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

However, since Zhong Lanzhu has stepped forward, I will simply appreciate it.

"Attention everyone! (in Chinese)"

"Going back like this would be a waste!"

"Next up is the debut performance of school idol Zhong Lanzhu!"

"Let the beginning of this legend be deeply imprinted in your heart!"

Zhong Lanzhu raised her voice.

Although I couldn't quite understand the first two sentences of Chinese, the rest of the lines were really well-received, Zhong Lanzhu.

Karen Aijo crossed her arms—a habit she'd picked up from her role as head of the drama club, a small, distinctive habit—and gazed at the proud, unrestrained girl on the second-floor stage.

"You're truly dazzling, Zhong Lanzhu." Aicheng Hualian's eyes widened slightly, and her tone rose slightly.

“Truly dazzling,” Shiori Mifune remarked casually.

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Zhong Lanzhu's impromptu performance was a great success.

Although the first public performance at Nijigasaki Academy was a last-minute replacement and had not been planned beforehand, it was still a perfect success.

The preparations and hard work involved are evident to everyone.

Taking advantage of Chung Lan-chu's performance, the fan club promptly copied the promotional video, managing to complete the promotion within the final deadline.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Lanzhu, school rules prohibit singing outside the lecture hall," Mifune Shiori reminded Zhong Lanzhu after the event, noticing the commotion she had caused.

Zhong Lanzhu's smug expression immediately fell: "...Huh? But everyone was happy, right?"

"No matter the reason, once you become a student of Nijigasaki, you have to write a letter of self-criticism. Remember to hand it in within a week." Mifune Shiori was businesslike and didn't give her childhood friend much leeway.

However, she added reassuringly, "If you're going to write a self-criticism, just explain what happened today clearly; there's no word limit."

Zhong Lanzhu gets a headache whenever she hears about a written apology.

After finishing her sentence, Shiori Mifune left, leaving the members of the fan club alone.

"This armband...you're the student council member from earlier."

Shiori Mifune had just finished maintaining order at the scene and was about to go to the student council president to discuss the next steps when she heard a voice behind her.

The familiar, slightly deep voice startled her for a moment.

Turning around instinctively, Mifune Shiori saw Aijo Karen, who had just come up from the first floor, standing at the top of the stairs.

"Senior." Shiori Mifune nodded to the other person while holding the documents in her hands.

Having only heard a brief snippet before, Karen Aijo couldn't quite discern Shiori Mifune's voice, but now, upon hearing it again...

It looks exactly like a banana.

But Edison Chen didn't really think too much about it.

Because Yuki Setsuna and Tomoe's voices are almost identical, yet they are completely different people, and given this precedent, Aijo Karen naturally wouldn't easily assume that there's any connection between Mifune Shiori and Ooba Nana.

Hearing the familiar voice, she simply nodded to the younger man before heading over to find the other members of the club.

Shiori Mifune watched her departing figure, looking slightly puzzled.

If it were Karen-chan, she shouldn't be reacting like this...?

Did I make a mistake?

She felt a little sorry.

"Mifune-san," the student council president, who had walked over unnoticed, looked at the interaction between the two women and the strange atmosphere, quite puzzled, "Do you know Aijo-san?"

"...Huh?" Shiori Mifune thought she had misheard. "Aijo?"

"So you don't know Karen?" Yuki Yukina said, also puzzled. She'd noticed the subtle tension between the two earlier and wondered what was going on...

"President," Shiori Mifune said, her tone slightly anxious, "was that senior's name 'Karen Aijo'?"

Yuuki Yukina was startled: "Eh? Yeah. She's the president of the drama club, Aijo Karen, a second-year student in the general studies department... You really don't know her?"

Shiori Mifune's attention was no longer on the conversation; her eyes lit up, and her previously reserved emotions were now completely undisguised.

...

Zhong Lanzhu did not join the club, but decided to operate as a solo individual.

Although everyone in the fan club is an individual idol, it's rare to see someone like Zhong Lanzhu who hasn't even joined a club.

Moreover, this young lady practically issued a challenge to everyone, determined to compete with the fan club on the school idol festival stage and become the most popular school idol.

This matter only reached Edison Hualian's ears later.

The drama club hadn't had any activities planned, and they were just going to do some basic training as usual, but...

"...A new member interview?" Karen Aijo received a message from Shizuku Sakurazaka. She was originally in the club room listening to Kasumi Nakasu complain about Chung Ranju's straightforwardness when her phone suddenly vibrated, asking her to go back to the club room.

Shizuku Sakurazaka hesitated a bit: "Because she's a transfer student who arrived recently, she missed the club's unified recruitment period, but she seems really eager to join, club president..."

Love City Hualian is lost and confused.

However, this is understandable.

The interview for new members still requires her, as the department head, to be present.

So Aicheng Hualian immediately bid farewell to the members of the fan club and quickly appeared in the drama club.

Pushing open the door, she saw a first-year student with black hair, red eyes, and a fang standing in front of the mirror, curiously looking around the drama club room. The sound of Aijo Karen entering caught her attention; she turned around and gave Aijo Karen a gentle smile.

The familiar face that wanted to join startled Karen Aijo: "...Mifune-kun?"

“It’s me, Aijo-senpai.” Mifune Shiori had a faint smile on her face, seemingly even more enthusiastic than when they had met before.

There's something strange about Edison Chen's love life that I can't quite put my finger on.

Especially being called "senior" by that voice...

"Isn't Mifune a member of the student council? Why would she want to join the drama club?" Karen Aijo was very confused.

Student council work is already demanding, and Shiori Mifune is supposedly in charge of the cultural festival, so she should be incredibly busy right now. Why would she choose to join the drama club...?

Although Karen Aicheng isn't too bothered by recruiting a ghost member, after all, she herself is a ghost member of the club.

A smile appeared on Shiori Mifune's face.

That was a gentle, tolerant expression.

Seeing that smile, Ai Cheng Hua Lian's eyes twitched.

That sense of familiarity was practically beating her brain, but something was always missing, unable to break through that final layer of mist.

“Hmm… If I had to say why, it’s because I love the stage,” Shiori Mifune said. “The Starlight stage… I’d really love to do it with Aijo-senpai again.”

Upon hearing the keyword "starlight," Karen Aicheng nearly fell off her chair.

"Banana?!" she exclaimed in surprise.

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"Banana?!" Karen Aijo nearly fell off her chair. She stared at her friend with an unfamiliar face in front of her, almost speechless.

Wait a moment……?

So this really is the Banana I know? Not just the voice?

Shizuku Sakurazaka, standing nearby, looked bewildered: "Captain? Banana is...?"

"Banana was my old nickname, right, Aijo-senpai?" Mifune Shiori smiled and mischievously emphasized the pronunciation of "senpai," which landed on Aijo Karen, who should have been a classmate from the 99th class, causing her face to flush.

Aijo Karen hurriedly explained, "Y-yes, that's right, hahaha, because we were friends before... Banana, could you come here for a moment?"

"Okay, Ai-Cheng-senpai."

...Stop calling yourself that!

Love City Hua Lian always felt more awkward and teased when the other person called her that than pleased her with respect.

“So Aijo-senpai and I arrived here around the same time.” Under the guise of Mifune Shiori, Ooba Nana smiled.

After learning a little about the situation, she realized that coming to Nijigasaki was a good choice.

She really found love in the city... Although their appearances are different now than before, the familiarity they give each other makes it impossible to mistake one another.

Aijo Karen felt her face burning up. She pleaded, "Please don't call me senpai anymore, banana..."

When her pleading expression, combined with the endearing naiveté of Aijo Karen on the usually stern face of the drama club president, was so charming that even Mifune Shiori couldn't help but smile.

However, the aloof Shiori Mifune refused: "No, Karen-senpai."

"...Huh? Why?"

“Anyway, I’m a first-year student now, and you’re a second-year student… I feel really awkward if I don’t use honorifics.” Mifune Shiori said seriously.

Karen Aijo: "...Where did you find this kind of setting?!"

This is Shiori Mifune's serious nature; even with the addition of Nana Oba, it won't be forcibly changed.

"Besides, when Ai Cheng was still at Shengxiang, wasn't he often revered by the younger generation? I thought you should have gotten used to that title by now."

"Is...is there?" Ai Cheng Hua Lian looked bewildered.

In third grade, she didn't care about these things. Facing graduation and with Hikaru dropping out of school, she was in a long period of confusion, and the excitement she would have felt at being called a senior by a junior was greatly diminished.

Upon reflection, it's more accurate to say there was practically none.

Shiori Mifune flashed Banana's signature smile and said lightly, "Of course! Although you may not have noticed it yourself, third-year student Karen Aijo is a superb actress, has good grades, and is very beautiful. She often has a pitiful and melancholic expression... She's super popular among the juniors."

"Whoa ...

"Even if you haven't realized it yourself, in the eyes of your juniors, you are already an outstanding graduate who attracts everyone's attention," Mifune Shiori said with a smile. "And hasn't Aijo-senpai done quite well since he came here?"

"That's true...no! But it really feels weird for you to call me senpai, banana..." Karen Aijo almost got away with it. She wanted to cling to Shiori Mifune and act spoiled. It was rare to have someone she knew so well who she could act cute with, but she was just a junior...