A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 351

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 351

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Seo Yehyeon stumbled into the room looking like he’d been hit by a decade’s worth of time.

“I think I smelled enough alcohol today to last a lifetime. Hajun really shouldn’t get drunk. What kind of terrible drinking habits are those?”

Seo Yehyeon flopped face-first onto his bed, saying he felt drunk himself from staying next to the drunk person the whole time.

“Good thing you stayed awake and held out. Jaehee’s injured too, so Doby couldn’t have handled this alone. I saw you earlier – you were staggering without support too.”

“Come to think of it, how are you still awake? Another 5-shot extra Americano?”

“No, the canned coffee you bought for the dormitory. What’s with buying sugar-free ones for once? Are you finally pretending to listen to what I say, even if just barely? All my nagging about calories was worth it.”

I couldn’t bring myself to tell the proudly delighted Seo Yehyeon that I only bought it because it was a 2+1 promotion at the convenience store, so I swallowed those words. Yeah, people need to live with hope like that.

“You should have stopped Hajun if you knew his drinking habits were like that.”

“This was my first time seeing him drunk too. He never drank past his limit until now.”

The conversation we had in the practice room was a bit much to have completely sober. So I understood Gyeon Hajun’s feelings for pouring down alcohol without his usual control.

“And hyung’s drinking habits aren’t much better either.”

When I told the truth to Seo Yehyeon, who thought he just slept quietly, he predictably didn’t believe me and immediately refuted it.

“What are you talking about. I just sleep quietly.”

“I guess you completely erased from memory when you got drunk and told me that seeing me reminds you of your cat.”

Seo Yehyeon’s face turned pale.

“…Don’t lie.”

When I stared at Seo Yehyeon without batting an eye to prove my sincerity, he asked again with a trembling voice.

“…Really?”

Even if Seo Yehyeon heard that Rev was disbanding tomorrow, I don’t think he’d react like this.

“Caesaaar!”

What is he, Brutus or Octavianus?

Seo Yehyeon calling out to Caesar in what was almost a wail looked convincing enough to be the reincarnation of one of those two.

“I’m sorryyy! To think of you when looking at Yoon Eden! I must have gone crazy from being drunk! Alcohol really is the root of all evil!”

Watching Seo Yehyeon’s one-man show as he buried his head in his pillow and practically wailed, I pulled my blanket back up to my neck because it was hot.

Still with his head buried in the pillow, Seo Yehyeon muttered a firm resolution.

“As atonement to Caesar, I will never drink alcohol again.”

The words “what the hell” almost burst from my throat, but thinking about my beginner’s mind points that would be deducted, I swallowed them back down. It’s not like I’m Flanders’ dog, surrendering to beginner’s mind points.

(Flanders’ dog is Patrasche, and in this case it should be Pavlov’s dog.)

Thanks to Seo Yehyeon learning about his true drinking habits, after that commotion passed, quiet silence descended on our room again.

“So, what are you going to do now?”

“About what?”

“KICKS Parachute, wasn’t it? You said you’d give that bastard a song.”

Before I knew it, Seo Yehyeon’s way of referring to that KICKS Parachute jerk had been downgraded to “that bastard.”

Right, I was so angry about being played for a fool that I was only thinking about how annoying it was that he specifically asked me for it, but I had agreed to it.

“Sigh, I’m worried.”

“Why?”

“You seem like the type who would give that parachute a song because going back on your word would hurt your pride.”

Wrong, human. I wiggled my finger in the air.

“Hyung, do you know what hurts your pride more than going back on your word?”

“No, I don’t particularly want to hear it.”

“Being stubborn with pointless convictions and driving a nail into your friend’s heart. That’s not pride, that’s just pretense.”

Oh, that sounded pretty cool, didn’t it? As I was admiring my own words, Seo Yehyeon let out an even deeper sigh than before.

“You’re pretty drunk too. Go to sleep.”

Less than a minute after throwing out those words, Seo Yehyeon asked again.

“What are you going to do from now on?”

“I have to pay him back as much as I got. How dare he try to make a fool of me?”

Combined with the anger from being cut off by Gyeon Hajun before my regression, my teeth naturally ground together. I’ll make him regret approaching me for the rest of his life.

“From what I can see, that guy’s smart. More precisely, I think the word cunning would suit him better. Anyway, it’ll be tricky for someone like you—a simple wild boar that just charges straight ahead—to deal with.”

“Why a wild boar of all the animals out there?”

“From what I can tell, our fans must have really thick rose-colored glasses on. How can they compare a wild boar-like guy to the cutest creature in the world…”

Watching me seriously contemplate whether it was better to be called a baby kitten or a wild boar, Seo Yehyeon shook his head and asked.

“When did you start contacting him?”

“It was after we had that argument with the KICKS guys about talking behind their backs, so early debut…?”

Seo Yehyeon let out a breath that could have been either admiration or lamentation and rubbed his forehead.

“So he’s been using you to set up his plan since then. The bullying probably started before debut.”

Since Seo Yehyeon was explaining everything, there was no reason or need for me to rack my brain.

“He’s really not an easy opponent. He spent almost four years meticulously planning this big picture, including the future of making a comeback after the exposé. Involving you, no, even us.”

And before my regression, Jung Iseo had succeeded in getting back on his feet with my song. Was the whistleblowing not out of goodwill but part of his scheme too?

Realizing I had been thoroughly used by someone else made me feel really disgusted.

As I was recalling the time before my regression, one question arose.

Then why didn’t Choi Hyeonmin and the other KICKS members expose this before my regression?

I clearly remembered when KICKS fell due to Jung Iseo’s exposé, but I had never heard about Jung Iseo intentionally pushing out Gyeon Hajun using his connections to get in.

Did they judge it wouldn’t particularly help in the public opinion war?

In reality, even if Choi Hyeonmin had exposed this fact back then, public opinion wouldn’t have meaningfully shifted toward the remaining KICKS members.

If Rev had remained a flop idol, the sympathy toward us—more precisely toward Gyeon Hajun—would have become a blade against Jung Iseo.

But Rev at that time had hit songs and was a fairly well-known second-tier idol group, and Gyeon Hajun was also establishing himself as an actor.

As for me, well, I had left on my own feet, so there wouldn’t have been much to spin either.

In short, it meant sympathy votes for Gyeon Hajun, who had his position stolen by Jung Iseo, wouldn’t have been easy to gather.

Since Rev had already made it big, the public wouldn’t particularly care about how much of a flop Rev was before hitting it big with 【Temptation】 or how harsh their environment was.

Even if you explained this past in detail, you’d be lucky not to hear “But you made it big in the end, right? So isn’t that good?”

‘Did they think exposing this would actually be poison for KICKS?’

If Gyeon Hajun denied his friendship with the KICKS members who were once in the debut group together, the card they played could backfire as additional charges of exploiting yet another victim?

But looking at Gyeon Hajun’s reactions when Jung Iseo was involved and what he said to me, if he could just attack Jung Iseo, Gyeon Hajun seemed fully capable of laughing and putting his arms around the KICKS members’ shoulders in front of cameras.

And since KICKS was already destined for hell anyway, they could have blown it up as a final desperate struggle, saying let’s die together.

To properly land a hit on that parachute, finding out exactly what the behind-the-scenes story was had to be the top priority.

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BrightLeeSeo @Brightleeseo

1203 Sports University Preview_Pomeranian who wanted to break free from overprotection and make friends

#KICKS #LeeSeo

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RedSeo @redseo

What’s wrong with Riseo today? Did he fight with the members?

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(Locked)SoftHyeonmin @daokijl55

No way lol it’s not even another group, can’t you imagine what people will say if you stick around ㄹㅂ like that? lol Let’s be a bit more selective about who we get cozy with, Seo-ya~

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FastLamb @fastttt__

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Riseo said on his live broadcast that he enjoys watching DTB 4, so maybe he wants to build friendship with the DTB winner

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(Locked)SoftHyeonmin @daokijl55

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Then wasn’t Yoon Seong a DTB 4 viewer too? Yoon Seong was caught on camera cheering for them during the live broadcast too? It’s a difference in depth of thinking, so stop defending~

BackKey @keybackey

It’s obvious you’re from that group’s fandom trying to stir up discord rumors^^

But trying to use our Lisa to push discord rumors about our girls is pointless effort lol

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BaekiMong @todaydream

Your self-consciousness is quite impressive

We’re busy enough gushing over today’s Sports University MVP our kids’ preview, where would we find time to stir up discord rumors about other groups

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KICKSforever @AIOK5DAX12F

Is something really wrong? It’s not like Riseo was just briefly with Reve, he was sticking with them the whole time… Today he actually spent less time with the members, and his expression wasn’t good when he was with the members either

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(Locked)TimeOut @watchout_time

I’m more surprised that Kyun and Yoon just left Jung alone lol If you’ve been following their relationships since their trainee days, don’t you kinda know why Kyun and Yoon, who were in the debut lineup, left? lol

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(Locked)Timeout @watchout_time

During their trainee days, Yoon Seong and Yoon Eden being best friends and always hanging around together was famous among the Success sasaengs who camped out at the agency lol After Kicks debuted, there were tons of posts asking where Yoon Eden was lol

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(Locked)Timeout @watchout_time

When you think about it, Jung Iseo is the one who made Gyeon leave, the same Gyeon that Yoon Eden abandoned Yoon Seong to follow, but he’s just letting it slide lol I didn’t see them that way before but both their bowls are fucking huge lol If it were me I would’ve cursed them out and told them to get lost lol

(Locked)Honey @DAYREVEDREAM

Since when was Rev a six-member group

You can tell just from Hajun’s expression who’s being tactless and pushing their way in;;;

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