Since today was only the opening ceremony, the students could go home after attending it.
However, on a day like this, hardly any students would obediently head home. With time still left, they would probably go out and have fun in groups, right?
Kamijo Touma, Tsuchimikado Motoharu, and Blue-Haired Earrings had invited Fang Li as well, but Fang Li declined.
After all, a food-obsessed girl waiting to be fed was still in his dorm room. If he failed to return before dinner, who knew whether she would reenact last night's farce?
Thus, once the opening ceremony ended, Fang Li left the school directly and headed toward the dormitory.
"Hey, hey, where should we go next?"
"Let's go to the underground mall."
"Sure, sure."
Perhaps because the opening ceremonies had all ended, students throughout the Seventh District gathered in groups along the streets, chatting like this as they began their outings.
Meanwhile, airships drifted slowly through the sky, reporting on trending topics as usual.
Fang Li glanced at one of the airships overhead and smiled faintly.
"Lately, every trending topic is probably being dominated by Sylvia, isn't it?"
Academy City's face was no longer represented solely by its seven Espers as it had been a year ago. It was now represented by the rare songstress and most popular idol in the world, Sylvia Runeheim.
The World-Class Diva who had emerged from Academy City was returning after finishing her concert tour. Naturally, that made her the most frequently reported topic within Academy City.
In fact, ever since Sylvia announced that she would return after this concert tour, nearly every report in Academy City had revolved around that very matter.
It was easy to imagine just how overwhelmingly popular Sylvia had become.
"I guess there won't be any other news for a while."