The comments section all think I'm a really good person.

She couldn't deny that she had fallen in love with the stage.

The stage presence that Edison Chen has shown her is just the tip of the iceberg.

The more I explore, the more I realize that the stage is a truly magical and inclusive place.

Whether they are school idols or stage girls, they can all find their place on their respective stages.

Although it hasn't reached the point where, like Edison Chen, they need to survive on stage.

But Yuki Setsuna also knew very well that she could not completely separate herself from the stage.

Without everyone's help, she certainly wouldn't have been able to express her passion and would have kept it all bottled up.

Yuki Setsuna's family was very strict, and she had to keep her hobbies like anime and school idols a secret from her family.

To be able to participate in activities together with everyone who also loves school idols, to laugh together, and to work hard together for the concert...

That's wonderful.

“I also really enjoy listening to you sing.” Takasaki Yu’s gaze softened.

The two were talking when suddenly, they faintly heard a familiar voice.

Not other members of the club, but...

"Xiaoguang, you...you...you...you...you...did you hear the piano?!" Her voice was slightly trembling with fear, and you could hear her teeth chattering. "How could there still be people at school at this hour...?"

The kitten's soft, babyish meows also sounded slightly trembling.

That was Aicheng Hualian's voice, but it sounded a little different from usual.

She became more lively, and at this moment she lost her usual composure.

Yu Takasaki and Yukina Yuki exchanged a glance: "Aisho-kun?"

"That's Karen-chan's voice, isn't it?" Yuki Setsuna asked in surprise. "Didn't she say she was busy today?"

Why are you bringing a kitten to school so late at night?

Yu Takasaki asked with a hint of curiosity, "It seems like Aijo is looking for something?"

“It’s too dangerous to wander around the school in the middle of the night,” Yuki Setsuna’s sense of responsibility as student council president was burning brightly—on the surface—but in reality, she was extremely curious about whether Aijo Karen was going to that underground theater. “I’ll go and take a look. Yu, you wait for me here.”

"Wait! I'll go with you too..."

The two of them followed behind Ai Cheng Hua Lian.

Their silhouettes were clearly reflected in the eyes of Ayumu Uehara, who was searching for Yu Takasaki.

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Shizuku Sakurazaka sensed that something was off.

“I think I just heard a cat meowing,” she said.

The first-year students, who had secretly put on makeup and dressed up in an empty room, preparing to scare everyone else late at night, now felt a chill creeping up their spines.

"Hiss... Don't say things like that, it's scary!" Nakasu Kasumi, wearing the little devil's horns and originally putting on fangs, couldn't help but rub her arms, goosebumps rising on her skin.

Tennoji Rina, covered by a white sheet, hid what should have been her face: "Could it be Cod?"

“Yes, yes! I remember Ai Cheng said that Xue Bao didn’t want to go home with her and is still at school.” Nakasu Kasumi breathed a sigh of relief after getting a more scientific explanation.

The three first-year students got together and planned to take advantage of the rare opportunity of the training camp to play a little prank on the other members of the club.

I'm putting on makeup now.

Kasumi Nakasu adorned herself with demon horns and fangs, Rina Tennoji planned to dress up as a ghost, and Shizuku Sakurazaka went even further, painting her entire face bluish-white so she looked like a corpse.

The sudden meowing of the cat startled them a little, especially since it was late at night.

"Is Cod still at school during summer vacation?" Rina Tennoji was a little worried about the cat. She took off the sheet covering her head. "I want to go see Cod."

“Come to think of it, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen it,” said Kasumi Nakasu. “Shall we go take a look?”

The kitten's survival skills weren't that strong yet, and she was a little worried.

"Take me with you, Ai-nee!" Miyashita Ai said, appearing behind them at some point. "Ai-nee, I want to go too!"

"Whoa ...

Meanwhile, after Ayumu Uehara left the dormitory room, Asaka Karin, Kanata Omi, and Emma Wilder were also quietly putting on makeup.

How could the second and third graders not know what Xia Zhongxu was thinking?

Because they thought it would be fun, the three of them started researching how to create makeup that would give those people a big surprise.

"But why hasn't he come back for so long?" Asaka Kaori asked, puzzled.

Emma Wilde was also puzzled: "It's been a long time."

"Could it be... that they got lost...?" Omi Kanata wondered.

The three looked at each other, then decided it would be better to go out and look for them.

So, after waiting a while and confirming that the other people wouldn't be back anytime soon, the three people, still wearing their ghost makeup, left the room.

Even though Ai Cheng Hua Lian is usually oblivious, she still felt a little scared in this situation.

The school should have been deserted during summer vacation, but suddenly the smell of cooking filled the air, and piano music drifted from an empty classroom... Hmm? That sounds familiar?

Was it the giraffe's doing?

Normally, Ai Cheng Hua Lian might have already started to back out. But today she had something more important to do; she needed to take Xiao Guang to find the giraffe.

Hikari Kagura can communicate with her by typing on her phone. The cat's paws are a bit clumsy on the screen, not as nimble as human fingers. Hikari's typing speed is also very slow, but Karen Aijo is always very patient with Hikari.

Therefore, she learned that Kagura Hikaru had also come here shortly after parting ways with her.

The timing is about the same, with a difference of only about two days.

Karen Aijo suddenly disappeared inside the Starlight Hall, startling Mahiru Rusaki. The members of Class 99 searched the entire school but couldn't find her. Considering that Hikari Kagura had also been imprisoned in the underground theater before, and that Hikari was an important friend, they sent her a message that same day.

Hikaru Kagura tried to contact the giraffe.

But she didn't actually have any expectations.

Before delivering her final lines in Starlight with Ai Cheng Hua Ren, the giraffe burned herself out for the stage, sacrificing herself as a source of nourishment for the stage girl.

Unexpectedly, the giraffe survived, and although only its skeleton remained, it still managed to meet with Ai Cheng Hua Lian.

Looking back now, it must have been the giraffe's doing that made Kagura Hikaru and Aijo Karen come here.

I owe my transformation into this kitten form to the giraffe.

Kagura Hikaru was not very happy and stayed listlessly in Aijo Karen's arms.

Being a cat is so inconvenient for you to move around...

"Elevator, elevator..." Aicheng Hualian was searching for the passage to the underground theater.

This club activity building has only two floors, but the space on each floor is ridiculously large, living up to its nickname "Nijigasaki International Airport".

In addition to escalators, there are also vertical elevators designed to facilitate the movement of items.

Edison quickly found the elevator and, sure enough, saw the giraffe icon at the top.

Generally speaking, this icon means that it's an elevator that can take them to the underground theater.

So, Karen Aijo carried Kagura Hikari into the elevator.

The elevator doors closed, blocking any sight that might be searching.

Not far away, Yuu Takasaki and Setsuna Yuuki peeked out:

"Why is Aicheng's elevator going downwards? This is the first floor."

"Could it be the basement?"

"Shall we go take a look?"

"Walk?"

So the two of them went up as well.

Strangely enough, even though I had just dropped off Ai Cheng Hua Lian, the elevator doors opened immediately when I pressed the button.

Yu Takasaki nervously swallowed, and followed Yuki Setsuna downstairs.

Thirty seconds later, Ayumu Uehara walked over and entered the elevator.

A minute later, the three first-year students and Miyashita Ai were led over by the giraffe's signpost, and met Asaka Karin and her two friends who were attracted in the same way in front of the elevator.

The two groups of people looked at each other, each finding the other's makeup both terrifying and comical.

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"If you want Kagura Hikari to turn back into a human and return to her original world, there is only one way." The giraffe's voice came from below the theater, its deep, magnetic tone echoing in the empty space and lingering in Aijo Karen's ears.

Aicheng Hualian realized that she was no longer able to reach the stage as soon as she stepped off the elevator, unlike before.

Before her appeared a seemingly endless staircase leading downwards.

She stood on this familiar staircase, below which was a stage bathed in spotlights.

Karen Aijo hugged Hikari Kagura tightly and shouted in the direction the giraffe's voice came from, "What method?"

The giraffe said, "The stage."

"What?" Ai Cheng Hua Lian was stunned.

“Love City, I want to see your brilliance. Countless, like grains of sand in the desert, like stars in the Milky Way…” the giraffe said, his voice gradually becoming more urgent. His usually calm and mature tone, which seemed to be in control of everything, was now full of pleading. “Ah… what I want to see is your brilliance.”

“Starlight has finished its performance, Giraffe.” Ai Cheng Hua Ren simply said, somewhat at a loss, “My shining moment is on my next stage.”

“I know, I understand, I get it,” the giraffe simply said, standing in the shadows, its emerald eyes gazing quietly at the young woman on stage, filled with longing. “You will move on to the next stage, and I will see you off.”

It has burned itself out, but there will always be a new giraffe waiting for the stage girl on the next stage.

But it cannot see that time.