G'morning!

Morning, Honoka, Umi, Kotori.

Good morning, Honoka, Hanayo.

Morning!

Phew, I'm glad I made it to morning practice. I was up late thinking about Aqours' live show. I almost slept in.

Almost?

You did sleep in.

Well, I made it in time for practice, so I'm good!

…Wait, huh? Has Nico been glued to the computer all day? What happened?

She's been like this for a while now.

…Ah.

Ah, you're all here.

Time to tell you what's been stuck in my head since yesterday!

What is it?

Come to think of it, we do have an exam coming up soon.

What? We have an exam?!

No way! I haven't studied anything yet!

No, I'm not talking about that!

There might be an exam coming up, but anyway, that's not what I'm trying to tell you about.

It's not good to be in denial, Nico.

Our Nico-chi's gonna be the next Fail Queen!

Ugh! I'm trying to be serious here! Just listen to me!

μ's have gotten to the point where we have to do something to shock the world!

We have to do something to shock the world?

Ooh, that sounds fun!

This isn't just fun and games!

What were you all thinking when you saw Aqours' live show? How did it feel watching a live show that brought in fans from all over Japan, not to mention from overseas?!

It made me feel annoyed at myself! Like, all of us in μ's should be able to do such amazing things, too!

And I'm not just talking about the live show. Have you seen the views on their School Idol Exhibition promo video?

I watch it every morning, but I don't check the views…

Me neither.

Right, they increased even more after their live show.

It was all after that live show.

Chika was talking about wanting to reach our level someday, but judging by the views on the promo video, they're already there.

On top of that, Chika's words really moved me…

Yes… I think they had the same effect on me.

She said she admired μ's, and wanted to catch up to us.

I guess hearing that made me want to live up to their expectations.

Right. It would be disrespectful to all their hard work if we didn't give them a lofty goal to shoot for.

Besides, seeing something like that would fire up anyone's fighting spirit!

To be honest with you, I'd gotten complacent.

Everyone kept telling us we were amazing, and I bought into it. I thought we were amazing, that we were number one.

But it's not like we're the champions. What'll we do if we find ourselves on the back foot?

μ's has to change so we won't be defeated by the force of Aqours!

Let's hone our skills and do something that'll shock the world!

That was a great speech, Nico-chi.

Everything I say is great!

If that were true, you wouldn't be brushing off an important exam so easily.

Urk…

That aside, I do think you have a point.

Hmm, maybe she does. But what should we do? How are we supposed to change?

You'll know soon enough, silly.

All right, we're going to put our heads together and come up with something that'll shock the world!