A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 368

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Original Intent Episode 368

The rapping that was much more forceful than usual raised expectations for the remade 【Killing Beat】 to the fullest. It was a sight that would have made G-TE, who always grumbled that Yoon Eden rapped without energy, scream with emotion if he saw it.

The Rev members who had been anxiously watching from the VIP seats as Yoon Eden smoothly handled the sound accident like it was part of the performance in that short time finally relaxed, admiring and giggling with relief.

“Wow, as expected of Eden Hyung. If you look closely, that hyung really thinks fast in emergency situations. He’s smart, really. I was wondering how he’d handle this. Look, my palms are all sweaty.”

“We won’t have to worry even if there’s a sound accident during our concert. It seems like Yoon Eden will somehow handle it, right?”

“Of course, why else would he be the leader?”

“Anyone would think Hajun Hyung gave birth to Eden Hyung… But seeing that makes me suddenly want to learn rap. Yehyeon Hyung, let’s switch positions. I’ll be the sub rapper. You be the main dancer.”

“Someone please explain to Doby why I can’t be Rev’s main dancer.”

“You don’t need to explain the reason. If you and Doby Hyung have a dance battle once, won’t you understand immediately?”

After chattering among themselves, when the cheers died down, the Rev members stopped talking and focused on the stage again.

The sight of him standing alone, separated from his members, not as Rev’s leader Yoon Eden but as DTB 4 winner Yoon Eden, felt strangely unfamiliar. It was a fact all the members knew that Yoon Eden was cool only when he was rapping.

“But in the finals, we were at least fairly close to the stage. Watching from audience seats this far away feels strange.”

“Right. He looks sharp somehow, so unfamiliar.”

“No, that’s not it, Hajun. He’s soft to you because of Gyeon Hajun favoritism, but to us, Yoon Eden had that nasty expression 365 days a year.”

Seo Yehyeon told the truth to Yoon Eden, who was putting strength in his eyes, and Gyeon Hajun, who was being shy.

BQ9 naturally took over the atmosphere that Yoon Eden had successfully grabbed and lifted without disappointing the audience’s expectations.

The intro that went in immediately after the hook ended was originally Nijeous’s part, but when it went to BQ9, it really hit home why the intro was important. BQ9’s verse was enough to instill anticipation for the latter half of the song to come.

With amateur rappers gone and professional rappers filling their places, 【Killing Beat】 had much higher quality than the original competition song.

Toohyeok, one of the original artists, also established a style that matched the song’s beat well, showing more complete skills than during the rushed team track.

During Moltic’s turn, who took Raizo’s part, thanks to Moltic completely changing the existing song’s part and entering off-beat, another roar shook the concert hall, and thanks to Yoon Eden who took the hook and continued, then immediately started his verse following the last hook verse without a moment to breathe, cheers erupted once again.

In the last hook part where all four held microphones, the audience’s response shook the concert hall befitting the highlight. Thanks to the four who skillfully induced responses, as the song reached its climax, the concert hall’s heat could continue to burn hot without cooling down.

Meanwhile, backstage.

“Wow, that annoying bastard. He copies my rap style so damn easily.”

G-TE, still unable to escape from the thrill of 【Panorama】 ‘version copied from me by Yoon Eden’, muttered with a hollow laugh.

“Aren’t your words and expression too opposite? Your mouth corners are way too raised?”

At Wonbaek’s touch as he giggled and poked him, G-TE tried to put on a serious face asking when he had smiled, but his avoidance didn’t work on those who had seen his mouth corners already raised enough to reach his temples.

“What reason do I have to be happy? He killed someone else’s song beat! He killing-beat our song! Right, Yupi? It’s our song!”

“Not really… I only thought his sense was killer. Do you have to be born with that kind of sense? I couldn’t even think of handling it like that, really…”

Unlike G-TE, who repeated admiring and hating Yoon Eden and eventually became a fan, Yupi, who was cleanly defeated by Yoon Eden in the semi-finals and brushed it off, had no particular feelings toward Yoon Eden.

Thanks to that, even though Yoon Eden had escaped crisis by sacrificing 【Panorama】, which he had struggled to create as group leader, he could purely admire it.

“Still, it’s fortunate it was 【Panorama】. If it had been Seven Kick’s team 【Nightmare】, how would he have saved that beat? That was the worst, right?”

“But don’t you think that guy Yoon Eden would somehow save it?”

“That’s true.”

Thanks to successfully handling this sound accident, the evaluation of Yoon Eden and trust in Yoon Eden’s skills were soaring almost enough to break through the ceiling.

Unless Skoen showed a more amazing performance than this, even the few nonsensical words from haters saying he won with idol fandom power would be silenced.

Looking at it this way, the sound accident was actually a blessing for Yoon Eden.

“Wow, next year is scary. It seems like a bunch of crazies will flock in dreaming of being the second Yoon Eden in season 5.”

“It would be fortunate if we could discover even one second Yoon Eden. If there isn’t one, imagine how much we’ll get criticized for being boring again…”

While the DTB producers and Season 4 participants were worrying about Season 5, which had only a few months left, the 【Killing Beat】 stage successfully ended.

“But this is a big problem. Still no contact from Skoen?”

At Wonbaek’s question, Young Billy shook his head briefly. Young Billy sighed deeply and lamented.

“Why did he have to get hit by a car from such a bastard. And on the day of the concert too.”

“Can’t he call the insurance company and come? The car can’t be uninsured.”

“They’re blocking him from leaving. He ran into a crazy bastard. This is a natural disaster, really. Eden missing last-minute practice due to flight delays or whatever is better than this. What do we do when this happens on concert day.”

“No, why did he leave so late?”

“He was late because he had to take his mother to the hospital. That’s what he says, so what can I say to that? Should I ask why he took his mother to the hospital today?”

At Young Billy’s thorny grumbling, Wonbaek closed his mouth with an awkward expression. Meanwhile, those who finished their stage returned backstage.

After roughly wiping his sweat with a towel, Yoon Eden took a water bottle and gulped it down, then wiped the water flowing down his jawline and throat with the back of his hand and spoke.

“Still no contact from Skoen hyung?”

What Yoon Eden had heard was only news that Skoen might be a bit late due to a car accident on his way. Since Skoen was scheduled right before his turn, Skoen’s arrival was somewhat important to Yoon Eden too.

“He contacted saying he probably can’t make it on time, and if there’s no contact by 8:30, he asked to switch turns with you for now. He must have run into a terrible guy, sigh.”

“Doesn’t he have a manager?”

“Would he have one? He’s not even a celebrity.”

While Wonbaek and Yoon Eden were talking, Young Billy, who answered a call, reported with a much brighter face.

“He’s coming. But the road is incredibly jammed so he might be late. So he can’t confirm the order. He says we might have to switch if necessary.”

Having the winner decorate the concert finale was practically a DTB concert tradition, but what could they do when Skoen wasn’t being stubborn but got caught in an unexpected accident.

D.I, who was the previous season’s winner, lightly ruffled Yoon Eden’s curly hair soaked with sweat and said.

“Since he’s already late, tell him to give you the last stage. You should decorate the true finale.”

“It’s okay, hyung. I don’t really care. Giving up the last stage doesn’t mean giving up the winner title too.”

“…Why have you become so mature? Is this because you’re turning one year older in a few days?”

“Do you still see me as fifteen years old, hyung?”

Yoon Eden grumbled while leaving the hand ruffling his hair alone without pushing it away. D.I wiped his sweaty palm on the towel Yoon Eden had around his neck.

Unlike before, with the stage sound flowing without mistakes in the background, the two continued their conversation.

“Wow, but how did you think to fix that with freestyle?”

“It was fortunate that I named the song 【Killing Beat】. Think about it if I had named it 【Over the Wall】 or 【Smash Everything】. Would the idea of killing the beat have popped up right away?”

Yoon Eden giggled, saying his past self had helped his present self.

“Of course, I wouldn’t have put such a tacky title on my song in the first place.”

Yoon Eden shrugged and added nonchalantly. Toward D.I who tapped and gestured to go into the waiting room, Yoon Eden shook his head slightly.

“If hyung wants to go to the waiting room, go ahead. I want to watch Hyeongjin’s stage later. I tried to do it in his style as much as possible, but I wondered if it was right.”

“It probably was? G-TE’s mouth was torn from ear to ear.”

“Hyeongjin was that happy. I guess I gave proper fan service again.”

“Don’t say that in front of G-TE. The kid has to go on stage soon, and if he gets worked up and jumps around with veins bulging in his neck again, he’ll waste his stamina and voice.”

“Eh, whose side are you on anyway? Are you abandoning your crew junior you’ve been with for almost 10 years because of DTB? And why do you call Hyeongjin ‘kid’ but not me?”

“Think about your build. And I obviously know you’d hate being treated like a kid, so would I do that to you?”

Smack, D.I lightly hit Yoon Eden’s back without hurting him and returned to the waiting room first.

“That bastard has improved a lot. He’s gotten good, really. He was really bad in the old days.”

While watching G-TE’s stage that came after Toohyeok, Yoon Eden let out a brief review mixed with admiration.

If G-TE had heard it, it would have been a comment that would make him jump around asking what gives him the right to evaluate, while his mouth corners wouldn’t come down.

As the TOP 8 stages progressed and SCOEN’s turn approached, SCOEN was nowhere to be seen. They barely managed to get in contact, but only received a request to change the order.

“They said they might be able to come while I’m performing on stage?”

At Yoon Eden’s question, Young Billy shook his head with an apologetic expression.

“At this rate, Eden, you might have to stall for time on stage.”

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