A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 454

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 454

“Hyung, you’re just trying to scare me, right? This really isn’t funny at all. I won’t be able to sleep tonight. This is a prank you planned, right? I was wrong. I’ll never do horror specials like this again.”

Kim Dobin, who had been trembling like an aspen leaf, rubbed his hands together and poured out words to me pleadingly.

Even at that rapid speed, every word was clearly articulated without a single slurred pronunciation – it seemed his rap talent had awakened due to extreme terror.

“I told you I didn’t do it.”

Seeing my serious face without a hint of laughter, Kim Dobin finally accepted that this wasn’t some reverse prank camera situation but reality, stopped his pleading, and let out an incomprehensible high-pitched scream while attempting to cling to me.

“Ah, what the hell.”

Of course, in this situation, a puppy would be one thing, but I absolutely hated the idea of hugging a grown man, so I covered Kim Dobin’s face with my palm and pushed him away.

Rejected by me, Kim Dobin immediately turned and ran toward Gyeon Hajun, but was similarly rejected by Hajun and ended up clinging to Seo Yehyeon.

Normally Seo Yehyeon would have told him not to cling, but perhaps spooked by the ghost-like sounds, he was letting Kim Dobin be.

Actually, it felt like he was clinging back too.

Ryu Jaehee, who had managed not to throw his camcorder and was capturing this situation on film, also slowly approached my side.

“But you know what they say. If a ghost appears in the recording studio, you’ll hit it big. Let’s think of this as a sign that this repackage will be so successful it surpasses our regular album, and not get too scared.”

Dicky Producer tried to lighten the mood with a bright voice, but even his eyes were desperately avoiding looking beyond the recording booth.

Seriously, why is everyone getting scared over some mixed-in noise? I said nonchalantly while picking my ear with my pinky.

“It could be equipment malfunction or something. Why are you so sure it’s a ghost sound?”

“Anyone can tell it’s a ghost sound!”

Kim Dobin, already scared even though we hadn’t pushed him back into the recording booth yet, quickly retorted to my words like a scream.

“I don’t really know since I’ve never heard a real ghost sound. Have you ever heard a ghost sound in your life?”

“This right here!”

“Has this been confirmed as a real ghost sound? No, right?”

“Didn’t you get chills listening to that recorded sound?”

“No, not at all?”

“Me neither, particularly.”

When even Gyeon Hajun backed up my words, Kim Dobin turned his head with desperate eyes, looking for someone else to take his side.

“I got goosebumps right away hearing that sound.”

“Me too. The back of my neck went cold immediately and goosebumps rose on my arms.”

“Honestly, I haven’t really seen audio errors happen like this… If it were noise, the sound would usually get garbled, not sound like two voices doing a duet like this.”

The other three scaredy-cats immediately agreed with Kim Dobin’s words, as expected.

When we tried to check in slow motion at 0.2x speed, everyone was making a fuss to turn down the volume because it was scary. Listening slowly, it definitely didn’t seem like the vocals and instrumental clashing and breaking the sound.

But I still didn’t believe that a ghost voice had been recorded.

I mean, if you’re going to sneak into the recording studio anyway, why not record a whole song while you’re at it? Hit some high notes refreshingly during Ryu Jaehee’s part? Why only mess around during Kim Dobin’s part?

“Doby, go in and sing it again.”

I said not yet, but I never said I wouldn’t push him in at all. At my words, Kim Dobin made a face like he’d lost his country and ran toward the recording studio door.

I successfully stopped his escape attempt and made serious eye contact with the now-tearful Kim Dobin.

“We can’t be certain it’s a recording studio ghost based on just this one phenomenon, right? And Dobin, if this gets left unresolved like this, you’ll make a fuss about not being able to enter this recording studio every time we record. Rather than leaving this unsettling feeling, it’s better to clearly find out the cause now.”

Don’t I know you well enough? Even for scaredy-cat Kim Dobin’s sake, I had to clearly prove that this wasn’t a ghost but just some phenomenon.

“You have to re-record anyway. Would we use this sound quality for the official track? We need to try again under the same conditions to properly confirm whether this is really a ghost sound or an audio error.”

“Then can’t we just do it again tomorrow morning, no, during the day…?”

“We have a full schedule tomorrow. And you have 【Trouble Travel】 filming for several days starting tomorrow. Others could do it tomorrow, but you can’t. Dobin, you absolutely have to finish today.”

Are you scared of ghosts? I’m more scared of deadlines. And while you just need to record, I have to do the post-production work too.

“It’s not like we’re leaving you alone in the recording studio – all the members are here, so what’s there to worry about?”

“What if the recording booth door suddenly locks…?”

“What is this, Poltergeist? Using physical force? If the door locks, I’ll smash the recording booth glass to get you out, so don’t worry and go in.”

Kim Dobin held onto the sofa, insisting he wouldn’t go in, but when I said I’d give him my limited edition sneakers he’d been coveting if he finished recording safely, he walked into the recording booth on his own.

It was the moment material desire overcame fear. Though his steps were annoyingly slow.

Standing in front of the microphone with a trembling body, Kim Dobin screamed and ran out of the recording booth just one minute after resuming recording, saying he felt eyes on him from the side.

Playing back the recording we just made, there was indeed a strange sound mixed in this time too.

However, instead of in the back like before, there was what sounded like eerie laughter mixed in at the beginning.

“Anyone can tell that’s ghost laughter! It really is a ghost! There’s a ghost here right now!”

“Hey, if that’s ghost laughter, then the ghost is mocking your singing skills too. If it were me, I’d insist it’s an audio error to the end rather than be known as someone mocked by a ghost.”

“I’m not you, hyung!”

Kim Dobin grabbed and shook me almost tearfully, but ghost or not, completing the song came first, so I sent Kim Dobin back into the recording booth.

As I said before, hyung is much more scared of missing deadlines than ghosts.

Worried he’d be scared alone, I also sent in Ryu Jaehee with the camcorder and Gyeon Hajun, who didn’t particularly believe in ghosts.

“Hey, don’t shake! Again!”

“Even without the ghost doubling, this is unusable. Again!”

“Are you a goat? You’re making goat sounds like Satan’s animal, so the ghost is doing a duet with you. Again!”

“Youngest, you can’t laugh in there. Let’s go again, Dobin.”

“Hey, the ghost is laughing too! The ghost is laughing! How funny must your singing be for it to laugh too! Again!”

“What? Laughing ghosts are the most dangerous? Want me to show you that a laughing me is the most dangerous?”

“Even if that’s really a ghost, they say when recording studio ghosts appear, you hit it big. Do you want to complete a song that’ll be a hit with just this level of effort? You need to put more sincerity into it. Again!”

“I have nothing to give feedback on! Just do it well enough to get my okay! Again!”

“See, it’s not coming out now! It’s gone! Don’t be scared now and do it again!”

After countless rounds of “again,” Kim Dobin’s part was finally completed to my satisfaction.

Fortunately, this time there were no strange sounds mixed in.

Finally freed from the recording booth, Kim Dobin hung up his headset and rushed out. Even though he almost tripped, the relieved smile never left his face.

“Nothing got filmed here, right? If it did, the view count would be guaranteed.”

“They say none of the spirit photos proven to be real exist, so would something really get filmed on a camcorder like this?”

“Actually, I hope nothing got filmed. A recording studio with ghosts would be scary even during the day.”

Ryu Jaehee and Gyeon Hajun also came out following Kim Dobin, having conversations they couldn’t have inside.

Wiping the cold sweat beaded on his forehead, Kim Dobin muttered.

“Damn, Recording Studio Demon vs Recording Studio Ghost. It was the battle of the century. Seems like the recording studio ghost got intimidated and ran away.”

As soon as Kim Dobin finished speaking, the recording booth lights flickered once more.

“Ahhhhh!”

“Dobin! It got mad because you spoke carelessly!”

“It’s there! Something’s really there!”

With more than one or two people getting startled, the recording studio was thrown into chaos once again.

“Sorry! Sorry for running my mouth carelessly!”

“Those lights must be broken. Let’s go tomorrow.”

Kim Dobin, who had been bowing apologetically in front of the recording booth glass, looked back at me thinking about the broken lights, then slowly moved behind my back. What a scaredy-cat.

“Next, Yehyeon hyung, please go in.”

“Can’t we do it the day after tomorrow during the day when it’s bright? You saw those lights flickering and still want to send me in there?”

“The recording studio doesn’t have windows anyway, so you can’t tell if it’s bright or dark – does the time of day matter?”

“It does! My psychological stability is very much affected by it!”

True to being a scaredy-cat, Seo Yehyeon had clearly seen Kim Dobin finish recording without incident right next to him, yet was still resisting going into the recording booth.

“Then do you want Youngest to go first?”

“I have a duty to record all these situations on this camcorder, so I’ll do it separately the day after tomorrow.”

Ryu Jaehee also avoided going into the recording booth with nonsensical excuses. Gyeon Hajun had already finished recording his part, so he had nothing more to do.

I had planned to finish all recording today, but I guess things not going according to plan is just life.

“Fine, then let’s just record up to my part today and go back to the dormitory to sleep. We have schedules tomorrow too.”

“Then why did you force only me into the recording booth and make me have a power struggle with the ghost in the middle…?”

“You don’t have time to record separately, man! And what power struggle with a ghost, for crying out loud.”

I assigned Dicky Producer to assist with directing and went into the recording booth to record at least my part first.

The air inside was a bit chilly, but I couldn’t understand why they had made such a fuss – I couldn’t feel anything at all.

“I’ll go right away, so play the instrumental.”

My part was closer to rap rock than the singing rap we’d chosen for Seo Yehyeon’s part, so rather than completely draining the power, it was my usual style with just a spoonful less intensity.

While rapping my part to the instrumental, I let out a scoff at the mumbling voice I heard from the side and picked up the pace.

Ha, bastard. Can’t follow the rap beat for shit.

Hmm…?

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