s comedy team, this is like some cool guys’ gathering team, they’re so cool it’s coldㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[Moltique: We’ve both prepared a beat each. Now, time to choose! Pick whichever beat you like and we’ll have the person who made that beat take the lead on production.]

[Team G1&AJA]

[Yupi: I definitely want Skoen.]

-Definitely, both producers here have experience so that’s reassuring

[G1: Will the opposing team try to go this way too? That’s the problem. If the brackets cross with the opponents, I don’t know what will be adopted.]

[AJA: If I were a producer on that team, I wouldn’t have matched Yupi with Skoen. It’s better to get as many as possible to the semifinals. But here, here, it looks like whoever from our team faces either will eliminate Toohyeok, so would they really want to gamble with Skoen as their card?]

[Yupi: I’m definitely Team Scoarn.]

[Yupi: …Yes.]

[Geek승: Okay, then I’ll go with two-handed.]

[G1: Will the opposing team try to go this route too? That’s the problem. If our bracket gets mixed up with theirs, I don’t know what will be adopted.]

[AJA: If I were the producer for that team, I wouldn’t have paired Yupi with Scoeon. It’s better to get as many players to the semifinals as possible. But look here, here – whoever from our team they face is going to get destroyed, so why would they gamble with a losing card like Scoeon?]

[G1: Yupi, how about giving in just this once? We need to get the song sorted out right away, and it would be problematic if the tournament bracket comes out different from what we expected.]

[Yupi: …Yes.]

[Yupi’s expression showing he agrees but doesn’t look pleased about it]

-Yufi’s boldness is insane lol immediately calling out Scowen lololol

-But little did Yupi know that scripts existed at DTB

-Actually, didn’t he call it out knowing the PD wouldn’t pair him with Skoen? Reminds me of Yoon Eden’s lyrics targeting Yupi about pretending to master PD pick posts and surveys

[Finals Round 2 Stage D-7]

[Conflicts arising everywhere?!]

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