A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 373

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Original Intent Episode 373

Jung Iseo’s voice didn’t reach Kwon Yunseong, but it was faintly audible to Choi Hyeonmin, who had naturally good hearing.

He should have at least frowned—what’s he going to do if he doesn’t react when Eden Hyung reconciled with him?

I get that he’s happy about reconciling with Eden Hyung, but what’s he thinking, letting his guard down in this kind of tense situation? I’m going crazy right now because of the bomb that bastard just dropped.

Choi Hyeonmin grumbled internally as he glanced back at Jung Iseo’s room and put his mind to work.

‘At this rate, even Eden Hyung will come under suspicion, won’t he?’

Choi Hyeonmin’s brain operated at optimal capacity only when it came to screwing someone over. It wasn’t surprising that he got an additional buff when the target was Jung Iseo, whom he usually disliked.

After loosening up his hands lightly, Choi Hyeonmin struck the back of Kwon Yunseong’s head with moderate force.

As the dull impact hit his head, Kwon Yunseong immediately glared sharply and whipped around to look at Choi Hyeonmin.

“Ah, fuck…”

As expected, the suppressed curse word flowed out immediately as predicted, and Choi Hyeonmin quickly brought his index finger to his lips and pointed toward Jung Iseo’s room with his finger.

Hyung, we’ve been together for so long—surely you’d understand this kind of signal, right? Choi Hyeonmin blinked his eyes desperately with an innocent expression, sending telepathy to Kwon Yunseong.

Kwon Yunseong’s expression naturally crumpled at the sight.

“I’m already troubled enough, and you’re being fucking annoying.”

Kwon Yunseong spat out words that could have been directed at either Choi Hyeonmin or Jung Iseo, irritably let go of Choi Hyeonmin’s neck that he had been gripping, and went into his own room.

‘Did we get through this safely?’

He wanted to open that door wide and check Jung Iseo’s expression, but unfortunately, doing so would likely expose that Kwon Yunseong’s irritation was a kind of show, so Choi Hyeonmin just gave up and decided to dig out the seeds of suspicion that Jung Iseo had planted in him.

Choi Hyeonmin picked up his cell phone and slowly looked through his contacts, his finger pausing briefly at Yoon Eden’s name. Choi Hyeonmin roughly ruffled the back of his hair and clicked his tongue softly.

Ah shit, but just in case, I should probably tell him, right?

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[Choi Hyeonmin- Hyung, I think Jung Iseo caught on a bit because of Yunseong hyung] 1:30 PM

[Choi Hyeonmin- I handled it right away but I’m not sure if it worked properly] 1:31 PM

[Choi Hyeonmin- Just letting you know for now] 1:32 PM

What’s the point of me racking my brain so hard? One act of trolling from someone else and it all goes back to square one.

Fuck, did I reconcile with Kwon Yunseong for nothing? Should I have waited until after everything was resolved? Is this how the youngest member felt watching me, someone who used to cause trouble first before solving it?

Feeling very slightly sorry, I glanced back at the youngest member, and Ryu Jaehee came running to me in alarm.

“I can still handle this, right?”

“Youngest, I didn’t make a mistake! Kwon Yunseong did! I successfully probed!”

“What kind of mistake did the KICKS leader make? I need to know that to figure out whether to prepare countermeasures, change direction to Plan B, or make the first move.”

A text message with detailed content soon arrived from Choi Hyeonmin. After skimming through it, Ryu Jaehee let out a pure exclamation of admiration, completely devoid of sarcasm.

“Wow, both Jung Iseo and Choi Hyeonmin are no joke. Jung Iseo deliberately probing, and Choi Hyeonmin immediately hitting his own leader on the back of the head to create a situation where he holds back from showing he was provoked in front of others, then comes out cursing.”

Kwon Yunseong has really mellowed out a lot since becoming an idol. If this were his trainee days, “You crazy?” would have immediately followed “Ah, fuck,” and the meaning of that curse would have been exposed.

“Do you think Jung Iseo fell for Choi Hyeonmin’s response?”

“I’m not sure about that. Actually, I haven’t completely figured out Jung Iseo’s personality. Ah, this is Yehyeon hyung’s specialty. Yehyeon hyung is really good at human psychology analysis.”

That’s true. Even when Gyeon Hajun analyzed drama roles, he always consulted Seo Yehyeon.

“If Jung Iseo still hasn’t let go of his suspicions, I think he’ll probably probe you in the near future.”

“Ha, now every Tom, Dick, and Harry is trying to test me. Do they think I’m easy?”

Cha Yeonho and Jung Iseo, those fucking bastards trying to manipulate people’s hearts as they please. I let out a nervous, hollow laugh.

In the past, when I acted like this, the youngest line would get scared and flinch for no reason, so even after losing my temper, guilt would creep up on me. But lately, even Kim Dobin, who used to be so timid, doesn’t even blink an eye, so I felt free to throw tantrums in front of the youngest line.

Of course, there were also fewer things worth losing my temper over in front of them.

“Sigh, KICKS’ leader seems pretty unstable too.”

Ryu Jaehee let out a short sigh. KICKS ‘too’, youngest? That means there’s another group with a problematic leader? That group couldn’t possibly be our group, right?

I gave up on escapism. Yeah, it’s probably our group. How much socializing does Ryu Jaehee do with other groups anyway, sigh…

“I’m better though, right?”

“I’ll say yes for now. They say your arm bends inward.”

Ryu Jaehee shrugged at my probing question.

“But to think they’d use hyung as a scratching post. And even attempting to sow discord… Still, if hyung hadn’t made up with that leader, things would have gotten complicated. If the discord had worked, it would have basically become a three-way battle.”

Hmm, I see. I accepted Kwon Yunseong’s apology at just the right time. I immediately withdrew my regret.

“From what I can see, Jung Iseo seems to have won over people around Choi Hyeonmin too. Or maybe he deliberately planted them to secure evidence to destroy him. They say Choi Hyeonmin is a club addict. It’s hard to bring someone down with just witness accounts.”

Recalling the club photos of Choi Hyeonmin that spread before my regression, what Jung Iseo said to Choi Hyeonmin this time probably wasn’t empty words either.

Remembering the news about Choi Hyeonmin’s relationships that I heard through the grapevine – how he completely fell apart after suspecting everyone around him – left a bitter taste in my mouth.

He was a guy I couldn’t stand to look at, but he was once a junior I was quite fond of. To the point where I’d tolerate his careless words at some point.

“Don’t feel too conflicted about it, hyung. We just need to make Jung Iseo pay for what he did wrong to Hajun hyung. The karma for ostracizing someone is for them to handle on their own.”

Misunderstanding my expression as sympathy for the KICKS guys, Ryu Jaehee offered me mature comfort. Kim Dobin, who was listening nearby, also nodded and added a word.

“That’s right. Regardless of Parachute’s wrongdoings, I know well how hard isolation within a group can be.”

I gently ruffled Kim Dobin’s hair as he deliberately brought up his own heavy past.

“Right, we just need to get back exactly our share.”

That’s why when we heard they were inserting a parachute into the debut group except for Gyeon Hajun, we all said we should go confront them together, you idiots.

Back then you stayed quiet saying you wanted to debut, and look at you now. Was there any meaning in debuting while turning a blind eye to injustice like that?

Whether it’s a parachute who stole the spot of someone equally desperate, or guys who would abandon colleagues they practiced with for years just to debut with such a parachute – if they debuted in such a pathetic way, they should at least get along with each other.

In the end, they’re just dragging each other down into the swamp.

It was now a meaningless hypothetical and criticism. If Gyeon Hajun hadn’t been kicked out, and if I hadn’t stormed out, the five of us would never have come together as the group Rev.

Before my regression, there were times when I sincerely wished that hypothetical would become reality, but now I had no regrets.

“Youngest! I think I might have some talent!”

Seo Yehyeon, who had been opening the dormitory door with an excited face and speaking in a highly elated tone, stopped short when he spotted me.

“Why are you here at this hour instead of going to the studio?”

“What, do I have to be at the studio all the time?”

“You usually are.”

As Seo Yehyeon said, I usually holed up in the studio at this time, diligently preparing for the regular album.

“The studio heater broke down, so I can’t use the studio until the day after tomorrow.”

“Why today of all days?”

“How would I know? If you’re that curious, go grab my broken studio heater and ask why it had to break yesterday and prevent me from going to the studio over the weekend.”

I shrugged and added in a casual tone.

“By the way, what talent did hyung discover to be so excited?”

“The talent to shut you up.”

Seeing how I was naturally left speechless, it doesn’t seem to be complete nonsense.

Why has his speaking skills improved so much? Is he really preparing to go on DTB Season 5 like candidate number 2 of Kim Dobin’s predicted ‘reasons why Seo Yehyeon is acting like this’?

What cut off my imagination that was extending to the scene of Seo Yehyeon’s rap performance from the first preliminary round getting a solo shot and being broadcast was a short vibration from my cell phone.

[Jung Iseo- Did something happen with Kwon Yunseong?] 2:20 PM

This bastard is trying to probe again. He could just ask directly, but he’s annoyingly beating around the bush.

“Hey, Youngest Member. Lay out the mat.”

“We don’t really need to lay out a mat for this. This is something you can predict if you just think a little, right?”

“Right, my brain warm-up isn’t complete yet. It didn’t roll that far.”

Grumbling, I sent a reply as usual so as not to arouse suspicion.

[No] 2:21 PM

[Why] 2:21 PM

Ryu Jaehee nodded, meaning it was sufficiently okay.

[Jung Iseo- No, just] 2:24 PM

[Jung Iseo- Kwon Yunseong suddenly started badmouthing Eden, so I wondered if something happened between you two] 2:25 PM

“Wow, he’s twisting it like this to sow discord again? If I hadn’t heard the story from Choi Hyeonmin beforehand, I would have wondered in what context Kwon Yunseong badmouthed me.”

Jung Iseo was carefully planting seeds of suspicion between me and Kwon Yunseong. The problem was that all those seeds were dying.

“Just in case, let’s move up our schedule a bit too. I should let Yeongjin Hyung know we’re changing the live schedule.”

“Hyung’s crisis detection ability is as reliable as Yehyeon Hyung’s human psychology analysis.”

This kid, he does know something. I was feeling proud at Ryu Jaehee’s words when Kim Dobin suddenly butted in and ruined the moment.

“Huh, but if that’s the case, didn’t Eden Hyung fail to detect the Hawaii flood warning? And our flight delays and four layovers?”

“Thanks to that, our vlog got good view counts. And we got guaranteed New Year’s vacation.”

“Doby, do you hate hearing that Hyung is reliable that much? Enough to bring up the Hawaii vacation you want to forget? Huh?”

“Kyaaah, I was just stating facts…! Of course our Hyung is the most reliable! Not my real brother! Our Eden Hyung!”

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A live alarm arrived to fans who subscribed to the Rev channel on the OA app.

[On Air] Daydream who were curious about Eden’s solo song preview, gather around~

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