A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 518

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Original Intent Episode 518

Now, let me organize the situation.

Right now, our damn members still retain those chaotic, messy memories from back then, even though their past memories have been overwritten with the exemplary memories I changed them to.

And they think the coexistence of these two memories is a problem with my studio.

As soon as I returned, without even having a chance to peacefully reunite with the members, even if it was one-sided, I ended up having to defend my studio.

“Physical exorcism! The answer is only physical exorcism! Hyung, buy that building and demolish the whole thing!”

“Doby, are you crazy?”

I felt ambivalent emotions simultaneously – being happy to see the familiar Kim Dobin making people busy again, while wishing he resembled even 1% of that calm funeral Kim Dobin.

I had no idea why my studio suddenly became a haunted house, so when I listened to the circumstances, it turned out to be a disaster I brought upon myself.

All of this started from the déjà vu writing I did on Ryu Jaehee.

Wait? Come to think of it, if the System had just gone through a confirmation process once to verify whether Gyeon Hajun was really the right target for ability exchange, this wouldn’t have happened, right?

Therefore, this isn’t my fault but the System’s fault.

Look, he has some conscience too—he won’t even mention that bastard’s name.

‘So what exactly happened?’

[During the overwriting process, the members recalled partial memories, so those parts weren’t completely overwritten and remained mixed.]

[This is a bug that can occur with approximately a 0.159% probability.]

Bugs happen quite often.

No, these guys – I went through all the trouble to change things, and why did they have to reminisce right when the overwriting was happening? Then maybe other parts weren’t overwritten either?

[Please check the other past memories that the Project Subject changed.]

What other past did I change… They scared me so much saying I couldn’t return if I disrupted the major flow

“Do you guys remember that rookie group from when you just started promoting the follow-up to 【One Chance】? The ones who were talking behind our backs or in front of us, calling us a sponsored group? They were first in the lineup order?”

“Was there such a group?”

Seeing Kim Dobin blinking and asking, it seemed like I could just pass it off as a memory issue.

“Ah, them? Of course I remember. When they said ‘sponsored,’ I thought they were specifically targeting and cursing at me.”

Whether fortunately or unfortunately, Seo Yehyeon remembered. The reason he remembered was a bit strange, but anyway.

And the solution method that Seo Yehyeon remembered was also that peaceful resolution I had changed when I went to the past this time. The other members who belatedly recalled that incident all had the same memory.

“See, see, this memory is just one. But why are there two memories only for the follow-up activities? It’s not like all five of us were collectively memory-manipulated.”

Why indeed. It’s because I attempted memory manipulation, but only that part didn’t get overwritten since you guys were busy reminiscing there.

“Leave me out of it. I only have one memory of us all working together in harmony.”

“That’s because hyung stayed in that studio the longest and got completely consumed by evil energy. Come to think of it, Hajun hyung who frequently went to the studio for guide recordings too…!”

Except for me, who knew the truth, and Gyeon Hajun, who didn’t believe in such things, everyone was suspicious that these memories might really have been manipulated by something lurking in the studio.

Ryu Jaehee, who had the biggest suspicions about the studio due to the déjà vu writing, snapped his fingers and spoke up.

“To confirm whether it’s really a problem with that place called the studio, we just need to ask someone who has memories from that time but never entered Eden hyung’s studio.”

Youngest! I told you to outsource your intelligence, so why are you using that intelligence to put this hyung in a difficult position!

“Is there such a person? We all entered Yoon Eden’s studio.”

“There is. Someone other than us members who had conflicting opinions during the 【One Chance】 follow-up activities. And someone who’s still at LnL.”

In response to Seo Yehyeon’s question, Ryu Jaehee pulled up the corner of his mouth crookedly and answered.

“The CEO!”

“That’s right! We can ask the CEO!”

Damn, sir, don’t cross that river! Is this really something that requires such investigation?

I secretly prayed that the CEO would be too busy and reject our meeting request for about a year, but our CEO happened to have free time and readily agreed.

And so we came face to face with the CEO.

“CEO, do you remember the meeting we had before our 【One Chance】 follow-up activities? You know, back then. You said to do 【Come to My Universe】 for one more week, and Eden hyung insisted we absolutely had to do 【One Chance】 follow-up activities.”

“Oh, oh. Now that you mention it, I remember.”

“Back then, wasn’t it only Eden hyung who pushed for the 【One Chance】 follow-up activities?”

“Only Eden? No? You all said you wanted to do the follow-up. That’s why I just said okay. Since you all said you had your thoughts.”

The CEO, who hadn’t been reminiscing during the overwriting, had the correct memory.

“Then do you remember the PPT too? The clean PPT, not the Bonobono one?”

“I remember.”

The CEO’s memory was the decisive blow to this suspicion.

“See! I told you this studio is the problem! Hurry up and sell it and move to a different studio, hyung!”

“Shut up, man. Why change a perfectly good studio.”

In the end, we temporarily resolved it by sticking a temporary talisman printed from the internet in a corner of the studio. It went against my aesthetic sense and seemed like it would annoy me to death every time I saw it.

“What kind of… right after opening my eyes…”

As I grumbled at the backs of those damn members rushing out of the studio saying they were scared to stay there longer, Gyeon Hajun chuckled and consoled me.

“Those three originally believe in such things well and are quite timid. You understand.”

“Aren’t they the weird ones? You also said you only have one memory like me.”

When I spoke while recalling Kim Dobin’s words, Gyeon Hajun shrugged his shoulders.

“I do have two memories for now. I just don’t believe there’s something strange in the studio.”

I ended up revealing with my own mouth that I was the only different one among the five. On the way out together with Gyeon Hajun after removing the talisman worried it might leave tape marks on the wallpaper, Gyeon Hajun asked.

“Then Eden, which of the two memories do you think is real?”

“Of course the memory I have is real.”

At my confident answer, Gyeon Hajun nodded with a subtle expression.

Only after the memory manipulation commotion swept through could I finally lie on my private room bed instead of the semi-basement dorm mattress and enjoy the relief and joy of safely returning.

And I carefully organized the facts I learned from this error phenomenon.

First, I realized that I should filter what that bastard Cha Yeonho says appropriately.

It wasn’t even a voluntary one-minute run, and Gyeon Hajun paid his respects too, damn it. He talks shit like this when he didn’t even see it himself. Did he think I couldn’t fact-check because it was my own funeral?

I got snippy with Gyeon Hajun for no reason because of that damn one-minute run.

But why did I ask Gyeon Hajun to take on my memories? And why did Gyeon Hajun accept it?

According to the memory I saw in the bug, I, who was clearly a Risk Level System holder, definitely had previous memories.

The memories from twenty-seven to thirty-one years old disappeared only when I possessed the Original Intent System.

[It’s a system born from the flip side of the Risk Level System.]

[It’s also a system applied by the Project Subject’s good intentions, many people’s wishes, and your choice.]

And the Original Intent System definitely introduced itself as a system applied by ‘my choice.’

The reason I, who had the Risk Level System, became the Project Subject of the Original Intent System was ultimately because I chose it myself.

Of course, I have no memory of it at all.

The 6th round, which was the last round I possessed the Risk Level System, was the key. I had a hunch that the keyword could also be found in the memories of the 6th round.

Second, the members before regression didn’t completely let me go either. So there was no need for me to feel lonely thinking they were guys who changed depending on my attitude.

Just knowing that I wasn’t the only one who wanted this current scene was enough.

All five of us should stand on stage for this 10th anniversary concert. Yes, of course.

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Mid-February.

The OVER LEVEL crew gathered after a long time.

Instead of the usual meat restaurants or bars we always met at, we gathered at a fairly expensive restaurant under Juseong hyung’s initiative, so everyone couldn’t chatter noisily as usual and just sat there awkwardly.

“I looked it up and this place is pretty pricey. Juseong, are you going on DTB this year? Are you laying the groundwork for our crew’s third superstar production?”

For reference, the first was me and the second was Yongcheol hyung.

“Not everyone who goes becomes a superstar. You need the guts to shamelessly act crazy with a poker face like this guy.”

“It’s not acting crazy. It’s star quality.”

I replied dryly to Taehoon hyung’s words as he patted my back and giggled. Really, when did I ever act crazy? It was just ordinary showmanship.

The conversation topic flowed from speculating why the penny-pincher Juseong hyung was spending money to the idol traffic accident that happened a few days ago. From my perspective, it was a story from over a month ago, but in real time, it was indeed a story from just a few days ago.

“When I heard the accident involved a popular 5-member boy group, I was shocked thinking it might be these guys’ group. But it turned out that Alta or whatever, those guys are 6 members. The media should report facts properly. Don’t you think?”

Because the group chat where our crew gathers was bustling with noise right up until the error occurred due to that accident, I knew well that the hyungs were worried, thinking that the popular 5-member boy group was Reve.

“Hey, Eden. Who sent a text the fastest?”

At Semin Hyung’s question, I checked all the chat times in both the group chat and private messages before calculating the winner.

“Yongcheol Hyung was the fastest, followed by Sangyeol Hyung. There’s a 1-minute difference.”

To the winner, I present this Yoon Eden’s infinite gratitude and a one-time voucher to accept any request. For second place, well… I’ll just give infinite gratitude. Originally, the world only remembers first place, so don’t be too disappointed.

“But wasn’t one person in a coma? That drunk driver must have really slammed into them hard. How do you hit someone so badly that they end up in a coma?”

“I heard they woke up?”

“Ah, they woke up?”

Before the regression, the member who was in a coma from the accident woke up after a week, but seeing that Cha Yeonho woke up in two or three days, he must be really sturdy.

Or maybe the Risk System, having nowhere else to go, somehow forced Cha Yeonho awake by any means necessary.

Of course, I didn’t go visit Cha Yeonho in the hospital. Why would I go?

“But why isn’t this bastard coming after calling people out?”

As soon as one of the crew hyungs finished grumbling, Juseong Hyung came running frantically to the table where we were sitting, holding a shopping bag in one hand.

“That guy can’t be a gentleman either.”

Sangyeol Hyung clicked his tongue and said.

“Sorry, I forgot the most important thing so I had to stop by home again.”

Juseong Hyung explained his reason for being late while shaking the shopping bag in his hand, then solemnly declared without even sitting down.

“Well then, I have an important announcement to make.”

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