*THAT NIGHT*
*YOYOGI PARK - HARAJUKU - SHIBUYA - TOKYO*
*P.O.V SWITCH - AKIHIKO*
Yoyogi Park.
So, this is the place the event is happening... The place where Liella! debuted originally as KeKa.
Yesterday, I met a girl who shares a lot in common with me. We both desire the same goal of defeating Liella! and bringing down Seichi Kamijou.
Sure, she placed sixth in the School Idol Showcase, and defeated Sunny Passion on their island.
But I'm not easily convinced anymore. I have to see her perform with my own two eyes. If she impresses me, then I'll agree to help her.
If not, then she can get out of my sight.
I know they're here...
Liella!, that is.
What they did to A-RISE was unbelievable. Not even μ's beat them that badly.
Kamijou has taken a group of nine girls who were already talented, and turned them into winners.
But at what cost?
Liella! sold out. They made a deal with the devil himself, at the cost of their souls.
They're not school idols anymore. They're puppets, pawns, manipulated by Kamijou to try and make me join him.
Right now, I don't give a shit what happens to Liella! or those bitches from 'DISCIPLINE'.
Tonight a school idol event is taking place at Yoyogi Park, Liella!'s home turf... It's called the School Idol Exhibition. Not a contest, but an opportunity for up-and-coming school idols to perform.
A wonderful concept, except Kamijou has manipulated the concert staff, and Liella! will be headlining the whole thing as some stupid 'Homecoming Heroes' bullshit.
Margarete Wien is set to perform at the event tonight, and I want to see what she's capable of.
If the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club won't take themselves seriously and work towards defeating Liella!, then maybe Margarete Wien will.
The girls can go and spend time at their other Clubs.
Oh wait... That's right, they can't do that anymore. Now they'll put their efforts wholeheartedly into being school idols, and not flirting with assholes who only want to use them to further their own Clubs' popularities.
...
*MEANWHILE BACKSTAGE*
*P.O.V SWITCH - MARGARETE*
KAMIJOU: "Liella! will close the show.
Just because this isn't a contest, DOESN'T mean that you should slack off!
Show the people of Shibuya who their Superstars are!"
KANON: "Understood!"
REN: "..."
KAMIJOU: "Don't let me down. Show me that I made the right call to invest in you."
KINAKO: "What about havin' fun out there?"
KANON: "We don't have time for that. Not anymore... Go get changed."
KINAKO: "Y-Yes! Let's go, Ren."
REN: "Understood..."
KANON: *Sigh* "Kinako still has a lot to learn about being a school idol.
It isn't all sunshine and rainbows, it hurts. In music, I have lost more times than I can remember... It destroyed me.
But now, I can win.
I'm a winner.
Finally...
I can make the students of Yuigaoka happy, and repay them for everything they've done for Liella!"
MARGARETE: "Kanon Shibuya!"
KANON: "Huh?"
MARGARETE: "..."
KANON: "Who are you?"
MARGARETE: "..."
KANON: "Hitomi, could you come here for a second?!"
HITOMI: "What is it?"
KANON: "This girl is creeping me out, can you make her go away?"
HITOMI: "What girl?"
KANON: "That one! Wait... What?! She's gone?"
HITOMI: *Sigh* "Good grief... Call me when you're ACTUALLY in danger. I don't have time for games."
KANON: "R-Right... Hm?"
*CROWD ROARS*
KANON: "..."
AKIHIKO: "..."
...
*30 MINUTES LATER*
*BACKSTAGE*
*P.O.V SWITCH - AKIHIKO*
MARGARETE: "..."
*KNOCK* *KNOCK*
MARGARETE: "Enter!"
AKIHIKO: "..."
MARGARETE: "Akihiko Suzuki. Shouldn't you be watching Liella! perform at this moment?"
AKIHIKO: "I don't care about them."
MARGARETE: "Then have you considered my offer?"
AKIHIKO: "You are every bit as good as you say you are.
I accept."