Top Girl Group Scenario Rewritten with My Own Hands - Chapter 66

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Episode 66
Han Jeong-yeon had never wanted to be an idol from the start.
The original Han Jeong-yeon was an acting trainee at a small entertainment agency, and the Dream Girls Project was a broadcast she’d joined with a light heart—simply to gain some recognition and grow comfortable on camera.
Back then, with dancing and singing skills both below average, Han Jeong-yeon received the lowest grade in the Level Test.
Still, she managed to form a decent team in the first round, and her pretty face helped her maintain a top ranking in the online voting.
There was also the fact that she’d practiced fairly hard, not wanting to lose. She didn’t need to debut, but she didn’t want to become a liability to her current stage.
And so it went—second round, third round, finals.
Han Jeong-yeon made it through to the final, but her name didn’t appear on the final debut lineup.
It was a good outcome. Getting her name out there was the goal, and debut had never been the purpose of her participation from the beginning—so in some ways it might have been the best possible result for her.
It really was a good outcome, but…….
Her heart felt hollow somehow. She couldn’t say she’d worked harder than anyone else, or that she’d labored because being an idol was her dream, yet she couldn’t forget how tears streamed down her face the moment she saw the completed debut lineup.
The current Han Jeong-yeon thought about it this way: perhaps her past self had simply realized too late that she wanted to be an idol.
Standing on stage had made her truly want to be an idol……. Maybe that’s why.
Then.
[Q. If you could debut here……]
[Would you start over?]
[YES/NO]
Text floating before her eyes like a phantom.
As if possessed, she raised her hand and pressed YES, and Han Jeong-yeon found herself back on the first filming day of the Dream Girls Project.
[Loading…]
[System on]
[▷ Mission: Debut in 1st place at Dream Girls Project]
[▷ Quest: Receive Grade A, the highest rank, in the Level Test]
[※ Opportunities will be provided infinitely until the quest is cleared.]
The tedious Regression began from that moment.
***
This insane system kept sending Han Jeong-yeon back to the past endlessly.
Starting with the first quest—the Level Test—maintaining Grade A, getting a solo shot in the Signal Song, and so on……. It assigned quests she could reasonably accomplish, then kept sending her back to the past until she cleared them.
The moment she failed, she was sent back.
At least the experiences she’d accumulated didn’t disappear, which was the most reassuring thing for Han Jeong-yeon. Her body followed her will perfectly, after all!
During the first round, she kept being sent back because she couldn’t get first place. The system didn’t care that first place depended on the live audience’s hearts—it just kept sending her back regardless.
The second round required taking first place overall votes within her position. In the Vocal & Rap position, Han Jeong-yeon managed to take first place with fewer attempts than before and move on to the next stage.
If she didn’t clear a quest, she couldn’t move on at all. So it was natural that later, countless days she couldn’t remember piled up endlessly.
Her originally quiet and composed personality never showed on broadcast—instead, she became a cheerful, four-dimensional character. This worked better for generating buzz and gathering popularity.
The third round, then the finals. She couldn’t remember how many times she’d repeated this part. Since the condition wasn’t just debut but ‘1st place debut,’ this stage really took an enormous amount of time.
Still, one nice thing was that even when she occasionally made a fuss about withdrawing due to health issues, time wouldn’t rewind until that round was over. It was the only time she could genuinely rest.
She’d grown close to many people through the Dream Girls Project. There was Saki, her same-age friend, as well as Yeo Eun-jae, Eom Yu-bin, and Go Hyun-seo……. What she knew about them only increased, and naturally her range of natural behavior expanded too.
One really difficult thing was that she knew things about them they hadn’t yet shown her—and that always made Han Jeong-yeon feel lonely.
Even after she’d somehow interfered with the producer who’d been manipulating things (or the system had used some force to quietly eliminate him), first place wasn’t easy. Given the Dream Girls Project’s nature—where fandom was more solid than public opinion—flipping first place in one go was nearly impossible.
But there was a way. Standing out somehow, gathering more fans somehow……. It wasn’t easy, but.
Around the time she thought she really couldn’t endure any longer.
[▷ Mission: Debut in 1st place at Dream Girls Project]
[Loading……]
[CLEAR!]
Digital confetti scattered across her vision through the shower of real confetti.
After that day, Han Jeong-yeon escaped from the mysterious Regression. It was right after she’d achieved the dream of becoming an idol she’d wished for on that first stage.
***
In fact, Han Jeong-yeon had thought that as long as she escaped the Regression, anything would be fine.
But reality proved otherwise.
An incompetent CEO—presumably a nepotistic appointment—who spent money freely but lacked any sense. Staff who preferred overseas popularity and wanted to minimize album releases, instead running international tour after tour for two and a half years. And existing agencies wanting to shuffle members according to their own interests.
Han Jeong-yeon’s original agency was really small. The artist contract they offered was a short two-and-a-half-year contract aligned with Daylight’s terms, and there were no particular issues with it.
But many other members weren’t so fortunate. When the possibility of extending the group contract came up briefly, some members’ agencies opposed it because of their seven-year contracts, preventing the contract extension.
It felt like a midsummer night’s dream.
Everything was supposed to work out well…….
Separate from the sadness of the group’s dissolution, Han Jeong-yeon continued her activities. She signed with V-IBE and released a solo album, even appearing in a web drama.
Things didn’t go smoothly. Her solo album was buried, and by the time she considered building an acting career, she’d already fallen in love with the stage. She’d spent so much time as an idol that she’d even forgotten why she’d originally wanted to be an actress.
She spent several years like that. Among the Daylight members, only Yeo Eun-jae truly succeeded.
Saki, who’d returned to a Japanese agency, called her chattering about wanting to do group activities again. Jeong-yeon, I want to be an idol. Not just any idol, but Daylight…….
The youngest member, who’d switched to acting when the company’s debut group fell through, went to university to study acting more seriously. I don’t have enough experience for the special admissions track, so I have to start from scratch with regular studies and audition acting.
Yeo Eun-jae wanted to gather the group again. As the leader, she seemed to feel guilty about being the only one doing well.
But outside of private gatherings, Daylight never came together again. Too many selfish companies didn’t want to benefit other agencies during their contracted periods.
Companies that neglected their artists, companies that pushed them around, incompetent companies……. There were all kinds. Some members even seriously considered contract disputes because their trust in their companies had completely broken down.
Watching all this, Han Jeong-yeon thought.
If I were given just one more chance.
If I could go back to the past.
If I were given the chance to save the group.
Han Jeong-yeon hated Regression. She thought it might be better if there were no second chances to fix things.
But that was already several years after she’d experienced infinite Regression, around the time when that sensation was starting to fade.
So Han Jeong-yeon.
[LAST CHANCE!]
[Q. If you could go back to the past, would you?]
[YES/NO]
Faced with that unreal system after a long time, she pressed YES without hesitation.
And when she opened her eyes again, she stood on the set of the Dream Girls Project’s final broadcast, something she’d grown tired of seeing long ago.
***
“The first thing I did after coming back was talk about contracts. It might sound strange, but I told them to align the artist contracts with two and a half years too. In case our team does well later and tries to extend, I didn’t want the existing agencies to become obstacles. When I explained it that way, everyone understood.”
Han Jeong-yeon finished her long story and laughed as if feeling relieved.
I understood her reasoning, but my feelings back then were…….
‘She’s insane. Completely and utterly insane.’
Regression Psychosis—I’d only ever read about it in novels. Why does it actually exist?
“I searched for a long time for someone who would believe all this without suspicion. If I told the members this stuff, they’d just call me crazy, right?”
“So basically, you needed someone to talk about Regression with…….”
“Um, yeah. That’s right!”
Han Jeong-yeon laughed cheerfully, but she was……, somewhat devoid of humanity. The manufactured quirky character she played seemed more human by comparison—she was that inhuman.
Like she was missing more than one screw after going through Regression for so long……. Back then, I genuinely got chills.
“So I asked for help. Listen to my story, and in return, if there’s anything I can do to help you, I will.”
“…When exactly?”
“Whenever. Sure, persuading you might be annoying, but once I persuade you, I’ll help. In the end, I’m still me no matter when we meet.”
Even if it gave me chills, listening to her story once wasn’t difficult. (Though it ended up being multiple times, not just once.)
I got Han Jeong-yeon’s cooperation this way.
***
“Does it seem more believable now?”
At my words, Han Jeong-yeon took on a serious expression and sipped her coffee. I gave her plenty of time to think, (though time was running short for her anyway) and after thinking it through, she nodded her head slowly.
“I’m not sure what kind of help you need, but I understand.”
“Well, it’s simple. First, not interfering with each other, acting friendly from a business perspective, sharing any new variables we discover. And…….”
This is something I should get agreement on beforehand. I threw the words out casually.
“Quick question—interested in forming a rivalry narrative?”
“Interested……, well, even if I say no, I think you’ll just push it on me anyway.”
“You know me well. But instead of a messy rivalry, we’re going for both sides being so good that watching recent music shows is fun. Naturally boosting both sides simultaneously.”
“What’s your Regression count? You seem really skilled at this.”
“I’m glad it seems that way. This is my third time. And this is my last chance.”
I shrugged once, and Han Jeong-yeon asked another question, her expression full of doubt.
“…Last?”
“Yeah. If I fail, I’m probably dead.”
“What?”
“Dead. My body condition is already terrible from mission failure penalties.”
Han Jeong-yeon’s expression twisted instantly.
Right, she said she’d had infinite retries until success.
“So please help me out, senior. I don’t really want to die, but you’re the only person I can talk to about this, so that’s why I’m saying it.”
I deliberately pulled my mouth into a smile and spoke in a light tone.
Watching Han Jeong-yeon’s pupils waver uncontrollably, this persuasion seemed to have succeeded.
Use whatever you can use.
Even if it’s a person from Regression so lonely they’re about to go insane. Or maybe already have.
“Oh, and one more thing.”
“Say it.”
“We agreed to use casual speech with each other. Even in private.”
Who in this day and age speaks formal to someone the same age with senior-junior honorifics?
If we mixed up the wrong term once, we’d both look suspicious. I didn’t want us ending up as a hot topic on internet forums as some manufactured friendship angle.
“Drop the formality, Jeong-yeon.”
“…You’re giving me a choice?”
“No. You already agreed, so just go along with it.”
“Ugh. If it gets awkward later, I’m not taking responsibility. So why’d you use formal speech in the first place?”
“I don’t know, proof that we’d talked before? You said it—if my real age ever came out, things might get awkward.”
“You talked nonsense.”
“Yeah. Since you called it nonsense, you said formal speech felt more comfortable, so I went along with it.”
“Planning to keep going along with it?”
“No.”
Merciless. Han Jeong-yeon laughed without substance.
And so, I gained one shop-window friend who knew my secret.

Rewriting the Top Girl Group Scenario with My Own Hands
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: Nam Seo-rang
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: February 27, 2026
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