HONOKA: "Everyone ready? One, two, three!"
EVERYONE: "Good work!"
AKI: "Thank you guys so much!"
I'm glad the μ's interviews went off without a hitch!
ELI: "You still have to write the article, don't you? It's not quite time for you to relax yet, is it?" *Giggle*
AKI: "Exactly! I'll send you all a copy when it's done! I'm glad that I was able to help you all."
NICO: "...What the hell are you doing. Being all buddy-buddy?!"
AKI: "Huh?"
MAKI: "What's wrong with you, Nico?"
NICO: "He's a school idol from Nijigasaki! They're our rivals!"
AKI: "I'm actually just a supporter, not a school idol. I'm sorry that I didn't tell you sooner."
KOTORI: "We forgot to tell you, Nico. Sorry."
HONOKA: "We didn't know until the interviews."
NOZOMI: "I knew from the moment he stepped through the door. The cards never lie."
AKI: "Seriously?"
That's pretty scary...
HONOKA: "We all love school idols though, so that makes us the same. I'm glad that I met and did an interview with someone like that!"
NOZOMI: "Anyway, did you see something special in our lives while following us around?"
AKI: "There was a lot of stuff. Some I understood, a lot I didn't."
RIN: "Wait, really? Can you write the article?"
AKI: "That shouldn't be a problem. However...
I fell in love with school after happening upon your collab performance with Aqours.
That show was so brilliant and exciting that it brought tears to my eyes."
HONOKA: "Really? So you saw that show!"
AKI: "On that stage, you all had so much energy. I did these interviews hoping I could get a feel for why you're all so charming."
NOZOMI: "But you couldn't figure it out?"
AKI: "Only a little but I'm nowhere near close to a full answ-"
NICO: "OF COURSE YOU DIDN'T! Our performances aren't so shallow that you can just duplicate them after one glance!"
HONOKA: "We don't really know how other groups like Aqours work on their performances, so we have no idea what we do differently."
UMI: "That's right. I wish we could explain it better."
NICO: "Well whatever we're doing is clearly working! We're undefeated and that won't stop anytime soon."
AKI: "I think just realizing that there's so much I still don't get was really important."
KOTORI: "So knowing that you don't know is...good?"
AKI: "Honoka said that we're the same because we all love school idols. But even still, we at Nijigasaki don't have nearly the same amount of experience on stage or in practice.
So I think it's only natural I wasn't able to find the source of μ's' charm so easily."
HONOKA: "Hmm... Are you sure that's enough? Umi, do you have anything?"
UMI: "Don't put me on the spot like that."
NOZOMI: *Giggle*
ELI: "Nozomi? What's up with you?"
NOZOMI: "Actually... I think Nico-chi holds the key to μ's' charm."
AKI: "For real?!"
NICO: "What?!"
HANAYO: "Really?! I always knew you were special, Nico!"
NICO: "O-Of course I do! The whole reason μ's got so big is because I'm here!"
MAKI: "But you were surprised about it yourself."
ELI: "I hope Nozomi isn't up to something again."
NOZOMI: *Giggle* "Do you want to know what makes us charming?"
AKI: "Of course!"
NOZOMI: "You can find the key to our charm written in that Secret Idol Handbook over there!"
RIN: "Wait, since when did we have something so mysterious?"
HANAYO: "Do you mean that thing that Nico made?"
NICO: "Oh... I see now! The secret to how big we've become is in the notes I made!"
UMI: "Is that true?"
So the secret is hidden in the notebook Nico made... The Secret Idol Handbook!
AKI: "Nico, please show me the Secret Idol Handbook!"
NICO: "Pfft, as if I would show a spy like you! This is my treasure!"
AKI: "B-But, I have to see it! It's the key to μ's' charm!"
NICO: "Looking at me with shimmering eyes like that WON'T work! And our deal's off too!"
AKI: "Oh, okay. I guess I shouldn't expect you to show me something so important."
NICO: "..."
What a shame, I was so close. I should have just taken my chance and looked at it when I was alone.
But that's just a breach in privacy.
NICO: "Okay, we'll have a contest for it."
HONOKA: "A contest?"
NICO: "μ's has nine members, and so does Nijigasaki's school idol club. Perfect, right?"
ELI: "Wait, a contest between Otonokizaka and Nijigasaki High?!"
NICO: "Nine contests between μ's and Nijigasaki! If you win, I'll show you the key to our charm!"
AKI: "S-Seriously?! Come on, don't drag my girls into this..."
A contest between μ's and Nijigasaki?! This is getting out of hand!
NICO: "Do you want the secret to unlimited success or not?!"
What choice do I have...?
AKI: "Very well. But I hope that you realize... THIS. MEANS. WAR!"
NICO: "Bring it on! We've beaten bigger opponents for much less! This contest will end the same way every single one of our contests have ended... With μ's standing tall, STILL undefeated!"
AKI: "Your arrogance will be your downfall, goodbye."