I became a girl group idol for my sister.

"Eh, an interesting junior?" Watanabe Hikaru looked into the recording studio. "Who is it?"

"I'll tell you if you guess right."

"Why didn't you just tell me directly, you shorty, Nan-chan!"

"You're not that much taller than me, are you?!"

The two of them left the recording studio in a cheerful and playful manner.

Inside, the people who were auditioning finally completed their task.

"Rehearsals for the graduate student performance will begin tomorrow. Your song schedules and CDs will be sent to you shortly. Please confirm your assigned parts and practice on your own. Do you understand?"

After leaving the recording studio, the group temporarily separated, having nothing else to do. Miyamoto Sei, feeling somewhat aimless, wandered around and eventually found himself outside the dance studio.

Thinking there shouldn't be anyone in the dance studio, I pushed open the door and saw a figure training inside.

Komatsu Meixiang.

There was still sweat on the ground, clearly indicating that she had been training here, but there were no other senior graduate students besides her.

This woman, who is in charge of the graduate student center, is also working hard in training behind the scenes, putting in much more effort than others.

I'll train with them too. I also need to figure out how to use the Heavenly Demon Dance and see how to incorporate it into my usual movements.

Miyamoto thought to himself, then walked to the side and started practicing as well.

Mika Komatsu had clearly noticed him, but she only glanced at him and said nothing, continuing her training.

Time passed by, and after about four songs had been practiced, the door to the dance studio was pushed open again.

"Ah, Nana-chan ran away!"

"We want to do it together too!"

The ninth generation students filed in, and immediately stood up straight when they saw Mika Komatsu.

"Senior Komatsu!"

He didn't reply, but continued training. Seeing this, the others immediately found their positions and started dancing again.

Miyamoto wasn't sure if he was seeing things, but for a moment, he thought he saw Komatsu Mika's lips curl up.

At that moment, she smiled slightly.

It wasn't a regular smile, but a more natural one.

How did Chapter 11 become the center position?

"Hey, did you hear? This time, the ninth graduate student's debut performance is for the ninth generation students."

"This is too unbelievable! My first time on stage is in the center! It took me a year to get from the third row to the second row!"

"I heard it was the executive producer who pushed for it, unlike us, she has someone supporting her behind the scenes."

"Could they have used some kind of trick? After all, it doesn't seem normal for a newcomer to get a Center position right after joining."

"It seems that Miss Komatsu has lost the election. She was always the center, but a junior took it away from her."

Inside the dressing room, there were faint sounds of conversation. Mika Komatsu, who was standing at the door, heard these sounds but didn't say anything. Instead, she simply walked over.

Her figure was seen walking by people inside, and someone immediately spoke up to remind her.

"Keep your voice down, Miss Komatsu heard you."

"So what if we hear it? Anyway, the power of graduate students is about to change hands."

Miyamoto was listening to the song he was going to sing for this performance, singing along softly as he listened, trying his best to memorize all the lyrics.

"Congratulations on becoming the new Center."

Because he was only wearing an earpiece, he heard the voice coming from inside and looked over to find it was Mika Komatsu.

Her expression didn't have that kind of smile, neither the somewhat fake smile you usually see, nor the natural smile you saw a few days ago.

"Center? Me?" Miyamoto was a little stunned, pointing to himself: "I'm the Center? There must be some mistake."

This was the first time he had heard about this, since he had been practicing singing for the past few days and hadn't planned the dance formation at all.

Looking at Miyamoto Sei's expression, Komatsu Mika could tell from their interactions over the past few days that he didn't like to lie, and his current behavior certainly didn't seem like he knew about this.

Doesn't she care where she ends up?

Mika Komatsu couldn't help but think to herself, "I heard the producer pushed you up there."

"Did Tenbei P push me up there?" Miyamoto muttered. "Are you crazy? Me, a newbie, and she let me go up there?"

"Don't you want to stand in the center position?" Mika Komatsu asked.

Miyamoto looked at the woman whose seat he had taken and saw her expressionless face, and felt a little embarrassed.

Having your position taken by a newcomer, it's already quite an effort not to vent your frustration.

"Well, I'm definitely happy to have been put in this position, but I'm still a newcomer, and... what do you think, Ms. Komatsu?"

"I follow the producer's instructions, but if you can't take responsibility for the center, then you're being irresponsible to everyone else. I hope you remember that."

Mika Komatsu's tone remained somewhat cold, and she was clearly warning Miyamoto Sei.

The Center's responsibility... I've never even been on stage once, and now they're telling me about the Center's responsibility...

A sense of helplessness rose in Miyamoto Sei's heart. He looked at the girl in front of him, and it was clear that she was not wearing a mask today.

"Excuse me, what exactly is the Center's role? All I know is that the Center is the person standing in the center of the stage."

"The so-called Center is the most attractive person on the stage, radiating light and conveying that light to everyone else, especially the companions behind you, making everyone shine."

"The members behind you can watch your movements and your back, but you can only see the audience in front of you. Those people are your future fans. You need to have enough strength to impress them, whether it's pressure or anything else, you need to be able to withstand it. That's what the Center is all about."

"So, if you really intend to become the Center, then prepare as early as possible, improve your skills, and become the brightest sun."

"If you force yourself to go on even when you're not up to it, then it won't just be your failure, it will be the failure of the entire ninth season, and the failure of the entire graduate student performance!"

After Komatsu Mika finished speaking, she turned and left, leaving Miyamoto Sei standing there in a daze.

After a long pause, Miyamoto suddenly burst into laughter.

I feel that Ms. Komatsu is actually a tsundere. She could have spoken more gently, but instead, she said it in a way that was full of hostility, even though she meant well.

If I truly lack this confidence and determination, it won't just be my failure; as the center of the stage, I could directly cause the entire performance to fail. Therefore, the failure of the ninth performance would mean a failure for my fellow ninth-episode contestants as well…

Most importantly, is my identity really suitable for the position of Center? What if it's exposed...? What is this woman, Risa Tenbei, thinking?

Miyamoto took a deep breath and walked towards Amagai Risa's office.

Knocked on the door.

"Please come in."

Pushing open the door and walking in, Amagai Risa smiled at Miyamoto Sei who entered and asked, "What brings you here?"

"It's about the center position. I heard you put me in the center position for the graduate student performance. How did that happen?"

Miyamoto Sei got straight to the point and began asking questions.

"That's right, just as you heard, I put your name in the Center position."

"Are you crazy?" Miyamoto Sei blurted out almost immediately.

"How dare you speak to the executive producer like that? You've got some nerve." Risa Amagai looked at Miyamoto Sei, showing no anger at his attitude.

“Whether you’re angry or not, the problem is you’ve put me in the center position, but you need to understand, I’m a man!” Miyamoto looked at the other person: “My entrance performance was already exaggerated, with the risk of exposure. Now you’ve put me in the center position, which is the most eye-catching position!”

"Don't worry, nothing will happen," Risa Tenbei said with a grin.

Looking at the smile on the other person's face, Miyamoto sighed: "Could you tell me the source of your confidence? If you can, please share some with me, thank you."

"Because I can't tell you're a guy at all. Even if your bra pads are gone, I'd just think you're a pathetic flat-chested girl."

Miyamoto sadly discovered that he couldn't refute the other person's statement.

"What about Ms. Komatsu? She's been the center for the graduate students all this time. Wouldn't it be a bad thing to leave her like this? Besides, all that hard work and dedication she put into training was for the performance, wasn't it?"

"Everyone is working hard for the performance, Ms. Miyamoto, and she has indeed always been the center, but haven't you noticed the problem? You went to see the performance last time, and if you had any talent, you should have noticed the problem."

“I don’t think I have any talent,” Miyamoto said, carefully recalling the last performance he had seen, the one where Team S appeared.

Everyone seemed to be working hard for the graduate students' performance, but it was nowhere near as good as Team S's performance. Among the graduate students, only one sun shone brightly.

His powerful aura overwhelmed the others.

Seeing Miyamoto Sei's thoughtful expression, Amagai Risa laughed.

"Everyone is smiling under the sunlight, right? They are reflecting the sun's rays so that they can appear before others, so the Center is the sun?"

"No, no... The Team S I saw, every single one of them was like the sun..."

Miyamoto recalled everything he had seen and murmured it aloud.

"On that stage, everyone was a sun, everyone was truly shining, but among them... the most dazzling was Higashi Hisa-senpai."

"Her biggest weakness is that she is not good at expressing herself and is also unusually strict. Although she usually pretends to be herself, it is the same to me as not pretending at all, which led to the tragedy. In the eighth episode, everyone resigned voluntarily."

Risa Amagai spoke slowly, and Miyamoto looked into her eyes. This woman seemed to have seen through everything long ago.

"But I see hope in you. Why did you hold Miss Yong'an's hand even after being warned?"