A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 452

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Regression Manual for Idols Who Lost Their Original Intent Episode 452

Since Seo Yehyeon had escaped from the perpetual recording underachiever line thanks to the guide recording I had bestowed upon him, Kim Dobin was now the only perpetual recording underachiever left to deal with.

So there was no denying that I became a bit sharper when it came to Kim Dobin’s recording turn.

Even though he was an underachiever by my standards, his skills were better than the average members of groups I had produced before regression, but what could I do when he could pull out 100 but was only delivering 70?

I had to roast him thoroughly to make him pull out that 100. This was all because without external stimulation, he’d just settle for that 70.

Kim Dobin entered the recording booth with a face full of tension.

-Hyung, isn’t it too cold in here?

Standing in front of the microphone, Kim Dobin rubbed his arms a few times and said the exact same thing as Gyeon Hajun. I went into the recording studio under the excuse of bringing him a blanket, partly to check just how cold it actually was.

As soon as I entered, air that was not just cool but downright cold enveloped me.

“It really is cold? This isn’t the air conditioning running, is it?”

“The door was locked and we’re the first ones to open it today since we arrived, so probably not.”

Kim Dobin, who had received the blanket and draped it over his shoulders, replied timidly. Kim Dobin, who had been looking around as if searching for something, spoke to me in a whisper with a serious expression, being very careful.

“Hyung, and right now… doesn’t this feel a bit different from cold air conditioning?”

“Different? I have no idea what you mean?”

Even when I tried to feel the difference, it was just cold air. What exactly was supposed to be different? Maybe both Gyeon Hajun and Kim Dobin had signs of a cold? Maybe their bodies were shivering, making them say it felt different from air conditioning?

“No, if you focus and really feel it, you might notice it’s a little different…”

Kim Dobin, who had been rambling, glanced once at the recording booth’s glass window and then suddenly executed a quick change of attitude.

“Let’s just start recording. I think the blanket made it a bit better.”

“Yeah, good thinking. Very wise choice.”

If Kim Dobin had gone any further, I would have told him to warm his body with passion and worked him twice as hard as usual.

Of course, if he was actually sick, I would have let it slide and told him to get his condition back first. But seeing how Kim Dobin had been perfectly fine until the afternoon, he definitely didn’t seem sick. If he was only sick in the recording studio, what else could it be but malingering?

“Since the recording studio is cold, let’s finish within exactly ten takes. Don’t stay too long and catch a cold.”

After confirming that Kim Dobin, who nodded with a determined face, was ready in front of the microphone, I turned on the instrumental.

[The coolness of the blue sky’s pale dawn air]

Oh, is his condition good? Why is he singing so pleasingly from the very first take?

Since I felt no reason or need to stop him, I continued the recording with a satisfied face, nodding my head.

It seemed Kim Dobin had finally felt a sense of crisis about being the only one left in the perpetual underachiever group and had practiced intensively. I was so pleased that I resolved to give less harsh feedback today.

But my satisfaction was short-lived.

[Reaching me in blue, kyaaaaaaah!]

He cut off the song and a resounding scream echoed through the recording studio.

As I jumped up in surprise, Kim Dobin hastily tore off his headset and flung it away, then burst out of the booth door.

Kim Dobin, who had gotten as far away from the recording booth as possible, pressed himself against the wall and trembled all over. I urgently approached Kim Dobin and asked.

“What’s wrong? What happened?”

“There, from there…”

Breathing heavily and unable to speak properly, he kept pointing at the recording booth with his trembling hand, which looked quite serious.

“Ghost, I heard a ghost’s voice. A ghost’s voice…”

The worry that had shot up felt like it plummeted inside me. What nonsense.

Kim Dobin, who didn’t even seem to notice my gaze had turned sullen, whipped his body toward the exit.

“I can’t stay here! I’m really scared and I don’t think I can stay here! I want to leave!”

“It wasn’t a ghost’s voice, you probably just misheard the sound. Have you ever actually heard a ghost’s voice before? Are you confident it was a ghost’s voice based on what you just heard? Should I show you the recording right now?”

When I tried to drag Kim Dobin to the monitor, he resisted fiercely like a freshly caught live fish. Unable to watch the tense standoff any longer, Gyeon Hajun stepped in.

“Eden, let’s go outside first and calm Dobin down. He says he can’t stay here.”

“What ghost, for crying out loud.”

Even while letting out a deep sigh, I obediently came out of the recording studio with Kim Dobin, following Gyeon Hajun’s pushing hand.

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[●REC]

[What, what do you mean there’s a ghost? There was a ghost?]

[Yehyeon Hyung, you should hurry out and help calm down Doby Hyung too. There needs to be someone to stop Eden Hyung when he gets angry. Eden Hyung doesn’t believe in this stuff, so he’s definitely going to be 100% mad at Doby Hyung.]

[Hajun went though… Well, Hajun was also the type who doesn’t believe in that stuff.]

[Yes, this is how I sent Yehyeon Hyung away. Now it’s just me and our pre-arranged A&R team collaborator, our Dicky Producer. The A&R team also helped with the air conditioning beforehand. It was actually turned on in advance.]

[I just need to layer this sound here, right?]

[Yes yes, if possible, please layer it right before Doby Hyung screams.]

[Wow, but Dobin’s acting was really realistic. I really thought Dobin had seen a ghost.]

[He went through tremendous Spartan training under Hajun Hyung’s guidance.]

[How harshly did you treat him for it to be so realistic?]

[We made him face his own acting while filming, rented a recording studio and mapped out all the movement lines for realistic acting.]

[Wow, he really went through a lot.]

[For Dobin Hyung’s part, after experiencing hell again, there’s a high chance Eden Hyung will dismiss it as definitely being hallucinations from exhaustion and force the recording to continue, so we drilled him hard on part practice too.]

[Sounds like Dobin suffered the most.]

[That’s right. Phew, it was hard work signaling him to stop the brain freeze from outside the booth where Eden Hyung couldn’t see. If he went any further, Eden Hyung would start getting suspicious.]

[Shouldn’t we head out soon too?]

[Now, how will Eden Hyung react to the recorded ghost voice? Alright, the sound is well layered, so I’ll go out first to check the outside situation.]

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Only after receiving comfort from three people total, including Seo Yehyeon who I had no idea why he followed us out, did Kim Dobin finally calm down.

At some point, Ryu Jaehee had also quietly come out of the recording studio with his camcorder. Dicky Producer also quietly came outside, saying it was somehow scary to be alone.

“So, to summarize, it suddenly got particularly cold and that’s when you heard a ghost’s voice through the headset?”

At my neat summary, Kim Dobin nodded his head like crazy. Seo Yehyeon’s face turned pale upon hearing those words.

“Ghost? Gh-o-st? That ghost must have really good vocal cords? Seeing how clearly it reached you through the headset and instrumental? But why didn’t I hear it? With that kind of vocal power, I should have heard it clearly.”

My voice naturally became sarcastic. As I was about to open my mouth further, Seo Yehyeon’s hand urgently covered my mouth.

“Mmph mmph mm mmph! Mmmmph! (Won’t you let go? Are you crazy?)”

“Haven’t you heard the seniors’ recording studio ghost sighting stories? What if it’s a real ghost!”

“Puha! I’m going to suffocate and become a ghost! Are you planning to add one more recording studio ghost, hyung?”

Wondering if they were all conspiring together to fool me, I looked at Seo Yehyeon and saw the face of a genuine coward. Since I knew how terrible Seo Yehyeon’s acting skills were, I was certain this wasn’t a surprise camera prank they were all in on.

But still, hearing ghost voices seemed like nonsense.

As I turned my head with flashing eyes to deal with Kim Dobin again, who had ruined my limited happiness by hearing things, Gyeon Hajun spoke in his characteristically calm voice.

“I also felt it getting chilly cold while recording. But since Dobin felt the exact same thing, it’s a bit concerning.”

“Jun, you felt it too?”

“Yeah, I said it was cold before I started recording, remember? That was it. Dobin probably felt the same thing.”

Since I knew Gyeon Hajun’s acting skills very well, I couldn’t gauge whether this was the truth or acting in conspiracy.

“Shouldn’t we know if we listen to the recording from just now? As Eden Hyung said, whether Doby Hyung heard things and made a fuss, or whether there really is a recording studio ghost like Doby Hyung said.”

I scratched the back of my head and shook it at Ryu Jaehee’s suggestion.

“Isn’t it a bit ridiculous for ghost voices to be recorded?”

“They get recorded! I saw that mentioned on a talk show before! They said a duet was recorded!”

Seo Yehyeon, who had just been blinking outside the booth, was making more of a fuss than Kim Dobin, who actually claimed to have heard the ghost voice.

If anyone else had been making such a fuss, I would have naturally been suspicious, but it happened to be Seo Yehyeon, who was terrible at acting, so I was uncertain. Especially since it seemed 100% genuine rather than acting.

“Fine, let’s at least listen to it.”

Following my lead, we all went back into the recording studio together.

“Why does it look so gloomy…?”

“Not at all.”

“It really is a bit like that though.”

The recording studio looked exactly the same as usual to my eyes, but everyone was making a fuss about it being gloomier than usual, creepy, cold – as if they all had some kind of filter over their eyes.

He let out deep sighs as if for everyone to hear and played back Kim Dobin’s recording that had just finished.

[The coolness of the blue sky’s pale dawn air]

Even listening again, I really liked the first part. It was such a shame that we had to scrap this.

[Reaches me in blue, kyaaaah!]

[Keegeegek keegek keegeegek]

Right before the scream, there was a strange voice layered underneath Kim Dobin’s voice. A spine-chilling sound that clearly proclaimed ‘I am a ghost.’

“Craaazy! It really is a ghost! There really is a ghost in the recording studio! Can’t we just end recording for today? I can’t go in there!”

“I told you so! I really heard it!”

Following Seo Yehyeon who was clinging to me in panic, even Kim Dobin started jumping around frantically. Ryu Jaehee was also trembling, asking if he had filmed the recording studio ghost scene.

But I had heard this ghost voice before. It was an unfamiliar voice, but it wasn’t an unfamiliar ghost sound.

“Hey, whoever put that Gidam mom ghost sound in here, come out.”

If you’re going to scare me, at least show some sincerity by recording the ghost voice yourself, you bastards.

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