After the idols finished performing, they gathered together and bowed to the fans cheering for them below the stage, then walked off. Afterward, they still had an event to sell merchandise, including their own goods as well as Tokimeki Memorial merchandise.
"I'll go buy some—huh?"
Sakumura turned around. He was not particularly interested in the next two acts, so he might as well use the gap to see if he could buy some merchandise. But when he turned around and met the eyes of the man standing behind him—
He froze.
The man behind him froze as well.
Both of them seemed to have gone rigid, completely stopping where they stood.
Sakumura could see it with absolute clarity: the man's pupils, trembling in shock.
Anno looked Sakumura up and down, his mouth hanging open, his expression containing two words.
Utter shock.
"Sakumura, you—"
Whoosh—!
Sakumura's face was swallowed by shadow as he instantly turned back around.
He went numb.
Who had he just seen? What the hell had he seen?
Why was this guy here?!
"Assassin, is something wrong?" Kirei Kotomine noticed that Sakumura's expression was somewhat off and asked in confusion.
".Nothing, it's just..."
Silence.
Sakumura did not know what to say.
So the second Servant to come here was Anno...
He slowly raised a hand, pinched the bridge of his nose, and squeezed hard.
Behind him, Anno made the exact same motion.
What exactly had he just seen?
Leaving aside why Sakumura was here, what was he wearing?
And had he just been among the dancers? Dancing alongside a group of people in that incomprehensibly bizarre cheering dance Anno did not even know how to describe?
Did Okita know about this?
For some reason, that thought surfaced in Anno's mind.
No, no, no. This was during the Holy