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Everyone ready? One, two, three!

Good work!

Thank you guys so much!

(I'm glad the μ's interviews went off without a hitch!)

You still have to write the article, don't you? It's not quite time for you to relax yet, is it? *Giggle*

Exactly! I'll send you all a copy when it's done!

…

What the heck are you doing, being all buddy-buddy?!

What's wrong with you, Nico?

She's a school idol from Nijigasaki! They're our rivals!

I'm actually just a supporter, so I'm not a school idol. I'm sorry I didn't tell you, Nico!

We should have told you Nico. Sorry.

We all love school idols though, so that makes us the same. I'm glad to do an interview with someone like that!

Anyway, did you see something special in our lives while following us around?

There was…a lot of stuff I didn't get.

Wait, really? Can you write the article?

I fell in love with school idols after happening upon your collab performance with Aqours.

That show was so brilliant and exciting that it nearly brought tears to my eyes.

Really? So you saw that show!

On that stage, you all had so much energy. I did these interviews hoping I could get a feel for why you're so charming.

But you couldn't figure it out?

Of course you didn't! Our performances aren't so shallow that you can just duplicate them after one glance!

We don't really know how other groups work on their performances, so we have no idea what we do differently.

That's right. I wish we could explain it better.

I think just realizing that there's so much I still don't get was really important.

So knowing that you don't know is…good?

Honoka said that we're the same because we all love school idols.

But even still, we don't have nearly the same amount of experience on stage or in practice.

So, I think it's only natural I wasn't able to find the source of μ's' charm so easily.

Hmm… Are you sure that's enough? Umi, do you have anything?

Don't put me on the spot like that.

*Giggle*…

Nozomi? What's up with you?

Actually… I think Nico-chi holds the key to μ's' charm.

What?!

What?!

Really?! I always knew you were special, Nico!

O-Of course I do! The whole reason μ's got so big is because I'm here!

But you were just surprised about it yourself.

I hope Nozomi isn't up to something again.

*Giggle* Do you want to know what makes us charming?

Y-Yes!

You can find the key to our charm written in that Secret Idol Handbook over there!

Wait, since when did we have something so mysterious?

Do you mean the thing Nico made?

Oh… I see now! The secret to how big we've become is in the notes I made!

Is that true?

(So the secret is hidden in the notebook Nico made: The Secret Idol Handbook!)

Nico, please show me the Secret Idol Handbook!

Nope! This is my treasure!

B-But, I have to see it! It's the key to μ's' charm!

Looking at me with shimmering eyes like that WON'T work!

Oh, okay. I guess I shouldn't expect you to show me something so important.

…

Okay, we'll have a contest for it.

A contest?

μ's has nine members, and so does Nijigasaki's school idol club. Perfect, right?

Wait, a contest between Otonokizaka and Nijigasaki High?!

Nine contests between μ's and Nijigasaki! If you win, I'll show you the key to our charm!

S-Seriously?!

(A contest between μ's and Nijigasaki?! This is getting out of hand!)