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　Then I looked at this photo again.

　This action was repeated several times.

　..

376. My beloved μ's has broken into the top five of Love Live!

　like.

　This person really looks like him.

　Izumo Yoru pinched his chin, his heart suddenly skipped a beat, and then he turned to look at his secretary.

　"Please go out for a moment."

　"Yes."

　After confirming with her eyes that the secretary had left and the door was closed, Izumo Yoru took out the photos from the file folder.

　He just covered it up.

　The photo is now on the computer keyboard.

　The screen displays a Pixiv page with an illustration from the Touhou Project.

　Kouchiya Sanae!

　Green hair with a cute little snake at the tip, and an adorable frog headdress above the temples.

　Their eyes darted up and down rapidly, and no matter how you looked at them, there was an undeniable resemblance.

　"I see!"

　Izumo Yoru twitched his arm and clenched his fist.

　This is a matter of art style!

　Touhou Project fan art is always just fan art.

　In other words: secondary setting.

　The original concept was definitely not like this; fan art always reflects the illustrator's own style.

　Yakumo Yukari was drawn by Shiina Mashiro, while Hakurei Reimu was drawn by an artist I don't know.

　Sanae Kochiya was drawn by Eri Kashiwagi.

　This is her art style, and the reason it resembles...

　Izumo Yoru gave a bitter laugh.

　Your Majesty, you've kept this from me so well!

　This Sanae Kochiya was originally part of your plan, Mr. Aoyama, wasn't it?

　This person actually exists in real life!

　NVR Idol Company, this VR is the project, right?

　Izumo Yoru thought happily.

　Virtual singer!

　Connecting with reality—isn't this exactly what Mr. Aoyama was telling himself?

　Alright! Sanae Tokugawa, you've signed!

　Haha! This Touhou Gensokyo Project is actually just Touhou Idol Village!

　Right?

　Izumo Yoru stroked his chin with satisfaction. "I was really smart. That idiot Nishikawa actually gave me such a good opportunity!"

　"Come in!" Izumo Yoru shouted.

　The door opened, and the secretary quickly walked in.

　"Mr. Izumo, what are your orders?"

　Izumo Yoru said, "This Tokugawa group is in Osaka, right?"

　"Yes, is that what you want?"

　"Get the car ready, I need to go there myself."

　"Huh? This is just signing an idol, is it really necessary to go to such lengths?" the secretary asked.

　"Go and do it quickly," Izumo Yoru said coldly.

　"Understood." The secretary quickly ran out.

　Sitting in the chair, Izumo made a phone call to Nishikawa instead.

　After a busy tone, the call connected.

　"Mr. Nishikawa, what exactly is the deal with Tokugawa Sanae?"

　"Hmm? She wants to interview with you and gave you a heads-up. In my opinion... although the daughter of a yakuza boss is difficult to deal with, right? But you, Izumo, are someone that Mr. Aoyama values, so you can definitely handle things well, right?"

　"Alright... this is really troublesome. If you can refuse, then refuse. Mr. Aoyama is a man who is not afraid of power. He won't bow down even to the underworld." Izumo Yoru was already laughing his head off in his heart.

　Nishikawa, you big idiot! Idiot, idiot, idiot!!!

　"Yes, Izumo Yoru, if it weren't for Mr. Aoyama's promotion, you'd still be a producer, right? Do a good job. If you do this well, my family's opinion of you will improve."

　Nishikawa hung up the phone.

　In fact, Nishikawa treats everyone except Sanzenin Arashi with a superior attitude.

　For example, hanging up the phone unilaterally is considered very impolite in Japan.

　His status within the family has risen so high that he can now disregard many people.

　Izumo Yoru wasn't angry when the call was hung up on, because he knew that Nishikawa Hayato was even more arrogant when talking to others, so this was already considered an equal dialogue.

　……

　After school in the evening, Honoka Kousaka and Kotori and the others gathered at home as usual.

　Sonoda Umi kept a close eye on these little rascals and wouldn't allow them to eat snacks.

　"Evil spirit..."

　Honoka Kousaka murmured, "Why is this happening?!"

　Just then, footsteps came from the doorway.

　"Oh no! Oh no!!!"

　The first thing to step into the door was a pair of legs in black stockings, followed by a slightly chubby figure running in.

　"What happened, Hanayo?" Sonoda Umi asked.

　Hanayo Koizumi took a breath and took out her phone.

　"Something terrible has happened! Something really serious has occurred!!"

　"Huh? What? Let me see~" Honoka Kousaka got up from the ground and stared at her phone screen. "Twitter?"

　Maki Nishikino also joined them.

　The true nature of so-called School Idol

　They were just a group of girls. Even surrounded by spotlights, it couldn't change their identity—ordinary students. That's precisely what makes this stage so captivating; it's the ordinariness that makes it so wonderful. I once asked Kira Tsubasa a question: Even if there wasn't a single person in the audience, could you still continue singing?

　The text above is a photograph.

　Photos from μs's first Live performance!

　Sender: Qingshan Lan.

　"Eh—!!!!???"

　A surprised voice rang out.

　Before they could process the information, everyone turned to look at the source of the sound; Sonoda Umi was sitting in front of a computer.

　Her facial expressions were incredibly exaggerated.

　The computer screen displays the LoveLive voting section.

　μs has now climbed to fourth place in the vote count.

　They are only a few hundred votes behind third place.

　Third place: 16000 votes.

　"This, this is...?!" Maki Nishikino immediately sensed that something was wrong.

　The girls looked at each other, all somewhat bewildered by the situation.

　Why did we suddenly jump to fourth place?!

　"What? What happened? Why is everyone gathered together?" Genki's voice came from the doorway.

　"Rin, come quick and see!"

　"Oh? Let me see." Hoshizora Rin had only been a member of μs for a day, and she glanced at the screen.

　"Huh? Why does the fourth place have the same name as us? It's μs."

　"This is who we are..."

　"Eh……?"

　"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...!!!"

　……

　It was late at night, and at the Deep Sea Hive Base, Arashi Sanzenin arrived at the laboratory alone.

　Ryunosuke Akasaka went back to sleep, and he connected the USB drive to the projector.

　Sanae Kochiya appeared before her.

　"Eh? Who are you? How did I end up here..." Sanae looked at Sanzenin Arashi with a puzzled expression.

　Shouldn't I be in Gensokyo?

　How would it appear here?

　..

377. Dad~~~~~~

　Sanae Kochiya is puzzled.

　She felt like her head was empty, yet she wanted to know so much.

　Desire.

　This was a thirst for knowledge that filled Sanae Kochiya's little head, but she didn't know why she felt this way. It was so strange. Huh? What is Gensokyo?

　Is this just a name?

　Wait... what's the name?

　What is that thing?

　"I should go and discuss this with Reimu..." the girl thought slowly.

　and many more……

　Reimu?

　Do you know her yourself?

　What does she look like? What are her habits? She...

　Who is she?

　No, this won't do... My mind is a complete mess...

　She looked at the man in front of her, waiting for his answer.