A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 389

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 389

[▶Seo Yehyeon’s Rap Skills

▶Gyeon Hajun’s Rap Skills

▶Kim Dobin’s Singing Ability

▶Ryu Jaehee’s Rap Skills]

I carefully examined the four options presented before me.

Even though I didn’t have the right to choose, I needed to think about the best and worst cases in advance and prepare countermeasures for when the worst option was selected.

First, the best choice among these four would be Kim Dobin’s singing ability. Since I’m the main rapper anyway, I don’t really have occasions to sing, so an option that doesn’t touch my rap skills would be best.

But the problem is the other three options where my rap skills would deteriorate.

First, when I heard Ryu Jaehee handle my part during the part-switching from our music show first place promise, it wasn’t sigh-inducing.

Of course, if he went on DTB he’d be eliminated in the preliminaries right away, but still, he could somehow manage to compete up to the first preliminary round? If it were permanent, I’d naturally go crazy, but maybe 24 hours would be okay?

As for Seo Yehyeon’s rap skills, well… if that kind of rap came out of my throat, would I really be able to endure it with my sanity intact?

What’s 24 hours anyway? I’d probably spit out one rap verse and spend the remaining time counting down while tearing my hair out after just one minute.

And Gyeon Hajun’s rap skills… I don’t know either. I’ve never heard them throughout both before and after regression.

Come to think of it, Gyeon Hajun has never rapped even during part changes.

Is it a bomb or an unexpected jackpot?

But I knew Gyeon Hajun’s tendencies. Gyeon Hajun doesn’t reveal things he’s not good at. And just looking at him, he doesn’t have the face of someone who’d be good at rap either.

So this also has a very high probability of being a dud.

Getting Kim Dobin’s singing ability would be the absolute best, the next best option would be Ryu Jaehee’s rap skills, and the worst would be either Seo Yehyeon or Gyeon Hajun.

At least I know Seo Yehyeon’s rap skills very well so I could make countermeasures, but Gyeon Hajun’s rap skills were uncharted territory, making even that impossible.

Tomorrow, no, since midnight has passed it’s today now. Anyway, today we also have congratulatory performances at other award ceremonies.

If I had known this would happen, I should have been more careful with the award speeches at Seoga University, Lemu, and Naon Chart that we did earlier. To think I’d be betrayed like this even at the very last ceremony, Sildi.

Damn it, I even called Seo Yehyeon “hyung” into the microphone, but they won’t acknowledge that?

The list written in the status window quickly flashed up and down like a spinning slot machine. I swallowed dry saliva while watching it.

Please, please let Kim Dobin’s singing ability come up.

Since Kim Dobin and I have similar vocal abilities anyway, even if I got Kim Dobin’s singing ability, it wouldn’t particularly damage my mental state.

The movement that had been flashing up so fast I couldn’t even read the letters gradually slowed down. Please, please just one more space…!

But as if ignoring my desperate wish, the status window stopped with a thud right above the spot I wanted most.

[▶Gyeon Hajun’s Rap Skills]

And that was also the worst option I had hoped for least.

I irritably messed up my hair. Damn it, I didn’t want to find out about my friend’s rap skills this way!

Unable to bring myself to spit out rap, I just opened and closed my mouth endlessly, then thinking about the stage in a few hours, I finally tried the most intense rap, 【LOST part.1】.

Right, it’s probably because this has a high difficulty level. This was a rap that was intense even for me to do, so there’s no way Gyeon Hajun could handle it.

Clutching my pounding heart, I tried the easiest rap part from a Rev song.

…So this is Gyeon Hajun’s rap skills.

I didn’t want to find out this way though.

Haha, I’m screwed. But I couldn’t even think that Gyeon Hajun could at least be a vocalist. I have to go on stage today with these rap skills right now.

This damn system seems determined to make me completely humiliate myself.

And then when I make even one mistake on stage because I can’t adapt to this amazing skill flowing from my throat, they’ll probably deduct 8 Initial Heart Points at a time.

How on earth did he live performing on stage and recording songs with a sound mind with skills similar to this? My gaze toward Seo Yehyeon, who was sleeping soundly in his bed, was mixed with awe.

Anyway, I needed to get some sleep, even just a little, to manage my condition, so I lay down on the bed and closed my eyes.

No, damn it, but how can he not even ride the flow? That easy thing? Even when my skills were trash, I could easily ride the flow.

But how am I supposed to perform on stage in this condition? Should I just say my voice is gone?

If a DTB winner shows skills like this, won’t conspiracy theories emerge ranging from ‘there was a script to make me the winner’ to ‘it wasn’t actually my skill and there was a voice impersonator behind me’?

뺘ㅃ @ppapp

What are these guys doing among themselves again lololol And why does Yehyeon look so disgusted when Eden calls him hyung-nim

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Dream♥Daydream @revedream

They’re even wearing suits so for a moment I thought they were filming some noir movie lolol

Actually since it’s Rev, a gangster sitcom would suit them better than noir lolol

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The fans were delighted by the award speech I gave at today’s award ceremony, but I, who received another penalty because of it, wasn’t happy at all.

No, so many people found it impressive that I called Seo Yehyeon hyung-nim, so why…! Though to be fair, they also found the 4-minute award speech impressive.

They said it should be an award speech that would satisfy the fans, but calling Seo Yehyeon hyung-nim apparently didn’t meet the satisfaction level.

What’s the hint… A sentence that could be written as background screen text? A sentence that could be made into a four-letter abbreviation?

The shock hadn’t subsided and I couldn’t sleep at all, so I headed to the kitchen to drink some warm water.

Anyway, once Seo Yehyeon falls asleep, he wouldn’t know even if someone carried him away, so I didn’t need to be careful when leaving the room. That was one convenient thing about being roommates with Seo Yehyeon.

There was someone already at the water purifier. Seeing the face clearly illuminated by the phone screen light, I awkwardly scratched the back of my head.

“Eden hyung? Is your insomnia acting up again?”

Ryu Jaehee, who had put down his water cup, asked with wide eyes.

The question of whether you’re staying up looking at Joonggonara rose to the tip of my throat, but I swallowed it down because if I said that out loud, it would really be irreversible.

“It’s not really insomnia… I just felt a bit frustrated so I couldn’t sleep.”

I replied while mixing cold water with hot water to lower the temperature appropriately. This should be fine without burning my tongue and roof of my mouth.

“Is it because of me…?”

Ryu Jaehee asked cautiously with a somewhat anxious and intimidated expression.

If I had to be specific, it’s because of Gyeon Hajun.

Anyway, this whole mess happened because I have to take on Gyeon Hajun’s rap skills.

Ryu Jaehee seems to be feeling something himself right now. Well, how many days has it been since Ryu Jaehee and I had a proper conversation?

But that level of stress doesn’t cause insomnia. It would have to be at least a slump where I can’t write songs at all to lose sleep.

“It’s not that, man. It’s not to the point where I need sleeping pills, so stop watching my hand movements so intently. You flinch every time I move my hand.”

We both know that I throw up whenever I take sleeping pills anyway, so why would I deliberately damage my esophagus in a situation where I don’t even have stress-induced insomnia?

I downed the water in the cup in one shot and casually asked Ryu Jaehee while roughly rinsing the cup and putting it down.

“Can you do doubling for my rap part in ‘Clear Stream Song’ tomorrow?”

Among the Rev members, only Ryu Jaehee could save this ruined rap part.

Even though Seo Yehyeon’s position was sub-rapper, his style was completely different, so even if Yehyeon did doubling on my part, it would only create a lower-tier version of sijo rap.

As for Kim Dobin’s rap skills, they were clearly revealed when he struggled through my part with a tearful expression during the part change and when he acted up saying he’d go on DTB.

“Me? You want me to do it?”

Of course, Ryu Jaehee showed hesitation rather than immediately accepting as I expected.

“Hyung’s condition isn’t very good.”

“I did notice your voice seemed strangely weak… But is it okay to ask me when Yehyeon Hyung is the sub-rapper?”

“I’m not even sure if that hyung understands the concept of doubling.”

It wasn’t particularly meant to criticize Yehyeon, just stating facts.

While Dobin had been asking about various things lately, whether terminology or equipment usage since he’d gotten interested in composition, Yehyeon tended to focus only on memorizing lyrics in the recording studio.

But however he interpreted those words, Jaehee’s expression became strange. He’s not thinking he owes me another thousand nyang debt, is he?

“How about asking Hajun Hyung instead? Surprisingly, Hajun Hyung might do better than me. As you know, Hyung, all I’ve done with rap is a little bit during the music show first place pledge part change…”

Right, because I overwrote Gyeon Hajun’s rap skills, my stage is going to be ruined today.

Expecting synergy where minus plus minus equals plus is hopeless, you know? Even if Hajun does doubling on Hajun’s rap, it’ll only make the not-so-great skills stand out more, right?

Hajun’s fans might feel differently, but at least I was someone who liked Hajun’s tone and vocals, not someone who could embrace Hajun’s rap too, damn it.

Jun, that’s how it turned out. If you want to blame someone, blame this damn system that gave me this penalty and exposed your rap skills.

When I didn’t respond, Jaehee added.

“And Hajun Hyung is much more trustworthy to you than I am. You always have Hajun Hyung do the guide recordings.”

It wasn’t a resentful or envious tone, but I couldn’t just brush it off casually either.

“For rap, you’re more trustworthy than Jun. When have I ever made wrong judgments about music?”

I smiled and reached out to lightly ruffle Jaehee’s hair. I couldn’t see Jaehee’s face as he hung his head low, but the complicated feelings had largely cleared from his light exhale.

With a swift motion, Jaehee raised his head to make my hand stop ruffling his hair and whispered in a lowered voice.

“But didn’t we make too much noise in the middle of the night? We’ll wake up Hajun Hyung.”

“He sleeps with his door closed, so what’s there to worry about with this level of noise? If he wakes up from just this much noise, he wouldn’t have been able to sleep unless he put up soundproof walls all around his room like a recording studio.”

“Still, let’s go in now. Both you and I need to get some sleep for tomorrow’s stage. You said your throat condition isn’t good either, Hyung.”

Jaehee pushed my back toward my room. Despite the clear sounds of footsteps and the door closing, I glanced back at Yehyeon who was still sleeping without waking up, then collapsed onto my bed.

[▶Relationship Improvement with Members

-Seo Yehyeon (100%)

-Gyeon Hajun (100%)

-Kim Dobin (100%)

-Ryu Jaehee (99%)]

The 1% I lost through words was filled back up with words, so now I just need to fill that mysterious remaining 1%.

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Finally, the time for the decisive rehearsal had arrived.

I had already laid the groundwork by saying my throat was worse than usual and my tongue felt numb, so my skills seemed much worse than normal, but this was the first time I’d actually demonstrate how much they had deteriorated.

As my part finally approached, I raised the microphone to my lips with a resolute expression.

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