A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 371

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 371

“I got a text from Jung Iseo. He says D-Day isn’t far off?”

It was Parachute’s KICKS disbandment show.

Previously, I had no regrets about those KICKS bastards falling so disgracefully, but now that I’d somewhat sorted out past emotions with Kwon Yunseong, I couldn’t help but be concerned.

More than anything, I didn’t want to let Parachute, who had screwed over both Gyeon Hajun and me, have such a good time.

What we needed to prepare here was to spectacularly ruin Parachute’s long-term project – that was our goal.

Since he tried to drag us into team discord rumors to use us, shouldn’t he be prepared for this much? Before regression, our group atmosphere was so shitty that we just took it lying down.

“Didn’t you say he told hyung he’d drop it before the year-end award ceremonies? So I was thinking around this time too.”

“It wasn’t confirmed, just something he mentioned in passing?”

Year-end award ceremonies don’t just happen at the end of December – they can go as late as February, so I was expecting it to drop in January at the earliest, February at the latest, but it was faster than I thought.

“Unexpected. I thought he’d drop it after the New Year special Sports University aired. Wouldn’t it be more effective to first spark discord rumors with those broadcast scenes and then drop it? Either way, we’ll be caught on camera together at least once.”

Well, how could I know the true intentions of someone who had been sharpening his knife for over three years while pretending to be so friendly with me? Jung Iseo was a completely different type of human from me – someone who would confront things head-on if he didn’t like them.

I knew he had no conscience from the moment he planned to use our group, which included the biggest victim Gyeon Hajun, however he pleased.

“Thanks to their fans who came to watch Sports University in person, discord rumors have already been sparked within the fandom.”

Ryu Jaehee shrugged his shoulders.

“Though thanks to the other members doing such good image making around Jung Iseo, those who raised discord rumors are getting beaten down for lack of an official statement from Jung Iseo.”

“But at least cracks have formed, right?”

“Right. So it’s not meaningless.”

Ryu Jaehee and I looked at each other and giggled. Kim Dobin, who had been shuffling out of his room scratching his belly, spotted us and hesitated.

“Why are you both laughing like villains plotting something… sir?”

I waved my hand at Kim Dobin, who awkwardly added formal speech at the end, saying it was nothing. Kim Dobin yawned widely, drank some water in the kitchen, and went back to his room.

“That guy, that guy has been living it up ever since we got separate rooms. He’s sprawled out sleeping until this hour.”

“Doby hyung really doesn’t wake up in the morning. Hyung, how did you wake up Doby hyung?”

“After pulling his blanket off a few times, making him wash his face, and forcibly dragging him out of bed, he started getting up automatically when I told him to?”

“Hmm, reflexive awakening through conditioning training.”

Seeing Ryu Jaehee nodding seriously, it seemed Kim Dobin’s days of enjoying happy late mornings would soon come to an end.

The conversation topic shifted from Kim Dobin’s Miracle Morning project back to Parachute’s exposé show.

“Will he drop it all at once? Probably, right? That would have the best firepower.”

“But then the firepower doesn’t last long. Seeing how he’s planning to expose before Sports University, he probably won’t drop it all at once. He’ll likely block escape routes by presenting evidence they can’t deny the more KICKS tries to refute.”

Since I’d seen this process before regression, it wasn’t hard to deduce. However, unlike before regression when he only dragged me in, this time he’s dragging in all of Rev, so I’ll have to wait and see how the situation changes.

“Then we should start preparing too.”

Ryu Jaehee’s eyes sparkled.

“Hyung, keep in contact with Jung Iseo and find out the exact D-Day. It’ll be a headache if we move too early and create an escape route for Jung Iseo’s side.”

“Yeah, got it.”

I fell into thought while looking at the youngest member, who was quite reliable in these matters.

Until now, I’d left the brain work to Ryu Jaehee because it was bothersome, but the matter with Cha Yeonho was something I couldn’t entrust to Ryu Jaehee. As long as the regression backstory was involved, I had to resolve it entirely myself.

That meant playing mind games with Cha Yeonho was also my responsibility.

While I could use my brain despite the hassle, ironically, manipulating people according to my will only succeeded when I didn’t intend it.

Like how I got caught being a regressor this time – when I intentionally try to do something, it fails like a ghost is interfering.

So I need to observe and engrave these kinds of psychological battles in my mind at times like this. So I can apply and use them later.

‘But how do I improve the relationship level with the Youngest Member?’

The Quest deadline was gradually approaching, but there hadn’t been any particular events that could improve the relationship level with Ryu Jaehee. I wished the system would at least throw me another Quest and donate some Quest deadline extension tickets or items.

I looked away a step faster due to the short vibration from my cell phone than Ryu Jaehee becoming conscious of my gaze.

[Skoen Hyung- Sorry again, really] 10:31 AM

[Skoen Hyung- I’ll definitely buy you a meal later, so contact me when you have time] 10:32 AM

[Skoen Hyung- And thank you so much for switching the order and buying me time] 10:32 AM

Even at yesterday’s concert after-party, he got completely drunk and grabbed onto me to apologize several times, so either he completely forgot, or he feels that sorry about it.

Still, the fact that he didn’t take switching the order for granted and kept apologizing contributed to making him look quite good as a person.

Yesterday’s concert after-party had quite a lot of content besides Skoen’s head-banging apology and the story he told about the incident details.

Of course, I couldn’t drink much due to the System’s wide-awake surveillance.

However, it was quite entertaining to watch Yu Pina, the original winner before regression, wailing loudly in front of me asking why I came out as a contestant in Season 4 to dominate when I should have appeared in Season 5 or as a producer.

It was also fun watching Choi Hyeongjin grumbling in front of me with completely slurred pronunciation, asking why I treated him that way back then and saying he still can’t eat shark bars because of the trauma I caused him.

Oh, and BQ9, who was seriously discussing with Yongcheol Hyung whether he could have become Season 3’s winner if he had called me for featuring like Yongcheol Hyung did in Season 3.

Yongcheol Hyung’s answer was quite touching as he confidently said that even if BQ9 had asked during Season 3, I wouldn’t have agreed, and it wouldn’t have created the same synergy as our stage.

Yongcheol Hyung really understood well that I came out for featuring after deep consideration and with difficulty.

“Come to think of it, where did Yehyeon Hyung go? He came back from morning exercise and went out again?”

“Yehyeon Hyung is busy these days.”

“It is the end of the year, but does he have that many personal schedules?”

“It is personal business.”

I narrowed my eyes at Ryu Jaehee who was trying to brush it off with wordplay. Ryu Jaehee pretended not to know and avoided my persistent gaze.

[Seo Yehyeon- I won’t stop by the dormitory and will go straight to the practice room] 10:50 AM

[Seo Yehyeon- You guys go to the practice room first] 10:51 AM

The message that arrived in the midst of this added even more to my suspicion.

“Yehyeon Hyung isn’t dating someone, is he?”

“When Hyung was always away from the dormitory because of song production, everyone believed in Hyung without a shred of doubt. So Hyung should also trust Yehyeon Hyung.”

“That’s because I had work as evidence! How is this the same as that!”

“Anyway, I can’t tell you. No comment. Don’t feel hurt that I’m only not telling Hyung. Hajun Hyung and Doby Hyung probably don’t know either.”

“Ah, what is it really. You know I can’t sleep when I’m curious about something.”

“If you had paid a little attention to your surroundings, you could have figured it out. Seriously, our members have too little interest in each other. Our personal space is too wide.”

Even while being shaken by my hands, Ryu Jaehee shamelessly avoided my gaze until the end and just clicked his tongue.

Could it be that? The cell phone he’s been constantly looking at? Shit, that’s a sign of dating!

* * *

“Wow, safe.”

Seo Yehyeon, who arrived just in time for practice, leaned against the doorframe and caught his breath with his back bent. He must have been running quite a bit because even though it was midwinter, sweat was beading on his forehead and nose tip.

“I don’t have to pay the late fee, huff, right?”

“Did you run here just to avoid paying the late fee?”

“Yeah, that’s why I gave up on the elevator and, huff, ran up the stairs.”

Wiping away sweat, Seo Yehyeon closed the door and fully entered the practice room. If his foot had been outside the threshold, I would have used that as an excuse to extort the late fee, but unfortunately Seo Yehyeon’s feet were completely inside the threshold.

When I clicked my tongue once while looking at his feet, Seo Yehyeon smiled smugly as if asking whether I thought he couldn’t even calculate that much.

“Why are you so busy these days, hyung? I haven’t seen you at the dormitory at all lately.”

I casually threw out a bait question in passing.

Seo Yehyeon, who had finished catching his breath and changed into practice room sneakers, let out a long sigh and grumbled lightly.

“The year-end award ceremony preparation is taking longer than expected. Who would have thought we’d get 10 minutes of stage time at WAWA? I thought we’d get 5 minutes at most.”

We received an unprecedented 10 minutes of stage time at WAWA, the year-end award ceremony hosted by Wnet. It was even the ending stage.

Ten minutes was enough time to perform three full songs on stage. Seeing how they gave us the ending spot over formidable senior groups, it seemed like Dubnet had quite a good time with DTB 4.

Well, just looking at this DTB 4’s music chart performance and concert scale, this season’s participants, especially me, deserve their gratitude.

And since the DTB performance part was separately divided at WAWA, I had to perform with the DTB producers as well.

Since this would be performed with a song produced by Moltic & Young Billy Label, the runner-up producing team, I didn’t need to work on the song and just had to write my verse separately.

I wondered if people might complain about seeing my face for too long. Of course, whether they complained about that or not wasn’t my concern.

If they’re bothered, they can go complain to Dubnet.

“But what does 10 minutes of stage time have to do with you being busy?”

As soon as he heard that question, a bright smile spread across Seo Yehyeon’s face.

“You don’t need to know.”

Ryu Jaehee tried to brush it off with wordplay, but this guy is trying to get away with it by subtly using his charm.

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