A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 451

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Original Intent Episode 451

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The follow-up song demo was all done and part distribution was finished too, now we just needed to polish the instrumental a bit more before recording. Thanks to that, every day after schedules ended, it became routine to briefly stop by the dormitory before heading to the studio.

Today too, while walking briskly toward the entrance with my things packed to go to the studio, I discovered the youngest line having a serious conversation on the living room sofa and subtly slowed my steps.

About 70% curiosity about what conversation they were having that made them not even glance at me or say “have a safe trip” when someone was leaving for work, and about 30% intention to at least say I was leaving since I’d already seen their faces in the living room.

“I think I got too absorbed in visual ideas. Hajun hyung too. Your approach was quite refreshing.”

“See, I told you cowards are better at this kind of thing?”

Unable to stand watching the two of them sitting close together, suspiciously whispering while constantly checking their surroundings, I suddenly butted in and asked.

“What’s so refreshing that you two are having such fun whispering together?”

Ryu Jaehee casually answered while putting his arm around Kim Dobin’s shoulder and pressing him down as Dobin startled and tried to jump up.

“We’re saying this follow-up song is refreshing.”

Kim Dobin also belatedly nodded enthusiastically in agreement.

“Right, we thought since the full album went with a sexy concept, the follow-up would be in the same vein, but it completely turned 360 degrees, so it was surprising.”

“360 degrees is a full circle back to the original position, man. It’s not 360 degrees, it would be 180 degrees.”

“Yes, 180 degrees. That’s what I meant. You really understand perfectly.”

Kim Dobin’s unusually obedient behavior made me increasingly suspicious that these guys were plotting some mischief again, but I decided to pretend not to notice for now.

Whatever those guys do, Ryu Jaehee is there, so at least they won’t cross the line. Even if I can’t trust Kim Dobin, I can trust Ryu Jaehee.

“It’s not exactly an upbeat song either, and it’s similar to 【’till dawn】, so what’s refreshing about it?”

“Still, it’s our first time going with a pure rock genre. We’ve experienced dance rock once, but isn’t this our first time with the rock metal genre?”

Watching Ryu Jaehee smoothly continue speaking without missing a beat, Kim Dobin also glanced around and slyly added a comment.

“It seemed more exciting than 【’till dawn】.”

“It would be. 【’till dawn】 is alternative pop and is rock. Both of you take good care of your voices until the recording day. Especially you, youngest.”

“Aw, of course. Why are you worrying about such things?”

I stared at Ryu Jaehee who was responding with a cheeky smile, then casually threw out a comment.

“Don’t bring that crazy pink blanket.”

I narrowed my eyes watching Ryu Jaehee nod without any reaction. Did his acting skills improve, or am I reading this wrong?

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“Damn, that was scary. Why did Eden hyung’s intuition get so sharp?”

As soon as Yoon Eden left the dormitory saying he was going to the studio, Kim Dobin caught his breath and patted his pounding chest.

He was so startled thinking they’d definitely get caught.

“That hyung has always been like a ghost when it comes to his own work. It didn’t get sharper. He’s always been like that.”

Unlike Kim Dobin, Ryu Jaehee still had a calm expression despite having come to the brink of their surprise horror special camera being ruined, and corrected Kim Dobin’s words.

Still pressing down on his rapidly beating heart, Kim Dobin whispered with his voice lowered as if someone might eavesdrop, even though now there really were only the two of them in the dormitory.

“Let’s try not to talk about the surprise camera in the dormitory. If we get caught one more time, Eden hyung’s persistent suspicion will start.”

“No, this actually worked out well.”

The eyes of Ryu Jaehee, Rev’s only brain and Rev’s Zhuge Liang, lit up.

“From what I saw, Eden hyung noticed that we’re plotting something, but he hasn’t figured out exactly what yet. That’s exactly the state he’s in.”

The question Yoon Eden threw out at the last moment to test them made it possible to be certain of this.

It was a moment that once again proved that while he was undefeated in physical fights and music, in mind games he was one win out of a hundred battles.

“Eden hyung seems to be expecting that what we’re plotting is the pink therapy we’ve used a few times before, right? We just need to make him misunderstand that. Originally, when you’re absorbed in one thing, it’s hard to suspect something else.”

Turn crisis into opportunity! Use suspicion in reverse to hide the existence of the horror special surprise camera!

“Ooh, Ryu Jae. You’re totally like a villain who backstabs other villains.”

At Kim Dobin’s admiring words as he clapped, Ryu Jaehee’s expression became rather sour instead. Is that a compliment or an insult?

Having prepared emergency measures to blind Yoon Eden’s eyes to this extent, they now began full-scale surprise camera preparations ahead of recording.

Gyeon Hajun was busy with drama filming that was reaching its climax, so he just enthusiastically provided ideas, while the youngest line rolled up their sleeves for the preparations.

“But did you find the sound? Don’t you think screaming or laughing sounds would be too obvious?”

“Oh, I was thinking exactly the same thing. So I looked around on YouTube and I think this one would be good? Listen to this.”

When Ryu Jaehee played a YouTube video and brought the phone speaker part to Kim Dobin’s ear, in less than 10 seconds Kim Dobin was trembling all over and quickly moved away from Ryu Jaehee’s phone.

“That’s crazy? It’s really scary? What is this? Why is stuff like this all over YouTube? I’m scared it’ll appear in my dreams. No, not dreams, I think I’ll remember this when I close my eyes and lie on my bed tonight.”

“That’s from that horror movie, the mom ghost. A shaman said this sounds exactly like a real ghost’s voice.”

“Ryu Jae, want to sleep together just for tonight…?”

“If you keep that up, I might show you the video too so you can’t sleep tonight.”

At Ryu Jaehee’s threat, Kim Dobin frantically shook his head.

The horror movie they showed after exams at school still sometimes comes to mind when he closes his eyes in bed, and if he watches that and loses sleep when he needs to manage his condition well, what if his voice gets ruined?

For Kim Dobin, Yoon Eden in the recording studio was as scary as ghosts.

“Ryu Jae, you’re going to put this in Hajun hyung’s part, right? Since Hajun hyung acts the best?”

According to the scenario Kim Dobin conceived, it would be best for Gyeon Hajun, who was most skilled and natural at acting, to take the main role.

But there was something more important than acting skills. The part Kim Dobin missed.

“No? It absolutely has to go in your part, hyung. Didn’t you listen to the demo? Mine and Hajun hyung’s parts are high note parts and the instrumental is loud, so even if we get help from the A&R team to layer it underneath, it’ll be 100% buried. Your part is the most gentle, so this layered underneath is perfect for creating a sense of horror.”

The evidence that there’s a ghost needs to be noticeable, doesn’t it? It would be impossible to perfectly fool Yoon Eden with just a one-man acting show.

And this was precisely the most important part of this horror special surprise camera scenario that Kim Dobin planned.

“So I have to do that acting?”

“Of course, and you’re the one who planned it anyway.”

Toward Ryu Jaehee who was looking at him with eyes that said ‘you planned it yourself, can’t you even do that much?’, Kim Dobin protested with a deeply wronged expression.

“Of course I made it this high-difficulty because I wasn’t going to be the one doing it!”

“Then what were you planning to do after creating such a perfect scenario?”

“I thought Hajun hyung would take this role and I’d just make a fuss on the side saying I was scared to death. If I’d known such a heavy responsibility would be given to me, I would have lowered the difficulty!”

Ryu Jaehee patted the shoulder of Kim Dobin who kept shaking his head saying he absolutely couldn’t do it, and boosted his confidence.

“It’s okay. If you get coached by Hajun hyung and practice hard for a few days, you’ll be able to do that one acting piece confidently.”

To Kim Dobin who still had an uncertain expression, Ryu Jaehee drove the point home.

“And since you’re not good at acting, if you perfectly deceive him, Eden hyung will be less suspicious. Hajun hyung could become a subject of suspicion just by being good at acting, but you won’t.”

Finally, Kim Dobin seemed convinced and nodded with a determined expression.

“Right, we need to create a surprise camera legend that will go down in history.”

[●REC]

[We’re going to layer this sound under Doby hyung’s part. The A&R team said they’d gladly cooperate.]

[The key is somehow getting Eden hyung to take me out of the recording studio before he listens to the recording.]

[The idea seemed really good at first, but looking at it this way, there’s quite a lot to do?]

[Still, it’s better than Yuje’s idea of the recording studio suddenly having a blackout and a woman’s handprint appearing on the recording booth glass wall.]

[Well, there are two days left. Until then, please practice hard enough acting to sufficiently fool Eden hyung and Yehyeon hyung.]

[Ugh, changing the subject.]

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“It’s been a while since we recorded this late. We said we had time during the day, but you volunteered for overtime work.”

“How was I supposed to know work would suddenly come up?”

While chatting and joking with the LnL exclusive producer who would be doing recording directing together today, I noticed Ryu Jaehee holding a camcorder and asked.

“What are you going to film?”

“Recording studio behind-the-scenes content would be good. We can capture your professional side too.”

“You’re not doing that pink therapy thing this time?”

“Aw, if we milk the same thing four times, everyone says it’s boring.”

Gyeon Hajun, who was in charge of the intro, entered the recording studio first. After lightly warming up his voice in front of the microphone, Hajun kept glancing back repeatedly, then spoke into the microphone.

-Eden, did you turn on the recording booth air conditioner by any chance?

“No? It’s not on right now. You can see the light isn’t on, right? Is the power light on?”

-Right, it’s off, isn’t it? But why is it so cold in here?

“Someone must have had the air conditioner on during the day. Want to put on a blanket or something?”

“No, nobody used this recording studio today. You guys had it reserved, so who would use it.”

The exclusive producer shook his head, denying my hypothesis.

Gyeon Hajun finished recording cleanly as he always did. Even though the vocal style was slightly different from Gyeon Hajun’s usual style, Hajun killed his own tendencies and followed along quite well.

As soon as Gyeon Hajun took off his headset and came out of the recording booth, he replayed the recording part to listen, then gestured with a satisfied expression.

“Next, Doby go in.”

The camcorder that had been filming me immediately turned toward the recording booth.

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