A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 335

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Regression Manual for Idols Who Lost Their Original Intent Chapter 335

The MVP announcement took place at the 【Trouble Travel】 broadcasting studio.

“This trip’s MVP is…”

The PD paused briefly to build tension and anticipation, but the other panelists’ faces only showed indifferent emotions.

“Honestly, there’s no doubt about this trip.”

“I can really accept this one gracefully. Having a good team really makes a difference. If Dobin had been alone, he never would have gotten it.”

“I think Dobin deserves MVP just for using his wish to get us early dismissal so we weren’t isolated on that uninhabited island for several more hours.”

“Wow, Dobin really got his money’s worth with that chance ticket this time. He brought the right person.”

While the panelists added their comments one by one, Kim Dobin, who had been confirmed as MVP, was just grinning sheepishly.

“Dobin and Eden’s team is this trip’s MVP!”

Clap clap clap-

Applause poured out. Of course, since I was a guest and not an official member, all the MVP benefits went to Kim Dobin. My stomach ached thinking I’d worked my ass off just to benefit someone else.

Of course, Kim Dobin and I are members of the same group, but he and I aren’t one body, are we?

“As mentioned beforehand, this MVP will be given trip planning authority.”

Kim Dobin, who received the armband, quickly put it on his left arm and raised his hand high, cheerfully shouting.

“Alright, I’m taking suggestions! Of course, I won’t necessarily implement everything, just use them as reference.”

“Dobin, this trip absolutely has to be healing!”

“Flex trip! Since we suffered with the luggage we brought to the uninhabited island, let’s blow the production budget next time!”

But judging by Kim Dobin’s all-too-familiar expression, it seemed like not even half of those suggestions pouring in from all sides would be implemented.

That expression was the one Kim Dobin commonly made when letting Gyeon Hajun’s nagging or my scolding go in one ear and out the other. He probably thinks he’s listening attentively without getting caught.

“Alright, then we should also do an interview with the real MVP of this uninhabited island trip.”

The variety entertainer placed his hand on my shoulder, cutting off the overly long opinion gathering and naturally leading the proceedings forward.

“I acknowledge it. Honestly, Eden Hyung was more of an MVP than me. Without Eden Hyung, I would have just drunk water while starving and fallen asleep on the damp dirt floor of the uninhabited island.”

Kim Dobin readily acknowledged it, saying there was no disagreement. I reduced by one-third the scolding Kim Dobin would receive when we returned to the dormitory.

“How did you feel experiencing 【Trouble Travel】?”

“It was exactly 10 times harder than what I saw on TV. Wow, it’s much more intense than what comes out on broadcast. Still, I’m leaving having had a pretty fresh experience. Where else would I get to try this kind of semi-survival experience?”

When I left a heartfelt review, the comedian clapped and responded to my words in a playful voice.

“Wow, he said 10 times, not even 100 times. He’s perfect talent for our program, perfect talent. Let’s replace Dobin with Eden.”

“I’m doing fine, so why are you saying that!”

And so the 【Trouble Travel】 filming I was called to as a guest ended.

Thanks to bringing plenty of disposable bottled water, Kim Dobin had only canned tuna and a tarp left as luggage, so he returned to the dormitory alongside me with light baggage.

Checking the time, there was still some time left before the afternoon schedule, so it was enough to wash up and get some quick sleep.

“Ryu Jae! You were right after all!”

He had made such a fuss when I just told him to carry one stone, but seeing him dangling his suitcase on his shoulder like some keychain and running to Ryu Jaehee made me laugh involuntarily.

“What was right? My advice that if Hyung doesn’t follow Eden Hyung’s lead, you might end up establishing an image as an unlikable youngest member who doesn’t help and just coasts by on 【Trouble Travel】, so you should find a different likable role that Hyung can pull off well?”

After being stuck with just Kim Dobin all day, suddenly hearing such highly intelligent words that considered even the future made my head dizzy.

“No! My luck played a big part this time too! Thanks to me, everyone got off work safely without being isolated on the uninhabited island.”

His utterly simple answer, as if he hadn’t grasped the deep meaning in Ryu Jaehee’s words and only heard the first six phrases, brought my mind back to peace as well.

“When was it before… I think it was during our debut anniversary live stream, anyway, we talked about who to take to an uninhabited island then.”

“Oh, that’s right. Come to think of it, hyung, you chose Hajun hyung back then, so why was it Eden hyung you took yesterday?”

“You chose Eden hyung. According to the Rev big data I’ve accumulated so far, I never lose out by listening to you. So I abandoned my judgment and followed your choice.”

At Kim Dobin’s confident answer, Ryu Jaehee looked at Kim Dobin with a speechless expression.

Kim Dobin, you’ve also started entrusting your brain to the youngest member now.

I offered words of mild consolation to Ryu Jaehee, who now had to take on a total of 1.5 brains – my 1 portion plus Kim Dobin’s 0.5 portion.

“And I felt like if I took Hajun hyung to the uninhabited island, I’d be too conscious of Hajun hyung’s reactions.”

It seemed Kim Dobin had finally noticed that Gyeon Hajun wasn’t just a purely caring and gentle person. So basically, I’ve become more of a pushover than Gyeon Hajun now, making me easier to climb over?

“Didn’t you notice me when you dragged me along?”

When I asked sulkily, Gyeon Hajun, who had been quietly smiling, unexpectedly took Kim Dobin’s side.

“That means Eden has become more comfortable with you than with me. Right, Dobin?”

“That’s part of it, but it’s also because hyung got serious with me before, which made things a bit awkward.”

Kim Dobin said this in a bright voice without any lingering resentment.

As soon as we heard those unfiltered, direct words, Gyeon Hajun lost his words in a state not much different from me and Ryu Jaehee, who looked at each other with our mouths agape, and finally managed to speak.

“Ah… that’s right. Sorry, Dobin. Hyung reacted a bit sensitively back then. It was because of those incidents.”

“I understand everything too, hyung. It wasn’t because you disliked me, but because the situation was a bit like that. Originally, if a person never gets angry, never loses their temper, and is only gentle all the time, that’s not normal but an emotionally deficient psycho wearing a mask.”

Kim Dobin coolly accepted Gyeon Hajun’s apology. Gyeon Hajun, who had been frozen for a moment again, chuckled and lightly patted Kim Dobin’s back, telling him to speak up right away if anything else came up that he wanted to keep to himself.

Ryu Jaehee, who had been watching that scene with me from a few steps away, muttered.

“Doby hyung is quite amazing in his own way. Seeing how Hajun hyung was momentarily flustered, I guess this is his first time encountering this type.”

“I’ve never seen a guy like that in my entire life either.”

If such a guy would cut ties, just how difficult must I have seemed to Kim Dobin in my past before regression? To the point where he couldn’t even bring up such honest conversations.

I don’t know what exactly happened between him and Gyeon Hajun, but anyway, Kim Dobin, having cleared up all the bad feelings between the two, grabbed Ryu Jaehee and started gearing up to spill stories from the uninhabited island.

“Ryu Jae, so Eden hyung was so freaking amazing that… No wait, if you hear this now, it’ll reduce the fun of the actual broadcast. After we watch the show, I’ll tell you all the episodes that didn’t make it on air. We’re roommates now.”

“I don’t know about other things, but I can tell that hyung didn’t work and just rode Eden hyung’s bus to live comfortably on the uninhabited island. Eden hyung looks tired to death and is speaking in short phrases because he’s exhausted, but hyung looks perfectly fine.”

“Hey, I worked too! I moved stones and boiled ramen!”

“Right, when hyung carried one stone, Eden hyung probably carried two. Poor Eden hyung… Of all people, he got dragged to an uninhabited island with Doby hyung, who’s ranked #1 on the ‘avoid going to uninhabited islands with’ list, and suffered so much…”

There’s a reason I outsource my brain work to the youngest member.

Even without watching the broadcast, he can estimate and recognize my hard work, right?

I could ask Ryu Jaehee about what happened between those two later. If Ryu Jaehee said he didn’t see it, I could ask Gyeon Hajun, one of the parties involved. Surely Gyeon Hajun wouldn’t hide it from me too?

Yawning as the delayed fatigue hit me like a wave, I went straight into the room.

Seo Yehyeon, who had been reading a book leaning against the headboard, seemed to sense my presence and looked up from his book, then was shocked when he saw my state.

“What on earth happened on that uninhabited island that in just one day a person comes back looking like a wet towel that’s been completely wrung out?”

“Too many things happened. It’s exhausting, really…”

“Hey hey hey, don’t lie down on the bed in this state! Change your clothes and wash up before lying down!”

Seo Yehyeon, who came running in shock, even throwing his book onto the bed, quickly grabbed my neck to prevent me from lying down.

“Wow, hyung is bullying his younger brother.”

“Is this me bullying you right now? You’re the one bullying me, aren’t you? You’re big too, so why won’t you get up quickly? Should I call Hajun?”

I shook my head at the subtle laughter underlying his scolding and nagging.

He’s happy to be called hyung. I consistently call him hyung, but anyone watching would think I always talk back to him.

According to what I heard from Kim Dobin later, the originally planned overseas travel destination was canceled due to large-scale protests, and the domestic uninhabited island special was hastily planned as a last-minute replacement.

So I dumped missions and tools on the island without much expectation, but apparently our water bottle coins created a legendary episode or something.

“PD Jung said hyung worked really hard this time, so he wants you to come back when we do a healing trip later.”

This is 【Trouble Travel】 that turned even the Switzerland trip into such a hellish journey, so does a healing trip even exist?

One experience serving as the foundation for Kim Dobin’s MVP position was enough.

“Hyung, you’ll come, right? I’ll definitely invite you as a guest on a trip I plan, win the travel planning rights again, and treat you to a full course filial piety trip where you won’t have to lift a finger.”

“I’d sooner believe that Kim Dobin is actually a genius who surpasses Ryu Jaehee but no one knows because you don’t use your brain, than believe 【Trouble Travel】 when they say to come for a healing trip.”

“That could be possible. Maybe no one knows, so even I don’t know about it.”

“Yeah right.”

But my firm resolve to never show my face on 【Trouble Travel】 again was retracted thanks to the reaction to this uninhabited island episode that became a legendary episode.

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[TROUBLE TRAVEL]

[This time it’s not a travel variety show but survival!]

[Domestic Travel – Uninhabited Island Special]

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