A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 96

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 96

Rev finally received an offer for a full-group variety show.

It was the terrestrial variety program, .

It was a program that used to run under a different name in the past, got canceled, and was revived a few years ago with a slightly twisted name.

The selling point was supposedly watching celebrities become miserable over a few pennies.

Since surviving a week on 10,000 won like before was impossible due to inflation, they raised the amount and shortened the period to reflect current prices.

With the mission being to survive three days on 20,000 won, the mission performer was guaranteed three days of hell.

Moreover, this program was famous for 24-hour surveillance of every move, making it impossible to secretly eat at dawn.

“Obviously Yehyeon hyung should be the mission performer for this.”

“Me? Why?”

“Originally, the team’s face should do this kind of thing.”

“There’s no way you’d compliment me. Tell me the truth.”

“Hey, did you see that? Guys, did you see? Even when I say something nice, he acts like this, so how can I say nice things? Hyung shouldn’t complain about me always talking roughly to him, right? He’s ignoring his younger brother’s goodwill, huh?”

As I widened my eyes and raised my voice, the youngest member, who was looking at his cell phone, listlessly revealed the truth.

“Eden hyung said Yehyeon hyung could survive several days on just one lettuce, so Yehyeon hyung absolutely has to be the mission performer.”

Seo Yehyeon lifted his chin with a triumphant expression, having caught me red-handed.

“See. You had an ulterior motive all along.”

“Jaehee, this is betrayal.”

Having been painfully betrayed by the youngest member I firmly trusted, I slumped. They say there’s no one to trust in this world.

“The leader should do this kind of thing.”

“You only look for the leader at times like this.”

“Isn’t that something you should say only when you usually don’t assert your leader authority at all?”

“No, it’s not.”

“My goodness, is this really a conversation between a twenty-two-year-old and a twenty-one-year-old?”

“Well, try living to this age. People mature dramatically.”

Of course, I had turned twenty-seven and traveled back in time, but I just decided to go back to being twenty-one, my current age, since it was bothersome to argue.

If I calculated including my pre-regression age, Seo Yehyeon should be calling me hyung.

“But who’s our opponent?”

At that question, I mentioned what had been bothering me ever since we received the variety show offer.

“Altair.”

It was a group that seemed to be keeping Rev in check.

For now, only Cha Yeonho had openly shown it to me, but according to what I heard from the KICKS guys before regression—more precisely, gossip—they said Rising was being heavily checked, so the other guys probably weren’t on a much different track from Cha Yeonho.

Following the last , whether the variety show overlap was coincidence or if their influence was involved.

Cha Yeonho’s attitude toward me on had even turned into a counterattack against me by Altair’s fans.

Fortunately, it was buried because the refreshing side I showed on that broadcast was bigger.

“Wow, I’m glad it’s not KICKS. If it were KICKS, whoever got picked as mission performer, Eden hyung and Hajun hyung would have made them starve without spending a single penny.”

Unaware of my troubled feelings, Kim Dobin openly showed relief while pretending to wipe his chest.

“Hey, I don’t know about Jun, but I’m not that extremely wicked.”

“Isn’t it the opposite?”

“Well, our Jun’s eyes roll back whenever KICKS gets involved.”

Gyeon Hajun, who smiled at my words, nodded his head.

“I can’t deny it.”

Anyway, we had to decide on a mission performer by today and inform the production crew.

“I’m telling you, the leader should do this kind of thing.”

“The team visual should do it. You need to get a lot of camera time and promote with your face.”

“Want the youngest to do it?”

“I’ll gladly yield to my hyungs.”

“Dobin, you do it then.”

“I’m someone who would spend all 10,000 won in one day and still have more to spend. I’m amazingly good at self-objectification.”

“Hajun, want to try it once?”

“Ah, hyung, why are you trying to add meal restrictions to someone who’s already having a hard time being in charge of meals?”

“Sorry, Hajun…”

Finally, after fierce passing of responsibility, the decided mission performer was…!

“Buy one lettuce and eat it for three days. Then we’ll win. Got it, hyung?”

“This is crazy. No matter how much I control my diet, I can’t live eating that little.”

The eldest hyung decided to personally demonstrate the spirit of self-sacrifice.

Rev’s gateway to fandom and face, fighting.

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Altair vs Rev episode.

The 20,000 won three-day survival project!

The appearance of Altair, a 6-member boy group that had risen to the top tier, and Rev, a rising rookie 5-member boy group from Rising, drew considerable attention.

[Cha Yeonho: Hello, I’m Yeonho, who will be taking on the mission performer role from Altair.]

[KJ: Yeonho is the biggest penny-pincher in Altair, so he was unanimously chosen as the mission performer. Looking at everything, it seemed more advantageous for the penny-pincher to take charge rather than coaching from the side.]

[Cha Yeonho: Penny-pincher, really. If you’re going to say it, at least call it frugal and thrifty.]

[Ju Seojin: That’s right. Our Yeonho hyung has such an excellent spirit of saving. He takes care of all discounts and coupons, gets free gift certificates from everywhere, and compares all credit card benefits before making them.]

[Kim Seogyun: I really respect Yeonho. I’m too tired to live like that.]

[Won Taehyeok: I’m confident that Yeonho hyung can save at least 5,000 won.]

[Lee Sumin: But what if we get a balance exchange with the opposing team after saving that much?]

[Cha Yeonho: Let’s worry about that after saving that much, guys. I’m already feeling pressured.]

Altair, who had watched all previous broadcasts and came out with thorough planning.

[Seo Yehyeon: Hello, I’m Yehyeon, who will be taking on the mission performer role from Rev.]

[Yoon Eden: The reason we chose Yehyeon hyung as mission performer? He has the best fuel efficiency. He’s our team’s top light eater. Why are you laughing, Dobin?]

[Kim Dobin: No, it’s just so funny. Not because he’s good at saving or anything, but because he has the best fuel efficiency. It sounds like we’re talking about cars.]

[Yuje: Just saving on meal costs is half the success. So this can definitely be an advantage in this competition.]

[Gyeon Hajun: We can help with other things from the side.]

[Yuje: But do we have anyone in our group who carefully takes care of discounts or memberships?]

[Yoon Eden: Nope. We don’t take care of that stuff except for delivery app discount coupons.]

[Seo Yehyeon: I can’t trust any of you, I can’t trust…]

[Yoon Eden: I can’t trust hyung either except for food costs.]

[Seo Yehyeon: Excuse me, can we still change the mission performer now?]

Rev, who came out with no plan, only pushing food cost savings.

And after watching each other’s intro videos, Altair and Rev showed completely opposite reactions.

[KJ: What are these people…? Are they saying they’ll only save extremely on meal costs?]

[Cha Yeonho: I’m confident. There are essential purchase items. This isn’t a game you can win just by saving on meal costs.]

KJ, whose mouth fell open at the juniors’ spirit of only saving on meal costs, and Cha Yeonho, confidently showing his confidence toward victory.

[Yoon Eden: From what I see, we can’t save on other things. All five of us aren’t the type to take care of discounts and memberships. So let’s save extremely on meal costs.]

[Seo Yehyeon: To save that extremely, I’d have to eat one meal a day. The problem is the rule requires eating two meals a day without fail.]

[Yoon Eden: We all have our thoughts, right? Ahaha.]

[Seo Yehyeon: No, we don’t have thoughts. We’re screwed, really. Can’t we change the mission performer even now?]

Yoon Eden stubbornly pushing forward with his meal cost strategy even after hearing about his formidable penny-pinching opponent, and Seo Yehyeon already sensing defeat and tearing at his hair in despair.

Before them, the common rules and this round’s mandatory purchase items were announced.

[Rule 1. Absolutely no starving! Make sure to eat at least two meals!

Rule 2. If people around you want to give food to the mission participants, they must price it at least 500 won! If you want to eat home-cooked meals, put them in the assigned lunch box! (Lunch box 1,000 won)

Rule 3. Mandatory purchase items cannot be paid for by proxy or using friend favors!

Rule 4. Mid-point check will be on day 2!]

[Mandatory purchase items: Day 1 – Coffee, Day 2 – Treat people around you to meals, Day 3 – Movie ticket]

After the rules were announced, lunch time approached.

Since not eating lunch would guarantee defeat, the mission participants calculated their lunch costs with the 20,000 won they had.

[Cha Yeonho: I’m going to pack lunch boxes to carry around. If I eat two meals, that’s 2,000 won per day, so 6,000 won for three days. I need to set aside the lunch box cost in advance. I’ll pay 1,000 won.]

[Seo Yehyeon: I bought one head of lettuce for 2,000 won. I’ll eat this for three days, sigh… about two days I guess.]

[Cha Yeonho Day 1 lunch expense: 1,000 won]

[Seo Yehyeon Day 1 lunch expense: 2,000 won]

-What is Seo Yehyeon, a rabbit? Can he really survive four meals on just lettuce without dressing or toppings?

-He’s really ruthless lololol

There had been cast members who scraped by paying 500 won per meal to mooch food, but this was the first time someone planned to survive two days on just one head of lettuce.

A mission to obtain today’s mandatory purchase item was given to them.

[Cha Yeonho: My credit card has a 50% discount benefit at this franchise. Yes, there was a good reason I insisted on coming here.]

[Seo Yehyeon: There’s a cafe near the dormitory, and takeout americano is 1,500 won.]

[Both completed purchasing coffee, the mandatory Day 1 item!]

[Cha Yeonho’s expense: 2,250 won]

[Seo Yehyeon’s expense: 1,500 won]

-Seo Yehyeon’s luck is insane lololol

-The magic where the guy who got 50% discount at a cafe 30 minutes away on foot loses more than the guy who bought coffee at the cafe in front of his house

[Altair side]

[Won Taehyeok: Yeonho hyung, would you like some snacks? I’ll sell them for 500 won.]

[Cha Yeonho: Oh, should I? I saved quite a bit today.]

[Won Taehyeok: Right. Honestly, no one could save more than you, hyung.]

[They still don’t know their opponent’s expenses!]

[Rev side]

[Kim Dobin: Hyung, aren’t you hungry? Would you be willing to share a bag of snacks with me for 500 won if I open one?]

[Seo Yehyeon: What’s there to eat after 6 PM for dinner.]

[This side doesn’t even care about expenses]

Both spent the minimum amount of money they could use and the day passed.

The next day, their first ordeal approached: treating people around them to meals!

[Cha Yeonho: I firmly believe our Altair members will ask within reasonable limits.]

[Seo Yehyeon: I can already imagine it. The younger members desperately arguing to spend all the money today and frantically try to get balance changes. Sigh…]

They must spend considering even the movie ticket on day 3!

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