"It's time. We're up!"
After waiting in the room for a while, one of Sweet Bullet's members received a notification from their manager. She stood up and called for everyone to get ready to perform.
The other members immediately got to their feet, checked their outfits and makeup once more, and headed out after confirming there were no problems.
They reached the vicinity of the stage through a dedicated passageway. Nodoka Toyohama discovered that there were indeed a huge number of people outside, and Sweet Bullet was far from the only idol group performing here.
There were several other idol groups as well.
One group had even just come down from the stage.
Of course, they were all only somewhat famous—known in a certain region, perhaps, but nothing across the entire island nation.
As they passed that idol group, Nodoka Toyohama paid them no mind and simply went onstage with the others.
They skillfully took their positions and found quite a few of their fans below the stage, holding support signs and glow sticks as they cheered.
Every Sweet Bullet member looked delighted. They had only debuted recently, yet they already had fans of their own. That was certainly something to be proud of.
"Eh..."
Nodoka Toyohama spotted someone vaguely familiar in the audience, and she froze.
Near the lower right side of the stage stood a beautiful woman with long red hair and golden eyes. Her presence eclipsed even the kings and queens of the music industry.
That person... seemed to be Miss Eden, the world-famous great artist and superstar of Fire Moth, a woman who represented the civilization of an entire era!
But why was it that, despite being so conspicuous, everyone around her seemed to be completely ignoring her?
Unfortunately, Nodoka Toyohama had no way to go