A few days later, Fang Zheng received another call from Eliza.
"Mr. Fang Zheng, I passed the audition!"
"Congratulations, congratulations."
Hearing Eliza's excited cheers over the phone, Fang Zheng chuckled.
"And then?"
"Um... They told me to go to Railgun Company at eight tomorrow morning to sign the contract, and there'll also be a promotional LIVE..."
"OK, got it. Then let's meet up tomorrow morning. Ruizi and the others are coming too?"
"Yes!"
He knew it. Ruizi, that busybody, definitely wouldn't miss such a good opportunity.
"Then it's settled."
And so, early the next morning, Fang Zheng arrived at the agreed meeting place. However, he hadn't come alone.
"Eliza... she's that online singer, right?"
"I really like listening to her songs. And now she's signing a contract?"
"I've heard her too. She really is very good..."
The people chattering behind Fang Zheng included not only Riko and Flanda, but also Misaka Mikoto, Shirai Kuroko, Uiharu, and even Emilia.
As for the reason... it was very simple.
Eliza had been so excited when she received word that she'd passed the audition that she naturally called Fang Zheng to tell him. Ruizi and Index, who had been living with her these past few days, naturally found out as well. There was no reason to keep something like this secret. With the thought that happiness was better shared, Ruizi happily told Uiharu about it, and Shirai Kuroko naturally found out too.
Once Shirai Kuroko knew, Misaka Mikoto was bound to know as well. Then, while they were chatting, they told Sora Yuanhai about it too. As it happened, Sora Yuanhai had recently been listening to Eliza's songs and was quite interested. Emilia and the others hadn't known about Eliza before this—after all, they didn't use the internet—but everyone at the research institute had