As Sheryl's song began, all the reporters fell silent and focused on their work. Perhaps they were also appreciating the song Sheryl sang. The Holographic Projection surrounding the stage used drone footage to display the environment inside the entire Module 77, interspersed with scenes of the students showing themselves off.
As Sheryl's deeply moving song came to an end, everyone felt a sorrow as though they were personally in her place, their emotions rising and falling along with her voice. But when Saki Maski sang the same song in a playful tone, giving it a lighthearted and joyful flavor, that sorrow instantly turned into delight and ease. Paired with the images on the giant Holographic Projection screen, Sheryl sang of Module 77's grief, while Saki Maski sang of laughter and hope for the future.
The two of them sang three songs in succession. Then all the students crowded before the cameras by the stage, making funny faces, shouting, laughing, and greeting everyone, wanting to show the world their beautiful lives through the reporters.
El-Elf had been standing on the rooftop of the school building the whole time. Seeing how completely different the students' mood had become, he revealed a slightly surprised expression and muttered to himself, "I never thought just a few songs could have such an effect. When that woman sings, what is that power that draws in one's very mind?"
All the reporters understood what the program was trying to convey: a message of refusing to abandon hope, pursuing dreams, joy, and the future. At the same time, they felt the pain the Dolcia Military State had inflicted upon these children beneath that happiness.
When someone noticed the two singers slowly stepping aside, a young man in a black suit walked onto the stage. He had black hair