"Encore! Encore! Encore!"
The girls, still slightly out of breath, looked at the passionate fans below the stage, unable to stop troubled expressions from appearing on their faces.
Just now, they had not only finished performing Hitoshizuku, but had also played Shiori—they had basically performed everything they could.
But the fans below were still not satisfied.
After all, this was MyGO!!!!!—a live performance by Tomori and Anon themselves!
Ending so soon?
Of course they wanted to hear more!
Yet the fans' enthusiasm only made things more difficult for the girls on stage.
After all, no matter how popular MyGO!!!!! was, they were still a newly formed band.
The only original new song they had was Hekitenbansou, and previously they had mainly relied on the anime's OP and ED to carry the setlist.
Stamina wasn't the issue—they simply had no more songs to perform!
However, after the girls explained the situation, the fans' reaction only became even more intense.
"Haruhikage! Haruhikage! Haruhikage!"
How could there be no songs left?
Wasn't there still Haruhikage?
In fact, for many people, that was the song they were most looking forward to.
After all, Haruhikage held a completely different status within MyGO!!!!! compared to the other songs.
"Why not perform Haruhikage?!"
The fans below asked in unison.
Leaving aside how others reacted, Soyo's expression darkened slightly.
It felt like she was being indirectly called out!
"Um…"
At the center of the stage, Tomori looked toward Sakiko in the audience, revealing a hesitant and confused expression.
Taki and the others didn't really mind, but Tomori didn't want to hurt Sakiko because of this.
Seeing this, Sakiko forced a smile, wanting to tell Tomori that she didn't mind—but Soyo beat her to it.
"Um, could everyone please quiet down for a moment,"
Soyo held the microphone in front of her. Whether it was her professional, practiced smile or her signature soft, cutesy tone, both made certain fans in the audience extremely excited.
"I understand everyone's feelings, but Haruhikage is, after all, a song by CRYCHIC."
"MyGO!!!!!… should probably perform its own songs instead, right?"
Although Soyo's explanation didn't convince the audience, it amused everyone to no end.
They had been wondering what felt missing from this performance—turns out, it was Soyo's comedy routine!
Although Soyo's reasoning sounded quite reasonable, anyone who had watched MyGO!!!!! could more or less guess what she was really thinking.
"Everyone, stop shouting—if you keep this up, Soyo's going to break up the band!"
"Why do you have to perform Haruhikage?!"
Clearly, everyone still remembered the final scene of episode 7 vividly.
And that was precisely the earliest turning point of Soyo's image in the minds of MyGO!!!!! fans.
Soyo's disheveled, hair-down appearance was such a stark contrast to her usual refined "ojou-sama" image that it instead came off as oddly amusing.
"We won't perform it, we won't—Soyo, please don't get mad!"
"Come to think of it, Haruhikage really is a CRYCHIC song. If MyGO!!!!! performs it… is there any copyright issue?"
"That's something you'd have to ask Ms. Sakiko about!"
"My aunt's a lawyer—she can provide legal assistance to Sakiko!"
"Based on the anime, Sakiko probably gave the song to Tomori anyway. And since Tomori wrote the lyrics, she already owns half the rights from the start."
Listening to the surrounding fans' discussion, a certain down-and-out guitarist girl's expression became a bit subtle.
Leaving the band, giving up songs…
Why did this plot sound so familiar?
She'd seen this episode before!
She hadn't noticed it earlier, but now that she thought about it, this Ms. Sakiko was basically another version of herself in this world!
No… better not. That Sakiko-sensei is a rich young lady who can live in a villa in Tokyo—someone like her shouldn't get involved.
As Soyo finished speaking, the atmosphere below the stage instantly became lively.
Although the truly classic iconic scene hadn't been performed yet, Soyo's "potential" was already starting to show.
However, looking at the cheerful scene below, Soyo's expression didn't look too good.
"Thank you all for your enthusiasm,"
Seeing this, the very experienced host quickly stepped in to smooth things over.
"MyGO!!!!!'s official performance ends here today."
"However, MyGO!!!!! has one more gift for everyone."
"We hope you'll enjoy it!"
A gift?
Hearing this, the fans who had just quieted down instantly became excited again.
They had already watched the "live-action" MyGO!!!!! today and listened to Tomori's monologue. Even though they hadn't heard Haruhikage, which was a bit disappointing, they were already mostly satisfied.
And now there was another performance?
This ticket was way too worth it!
However, after hearing the host's words, Taki's expression changed slightly, and even Sakiko in the audience showed a somewhat strange look.
After all, that song was just a bit too…
As if to match the host's announcement, the stage lights suddenly went out, plunging everything into darkness.
Just as everyone was starting to get a little impatient, the lights finally came back on. The original positions of the MyGO!!!!! members had already changed—Tomori stood beside Anon like a mascot, while a clearly unwilling Taki stood face-to-face at center stage with Sakiko.
As for the drum track, it had naturally been pre-recorded.
Seeing this, the fans below began discussing among themselves.
What's going on here?
Did they change the lead singer?
And Sakiko even came on stage—just as beautiful as in the anime!
"Next, we have a song performed by Ms. Taki Shiina and Ms. Sakiko Togawa—'Guest'!"
As the host's words fell, the large screen behind them, which had previously just been part of the background, suddenly lit up, startling the audience.
Then, the screen began playing the classic scene from episode 1 of MyGO!!!!!—Sakiko leaving the band.
Standing on stage, Sakiko was naturally subjected to another round of "public execution."
Just as everyone was still a bit confused, the clip ended, and the song's intro began.
Seeing this, Taki could only pick up the microphone and start singing.
[After the breakup, which winter is this~]
It had to be said—although Taki wasn't as strong a vocalist as Tomori, she was definitely not bad.
After these past few days of practice, her singing could already be described as pleasant.
[What day of the week is it today? Sometimes I still think of you~]
This classic song, completely different in style from MyGO!!!!!, instantly quieted the crowd.
[Your sudden message caught me off guard~]
At this moment, the screen began showing the scene from episode 1 where Anon, Taki, and Tomori first gathered together.
[I stood there frozen in place~]
[When everyone else was happy for you~]
[I was the only one who foolishly woke up~]
[Turns out, long ago someone else had already~]
At this point, the screen also began playing the scene from episode 1 where Anon and Tomori were together at karaoke. Anon tilted her head slightly, her smile looking incredibly sweet.
[Tailor-made a wedding dress for you~]
The "I" in the lyrics was colored pink for Anon, while "you" was in Tomori's grayish-purple—it was basically spelling things out.
Now this made it clear!
P.S.:Haruhikage will be saved for next time—it won't be performed this time.
P.S.2: It seems like everyone didn't have any objections to the guest performers before, so the author went ahead and wrote it.
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