A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 491

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Original Intent Episode 491

The excuse that I couldn’t rap due to lack of breath from riding face-down wouldn’t work. Especially since Ryu Jaehee had perfectly executed even the high notes.

And if this failed, I would likely be the one taking on the next mission, having played a major role in this failure. Anyway, since Ryu Jaehee sang well, the cause of failure would be me, who completely butchered the rap section.

While my mind was racing, the roller coaster had already entered the 360-degree section. At the same time, my rap part began.

I took a deep breath, brought the microphone to my lips, and hypnotized myself.

This is the DTB Preliminary Round Venue. This mission is rapping while hanging from a roller coaster. It’s a mission to test rap skills in extreme situations.

If I miss the beat or stumble over the lyrics here, I’m immediately eliminated!

It was the moment when pride overcame fear.

As soon as my rap part ended, the roller coaster that had been running on the rails after one loop suddenly flipped again, making me let out another sound close to a vocal breakthrough while pretending to add harmony.

The moment I felt relief seeing the finish line that was also the starting point in front of me.

“What? Why isn’t it stopping? This thing keeps going? Wait, PD! This keeps going!”

The roller coaster that should have definitely stopped didn’t stop and continued moving forward.

“The song isn’t over yet! Fighting!”

“No, weren’t we only supposed to sing one verse? I’ll sing standing up! I’ll sing standing there! Please stop!”

Ryu Jaehee, who should have protested with me as a fellow passenger sharing this fate, was calmly continuing to sing throughout all this.

Since the Youngest Member was acting like this, I had no choice but to keep my mouth shut. If I complained more here, wouldn’t I just become the only one who got scared and chickened out?

Damn, I should have definitely ridden with Kim Dobin. Then Kim Dobin would have taken all the attention with his dramatics, and I could have appeared relatively calm.

Of course, if I had ridden with Kim Dobin for this mission, it would have definitely been a mission failure. Since there would be no one who could hit the high notes.

No, I should have taken the first mission myself instead of pushing Seo Yehyeon and Gyeon Hajun into it. At least that one was riding properly seated, and the ride only went once.

When you push others into a quagmire, you should be prepared to pay double the price.

Shit, if we fail even after riding twice in a row, I’ll grab myself by the collar. If I don’t want to be immortalized on terrestrial broadcasting as a crazy guy grabbing his own collar, I better make this work somehow.

As the roller coaster entered the steep drop section, Seo Yehyeon’s rap part began. Instead of screams, rap flowed smoothly. Since it was Seo Yehyeon’s part, the difficulty was also lower.

It was the moment when frustration and stubbornness overcame fear.

I safely passed the dreaded 360-degree section with Ryu Jaehee’s soaring high notes plus my added “Whoo!” and the roller coaster returned to the starting point again.

Very fortunately, it didn’t go for a third time.

Even while getting off the roller coaster, Ryu Jaehee didn’t forget the closing verse.

The score on the karaoke machine screen rapidly climbed. It was the most nerve-wracking moment.

[92 points]

“Mission success!”

“Youngest Member, we did it!”

Overwhelmed with joy, I pulled Ryu Jaehee’s head into a headlock-like embrace, the one who had fiercely carried out the mission with me. Ryu Jaehee had a rather blank expression, as if he wasn’t happy about our success.

“If Eden Hyung had just screamed a little less during the vocal parts, we would have gotten 100 points.”

“This kid complains even when I add harmony for him.”

“That was harmony? I thought it was screaming…”

“It was harmony, man.”

I stubbornly insisted it was harmony, but the members who had already caught me in the act weren’t buying it.

“Eden Hyung has opened new horizons for harmony. Let’s call it scream harmony.”

“Hey, this is really unexpected! I thought you’d ride roller coasters really calmly, but your screaming volume almost matches the Youngest Member’s!”

“Why is this Hyung so excited again? If you keep this up, I’ll start a food fight at that restaurant over there.”

“So Eden Hyung’s weakness was roller coasters.”

Go ahead and tease me all you want. It’s meaningless now. Today, I overcame the fear within me.

“Ah, if we succeed in just one more mission, today’s missions will be over.”

I could only hope it would end in one try so the turn wouldn’t come back to me.

“The third mission is…”

PD Jung, who paused briefly to build suspense, revealed the third mission to us.

“Roller coaster quiz! You need to get five or more questions right to pass.”

“Do we get another chance to answer if we get one wrong?”

“No, if you get it wrong, we immediately move to the next question. Oh, and this mission is a solo mission. Only one person needs to ride.”

At the mention of a solo mission, everyone’s gaze focused on Kim Dobin, who was the only one who hadn’t ridden the roller coaster yet.

“Now, Hyungs. Let’s put aside our resentment toward the guy who hasn’t ridden and think coldly. Mission completion comes first. So we should put someone smart who can answer any quiz correctly.”

“Hey, none of that matters! The guy who didn’t ride should ride!”

“Doby, you’re throwing out the ‘smart person’ bait to get me to ride instead! You ride, you!”

“Right, Doby. Since you’re here, you should experience the roller coaster at least once.”

“Doby Hyung, let’s go!”

Under the mindless pressure, Kim Dobin had no choice but to board the roller coaster.

“You all better not say anything to me if the mission fails!”

“Try us?”

“…Please!”

The roller coaster carrying the loudly protesting Kim Dobin departed. When the train reached two-thirds of the steep climb section, PD Jung revealed the first quiz.

“How many times does ‘butterfly’ appear in the children’s song ‘Butterfly’?”

-Butterfly, butterfly, come heeeeeere!

The situation of Kim Dobin singing and then encountering the steep drop section was transmitted clearly through the radio.

-I forgot the rest of the lyrics! Pass, pass!

As soon as the steep drop section ended, Kim Dobin, who had regained his composure, shouted pass.

“What is the capital of America, where we currently are?”

“Doby, don’t say New York. Please, please.”

“It’s okay, Doby studied the capitals of each country after joining Triple. Let’s trust Doby.”

-New… No! Washington D.C.!

“Correct!”

“Kim Dobin! Kim Dobin!”

We cheered for Kim Dobin, who didn’t disappoint our expectations and got the answer right.

“The historical period after the Middle Ages when human-centered thought and art flourished, named after an Italian word meaning ‘rebirth’ – what is it called?”

“The quiz level seems too difficult for Doby? Yehyeon Hyung should have gone.”

“Come on, surely he knows Renaissance.”

As soon as Seo Yehyeon finished muttering, Kim Dobin shouted.

-Pass!

“He doesn’t know.”

With Seo Yehyeon’s quick acceptance, the question immediately moved to the next one.

“This is a very famous piece. Who composed Symphony No. 5, known as the ‘Fate Symphony’?”

-Mozart!

“Wrong!”

No, damn it, how do you confuse Beethoven and Mozart! But since we were the ones who pushed Kim Dobin into the quiz mission, we had nothing to say.

“What is the name of the world’s largest desert?”

-Sahara Desert?

“Correct!”

He had gotten two questions right so far, and the roller coaster was now going through the final section.

“The human heart is located on which side – right or left?”

-Aaaahhh! I couldn’t hear! Again, again!

While PD Jung repeated the question, the roller coaster arrived back at the starting point.

“Yes, you got a total of two questions correct. Mission failed!”

Since everyone had the mindset of ‘it’s good if we pass, can’t help it if we fail’ from the moment we put Kim Dobin on, no one was particularly disappointed.

We had to draw the additional mission ourselves. I drew one mission card from PD Jung’s hand, which was spread out like a fan.

“The additional mission is a roller coaster short play!”

The script I received had very familiar dialogue, and with confidence boosted by our earlier success, I volunteered confidently, also wanting to shed the disgrace of being a coward afraid of roller coasters.

And I soon regretted it.

This is strange, I definitely overcame it.

And it had to be with Gyeon Hajun again. I should have dragged Kim Dobin instead. What’s with this difference in dialogue tempo.

After clearing the mission on our fourth try, we were finally able to escape from Six Flags.

Perhaps the buzz from the final mission overcame our fatigue, as the van ride back to the hotel was lively for the first time in a while.

“Reinterpreting the ogre as a rapper and a group leader who screams at all hours was really impressive.”

“No, but seriously, even when you recited it that fast, we could still hear all the lines. That was truly respectable. The top of Korean hip-hop is definitely different.”

“Hey hey, that’s not right!”

“That’s right.”

For the first time in a while, I bit my teeth and threw out a warning in a low voice, but no one was scared. Where did the authority of the head of household go? Is this what a post-patriarchal society looks like?

* * *

The last day of filming.

The opening talk took place at the morning meeting place where the group bus was parked.

“Our Rev team went to Six Flags, right? How was yesterday? Did you have fun?”

“I really felt the fear of death.”

“I actually had quite a bit of fun though. It was really thrilling.”

Everyone shook their heads except for Ryu Jaehee, who said he had quite a bit of fun.

“It’s not that it wasn’t fun because it was boring, but rather the fear and thrills surpassed the fun.”

As if to compensate for putting us through the wringer for two days, the last day’s schedule was nothing special.

After viewing exhibitions at the modern art museum, we watched the night view from Griffith Observatory, and the 【Trouble Travel】 LA tour officially came to an end.

“Let’s hear from each of you about your impressions of participating in the 【Trouble Travel】 tour.”

At the MC’s leading comment, Seo Yehyeon, who was at the far end, was the first to speak.

“You get worked five times harder than what you see on TV. For those who are tired of boring trips, how about trying the Trouble Travel method of traveling?”

“Worked hard? I planned it to be very healing though?”

“No, hyung. If these guys had gone to Universal Studios, it would have been healing, but they just happened to get caught in the penalty.”

“Ah, that’s right.”

The MC slapped his forehead and let out a sigh.

“First of all, the missions were incredibly tough, and it was really impressive that we managed to visit all the major LA tourist spots while doing those tough missions.”

“It was really fun for three days. Thanks to Trouble Travel, I realized that I like this style of traveling.”

Gyeon Hajun and Ryu Jaehee also finished their impressions in turn, and finally it was my turn. Since the members had said everything in front of me, I kept it simple.

“I truly believe you’ll call us back for a real healing trip sometime.”

“Eden, didn’t you get to heal?”

“The amusement park was really killing, not healing.”

I nodded vigorously and lamented. I even ended up with a coward image because of that roller coaster.

But I’ve already prepared a way to overturn this damn scaredy-cat image. Yoon Eden’s pride never dies.

“It was so great to be able to film this 【Trouble Travel】 with our members after such a long time, and this time I had to be away for an overseas tour, but the hyungs came all the way to where I was, which was so touching. I think I’ll never forget this trip.”

After hearing Kim Dobin’s impressions, who was also a regular panelist, the filming came to an end with the MC’s closing comment and everyone shouting the slogan together.

“Then we’ll see you again next week with a new trip! Trouble! Travel!”

And the 【Trouble Travel】 LA tour episode featuring Rev would become a topic of unexpected controversy after it aired.

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