A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 321

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Regression Manual for Idols Who Lost Their Original Intent Chapter 321

‘Did that guy receive some kind of divine revelation or something…?’

As I rubbed my goosebump-covered arms, Seo Yehyeon finally looked away from his phone and turned to me, continuing his words.

“After debut, aside from when you got involved with the KICKS Leader, there didn’t seem to be anything particular between you and Hajun, so was this something that happened before our debut?”

“Oracle, how much is your fortune-telling fee?”

Faced with this supernatural phenomenon, my tone immediately became respectful. Come to think of it, the falling out between Gyeon Hajun and me had happened before my re-debut.

At that question, which was my way of showing RESPECT, Seo Yehyeon looked disgusted for a moment before asking subtly.

“But really, did something happen between you and Hajun before debut?”

Since I couldn’t tell him about what happened before my regression, I awkwardly scratched the back of my head and shared a story from the past that Seo Yehyeon wouldn’t know about.

“After he left NewBorn because of that parachute incident, didn’t he ignore my calls for almost a month?”

I could understand how mentally broken he must have been, so I never really resented Gyeon Hajun for that, but after experiencing being cut off once, I saw that incident differently too.

With the certainty that Gyeon Hajun could let me go first at any time.

“Hajun’s avoidant type too. But you’re being careful just because of that? Did you almost permanently cut ties after cursing him out for ignoring your calls?”

I didn’t curse him out, but I did tell him it was deception.

And Gyeon Hajun had to admit that the moment he apologized to me, he had ruined my future too, so he confessed to me that he avoided it because he was scared of that.

Those words became a kind of shackle for me. It was as good as the post-regression Gyeon Hajun confessing that the pre-regression Gyeon Hajun had let me go because of burden and guilt.

“The problem is I’m not confident that won’t happen again.”

A rather dry voice flowed from my mouth.

“If you’re not confident, try it once. Then after seeing the results, won’t you gain some kind of certainty?”

Is he telling me to curse out Gyeon Hajun right now? Setting aside the Initial Heart Points that would be deducted 2 points per curse word…

“What if we become worse than strangers?”

“Then that’s exactly how much your friendship was worth. A relationship that would break apart from one fight.”

Seo Yehyeon answered coldly and decisively.

When my expression became complicated, Seo Yehyeon asked me in a voice that sounded genuinely curious.

“You have a lot of friends. Have you never fought with a friend? Looking at the way you talk and act, there’s no way that’s true.”

“Are you and Choi Hyeongjin friends too, Hyung? These two are the top duo I’ve fought with the most.”

“Not them. Your friends from your school days.”

Oh, if it were the Crew Hyungs, they would have immediately said ‘Am I your friend?’ I quite liked this aspect of Seo Yehyeon.

“I rarely fought back then, but when there were hurt feelings, we’d resolve things cleanly by getting into physical fights or playing a game at the PC Bang. But that doesn’t work with Gyeon Hajun.”

“Why doesn’t it work?”

“Because he’s different.”

Catching Seo Yehyeon’s facial muscles starting to show disgust, I hurriedly clarified first.

“Don’t misunderstand. It’s not that he’s different because he’s a special relationship that I approached first, like I told you before, Hyung, but just that Gyeon Hajun is different. From all my friends up until now.”

“What else is different about that?”

“He’s kind of… mature.”

Maybe that’s why it was hard to treat him like my other friends.

It was a different kind of stability from the Underground Hyungs who only treated me like the youngest member.

“I take back what I said about not putting pressure on you. This isn’t a problem you can overcome by yourself. Just don’t make it a worry and empty your head comfortably like you usually do. You’re good at that.”

Seo Yehyeon let out a deep sigh and waved his hand with a headache-stricken face.

“Hyung, you’re not trying to make me and Hajun fight, are you?”

“I don’t want to cause group discord rumors either, you know? And how would I even make you guys fight? Even if I went to Hajun right now and said ‘Hajun, Yoon Eden was talking behind your back to me,’ the response would obviously be something like ‘Eden wouldn’t do that… but if it’s really true, then he must have been upset about something with me.'”

I suddenly remembered how before the regression, Gyeon Hajun, who had stepped into the acting world, would sometimes have serious conversations with Seo Yehyeon while holding drama scripts.

Back then, I couldn’t understand what kind of conversation a bad actor could possibly have about acting, but now I think I get it.

Just like during the acting competition we had while filming the 【Reverse】 music video, even though Seo Yehyeon lacks acting skills, he’s quite good at character interpretation.

Just now, didn’t he perfectly recreate something Gyeon Hajun would say in a spine-chilling way?

“I’m going to talk to Hajun too, but anyway, you two need to resolve this yourselves.”

With those words, Seo Yehyeon got up and left the room.

Right, so I’ve roughly figured out why my relationship improvement with Gyeon Hajun dropped. Next, I need to find the cause of why my relationship improvement with Ryu Jaehee dropped…

The system would ab-so-lutely never give me hints even if I demanded them.

[Same time period]

Same time period? Could it be that?

The time when I realized that Gyeon Hajun couldn’t be my complete understanding companion? Back then, I also realized that the answers Ryu Jaehee offered weren’t all correct either.

Then the way to raise Ryu Jaehee’s relationship improvement by 1% would be.

‘An incident where the youngest member can shine needs to happen…!’

But there are conditions. It has to be an incident that won’t interfere with future activities, won’t damage Rev’s image, and can actually turn bad news into good news the moment it’s resolved.

But would such an incident really be possible within 3 months?

If I tried to create such an incident myself, there was a very high possibility it would lead to a major accident, so I had no choice but to rely on the prayer meta.

If it doesn’t happen within 3 months… then I’ll have to hope for another system error caused by some danger level or whatever like last time.

Although because of that, my body and mind were occupied for several days by some thirty-year-old me that Kim Dobin called Demon Eden, but thinking about it now, that seemed muuuch better than going back to debut days again!

It’s already established that Cha Yeonho sent me that danger level. So I need to make Cha Yeonho send me the danger level again, timed with the penalty activation period of 3 months later…

Asking Gyeon Hajun for cooperation would be too complicated to explain and he probably wouldn’t believe it anyway, so maybe I should try using otaku-optimized Kim Dobin as bait.

‘Is this what a brain battle between system holders looks like?’

[Brain X Dog O]

Apparently the system was definitely my anti-fan just like Choi Hyeongjin.

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About a month had passed since DTB Season 4 ended, and the cast gathered at Wnet Broadcasting Station studio for behind-the-scenes filming.

As the winner of Season 4, my attendance was naturally mandatory.

Not only the producers and TOP 8, but also familiar faces like MoonK, IJM, Raizo, Nijeous, YISIK, and Choi Hwa, who had become issues in some form or another, were visible.

But that was only when there were certain boundaries – discord makers like Sapo, who released a producer diss track immediately after being eliminated in the first round of mic selection, weren’t invited.

“Wow, there are a lot of couple looks.”

Looking at the navy blue gonryongpo flight jackets worn by Nijeous, who waved happily upon spotting me, and Choi Hwa, who brushed past, I let out a plain exclamation.

I happened to be wearing that flight jacket too for promoting the new song, so I ended up in forced couple looks with several people.

Dancheong pattern hoodies were also occasionally visible. Those are pretty unique and hip. That’s why I coveted them too.

I knew from Search Quest that these two outfits, which would be fine to wear as everyday looks, would become trendy, but seeing it directly like this made it feel real. Not that I wanted to see a fashion show of the latest trends here.

Nijeous ran straight toward me. I patiently listened to everything from his lament about not knowing Hyung would also wear this today to his whining asking me to tell him the brand because his flight jacket looked too cheap, then said just one thing.

“This is custom-made.”

I patted Nijeous on the shoulder and walked with big steps toward the most welcome face.

“Hey, Yongcheol Hyung. How’s the album preparation going?”

Since DTB ended and we’d all been busy preparing our respective albums, it had been quite a while since I’d seen Yongcheol Hyung’s face.

At my question, Yongcheol Hyung rubbed his face tiredly and muttered in an exhausted voice.

“I don’t know, I want to scrap everything and change it to a diss track.”

“B-side track production is annoying. But anyway, do you really not need featuring?”

“You’re busy too, how could I ask you?”

“Hey, if it’s Hyung’s request, I’d somehow make time to help you.”

I was playfully nudging Yongcheol Hyung when I got caught by BQ9 and Gongcheol for another long small talk about recent updates, and I spotted Choi Hyeongjin who seemed to have something to say to me.

“What is it, my rival Hyeongjin? Got something to say?”

Choi Hyeongjin’s expression immediately crumpled. I spotted the navy blue gonryongpo flight jacket Choi Hyeongjin was wearing and burst out laughing as I asked.

“Is that merchandise? You’re really proving you’re my passionate fan like this.”

“What are you talking about. I just bought it because the trendy design looked cool, okay? Don’t you see there are other people wearing it besides me?”

“Okay, okay. Got it. Let’s say that’s true. So, what did you want to say?”

When I asked without dropping my still mischievous smile, Choi Hyeongjin’s brow and tightly pressed lips twitched.

“No. Never mind, just forget it.”

After roughly finishing greetings with everyone including the team producers, rappers who were in the same music source mission group, Skoen, and others, the behind-the-scenes filming finally began in earnest.

Simple questions about everyone’s recent updates and personal matters followed.

“Eden, you also made a comeback this time, right?”

“Yes, I made a comeback as Rev, not rapper Yoon Eden, with a song called 【Cheongryuga】.”

“The new song came out not long after the show ended, so you were preparing for both the finals and your activities at the same time?”

“That’s right.”

“Wow… But even so, the quality of your finals performances…”

My shoulders shrugged unconsciously at the exclamations directed toward me.

“Since you’re here anyway, do some promotion for your new song before you go.”

“Yeah, sing one verse, no, one part before you leave. That unique rap part, do that once.”

Gongcheol and BQ9 pushed me from both sides, creating an opportunity to promote my new song.

“Yehyeon Hyung’s part is a bit difficult for me to do… It’s too different from my style. I can’t even reproduce it.”

Seeing is believing, so when I sang Seo Yehyeon’s part, several people who seemed to have heard 【Cheongryuga】 nodded their heads.

“Definitely doesn’t capture that feeling. When I heard it on the music source, it sounded like reciting sijo, but when you do it, it sounds too much like hip hop.”

BQ9 gave a clean assessment. The MC regained control of the proceedings and spoke up.

“Speaking of which, our Eden donated half of his prize money again.”

“Yes, since it was meaningful prize money, I wanted to use it for something meaningful, so I decided to donate it.”

When I nodded and answered the MC’s words, Seven Kick, who was sitting next to me, poked my side and asked.

“Did you get the car? Has it been delivered?”

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