Hot Limit - Comeback Elegy 2

[bakemonoremy]

Location: Meeting Room

Rinne: Allow me to summarize for ya, Anzu-chan!

Aah? You idol wannabes sure look like you’re itchin’ to say, “don’t show up late and then act like you’re in charge here”, huh?

Come at me if you’ve got a problem with that, we’re always down for a fight! Gyahahaha ☆

Kohaku: Are you some kinda yakuza, or what? Ya can’t threaten folks so much; laws have gotten mighty strict nowadays. That goes double for the area around ES.

HiMERU: — Indeed. Regardless of what the truth may be, we have supposedly become good people now, having been reformed through MDM. Or at the very least, we have to pretend to be as such.

This being the official stance from the official announcement, anyhow.

Rinne: Eh~? We’re not pretendin’! We’ve really been reborn as good boys, haven’t we?

And to prove it, we’d like to take on this respectable, orthodox idol job. Ya followin’ me so far, Anzu-chan?

This project’s client is the local government, and it’s some square-ass job that involves being crowd pullers for a summer festival.

Originally this job was supposed to go to Ryuseitai, who did it last year and made it a great success.

But Ryuseitai’s kinda breakin’ down right now, and they’re basically dead in the water, yeah?

From what I heard, their agency’s been makin’ a bunch of shitty decisions, causin’ a schism between those guys, right?

Well, I made it sound all serious, but it’s Ryuseitai we’re talkin’ about here. They’re totally gonna resolve it in some super wholesome way anyhow.

Those guys bounced back from our onslaught with smiles on their faces, and they’ve got some surprising potential. They’re a powerhouse unit that really has it together, y’know?

...Oh? You there, ya got something to say to me? Ahh, the crowd over is all Ryuseitai-N members, huh?

Where’d ya leave your oh-so-splendid seniors and the leader of the N squad, Nagumo or whatever his name was?

Oho, I bet they abandoned ya ‘cause you’re a pretty useless bunch, huh? Gyahaha ☆

— Woah there, don’t go losin’ your shit from just a li’l provocation. That red piece of shit, Morisawa or whatever, is gonna weep in his grave, y’know?

…‘Til the bitter end, that guy was never the type to respond to violence with more violence, or to malice with more malice.

Poor Ryuseitai. If their juniors are gonna be like this, they’ve got a dark future ahead of ‘em for sure.

Niki: Dude, why does it feel like you’re picking a fight with them? This kind of attitude is so inappropriate when you’re here to ask for a job, Rinne-kun!

Rinne: Oh, zip it. Just keep your mouth shut, Niki; it’s a~ll goin’ according to plan.

HiMERU: — Hmm. Presumably, this is a trial from Ryuseitai for these nameless newcomers. Or possibly an initiation.

Kohaku: What d’ya mean by that?

HiMERU: Well, this is mere conjecture, but taking into consideration how none of the five best members of Ryuseitai, who’re famous for being overprotective, are present —

It could mean that the newcomers to Ryuseitai are here to practice getting a job on their own, without relying on their seniors.

Kohaku: Ahh, you fellers made me do something like that a while ago too, didn’t ya.*

HiMERU: Yes. Another possibility is that landing a job by themselves is a condition they need to meet in order to make some sort of demand to their seniors.

Or maybe they want to prove their abilities in order to assuage their seniors’ worries.

HiMERU doesn’t know which of these is correct, but, well, he’d wager it’s something in that ballpark.

Rinne: Gyahaha! In that case, too bad! Your plan is gonna be a complete failure!

‘Cause that job you guys’ve set your eyes on is goin’ to none other than us, Crazy:B!

This shit cracks me up, man!

Ryuseitai always talks all big about bein’ “the shooting stars that grant everyone’s wishes”, but they can’t even grant their own! Pffhahahaha ♪

— But, well, that’s just the way the dice roll. As your elder in the idol industry, let this kind Onii-san teach ya a valuable lesson: The industry ain’t as soft as ya think.

Lil’ babies who can’t even stand up an’ walk without the protection of their guardians should just go back home and cry to their mommies and daddies ♪ Gyahahaha!

Niki: Hrrm. The stuff you say is as awful as it is captivating. Just with those words, you managed to draw the ire of everyone in this room except for us.

Rinne: I don’t mind. Other idols can hate me as much as they like, I don’t give a fuck. We’re not best bosom buddies here; we’re business rivals, got it?

All I did was demonstrate this truth to ‘em in an easy-to-understand way, yeah?

If they stepped in here without the resolve to endure bein’ hurt, threatenin’ ‘em into haulin’ ass outta here is what constitutes real kindness!

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