This one question directly caused Nanakusa Hazuki to move B Komachi's sequence up.
But there was no helping it, and it wasn't good for her to stop it either. Nanakusa Hazuki didn't know her situation, only knowing that she was some young lady.
And a mere young lady from a financial clique, in the Service Club, in front of the Club President, was fundamentally not even worth mentioning.
"Oh right, Ruby, why don't you change into a Lumine cosplay? That way, you can go to Producer brother's other side and hug Producer brother just like me."
Ling, who had come to Hachiman's side and was wrapping her arms around his arm, suddenly remembered something and immediately instructed Tendouji Sarina.
"O-Okay! Big Sister Ling!"
Seeing Ling tell her to cosplay another little sister character, and that Hachiman didn't seem to object either, Tendouji Sarina immediately changed how she addressed her. Raising her hand to touch the hairclip on her high ponytail, she switched her cosplay form.
The JK uniform, the same style as Hoshino Ai's Raiden Mei cosplay, instantly transformed into a blue and white halter-neck low-cut dress.
Besides the form of Honkai Impact 3rd's Kiana, she also had a cosplay of Genshin Impact's Lumine.
Compared to Kiana, who had a better and taller figure, she was more suited to cosplay the character Lumine.
It was just that earlier she had wanted to coordinate with Hoshino Ai's Raiden Mei, wanting to act out a two-person character storyline for Producer brother to see.
"Ruby, how old are you now?"
Watching Tendouji Sarina switch from the white-haired high-ponytail Kiana cosplay to the blonde short-haired Lumine, while the hairclip at the ponytail also turned into a feather-styled ear clip, with the only constant being that chest which couldn't prop up the clothes at the front, Hachiman couldn't help but feel a bit puzzled.
Under normal circumstances, he would be able to judge Tendouji Sarina's age, but right now, Hoshino Ai, who was originally Hoshino Ruby's mother, was competing on the same stage together with Arima Kana, Kurokawa Akane, and MEM-cho, so he didn't know what to say.
Irisviel and Illya were clones so it was hard to judge their ages, but how come the ages of the Hoshino mother and daughter couldn't be judged either.
"Even if it's Producer brother, if you rashly ask a girl's age, I won't answer."
Seeing Hachiman's gaze staring at her chest, Tendouji Sarina's expression tightened. She hurriedly hugged Hachiman's arm tightly, using her arm to block Hachiman's line of sight, her face flushing red as she shook her head and refused to answer Hachiman's question.
She also wanted to be slapped on the chest by Producer brother just like Big Sister Kurokawa Akane, who was cosplaying Yelan just now, but she really couldn't do it.
She heard from Miss Shion that letting Producer brother knead them a lot might lead to noticeable growth, but if they weren't big, how could she get Producer brother to knead them more.
"That's right, that's right! Mr. Producer, an idol's age is a secret!"
MEM-cho, who hadn't dared to make a sound all this time, hurriedly bolstered her courage and chimed in upon hearing this topic.
Although she didn't look like it on the surface, as a bishoujo idol, her age was genuinely far too old.
If Tendouji Sarina hadn't taken the initiative, she probably would have just answered truthfully directly. Fortunately, Tendouji Sarina was there, so it wouldn't ruin Mr. Producer's impression of her.
Mhm... Even though their files were all at the agency, Mr. Producer probably wouldn't be so idle as to specifically look up her files...
"Hehe, then I won't ask."
Hachiman swept his gaze over Arima Kana and Hoshino Ai beside them, who similarly looked as if they wanted to say something but hesitated, and knew that they didn't want to tell either.
"I really don't know how you managed to hook up with so many girls, or are you afraid there are too many girls, so you're deliberately lowering the girls' affection?"
Ling rolled her eyes at Hachiman. Seeing that Hachiman's embrace was empty, she was just about to sit into his lap when she suddenly realized something. She hurriedly stood back up, trying her best to ignore Elusi and Ayla's eyes that were brimming with smiles, and coughed softly.
"Alright, alright, let's get ready to take pictures, who wants to be the first to shoot."
"..."
Watching this, Arima Kana and MEM-cho's eyes twitched, their hearts filled with endless retorts.
How are you so skilled at this!
To think there was actually someone among them who had risen through the casting couch!
"Big Sister Ling is so amazing..."
Tendouji Sarina stared unblinkingly at Ling, who seemed to understand Hachiman even better than the mermaid songstresses did.
Having lived in a hospital ward since childhood, her education level was not high, and she was inexperienced in the ways of the world. Many of her thoughts were not mature enough, and it was very easy for her to be extreme.
If it had been in the past, she might have felt, how could an idol be like this, does it live up to the fans' expectations?
But now she herself had become an idol, she had already started to become a fan of the Mr. Producer behind these bishoujo idols, and instead felt that this couldn't be any better.
If she herself could become an extremely dazzling top-tier idol, and become one of the children Producer brother pushed, perhaps she would also have the chance to frequently be subjected to unspoken rules...
———
Hachiman still didn't know that the precocious Tendouji Sarina had already become his fanatic fan upon their first meeting, and had begun thinking about working hard to climb to the apex of idols in order to subject him to unspoken rules.
Even if he knew, he wouldn't care much. Tendouji Sarina had lived in a hospital since she was little; she didn't have much life experience and her education level was low, so it was very normal for a kid like this to have a slightly eccentric and extreme personality.
In the fiercely competitive Service Club with its severe involution, Tendouji Sarina, having become his fanatic fan, would instead be able to successfully integrate into the Service Club.
Now with a Zenless Zone Zero Ling in his left hand, and a Genshin Impact Lumine in his right, Hachiman was also a bit conflicted over how he should take cosplay photos for this B Komachi idol group.
Originally, he had wanted to just simply strike a pose and take a cosplay photo to go through the motions, just like with the other idol groups.
Now several heavyweight figures in B Komachi had their eyes on him, so just going through the motions wasn't very good anymore.
Hachiman looked around, his line of sight sweeping past MEM-cho who was cosplaying Ryza, and Hoshino Ai who was cosplaying JK Raiden Mei, finally landing on Arima Kana, who was cosplaying the dancer Nilou.
"Kana, is it okay if you go first? With the Nilou you're cosplaying as the main character, we'll simply film a short video of you dancing in the water."
The scenery here was nice right now, exactly right for a segment of Nilou's Dance of Sabzeruz.
"A dancing video in the water? But the water depth here..."
Arima Kana blanked for a moment, looking down at the waist-deep water surface with some hesitation.
The pond water wasn't deep; with her height, it was only just past her waist. Otherwise, it wouldn't be convenient for Himemiya Elisa, Satsuki Botan, and the others to do anything when they got in the water.
But those small movements with a small range of motion were fine, asking her to dance in this pond that went past her waist was probably impossible, right.
"This is simple."
Hachiman reached out his hand and pointed at Arima Kana, and Arima Kana then found her body involuntarily floating upwards, until she stepped firmly on the water surface. She stomped down with a little force, feeling as if she were stepping on a special floor.
Even though he had continuous daily improvement and the Service Aura on him, able to become stronger without needing to put in effort, with a royal princess of the elf race like Iris by his side, how could Hachiman possibly not learn some magic.
It was just that the vast majority of magic truly went unused; so many incredibly powerful spells weren't as useful as a single cleaning spell.
"This... I've researched it, but my dancing foundation isn't very good."
With the environmental issue resolved, Arima Kana, standing on the water surface, still showed hesitation on her face, hemming and hawing as she spoke in a low voice.
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