Time quickly moved to the next day. Soyo had clearly not rested very well.
However, it was rare for her to put a bit of effort into her appearance, and she still looked fairly energetic.
"Soyo-chan~"
Just as she stepped into the classroom, classmates gathered around her.
"The situation with MyGO… how did it turn out?"
Clearly, as devoted fans of MyGO, they cared about this almost as much as Soyo herself did.
The moment she arrived in the classroom, a group of young ladies immediately surrounded her.
"Of course, it was resolved perfectly~"
Hearing this, Soyo—still not fully recovered—instinctively put on a smile and replied.
"I easily persuaded them."
"Anon-chan is very gentle, so of course she was able to understand me~"
As she said this, Soyo—feeling inexplicably guilty—subconsciously glanced at Mutsu beside her.
However, she quickly reacted.
Mutsu… didn't seem to be there yesterday?
"That's a relief…"
After getting Soyo's answer, the group of young ladies all let out sighs of relief.
"I knew Soyo wouldn't disappoint us!"
"As expected of Soyo-chan—she accomplished something we couldn't even imagine so easily!"
"..."
Listening to the chatter and admiration from the girls around her, Soyo kept her face composed, maintaining the smile on her lips.
For now, this incident could be considered resolved, right?
But CRYCHIC…
The girl sighed inwardly and continued thinking about the issue that had troubled her for so long.
She had to admit that after what happened yesterday, her determination to rebuild CRYCHIC had indeed wavered.
Even though Anon said she didn't mind, was it really appropriate for her to do this?
Why did she have to revive CRYCHIC?
Didn't she already have MyGO?
Or rather—was MyGO really not enough?
For the first time, Soyo began to rationally think about why she wanted to revive CRYCHIC.
However, after holding onto this goal for so long, she was truly unwilling to just give it up.
If she made that choice, wouldn't it mean that everything she had done before was like a joke?
What should she choose? Could anyone give her an answer?
As Soyo thought this, the image of a certain boy unconsciously flashed through her mind.
"…Soyo-chan?"
The puzzled voice of a classmate nearby pulled Soyo back to her senses. Maintaining the smile on her face, she raised her head.
"Um, is there something else?"
"Well, it's about this…"
Hearing Soyo's question, a young lady with the same hair color as her scratched her cheek and asked,
"For tomorrow's school festival, our club performance wants to switch to a MyGO song."
In fact, they had already finished rehearsing—it was just that they only thought to ask Soyo, the person involved, today.
"We also want to reenact some scenes from the MyGO anime that involve you. Would that be okay?"
The girl asked this with a faint hint of pleading in her eyes.
In truth, even if Soyo refused, it wouldn't be a big problem.
After all, this wasn't a last-minute idea from the past few days—they could always go with the original plan.
However, if Soyo agreed, that would naturally be even better.
However, Soyo didn't pay any attention to a certain keyword in what the girl had said.
The school festival?
Thinking about it carefully, it did seem like there was such a thing.
It was just that before, her mind had been completely filled with Sakiko and CRYCHIC, so she hadn't paid any attention to it at all.
But now that she thought about it, wasn't the school festival a perfect reason to invite Kamijou Mutsuki?
Recalling certain scenes from manga she had read, the girl's eyes couldn't help but light up slightly.
Soyo had to admit—if she wanted Sakiko to change her mind, Kamijou Mutsuki was someone she couldn't bypass.
After all, she herself had run out of options.
Moreover, if she wanted to carry out her "lady of the house" plan, Kamijou Mutsuki was also indispensable.
It was just that trying to win over that scumbag still felt like a distant goal.
But the school festival—wasn't that a heaven-sent opportunity?
She didn't believe that, with her charm, Kamijou Mutsuki would remain unmoved.
Although she had disguised it well before, hadn't that scumbag shown his desire for her just yesterday?
Perhaps because of her previous failure with Sakiko, Soyo's actions had actually been rather passive—she had only been thinking that if she waited a bit longer, maybe an opportunity would come.
But now, she didn't want to wait anymore.
As long as she seized this chance properly, the future where she became the mistress of the Kamijou household—and even helped Sakiko change her mind—was right before her eyes!
"…Sure, no problem!"
Although countless thoughts ran through her mind, Soyo didn't forget to respond to her classmate beside her.
"…Soyo-san, love you~"
The smile on Soyo's face stiffened slightly.
"As for the performance script, we'll give it to Soyo later…"
"Mm-hmm, mm-hmm!"
Soyo nodded with a smile, only wanting to quickly send them away so she could refine her plan to conquer Kamijou Mutsuki.
However, after everyone around her had left, her mood became inexplicably melancholic.
"What exactly… should I do?"
"Mutsuki… Saki-chan…"
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Time quickly passed to the afternoon, and Soyo arrived at Houbunsha Animation as usual.
Tomori and the others were already there—she was the last to arrive.
However, perhaps because of what had happened yesterday, the atmosphere among the MyGO girls was slightly awkward.
"Soyo, you're here?"
Seeing Soyo arrive, Anon immediately waved at her.
And so, the girl was somewhat dazed as she was beckoned over to sit together with the others.
"Yesterday we split up too quickly, and there are quite a few things we didn't make clear."
Anon interlaced her fingers, striking a pose like Commander Ikari, and spoke.
"This time, let's have a proper talk—not just about yesterday, but everything from before as well."
"What's there to talk about?"
Taki said somewhat nonchalantly.
"No, it's very necessary!"
Saying this, Anon directly began to summarize.
"Since our band was formed, it's been full of ups and downs."
"First, there's me—I could barely even play guitar, yet because of my vanity, I wanted to form a band."
"And whenever something happened, I just wanted to run away…"
Anon: When I go hard, I even roast myself!
"Ano-chan…"
Hearing this, Tomori opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something more.
"And then there's Taki. If it weren't for the anime, you'd probably be wallowing in self-pity for quite a while, right?"
Taki crossed her arms and frowned, but didn't refute it.
"Of course, I don't really have the right to criticize you either."
As Anon said this, a somewhat self-deprecating smile appeared on her face.
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