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Chapter 3: Comrades in Arms
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The Next Day
crase cafe
crase cafe
An
Well then, let's talk about the event!
Rin
Yeah—! ...C'mon Kohane-chan, you too!
Kohane
Ah? Y-Yeah—!
Akito
Right, we've gotta decide a bunch of stuff. First off—
Len
Me first, me first! Let's choose a live house! If the venue is boring no one'll talk about it!
Luka
You're right— What is there other than that? What date and time to host it?
KAITO
Even if we choose a time, Luka, you have a tendency to be late anyways.
Luka
Ahaha! Yeah, I end up taking it way too easy~
Akito
Guys, keep it down. We're not getting anywhere like this.
Miku
You're right. This is about their event. Let's leave them to it and think about our own event.
MEIKO
In that case, perhaps we should list out everything we need to decide? I'll write down anything Len and the others come up with.
Toya
I see... We should also compile some notes.
Toya
The venue, the date. And also—the participants.
Akito
You're right. I already have an idea for the live house—
Akito
So for now, let's start by thinking about the participants.
Akito
If the performers half-ass it, we won't be able to recreate that vibe.
Toya
That's true... I agree. Let's think about the participants first.
Kohane
But, I wonder who we should perform with?
An
Obviously, we gotta choose musicians who also aspire to surpass RAD WEEKEND!
An
Other than that—they've gotta pour their heart and soul into singing! We can't forget that.
Toya
That's rather idealistic... The only people who meet those requirements—
Toya
Our first candidate, it'd definitely be Touno-san.
Kohane
I agree. His singing is really incredible...!
An
More importantly, he's serious about trying to surpass RAD WEEKEND!
Toya
...Akito, what do you think?
Akito
—Don't worry, I was thinking the same thing.
Akito
There's no one else who can sing that well and has the determination to match. He's perfect for our event.
Akito
But...I'm not sure if he'd agree to do it.
Len
What do you mean?
Akito
I'm talking about whether or not he'd think there's any merit in joining our event.
Toya
...From what I've heard, Touno-san has often received invitations to some very high level events. So when you say he might not see much reason to participate, I understand.
Kohane
I see... Now that you say it, that might be true.
An
But, we don't know until we ask, right? Who knows, he might be way more willing than we think!
Akito
Well, yeah, I guess. There's no use worrying about it now.
Akito
Then, let's reach out to him.
Toya
Got it. Is there anyone else you'd like to reach out to?
Toya
If you'd like to recreate the vibe of RAD WEEKEND, it would be beneficial to have about the same number of participants. ...We would want at at least two more teams.
An
Hmm— But thinking about it, are there people out there who are also aspiring to surpass RAD WEEKEND like us and Arata…
Akito
…Well, let’s start with things that we can do first.
Toya
Meaning—
Akito
Let’s go invite Touno.
Shibuya Park
Akito
...Right. Let's get searching. He's usually singing at the bigger live house round here, so if we just go to a few of those, we should be able to find him.
Kohane
You're right. Um, but in Touno-san's case, we should be able to search for information about where he's been...hmmm—
Kohane
I looked up whether or not Touno-san's been at events, but apparently there hasn't been much information recently.
An
I wonder what's up? It might just be that he hasn't been participating in a lot of stuff recently...Ah, or since he lost to Uncle, he might be out training or something!?
???
Ahaha, I'm not out training.
Kohane
Eh? Could that voice be...
Arata
Hey, doing well, Vivid BAD SQUAD?
Akito
Touno!?
Akito
(To think he'd approach us, right when we were gonna go find him...)
Toya
Touno-san, what are you doing at a place like this?
Arata
Ah, I wanted to ask you all a favor. I was looking for you.
Toya
A...favor?
Arata
Yeah. Earlier, I heard from some customers of WEEKEND GARAGE that you guys are planning to host an event soon, right?
Arata
That event—would you mind letting me participate?
Akito
...Huh?
An
Eh? You really wanna!?
Arata
Yeah. If you're okay with that.
Akito
(We're so okay with it that we were planning to invite you. It's like a dream come true, but...)
Akito
—What made you wanna join our event?
Akito
Someone like you has been invited to bigger events.
Arata
Of course, but it's because I thought I would be able to gain something from doing this with you.
Akito
Suspicious as usual...
Toya
Akito, we were planning to ask him anyway. There's no reason to refuse him.
Akito
...Yeah, that's true. In that case—we'd be glad to have you.
Arata
Alright. Thanks for having me.
An
I'm so glad! Let's make this a great event!
Kohane
Um...thank you very much!
Arata
Of course. By the way...have you decided on any of the other participants? I'd like to know the other members if possible.
An
We actually haven't decided yet~
An
We wanna do this with other people who wanna surpass RAD WEEKEND! But it's hard to find people like that...
Arata
RAD WEEKEND...
Arata
Then, how about EVER?
Kohane
EVER? EVER, like the one we went up against at STAY GOLD...?
Arata
Yeah. I talked to them recently, and I heard they've been doing activities with the goal of surpassing RAD WEEKEND.
Akito
Why so suddenly—
Arata
Well, shouldn't you ask them that?
Toya
...If the possibility is there, it wouldn't be a bad idea to try speaking with them.
An
I agree! EVER's members are friendly with some customers at our cafe, so I'm sure I could get their contact info if I asked!
Kohane
Then, we should try to meet up with them as soon as we can.
Toya
Yeah.
Akito
...
Akito
(That's weird...)
Akito
(Touno went out of his way to ask to participate, and went out of his way to give us information... Was he always this cooperative?
Akito
(Well, I'm sure he just wants to make the event he's in a success, but...)
Akito
(...I really can't tell what's going through his head.)