The next day, it was time once again for the weekly voice recording session.
However, this time Miki Sayaka followed along as well.
After what had just happened with Wakaba Mutsumi, she was a little worried about Kamijou Mutsuki.
If she didn't keep an eye on him, who knew how many more girls might suddenly get added to his "harem."
And in this world, Mitakihara was just a relatively large district within Tokyo, so traveling back and forth didn't take Sayaka much time.
But after arriving at Houbun Animation, she discovered that her premonition had been absolutely correct.
Why were there so many cute girls here?!
Especially the voice actresses—they were all as pretty as idols!
Are you running a company or building a harem?
This was getting ridiculous!
"All of these… are they all?!"
Sayaka grabbed Mutsuki and whispered quietly.
"Not yet, for now."
"What do you mean for now?!"
Mutsuki's answer made her blood pressure spike.
You're not even pretending anymore?!
"Um…"
Seeing Sayaka arrive and immediately cling to Mutsuki while whispering with him, Chihaya Anon frowned slightly while holding her script and stepped forward.
"Kamijou-kun, who is this?"
"Hello."
Seeing someone approach, Sayaka stopped her small gestures and put on a bright, cheerful smile.
"My name is Miki Sayaka. I'm this guy's childhood friend, and also his…"
At this point, the girl couldn't help but blush slightly.
"…girlfriend."
Although a little shy, she still said the final word out loud.
Since there were so many cute girls here, if she didn't declare her claim now, who knew how many more "good sisters" might suddenly appear?
"Eh? Girlfriend?!"
Hearing Miki Sayaka say that, Chihaya Anon showed an unsurprised look of shock.
"But Kamijou-kun and Mutsumi aren't…"
After all, Wakaba Mutsumi being the fiancée of Kamijou Mutsuki was something all the band girls already knew.
And now Sayaka was claiming to be his girlfriend.
What was that supposed to mean?
Openly dating two people at the same time?
"I know. Mutsumi is Mutsuki's fiancée."
Facing the band girls' doubts, Sayaka directly brought out the theory Mutsuki had used yesterday.
"But I'm his girlfriend. That doesn't conflict, right?"
How could it not conflict?!
What kind of crooked logic was that?!
Several of the more normal band girls couldn't help but complain internally.
'Mutsumi, don't you have any opinion about this at all?' Anon instinctively glanced toward Mutsumi.
"Sayaka-nee is very nice."
Since Mutsumi considered herself the one who came later, she naturally didn't have any objections.
"She takes good care of me."
Wait—are they really running a harem here?
Is this a novel or something?!
Clearly, the harmonious atmosphere between Sayaka and Mutsumi shocked the girls present.
Was it that the times had advanced too quickly…
Or were they the ones who had fallen behind?
This was literally dating two people at once—why did everyone involved act like it was perfectly normal?
And seeing that Mutsumi seemed completely unconcerned about Sayaka's attitude, Anon suddenly came up with a bold idea…
"If Sayaka can go, then Anon can go too!"
If Wakaba Mutsumi didn't mind Miki Sayaka, then maybe she could also…
'Wait—what on earth am I thinking?!' Chihaya Anon quickly shook her head, suppressing the embarrassment rising in her heart.
This guy was clearly a two-timing scumbag who flirted with who knew how many girls—how could she possibly have thoughts like that?
There was no way she would have feelings for a scumbag like him!
Being willing to treat him as a friend was already Miss Anon's generous grace!
Yes—that was definitely it!
Meanwhile, on the other side, Taki Shiina crossed her arms and sneered.
In her eyes, this scoundrel doing something like this was perfectly natural.
"Tomori, look at this guy."
Taki felt this was a good chance to expose Kamijou Mutsuki's true nature to Tomori Takamatsu.
If he was already like this, how could he possibly be a good person?
Great Tomori, please see clearly—don't be deceived by bad people anymore!
"I knew it…"
"Mutsuki is really amazing."
However, before Taki could finish speaking, Tomori's sigh of admiration interrupted her.
Taki: ?
Wait—Tomori, do you hear what you're saying?!
Taki was completely stunned, never expecting things to develop like this.
"Mutsumi and Sayaka are so harmonious. If our band could be this harmonious too, that would be wonderful."
In Tomori's eyes, she couldn't even mediate the occasional conflicts between Anon and Taki, yet Mutsuki could make Mutsumi and Sayaka get along so peacefully—so of course that was impressive.
So maybe it was just like she had originally thought…
If everyone were together with Mutsuki, then maybe…
Fortunately, Taki had no idea what Tomori was thinking at that moment.
After Sayaka's little episode ended, the girls began focusing seriously on their work.
Aside from Tomori being startled when a sudden shout of "Why are you playing Haruhikage?!" rang out nearby, the overall voice-recording process went quite smoothly.
Of course, since this involved Episode 7, they needed to record songs in addition to the usual voice acting.
"This is…"
However, when Taki took the sheet music Kamijou Mutsuki handed her, her expression looked a little strange.
"This is the sheet music and lyrics for Hekitenbansou—the song you'll sing today."
Mutsuki replied honestly.
"Is something wrong?"
"No, nothing."
The girl answered as if everything were normal, but secretly clenched her fists.
Could someone really write such an excellent song in just two days?
Since Haruhikage was an old song and Hekitenbansou had originally been written earlier by Tomori, the girls quickly finished their preparations.
However, the recording session that followed didn't go quite as smoothly.
Because "Hekitenbansou" needed to intentionally record the effect of a failed performance, it actually took quite a bit of time to get right.
Meanwhile, "Haruhikage" went the opposite way.
Perhaps because the girls were already very familiar with it, they managed to finish recording it in a single take.
Maybe the fact that Nagasaki Soyo wasn't in the mood to stir up trouble also played a part?
As for Sakiko Togawa, who was listening in from the side?
She claimed her emotions were perfectly stable.
After all, the stimulation she had experienced recently had already been far too much.
A mere Haruhikage couldn't hurt her anymore!
After the recording finished, Kamijou Mutsuki began discussing with the girls the idea of holding their live show at a different venue.
"Why do we need to change locations?"
Chihaya Anon raised the question.
"Because for your current popularity, RiNG is simply too small."
Mutsuki handed over a tablet containing relevant data and placed it in the middle for everyone to see.
"There are also many complaints about it online."
"At the same time, we've received an invitation from a rock music festival."
"That… that famous music festival?!"
Anon showed an expression very similar to the one Ijichi Nijika once had, and since she herself was one of the invited performers, her excitement was even more obvious.
"I didn't expect MyGO to become this famous already!"
Anon flashed her signature bright smile.
"But holding our first live show at a music festival… isn't that jumping a bit too far?"
Compared to Anon's excitement, Taki Shiina appeared much more rational.
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