"C-C-Cold-Brand?"
"It s-s-says μ's on it! I-I-I thought it was soap!"
"W-W-Why would an idol specialty shop sell soap?!"
"Move!" Yazawa Nico, who had been at the very back the whole time, shoved everyone aside and ran up to the counter. "Huh? Why isn't there any merch of me?! What's going on?!"
While they were looking around, Honoka Kosaka found something on a nearby shelf—something that could be said to belong to μ's, yet also not belong to μ's.
Nico: "Ah! My merch... it's here! This is amazing!"
Rin: "What the heck, Nico-senpai is crying."
Nico: "Shut up!"
Clipped to the shelf was a photo. In it was a girl wearing a maid outfit, but that was not the important part. The important part was that this girl was the friend they all knew so well—Minami Kotori.
Umi: "Now that we know people are paying attention to us too, it gives us even more courage to keep going."
Eri: "Yeah."
Yazawa Nico, deeply moved, took out a camera and snapped a photo of the merchandise as a keepsake.
"Ugh, I'm so happy." Seeing her own merchandise, Hanayo Koizumi could not help being moved to tears.
"Hanayo-chan, you're crying again~ Such a crybaby, meow..." Though she was saying that to Hanayo Koizumi, Rin Hoshizora's voice also carried a hint of tears.
But Honoka Kosaka, who had not noticed them at all, was still staring at the photo.
"Huh? Honoka, what are you looking at?" Then Umi Sonoda seemed to notice Honoka Kosaka had been looking somewhere the whole time, so she asked.
"Umi, come look! The person in this photo looks like Kotori!" Honoka Kosaka picked up the photo from the shelf, then brought it in front of everyone.
"Huh?!" Everyone stared in surprise at the photo in Honoka Kosaka's hand.