Any luck on your side, Akito?

No, I don't see it anywhere.

<How could it have disappeared...? What do we do...?>

Our valuables may be safe, but not having your dancing shoes is going to be much more problematic.

We don't have time for this. Let's stop and head back to the stage. I'm just gonna have to do the whole thing in what I'm wearing now.

But...

<Oh, it's starting.
This is the opening song, right?>

Yeah...
We gotta go.

Akito...

Hey, Akito, Toya.
We need you to stand by and get ready!

Yeah, got it.

...

<But where on earth could've Akito's shoes gone...?>

I said forget about it.
We can't find them, so there's nothing we can do.

(That did startle me a little, but the show's started, and just need to stay cool for now...)

Huh? Someone's calling me?
Oh, it's Ena...

What is it? I'm a little busy right now. Can't it wait...?

<Akito, did you happen to lose track of where your shoes went? You know, the really flashy ones that you bought the other day?>

How did you...?

<I'm at the festival's HQ tent right now and just happened to spot your shoes here.>

<I'm not really sure how it happened, but I think one of the committee staff brought them over here by accident. That's why I called you.>

Ena, can you bring them to me right now? We're up pretty soon!

<You are? Where are you?>

The outdoor stage for the festival!

<The outdoor stage... Oh, okay.
I'll be there soon!>

Thanks!

Here you go!
I'm still surprised about what happened. Good thing these are so easy to spot.

You're a lifesaver!
Thanks a bunch, Ena.

Don't mention it. Oh, but you owe me some cheesecake later. The most expensive one from that place on Miyamasuzaka will do nicely!

Yeah, got it.

Li'l Bro, Toya! You're in this event?
I'm really looking forward to it!

Good luck to you too, Toya!

Thank you.

Sorry for making you have to deal with this too, Akiyama.

Dude, relax. I'm just glad you actually managed to get them back in time!

And since you did get them back, I'm expecting to see something good, okay?

Well, duh.
Do you know just how much we practiced?

Yeah, I know. You've been coming home completely wiped after all that practice, right?

So you did know...

Of course I know, stupid. We live together, don't we?

But I never thought that you'd be performing on this stage. You seem a lot better than you did back then too.

Back then...?
Wait, you still remember...?

Akito! Toya! You're almost up!

Okay, got it!

Then Mizuki and I are gonna head back. We'll be watching so don't screw up, alright?

You've got this, you two!

(She actually remembered...)

Let's go.

<I'll be cheering for you too!
Go knock their socks off!>

Yeah, let's do this!

Kanade, Mafuyu, we're back!

Welcome back.
The pros haven't started yet, it seems.

Mizuki, did you find your keychain?

Yup, thanks to Ena.

Okay, that's good.
I was starting to get worried since you two were gone for so long.

Sorry about that.
Something else came up and well...

Something else?

Never mind, forget I said that.

Hey, guess what? I just found this out, but Ena's Li'l Bro's performing in the amateur division too.

Ena's brother?

Yeah. This is actually the first time I've seen him sing on stage for real.

Alright, next up is the BAD DOGS!

Look, it's them!

♪——!!

(Whoa...
It's like a totally different vibe now.)

——!! ♪——!

♪——!!

This is so cool!
They're awesome dancers too!

He said that they only usually sing, but they wanted to add in a dance routine just for this event.

Really?
Then it's a good thing we found his shoes, huh?

Yeah, I'm glad we did.

(We've got a good vibe going...)

(It's not what we usually do, but we're singing and dancing pretty well so far.)

(All that practice is really paying off.)

(And next is my solo.
Toya's solo is right after that, so I need to give him a good lead-in...)

————!! ♪————...!

(Nailed it...!
Just stay in sync with Toya now...!)

——! ————!!

These guys are off the hook!!

Yeah, they usually only sing, but it's amazing to see them dance like this too!

Wow... That was awesome!!

Everything's so loud and obnoxious, but I don't entirely dislike this music...

They danced really well too.
It's how they can do that and sing as much as they did at the same time.

(That was good, Akito...)

Alright, one last round of applause for the BAD DOGS!

*Huff*... *Huff*...

We did it, Akito.
The whole place went wild.

Yeah, the last part went like we planned too.

I'm glad we got these shoes too. They made each step feel so much lighter than normal.

Thank goodness you got them back...

Yeah!
I didn't know what I was gonna do back there...

(Hm...?)

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