A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 345

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Regression Manual for Idols Who Lost Their Original Intent Chapter 345

I couldn’t help but be confused for a moment. I was pressing Gyeon Hajun’s triggers? Even though I’d been right next to him the whole time, I hadn’t felt any such signs at all?

How did Seo Yehyeon notice something that even I couldn’t feel?

“How did you know, hyung?”

“Couldn’t you feel that Hajun was in a bad mood? Even though he was trying his best to hide it, you should have sensed the signs.”

“I naturally thought it was because he saw those KICKS guys’ faces. Our Juni’s mood always gets ruined whenever he sees KICKS.”

“As expected, someone who’s lived without having to read others’ moods is different.”

Seo Yehyeon exclaimed in admiration. Just looking at the content, it was sarcasm, but his tone was 100% pure admiration, so it felt awkward to get angry asking why he was being sarcastic.

When I deliberately tried to provoke him before, it didn’t work, but now I had no idea what I’d done to press Gyeon Hajun’s triggers.

All I had done was perform brilliantly in the soccer preliminaries to get Gyeon Hajun to call me hyung-nim just once.

But as I was reviewing and censoring my past actions, I suddenly stopped censoring due to a thought that came to mind.

This worked out well. I was planning to provoke him anyway, wasn’t I?

And thinking about it, I didn’t need to be so anxious trying to find the cause. If he wanted me to know, he’d tell me directly himself.

This was how the preliminary skirmish of a fight begins. This was actually a good thing.

“Should I tell you?”

Thinking I was deep in thought while I was blankly organizing my thoughts, Seo Yehyeon poked me and asked. Since I had already finished organizing my thoughts, I briefly shook my head.

“No. I think it would be better to hear it directly from him.”

“What if Hajun doesn’t tell you? You know well that Hajun isn’t the type to directly tell you his complaints.”

“I’ll have to hope he tells me.”

I looked up at the stadium ceiling once and let out a short sigh.

“I don’t want to throw the first punch at Hajun.”

“What are you going to throw the first punch with?”

“What kind of obvious question is that? Obviously with my fist.”

Should I slap him with my palm instead? From the recipient’s perspective, that would feel even more insulting.

When I replied indifferently, Seo Yehyeon’s face turned pale. Seo Yehyeon bolted upright and immediately ran to Gyeon Hajun.

To prevent a fistfight in the dormitory, Seo Yehyeon would somehow try to persuade Gyeon Hajun. This must be what they call blowing your nose without using your hands.

I got up from where I’d been sitting peacefully whistling while watching the volleyball preliminaries. Kim Dobin, who had misunderstood something, covered his mouth with a moved expression and said.

“Wow, Eden hyung… are you coming to see me off?”

“How old are you that I’d see you off just to go over there? We need to go quickly to get good seats for watching.”

It wasn’t really for cheering purposes – I was going to watch because I was curious whether Kim Dobin would actually perform well with volleyball learned from anime or just put on a show.

Kim Dobin pointed at me with his finger and declared triumphantly.

“I actually did a complete marathon of anime for today. Watch my performance that’ll rival your soccer game, hyung.”

“Could you please not do those hand gestures that only appear in comics and that real people would never do in daily life? I’m getting secondhand embarrassment just watching.”

“You’re really beating around the bush to call me an otaku.”

Kim Dobin grumbled as he quietly lowered his finger.

Well, if I called him an otaku, my Initial Heart Points would get deducted. I’d gotten so used to the Sincerity Gauge constantly stabbing me that it felt like just yesterday when I scoffed that it didn’t even hurt anymore when my Initial Heart Points got deducted.

Now, except for the occasional profanity I couldn’t hold back that caused deductions, there wasn’t really anything that would make my Initial Heart Points decrease.

The members’ mental states had also become much stronger, so even when I occasionally made sharp remarks, my Initial Heart Points didn’t get deducted for causing discord among members.

As expected, rather than changing my way of speaking, training the members’ mental fortitude was the right direction. Indeed, I’m admirable for being able to look far into the future rather than just thinking about immediate concerns.

This was also the reason why I didn’t react seriously to Gyeon Hajun’s triggers.

If my actions that pressed Gyeon Hajun’s triggers led to discord between us, the system would have already displayed a status window saying ‘Words promoting discord among members detected’ and deducted original intent points long before Seo Yehyeon warned me. That system rushes in like a hawk.

I sat near the court lines where the volleyball preliminaries were taking place. Next to me sat Gyeon Hajun, who still appeared calm on the surface, with his knees drawn up.

I just wished we could have it out once and for all. Then the relationship improvement level would rise to 100 and I could comfortably focus on the next target, Ryu Jaehee.

Preferably, I hoped Gyeon Hajun would speak up first without avoiding the problem like before his regression, but if Gyeon Hajun kept his mouth shut, I was prepared to ask him first what exactly I had done to trigger him.

Damn, this frustration is killing me.

As Seo Yehyeon said, if we fought over this issue and our relationship soured, then that was just the extent of our bond. If that happened, it would be bitter but I’d have to accept that our friendship was only that deep.

When I let out a long sigh, Gyeon Hajun asked with a worried expression if I had any concerns.

You. You, you.

“Is it because of Jung Iseo?”

I briefly wondered why he specifically mentioned Jung Iseo instead of KICKS, but it made sense when I remembered that Jung Iseo was the starting point of our troubles here at Sports University.

“That’s part of it, but there are other issues too.”

I replied halfheartedly and shifted my gaze to the court where the volleyball preliminaries were being held. The reality unfolding before me was so different from my expectations that I rubbed my eyes several times, wondering if they were deceiving me.

“Wait, why is he so good?”

“Isn’t it good that Doby is doing well?”

“It’s just so unexpected…?”

“To call it unexpected, Doby hyung was good at tosses and receives. The problem was that he confused the two terms.”

“What if Doby gets hurt doing that? He’s throwing his body around too recklessly…?”

Watching Kim Dobin repeatedly save balls that his teammates missed with receives, I couldn’t tell whether I should be pleased that his performance stood out, or frustrated that he was throwing his body around cleaning up others’ mistakes.

Even though our activities had ended, why was the team’s main dancer throwing his body around like that when an ankle injury would be disastrous?

My anxiety deepened when I saw an opposing player leave the court with a finger injury after incorrectly deflecting a ball while blocking.

Even Seo Yehyeon told Kim Dobin to take it easy and not throw his body around so much.

At least the fortunate thing was that Kim Dobin wasn’t the one who spiked the ball that caused the injury? Though he was good at tosses and receives, he lacked the power to hit the ball, so Kim Dobin’s spikes were repeatedly blocked, leaving attacks to others.

I could only relax after the preliminaries safely ended with our group’s victory.

“Just try doing this in the finals too. Don’t you care about your body? Do you want to be carried to the hospital?”

“But I looked cool, right?”

I put Kim Dobin in a headlock and grumbled as he asked with his nose held high with pride.

“Looking cool isn’t the issue right now, man. If you break something, even that Hawaii trip you want so badly will be canceled.”

“Ugh, I think I’ll be carried to the hospital because of hyung’s headlock before any injury.”

“Would hyung be sad or not sad if you mistook a neck massage I’m personally giving you as a token of appreciation for such a terrifying wrestling technique as a headlock?”

Jung Iseo, who had left saying he’d just briefly show his face in the fan section, was still among his members.

[Can’t you stop them from coming?] 2:30 PM

When I sent a message out of curiosity, an immediate reply arrived.

[Jung Iseo (KICKS Parachute) – I was going to leave but Eden said not to hold me back, he didn’t say for everyone not to come, so Choi Hyeonmin is trying to drag all the members along]

[Jung Iseo (KICKS Parachute) – Then what’s the point] 2:31 PM

[Jung Iseo (KICKS Parachute) – The fans will just treat me as the one who opened the door for socializing between Rev and them] 2:32 PM

Choi Hyeonmin’s cunning, which had developed well only in bad ways, was still the same. To think he’d poke at the loopholes in my words like this.

“But those guys said they’d come but aren’t showing up.”

Ryu Jaehee, who seemed to be concerned like me, muttered while glancing back at where KICKS was sitting.

“Don’t pay too much attention to them. They’re people who had nothing to do with us from the beginning anyway.”

“Come on, I was hoping something would blow up before the year-end award ceremony so we could reduce their firepower. Internal gunfire is the most effective, you know.”

I clicked my tongue while listening to Gyeon Hajun and Ryu Jaehee’s conversation. So that’s what he meant when he accepted it so readily.

As expected, Ryu Jaehee was ranked number one as the most troublesome guy to turn into an enemy.

“I told him not to hold himself back, not that everyone shouldn’t come together. But Choi Hyeonmin tried to drag all the members along, so he gave up.”

“It’s definitely the best way to pour cold water on discord rumors. Even his previous misconduct will probably be treated as a pioneer who opened the stage for reconciliation and friendship first. But hyung, how do you know that?”

“I was curious, so I texted him a bit.”

“Hyung, were you close with him? Earlier when I heard him talking, he said you’ve been keeping in touch regularly.”

“Not particularly? We just occasionally exchange messages?”

When I answered while raising my eyebrows, Gyeon Hajun, who was warming up next to me for the upcoming short-distance race, asked indifferently.

“Is there anything worth staying in touch about?”

When I thought about it, this was something I had been hiding from Gyeon Hajun, so I just openly revealed it at this opportunity.

“Gossip whistleblowing.”

Gyeon Hajun laughed as if he couldn’t stop me at my answer that I spat out without hesitation.

“You were still caring about that? Just ignore it.”

“He was the one eagerly sending them first. Now the frequency has dropped significantly, so I barely get any contact related to that anymore. As for other contact, well, what would I have to talk about with him? It’s not like I have memories from trainee days like the other guys.”

At the sound calling for short-distance running finalists, Gyeon Hajun left behind a confident declaration that he’d bring back a medal and strode over there.

Seo Yehyeon let out a sigh of relief and stood up like me.

True to his bold declaration, Gyeon Hajun won a bronze medal in the 50m short-distance running finals.

“Soccer finals, please gather over here!”

At the event staff’s shout, I cracked my neck to loosen my muscles once, then looked back at Gyeon Hajun and smiled with a crooked grin.

“Watch carefully. This time I’ll really make you call me hyung-nim properly.”

Gyeon Hajun’s trigger surely isn’t ‘hyung-nim’, right? Even if he does snap, calling me hyung-nim should be fine, right?

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