476 As Everyone Knows-Though Everything Before This Was Just Filler

Well, although it wasn't "Shuya" who went, but rather "Shuko"...

Shuya also recalled his dark past.

But he had no reason to refuse, otherwise it would have seemed very strange.

That was Hanazawa Sakura's best friend's show, and the host was a man surnamed Yamashita... no, now she should be called Auntie or Miss.

It doesn't really matter which name he uses, because he's always called "Yamashita -san".

In short, if he appears on other shows instead of hers, Hanazawa Sakura will definitely say something about it.

Shuya thinking about random things, so he went back to his room and went online to look up the program.

The episode featuring Hanazawa Hikoo and Shuko has, after the world's self-adjustment, transformed into Hanazawa Sakura and Shuya.

So his dark history doesn't actually exist... or rather, it only exists in the minds of those who know the truth.

Shuya and wasn't as resistant to going on that show anymore.

That's all for now.

Shuya played games for a while, then took a shower and went to bed.

Monday.

Although he had work in the afternoon, Shuya still went to school in the morning.

He explained the situation to Shizuka Hiratsuka during lunchtime and left the school without incident.

Shuya, he knew where it was filmed, so Maeda Saori.

He realized he was going to be on a TV show later and couldn't go on stage in his uniform like that, so he went home to change first.

He's lazy and doesn't care much about clothes, so choosing what to wear is always a challenge for him.

But Mai had already helped him pick out clothes before, so he just put them on without having to think about it.

He still trusted Mai's judgment.

After changing his clothes Shuya saw that it was almost time and set off, too lazy to even eat lunch.

He flew to the scene quickly.

"Shu-chan, welcome, welcome."

"Hello, Ms. Yamashita."

Shuya entered, he saw Ms. Yamashita come out to greet him.

The female version, which is the original Yamashita -san, is still quite pretty, though not as good-looking as Hanazawa Sakura.

They don't look like people in their thirties.

Please continue to guide me this time as well.

"It's me, thank you for your help this time too."

Shuya exchanged a few polite words with her, and then they parted ways.

She had other things to prepare.

The subsequent arrangements are the same as the last program, so there's no need to elaborate.

Other guests arrived one after another, all of whom were people he didn't know well.

After everyone went through the procedures with the host, the audience entered, and the show officially began.

Shuya seated next to the host.

He was the last to perform in the program, which meant he would have to sit for a long time without moving.

That's not the worst part; what's really bothering is that the host knows most of the audience came to see him, so he often tries to talk to him.

After each singer finished performing, Ms. Yamashita would talk to him about his thoughts.

In this situation, Shuya couldn't possibly say anything negative, so he could only use his entire vocabulary to praise each singer in various ways.

Shuya found it incredibly difficult to say the same meaningless things in different ways.

I don't know how many brain cells I'll lose after this exchange.

After finally holding out until his performance, Ms. Yamashita brought the topic back to him.

"Everyone knows that Shu-chan collaborated with Seisen-chan on this album. Can you tell us some behind-the-scenes secrets about the production?"

She asked a very formulaic question.

But when it came to his Little Senior Sister, Shuya's smile became more genuine, "My Little Senior Sister deserves the most credit for the production of this album; it's basically thanks to her that this album was ever made."

Just blow it and that's it.

"I see, as expected of Seisen-chan. But I heard that Shu-chan was also involved in the creation, right?"

"Yamashita Miss Yamashita said."

Shuya said, "About this..."

After that, she chatted with Shuya about the album's production process.

After she finished speaking, she glanced at Shuya and changed the subject. "Shu-chan, I suddenly remembered something."

"What?"

Shuya forced himself to stay awake; he was so bored he wanted to die.

Ms. Yamashita said, "I've always heard Sakura-chan say that your outfits are a mess and your sense of style is hopeless... But you look really handsome today, are you sure your mom isn't lying to me?"

What on earth is this spendthrift mother saying...?

Shuya's smile froze.

He didn't think too much about it and casually replied, "Mai- chan helped me put together this outfit, so it probably looks better."

These words caused a moment of silence, followed by an uproar from the audience.

Ms. Yamashita's smile froze for a moment.

Damn it, this is live broadcast! What kind of juicy gossip are you spouting?!

Section 513, page 476: As everyone knows, but everything before that was just nonsense.

"Cough cough cough."

Ms. Yamashita coughed lightly and glanced at the Danmaku amidst the audience's commotion.

As expected, it has already exploded.

"!!!"

"Can anyone tell me why Mai- chan helped Shu-chan pick out clothes?"

"A completely unexpected official announcement? A ten-year veteran fan is overjoyed!"

"Grass!"

"Abrupt official announcement."

"This is insane!"

"Headline reserved, gotta go to tweet now."

The news spread rapidly, and the number of viewers for the live broadcast skyrocketed, quickly surpassing ten million.

Miss Yamashita was both amused and exasperated.

She does want attention, but as Hanazawa Sakura's friend, this troublesome attention puts her in a difficult position.

Once the noise from the audience subsided, she gave Shuya a slightly reproachful look. "Shu-chan, you and Ms. Sakurajima...?"

Miss Yamashita struggled to find the right words to smooth things over.

The other guests either looked up at the sky or the ground, none of them wanting to get involved in this matter.

Shuya then realized what was happening, and calmly smiled, his expression unchanged, "It's not what you think. We have a purely platonic friendship. As good friends and childhood friends, it's perfectly normal for us to go shopping together, right? Besides, it wasn't just the two of us at the time."

"I see."

Ms. Yamashita forced a smile and said, "Ms. Sakurajima has excellent taste; Shu-chan looks great in it."

Shuya nodded, "Yeah, I think so too. She even helped Yukino- chan—one of our model colleagues—with her outfit; that was really cute."

Ms. Yamashita followed up, saying, "Oh? You mean the girl in the photo you posted on Twitter the other day? She's a really cute kid."

"That's right, the clothes were bought around that time... Speaking of which, it should be in the last few issues, I think. She and I did a lot of photoshoots, which were published on Diamond magazine. I hope everyone will support us there."

Shuya the Way.

Diamond is the name of a fashion magazine he co-founded with Hirai Ryuji.

"Shu-chan is really good at promotion, but as the host, I still hope Shu-chan won't promote anything else~"

Ms. Yamashita jokingly played along.

"I'm so sorry."

Shuya smiled ingratiatingly.

At this moment, he noticed the comments on the Danmaku. Everyone had been led astray by his words and started discussing what happened yesterday. Yukino's name also appeared frequently, making her presence known quite a bit.

Shuya managed to escape trouble by Yukino.

He felt a little guilty at first, but then he thought about his relationship with Yukino. He figured she would be very happy and smile when she found out that he had helped him divert attention.

There's nothing they can do; they're just that close.

Shuya thought about it this way, and the slightest bit of guilt in his heart completely disappeared. He even felt that he should ask for compensation for helping her gain fame.

The topic of Mai was finally brought up.

Fearing that Shuya might reveal something else, Ms. Yamashita said to the camera, "Then let's hand the stage over to Shu-chan. Shu-chan, are you ready?"

"Ready."

Shuya and stood up.

Ms. Yamashita smiled and said, "Well then, next, Shu-chan will bring you the title track from his latest album, 'Until the End of the World,' please!"

The audience applauded enthusiastically, Shuya walked onto the stage, successfully and perfectly completing his performance.

Finally, after everyone wrapped up and said goodbye, the show came to an end.

The audience left the venue in an orderly manner.

Miss Yamashita let out a long sigh and wiped away her cold sweat.

She patted Shuya on the shoulder and sighed, "Shu-chan, I'm not young anymore. You have to be gentler next time."

"I'm so sorry, I didn't expect them to get so worked up over such a small thing."

Shuya ignored her slightly suggestive remarks.

She's an old lady, and a good friend of Hanazawa Sakura, so he had no intention of exchanging dirty jokes with her.

Yamashita complained, "This is no small matter, okay? When male and female celebrities go shopping for clothes together on their day off, it's hard not to have rumors! And it's the two of you, the rumors have been going on for over ten years!"

She said helplessly, "Well, that's fine now. Anyway, it'll be over soon... well, I guess we won't have to wait. There should be plenty of reporters covering this news right now."

"It's okay, we're used to it."

Shuya offered a word of comfort.

"It's good that you're okay. Also, remember to explain to your mom that this has nothing to do with me, and our script never intended to ask you about these relationship issues."

Miss Yamashita is a little afraid that Hanazawa Sakura will come knocking on her door, sob sob.

That's really annoying.

"I know."

Shuya naturally nodded in agreement.

Just then, his phone rang.

Shuya and saw it was Hanazawa Sakura.