Omni-Anime Has So Many Geniuses! What's Wrong with Adding Me?

For the next several days, life continued as before. Whatever needed doing got done.

After seeing his parents off, he still went to school, went to work, practiced with the band, juggled multiple jobs, guided others in practice, went on dates and fell in love, released new songs and videos, streamed, played games, and did... that.

If anything was unusual, it was that two days after Hiromachi Nanami's birthday, he held another small birthday party for Yuihama Yui at Starry.

And then—

Friday, as usual, was when Nakasako Kaori and the others stayed up late practicing at the villa.

"Kaori, have you heard anything lately?" Himemiya Chihaya asked calmly, his gaze steady.

Something about his demeanor seemed a little different today.

It was just after dinner, shortly after everyone had arrived at the villa.

"Something?" Nakasako Kaori had no idea what sort of thing he meant.

"Like some unusual rumors, perhaps. Things different from normal."

"Hmm~" She thought for a moment, then smiled and raised a slender finger. "Like how Sakura from our class started dating the captain of the soccer club?"

"...I mean news outside school." The atmosphere around Himemiya Chihaya dispersed as he swayed speechlessly.

Even normally, he had no interest in hearing that kind of news, okay?

"Hmm~ I don't know. Lately, I've basically just been running between school, here, and home, so I haven't paid much attention to anything else."

"I see... What about you?" He turned his gaze toward Kasamaki Nozomi, Tsuruzuka Mizore, and Natsuki Nakagawa.

"..." Tsuruzuka Mizore shrank back, the meaning in her eyes perfectly clear.

I don't know! No idea! Don't ask me!

Kasamaki Nozomi, however, placed her index finger before the corner of her lips. After pondering for a while, she frowned. "Now that you mention it, I think I heard