*Exhale*
Next is this room, yes?

Everything for the living room's all unpacked, but a lot of the boxes for the other rooms still haven't been opened.

Right, and we have all of our streaming equipment to think about... It may take us quite a bit of time to get fully organized around here.

Still... This is pretty fun.
We're really getting to set up our home base like this.

Yes, it is! I know we're not moving in per se since we don't plan on living here or anything...

However, this is the start of a new chapter for us. We're still just unpacking what we need at the moment, but I'm very excited.

Hehe. Me too!

Also, we couldn't have gotten this place at a better time...

What do you mean?

I'll give you more details tomorrow, but the offers have been flowing in since Mr. Arimura's show aired...

So, if we hadn't found this place when we did, we probably wouldn't have had any time to go house hunting.

Really...?!
We've been receiving that many offers?

In terms of brand-new ones, I'd say about double what we'd been receiving until now.

And on top of group offers, each of you has been receiving your own appearance offers!

Our own offers...?

I see...
I suppose it's only natural for more of those to be coming in...

Is something wrong?

No, there's nothing wrong.
It's just a small thought.

But I feel like we've been doing less and less streams together after we started receiving more offers to appear on our own...

Quite a few people have also been commenting on that lately. They'd ask where Haruka is when she's off somewhere else, or saying how they were hoping to see Minori.

Which is why I'm sort of worried that we're going to disappoint everyone if those kinds of things continue to happen.

Oh...

But I also understand that we need to keep receiving more work in order to increase our name recognition. It's become such a difficult puzzle...

Shizuku...

Yes, it is common for gaps to form between a group and their oldest fans as their fame increases...

However...

I wouldn't worry about that.

Wait, why not...?

Because everyone in MORE MORE JUMP! is really amazing. You, in particular, Shizuku...

Someone's calling. Is it your phone that's ringing, Saito...?

Oh, it might be Airi calling back about the offer she received earlier. Sorry, I need to take this!

(I wonder what she was going to say just now...)

(Still, it seems like Saito has already fully settled in as our manager.)

(And she hasn't actually been with us that long yet. It's truly remarkable how much we can count on her.)

(I mean, even when it came to finding a place to call the MORE MORE HOUSE, she found a good real estate agency while far away at home.)

Wait, right now?!

No, um... That's okay.
I agree that we should discuss this in person, so... Yes, okay. I'll see you in a little bit. Bye.

Uhh... Sorry, Shizuku, but I...

Did something happen?

It isn't all that serious.
But I'm going to need to step out for a bit to deal with something regarding this one offer Airi received.

Oh, I see.

Please, don't mind me.
After all, our original plan for today was to chat, have some tea and maybe unpack a few boxes together.

*Sob*
I'm really sorry! It was an absolute honor to unpack boxes with you today, Shizuku...

I promise to make time again another day!
So, I hope you'll be willing to have me then!

Hehe. I'll be looking forward to it. Also...

Thank you for always doing your best for us. Please stay safe out there.

...?!?!

Sh-Shizuku's idol smile!
I couldn't have asked for a better send-off...!

This is better than any energy drink!
Wish me luck! I promise to do my best!

Yes, good luck!

Hehe. She's so funny when she gets all excited like that...

Anyway...

It's still too early to go home, so I think I'll do a little more unpacking before I do.

Airi said that I didn't have to worry about any of the equipment, so I'll try sorting out our home décor and...

<Oh, perfect! Shizuku's here!>

Huh?

Rin? Luka...?

You two sound very excited about something. May I ask what?

<There's something we need you to see right now, Shizuku.>

<Yeah, you gotta come over to SEKAI!>

What...?