Kasumi Chigiri

  "I know that μ's dance may seem amateurish to you, but I'm not so sure, and actually think they're quite good. Maybe it's because I don't understand these things, but what does it matter? Whether they're pros or amateurs, they've all put in effort, right? To become a qualified idol, they have to go through training, costumes, promotion... although Suzuno Mito says she became an idol just to save the school from shutting down, I'm well aware that's not the only reason. I think being an idol has already become her dream, and it's the same for the others."

  As she spoke, Mu Xiaoxiao smiled faintly at Yuan Tianhai, her face flushing red as she lowered her head. "It's precisely because this is their dream that they've worked hard to get to this point. Being able to realize one's own dreams and do what one wants to do - isn't that a very romantic thing? Although in your eyes they're still inexperienced, although they're still unknown, although they're still immature...

  Mei Xiao walked to the side of Huī Lǐ Huì, looking straight into her eyes, "Compared to those immature ones, although you've been learning ballet since childhood and your dance is very good, but..."

  "Wait! You... how did you know about this?" Akane Hoshi took two steps back, looking at Xiaoxiao in disbelief. "This is something I've never told anyone..."

  Did you learn ballet, sis? Hearing Mu Xiaoxiao's words, Sonoda Kaede was quite surprised.

  "Well, never mind how I knew," said Mu Xiaoxiao with a nonchalant smile. "You know why I rejected you when we first met in the student council room? It's simple, because that wasn't something you wanted to do."

  "What are you talking about?! I'm genuinely... wanting..."

  "What do you want? Do you want to save Nogizaka High School? No, that's just your sense of responsibility because you're the student council president and you have to do it. That's why the chairman hasn't responded to your request yet." Mu Xiaoxiao broke her fantasy without hesitation, "Of course, it's not that it's bad, it's just... sometimes you need to do things you like too."

  Things I like...

  "Blonde... no, Akane Hoshikawa, you're interested in idols just like Hinano and the others, right?" Muxiaoxiao smiled, "So..."

  "Shut up!" But then, Akane suddenly let out a loud shout, startling both Akari and Kaori. "I... I also want to do what I like! It's easy for you to say that... but now... how am I supposed to do it?!"

  As she spoke, she turned around and ran away with all her might. Xiaoxiao was stunned, wondering if it was an illusion, but just now, she saw a crystal tear drop in mid-air...

  "Sister!" Seeing her sister run away, Aria's heart was anxious, and she was about to chase after her, but was pulled back by Xiaoxiao.

  "Wait," said Muxiaoxiao, holding back Akira Ayarasu, taking out a comic book and handing it over, "Give this to your sister."

  "This is..." Looking at the exquisite comic book in front of her, Alisha Hoshikawa looked at Xiaoxiao Mu with a puzzled expression.

  "Give it to your sister," said Mu Xiaoxiao with a mysterious smile.

  "Thank you," Ayase Ariya bowed and smiled, "Big brother, you're really a good person."

  "...Wipe it off, don't send me cards anymore..."

  "Little one, what's that?" After Sonoda Aria left, Nakahara Kai hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Is that the manga?"

  "That's right," Mu Xiao nodded slightly, "If she sees it, there should be some effect."

  "But... isn't that a single volume? But didn't the light music girls not have a single volume yet?" asked Taki Hayami, still somewhat puzzled.

  "Huh?" But before she knew it, Miao Miao suddenly smiled eerily, her mouth curving into an arc, looking at Yuan Tian Haiwei with a meaningful gaze. "Haiwei, how did you know that the single-volume edition wasn't released? Are you saying...you've been caring about my manga all along?"

  "Con...concern..." Yuantian Haiwei's face suddenly turned red, stuttering and saying, "Don't talk nonsense, I didn't...I just happened to see it..." After explaining a few sentences, seeing Mu Xiaoxiao's disbelieving face, he fiercely punched him in the chest, "Don't change the subject, speak quickly!"

  "That's just a commemorative single-volume manga that the publisher gave me, I don't have any use for it anyway, so I'll give it to her..."

  "Oh... I never thought that the student council president had a past like this..."

  "Is that so? If you know it, then work hard, or others will look down on you."

  "I knew that, of course," said Sonoda Kaede, pouting her mouth, thinking about something and blushing again, whispering softly, "And just now... you were unexpectedly cool, Xiao Xiao..."

  "What? What did you say?"

  "Nothing at all!"

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  "Bang Bang——"

  "Sister?" Alisha knocked on the door, since coming home her sister had locked herself in her room, making Alisha very worried. Although her sister had never approved of her favorite μ's idol and it made her complain a bit, but after all, Hoshino Kirari was still her beloved sister. Now this situation made Alisha not know what to do, after all she was just a kid.

  But Akane suddenly remembered the words of that older brother, and her heart lit up. She turned around and ran into the room to fetch that book, then frantically knocked on Akari's door, "Sister! Sister!"

  "......" Indeed, after a while, she saw that there was still no reaction inside. Akane Tsukino pouted and twisted the doorknob, finding it unlocked, and opened the door to enter. "Sister?" Akane Tsukino saw her own sister lying on the bed, looking limp and powerless, and called out in doubt, without saying anything else, only saying one sentence before leaving.

  "This is what big brother asked me to bring to you, I've put it here, I'll leave first then~"

  "Psst——"

  The door closed with a bang, and the room fell silent. Akira Higiri was still lying on the bed, motionless, as if she hadn't heard what Arisa said. But after a while, her body moved slightly, and then she slowly got up. Her gaze was somewhat cold, but also mixed with a complex expression that couldn't be described, looking at the book on the desk.

  "What's the matter with my stuff? Hmm, who knows what he's thinking," I'm not even sure what kind of feeling I have towards Mu Xiaoxiao in my heart. When I heard my sister say that it was that guy who brought it to me, I didn't want to care about it at first, but somehow I still felt a little uncomfortable in my heart. In the end, reason couldn't overcome my inexplicable emotions, and I walked over to the desk.

  "A comic book?" Hoshino Hikari raised an eyebrow as she gazed at the exquisite manga on her desk. "He's actually reading a comic book? What is he thinking? Does he think I'm interested in this kind of thing?" As for Hoshino Hikari, not only was she not into comics, but she also wasn't too fond of acknowledging the school idol, let alone read something that was essentially a waste of time to her...

  Seeing the four cute girls holding instruments on the cover of the manga, Hirasawa Yui's curiosity was piqued and her hands involuntarily reached out to grab the manga from the desk. "K-On... Girls?" she muttered to herself as she opened the first page of the manga...

  "After flipping through a few pages, she suddenly widened her eyes in surprise, looking utterly incredulous, and no longer thought about Mu Xiao Xiao's intentions, her attention completely absorbed by the comic book."