A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 505

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Original Intent Episode 505

Ryu Jaehee, who had sat up with a deeply furrowed brow, asked back in a voice that was hoarse and sunken.

“You’re saying I suddenly collapsed as soon as I arrived?”

I should try making a song that utilizes that vocal range later.

Ah, this isn’t the time to be thinking about such things.

“Yeah, you suddenly collapsed! I was working when I suddenly heard a thud, and when I turned around, do you know how startled I was? Let’s hurry to the hospital, the hospital. While we’re at it, get a health checkup.”

“Wait a moment.”

Ryu Jaehee, holding his forehead with one hand and waving the other to stop my rapid-fire words, asked again.

“Hyung wasn’t inside the recording booth, but sitting here in the chair?”

“Yeah, of course I was sitting here. I was in the middle of working. You know I’m busy because of our solo albums, right?”

Hmm, was that too long? Explaining too much in detail might also look suspicious. I should be a bit more careful.

I didn’t want to hear persuasion to go get hit with salt and red beans and visit a shaman house as soon as we got back to the dormitory.

After hearing my answer, Ryu Jaehee covered his face with his palm, lowered his head, and muttered with a groan.

“Then what on earth did I see…?”

“What did you see that’s making you like this? Is it related to you suddenly collapsing? But don’t say it was a ghost. I won’t accept that kind of nonsense.”

“I saw hyung singing really well inside the recording booth.”

Ryu Jaehee must have been quite scared as he rubbed his arms and trembled.

While I wondered if me singing well was that frightening, I decided to be understanding since if Gyeon Hajun suddenly showed off rap skills at my level in front of me, I would definitely doubt whether this was really my friend. Even if I substituted it with Seo Yehyeon suddenly showing dance skills as if possessed, it would be a bit scary.

“Did you dream it?”

At my skeptical question, Ryu Jaehee finally seemed to accept my lie as reality and scratched his cheek with an embarrassed face.

“But why did you suddenly come? Why did you come and suddenly collapse and cause a fuss?”

“Hajun hyung said his throat condition was really bad today so he couldn’t do the guide recording, so he asked me to come and do it instead.”

Damn, if our Juni had been just a little less considerate, I would have accumulated about ten demo songs by now. And I wouldn’t have been caught by Ryu Jaehee like this, breaking out in cold sweat and consuming another item.

While I was usually grateful for my friend’s consideration, I wasn’t grateful at times like this.

“Do you want to go to the hospital? Or go back to the dormitory?”

“No. I’m fine. I was probably just a bit tired. I’ll look at the sheet music and monitor my condition, and if there seems to be nothing wrong, I’ll help with the guide recording.”

Why doesn’t this guy have any awareness about his own health? If I were in a similar situation, I would have rushed to the hospital immediately, but Ryu Jaehee was remarkably composed.

“Fine, do that. If you feel sick, tell me right away and I’ll take you to the hospital.”

I let out a deep sigh and handed Ryu Jaehee the sheet music for the songs that needed guide recording today. If I insisted more on going to the hospital or dormitory from here, it might look suspicious.

I considered just admitting that I was the one singing and that my singing ability had temporarily improved, but then I kept reminding myself that while it was just Ryu Jaehee here in the studio now, if Ryu Jaehee went back to the dormitory and told them, I’d have to deal with four people armed with red beans and salt, so I gave up.

It’s better to be a little bothered here. The moment Ryu Jaehee drags this supernatural phenomenon to the dormitory, I’ll be tormented for days.

“Hyung, I think we can start recording now? I don’t feel pain anywhere so far.”

“Hey, you can’t ignore these warning signs. People should go to the hospital before they get sick.”

“Yes, yes, I’ll schedule a health checkup in the near future, so let’s record quickly now.”

Ryu Jaehee seemed to have abandoned all suspicion as his steps into the recording booth were natural. If he had been suspicious, he would have refused to go in there saying there was a ghost inside. Ryu Jaehee is also a timid guy, though not as much as Kim Dobin.

I felt relieved and started the guide recording.

After filling 100% as I wanted, facing 97% didn’t feel satisfying at all. With Gyeon Hajun, I had worked on many projects together so I could fill up to 99.9%.

I had to give Ryu Jaehee more detailed feedback than I gave Gyeon Hajun. Even though it was guide recording, since this would be used to grasp the pitch and song atmosphere before the actual recording, I had to pay attention to some degree.

“Again. Make that part just now more wistful and emotional.”

Ryu Jaehee nodded and repeated the part I indicated.

“No, this time it’s too wistful. Try to capture the feeling of cutting ties but with a bit of lingering attachment. Haven’t you ever fought with a friend and cut ties?”

“But isn’t this a love song?”

“Have you ever dated and broken up? Would you understand if I explained it that way? And I can’t explain it either since I’ve never done it, man.”

“Even so, you can’t date saying you need to gain experience for songs, hyung. Rather, watch romance movies.”

“I’m already doing that even without your advice.”

I waved my hand and played the instrumental again. When the desired emotion didn’t come out on the third attempt either, I had no choice but to switch from passive feedback to active feedback.

“No, not like that. I forgive you some time or other- try to capture the feeling like this. Do you understand?”

I just sang casually to convey the feeling as usual, but being too absorbed in recording direction, I overlooked that my singing ability wasn’t at its usual level.

Seeing Ryu Jaehee frozen stiff, I wondered why he was like that for a moment, then Ryu Jaehee spoke barely above a whisper into the microphone with a pale face.

“…Hyung, you normally can’t reach that high note.”

Ah, right. Somehow the notes went up even without falsetto processing.

Damn, I should have just pushed him out and sent him back to the dormitory. When I clicked my tongue, Ryu Jaehee’s face became so pale I wondered if it could get any paler, and he took off his headset with trembling hands and rushed toward the recording booth door.

Of course, me going to the recording booth door was one step faster than Ryu Jaehee escaping from the recording booth.

Very fortunately, the human sleeping pill item had about 20 minutes left. Since I had received confirmation from the system that this fainting caused no harm to the target’s health while Ryu Jaehee was asleep, I made him fall asleep again with peace of mind.

I threw him on the sofa in exactly the same way and watched Ryu Jaehee from the same position as the first time. And as soon as Ryu Jaehee opened his eyes, I urgently shouted.

“Hey, Jaehee! What’s wrong! Should I call 119?”

“What. I was definitely going toward the recording booth door, and as soon as Eden hyung caught me, I suddenly lost consciousness…”

“What are you talking about? Seeing you talking nonsense as soon as you opened your eyes, we need to go to the hospital quickly. Hey, you suddenly collapsed as soon as you entered the studio.”

I recited the exact same lines without changing a single particle.

I had experienced firsthand how confusing it was to keep hearing the same lines upon waking up. I changed my strategy to confuse him so he couldn’t focus.

“You’re saying I suddenly collapsed as soon as I arrived…?”

“Yeah, you suddenly collapsed! I was working hard when I suddenly heard a thud, and when I turned around, do you know how startled I was? Let’s hurry to the hospital, the hospital. While we’re at it, get a health checkup.”

“Wait a moment. Are you saying we never did guide recording? Really?”

Ryu Jaehee’s gaze turned toward the recording booth. Precisely toward the headset I had carelessly hung on the microphone. Before Ryu Jaehee could think more, I made him fall asleep again.

Worried he might wake up, I tiptoed into the recording booth, put the headset back in its place, and positioned myself exactly the same way.

“Hey, Jaehee! What’s wrong! Should I call 119?”

As soon as he woke up, instead of answering, Ryu Jaehee checked the recording booth over my shoulder.

“Hyung, the headset over there…”

“What? What about the headset?”

“Is it possible to lose consciousness just from human touch…? Hyung, try touching it with your hand once.”

I touched it as he wanted. Now that the item’s effect time was over, I could only hope that Ryu Jaehee would drop his suspicions.

“What are you talking about? Seeing you talking nonsense as soon as you opened your eyes, we need to go to the hospital quickly. Hey, you suddenly collapsed as soon as you entered the studio.”

Ryu Jaehee’s expression became very uneasy.

“What do you want to do. Should I take you to the hospital?”

“No, I’ll do the guide recording. Please give me the sheet music.”

Fortunately, this time I got through safely without demonstrating. Maybe because I made him sleep too much, Ryu Jaehee looked dazed until he finished recording and returned to the dormitory.

And the next day.

“Hyung, sing a song.”

“Suddenly?”

At the breakfast table, Ryu Jaehee made this out-of-the-blue request, so I scolded him a few times about making hyung sing from morning, then sang for him. It had been 12 hours anyway, so it was just my regular ability.

“No, what was that really yesterday?”

Ryu Jaehee’s expression became even more confused.

“What’s wrong, Ryu Jae?”

“Why are you making us listen to his singing from morning, youngest?”

“Did something happen during guide recording yesterday?”

“Yesterday I had a horror experience that I don’t know if it was a dream or reality…”

Before the members could interrogate Ryu Jaehee further, I struck first and lamented.

“The youngest suddenly collapsed as soon as he came to the studio yesterday. When I said let’s go to the hospital, he refused to the end. Someone try to persuade him. Our youngest has gotten a big head and won’t listen to me.”

Now Ryu Jaehee received all the worry instead of curiosity about his horror experience.

I’m pretty smart, aren’t I?

* * *

After safely getting through the commotion I paid for misusing an item, I holed up in the studio again for several days.

Occasionally Ryu Jaehee would burst through the door without warning as if to check something, but I could be generous about that much.

Today, like other times, I was devoted to song production in the studio when.

[⚠Abnormal external interference detected!]

Suddenly, a red status window appeared before my eyes, warning me of danger. It was exactly the same warning window that had appeared when the Risk System was transferred last time.

Sigh, this should only happen once or twice. Now I wasn’t even surprised when something like this suddenly appeared.

Unlike last time when the text appeared garbled, it looked perfectly fine, which meant our system had prepared quite well based on that previous experience.

‘Damn it, that bastard Cha Yeonho is at it again.’

I ask him to cooperate and he backstabs me like this?

Grinding my teeth, I grabbed the cell phone that was sitting quietly on the desk. The first thing that stopped my attempt to immediately call Cha Yeonho was.

[#&!ERROR¡&#]

[#&!ERROR¡&#]

[#&!ERROR¡&#]

Error windows that started flashing frantically before my eyes.

‘What the hell did that bastard do this time?’

The second thing that stopped my call attempt was.

[Yongcheol Hyung- https://www.halunews.com/news/article…]

[Yongcheol Hyung- This isn’t you, right?]

News article links that came from Yongcheol Hyung and many other acquaintances. When I touched the link, an article that I felt I had seen before appeared.

[Breaking News] Popular 5-member idol group, member in coma from car accident

I remember that before my regression, they rushed to break the news without any content and got heavily criticized for it.

Wait, come to think of it, Cha Yeonho asking about Altair’s car accident…

Now that I think about it, that accident happened around this time too. One member fell into a coma and regained consciousness after a week, while another member was injured severely enough to be exempt from military service – it was such a big accident that I vaguely remembered it.

When I hurriedly searched, I could see news articles just being posted with the idol group’s name and the name of the member who fell into a coma.

Altair, and Cha Yeonho.

[#&!ERROR¡&#]

[#&!ERROR¡&#]

[#&!ERROR¡&#]

[⚠Firewall has been deactivated!]

[⚠Activating Emergency Route 1.]

Before I could even finish understanding what was happening, my vision went black.

* * *

“…Hyung. Eden Hyung!”

I heard Ryu Jaehee’s voice calling me. It seemed like he had come to the studio today and discovered that I had collapsed.

Ugh, as I groaned and opened my eyes, what I saw was…

“What the f…!”

The face of seventeen-year-old Ryu Jaehee, still young-looking. I barely swallowed the curse that was about to come out automatically. I frantically looked around, but the moldy wallpaper of the semi-basement dorm was telling me the answer.

“What’s wrong, Hyung? Are you so nervous about debuting today that you lost your mind?”

Those truly unforgettable words flowed from Ryu Jaehee’s mouth.

I was forced to understand Ryu Jaehee’s feelings from a few days ago, which I had desperately tried to deceive, through forced empathy.

I just wanted to faint again.

I had returned to the beginning of our debut again.

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