A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 507

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————

A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Original Intent Episode 507

As they say, even a dog at a village school can recite poetry after three years, so right now Seo Yehyeon isn’t hoping for precise cause analysis or future prophecy that his face will eventually become popular.

Seo Yehyeon, who is currently a visual-only tool, is simply lamenting that he couldn’t contribute to the team even with his visuals.

In the past, when I heard these words, I thought he was a selfish bastard who only wanted his own face to become popular like when 【Temptation】 had its reverse run, but now that I understand Seo Yehyeon’s anxiety, I could see right through him.

Then there’s only one reaction I should show Seo Yehyeon here as the leader and mental elder.

“I see, you must have been really upset that the view count didn’t go up even though your face appeared.”

Exactly, showing an empathetic response through mind reading.

I don’t need to read his mind in detail. Just repeating the last words makes it seem like I’m quite empathetic.

Seo Yehyeon, who had been frowning deeply, saw my serious face without a trace of laughter, smoothed his wrinkled brow and asked with a displeased expression.

“Are you… making fun of me?”

“It sounded like I was making fun of you.”

“Could you not say things like that so seriously with that expression? I’m really confused right now…?”

If I said “You’re confused” here, my Chosim would probably decrease too. I have that much sense.

When I faced Seo Yehyeon with clear eyes without a trace of mockery, Seo Yehyeon muttered about why I was acting like this and that the world was ending as he went into his room.

Fortunately, my Chosim didn’t decrease.

Wow, maintaining Chosim is easy, so easy! As I was patting myself on the back, Gyeon Hajun, who had closed his laptop, asked.

“Eden, are you okay?”

“What wouldn’t be okay about me? It’s not like there’s no next time. We should at least try three times. Didn’t we all prepare for this much?”

Gyeon Hajun paused for a moment at my words spoken with a grin, then nodded awkwardly with a sheepish smile.

“Right, we were fully prepared.”

“Actually, I was prepared for this kind of result from when I first heard the debut song demo. It just hurts more inside because what I imagined actually happened.”

“Even after seeing the choreography.”

Ryu Jaehee and Kim Dobin also quietly added their comments. Did we have this kind of anxiety-sharing session back then too?

‘…Is this also a route change?’

[As long as you don’t change the big flow, it’s fine.]

‘So is this flow changing the big picture or not?’

[Big flow criteria: Rev’s career]

‘Then even if we have this anxiety-sharing session, the big flow won’t change?’

[ㅇ]

Perhaps annoyed by my continuous questions, the System provided its own criteria. But there was no harm in being careful, so I decided to continue the strategy of asking the System before responding.

It’s too late to regret after something has already happened. You should even tap a stone bridge before crossing it, you know? Our ancestors must have had good reason to make it into a proverb.

After finishing my Q&A with the System under the gaze of three pairs of eyes directed at me, I opened my mouth with a relieved heart.

“How many groups have blown up since debut? Everyone’s time will come, so don’t be anxious and…”

Meeting the eyes of the guys who were looking at me with very surprised expressions one by one, I slammed my fist down on the floor. It was nice that we didn’t have to worry about noise complaints since it was a semi-basement.

“Get ready to actively cooperate with me.”

I need to establish discipline in advance in preparation for when we push 【One Chance】 as a follow-up song.

Our future junior group was so competent at aligning opinions and organizing materials, and if I saw that and then faced our group’s chaotic situation again, I felt like I’d explode.

As if overwhelmed by my spirit, the three nodded as if entranced, and I looked at them with a proud face before lightly ruffling the Youngest Line’s hair and entering my room.

“No, why did that hyung suddenly perform an exorcism? Did an evil spirit leave his body?”

“Jaehee, that’s not how you say it. Calling someone an evil spirit. Eden just matured very rapidly.”

“Hajun hyung, please regain your objectivity. That’s not rapid maturation, that’s a personality change!”

“Eden must have been struggling a lot until now. But now that he’s debuted, his mind must be more at ease.”

“That might not be Eden hyung…!”

“He’s exactly the same as at New Born. He just became overly sensitive after coming here. Would I not know my own friend? And stop with the weird talk, Dobin. You don’t seriously believe in ghosts and stuff, right?”

Behind me, I could hear the Youngest Line’s shock and Gyeon Hajun’s tearfully desperate defense. Thinking about it, it was roughly similar to that scene back then. So I felt relieved.

With perfect timing, as soon as I entered the room, Seo Yehyeon got up, removed the face pack, and headed to the bathroom.

With the single-minded determination to finish the Weekly Quest first, I lay down on the mattress and started with the Search Quest. Except for one news article, there was barely any mention, so forget 1 minute, it was over in less than 30 seconds.

My goodness, this was only 5 years ago. Now, no, thinking about how a single Search Quest in recent times takes at least 10 minutes, I felt strange.

I posted on the FROM board with a selfie and a greeting that started with ‘Daydream, did you have a good day today?’

Of course, since I exceeded the basic five lines, this time there was no chance of my Chosim decreasing for writing an insincere post of 2 lines or less on the official board.

As I was grinning, Seo Yehyeon, who had entered the room and was diligently applying numerous basic cosmetics, said something.

“You’re strange today.”

“I see, I’m strange. But I’ll be even stranger for the next week… no, month, so hyung should adapt.”

I’ve exchanged more than two words with Seo Yehyeon and my Chosim hasn’t decreased even once so far. Was it really my way of speaking that was the problem, not Seo Yehyeon’s mentality and personality?

Even though this is the very early debut period when we haven’t even had a sincere conversation yet, so Seo Yehyeon’s feelings toward me must surely be only negative.

I thought Seo Yehyeon’s inner feelings were that he just disliked me and wanted to create discord whenever I opened my mouth, but the truth I learned was quite unexpected.

It means Seo Yehyeon wasn’t as mentally weak and petty as I thought.

“Huh, what? Eden hyung, did you post on the fan cafe?”

Just like back then, Ryu Jaehee, who had lost the title of being first to post on the fan cafe, rushed over and said roughly the same thing as in my memory.

Instead of throwing a pillow like back then, I asked with a gentle smile.

“Why, should I delete it now? Do you want to be first to post?”

“Ah, no, not to that extent… but why do you look at me like I’m some precious child every time you see me…”

Why indeed. I’m telling you to work hard building up external intelligence from now on.

Perhaps unable to adapt to my suddenly changed appearance, Seo Yehyeon, who was already occupying the ends of the mattress, squirmed and stuck close to the wall.

A day has already passed.

Lightly closing my eyes, I recalled the contents of the situation explanation summary status window that the System had shown me.

If I still have residual malicious system embedded in me, then that bug I experienced at the guesthouse. Were those 5th round memories shown by the remaining malicious system?

From the context, it seems like the Chosim system is the ■■ system, but why two characters? What is this system’s ultimate purpose? At first I thought it was punitive to torment me, but why does it seem like it’s only helping me?

Why does it say a new route opens when Chosim reaches 0? Wasn’t it simply a penalty for turning back time? What exactly is Chosim?

Harboring numerous questions, I let my tired mind crash deep into the swamp of sleep.

* * *

The first week of activities was slowly coming to an end.

That meant the shortest real comeback period of one week that the System had notified me about was right around the corner.

“Those guys will soon go to Arario TV and Showdown too.”

“We’ll see you at the provincial Bokbunja Festival, pfft!”

“I see, so our seniors are just dismissing the provincial festival stages that even more senior groups perform at.”

“What? No, that’s not what I meant…!”

Now I could brush off even the senior group’s provocations with unfocused eyes. Yeah, you guys are a society section front page group and we’re a future grand prize group.

While the guys who were picking fights were speechless, the senior group’s leader broke out in cold sweat and politely escorted us out of the waiting room.

Far from saying anything, all the members looked at me with respectful eyes. It didn’t feel bad.

“If breakfast is prepared, you should come out quickly to set the table and arrange the side dishes! Are there separate people who set the table and people who just eat! And who’s been showering in the bathroom for 30 minutes! Are you bathing instead of showering?”

I didn’t forget to occasionally nag just enough not to decrease my Chosim, worried that the members might find me too unfamiliar and open a new route. I wouldn’t have to do such delicate nagging once we entered the recording studio.

‘So going back in just one week was impossible after all.’

Maybe because it was still the first week since debut, the flow hadn’t changed much yet. There wasn’t much flow to change anyway.

If 【Come to My Universe】 suddenly had a reverse run, that would be proof this world isn’t normal.

【All Right or Night】 is a song I can now compose and write lyrics for with my eyes closed, so just renting Yongcheol hyung’s studio for a week would be enough, but the problem was 【One Chance】.

To maintain the big flow, 【One Chance】 absolutely must have a reverse run. But I can’t be certain it will flow exactly like the past.

The reverse run of 【One Chance】 could only be described as incredibly lucky.

The post on From, Daydream’s promotion, the process of that becoming a public pick.

What if that doesn’t work in this attempt…?

Even when I promoted this song on From back then, wasn’t I half-doubtful? I posted it with a light heart thinking it would be good if it hit, and if not, we could compete with the next album.

But now it was definitely not something to take lightly.

If I can’t succeed in making this reverse run, overwriting becomes impossible, so I can’t return to recent times. This time there’s only one path.

This was the first crisis and fear I faced since returning to the past.

But fuck it, what can I do? Whether it becomes porridge or rice, I have to try first.

If I try, the possibility of success and failure is 50-50, but if I don’t try because I’m afraid, it’s 0-100. Rather than fear the 50 of failure, I’ll bet on the 50 of success.

Ah, but first let me make a lucky totem with the CEO’s photo.

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————