A super great writer in the second dimension

　"What beautiful music..."

　She could hardly believe that a drunkard's fingers could be so dexterous.

　An elegant melody drifted through the air, captivating Yukino Yukinoshita.

　The musical style suddenly shifted, changing from "Happy or Sad" to "BADAPPLE".

　Although Yukino Yukinoshita couldn't understand the song or know where it came from, she thought it was very beautiful.

　Her hands danced across the piano keys as if she were waltzing.

　After seven notes, the sudden transition began again.

　BADAPPLE has become the ultimate sadistic girl.

　Yukino Yukinoshita's face trembled, the slow shaking quickly turning into a rapid one, causing her blood pressure to rise continuously.

　The final demon girl in Sanzenin Arashi's hands suddenly paused, and the music style changed again.

　—Senbonzakura (Thousand Cherry Blossoms).

　—The Divine Song of Drawing the Sword.

　The half-hour solo concert ended, but Yukino Yukinoshita was still immersed in the ever-changing musical style. With a little knowledge of music, she was already captivated by it.

　The final version of the "Demon Girl" performance, played in one and a half minutes, has finally sobered up Sanzenin Arashi.

　Having emerged from the world of extravagance and debauchery, Sanzenin Arashi sat down next to Yukino Yukinoshita.

　"Um... why did you suddenly play the piano for me?" the girl suddenly asked.

　Sanzenin Arashi replied, "I want to have a chat with my future sister."

　..

224. Love Live!

　The next morning, Sanzenin Arashi sent Kafuu Chino to an elementary school.

　Emperor Sanzenin liked the little girl very much, staring at her with the eyes of someone looking at a junior, and couldn't help but want to come up and play games with Chino.

　As a result, the world's most powerful elderly man was left speechless and bewildered.

　The school happens to be located in Kyoto, and a special service provider (SP) will pick her up and drop her off every day. Since today is her first day, Sanzenin Arashi took her there.

　Although she is seven years old, Chino is in the second grade. She is very smart and her grades are excellent.

　After dropping him off at the classroom door, Sanzenin Arashi glanced inside to make sure Chino was seated, but then a familiar face entered his field of vision.

　The little girl had short, jet-black hair, wine-red eyes, and a small, slender waist.

　Upon seeing this, Sanzenin Arashi laughed.

　Yazawa Himeka also attended this elementary school.

　Moreover, she and Chino are deskmates.

　The two classmates who sat next to each other debuted as school idols in elementary school. I wonder what kind of expression Nico would have if this younger sister completely surpassed Yazawa Nico.

　Sanzenin Arashi thought with a wicked sense of humor.

　"Hmm, the two little girls are so cute, chatting and laughing. Sanzenin Arashi glanced at them and then left the school."

　Let the young girls discuss matters among themselves.

　Driving his own Aston Martin, Sanzenin Arashi was also holding a huge bank card in his hand.

　There are 800 million yen in it, which is the total revenue of NNV Studio to date. He used this card to register a company yesterday, a game company, which is actually just a game division under NNV Studio.

　This game division, along with NNV Studio, belongs to Nico Nico Douga and will be the first step for Arashi Sanzenin in managing artificial intelligence.

　After completing the asset registration at the bank, Sanzenin Arashi dialed Nishikawa Jun's number.

　Well, with the resources provided by the Nishikawa family, who are in the entertainment industry, organizing a LoveLive project shouldn't be a problem, right?

　The call was answered quickly.

　"Hello, Professor Aoyama," Nishikawa Hayato said politely.

　Sanzenin Arashi was quite pleased to hear this title. Yesterday, he had only expressed that he didn't like people knowing his thoughts, and Nishikawa Hayato was very clever today by not mentioning the Sanzenin surname.

　Let's leave everything unsaid.

　We're all smart people, there's no need for us to act stupid.

　"Nishikawa, is your house ready?" Sanzenin Arashi asked casually.

　Nishikawa's voice immediately became excited, "Your request is my top priority! Actually, the head of the family spoke with me last night... My grandfather has already decided to designate me as the second heir, I really don't know what to say to you..."

　"Only second?" Sanzenin Arashi asked abruptly.

　A gasp came from the microphone, "...Teacher Aoyama..."

　Nishikawa lowered his voice: "I was originally lower in the line of succession than my two younger sisters and one older sister, but now I've been promoted to second place, which is already a huge favor. I... I plan to rely on my own performance to win everything that belongs to me!!"

　Sanzenin Arashi feigned a smile and said, "Remember, Nishikawa, your family background is very weak. You've been playing since you were little and haven't participated in family affairs. The core members have also neglected you, so you don't even have your own team. You're still weak and alone. Do you understand what I'm saying?"

　"Yes! I will definitely do my best! As long as..."

　Nishikawa spoke with absolute certainty, but Sanzenin Arashi interrupted him with a sly smile, feigning friendliness, "Nishikawa, your backer is me, understand? The surname Sanzenin is your backer. You think you're inferior to your own brothers? No, you've got it backwards. Among all your brothers, your power is the strongest because I stand behind you, understand?"

　Hayato Nishikawa swallowed hard. "Yes, the family has made me resign from my paperback job. Actually, there's also... the sales revenue from Sword Art Online. My grandfather told me to return it all to you intact. So, what should I do next?"

　Sanzenin Arashi knew immediately that this person already regarded her as his backbone, so he smiled sincerely and said, "Let's meet somewhere. I want to invest in something, something in the entertainment industry."

　"Yes, I'll arrange it. This is such a small matter, Mr. Aoyama, you don't need to do it. We'll just stay here..."

　"No, Nishikawa, let's choose an easy place."

　……

　In the coffee shop downstairs from the NNV studio, Sanzenin Arashi and Nishikawa sat facing each other.

　"Starting today, you are my employee."

　"Yes, Professor Aoyama."

　Sanzenin Arashi asked, "Are you familiar with the procedures for entertainment companies?"

　“I only have a superficial understanding, but I know people I’m familiar with. My family has a relevant team, and there are professional headhunting firms that handle investments. I couldn’t get them to do anything before, but now…” Sensing the change in his status, Xi Chuan revealed a smug expression, “I can definitely hire professionals to handle these things.”

　"What's the tone?" Sanzenin Arashi asked, not wanting a situation where a big mouth would spread things around.

　Unfortunately, such people are constantly emerging in the entertainment industry, and the number is increasing year by year.

　There are idiots every year, but there seem to be more this year than ever.

　"Absolutely reliable, don't worry, Professor Aoyama, there will be absolutely no disclosure. So where is the plan? I will definitely find the best candidate!" Nishikawa assured him.

　"Have you heard of SchoolIdol magazine?" Sanzenin Arashi nodded and said, "It's an untapped resource; this magazine only appeared this year."

　"I've heard of it, but my family has never valued it. Being a school idol gives people a very low-class impression, so..."

　"To put it simply, what I want to do is connect SchoolIdol with the world of anime and manga." Sanzenin Arashi squinted. "I'm going to hold an event, a SchoolIdol event."

　Nishikawa carefully memorized it.

　Sanzenin Arashi also thought about it last night and realized that UTX's ARise group's popularity skyrocketed to the level of top idols because they won their first LoveLive competition.

　In other words, without the LoveLive event, ARise would always have remained a second-tier idol group.

　Then it's even less likely that μ's members will aspire to ARise and commit to the idol path.

　The ultimate conclusion is that the rise of the School Idol industry is largely due to the LoveLive event. Through this media, many people became aware of this new type of star, the school idol.

　By holding the rights to host LoveLive, one can say that they control the rise and fall of the school idol industry.

　If the dream of the high school sports club is Koshien (the national championships), then the dream of the idol club is LoveLive.

　Nishikawa thought for a moment and quickly said, "That's no problem at all. The difficulty of this kind of event lies in its authority and publicity. For example, events organized by small idol companies don't attract many participants, while a single sentence from a large idol company can trigger countless second-tier idols to speculate. However, I can guarantee that the SchoolIdol LoveLive project will achieve maximum reach."

　Sanzenin Arashi nodded in satisfaction.

　If artificial intelligence is the first step in bringing anime to life, then creating idols is now the next link in the chain.

　A chain that connects the three-dimensional and two-dimensional worlds.

　..

225. Let's be elementary school students!!!

　Nishikawa took a sip of coffee to calm himself down.

　Sanzenin Arashi is a master storyteller. When explaining the prospects of an industry, he is actually telling a fictional story. No one knows the future, and his arguments are all based on empty talk.

　He made Xichuan eager to try.

　"So School Idol has such potential..." Nishikawa thought to himself, as expected of the eldest son of the Sanzenin family, he has such keen insight.

　According to Sanzenin Arashi's description, idols, games, anime, and so on—anything in the entertainment industry that involves the leisure sector—can actually be integrated.

　Integration means connecting them through various channels.

　Idols and anime are a given. LoveLive from the previous life is the most successful example. This idol group, composed of voice actors and singers, even entered national-level concerts like the Kohaku Uta Gassen.

　To put it simply, μs's achievement of getting into the Kouhaku Uta Gassen (Red and White Song Battle) is like a voice actor who does online voice acting getting into the Spring Festival Gala.

　Moreover, μs is an independent stage.

　Only a handful of people have achieved this feat; Nana Mizuki is one, and Linked Horizons, the singer of the Attack on Titan opening theme, is another.

　Then there's μs.

　Therefore, Sanzenin Arashi had no doubt about the feasibility of this plan.

　He said, "Our current problem is that SchoolIdol is a promising project, but we don't have the right people for it."

　This is a gold mine, but we don't have the tools to mine it.

　The existing SchoolIdol is at best a small shovel, and it is far from being able to fully tap into the potential customers in the market.

　The lack of vigorous promotion is a problem, but not the cause.

　This gold, which represents our clients, is hidden in a very clever location and requires extensive digging.

　You've probably heard of the ARISE group from UTX, yes, I'm talking about them. Their shovels aren't the best, but they're usable.

　Upon hearing this, Xi Chuan felt a sense of unease creeping into his heart.

　Are our talent scouts going to schools to poach talent?

　It would be strange if they weren't kicked out.

　"Should we use those three people from A'RISE?" Nishikawa asked doubtfully.

　“I know what you’re thinking.” Sanzenin Arashi smiled. “Of course we need to use them, but we also need to launch our own school idols. To be honest, for us, the only thing we need to observe is their strength, not their background.”

　I don't play by the unspoken rules, and you're not allowed to either.

　I believe that a piece of raw jade needs to be polished from its most original state in order to radiate its most dazzling brilliance.

　My goal is to promote school idols worldwide, so my choice is...

　Primary school student!

　"Huh...?!" Nishikawa's eyes widened instantly. "Aoyama-sensei, you're going to recruit elementary school students...?!"

　Sanzenin Arashi suddenly changed the subject, "Do you hate children?"

　Nishikawa shook his head. "I don't dislike it, I kind of like it."

　Sanzenin Arashi asked, "Do you like bratty kids?"

　“This…” Nishikawa was taken aback, a bad expression appearing on his face: “I really hate it!”

　Sanzenin Arashi smiled.

　He looked at Xichuan: "Have you ever met a child in real life who isn't a brat?"

　Nishikawa shook his head.

　He raised his hands in surrender, saying, "Never seen them before! They're all utterly despicable!"

　"That's simple. We can create a child that everyone likes, and make everyone like her, right?"