Although the revenue share had dropped, Livehouses could now accommodate larger audiences and break free of the limits of their own foot traffic.
They could also begin cultivating their own musical identity, giving them a chance to grow into polished, branded companies.
In the future, whichever Livehouses discovered, nurtured, and produced better bands—and delivered better shows—would draw crowds beyond anything they had once imagined.
In other words—a fiercer era of competition was coming!
Why was SPACE, temporarily closed though it was, called the holy ground of girl bands? Because so many promising bands had emerged from it.
That was the path forward!
And from all this, the way to counter Misono Charlotte's offensive was obvious—
"I think I've come up with a solution. Want to hear it?" Ogura Asahi smiled and got down to business.
Of everyone present, no one understood this better than he did.
"What solution?" Ichigaya Arisa asked, puzzled.
"Oh! Go, Asahi-chan!" Toyama Kasumi cheered him on, brimming with energy. For an instant, she saw hope!
"Ogura-kun, what do you have in mind?"
"Asahi, you can undo Shari's prank? That's amazing!" Tsurumaki Kokoro exclaimed, hands on her slender waist, generous with her praise.
"It's not that hard, really. It's just..." He explained how online Lives worked, then laid out his solution.
"Live day hasn't arrived yet, so RiNG doesn't need to reserve the setting in advance. They've only decided what size to use and put the tickets up for presale."
"So we just tell Rinrin-ko-jie and the others to switch to a larger venue module when the time comes. That gives us some extra tickets for actual spectators."
He patted the picnic blanket. "Those tickets haven't gone on sale yet, so Charlotte can't buy them."
"Ooh..." Toyama Kasumi's mouth formed a little O. "I don't get it!