"No!" Hanayo Koizumi suddenly shouted. "This is the worst possible situation for an idol!"
Then, as if she had heard something, Yazawa Nico looked toward the door, and six familiar faces appeared before her eyes.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Honoka Kosaka, who had no idea she had been spotted, was still quietly asking.
Then Rin Hoshizora covered her mouth, making a mysterious expression.
"μ's member Yazawa Nico skipped practice, and the apartment she's been frequenting turns out to be!?"
At that moment, a female employee pushed aside the handcart loaded with boxes in front of them, and a little girl ran into the store, but none of them noticed anything.
"What a scandal!"
After Hanayo Koizumi said that, seven pairs of eyes met.
Yazawa Nico glanced sideways at them with a look that said this was a pain, while the six people outside the door froze, their forced smiles twitching.
The next moment, the automatic door closed.
They watched Yazawa Nico through the glass. Yazawa Nico put down the basket in her hands, stood with her back to them for a moment, then immediately fled deeper into the store.
"She's running!"
"Why did you follow me here?!"
Yazawa Nico quickly ran to the end of the store. After all, this wasn't some huge shopping mall.
But she didn't slow down. Without hesitation, she charged into the delivery room.
"Huh?"
The girls who had chased after Yazawa Nico lost track of her.
The passage led straight to the back of the store. As soon as Yazawa Nico ran out, she immediately ran into Eli Ayase, who had been waiting for her there, as well as Senba Gari, whom Honoka Kosaka and the others had dragged along by force.
"Ugh!"
"As expected of Nico. You can circle around through the back