A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 422

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Regression Manual for Idols Who Lost Their Original Intent Episode 422

“First place? Was the cooking theme by any chance dieting? Or was making tornado omelettes the theme?”

Ryu Jaehee looked at me with eyes full of suspicion and interrogated me thoroughly. Unlike Ryu Jaehee, Kim Dobin, who readily accepted the bet results, took my side.

“Ryu Jae! Aren’t you being too harsh to Eden Hyung? The other participant teams might have cooked so terribly that the hyungs won.”

You’re being even harsher, you bastard.

I pressed down on Kim Dobin’s crown while revealing the truth.

“Of course with this combination, did you think we’d be first from the front? We’re first from the back, man.”

“Oh yeah, I won! Doby Hyung, please transfer the 100,000 won.”

The hyungs just came back in last place and you’re that happy about winning the bet? You even put money on it?

“Don’t get too addicted to money betting. These small bets develop into gambling later on. Got it?”

When I gave serious advice, the youngest line obediently nodded their heads.

“You heard Eden Hyung, Ryu Jae? He said not to bet money. Since I have to follow Eden Hyung’s words, I won’t give you the money.”

“How can that be? You have to give the money you bet on this round! Right, Hyung?”

“Listening to it, I think Doby’s words are right.”

Normally I would have taken the youngest member’s side, but this time I took Kim Dobin’s side. It was my deep and profound intention to not let them get hooked on money betting.

It definitely wasn’t because Kim Dobin’s predicted ranking was higher than Ryu Jaehee’s.

“Ah, Hyung! Right now you’re doing this because Doby Hyung’s predicted ranking is higher than mine!”

“Youngest, do you see this hyung as such a petty guy?”

I placed my arm on Ryu Jaehee’s shoulder as he nodded without a moment’s hesitation, and gave him a headlock—no, a neck massage.

Kim Dobin’s applause and flattery, calling me the best hyung for saving his money, played as background music along with Ryu Jaehee’s “Ah!” sounds.

“But I really thought you’d get 3rd place. I thought with Yehyeon Hyung there, you hyungs could beat at least one team.”

“This hyung couldn’t exert his strength with that theme.”

I released my arm that had been firmly wrapped around Ryu Jaehee’s neck and shook my head.

“It must have been quite fattening food. Just how high-calorie was it? Even if I ask for spoilers, you’ll tell me to watch the broadcast, right? I know all about you hyungs now!”

“No. The theme was street food.”

Kim Dobin looked at me with a face that doubted his own ears.

“Huh…?”

“What, why. What’s the point of preventing spoilers for something like this.”

I already revealed the ranking, so why can’t I reveal the theme?

“Now I understand why people prevent spoilers. Hearing spoilers makes the anticipation drop? You made tteokbokki, right? It’ll be tteokbokki season 2.”

Seo Yehyeon and I simultaneously glared at Kim Dobin, who dismissed our suffering as merely konjac tteokbokki level.

At least with konjac tteokbokki, there was only one very favorable Gyeon Hajun as the taster and judge. In 【15 Minutes】, we couldn’t expect such mercy.

“The drama schedule is the enemy, the enemy. If only Hajun had been there, today’s incident wouldn’t have happened…! I just wish that broadcast would never air.”

“No, Hyung. If you say that, what does that make me, who worked hard to fix things?”

“Anyone listening would think I caused trouble. Guys, don’t misunderstand just from hearing Yoon Eden’s words. The fault is 50-50.”

“Hmm, suddenly my anticipation is revived. As expected, there’s no way you failed through a smooth process.”

“It’s okay, hyungs. These days, being bad at cooking is also a kind of fan service point.”

“I’m not bad at it! The menu was just unfamiliar!”

“That’s what the world calls being bad at cooking, Hyung.”

Whether fortunately or unfortunately, the airing of 【15 Minutes】 happened on the day we finished all our song production, so we could watch the live broadcast together with all the members at the dormitory.

Our desperate 15-minute chaos show and the judging comments that hurt Seo Yehyeon’s feelings were finally revealed to the world.

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[15 Minutes Episode 8]

[MC: Let me introduce today’s guests who will engage in fierce competition!]

As soon as the MC’s shout ended, the studio backstage doors opened and eight challengers appeared to applause.

[Yoon Eden (Celebrity Team): Hello, I’m Yoon Eden, leader of idol group Rev.]

[Seo Yehyeon (Celebrity Team): I’m Seo Yehyeon.]

-Wow, I thought Eden appearing on 15 Minutes was a lie but it was real

-Where did Hajun go?????

-Still, at least it’s not the hopeless cooking brother combination

-What was the company thinking? They sent a kid who’s officially a cooking disaster with only tornado omelette to a cooking competition show. Even if Eden insisted he wanted to go, they should have stopped him

[Seo Yehyeon (Celebrity Team): These days, my favorite show is 【15 Minutes】. It’s fun. So I’m truly honored to appear on it (laughs).]

[MC: Are you two good at cooking within your group?]

[Yoon Eden (Celebrity Team): I don’t know about other things, but I’m confident in just one thing.]

[MC: Oh, you’re very confident. Yes, we’ll look forward to today!]

-Right, tornado omelette

-Yoon Eden, don’t raise the viewers’ expectations!!!!! You’ll face backlash if you do that!!!!!

Divided into student, housewife, office worker, and celebrity teams, they each finished their self-introductions and brief interviews with the MC, then were assigned their positions with cooking stations and utensils.

-I’m scared… I’m scared of what kind of result will be born… And I’m already scared of how long I’ll have to face that result as a meme…

-Eden appearing on a cooking competition show feels like Yehyeon appearing on a dance survival show right now

-Yehyeon, I believe in you, let’s go

-Please let the theme be one of these: diet special meal or diabetic meal or vegetarian or wellness health food, so at least Yehyeon can be active please please

[MC: I’ll reveal today’s theme!]

[Today’s theme is… street food!]

-Still, if it’s street food, the difficulty isn’t that high

-Can we relax?

-You guys… did you forget about konjac tteokbokki?

-What are the calories of representative street foods?

-We’re screwed, tteok-twi-sun calories are fucking high, Yehyeon can’t cover this

Ignoring Daydream’s desperate wishes, the theme that came out didn’t disappoint their expectations as expected. And the celebrity team received the most broadcast time with their unique ideas and unique cooking completion process.

-It’s more surprising that they thought rolled-up dumpling wrappers wouldn’t come apart when boiled

-Looking at the pot makes me sigh, but listening to the kids’ conversation makes me laugh, so overall I become someone letting out hollow laughter

-Fuck, Hajun, where are you, come quickly and do some Jun-ddeok, this is beyond total chaos, it’s hopeless now

-The theme song messed up… Why did the theme song have to be high-calorie, making it so we can’t even use Yehyeon, who was our one ray of hope ㅠ

-Yoon Eden, admit that your cooking is worse than dog food… Seo Yehyeon readily agrees

-Still, if Yehyeon made that food and sat in front of me with his chin propped up, I’m confident I’d eat it all up like a dog

└I could even show off the trick of washing dishes with my tongue

-This is it, Yehyeon, let’s go with the chin-propping strategy. It seems like the only answer is for you to actively use honey trap tactics on the judges

└What about Eden?

└The judges would probably get indigestion;;

[MC: 3, 2, 1! 15 minutes over! All four teams succeeded in completing their dishes within the time limit!]

Then judging proceeded in the order the dishes were completed.

[Student Team’s 【Carbonara Rabokki】]

[Kim Yuyeong: It’s like eating pasta. Really delicious. The spiciness makes it even better. Ah, there are cheongyang peppers in it.]

[Jeong Jinho: Even though the ingredients were limited, they reproduced the carbonara cream flavor quite well. The broth is thick too.]

[Jo Myeongsuk: Mm, it’s delicious. The students made it well.]

[But contrary to her words, she quietly puts down her chopsticks]

[Park Daehong: Ah, it’s too rich. You should add two or three more cheongyang peppers to make it spicier.]

-It’s so cute how they’re shocked that they didn’t consider the adults’ taste preferences

-But there are elderly people who like cream pasta too, so it varies by person

└First of all, Uncle Daehong has totally old-fashioned taste buds. Looking at what he’s judged in the past 15 minutes, his preferences are fucking solid

└Doesn’t Aunt Myeongsuk also dislike rich foods?

[Office Worker Team’s 【Kimbap Fallen for Tteokbokki】]

[Jeong Jinho: They put tteokbokki on top of kimbap.]

[Park Daehong: This combination isn’t bad. The tteokbokki broth and kimbap go surprisingly well together.]

[Jo Myeongsuk: I think it’s better to eat them separately? Mm, tteokbokki broth goes well with rolled omelet kimbap.]

-Are they from the same neighborhood? lol There was something like that at the snack bar near my house too lol

-Wow, making one roll with rolled omelet kimbap and one roll with regular kimbap, they’re really smart people…

After the previous two teams finished receiving their decent reviews, it was finally their turn.

Seo Yehyeon approached the judges with a tense face, holding a plate that only showed the tornado omelet, carefully placed the plate on the table, and stood before the judges.

With Yoon Eden’s hand gently pushing his back, Seo Yehyeon stepped one step closer to the judging panel.

[Celebrity Team’s 【Tornado Omelet Dumpling Wrapper Tteokbokki】]

-Here it comes

-With the tornado omelet on top, the visual is really insane lol

-Are they really going close to the judging panel to use their looks? lol

-Can’t we just end it here without revealing the abyss beneath the tornado omelet?

[Park Daehong: Tteokbokki? This? Isn’t this omelet rice?]

[Jo Myeongsuk: It’s quite a unique idea. Using eggs like this and putting them on top of tteokbokki. Usually with tteokbokki, it’s boiled eggs.]

[Cutting through the beautifully decorated tornado omelet on top, the tteokbokki is finally revealed!]

-What do we do, now that the tornado omelet is cut up, the visual looks even more tragic

-Honest opinion: if they had brought it without the tornado omelet, it would have been immediately eliminated as incomplete

[Park Daehong: Tteokbokki? This?]

[Jo Myeongsuk: Oh my, there are boiled eggs inside too. But the rice cakes below, the state of the rice cakes… hmm…? Is this sujebi?]

[Kim Yuyeong: Ah, they made tteokbokki with dumpling wrappers. It’s a fresh attempt.]

-Uncle Daehong is cursing with his eyes right now

-Aunt Myeongsuk wants to say “ugh” right now but since it’s a broadcast, she’s going around and around calling it sujebi lol

-Looking at it again, it’s really a shocking visual

-Calling that tteokbokki is honestly insulting to Korean cuisine

-If you told them to eat what they made, could they actually eat it? lol

└What the fuck do you take us for, our Yehyeon doesn’t even touch high-calorie food like that

└Didn’t you see Eden tasting what was left after putting that stuff in the bowl? Eden eats everything without being picky, damn it

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