"Honoka, everyone..."
"Perhaps I shouldn't be the one explaining this..."
"For Mr. Katsura to find someone like him—rather, Doma must have put an immense amount of effort into helping..."
"I just said it: this guy is a legendary piano genius. If he could compose a piece tailored specifically for Muse, we could declare victory in this Love Live! right now..."
"Honoka, Kotori, this is probably the closest we've ever come to saving our school!" However, Maki Nishikino ultimately couldn't get past the hurdle in her heart. Just as the members of Muse were speaking confidently, she softly reminded them.
"Huh?" The previously confident girls froze at her words. Honoka Kosaka stammered, "M-Maki, th-this is a joke, right?"
"It isn't..." As Maki Nishikino spoke, she secretly glanced at Sogo Doma. Only after seeing that he had nothing to say did she continue, "In my opinion, this is the most reliable thing Mr. Katsura has ever done—getting him to agree to help..."
"Huh!??" The Muse members were all stunned. Not just them—even Utaha Kasumigaoka looked thoughtful. Sogo had actually kept so many things from her?
"Keep it low-key, low-key..." Sogo Doma said. "Would I go around saying that people would pay tens of millions—no, even hundreds of millions—for a song I casually created?" Everyone: "..." You already said it!
What did it even mean for someone to pay hundreds of millions for a single song? Was this guy bluffing? Maki had asked him to compose for them...
"Umm..." Speak of Cao Cao, and Cao Cao arrives. Maki Nishikino's expression turned awful as well. "That isn't a lie. I only found out recently that someone had already offered over ten billion for his debut song..."
"T-T-Ten billion!?" Not only the other members of Muse, even the leader was shocked. They weren't short on