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

S-Seriously?!

A contest? Do we have to fight or something?

You can do it if you really want to know more about us, right?

(A contest against μ's? That's a lot of pressure. But if we win, we can find out the secret to their charm.)

(I want to know more about μ's.)

Nico, I accept your challenge!

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Ack, that kind of just slipped out after I worked myself up thinking about it.

Welcome back! You sure look tired.

How was the interview with μ's? Tell us what you learned about them.

Everyone…

Are you okay? You seem a little off.

Actually, I have something I need to tell you.

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Nine contests?!

Ugh, yeah… Sorry. I should have talked with all of you about it before making my decision.

I can't believe you went over there as a μ's fan representative and ended up being challenged to a contest by them.

I'm not sure how I feel about going up against μ's.

But if we win, we'll get our hands on the Secret Idol Handbook! This is a huge chance for us!

Yeah, Nozomi said the secret to them getting so big was written in it.

Then we'll get really big if we read it too, right?

A contest with μ's… How nerve-racking.

Did the interviews go all right?

Yeah. I got to see them writing songs and having practice lessons and stuff.

Was their practice way more intense than ours?

Of course it was. I heard they practice for eight hours every morning.

Are there that many hours in the morning?!

I hate practice in the morning.

I didn't see their morning practice, but μ's seemed to have fun with their club, and were very passionate about their practice.

It all seemed so normal though. It kind of made me think about whether or not this is how they really make their concerts so amazing.

That means there has to be something they couldn't show us! Classified information!

I don't think so. They showed me everything they could, and were really nice about it.

So all that's left is to see what's in that Secret Idol Handbook, huh?

I guess we have to do the nine contests.

This is a losing battle.

H-Hey, we haven't lost yet!

Plus, if we don't take this opportunity, we'd never get to have a contest with μ's.

I'm so excited to meet μ's! Rina-chan Board says, “Woo-hoo!”

But meeting them for the first time in a contest? That makes me nervous.

It should be fine. I love stuff like this!

By the way, what kind of contest are we going to have, exactly?

Is there anything where we'd actually stand a chance against μ's?

I won't lose a napping contest. *Yawn*

Snap out of it.

Nico said she would decide what the nine contests would be.

If there's nine, that means each one of us will have to compete.

Everyone, can you do it?

No problem! Each and everyone one of us will go out there representing Nijigasaki!

Everyone, thank you so much! Let's do our best!

Yeah!

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I never thought we'd have a contest against them.

*Giggle* It'll be fun!

Can't we just all meet up and chat?

Nope. I need to see just how serious the Nijigasaki idols are.

I'm looking forward to it. I bet it will make our two schools much closer.

Yeah, there's a special bond born from competition.

You're looking forward to it, right Rin?

Yep! I can't wait to play!

I want to hear one of Nijigasaki's songs someday.

If we're going to do this, better take it seriously!

Yeah!