A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 486

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Original Intent Episode 486

In the suffocating silence, Cha Yeonho’s and my gazes stubbornly locked in midair. Cha Yeonho was the first to look away.

“It must not have worked properly.”

Cha Yeonho replied nonchalantly while rubbing his reddened fingertips.

“Lie detectors aren’t always 100% accurate, right? You’re not seriously taking something done with a toy like this, are you?”

Ah, so this is how you’re going to play it?

For now, I decided to judge it as a lie as the lie detector had determined. It was now a definite fact that Cha Yeonho had a hand in destroying evidence.

He knew very well how this would look, which is why he deliberately lied to me in his answer. I chuckled and put the lie detector back down on the table.

The surrounding air, which had been moderately relaxed just moments before, instantly became taut and sharp.

Now it was Cha Yeonho’s turn to ask questions again.

Despite the frozen atmosphere, I leisurely placed my hand on the lie detector, and a sharp question flew at me as if it had been waiting.

“Do you remember which trainee told you that fact?”

“No.”

A green light appeared on the lie detector. Cha Yeonho bit his lips tightly. Blood as red as the light that judges lies formed on Cha Yeonho’s lips.

When I tried to remove my hand, urgent hands pressed my hand back down onto the lie detector. I could have easily shaken it off and pulled my hand away, but I left it there, curious about what other questions he might ask.

“Then…”

A voice barely above a whisper flowed from between Cha Yeonho’s trembling lips.

“The trainee who committed suicide?”

“I don’t know that either. Don’t you remember more since you destroyed the evidence?”

Seeing me show no reaction, Cha Yeonho obediently removed his hand from on top of mine.

“I don’t remember. I didn’t need to remember. At least not back then.”

Cha Yeonho muttered like making a confession, his eyelashes lowered.

“Then you’re paying the price for your sins. The price for condoning an unjust death and not even trying to remember. If you had properly remembered who the victim KJ created was, this show that took several cycles to achieve would have ended in just one.”

A trickle of blood flowed down from Cha Yeonho’s lip wound, which had finally burst from how hard he’d been biting it.

I looked at Cha Yeonho’s hand placed on the lie detector, then slowly raised my gaze and chuckled. This was my final question to Cha Yeonho.

“If you had to throw me into hell to save Kwon Jeongjun, you could gladly do it.”

Cha Yeonho, who had finally thrown off his mask of friendly ally, glared at me and spat out cynically.

“Why ask such things. Of course it’s possible.”

Facing Cha Yeonho who was glaring at me as if to kill me, I burst into the most satisfying laugh.

“Yeah, you should have come out like this from the start! Now you’re finally somewhat believable.”

Now truly the last – only Cha Yeonho’s question remained.

With all cards that could be played and cards I had no intention of playing all revealed. In a state where all tension had disappeared, Cha Yeonho’s final question flew at me.

“Do you have any intention of cooperating with me?”

“Why ask such things. Of course I do.”

Electric current stung sharply through my palm. Wow, the lie detector’s performance is definitely reliable. Moreover, it was a result that added even more credibility to the false judgment of Cha Yeonho’s previous answer.

Cha Yeonho flinched and was eventually caught, but I was able to endure the current without moving a muscle.

Compared to the pain from losing original intent, this level was really nothing. Thanks to that damn system constantly deducting original intent points and stabbing and poking me whenever I did anything, my current pain threshold had become uselessly high.

Wow, thanks to our household system raising me to be fucking strong, it’s helping me out like this too.

Very much appreciated, thank you.

Cha Yeonho’s attention was focused on my face, so he couldn’t immediately follow my movement of picking up the lie detector. I casually tapped the lie detector and slyly turned off the power.

“Oh my, it kept showing only green lights and now the bulb here must have burned out. The light won’t come on.”

Cha Yeonho frowned and let out a hollow laugh while pointing at the lie detector.

“I saw a red light though?”

“You’re mistaken, Senior. You must be getting presbyopia already.”

When I replied cheekily, the furrow between Cha Yeonho’s brows deepened even more.

“And even if a red light really did come on, you’re not seriously taking something done with a toy like this, are you?”

I returned the exact same words Cha Yeonho had said, waved the lie detector a couple times in front of Cha Yeonho’s eyes, then leisurely packed the lie detector back into the shopping bag.

I stood up and lightly patted the shoulder of Cha Yeonho, who was still sitting, with my palm a couple times.

“Even if we don’t trust each other, let’s work well together for the sake of my life and your friend’s life.”

Of course, as the lie detector had precisely caught, this wasn’t about the two of us cooperating. It was telling Cha Yeonho to adjust to me on his own.

It seems like the key to preventing that tragic beginning is with me.

Cha Yeonho’s hand fiercely swatted away my touch. There was no separate farewell until I opened Cha Yeonho’s front door and came out. He just continued sitting there motionless like a faithful wife stone.

Just before taking the elevator, I glanced back once at the tightly closed front door.

Ryu Jaehee expressed the devil’s temptation as natural self-harm, but well. He didn’t say humans had no right to refuse that temptation. It meant that accepting a bet with the devil was entirely one’s own will.

There are no contracts without a price.

Even though Faust ultimately didn’t have his soul taken by the devil, he had already paid the price for making a contract with the devil in Part 1.

With the life of his beloved woman, Gretchen, and their child born between them.

I suspect I probably paid the price by walking the path of wrong answers that would throw my life in the opposite direction of success.

Then what will you, Cha Yeonho, end up paying as your price?

I was truly curious about that.

* * *

“Hyung, you’re back already? You said you were meeting a friend, but you came back early? I thought hyung would eat outside and come back, so I only prepared dinner for 4 people. One person will have to give up the chicken breast topping.”

“Just grill one more. And when did I say I was meeting a friend? I said I was meeting an acquaintance.”

“Isn’t that the same thing?”

“It’s different, man.”

I grumbled while handing the shopping bag to Kim Dobin.

Me being friends with Cha Yeonho? I’ve never had such a friend.

Kim Dobin, thinking I had bought something to eat, happily took out the lie detector from the shopping bag right away, but realized it wasn’t a snack and was disappointed, though he quickly recovered and started a lie detection game with Ryu Jaehee.

“Have you ever felt sad thinking you lost the youngest member position to me after hearing my nickname ‘fake youngest’?”

“No.”

When Ryu Jaehee answered immediately, a green light appeared on the lie detector.

“Huh, really?”

“I wouldn’t be sad about something like that… though I was a bit annoyed.”

“Hmm, I asked the question in the wrong direction.”

Gyeon Hajun was also dragged in and forced to participate.

“When we went as cameos on Project Blind Date, I was embarrassed watching our stage, no!”

“No…?”

Gyeon Hajun, who had answered reluctantly, was startled and quickly removed his hand. Kim Dobin’s mouth fell open at the clear red light.

“Hajun hyung was embarrassed by our stage!”

“It wasn’t embarrassing, just a bit awkward…? I’m glad I wasn’t there…?”

The sight of Gyeon Hajun making excuses to somehow salvage the situation was quite rare.

Seo Yehyeon, who had been watching TV in the living room, also sneakily joined in.

“I want to try once too. I had something I was really curious about. Yoon Eden, put your hand up quickly.”

At Seo Yehyeon’s urging, I sighed deeply and placed my hand on the lie detector I had touched to death. Staring intently into my eyes, Seo Yehyeon asked seriously.

“You didn’t throw away the salad I bought you, and here, not throwing away doesn’t just mean throwing it in food waste, but also includes giving it to other people. You understand? You didn’t throw away that salad and ate it all?”

Shit, my heart was beating like crazy compared to when Cha Yeonho was asking questions. I barely maintained composure and answered refreshingly.

“Of course.”

Electric current flowed under my hand. Ooh, that’s tingly.

“Can you endure that? Is that a level you can endure so calmly?”

“No, absolutely can’t endure it. You saw me react. That current is really strong. Try it yourself later, hyung.”

“Really? Now that you say that, I’m a bit scared to try it myself.”

Meanwhile, Seo Yehyeon was asking Gyeon Hajun, who was experienced with the lie detector’s current. I’m grateful when he gives me such openings.

“Let’s stop now. I’m tired.”

Using my previous failure as a stepping stone, I naturally covered the spot where the red light came on with my palm and quickly turned off the power.

Seo Yehyeon narrowed his eyes and grabbed the opposite end of the lie detector.

“Suspicious…? Take your hand off there.”

“Ta-da.”

As I pushed and pulled the power cord again while simultaneously removing my palm to show the lie detector ‘Lie’ light that was definitely turned off, Seo Yehyeon clicked his tongue in acknowledgment and backed away.

Avoiding Seo Yehyeon’s gaze, Ryu Jaehee gave a thumbs up. I grinned and raised my thumb back at him.

As expected, there’s no useless experience in life. Failure is ultimately the mother of success, that’s what I’m talking about.

* * *

The final preparations for the North America tour were now reaching their final stages.

“It feels different from when we were preparing for the Japan and China concerts. Don’t you think so, Hajun hyung?”

“Right. It’s probably because it’s a different continent.”

“Crazy! Hyungs, did you see this? All seats sold out in 6 cities! I was so worried it would be an empty concert, but now I think we can relax.”

“Really? All seats really sold out? I don’t have to have nightmares about performing in an empty concert hall anymore?”

Even during our second-tier days when Seo Yehyeon’s name recognition made up most of our group identity, we never experienced an empty concert, yet he worries about everything.

I wanted to share with the members who were so excited the memories of the grueling overseas tours from the latter half of my pre-regression days.

It’s not because I’m bitter about remembering that suffering alone, but isn’t it true that the greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment?

Well, this time we’re only touring 6 North American cities for about two months, so it’s incomparably easier mode compared to the intense schedule of touring the world for 5 months back then.

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Our Ilmong-ies, we’ll be back soon!

See you soon, Daydream!

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Finally, Rev’s first North America tour began.

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