Time for lunch!

(Should I go to the clubroom to eat lunch today? I think we're almost at 1,000 volunteers… I really wanna know…)

(I'll invite Ayumu, too…)

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Ayumu!

Oh? I was just about to head over to your classroom, but here you are.

Yup! I wanted to invite you to have lunch outside the classroom today.

Let me guess… In the clubroom? This morning we had over 850 volunteer sign-ups, so I did want to check on the number over lunch.

Yeah, you totally get it!

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Huh? Everyone's already here?

*Giggle* Looks like it!

We all had the same idea!

The two of you wanted to know the latest number of volunteers, right?

And you guys did too?

Yep! I've been so curious all day.

*Laugh* Same as us then!

So what is it up to now?

We haven't looked yet.

Hiii! You should know that I was the first one here!

I was about to check the site when Karin showed up, and then everyone else came too.

We were just saying that we're only missing you and Ayumu.

Ooh, I see. For us all to be here…

Kinda gives you a sense of foreboding, right?

That's not quite it…

I'd say it's more like our hearts are linked, right?

It really feels like we're connected!

Like we're all one, and it makes me kinda happy!

Okay, since we're all together, let's check the site!

Ooh, I'm so nervous…

Here it is! Let's see… Wait, what? Whaaaaatttt?!

We're at 982… Wow…

That's way more than it was this morning… And we still have so much time before the deadline we agreed to with Shioriko.

My eyes aren't playing tricks on me, right?

Oh no, what if we're all dreaming the same dream?

It's not a dream… It looks like we might actually be on track to meet our goal today!

Oh! Another three people just signed up… wait, another four too!

After the meeting we had the other day, the members of μ's and Aqours promoted the event all over for us. You can really tell that the word is getting out.

Ooh, another five people! Now we're at 994… Just six people left.

What if we hit 1,000 during lunch?

There's a high possibility. Rina-chan Board says, “Tremble!”

I'm so excited I can't eat my lunch!

Now it's at 995… Just five left!

Let's all watch together as we hit our goal!

We're really going to be able to hold the School Idol Festival!

Our dream of getting to be on the same stage as μ's and Aqours is really coming true!

It's not just coming true, we made this happen ourselves! We worked together to make our dream a reality!

Right!

Oh, 999! Just one more!

I'm so nervous my heart is aching.

Come on, just one more person!

Oh!

W-We did it… A thousand people… We met our goal!

Yaaaaaaay!

Heheh. Get a load of that, Shioko! We got all the volunteers we needed practically overnight! That's proof of what we can do!

Should we go and report this to Shioriko after school?

Yeah, let's do it! I bet she'll give us all the help we need now!

[Fade in/out.]

I see, you've gathered enough volunteers. Congratulations. The next step will be to invite everyone who applied to an info session.

What? That's it?

Were you expecting something else?

No, just… I mean, I thought you'd be a bit more surprised, or upset, or tell us we did a good job… You know, any sort of emotional reaction.

Did you want me to have a breakdown over it or something?

W-Well… I did kind of want to see that.

It's all right, Kasumi. Things still worked out. Now that we have Shioriko's approval, we can start thinking about what we need to do next!

Hmm, I guess this settles the issue of where our venue will be.

We've come so far already, now all that's left is to zoom to the finish line!

We've gotta hold an info session for our volunteers right away! We'll go get started on that right now, Shioriko.

All right.