A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 527

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Original Intent Episode 527

This is why people shouldn’t live too sincerely and earnestly. Even replies like this that I’d curse at if someone else sent them get praised for being sincere.

Still, he doesn’t have the sense to neatly write the questions and answers together. That’s just like Cha Yeonho.

I repeatedly scrolled up and down, matching the questions I sent with the replies Cha Yeonho sent back.

The fact that it came to me even though I didn’t specify and just passed it on – is it because of the residual risk system after all? If so, then what our home system did wasn’t pointless.

Sorry for suspecting that you deliberately dismantled the firewall and sent me to that point in time to make me witness my own funeral, just to threaten me that I’d die if I didn’t follow the system.

[ㅇ]

The system says it’s fine too. Then the hurt feelings between us end here!

And the fact that the system can’t be eliminated… did he know that when he did it? Or did he realize it in the process of trying to pass it on?

If it was the latter, I could understand, but if it was the former, then an explanation was needed for why he deliberately jumped into a fate of accidents like a moth to flame, putting not only himself but also the members’ bodies and lives at stake.

3-1 overlaps somewhat with answer 4, so I’ll skip it, and 4-1 was also explained by the answer to question 4, so even if I skip that too.

“This bastard completely passed on number 5?”

I need to know why he has to enter the unconscious without the system, so I can at least understand this behavior of carelessly passing around a malicious virus-like system to others.

And while I didn’t think much when sending it, now that I’ve received this response, the answer to question 4 was also connected to question 5.

[5. What purpose did you achieve by tossing the system to me.

5. What purpose did you achieve by tossing the system to me.

5. What purpose did you achieve by tossing the system to me.

5. What purpose did you achieve by tossing the system to me.

5. What purpose did you achieve by tossing the system to me.] 11:45 PM

Since there was a possibility that Cha Yeonho missed the question, I kindly copy-pasted item 5 five times and sent it again.

[Cha Yeonho- Everyone has at least one secret they don’t reveal to each other] 11:49 PM

The reply came surprisingly quickly. The problem was he seemed to have no intention of telling me.

Still, normally he would have sent something rudely like ‘Do I have an obligation to tell you?^^’ but getting a reply that showed some decency was quite unexpected.

“What does it mean when a rude person suddenly changes their attitude?”

When I seriously consulted Seo Yehyeon, who was best at interpreting human psychology among the members, Yehyeon immediately asked back.

“Did you beat him up?”

“No.”

Who is he seeing me as, someone who goes around beating people up? And if I did such a thing, the system would definitely bring down the iron hammer of original intent deductions, so would I do that?

“Then he must be feeling guilty about something and begging for mercy. Either his face isn’t thick enough to brazenly act tough, or he did something so wrong that he can’t even act tough.”

The Cha Yeonho I experienced had a face so thick it would take about 100 years of grinding on a steel plate, so it seemed like the latter.

Could it be that Cha Yeonho designated me as a host? After seeing unmanipulated past memories and finding those memories too, he can no longer act tough toward me.

No matter how much I thought about it, that was the only wrongdoing that would make Cha Yeonho feel guilty enough not to act brazenly toward me.

[Really? Then let me change the question a bit]

[Did you achieve what you wanted?] 11:50 PM

[Cha Yeonho- No] 11:51 PM

Then what the hell did this bastard do while crashing even the car with his group into a drunk driving car?

As I stared at my phone in disbelief, Yehyeon poked me and asked.

“What’s wrong? Did someone say they’d boycott if you appear as a DTB team producer?”

“Nobody said that. Let’s not rephrase your thoughts as someone else’s thoughts.”

When I grumbled about why he would think such things, Yehyeon pressed my brow and replied indifferently.

“Because you’re glaring at your phone screen so menacingly. You already have a nasty expression.”

“I don’t care about such bullshit. Tell them to boycott all they want.”

Anyway, the production crew’s efforts due to crisis from Season 5’s decline causing Season 6’s ratings to slightly rebound was a definite fact even before regression.

It falls again from Season 7’s risky moves, and from Season 8 it becomes a niche enthusiast’s content like Seasons 1 and 2, plummeting straight to hell.

But from Season 7 onward, the hip-hop genre trend was gradually ending too.

I don’t know if DTB induced hip-hop consumption so exhaustingly that it pulled the end of the hip-hop trend earlier than scheduled, or if it just ended when it was time.

Anyway, what’s certain is that 【DTBF】 will have a reverse run during DTB season starting next year?

“Hyung, did you see? Did you hyungs see this? The broadcast clip got 1 million views in just one day! Everyone says I sang really well!”

Ryu Jaehee bounced around, suddenly shoving the screen showing his 【Voice Legacy】 competition YouTube video at us.

Seeing that guy with such a strong need for recognition finally getting acknowledged not just by the fandom but by the general public made me feel proud for no reason.

It feels like yesterday when he was anxious about his skills during busking with Seo Yehyeon as the face, but when did he grow up so much to go on a vocal competition variety show alone, removing the Rev name tag and firmly imprinting Yuje as a vocalist.

“Youngest, is the duet song competition next? Is there anything hyung can help with? Like arranging the competition song.”

“Nah, it’s fine. Hyung should prepare for hyung’s solo album. Would it be okay if I took up your time?”

When I rolled up my sleeves and stepped forward, Ryu Jaehee cheerfully declined. Right, they said there were no eliminations in this competition. Then was the round where Ryu Jaehee was eliminated the round after next?

He’s so happy just from the attention and praise received in round 2, so how much happier would he be if he won?

I steadily planned to make Ryu Jaehee the winner of 【Voice Legacy】.

* * *

With two weeks left in promotions, promotion for Gyeon Hajun’s solo song began.

As soon as the concept photos were released, the fandom almost turned upside down.

-Wow I’m hitting my head for naturally thinking it would be a merry-go-round type ballad

-It’s a bit unexpected but I feel the challenging spirit so I’m more excited lol

-I want to hear Gyeon Hajun’s hip-hop, I’m dying of curiosity

There were positive reactions like this expecting Gyeon Hajun’s challenge, but,

-Wtf what is this?

-I saw this half-asleep and thought I was having a nightmare but reality is worse

-Take off that tacky gold necklace and ten finger rings

-Hajun why are you holding a bat? To smash the head of the producer who set this solo activity concept? If so, I very much agree

-Wow… this feels like watching Eden sing the cutie song (negative)

-It’s not too late even now, let’s overturn the concept during the remaining 2 weeks

-Ah please we weren’t the kind of group that just follows trends and what’s popular

-DTB take responsibility for spreading the hip-hop plague and making even Hajun do hip-hop, Yoon Eden take responsibility

-Hip-hop genre isn’t just rap, but the Hajun in that concept photo looks like he’d rap about life’s truths if we made eye contact, so I’m very afraid to even make eye contact

-Fuck, even if the kid wanted to do it, you should have talked them out of it. Why are you just sitting there taking confirmation photos?

-Hajun’s face and chic expression are really life shots but the stylist is fucking

-No fine, Hajun might want to challenge the hip-hop genre, but why style him like that

└I’m really sorry to say this about our kid but he kinda… looks like a good student who studied all the time then got into hip-hop late and is rebelling… I wish he’d at least take off those chains wrapped around his neck and those flashy rings

└The day has come when I feel like my universe’s fashion was decent

└It was shot from above so I couldn’t see the legs well, but are those pants even 7/10 length? I’m going crazy

└For real is the stylist sane? Do they have some grudge against our kid?

-Hajun if you borrowed money from the stylist, pay it back quickly

-Guys calm down and look at the date, it’s April 1st, April Fool’s Day

└Oh right, I aged ten years damn… I almost had nightmares about rapping Hajun

└The comeback isn’t an April Fool’s joke too, right? Like on the day itself, instead of a solo song, only a video of Hajun rapping gets uploaded

└I still can’t feel relieved… I’ll feel at ease when proper concept photos come out next week…

└Thanks to April Fool’s Day, Hajun finally has forbidden photos too

There were quite a few reactions expressing shock at the stylist’s work.

And for good reason – Gyeon Hajun in the concept photo had become a hip hop warrior wielding a metal baseball bat. You know that fashion that immediately comes to mind when you think of hip hop.

It was a promotional method that fully utilized the fact that the comeback date was April Fool’s Day. Judging by the buzz, interest wouldn’t die down until April 1st.

Gyeon Hajun initially turned green at the sight of the styling and vehemently opposed it, but he agreed to release just one April Fool’s fake concept photo after I persuaded him that we needed to prevent Parachute from postponing our activity dates.

He firmly drew the line at two photos, so the April Fool’s fake concept photo styling we’d release next week featured a slightly more restrained hip hop warrior.

Thanks to this, when Parachute sent us promotional links asking what this was about, we could easily deflect their suspicion by saying our group was building up to an April Fool’s prank.

We really were making a comeback, but we were also building up to an April Fool’s prank, so it wasn’t exactly a lie.

“I knew it didn’t suit me when we shot it, but would it really cause such an intense reaction?”

Gyeon Hajun seriously contemplated while looking at posts expressing horror at the concept photo styling.

Seeing how Parachute immediately believed it when we said it was April Fool’s prank buildup, it really must be a terrible match.

Honestly, I thought so too.

I was the one who lent him the ring and chain. With proper styling it wouldn’t be such a bad look, but unfortunately the model has a face that completely kills any ‘hardcore’ hip hop concept.

My fashion items did nothing wrong. It’s the model’s fault for not being able to pull it off.

“Why isn’t anyone answering?”

“…”

Everyone desperately exchanged glances, passing the responsibility of answering to each other. One wrong answer and they might end up having to eat nothing but rice soaked in water.

The power of Reve’s meal authority holder was truly formidable.

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