A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 464

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 464

“Why are you showing me all your cards?”

-There’s nothing easier to manipulate than memory.

Those were the words Cha Yeonho had said to Gyeon Hajun, whom he had mistaken for Rev’s regressor. Those words that had made me constantly maintain vigilance and suspicion toward my own memories.

-My system… it wasn’t hoping for my success, but for my failure. The danger level wasn’t a warning. It was a kind of disguise that drove me, the host, to extremes.

At that moment, I recalled the danger level that had been transferred to me. And that red vision I had glimpsed, perhaps in a dream.

-Your withdrawal wasn’t the condition for reset. After facing Jeongjun’s death once more, I kept turning back time after your withdrawal each time. Because I didn’t want to face it again. If I had to be precise, the condition was one month after the desired date.

Cha Yeonho let out a powerless laugh, saying this was the first time he’d prevented the first exposure. As if I always exploded right before withdrawal and left.

-Just looking at how this damn system twisted the cause and effect of memories and deliberately mixed up Jeongjun and you… if I can’t save Jeongjun this time, it’s over. That was the essential beginning of the bet.

It was strange indeed.

The fact that Cha Yeonho remembered my death at a time well past my withdrawal, while claiming my withdrawal was the condition for regression.

At least the subject of regression that Cha Yeonho remembered wasn’t me, but Cha Yeonho himself. Though my Initial Intentions system’s regression doesn’t apply to Cha Yeonho.

Then, if regression started from Cha Yeonho and he had done several regressions according to his own will, why isn’t he turning back time this time?

“Why don’t you turn it back again? Are you tired of starting over from the beginning after blocking this much?”

But if he said he’d turn it back again, I was prepared to use force to cleanly wipe Cha Yeonho’s memory.

Go through that hopeless shitty agency management style again, and those early members who would get scared and sulky at every little thing, claiming a perfectly normal person was possessed by evil spirits?

-I can’t turn it back. I don’t have the authority anymore.

It was welcome news to hear. It also explained about half of why Cha Yeonho was suddenly seeking my cooperation.

“How am I supposed to believe that my death is involved too? How do I know you’re not bluffing again like when you threatened to tell me how to recover my memories?”

-Your insomnia. That was both the result of Jeongjun’s suicide and the cause of your death. You died without leaving a will, so there were talks that it was an accident rather than suicide, but only the past you would know that.

Sleeping pill rejection reaction.

That was why I couldn’t dismiss Cha Yeonho’s words as mere nonsense. If sleeping pills really were the cause of my death before regression…

-Anyway, even though I’ve recovered my memories, I can’t accurately judge how far my system has intervened, so I need your help. If the system you possess doesn’t want your death, it will fully restore your memories. Seeing that you have some past memories, you must have something too.

“Even if you say that, I don’t have memories after age twenty-seven either, you know? You heard that from me yourself. Are you going to pretend you’ve completely erased from your head that you tried to manipulate me using that as leverage?”

-The method I initially tried to exchange with you using my cards for your withdrawal was to face extreme situations that cause trauma. For me, that was facing Jeongjun’s death again in the second round.

Cha Yeonho obediently revealed another card.

-But when I became the host, my memories got messed up terribly. Fortunately, I was able to recover complete memories before facing that extreme situation. I don’t know, this might also be my system’s scheme.

Cha Yeonho whispered with a powerless bitter smile.

-There’s a keyword that can help you find memories. Remember it.

Whether it was coincidence or similar mechanisms, the way the Initial Intentions system threw memories at me was similar to this. Keywords, and similar situations to the past – different results.

“What was your keyword then. You need to give an example for me to find a keyword or not.”

-…Host.

Cha Yeonho, who hesitated before finally answering, let out a short sigh and spoke.

I became curious whether he remembered the keyword while thinking of bean sprouts or while watching parasite videos, but since it was obvious Cha Yeonho would ignore me if I asked, I just left it as one of my curiosities.

-Seeing how the danger level keeps getting transferred to you, you haven’t completely escaped either. So let’s cooperate, us.

Escaped? Escaped from what? Before I could even question it-

[Blocking related memories.]

The system blocked the memory like a knife at the same time Cha Yeonho hung up the phone.

No, it’s unsettling to let this pass like this. Cha Yeonho’s mental illness maker failure-wishing memory manipulation system is connected to me too? The fact that it blocked related memories means I also have memories of regressing while entangled with Cha Yeonho’s system?

I slowly organized the timeline based on what I heard from Cha Yeonho and my memories before regression.

Two years from now, something I exposed at age twenty-six caused KJ, who was twenty-eight at the time, to run to the military.

Four years from now, something I exposed at age twenty-eight caused KJ, who was thirty at the time, to commit suicide.

And I somehow lived after finishing military service and died at thirty-one from sleeping pills due to slump and insomnia, right?

If my insomnia was the result of KJ’s suicide, there was a fairly high probability that the exposure I made at twenty-eight was entangled in a bad direction for me too.

If KJ had just died from shame over his own wrongdoing, I wouldn’t have necessarily gotten insomnia, right?

First, I need to be certain that the Initial Intentions system is definitely on my side.

[I am always on the Project Subject’s side.]

Hmm, after tormenting people with Initial Intentions and making them regress infinitely to debut days several times, how believable is it to say that.

How about removing Initial Intentions first so I can trust you?

[No]

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Recovering memories was one thing, but the most important thing at the current point was the repackage activity where we were directly confronting Altair.

This activity was the turning point for whether Rev would move up to the first tier or not.

To reach 30 million people, we need to become first tier first. KJ or whatever, ending my infinite regression is the top priority.

Yeah, at least they credited me as co-composer. Very much- that’s progress, so much progress. Should I praise myself for being admirable?

If I put my name up as co-composer, I could face criticism if the music performance flipped, but I was confident enough in winning and the copyright fees that would flow to KJ were too precious, so I told them to put it up.

Of course, Altair’s fandom stirred over the suddenly added name, but that wasn’t my concern.

I was worried about our fans’ reaction since I vividly remembered getting cursed at before regression for our group using others’ lyrics, composition, and producing.

-Eden’s song Vs Eden’s song

-Collaboration, was Eden close with KJ?

└The co-composer used part of a song he collaborated with Eden on but forgot to mention it was a collaboration

└Ah so that’s why the name went up late lolol attempted to scam and run ㄹㅈㄷ lolol

└Huh;; There are other things to forget

-Wow, then 1st and 2nd place are both Eden’s (participated) songs

-Fuck if our kid’s name is in it then it’s our kid’s song too, how much share did you put in to swarm over here saying it’s not Yoon Eden’s song but collaboration when we call it our kid’s song

-Our Yoon Rida bb who even beats himself

Indeed the leisure of winners, it was truly fortunate that the music chart #1 was our song.

Not only in music performance but also in buzz volume, we were above Altair.

First, 【Project Blind Date】, which was currently airing, was running the highest course among current dramas, making Gyeon Hajun’s face and name well known.

[I want to tell you not to mention other people’s names in front of me, but that happens to be my name too.]

[Blind date substitute? It’s not really necessary this time. Hmm, if hyung wants to go that badly, I’ll yield to you. I didn’t know hyung liked Hyera so much.]

[If I had gone to that blind date myself instead of sending Yuhwan hyung as substitute…]

The role Gyeon Hajun played was sub-male and regret-male, a character that, borrowing Ryu Jaehee’s words, drove fans crazy and enjoyed popularity rivaling the leads.

Perhaps because the male protagonist had a casual appearance befitting a free artistic soul, the neat-looking Gyeon Hajun contrasted with him seemed to attract all the opposite tastes.

And the person mentioned most after Gyeon Hajun was me.

Because DTB Season 5 had started airing. They were searching for me in every weekly episode.

-All the idol rappers who want to be the next Yoon are crawling out now ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Actually Yoon Eden didn’t leave graffiti on DTB but threw a bomb and left

-It’s not that an untouchable crazy person like Yoon Eden appeared, but a bunch of attention-seeking losers with crazy aspirations appeared en masse, making it hard to watch

From episode 1 showing the first preliminary round venue where idol rappers and people trying to stand out appeared en masse,

-Just wearing a rabbit hat on your head won’t get you ALL PASS, kids, practice rap well before copying Yoon Eden’s fashion

-Wow, isn’t that polar bear hat practically an artifact? Fuck, look how old and worn it is

-Yoon Eden, who looked like a crazy person rather than just pathetic doing that, feels newly amazing

Episode 2 of the second preliminary showing rappers who came out wearing rabbit hats and various animal hats like me from the previous season.

-Ah, the Yoon Eden vs Yupi battle was legendary

-It’s only fun when last place beats first place, what’s the point if last place gets crushed by first place

-Fuck I don’t care just bring back Yoon Eden!!!!

Up to episode 3, which showed the third preliminary round featuring 1-on-1 rap battles.

I was watching Season 5 too, but unlike Seasons 3 and 4, there weren’t any participants with the star quality to grab the broadcast’s entertainment value and interest by the collar and drag it up.

After just two seasons, another dark age of boring seasons had arrived.

Even before my regression, Season 5 was the start of DTB’s decline after Season 4 hit its peak, but I don’t think it received such harsh criticism back then. It seems my impact was too great.

Just looking at how much I was mentioned in connection with DTB 5, it was almost like I was a cast member. Even Yongcheol Hyung, who was the previous season’s winner when I appeared in Season 4, didn’t get mentioned this much.

Of course, besides me, Skoen, Yupi, Seven Kick, Hyeongjin, and others who survived Season 4 without being completely overshadowed by me and showed star quality were also mentioned, but my mention count was overwhelming.

And one day before we became candidates for first place on music shows, these two mentions intersected.

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