"It's you."
The door of the recording room was opened. Seeing the thumbs up from the recording staff, Mirai knew that he had gone through it again and opened the door excitedly, and happened to bump into Makoto and his group.
Seeing the producer next to him, Mirai didn't say anything weird this time. He just raised his eyebrows provocatively and took the towel handed by the producer to wipe off the sweat on his head. After all, singing also consumes physical energy.
"Producer, have you seen it! My great activity!"
"Well, Mirai worked very hard. Drink the water first."
Mirai, who was joking with the producer who was close to him, took the opened mineral water and drank it in one gulp.
Chapter 102 Looking for clues
"As for this Mirai, haven't you ever been so good at singing before?" Aguri, who had remained silent after listening and watching the whole process, suddenly spoke up to attract her attention. She vaguely noticed something and pulled Makoto over, and began to ask the insider for the truth.
"As for Mirai, she is a hard-working person. In fact, she has joined the industry very early. I have to call her Tachibana-senpai."
"Tachibana senior started out as a little-known singer. It is said that she and the producer supported each other along the way and gradually accumulated popularity, and then she achieved her current results. It is also amazing to be ranked second among the most popular among fans. All of this is due to her hard work in practicing her vocal skills. It's the result of skill, control of rhythm and singing ability, but..." As someone who has been pressing for Mirai in the past, Makoto naturally understands the level of this opponent who has been chasing her, but she did not elaborate on the last point.
After all, singing, like many other things, cannot be accomplished by hard work alone. Talent is equally important. As the original singer Poker Kingdom, apart from her own hard work, Makoto can also be said to be extremely talented. However, it is a bit too much for her to say this for the first time.
"This time, her hard work must have paid off."
Aguri turned to the producer for verification and got a reply with similar results.
"Mirai has been working hard. She has worked harder than Makoto to achieve today's results."
"Ah, it's not that Ms. Makoto rose to the top by relying on her talent. We also see her past experience, but..."
"Mirai, this kid, has really made it this far with nothing but hard work, so he must be so excited this time."
After hearing the producer's words, Makoto also began to reflect. An idea took root in her heart, and she began to feel that she was the one who was wrong.
Could it be that when others were working hard for my position, but I thought about giving up, Ash would he take away my voice to teach me a lesson?
However, I obviously also like singing!
"There will be other work here from now on, so I wish you all a good time at the TV station today."
After a small ups and downs, the girls are still at a loss to find Jikochu. The elves can sense their own strange dark instigation, but now that someone has spread the dark instigation throughout the TV station, they really can't pinpoint its specific location.
After all, Jikochu had never had the habit of hiding his existence in the past. He usually made a scene as soon as he appeared on the stage, eager to announce his existence to the whole world.
Unexpectedly, they met Voldemort today, and he didn't show up. Although it was a good thing that it didn't cause panic in a place with a lot of traffic like a TV station, the girls still wanted to find it quickly for their own goals.
"Everyone, let's split up!"
Although the danger of splitting up is not small, and the enemy may defeat them one by one, but now that the time is limited, only splitting up can maximize efficiency.
The few of them nodded to each other and agreed to use their transformed mobile phones to contact them as soon as possible if they encountered any situation.
It's just that their plan is destined to be useless.
They asked all the way from morning to afternoon, from the station director to the cleaners, but they couldn't get any clues.
"Monster? What are you talking about? How can there be a monster on the TV station?"
"If there really was a monster, the TV station would have been turned upside down, right?"
"Do monsters also go to the toilet? No, then I, the cleaner, don't know."
"What kind of monster? Children playing house shouldn't come here!"
"If you want to see monsters, you can go to the O-Pictures filming studio, but I heard that it was recently bombed by two male and one female suspects, and it should be closed to the public now."
"Instead of monsters or whatever, come and listen to my song!"
"No more!"
"Oysters..."
"The sun will set in an hour, what should I do?"
"As Pretty Cure, I'm too neglectful of exercise - Huh... Huh..."
The four of them sat back-to-back on chairs, took mineral water from the vending machine and began to pour it into their mouths. They simply finished their lunch and then continued to search throughout the TV station. As junior high school girls, their physical strength was almost exhausted.
But I couldn't even find a single hair on Jikochu. What's going on?
"You think, Ash is not deliberately misleading us with false tips, right?"
"Probably not, this is his game." Ai, who started to understand Ash, shook his head and disagreed with this statement. "If he really wants to do something to us, he can just knock us down. There is no need to play with us. He will naturally abide by his own rules in his game."
"Love really understands him... Do you want to bring happiness to him too?"
Rikka pouted cutely, her tone sounding sour.
"He has to accept it."
What can I do about love? As a happy prince, she is helpless.
"That Tachibana Mirai, I always feel so strange..."
Aguri Think carefully and what you say also attracts the attention of others.
"What's weird? Are you saying that she might have been influenced by Jikochu and that's why she was so aggressive towards MakotoP?"
Love follows Aguri's thoughts and guesses like this.
Aguri is the youngest girl present, but she also has the sharpest mind.
When she was listening to the song before, she noticed that Tachibana Mirai's singing voice was indeed very beautiful, and her singing style was also very attentive. The singing voice was full of emotions, but there was a strange feeling that it was not worthy of her own singing voice.
To put it simply, it feels inconsistent.
"No, I mean, could she be Jikochu?"
After all, it was clear that Jikochu had appeared on the stage, but there were no clues about the sighting of Jikochu, so the theory that the monster turned into a human was quite credible.
"It won't be like this..."
Rikka couldn't help sweating again.
So far, they have been fighting, but they have never heard of Jikochu turning into a human being.
"And don't you think it's a coincidence that Mirai's singing ability suddenly improved at the same time that Makoto's voice was taken away?"
"Indeed...Jikochu is very likely to cause trouble!"
After thinking about it for a while, the girls realized that this was indeed the case. After asking all over the place, nothing worked, which meant that when conventional methods failed, it was time to use other methods.
"Since we can't ask, let's use unusual methods to get the answer!"
On the other side, Ash was actually inside the TV station. In an office on a certain floor, he was discussing something with someone the girl had met before.
"No, no, this is not a threat. Whether you tell them the truth directly or something else, you will not be harmed. As part of the game, I guarantee you."
In front of him was someone who was afraid of his own strength. Ash crossed his legs without hiding his disdain.
After all, this person can be regarded as making a deal with the "devil".
"The choice is up to you. That's it. It's time for me to go to my place and stay."
"Oh, you're asking about the singing? Isn't it obvious?"
"Didn't you actually get the benefits?"
Under the horrifying gaze of the other party, Ash disappeared through the rippled mirror. After a while, he came back to his senses, lowered his head and slowly clasped his hands, making up his mind.
"Definitely..."
"We must defeat that Kenzaki Makoto!"
Chapter 103 Uncovering the mystery
"Is it really okay for us to come in through the window?"
"It's okay, we are not thieves!"
"Who?!"
The sound coming from outside the window startled Tachibana Mirai. She was taking a break with the air conditioner in her office and immediately jumped up and retreated to the door, ready to open the door and escape at any time.
Could it be that he is a thief?!
"Sorry to bother you - ah!"
Rikka, who hurriedly climbed through the window and came in, almost tripped over the window frame. Fortunately, the love behind her held her back and prevented her from falling onto her butt.
Mirai, who was originally preparing to run away immediately, was also confused by the several girls who got into the house when he saw this scene. He couldn't figure out what was going on.
"Well, we are Pretty Cure, we are definitely not suspicious people."
"If he wasn't a suspicious person, why did he climb in through the window?"
Although Mirai is still confused about the development of the current situation, he chooses to believe their words. After all, they do look similar to Pretty Cure in urban legends, and this is the 72nd floor. It is too outrageous for thieves to climb the wall to steal things.
"Because if he appears like this on a TV station, it will cause a commotion."
After all, the person is already famous, and Pretty Cure's clothes are indeed quite beautiful. If it causes a commotion and turns into an autograph and handshake event, it will be a waste of their own time.
After confirming again and again that the four people in front of them were really Pretty Cure, Mirai also quickly dropped his guard against them.
After all, as a little girl group who stands up to protect the world, there is almost no one in Oogai City who does not support them. The citizens who love and care for them are full of trust. Some even assert that if they can also debut as a girl group, their popularity will even surpass that of Kenzaki Makoto.
"So, what did Pretty Cure come to find me for?"
Mirai doesn't think that he is an idol with ordinary qualities. There is nothing that can attract Pretty Cure's attention.
"That's it." Ai told her that they were tracking down Jikochu who might be lurking in the TV station. At the same time, Aguri was carefully observing her facial expressions, preparing to use Pretty Cure's far beyond ordinary people's insight to detect what she might be hiding.
"So, I'd like to ask if you have any clues about seeing monsters or anything suspicious."
"What, there is a monster on the TV station?!" Mirai's face showed a bit of fear, and then was immediately filled with an expression of indignation.
"Those nasty monsters have been disturbing people's normal lives in the past, right?! This time too, they actually came here. This is obviously a place where countless people work hard and pursue their dreams. How dare they-"
The girls were also shocked by Mirai's performance at this moment. They did not expect her reaction to be so big.
"Pretty Cures, please defeat this Jikochu!"
Aguri shook his head, this person should not be lying.
Could it be that my guess was wrong?
"We will, so Miss Mirai, please think carefully. Have you ever seen any strange things or phenomena?"
"Strange thing... this." Mirai was also in trouble. Of course she wanted to help if possible, but she really didn't find anything Jikochu or anything strange...
Wait, weird stuff? After being reminded of loving them, Mirai finally remembered that he had indeed picked up a strange thing on the TV station.
"Um, is this something strange?" Mirai handed over a silver-gray coin from his pocket that was different from the currency in circulation. It had cross marks on it. It looked quite high-quality.
"This is—that's what it is!"
The girls' elf partners suddenly widened their eyes, because they felt the dark agitation reaction of Jikochu on them, so this thing was right!
"Miss Mirai, please! Where did I find this kind of thing on the TV station? As long as I can find it, there will be clues to what happens next. It is really important to me!"
"This..."
Looking at the excited love holding his hand, Mirai felt a little confused for a moment.
She didn't forget where she picked it up. In fact, she remembered clearly that she picked it up in the producer's office. She originally thought it was a part he had dropped, and she planned to return it to him next time and give him a good lecture.
I never thought that this coin was actually something related to evil monsters. Does this mean that the producer is related to the monsters? But this... is impossible! I don't believe this kind of thing!
While the girl was struggling secretly, the door was pushed open, saying that Cao Cao Cao Cao had arrived, and the man with glasses who came in was the producer.
"Mirai, are you really here? Come with me - who are these? Pretty Cure?!"
The producer was also extremely surprised when he saw the love girls chatting with Mirai. Obviously, he did not expect to meet the urban legend Pretty Cure in such a place.
"Producer - you're here!" Seeing the producer's perfect timing, Mirai gritted his teeth and made up his mind, walked over and put the coin in front of him.
"Producer, what's going on? Why do you have this kind of thing in your room?"
"Mirai! You actually picked this up. This is not a good thing. Give it to me!"
The producer's expression looked a little anxious. He wanted to take the coin, but Mirai took it back.