Reborn Girl, Journey to All Worlds

Chapter 285 Venus Grand Prix Semifinals

The next morning, after saying goodbye to Shizuku who had gotten up early, Xue left Kamakura and returned to Tokyo.

After finishing the dubbing in the afternoon, it was a little earlier than usual, so Xue decided to walk to the Venus Grand Prix semi-final venue not far from the dubbing studio to watch the live performance of the idol group "Moonlight Storm" in which her good friend Kotono was a member.

However, on the way, Xue met an acquaintance whom she had not seen for a long time.

"Snow?"

"Xiangzi, long time no see~"

Looking at the brown-haired, brown-eyed girl in front of her wearing headphones, Xue showed a surprised expression.

"It's really you, long time no see~" Like Xue, the girl named Yamate Kyoko showed the same expression.

"How are you? How are you doing lately?"

"It's pretty good. How about you, Xue? Have you been busy lately?"

"It's okay. I only have one TV anime dubbing job to do right now, but next month will be pretty busy."

After hearing what Xue said, our classmate Xiangzi was a little curious, but he didn't ask any more questions.

"By the way, Hibiki, are you getting ready to go home after school?"

"Yes, what about you, Xue?" Xiangzi nodded.

"By the way... Hibiki, you should know about the Venus Grand Prix, right?"

"I know, it's that famous idol competition."

The other family is also an insider in the entertainment industry, so they naturally know about the Venus Grand Prix.

"Yes, my good friend Kotono Nagase will be participating in today's semi-finals, and I'm going to cheer her on."

"I see..." Xiangzi nodded.

……

After saying goodbye to Xiangzi, Xue went straight to the venue. After showing the Xingjian Agency staff certificate that she had prepared long ago, she successfully entered the agency staff seat inside the venue.

"Everyone."

Hearing this familiar voice, Makino, the president of Hoshimi Agency, Shinji Saegusa, and everyone from "SUNNY PEACE" turned around and were stunned.

Seeing this, Xue smiled and took off her glasses, and everyone suddenly understood.

"It's you, Xiaoxue."

"Today is the day of the Moonlight Storm semi-finals, how could I be absent~"

"Besides, I also want to see Kotono and the others in person and see how well Moonlight Storm can perform the song I wrote."

Sitting down next to "SUNNY PEACE", Xue spoke.

"Are you...Alicia, Starsky's ace?"

Next to Shinji Saegusa, a middle-aged man with black hair and glasses looked at Xue.

"Hello, President Kyoichi Asakura of VAN Agency."

Xue had met this man who looked very silent and calm once before.

"Love, look at that girl who just came in, is she Miss Alicia, the lead singer of Arknights?"

Sitting not far away, a girl who looked like a pink-black girl looked at her companion.

"No, it can't be wrong!"

For a moment, the dark green-haired girl became a little excited. She didn't expect to see her idol here.

"Quiet, the show is about to begin."

Beside them, a woman who looked like her agent or producer stopped the conversation between the two.

The first to take the stage were Moonlight Storm's opponents, LizNoir's Rio Kanzaki and Aoi Igawa.

I have to say that both of them are at exactly the right level, and their cooperation with each other can be said to be perfect.

"Interesting...a perfect match."

Xue narrowed her eyes slightly. She would not hesitate to praise anyone she approved of, even if they were her rivals.

"..."

Hearing Snow, the strongest professional idol, say this, the members of "SUNNY PEACE" immediately started to get nervous for their fellow members of "Moonlight Storm".

"coming…"

After the performance of "LizNoir", "Moonlight Storm" took the stage amid the cheers of the crowd.

Looking at the performances of everyone on the stage, Xue's eyes suddenly lit up.

Although the overall style of "Moonlight Storm" is different from that of "LizNoir", their level is even better than the former.

"It was an excellent performance. It seems the song I wrote was not in vain~"

Hearing this, Makino and everyone in "SUNNY PEACE" couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Now that Xue said that, the chances of winning should have increased a lot.

"Will the one who advances to the finals be LizNoir, who advanced to the finals in the previous competition, or the rising star, Moonlight Storm?"

"The outcome of fate will be announced soon!"

As the host spoke, everyone present felt their hearts in their throats.

The rating system on the big screen began to jump left and right wildly.

"The team that advanced to the finals is..."

The next second, the ticking stopped, and what appeared on the screen was Kotono and the others, the "Moonlight Storm" from the Hoshimi Agency.

“…Moonlight Storm!!!”

Upon hearing the result of the competition, Kotono immediately showed a surprised expression, and the other four people beside her directly hugged Kotono.

Of course, they were not the only ones who were excited to this extent, but also everyone from "SUNNY PEACE" in the audience.

"…Um?"

Xue wanted to say something, but somewhere in the scene, Mana's unstable soul caught her attention.

"Makino-san"

"!"

Hearing the voice suddenly echoing in his mind, Makino was stunned for a moment, then realized it was Xue's voice.

"What's wrong, Snow?"

"Mana-san isn't feeling well, you go first, I'll be there soon."

Hearing this, Makino instantly realized something and found an excuse to leave the audience, while Xue also created a clone and followed him.

"Mana!"

Looking at Mana, whose body had become extremely transparent, Makino suddenly became anxious.

"I'm fine, I won't disappear..."

Mana was breathing heavily. She was a soul, but now she was so weak.

"..."

Xue's clone walked out of the void and snapped his fingers, and time suddenly came to a standstill.

"Xiaoxue..."

Mana was somewhat surprised to see Xue's figure, although her current condition did not allow her to show a surprised expression.

"Is the weight of the soul gradually decreasing..."

As the clone spoke, he held Mana's right hand and began to infuse the power of the soul into Mana's body.

Gradually, the pain on Manai's face eased a lot.

"Mana-san, are you feeling better?"

"…Much better, thank you."

Mana looked at the clone and thanked him softly.

"Xiaoxue, what's going on with Mana..."

Compared to his previous guess, Makino obviously believed more in the judgment of the god Xue.

"To put it simply, Mana-san's soul is gradually disintegrating."

"Disintegration?"

"Indeed, I just used a bit of my soul to temporarily stabilize Sister Mana's soul essence, but this is only a temporary solution and not a permanent cure."

The clone looked at Makino, with a barely perceptible hint of helplessness in his eyes.

Are you here? When will you confess your love to my lovely, beautiful Mana-san? How can I save her if you don't confess?

"So, Makino-san, you haven't fulfilled Mana-san's wish yet?"

"this…"

Makino, who had finally breathed a sigh of relief, was immediately met with double gazes from Mana and his clone, and suddenly became a little at a loss.

"Forget it... If you need anything, call me. I'm always available."

After saying that, the stagnation of time was lifted, and Xue's clone disappeared from the spot and returned to its original body.

……

A moment later, in the backstage lounge, Xue followed Makino who had returned and the others from Xingjian into the room.

When they saw Xue's figure, the members of "Moonlight Storm" were a little surprised.

"Snow?"

"Snow Snow!"

"Everyone, good job~"

"No, no, it's your songwriting that's so good~"

Hearing that Shaji insisted on using honorifics for herself, Xue didn't bother to correct him.

"It's not good to be too modest. The perfect performance of my song is all thanks to you, Moonlight Storm."

"By the way, if I remember correctly, Xue, you should have work at the dubbing office today, right?"

As early as a few days ago when the two of them were chatting on the phone, Kotono knew that Xue would be a little busy in the next two days.

"Well, I just finished work and rushed over from the dubbing studio~"

"I see...it was really hard work."

Hearing this, Kotono couldn't help but feel touched. She was indeed her best friend, taking time out of her busy schedule to watch her live.