Resting on Hachiman's back, her chin propped on his shoulder, Elusi looked at the Ling cosplayer, who had a mischievous smile on her face, and blinked as she asked in a low voice.
"Mhm, Club President, let them get in the water and take pictures with us this time."
Elio rested her small hands on Hachiman's shoulders and slowly lifted her white-silk-clad, perky buttocks to stand up and make room, leaning against Hachiman's back together with Elusi in complete satisfaction.
Only Ayla, whose turn it was almost about to be again, felt somewhat helpless and glared crossly at Elusi and Elio, who completely didn't take their good sister to heart.
Over this whole series of photoshoot processes, Elusi and Elio had both eaten their fill and thoroughly enjoyed themselves, leaving only her at a disadvantage, having partaken a little less.
It wasn't that the Club President was biased, but rather because she was a little taller than Elusi and Elio. The petite and adorable Elusi and Elio were more suited to be held directly in his arms without affecting the Club President's cosplay photoshoot...
"It's Ling, right... Come down to my side and I'll take pictures for you."
Hachiman reached out and pinched the tender cheeks of Elusi and Elio, the two who were in the know, and instructed the Ling cosplayer.
The Ling cosplayer was a game character from Zenless Zone Zero, sharing the same name as Kaede's younger sister.
Leaving aside whether the game Zenless Zone Zero was fun to play or not, out of so many game characters, he felt that Ling, as one of the player-controlled characters, was the best. She was the type who looked very, very pure at first glance, but the longer he looked at her, the more alluring she became.
"Hehe."
Seeing that Hachiman couldn't refuse her, Ling gladly jumped into the pond without even taking off her white silk pantyhose.
"Then let's go down too!"
Seeing Ling get into the water directly, Hoshino Ai and Tendouji Sarina did not hesitate and immediately followed her down as well.
"..."
Seeing that three people from their five-person group had suddenly gone down, leaving only the two of them, MEM-cho and Arima Kana couldn't afford to hesitate. Gritting their teeth, they followed along and jumped into the water together.
"Splash!"
"Splash!"
"I can just go down and accompany Producer brother, you guys don't need to join me!"
Hearing the continuous splashing sounds of people falling into the water beside her, Ling was stunned. Turning her head to look at Tendouji Sarina and the other three whose cosplay outfits were completely soaked, she hastily reached out her hand to stop them and said.
She hadn't actually thought about dragging others into the water. She was purely there for the participation, just playing around with cosplay. It was just that the development of the situation didn't seem to allow her to stop it.
"It's fine, I also willingly came to accompany Producer brother!"
Seeing Ling call Hachiman this way, Tendouji Sarina also followed suit and called him Producer brother, gripping her small fists as she spoke earnestly.
Even if she couldn't do much right now, she was more than willing to get a little closer to the Producer!
Even though her little brain was clear that there might be something not quite right about this, since she had lived in a hospital ward since childhood, how exactly did Mr. Producer know about her, she completely didn't want to think about those things.
No matter what, the person who freed her from the sickbed in the hospital ward and gave her a new life was Mr. Producer!
"Mr. Producer..."
Hoshino Ai, whose eyes seemed to be sparkling with stars, didn't say much. She merely stared blankly at Hachiman, her two hands tightly clutching her own chest.
"We are an idol group, how could we leave you guys behind!"
Arima Kana bit her lower lip tightly, her gaze flickering incessantly.
Was there still a chance to back out now? At this point, it was better to pray that Mr. Producer really didn't like to take the initiative, as the rumors said, and preferred them to take the initiative instead.
As long as they didn't take the initiative, that was equivalent to there being no danger at all!
"That's right, if we're accompanying him, we'll do it together!"
Seeing these companions who knew perfectly well what might happen yet still continued to take the risk, MEM-cho also threw caution to the wind.
She was the oldest member in the B Komachi group. When even these little ones were so brave and decisive, it would be too embarrassing for her to keep hesitating.
There were plenty of young and beautiful bishoujo idols present, what did she have to be afraid of!
Besides, if she really did catch Mr. Producer's eye, she might even be the one taking advantage!
"Alright then, I've already advised you. If you're going to be with me, I won't be able to do anything about whatever happens."
Looking at how each of them had their own reasons, going into the water either actively or passively, Ling helplessly propped her forehead. She reminded them one last time before turning around and coming to Hachiman's side.
She knew it would be like this.
With so many idols in the idol agency, everyone's reason for becoming an idol was different.
Some were relatively naive, debuting as idols because they didn't want to work and wanted to live off royalties for the rest of their lives, or purely to enjoy the feeling of being praised. Other idols' reasons were heavier.
B Komachi was probably an idol group with a larger number of problem children.
The overage JK MEM-cho was a bit better, primarily chasing the idol dream she couldn't attain in her youth, one she had to give up because her family couldn't support it.
Arima Kana, as a washed-up genius child star, wanted to radiate a second spring in the industry, but she suffered repeated setbacks and her road to stardom was not smooth. Her mother, who formerly served as her manager, no longer trusted Arima Kana and had returned to their hometown alone, so now Arima Kana was struggling alone in the entertainment circle.
The most serious cases were Hoshino Ai, who looked very positive and lively, and Tendouji Sarina, who had only recently joined B Komachi.
Hoshino Ai, written as Hoshino Ai, read as craving love.
Born in a single-parent family, Hoshino Ai possessed extraordinary charm, arousing her mother's jealousy at ** years old, and suffering domestic violence from her. Later, because her mother was imprisoned for theft, she was sent to an orphanage.
Because her mother didn't take her back home even after being released from prison, Hoshino Ai lived alone in the orphanage, with no experience of being loved or loving others. In the end, tired of life, she secretly escaped from the orphanage, and finally coincidentally met a talent scout who persuaded her to become an underground idol.
This series of encounters was very similar to the weak-willed succubus Sakurase Shino before she met Hachiman.
Ling felt that it wouldn't be strange at all for a problem girl with this kind of past like Hoshino Ai to fall in love with Hachiman at first sight, and then actively go and seduce Hachiman into **ing her.
Mhm... Even though she also found it unbelievable, but even the alien princess Lala had fallen in love with Hachiman at first sight, so what else was impossible.
Right now, in the eyes of a socially phobic, closed-off problem girl who couldn't feel love, Hachiman was an existence like a dream lover.
On the other hand, Tendouji Sarina had a better background and could be considered a wealthy young lady from a relatively well-off family.
It was just that she didn't get to enjoy the beauty of a wealthy family very well. She fell seriously ill at the age of four and was sent to the hospital for treatment, basically never seeing her parents on a normal basis.
As if abandoned by her parents, she basically stayed in the hospital and in the ward the entire time after that.
As time went by, her body began to gradually lose its mobility, until Tendouji Sarina was completely paralyzed in bed.
If Producer brother had a unique charm towards problem girls and could become Hoshino Ai's spiritual pillar, then to Tendouji Sarina, who had almost died from a terminal illness, Producer brother was like a second parent.
Therefore, Ling wasn't opposed to the B Komachi group being subjected to the casting couch rule.
If Arima Kana and MEM-cho were willing to be together with Hoshino Ai and Tendouji Sarina, with all the members of B Komachi receiving Producer brother's assistance, everyone could become happy.
It was just that, originally, B Komachi was scheduled to make their appearance around evening time.
She hadn't expected Producer brother to actively ask Kurokawa Akane about Arima Kana's situation.