A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 620

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Original Intent Episode 620

While I was admiring Cha Yeonho’s amazing use of regression knowledge, Ddungkalong and DTB briefly flashed through my mind, but I deliberately ignored them.

Right, even so, although I received help from the system in our early debut days, I remembered the chart explosion and avoided making a comeback then, and I remembered the content of 【Reality Test!】 and prevented our group from having discord rumors like the group that appeared before regression.

No matter how I thought about it, I was much better.

When I realized anew that I was using regression knowledge much more excellently than Cha Yeonho, I felt proud and smiled with satisfaction, but this time Cha Yeonho’s expression soured.

First, stopping that simple-minded plan was the top priority. After all, I need to make them reconcile so I can use the Shinwol whistleblowers as Dual, right?

“Put yourself in their shoes, man.”

“You do know I’m two years older than you…?”

I responded to Cha Yeonho, who was trying to suppress me with age like an old-fashioned person, by picking my ear with my pinky finger. I blew on my pinky and graciously offered him some perspective at his eye level.

“When you fail to save KJ again, how would you feel if I suddenly came and said ‘Actually, I knew everything about KJ’s death all along’?”

Finally, Cha Yeonho made an expression of realization. To think I’m handling Cha Yeonho’s brain outsourcing.

Youngest, you should have seen this. Then your worries that made you rush over like a wasp whenever I did anything would have decreased even a little.

And incidentally, it would give us a good idea too.

After thinking for a moment, Cha Yeonho presented another opinion.

“Let’s change the plan. We’ll instill guilt in Jeongjun. Make it seem like I got involved and found out because of Jeongjun.”

Curious about what other idiotic plan would come out of that mouth, I nodded quickly as if urging him to speak faster.

“I need your cooperation. You’re the one who caught the plagiarism and got me listed as co-composer. Publicly, no, what Jeongjun knows is that.”

Cha Yeonho rested his chin on his interlocked hands. Cha Yeonho, with one corner of his mouth raised, looked straight at me.

“We’ll use that.”

“How?”

“Back then, I stole Jeongjun’s phone in Hawaii and contacted that composer, and you got involved too. I found out you were preparing to expose it, so instead of going through Jeongjun, I urgently contacted you directly to block it. Let’s reverse this sequence of events.”

Up to this point, it seemed better than the idea Cha Yeonho had just presented. But as soon as Cha Yeonho uttered the next sentence, that thought completely flew away.

“Let’s say you contacted me first, threatening to expose this and prevent Altair from promoting, and I got on my knees and begged you, which is how I learned the whole story. And that I’ve been continuing to contact you because I had no choice but to cooperate under your threats.”

I was curious about what was inside that small head of his and wanted to open it once to see. How can a person only come up with schemes to either screw themselves or screw others over?

Then I’d be perceived as the bad guy and couldn’t cooperate with KJ. Where is he trying to play the pitiful victim?

Not content with using me as a host for some weird system to save his friend and using me to buy time, now he wants to use me for friend reconciliation and suck me dry to the bone.

“If you want to do that, then really get on your knees right now. Where are you trying to get a free ride?”

“What about counting the time I knelt in the previous round, the first cycle?”

“Would that work?”

I replied irritably while rubbing my throbbing temples.

“Why are you so extreme? Instead of making me the villain, just say that during , I contacted you first because I didn’t want to make a big deal and you were the only one I had exchanged numbers with.”

Although the sequence changed as Cha Yeonho said, it was still much better for persuading KJ to create an image of helping Altair rather than becoming a blackmailer.

Anyway, except for being a connection to KJ, Cha Yeonho was of no help.

“And you can say that after reporting to the agency, you felt suspicious about how naturally the agency accepted the plagiarism issue and started investigating, eventually finding out. For continuing to contact each other, just tell the truth that I also felt suspicious and we were investigating together.”

Then the three-way meeting would naturally come together too.

I thought the law of total intelligence only existed within Rev, but apparently it applies between regressors too. I’m like Ryu Jaehee here.

Not knowing what I was thinking, Cha Yeonho objected with a displeased expression.

“Then Jeongjun would feel less guilt toward me.”

“If you get beaten by me today and KJ sees your bruised face, wouldn’t he feel guilty too? You don’t have any schedules for a while, right?”

When I asked while cracking my knuckles, Cha Yeonho flinched and reflexively pulled his body back.

“If you don’t need my cooperation, then say I threatened you.”

Of course, there was no way Cha Yeonho could give up my cooperation. The decisive key to knowing who the trainee was that committed suicide before regression was with me.

Cha Yeonho, with a complicated expression, obediently shook his head.

“If you want to instill guilt and trust that badly, then tell KJ that you used someone as a host and turned back time six times to save them, but failed six times due to intelligence issues.”

When I told him a very sure way to instill guilt and trust, Cha Yeonho let out a sigh mixed with a hollow laugh.

“I told him about the regression… Jeongjun just didn’t believe it like the other members.”

Cha Yeonho smiled bitterly.

“You won’t know until you tell your members too. The misery of facing members who look at you with concern and seriously recommend counseling when I’m truly desperate.”

Well, Rev and Altair are too different, so the same result wouldn’t occur.

I imagined revealing the regression fact and the system’s existence to our members.

Only two futures came to mind.

‘Guys, what should we do? I think Yoon Eden is possessed by an otaku ghost!’

‘I can’t tell if it’s possession or regression… First of all, there’s no way Eden hyung would mention the word regression in his right mind. Is it possession after all? After taking over Eden hyung’s body, is he trying not to be suspected by us by casually passing it off as regression? Didn’t I just sound like a great detective?’

‘Let’s find a shaman house to perform an exorcism first.’

‘Are you all serious…? Eden might be acting like this because he’s been having a hard time lately. Eden, have you been having a hard time lately?’

Either get dragged to a shaman house,

‘Yoon Eden, did you get influenced by Doby too?’

‘Regression? So now… hyung came back through time? That’s very, um… it’s a setting that would come from those things Doby hyung reads. Why did you suddenly become a concept player, hyung? You don’t need to make such risky moves, we follow hyung’s opinions now.’

‘Eden must be having a really hard time lately. Doby, stop talking about novels or comics next to hyung when he’s resting.’

‘No? I’ve never really talked about such things next to Eden hyung? Whoa, then is this really, real, completely actual situation? Hyung! Are you really the regressor I only encountered in web novels and webtoons? Did our group fail in the past? Is that why you came back? Hyung hyung hyung hyung, quickly write down what will happen in the future. What becomes popular? Are there any hit songs you remember clearly? Which stocks go up?’

Or get treated the same as Kim Dobin.

I couldn’t tell if this was better than Altair or not.

Damn it, getting treated the same as Kim Dobin is the hopeful scenario…!

Due to my inability to trust Cha Yeonho’s head, we agreed that I wouldn’t tell Cha Yeonho about Shinwol Entertainment’s shadows that I knew about, and I would speak during the three-way meeting.

All Cha Yeonho had to do was act in front of KJ and bring KJ to the three-way meeting.

The conversation was over, and there was no reason to stay long. As I got up, Cha Yeonho, who had been hesitating for a moment, still sat there gripping his water cup with both hands and muttered.

“…Sorry.”

Rather than feeling guilt toward me, it seemed like he was worried I might threaten him again with KJ’s lifeline if I got upset.

“For what? Using me as a host for time travel? Joking around at my funeral? Making me hear all the curses I’d hear in a lifetime in just a few years by destroying the evidence I had? Missing the golden time to find KJ’s suicide note because you kept being suspicious instead of understanding even when I brought up the suicide note? Continuing to test and bother me this time too? Trying to bury me in our early debut days? Making that smile look like you know something but then making people’s insides burst when you actually open your mouth?”

Cha Yeonho has too many things to apologize to me for, so I can’t figure out which one he’s apologizing for.

Cha Yeonho looked up with a choked expression and said through gritted teeth.

“Humanly speaking, let’s exclude the last one.”

“The last one is the most important, what do you mean exclude it.”

Break away from the mastermind Yeonho worldview that only your fans push, Yeonho.

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Although I was a bit late due to the crazy conversation with Cha Yeonho, I returned to the dormitory in triumph and loudly spoiled the semifinal results.

“Guys, sorry! This leader is going to be busy as hell until the finals!”

“Wow, really two people from hyung’s team made it to the finals? Truly the Midas touch.”

Ryu Jaehee’s eyes sparkled with admiration.

Could I ever confess to these guys someday? But thinking about the reaction they’d show, the thought of keeping it secret until I’m buried in a coffin definitely took precedence.

I didn’t want to be treated the same as Kim Dobin. I especially didn’t want to be dragged to a shaman house.

Unless I could hit our beloved members’ heads once each to make them regain memories of the n cycles I regressed through.

I plopped down on the sofa and flipped through TV channels, when I saw Cha Yeonho’s face appearing as a panel on a variety show.

“I didn’t know I was such a smart person.”

“Of course you didn’t know. Because you’re not smart.”

Seo Yehyeon made a face like ‘what nonsense’ and walked past.

Ugh, even if just to show him my conversation with Cha Yeonho directly, I’ll definitely make that guy recover his memories.

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