A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 328

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 328

Kim Dobin had been crying out for overseas travel, so if he said he won a super luxurious travel chance and wanted to take the leader who had suffered along, I might understand, but he wants to take me to an uninhabited island where hardship is guaranteed?

“Uninhabited island? Un- in- hab- ited island?”

The reason I kept shouting only “uninhabited island” without adding any curse words was solely because this was being filmed on camera.

If there were no cameras, I would have poured out curses so well refined that even my initial intentions wouldn’t get caught by the system. It was truly regrettable.

-If hyung refuses, I’ll have to go alone! They said I can only request this from one person! I went all-in on this precious opportunity for hyung! Isn’t that super touching?

His attitude on the other end of the phone was so confident that I momentarily wondered if I should actually be grateful to Kim Dobin.

“Come to think of it, didn’t you say you’d take Hajun sometime? You should have used that chance on Hajun. Unfortunately, you chose the wrong option and lost your opportunity. Have a good trip to the uninhabited island.”

When I spoke in a listless voice, Kim Dobin urgently started spouting words to persuade me.

-Thinking about it, I think Jaehee was right. Since we’re not going to have a feast on the uninhabited island anyway, hyung’s cooking skills aren’t really needed… And somehow I feel like if I go with hyung, we’ll be able to survive safely from any danger.

Of course, since Kim Dobin called me, it was right to say okay and go as the target of Kim Dobin’s chance. It would be a good opportunity for the two of us to promote our new song, prove the bond between members, and increase our popularity.

But since the program was what it was, I couldn’t readily give a positive answer.

【Trouble Travel】, the name of the travel variety show where Kim Dobin was currently a regular panelist.

There were two reasons this program could survive among the flood of travel variety shows.

One was the combination of unique panelists. Even Kim Dobin, whom I watched on broadcast, blended well without getting buried in that combination.

And the other was that instead of focusing on healing, they brought joy to viewers by making the panelists suffer through all kinds of missions and extraordinary rules.

How many times had I clicked my tongue watching Kim Dobin suffer on screen, thinking “Oh my, he’s having a hard time making money.”

This was a variety show that made even a trip to Switzerland, famous for healing travel, into hard mode, so what would a domestic uninhabited island be like? I could already see us doing nothing but suffering for 1 night and 2 days.

“Dobin specifically picked you and said he needs you, so just go. He must have been desperate to ask you.”

Seo Yehyeon spoke as if it was someone else’s business since he wasn’t the one involved. Come to think of it, from Seo Yehyeon’s perspective, it really was someone else’s business.

No, Kim Dobin should take Ryu Jaehee who’s closest to him, or Seo Yehyeon who’s his favorite hyung, or Gyeon Hajun who he originally wanted to take to the uninhabited island, so why does he specifically want to take me and make us both suffer together?

Is this revenge for calling him Doby in the early days of debut?

As I was grumbling internally, the PD’s voice came through the receiver.

-Now, we’re starting the 5-second time limit. If we don’t get acceptance within 5 seconds, the chance will be voided! 5, 4…

-Hyuuung!

As the countdown started and the numbers decreased, Kim Dobin called me urgently.

“Alright, I’ll go.”

-Yes, hyung! Come right away! Oh, they said not to bring any luggage!

【Trouble Travel】 kept insisting it was real situations with almost no script, and this is how they prove it.

I contacted Manager Hyung about the suddenly added schedule and immediately headed to the filming location Kim Dobin had given me, along with my personal manager who came to the dormitory.

As I got out of the van, Kim Dobin was the first to jump up and down while waving his hand to welcome me.

Suppressing the urge to put him in a headlock as usual, I bowed and greeted the PD, staff, and the five cast members excluding Kim Dobin. I noticed some familiar faces among them.

“Hello, I’m Yoon Eden, the hyung from the same group as Dobin.”

“He’s our Rev leader!”

After finishing my greeting to the camera, Kim Dobin stood next to me triumphantly and added.

“It’s been a while. You remember me, right?”

As soon as I finished greeting in front of the camera, the person who cheerfully approached me was a comedian I had met on 【Real Men】 where I had gone as a substitute.

He had joked around asking me to state my name and rank, advised me to take it easy since it was variety anyway and getting hurt here would make my future difficult. Seeing his face directly like this instead of through a screen brought back those memories vividly.

“Of course. It’s been a while. Has it been a year already? Almost going on 2 years?”

“Wow, time flies. He seemed pretty popular back then too, but now he’s completely become a superstar. I regret not getting his autograph back then, such a regret.”

The comedian laughed while lightly patting my back. For reference, 【Real Men】 had completely replaced all the panelists under the guise of reorganization, so this comedian had already left 【Real Men】.

Plus, I had also received an offer to be a panelist on the reorganized 【Real Men】, but since I knew the future where they would ignore the original panelists after the reorganization, constantly changing panelists and only inviting special guests while riding a declining viewership trend, I rejected it without any regrets.

And currently, the reorganized version of 【Real Men】 was on a declining trend just like before my regression.

After Kim Dobin and I briefly performed the highlight part of 【Clear Stream Song】, the PD clapped his hands.

“Yes, with Dobin using up all the chance cards, we’ll now move to the filming location!”

At those words, everyone picked up the luggage they had placed beside them. After seeing the heavy luggage that was almost camping-level, looking at Kim Dobin’s single suitcase worth of luggage suddenly made anxiety wash over me like a tide.

After loading the luggage into the bus cargo compartment and getting on the filming bus, Kim Dobin quickly claimed the seat next to me and gently poked my side while laughing mischievously.

“As expected, our hyung really knows variety shows well. You didn’t accept right away on purpose to create tension, right? Geez, you made even me nervous for nothing.”

Misunderstanding is free, they say. I didn’t bother correcting Kim Dobin’s misunderstanding so he could look up to me more, and just shrugged my shoulders.

“Alright, we’ve arrived at the island. Everyone please get off the bus. We have to take a boat to get to the uninhabited island.”

“We need to get our luggage out. Driver, please open the bus cargo compartment.”

The variety entertainer who took on the MC role lightly knocked on the bus door and spoke, but the cargo compartment remained firmly closed.

“We’ll bring your luggage to you later.”

At the PD’s words, the actor burst out angrily.

“You’re trying to steal our luggage again after doing this! We’ve been fooled once or twice!”

“I got scolded by my wife for packing all this stuff. She said I was making the house messy. But then I can’t even use the luggage I packed so carefully on the show. I’m getting kicked out. Our PD Jung is kicking me out of my house.”

The solo singer also joined in that outrage.

“The boat can’t carry all of your luggage. So if you go to the island first, we’ll definitely deliver it to you.”

Seeing that even Kim Dobin, who proudly held first place among Rev members for looking like he’d live the most comfortably, was looking at the PD with distrustful eyes, it seemed they really had been deceived like this more than once or twice.

“How small is the boat? We’ll see and judge for ourselves.”

“That’s it. The boat you’ll be taking.”

At the end of the PD’s gesture, a small motorboat was tied to the dock, floating on the sea.

“Hey, we’re not going to fall in on the way, are we?”

But contrary to our worries, we safely arrived at the uninhabited island on that motorboat with the camera director.

Fortunately, the perceived distance was short, so unless it poured heavily, it didn’t seem like we’d be stranded here.

The endless sea spread out in front and the lush forest behind. It really was a typical uninhabited island.

“There’s no cell phone signal either. It really is an uninhabited island.”

“Ugh, it’s going to be seriously cold in the evening, isn’t it?”

“Oh, the mission paper is here.”

Kim Dobin, who found the paper pressed down with pebbles in the middle of the sandy beach, moved the stones aside and picked up the paper.

The MC, who received the mission paper from Kim Dobin, read the sentence written on the first line.

“Before the drone leaves, write just one thing you need from the luggage you brought in large letters on the sandy beach. Drone? Where’s the drone?”

“Oh, it’s coming, the drone! It’s here!”

The drone flying through the sky came into view.

“What should we write with? Tree branches? Stones? Where are the tree branches?”

“The drone will leave while we’re going to break those off, won’t it?”

While everyone was flustered not knowing when the drone would leave, I tapped Kim Dobin.

“Dobin, take off one shoe.”

Kim Dobin took off one shoe without complaint and handed it over, standing on one leg.

“What did you bring?”

“Water is definitely essential. Please write down water bottle.”

Kim Dobin was writing “water bottle” large in the sand with his shoes so it would be clearly visible from above, when a voice came from beside him.

“They’re definitely going to give us water 100%. So you should write down something the production team would be least likely to give us.”

When I turned to look at those words, I could see what the other panelists had written.

Tent, tent, fishing bag, sleeping bag, tent.

“Ah, I only thought about sleeping bags and didn’t think to bring a tent.”

The actor next to us who had finished writing hit his forehead and muttered like a sigh. I stared blankly at the drone still hovering in the air, then opened my mouth to call Kim Dobin.

“Dobin.”

“Yes, hyung.”

“You didn’t bring a tent?”

“Nope.”

“What about a sleeping bag.”

“Didn’t pack one.”

“Then where and how are we supposed to sleep.”

“Well…? I guess we’ll have to hope the tents the hyungs brought are multi-person ones…?”

“What if they don’t let us sleep in them?”

“Then we’ll have to sleep on the beach covered with sand. Or there’s this old survival series, you know. The surviving on an uninhabited island episode. Making a makeshift shelter with tree branches and tree leaves. We’ll make that. Ah, I should have brought that comic book too.”

“Did you somehow not get the message that only you were going to an uninhabited island?”

“No? I got the message, that’s why I brought bottled water and canned tuna and ramen.”

“No, why is everyone else bringing tents and sleeping bags while you didn’t even think of that and only brought tons of food?”

“We always only went to glamping sites. So it seems like a tragedy born from not being familiar with camping.”

“Dobin.”

“Yes, hyung.”

“…Why did I bring you along?”

“Because I have faith that hyung will somehow figure it out in situations like this.”

“You really have a way with words.”

I didn’t even have the energy to grab Kim Dobin and muttered in a deflated voice. Why do I have to rough it sleeping outdoors with my bare body on an uninhabited island with Kim Dobin instead of enjoying sweet rest.

As I watched the departing drone, the variety entertainer read the second line of the message.

“Your remaining luggage that wasn’t selected will become supplies. The supply boat comes once every hour. However, you can only take supplies from the supply boat if you succeed in missions.”

“Missions?”

“It says the mission papers are hidden all around the uninhabited island, so you can look for them-”

As soon as the variety entertainer finished speaking, the panelists familiarly ran off in all directions.

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