Onstage, the nine girls who had pulled off the performance were all cheering happily.
"Honoka."
"Honoka."
Umi Sonoda and Minami Kotori came to Honoka Kosaka's side, both of them happy and moved that the performance had succeeded.
"Everyone, thank you so much for today... Ah, right! I forgot to say something important."
"Huh?"
"Ah?"
"Honoka?"
The girls on the team all looked at Honoka Kosaka in confusion. It seemed they had no idea there was anything else.
"That girl..." Backstage, Senba Gari looked helplessly at Honoka Kosaka on the stage.
The audience below the stage all quieted down as well.
After Honoka Kosaka gave Umi Sonoda a playful wink, she turned back toward the audience.
"Come on, everyone, together!"
Otonokizaka Academy, Idol Research Club—
On the computer in the clubroom, these words were displayed.
[NEW ENTER]
As if telling them that this was only their beginning.
[Catch your Dream!(^o^)ノ]
"μ's!"
"Music—Start!"
A crushing defeat!
[Outrageous!]
—Bang!
Inside the hall of the temple ruins, Hodenig, the leader of Mlortha, flew into a rage and punched the wall beside him, smashing a spiderweb-like crack into it. At the same time, he turned his head, his scarlet, furious eyes glaring down at the calm-looking Doctor Shinigami below.
[How did you people guard it?! You actually let such an important test subject escape!!!!]
"Please calm yourself, ally," Doctor Shinigami said slowly. "Although we did not expect the test subject to escape, this is not entirely our fault. You must understand, this place was guarded layer upon layer, and on top of that, our location lies in the dimension of another space-time. An ordinary person could never have escaped unless..."
At this point, Doctor Shinigami thoughtfully swept his gaze over the six seven-HBRUTE beside him.
[Heh heh, so what you mean, ally, is that someone