Tiger: "Okay—fast!"
Rola: "..."
"Why do I have to run away so many times?!" Yazawa Nico said as she ran.
Hime: "Then don't run!"
Nico: "Only an idiot wouldn't run in this situation!"
Yazawa Nico reached a corner, slammed on the brakes, then drifted in place and ran toward the elevator. Just then, by sheer coincidence, the elevator doors opened.
A little girl walked out of the elevator.
"Ah, big sis!"
"Cocoa?!"
Yazawa Nico ran a few steps, then stopped. The little girl named Yazawa Cocoa hugged her.
"Huh?!" The others chasing after her also stopped in their tracks.
"This... couldn't be another...?" Looking at the little girl in Yazawa Nico's arms, at that face so familiar it couldn't be more familiar, Senba Gari said uncertainly.
"That face... there's no mistaking it. She definitely is," Eli Ayase said with certainty.
"She actually has a little sister too, meow!" Rin Hoshizora quipped.
"What happened? Why are you in such a hurry?" Yazawa Cocoa asked.
"Ugh, just something urgent..." Yazawa Nico glanced behind her.
Behind her, several chilling gazes made her body tremble despite herself. She could already imagine what was going to happen next, so she decided...
"I am truly very sorry." In her own room, Yazawa Nico pressed her face against the table. "I, Yazawa Nico, lied."
"Raise your head and explain," Eli Ayase said sternly.
Yazawa Nico slowly lifted her head and saw all kinds of eyes staring at her.
"S-Seriously, everyone looks so scary." Yazawa Nico kept blinking, but she couldn't escape anyone's gaze.
"An idol's smile is the most important thing, isn't it? Right, everyone, together now, NicoNicoNi~"
Senba Gari interrupted Yazawa Nico's forced attempt at acting cute and said, "Sorry, but I'm not an idol, so..."
"Nico-chi~" Nozomi Tojo picked up where Senba Gari left off