Umi Sonoda did not look straight at the computer. She covered her ears, muttering something like "what the hell."
Sitting in the chair, Yazawa Nico had a carton of strawberry drink placed on the table in front of her.
Across from Yazawa Nico, Senba Gari leisurely ate cream puffs one after another and sipped juice, utterly calm.
Everything, as if on replay, appeared again before Honoka Kosaka's eyes.
"It's exactly the same as in the dream!"
"H-How is it the same?" Yazawa Nico raised a trembling hand with a trembling voice and rather stiffly grabbed the drink carton.
Umi: "Is it over? Is it over?"
Gari: "Calm down a little."
Nozomi: "Yeah, these cards tell me..."
"Don't do this! If this keeps going, the dream will become reality!" Honoka Kosaka shouted, clutching her head. "Right! Nico-chan, drink that all in one go."
"Why?!"
"If we don't change something, the dream will become reality."
"Calm down. It was just a dream, no need to take it so seriously."
"It's here!" Hanayo Koizumi's words pulled every nerve in the room taut.
—Pfft!
"Holy shit!"
The drink in Yazawa Nico's hand "once again" nearly sprayed into Senba Gari's face.
"The first group advancing to the finals: A-Rise."
It was still within expectations. Whether in reality or in the dream, this was a fact they had no choice but to acknowledge.
"The second group: East Heart. The third group: Midnight cats."
"No, it's exactly the same..." Honoka Kosaka seemed to have lost hope in what would happen next, sighing in despair.
"Ugh... calm down already." As he spoke, Senba Gari got up and walked over to Honoka Kosaka, then flicked her smooth forehead with a bent finger.
"Ow!" Honoka Kosaka cried out in pain, then clutched her forehead and crouched on the ground, looking