"Producer, thank you for your guidance."
However, just as she was about to drop from the water surface back into the pond, she suddenly spread her hands to hug Hachiman and planted a kiss on the side of his face.
Smooch!
"Hm?"
Hachiman looked in confusion at Hoshino Ai, who had proactively gotten close to him.
Hoshino Ai lacked love just like Tendouji Sarina. If he made Hoshino Ai, who had never felt love, feel warmth, Hoshino Ai being a bit proactive wouldn't be incomprehensible, but he had genuinely done nothing right now.
Could it be that [Dependent Affinity] was taking effect again? Or was it [Immoral Infatuation] taking effect?
Although the Service Club's situation couldn't be calculated according to the entertainment circle, if emotional factors were not considered and only magical girl awakening abilities and other factors were considered, these idols of theirs were actually the ones taking advantage.
But the special relationship between idols and producers did indeed count as a big-yet-small taboo. It was fine if they didn't think in this direction, but once they did, it was highly likely that the more they restrained themselves, the more they would thirst to violate the taboo.
Would Hoshino Ai, who had never felt love, actually want his love even more because he was her Producer?
"Lady Elusi, Senior Himemiya, Senior Satsuki, and Senior Kujou all kissed the Producer like this. Is doing this wrong?"
Hoshino Ai, who unhurriedly let go of Hachiman, blinked her eyes. Looking at Hachiman, Tendouji Sarina, Arima Kana, and the others staring at her beside her, she instead asked in a somewhat confused tone.
"..."
Looking at Hoshino Ai, not knowing if she had ulterior motives or was just ignorant and naive, Ling, Tendouji Sarina, and MEM-cho all coincidentally looked toward Arima Kana.
Arima Kana, with the pressure suddenly arriving on her shoulders, opened her mouth. In the end, she didn't say a single word, and could only fiercely scoop up the clear, sweet water to eliminate her body's fatigue.
This was too cunning, right!
Making it seem as if she had done something wrong!
Here, as long as the Producer didn't object, certainly no one would say there was anything wrong with Hoshino Ai's behavior.
But if Hoshino Ai didn't do anything wrong, wasn't that saying she herself hadn't done enough! She, who hadn't kissed the Producer just now, had instead become the odd one out!
In everyone's silence, MEM-cho, who was cosplaying Ryza, also braved the pressure and slowly began her shoot.
She didn't have any special performance; the Ryza she was cosplaying was Ryza from the Atelier series, and the most prominent feature was meaty thighs.
MEM-cho only needed to strive to restrain her shyness and try her best to naturally display her firm, plump, pale long legs.
The only somewhat special thing was that she wasn't tall either; her body proportions were just good. To shoot her with the feeling of having long legs, the photography angle needed to be adjusted a bit.
Looking at the portrait camera lens pointing from the bottom up, she had to strive to control her involuntarily trembling legs, lest she embarrass herself in front of Hachiman...
Of course, when she persisted until the shoot finished, there was still a difficult problem waiting for her.
"Thank you for your photography, Producer. You've worked hard. Uh..."
MEM-cho first bowed in thanks according to the other people's procedure, then stole a glance at Arima Kana to the side, slowly straightening her waist to look at Hachiman's handsome cheeks.
Kiss, or not kiss?
Ai had kissed him, Kana hadn't kissed him.
If she also chose not to kiss him, then there would be two people who hadn't kissed him.
But Sarina and Ling after this would definitely kiss him, right.
This way it would be three to two, and she and Kana would be at a disadvantage. Furthermore, Ling and Sarina obviously had a special relationship with the Producer, and with Ai joining that side as well...
Hmm... Let's just treat it as a foreign cheek-kissing greeting in ACG works!
Don't blame me, Kana!
"Smooch!"
"..."
Looking at MEM-cho, who immediately lowered her head to cover her shyly blushing cheeks after kissing him, Arima Kana, who had already begun to doubt her life, silently turned her head to stare at Tendouji Sarina and Ling.
Even though she also didn't really want to kiss the Producer, this was no longer generally relying on resources and connections to go through the back door, but pillow business, right.
But what did it mean that only she, the first one to take photos, hadn't kissed him, while everyone else afterward had kissed the Producer?
Did this count as collective bullying?!
Chapter 714 Pillow Business in Progress, an Idol Who Doesn't Want Pillow Business Isn't a Good Little Sister.
Arima Kana's resentful gaze made both Ling and Tendouji Sarina not know what expression to show.
They genuinely hadn't wanted to bully Kana. Moreover, how could this kind of thing be called bullying?
It wasn't like they had stopped Kana from kissing Producer Brother.
Even Tendouji Sarina, who had only joined a few days ago, knew their Producer Brother's status within the Service Club, and had absolutely no delusions of monopolizing Producer Brother.
She only thought of becoming a top-tier idol, and that becoming one of the children pushed by Producer Brother would be fine.
And having Producer Brother push her alone was naturally inferior to having Producer Brother push their entire B Komachi group.
Under this premise, how could they stop Kana and bully Kana.
If they were really going to bully Kana, naturally it would be forcing Kana to serve Producer Brother together. How could there be logic in saying that not forcing Kana to play with them was bullying.
Tendouji Sarina, who figured out the issue within this, stared straight back at Arima Kana.
She didn't feel she had done anything wrong at all. If Arima Kana wanted it, she should strive for it herself. Not daring to step up and still blaming the other people for not pulling her along.
This former genius child star was truly washed up, and had already lost her proud spirit.
Ling, who knew they would ultimately be taken down no matter what, actually felt somewhat guilty, and quietly averted her gaze.
The significance of this B Komachi group wasn't ordinary! There were several problem girls inside who had no relationship with money or interests, and once taken down, would be fiercely devoted to Producer Brother. Iris, Meroue, Shion, and Kaede couldn't possibly ignore them.
Even if they truly had no time to study B Komachi, Maria would definitely ponder pulling Tendouji Sarina and the others in.
It was just that everyone's thoughts and methods were different; some were radical, some were gentle.
Some used [Empathy Collars], some used [Master-Servant Contracts], and some only let them observe.
Tendouji Sarina and Ling had different thoughts, but very quickly, the two of them stopped worrying over this minor matter.
Hachiman directly embraced the two of them to take photos together.
Different from Arima Kana who needed to dance, Hoshino Ai who swung her tachi, and MEM-cho who showed off her meaty thighs from before, Ling and Tendouji Sarina cosplaying Lumine didn't need to perform.
They only needed to be beside Hachiman and cosplay a sibling mini-theater with Hachiman.
"Onii-chan wait, I'll go get something to eat and drink."
Seeing there was nothing around, Ling hurriedly teleported to the Service Club's side to get fruits, snacks, and drinks, and very quickly brought back several plates of food.
The plates filled with food floated on the water surface around them.
"Producer Brother, no, Onii-chan, come eat a mango, ah."
Watching Ling instantly get into character, Tendouji Sarina also immediately followed suit and changed how she addressed him, even proactively picking up a sliced piece of mango and sending it toward Hachiman's mouth.
If she didn't take advantage of the cosplay event to call the Producer Onii-chan now, she didn't know when she would be able to openly and honestly call him that in the future.
After all, she was the one who had been saved by Producer Brother, not Producer Brother receiving a favor from her.
Unless she truly became very outstanding, and wasn't afraid of being talked about by others.
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