Forty-seven, forty-eight!

Forty-nine, fifty! Yes! I beat you in the push-ups!

What? I think we finished at the same time, but anyway, if you say so. Next up—

Hold up, hold up, let's rest for a bit. We just finished jogging and then immediately followed it up with a push-up contest. I'm exhausted.

Oh, right. I'm sorry. We haven't had a joint training session in so long that I got carried away. We'll start up again after a ten-minute break. Squats are up next.

Karin sure hates to lose, huh?

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*Gulp* *Gulp* Ahhh! A cold drink really hits the spot. Nothing tastes better than a drink after exercising!

*Giggle* I was just thinking it wasn't long ago that we were enjoying ourselves at that party in fancy dresses, yet today we're training and dripping with sweat.

Well, we've got studies to deal with at school, and then performances to give in front of big crowds at live shows. There's no time to feel bored when every day's so busy.

The night of that party feels even more like a dream now. Do parties like that get held often?

Not often at all, so it feels like a dream to me as well. Even now, I forget it was all real unless I look at the photos of the delicious food and everyone at the venue.

Same here! I look at photos of that party at least once a day as well.

Really? I thought you were used to going to extravagant parties like that.

Oh, Karin! Who do you think I am?

A ninja, right?

That's right, I do sneak into lots of different parties for undercover investigations. *Giggle* It looks like you've taken a liking to this ninja act of mine.

Ah-hah! You admitted it being an act!

Oh no! I did just admit it!

*Laugh* Hey Miss Ninja? Wanna sneak into our party next time?

By “our” do you mean you and the rest of the Nijigasaki girls?

Yup. We're going to have a sweets party in our clubroom. It sounds like it'll be an amazingly fun party to rival even the one we went to the other night, right?

I'm very, very interested. Please do allow me to sneak in!

I'll be waiting for you. Let's make some more fun, dreamy memories together again!