A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 591

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Original Intent Episode 591

Despite my extreme opposition, the theme for this ‘REVErse’ series ended up being Rev’s debut fake documentary.

I continued to strongly advocate for the very reasonable alternative of a composition camping trip, but since no one agreed with my proposal, I had no choice.

Even when I tried to persuade them by saying I’d go easier on them than a marine boot camp, no one was swayed.

So the feeling of returning to our first dormitory, which the CEO graciously offered as a filming location…

Was surprisingly unimpressive.

Of course, only for me.

I had no particular feelings since I’d seen it just a few months ago and even stayed there for several days, but the hearts of the members who had grown accustomed to the duplex dormitory seemed different.

The other members ran around the semi-basement dorm frantically, saying it felt like returning home in glory after 10 years. It had actually been 5 years.

Still, these guys don’t know that this time we left this dormitory quickly. Before the regression, we lived in this dormitory until 【Temptation】 became a hit.

“Huh, what? Did they change the wallpaper? All the mold is completely gone?”

“They had to change it to get tenants. We had no choice but to live in this house in that condition because we had no other options.”

When Seo Yehyeon exclaimed in admiration while looking around the first dormitory that was in quite decent condition, Gyeon Hajun coldly stated the facts.

But they only changed the wallpaper – the mattress in the room where the three of us stayed and the folding bed in the Youngest Line room were still the same.

“So this is where we had our first start…”

Ryu Jaehee murmured in a somehow wistful voice.

Coming back to that place from those times seemed to bring back memories vividly.

I envied those members. Since I went back to the past, all I remember is trying to manipulate things here and then returning to reality to stick talismans that ruined the interior aesthetics in my studio.

“Even though what we’re filming is a fake documentary, it’s still a documentary. So to maximize the reality, how about instead of filming and going back to the dormitory, we actually stay here for a few days during filming?”

“Doby, are you telling Hajun to give up sleep for several days? You know how picky he is about sleeping arrangements.”

I tried to escape from the documentary filming obsession by using Gyeon Hajun as an excuse, but-

“It’s okay. You and Yehyeon Hyung don’t have bad sleeping habits, so we managed pretty well back then too.”

“Oh, that’s fine. Yeah, it’s supposed to be a documentary, so it should have authenticity. If we just use this place as a set, it’s not a documentary but a drama.”

“I agree too. It’s not like we’re staying for months, just a few days. This is an opportunity for Daydream to indirectly experience our pre-debut and early debut days, so it’s better to film it realistically.”

Everyone ignored my words again and agreed with Kim Dobin’s opinion. At this point, I was starting to suspect that Kim Dobin was a system holder using persuasion items.

I’m too high-dimensional for that item to work on me.

“Youngest, isn’t this not an indirect experience of our pre-debut and early debut days but brainwashing through propaganda?”

“Brainwashing works best when it’s realistic and meticulous.”

In the end, we brought a week’s worth of luggage from our current dormitory and even personal belongings that were in this dormitory back then as props.

I arranged my limited edition shoe boxes that were piled up back then exactly as they were 5 years ago, recalling the memories as much as possible.

Ryu Jaehee, who had finished organizing his luggage, flopped down on the folding bed in his room and blinked in surprise.

“Whoa, was this room’s bed this small?”

That’s right. Ryu Jaehee had grown 10cm taller since when he lived here.

Even if we recreated everything else the same, seventeen-year-old Ryu Jaehee’s height and face were impossible to recreate.

“See? What’s the point of having the same location? The youngest’s height and appearance have changed so much. If we’re going for reality, we shouldn’t have come to the semi-basement dorm but should have shortened the youngest’s height and reverted his face to the old one.”

“Ryu Jae, should I print out your old face so you can cut out eye holes and use it as a mask?”

It was truly an idea Kim Dobin would come up with. Seeing Ryu Jaehee refuse this time without being persuaded, even waving his hands, it seems it’s not an item after all.

We also went to the room the three of us used to share, roughly unpacked, and lay down on the mattress. Back then, there seemed to be some spare space even when all three of us lay down, but now it was slightly cramped.

“What’s this? It doesn’t feel as secure as back then? Are my memories too romanticized?”

I stretched while lying down and replied to Seo Yehyeon’s muttering as he lay closest to the wall like back then.

“I guess my body got bigger as I grew taller. Hyung, who didn’t even grow 1cm, probably can’t relate.”

“I grew 0.3cm too, you know?”

“Oh, who asked?”

Gyeon Hajun, lying in the middle, waved his hands to separate us before it could escalate into a full argument.

“Both of you, stop it. What about the blanket? Yehyeon Hyung, you have to sleep under one blanket, right? Was it like that back then too?”

“Wow… Hajun, it’s really awkward when you speak formally to me.”

Seo Yehyeon rubbed his arms and shivered.

“I used formal speech back then, Hyung. It hasn’t been that long since we started speaking casually.”

Gyeon Hajun slightly raised the corner of his mouth and playfully used even more formal speech on purpose.

Eventually, Seo Yehyeon couldn’t stand it and bolted out of the room.

“What’s he going to do if he can’t even handle formal speech when he already can’t act?”

I clicked my tongue and sat up. I could picture Seo Yehyeon jumping every time Gyeon Hajun addressed him formally.

Seeing Gyeon Hajun’s amused reaction, he’d probably keep addressing him on purpose like earlier.

“Jun, seeing that guy’s reaction, if this footage airs, there might be controversy about you two being awkward, so do it in moderation.”

“As long as we don’t look awkward, right?”

Gyeon Hajun smiled as usual. How far is this fake documentary planning to go…

* * *

The filming was planned to be included in the fake documentary not from after debut, but from when we were still LnL’s only trainees.

Back then, it was still before I regressed, so my personality would have been somewhat in its raw state. And my memories were also hazy.

Since it’s a fake documentary anyway, the purpose was to show Rev being harmonious from this time, so it didn’t really matter if I couldn’t remember.

One week before debut, and coincidentally also my birthday— that day was the beginning of Rev’s debut fake documentary.

“Current date: August 1st, 20xx. Today is the birthday of Eden Hyung, who became the leader of our group. Wow-.”

And as you can see, from the first chapter, fraud filled with lies and propaganda was rampant.

We had a 25th birthday party a few weeks ago, but now we’re having a 20th birthday party that we didn’t even have back then.

The franchise bakery sweet potato cake had two long candles representing twenty years old stuck in it.

Originally, we were going to buy a cream cake, but it had cherries on top, and we were worried there might be fruit cocktail cherries inside, so we changed to the safest sweet potato cake for Ryu Jaehee.

I wanted to eat cheesecake, but just because sweet potato cake had much lower calories, my birthday party cake that I didn’t even have back then was forcibly decided to be sweet potato cake, completely ignoring the birthday party host’s opinion.

I don’t need to say who managed the calorie control – everyone knows.

While listening to the birthday song, I tried to recall how I spent my 20th birthday back then. The memories were hazy because so much time had passed subjectively due to the regression, but I did remember.

Birthday or whatever, it was one week before debut and I was pissed off because Seo Yehyeon was still making choreography mistakes, so I said I couldn’t practice and went out to have a birthday party with high school friends, coming back after midnight.

When Gyeon Hajun, who had been waiting without sleeping, gave me birthday wishes, I replied that my birthday was over since it was past 12, and got scolded asking who told me to come back so late.

Oh, and that night Seo Yehyeon didn’t come back to the dormitory, so I thought he had run away with one week left before debut. I thought we were going to debut as a four-member group, but he came back the next morning.

Of course, we didn’t ask each other where he went, and he didn’t tell us either.

Back then I thought he might have gone to a friend’s house, but thinking about it now, he probably did all-night practice at the practice room.

Hmm, right. It would be a disaster to recreate this as it was. Thinking about it this way, starting with a fake from the first chapter didn’t seem like a bad choice.

“Alright, Eden Hyung! With one week left until debut, please give us a word about your resolve as leader and encouragement for Rev’s future!”

If nothing else, I definitely remembered this point.

Back then, Kim Dobin, you didn’t actively step forward and act up like this. You were at the level of watching my mood and sneakily adding a word or two.

“My resolve as leader is, um, I can see a future where there’s no such thing as leader’s authority, so I’ll pass. So not as a leader but as the head of this group, I, huh? Follow me well! If you listen to me well, rice cakes will appear even in your sleep, rice cakes!”

Bang bang!

When I pounded the table, Ryu Jaehee muttered beside me that it really felt like we’d returned to the past.

“And in the future, let’s win rookie awards, grand prizes, and chart on Billboard too.”

I subtly spoiled the future and blew out the candles with a puff, and everyone clapped in front of the camera.

Although there was no such heartwarming past one week before our actual debut, this is how past manipulation usually begins.

After the fake birthday party and documentary-style interviews ended, we moved to the practice room.

Since the underground practice room we used to use was closed, we couldn’t find the exact same practice room, so we blocked off half of our current practice room with partitions, cutting the floor space in half.

“If the practice room looks clean, that’s an illusion.”

When we got in formation, music started playing.

【Come to My Universe】, which I was hearing after such a long time.

We had roughly reviewed the choreography beforehand, but since everyone was dancing it after such a long time, we all seemed a bit stiff.

I stopped the camera and gave feedback to the person who was ruining the fake documentary’s image the most.

“Yehyeon Hyung, be a bit more stiff. Right now you’re following along too well, so anyone can see this isn’t early debut days. You should be the most messed up.”

“Geez, should I be happy about this or not?”

An undeniable smile appeared on Seo Yehyeon’s face as he replied.

But a few minutes later, the smile on Seo Yehyeon’s face disappeared without a trace.

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