A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 391

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Original Intent Episode 391

The changed values appeared before my eyes, listed with my name and Ryu Jaehee’s name, organized by pluses and minuses.

Contrary to my prediction that the values would only go up, there was quite a mix of pluses and minuses.

I thought the members had unilaterally improved their relationship scores, but it turns out I had quite a share in it too.

Since it was four years’ worth of data, the amount was quite extensive, so rather than examining each one from the beginning, I scrolled all the way down to the bottom.

Based on the current score of 99, I carefully calculated and found the fluctuation values for when it rose to 100 points and when it suddenly dropped.

Fortunately, I didn’t need to go back very far.

[Yoon Eden +2]

[Yoon Eden –1]

[Yoon Eden +1]

[Ryu Jaehee –1]

[Ryu Jaehee –1]

[Ryu Jaehee +1]

When one person brings it down, the other should bring it up, but this was like one person playing both drum and janggu, and when they finish, another person starts playing both drum and janggu. Except now the other person stops playing the janggu midway, which is the problem.

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“Hey, Yoon Eden! Did you drown in the shower?”

Bang bang!

At the sound of knocking on the bathroom door and Seo Yehyeon’s shout from beyond the door, I withdrew my finger that was about to touch one of the items and finished rinsing off the shampoo suds.

After finishing my shower, I vigorously towel-dried my hair and sat down in the chair across from Seo Yehyeon at the dining table instead of my usual spot.

“You even worry about me drowning in shower water. How very thoughtful of you, hyung-nim.”

When I clapped and praised Seo Yehyeon’s thoughtfulness, Seo Yehyeon scowled deeply.

“Then would you be able to just ignore it when someone who doesn’t usually do that is showering for over 20 minutes?”

“There’s someone right in front of me who showers for nearly 30 minutes, so why are you making such a fuss over just 20 minutes?”

“Just how long are you planning to keep up that concept?”

Seo Yehyeon asked with a fed-up expression. Well, until I get tired of it?

“Why? Is it because of yesterday’s stage? The reaction wasn’t bad though? Since hyung always does intense rap, it must have been refreshing. If that bothers you, next time let’s just tell the members in advance and go with lip sync. Lip sync isn’t legally prohibited, and it’s fine to do it once in a while like this.”

Whether Ryu Jaehee was in a good mood from the contact he received from his youngest sibling, or whether his mood had improved because I entrusted him with the doubling, he approached me quite warmly for the first time in a while.

You can only package a drastically slowed tempo as freshness so many times though. But I believed the system wouldn’t throw this kind of penalty at me like it was eating rice.

Still, with rap skills at this level, being able to clearly know how to structure parts to maximize them was definitely good.

When I didn’t know, it was uncharted territory so I just roughly guessed it would be around this level and worked Seo Yehyeon hard while gradually adjusting, but experiencing it directly with skills that were a downgraded version of Seo Yehyeon’s made it stick and gave me clear understanding.

Good, now I’ll save much more time when creating Seo Yehyeon’s parts or recording. Solutions are now vaguely coming to mind for parts that were disappointing because I couldn’t catch the details.

Thinking that the quality of future Rev songs could be higher, it wasn’t quite a fucking shitty penalty.

And I decided not to pressure Seo Yehyeon asking “can’t you do this?” during future recordings. I couldn’t do it when I tried the Gyeon Hajun version. Seo Yehyeon himself must be frustrated too. It’s like shoving college math at a middle schooler.

So mirror therapy works like this too. It reminds me of the saying about frogs forgetting their tadpole days. Of course, I wasn’t quite at that tadpole level.

The biggest victims of this penalty were me, who had to rework parts from dawn to safely finish the stage with severely nerfed skills, and Gyeon Hajun, whose rap skills that made even me gape were exposed despite not rapping once – it was hard to determine which of us two suffered more.

But there was no disagreement that Seo Yehyeon was the biggest beneficiary of this penalty.

Now, as I reached for the utensils first out of familiar habit ingrained in my body, Seo Yehyeon suddenly raised an objection.

“Wait, hold on. If Yoon Eden is calling me hyung-nim, then shouldn’t I be the one to pick up the spoon first?”

“Hyung-nim, why are you obsessing over spoons again?”

“It’s not obsessing! It’s weird! What kind of messed up family tree is this!”

“You’re right. If you’re father’s hyung-nim, then to me you’re not hyung but uncle. It really is a messed up family tree.”

“No, that’s not what I meant!”

“Actually no, Doby hyung. Since he’s not married, he’d be uncle. Great uncle.”

“Dobin, why are you replacing your perfectly fine father with me? I’m your hyung, not your dad.”

“Conceptually speaking in terms of dining table etiquette, he’s Rev’s father, that’s what I’m saying.”

“This is driving me crazy, why have I become an uncle again?”

Kim Dobin teased Seo Yehyeon, who was holding his forehead after starting this whole thing himself.

“Then should we hold the 691st meeting on the topic of whether to change the order of picking up spoons during meal time?”

“Let’s first have a meeting about whether we should have a meeting about such things. For reference, I’m against it.”

“No, I think this is definitely worth discussing.”

“Hyung-nim, are you aware that you keep starting every sentence with ‘no’? Your mindset of wanting to deny everything in the world is dripping from every single word you say, you know?”

It was Gyeon Hajun’s single comment that sorted out the chaotic dining table situation.

“Guys, stop talking nonsense from the morning and just eat.”

“Nonsense? Isn’t this a logical objection?”

“Hyung-nim, please stop the nonsense.”

Even Seo Yehyeon grumbled but obediently resumed eating at Gyeon Hajun’s single comment. Maybe Gyeon Hajun is actually the strongest in Rev. Didn’t Kim Dobin say that too? The person who provides food is the strongest.

After finishing our meal, we did a final check to see if any personal belongings were left behind and solemnly headed to the dressing room.

About five hours after setting foot in the dressing room again.

“Let’s just dump everything in boxes and organize it at the new dorm after we move. I’m dying, seriously.”

“And there’s a 99% chance it’ll just get shoved into the new dorm’s dressing room as is.”

Seo Yehyeon, lying sprawled among the pile of clothes in the dressing room, was the first to cry surrender. Gyeon Hajun, who had been opening shoe boxes like a machine, replied in a cold voice.

“Let’s rest a bit and then continue. Don’t give up now.”

“Huh? You’re finally not calling me hyung-nim.”

“I’m tired so my words got mixed up, hyung-nim. Let’s rest a bit and then get back to work.”

“I see. So for Yoon Eden to stop calling me hyung-nim, Yoon Eden has to be tired.”

“Don’t worry, hyung-nim. Recording won’t be very tiring from now on.”

“I don’t know if I should be happy or sad about this.”

I clicked my tongue once at Seo Yehyeon who ran ahead to claim the sofa and lie down, then flopped onto my room’s bed.

I had no intention of touching the air in the living room where members could come and go and see everything anyway.

I brought up the relationship improvement numerical change records in front of my eyes again.

[Yoon Eden +2: Rose to a position where he can willingly be with Ryu Jaehee during difficult times]

Calculating it, this was when my relationship improvement with Ryu Jaehee first reached 100.

Looking back, before my regression, I didn’t really think of Ryu Jaehee as someone I could lean on during hard times. Even when I shared my troubles, it was more like ‘since you’re having such a hard time, get some comfort by looking at me struggling with other problems.’

That was the maximum comfort that the stupid me of that time, drowning in my own tragedy without the leisure to look around, could offer.

For example, I never confessed to Ryu Jaehee the deepest emotions that had crushed me before my regression, making me gradually sink into misery and struggle helplessly.

My musical talent, that damned love-hate relationship toward this group that I had believed without a doubt I could showcase.

The ugly inferiority complex of having my position as the savior of the sinking group stolen from me.

I wonder if Ryu Jaehee before my regression knew.

The real reason I hated Seo Yehyeon before my regression, not the superficial reason I showed about how an incompetent member with just a pretty face gets the most attention.

Well, he was such a perceptive guy that he might have known but chose not to say anything to me.

Was it right after that when both Gyeon Hajun and I were cut down to 99%?

[Yoon Eden –1: My music is not Ryu Jaehee’s irreplaceable first priority]

What was surprising was that the relationship improvement wasn’t reduced because Ryu Jaehee couldn’t perfectly read my inner thoughts and thus couldn’t be completely relied upon, but because he presented other songs as first priority instead of making my music his unwavering top choice.

Well, it’s relationship improvement, not favorability.

For Ryu Jaehee before my regression, other songs were always first priority over mine, so it wasn’t unreasonable for the improvement I had built up through consistent producing to drop.

Gyeon Hajun was probably the one who lost 1% for the former reason. That was our fundamental conflict, after all.

[Yoon Eden +1: Still managed to overcome the slump thanks to being together in the end]

Damn, what is this. I had such embarrassingly cheesy thoughts? This kind of thing is a reason for relationship improvement going up?

I frowned while rubbing the goosebumps that had risen on my arms. Is this really reliable data?

Calculating it, didn’t it reach 100% again at this point? Remembering how it always showed notifications when reaching 100%, I touched the item right below.

[Ryu Jaehee –1: Eden Hyung overcame his slump]

So the increase on my side and the decrease on Ryu Jaehee’s side happened almost simultaneously…

‘But why is me overcoming my slump a reason for deduction?’

Usually that would be a plus, wouldn’t it.

‘I’m glad Hyung isn’t a perfect person. I… because Hyung overcame his slump so quickly…’

Ryu Jaehee’s drunken mumbling suddenly circled in my head.

Ryu Jaehee wants me not to be a perfect person. My quickly overcoming the slump was, in Ryu Jaehee’s mind, adding points to my perfection.

Then it makes sense that my overcoming the slump would be a reason for deduction.

…But why?

Unable to understand, I rubbed my throbbing temples and moved on to the next reason.

[Ryu Jaehee –1: Eden Hyung badmouthed my family]

Well, this was a reason that roughly matched what I had expected.

Such extreme family love, so extreme. Ryu Jaehee himself would be more comfortable if this could be broken through.

Clicking my tongue, I looked down and read the reason for the most recent 1% increase.

[Ryu Jaehee +1: Eden Hyung needs me more than Hajun Hyung]

I thought he was happy because he trusted me and left it to me, but now why is he sitting there comparing me to Gyeon Hajun?

There were quite a few things that were more off the mark than I had expected.

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