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

...Huh? It doesn't seem like it's impossible?

Anyway, a banana is a banana. Even if it's only in its first year, it's perfectly fine!

Shiori Mifune looked helpless.

With the approval of the club president, Karen Aijo, and the fact that Shiori Mifune herself had indeed demonstrated exceptional acting skills, she smoothly joined the drama club and became a new member.

Although it seems a bit difficult to juggle both the student council and the drama club, and Shiori Mifune was recently appointed as an executive member of the cultural festival, she is in a very busy situation.

But Aicheng Hualian still believed in her.

After all, this is Nana Ohba, who can handle both A and B class courses!

And Shiori Mifune did indeed help her a lot, making Karen Aijo's life much easier.

Edison Hualian is somewhat amused: she's now a little bit taller than Banana.

Even though it's only two or three centimeters, it's still tall!

Karen Aijo and Shiori Mifune's relationship quickly became intimate, surprising those who knew the two.

In particular, the two of them were discussing moving into the apartment that Karen Aijo was currently renting and even made plans to go for a morning run and stretch together... When Shizuku Sakurazaka, who was also a member of the drama club, heard about this, she was even more surprised.

"...I have a really bad feeling about this!" Shizuku Sakurazaka said gravely, her face grim. "The club president and Mifune-kun, those two are just too strange!"

“Yeah!” Yuki Setsuna sat on the other side of the coffee table, lamenting, “Aijo-kun hasn’t been coming to the club lately! And he’s even taken Mifune-kun away from us…”

How can they still be poaching talent from the student union?!

Uehara Ayumu chuckled awkwardly beside her.

Zhong Lanzhu, who had been pulled over by the three to hold an impromptu strategic meeting, poked at the pearls in her cup: "...Did you call me out just to discuss this kind of thing?"

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"Did you call me out just to discuss this kind of thing?" Zhong Lanzhu didn't understand.

Even if Shiori Mifune, who is a childhood friend, has made friends with others, and Zhong Lanzhu doesn't really have any friends in the strict sense right now... that's no reason for these people in the fan club to drag her along to follow Karen Aijo and Shiori Mifune when they have nothing better to do.

A sudden surge of irritation rose in Zhong Lanzhu's heart. She took a deep breath and tried to get up: "I'm very busy. I don't have time to wander around here. I'd rather use this time to prepare for tomorrow's concert..."

During this time, Chung Lan-chu learned that one could hold a concert alone, so she often performed in empty venues.

Zhong Lanzhu is very talented, but behind her stage presence lies tireless effort and relentless training.

She didn't have time to play house with her friends here.

"Speaking of which, Ranju-chan, do you know when Karen met Mifune-kun?" Yuki Setsuna asked curiously.

She knew that Chung Lan-chu and Mifune Shiori were childhood friends, and chronologically speaking, it was possible that Ai-cheng Karen would also know Chung Lan-chu.

Unexpectedly, upon hearing this question, Zhong Lanzhu's expression changed slightly: "...I don't know Aicheng Hualian."

Ultimately, this Aicheng Karen isn't a school idol; she's just a club president from another club. Why does she have to get to know her?

But if I say that, wouldn't that confirm that I don't understand Shiori at all?

...That's true. No matter how familiar we were before, and how much we used to play together, we've become strangers now.

She didn't even know that her best friend liked school idols and had practiced acting... what kind of best friend is she?

Thinking of this, Zhong Lanzhu felt a pang of bitterness. But the haughty expression she always wore concealed this strange feeling very well.

……never mind.

Zhong Lanzhu, who didn't have many friends, thought she might as well stay here a little longer and learn more about Shiori.

The shiso trees now seem to have changed a lot.

Thus, the stalking alliance formed by Zhong Lanzhu, Sakurazaka Shizuku, and Yuki Setsuna, wearing sunglasses and masks, officially began their tailing activities.

"Karen-chan, speaking of which, that hair accessory hanging on your backpack..." Mifune Shiori stared at the gold and red crown hair accessory dangling from Aijo Karen's backpack, looking somewhat conflicted.

She had actually wanted to ask this for a long time.

Not long before they came into this world, a lot happened on the train that Group 99 took to visit the theater troupe.

It was at that time that Aicheng Hualian officially removed the hair ornament that represented their destiny.

Shiori Mifune is extremely familiar with this hair accessory.

However, just like herself, Hua Lian has completely transformed into a different person since arriving here. There's no way she should still have this familiar hair accessory—even the scratches are exactly the same.

How did this happen?

Did Xiaoguang send it again?

Shiori Mifune was very curious, and this time, when they went out together to purchase materials for making stage props, she finally found an opportunity to speak up.

Karen Aijo followed Shiori Mifune's gaze and scratched her head: "I think Giraffe sent it to me, right? I received it before I first stood on stage as a school idol, 'Momoyo Koyama,' but the mailing address is Otonokizaka..."

Moreover, his handwriting is very similar to Xiaoguang's.

"Huh?" Shiori Mifune asked, puzzled. "You mean Hikaru?"

“Yes, I don’t know where Hikaru is right now.” Aijo Karen seemed somewhat used to it.

Perhaps the giraffes have already sent it back to its original world.

And how should I put it...

"It's very much in Hikaru's style," Shiori Mifune remarked.

"Haha..." Ai Cheng Hualian chuckled dryly, her expression turning dejected.

Shiori Mifune's question stirred up the emotions she had been trying so hard to suppress.

Kagura Hikaru would disappear from her side in the blink of an eye, and although this had happened more than once, Aijo Karen still found it hard to get used to it.

Rather, it's more accurate to say that you absolutely can't get used to this kind of thing...

Karen Aijo, who had been separated from Hikaru Kagura for many years, couldn't help but sigh.

Then, Shiori Mifune opened her coat and hugged her. Although they were about the same height now, and she didn't feel as enveloped as before, she still felt completely at ease: "Hotbanana!"

As the other person's smiling face drew closer, Aijo Karen recalled how Kagura Hikari had been missing for six months once again, and how the other person had taken care of her in the same way.

She sniffed and smiled, "Thank you, banana."

"You're welcome. Seeing Karen-chan looking so dejected makes me want to give you a hug," Mifune Shiori said with a smile. "You're still so lovable, Karen-chan."

"At this point, they've started calling me Karen-chan..."

"After all, it's not in school."

The atmosphere between the two visibly became closer and more familiar.

The hug just now almost made the eyes of the three people following behind pop out.

Yuki Yukina covered her mouth to prevent herself from accidentally screaming, "Wh-wh-wh-wh-wh-wh-what?!"

Hua Lian Jiang, banana...?

These two are so close!

It can't be...

Yuki Setsuna, who has watched many anime, was shocked by the sight of her pupils.

"Could these two be dating?!" She couldn't help but voice the words that had been swirling in her mind.

This drew a surprised look from Shizuku Sakurazaka standing nearby: "What?! The captain is dating Mifune-kun?!"

"I... I was just guessing..." Yuki Yukina stammered, "Because Karen and Mifune were hugging, and the atmosphere was just like in the anime..."

“No one would think that way normally,” Shizuku Sakurazaka tried to argue. “Who would use the standards from anime to judge things, right, Arashi?”

She was just about to find some common ground with Zhong Lanzhu when she turned her head and saw Zhong Lanzhu's shocked and unfocused pupils behind her sunglasses.

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"Shiori actually likes girls? I don't remember her showing any interest in that area before... No, no, she's been much more considerate of me since she came back. Is this the kind of gentleness that HOMOs have towards girls? But how come Shiori has no hint of anything since she got a girlfriend, and she's kept it so secret from me? Does she think I'm the kind of person who would create distance between us because of a friend's sexual orientation...?" Zhong Lanzhu couldn't help but mutter to herself in Chinese, her eyes filled with a wavering that was comparable to a magnitude 9 earthquake.

Even though Shizuku Sakurazaka and Yukina Yuki couldn't understand Chinese, they could completely understand Zhong Lanzhu's shock.

"Lanzhu-san...?" Shizuku Sakurazaka spoke cautiously, interrupting Zhong Lanzhu's thoughts.

Zhong Lanzhu took a deep breath, her chest heaving.

Initially, Zhong Lanzhu thought the head of the drama club was an insignificant passerby, so she didn't pay much attention to him. However, after realizing that he was very likely Mifune Shiori's lover, Zhong Lanzhu sensed something was wrong.

These days, Zhong Lanzhu has been secretly keeping an eye on the school idol club, because the school idol club was the opportunity for her to come to Japan to become a school idol, so she naturally pays close attention to each member.

However, during the promotional activities for the open day, Zhong Lanzhu felt that the club did not align with her ideals and therefore did not choose to join. She prefers to be alone and, due to her personality, doesn't get along well with others, so she doesn't want to join the club and participate in activities with other people.

However, there are still some oddballs within the hobby group.

That's Momoyo Koyama.

A school idol even more mysterious than Yuki Setsuna.

Yuki Setsuna would at least show up at the club during club activities, but since coming to Nijigasaki Academy, Zhong Lanzhu had basically never seen Koyama Momoyo.

Moreover, Momoyo Koyama is a school idol that Shiori Mifune is interested in... A school idol who is admired by her friend must be very strong.

Judging from how often she appears in the fan club... she seems to be an even more aloof school idol than Zhong Lanzhu.

How could Zhong Lanzhu not be curious?

Perhaps, Momoyo Koyama is the ultimate goal that Zhong Lanzhu is pursuing.

However, even though Zhong Lanzhu spent a lot of time searching for the whereabouts of Xiaoshan Momoyo in addition to preparing for the live performance, she still couldn't find any clues about the school idol's whereabouts.

However, in the process of searching for Momoyo Koyama, she discovered that the head of the drama club often hung out with people from the fan club.

Karen Aijo is quite different from Yu Takasaki.