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Guest translation by Sean

Sora: HaHa~♪ HiHi~♪ HuHu~♪

HeHe~... Ah! Is Sora's laughter bothering you? Sorry! When you're warned, you apologize!

HoHo~, but Sora just can't stay calm when he's quiet, you know~?

If he didn't constantly emit sound waves, like bats and dolphins, he'd feel like he’s losing his grip on a world overflowing with "color".

Shisho~ is always saying stuff like that! Sora doesn't really get it though, because Sora has been this way ever since he was a kid!

Anyway! How was it, Producer? Was the SSVRS comfortable to use?

This is the first time we've had someone not involved in its development touch it, so Sora is really eager to hear your impressions~!

Ahem. "SSVRS" is an abbreviation of "Switch Super Virtual Reality System"~.

Just like you’d guess from its name, it's super cool ☆

The SSVRS is a groundbreaking VR device, developed by the "Information Room", which is also planned to supervise ES's digital sphere!

HaHa~, the development itself had been going on for a really long time though~. Owing to a lack of budget, among many other things, we hadn’t been able to finish it until just now!

However! Shisho~ and Yuuki-sensei negotiated with the ES management and prepared a budget and some staff, and thanks to that…

We finally finished a prototype that even ordinary people can try out! Hard work always prevails~♪

Also, we took on the development and administration of the social media network "WholeHands", and it's been such a success that it looks like the higher-ups have recognised our achievements~. That’s what you call give-and-take!

HiHi~, but if you told Sora to focus on his idol activities rather than system development, he wouldn't have anything to say in his defense.

Hm? You say you know that Sora and the others have also been working hard with our idol activities?

Thank you! Sora is so happy that you’re keeping an eye on us~! When you're happy, you show gratitude!

The Producer is so kind, but it's still okay to scold Sora a little more harshly sometimes~.

Sora has felt like Switch has been able to get together and do idol activities with all three of us less and less lately....

Shisho~ always says stuff like, "Now is the time for preparaTION", and only stops by to work on the SSVRS every now and then…

He seems obsessed with strengthening his status in Yumenosaki Academy, and not ES.

On the other hand, Senpai is always cooped up at ES... Even though he's an idol, all he seems to do is office work— or rather administrative work…

Sora doesn't know which one he should help~. Sora loves both Shisho~ and Senpai, so he wants to be helpful to them, but…

Neither of them tell Sora what to do or how he can help.

Of course, Sora is grateful that they let him do as he likes~...

But both of them are so wrapped up in their own things that they don't even look at Sora... It's like they've forgotten about him. They just leave him alone and make him sad.

HuHu~ Ah! You don't need to look so worried~! Smile, smile! Smiles are the magic that anybody can use~☆

... Really, Sora is okay. Right now, Shisho~ and Senpai are just up to their ears in work because their surroundings have changed.

Before long, we three of Switch will definitely stand on stage together again!

A magical stage befitting of Switch...♪

Anyway! Sora is going to be a good boy, and work hard for a future that is even just a little happier! Firstly, the SSVRS test run~♪

It's a revolutionary tool that enables you to virtually experience idol activities from the viewpoints of us idols!

That's the real charm of VR, but being able to move around in someone else's shoes is already fun by itself~♪

Like, so this is what the world looks like to everyone else!

You can so easily experience things you'd ordinarily have to die and be reborn to do! This is a kind of magic too~♪

You might already know this, Producer, but Sora has synesthesia. Sora apparently thinks and feels things differently from other people.

So, with the SSVRS, Sora will be able to experience and understand the senses of ordinary people... Sora thinks he'll be able to put this to good use in his performances as an idol.

It's sad that people avoid things just because they're different, that they refuse to associate with things just because they're unusual…

That they live separately from others just because they're strangers…

Since we were already so lucky to be able to meet in the same reality like this…

Sora wants to live alongside everyone else! HaHiHuHeHo~☆