"Where are you planning to hold the live?"
Kamijou Mutsuki asked the question first.
"Of course at RiNG."
Taki replied as if it were only natural.
As expected.
Under normal circumstances, Taki's idea wasn't wrong.
For a beginner band, RiNG was indeed a good choice.
"Let's say RiNG for now,"
Kamijou Mutsuki first expressed agreement with the girl's idea.
"But there's one problem. Have you thought about it?"
"What problem?"
"You can't be treated as a beginner band anymore."
"You've felt your current level of fame these days, haven't you?"
"Fame?"
Taki was probably the one who felt it the least, but even she could sense the changes during this period.
It was just that, before Kamijou Mutsuki brought it up, she hadn't paid attention to it.
"We're… not that famous~"
Meanwhile, Anon couldn't suppress the corners of her mouth, revealing her signature smile.
"Because of your special circumstances, no one's going to demand superstar-level standards from you—but you definitely can't be brushed off with beginner-band quality either~"
The huge popularity and traffic they had gained did not bring only benefits.
"I…"
As expected, Taki fell into hesitation.
"Like Rikki said, we can't keep playing house forever, right?"
What no one expected was that the one who spoke was Anon—the same Anon who, in the anime, had been grilled by Taki for trying to run away.
"We have to move forward. Even if we get lost, that's fine!"
Hearing her words, the girls inevitably showed surprised expressions.
Was that really something Anon would say? Did she grab the wrong script today?
"Hey!"
Noticing her teammates' looks, the pink-haired girl immediately flushed red with anger.
"You guys are way too stuck in your stereotypes, aren't you?!"
"Don't call me that."
Taki first rejected the nickname Anon had used for her, then continued, "But what Chihaya said… is rare but actually has some merit."
"You can drop the 'rare.'"
In short, perhaps because of Anon's words just now, the girls quickly reached a consensus.
"We're going to hold a live!"
"So—"
In the end, Anon looked at Kamijou Mutsuki.
"You still don't believe in us, do you?"
"Of course I believe in you. Because belief doesn't require a reason!"
"…Why does that sound kind of weird when you say it?"
"In any case, just leave the live to me, your manager. If it ends up being a disaster, I'll voluntarily terminate the contract, cut ties, and run off with the money."
"Hey! Saying that makes people less reassured, okay?!"
"…"
Watching the two bicker, a smile unconsciously appeared on Tomori's face.
How nice.
With that, the matter of the live was settled, and the girls began discussing the songs for the performance.
"What's so troublesome about it? Let's just do Haruhikage. It's the one we're most familiar with anyway."
The one who said that was naturally Taki.
"Huh? Shouldn't a new band use a new song instead?"
Even though she's watched the anime, why is she still like this?
Soyo complained inwardly.
"Speaking of new songs, look at this—"
Anon proudly took out a notebook with a longhorn beetle on the cover.
"This is…"
"It's a song Tomori wrote for me~"
In reality, she had asked Tomori to write it for her.
"Huh? Tomori, is that true?"
While the band girls were chatting happily, Kamijou Mutsuki made a phone call to Myaamori, asking her to start preparing matters related to the live.
After all, MyGO's first live absolutely couldn't really be a disaster.
As for himself, he went to reserve a live date at RiNG and discuss the specific details.
In fact, according to his original plan,
he had intended to wait until Episode 7 finished airing, and until the girls were mentally prepared, before considering such matters.
But since they had their own ideas, he wouldn't forcefully oppose them.
He had no objections!
After Mutsuki finished handling things on his end, the girls had more or less wrapped up their discussion as well.
"Um, Kamijou… about this morning…"
However, before parting ways, Anon approached him as if she wanted to say something.
"What about this morning?"
Kamijou Mutsuki asked back as if he had no idea what she meant.
"N-Nothing. Have a safe trip!"
The girl, who had looked a little shy just moments ago, suddenly became inexplicably angry.
One could only say that a girl's thoughts were just that hard to fathom.
After seeing the band girls off, Kamijou Mutsuki did not head home.
Because while paying earlier and calculating the live's costs and revenue, he suddenly remembered something.
Come to think of it, since Sakiko-sensei had run off too quickly last time, he still hadn't paid her salary!
Although her current wages wouldn't even cover her debt, Kamijou Mutsuki had no intention of deducting her entire salary to offset it. That would make it look like he was forcing Sakiko-sensei to work for free.
Still, that shouldn't be a big problem.
After all, if Sakiko-sensei got hungry, she would go work part-time herself to earn money and fill her stomach.
It just so happened he had time today, so he might as well pay her the back wages—lest Sakiko-sensei really starve to death.
And her house wasn't particularly far from here. Just like the time he went to Afterglow before, maybe he'd even run into some kind of surprise on the way.
Having made up his mind, Kamijou Mutsuki headed straight in the direction of Sakiko-sensei's home.
However, because he was too absorbed in his thoughts, he didn't notice the figure behind him.
Where is he… going?
Watching Kamijou Mutsuki's back, a certain divorced rich lady who was secretly observing him couldn't help but show a puzzled expression.
Naturally, she wasn't trying to stalk him—she had business with him.
Ever since that last incident, Soyo had not gone to see Sakiko again.
It wasn't that she had given up; she simply had no confidence in being able to change her mind.
However, since her world-shaking wisdom had failed to take effect, she had shifted her target to Kamijou Mutsuki instead.
Setting aside whether his relationship with Sakiko was really what she suspected, it was undeniable that Sakiko was completely restrained in front of him.
Although Kamijou Mutsuki had tricked her once before, she still believed in his ability.
Therefore, as long as she could obtain Kamijou Mutsuki, she could obtain—
Ahem. She would have a way to make Sakiko change her mind.
As for how to gain Kamijou Mutsuki's help, naturally she would rely on Miss Soyo's world-class beauty!
Last time had only been an accident—and through a phone screen at that.
If she got serious, Kamijou Mutsuki definitely wouldn't be able to resist!
And as long as she gained his help, Sakiko's return and Crychic's revival from the shadows into the light would practically be right before her eyes!
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