How to raise a random guy's wife

The girl looked up. "But even like this, you still believe in the power of passion while making the game, you're willing to support your senior's script revisions, you're willing to encourage Eriri's self-breakthrough, and you're willing to believe in the power of dreams."

Megumi Kato blinked. "After getting to know the true nature of various activities better, I like you even more."

"Only you would think that way..."

"Isn't that even better?" Kato Megumi smiled. "Only I know how wonderful you are."

Kobayashi Sora kissed Kato Megumi's upturned lips, letting their unspoken words be conveyed through body temperature and breath.

As Kobayashi Sora had predicted, the outcome of the Lovelive meeting was largely consistent with their guesses.

After securing the event organizers, the two were finally able to discuss their next steps with the core members of the Superstar project.

“So…” Kato Megumi finished explaining, “that’s all there is to the plan.”

"Amazing!" In Shibuya Kanon's café, Tang Keke's eyes lit up. "Not only in the three-dimensional world, but we can also perform on a two-dimensional stage?"

“That is one of the goals of this project,” Kobayashi Sora said frankly. “But let me be clear from the start, I am not entirely confident that this project can proceed smoothly. I can only say that I will do my best.”

"That sounds amazing!" Heian Nasumi exclaimed expectantly. "What's the best-case scenario?"

Kobayashi Sora thought for a moment, "The Red and White Song Festival."

The so-called "Red and White Song Festival" is, simply put, a Spring Festival Gala consisting only of songs.

"Isn't that amazing?!" Heian Meijin exclaimed even more excitedly, "Galaxy~~~"

"If the plan goes smoothly, it can increase our influence and help the school attract students," Hazuki Ren pondered. "But what if it fails?"

Kobayashi Sora replied, "As the president and head of the project, I can tell you very clearly that the failure of the project is my responsibility; you are simply back to where you are now."

Arashi Chisara considered things a little more carefully: "If we participate in this project, will it violate the relevant regulations of Love Live, and cause us to be unable to continue participating in Love Live?"

"Yes!" Tang Keke was also worried about this. "What if we can't participate in Love Live, and the project fails..."

“We came to you after communicating with Lovelive,” Kato Megumi smiled. “Here are the relevant documents, and the seals on them can prove it.”

Hazuki Ren reached out and took the document, flipping through it. As the student council president, she was in charge of reviewing the documents, so the others were at ease. "Hmm, there are a lot of rules, but they're all for RER and don't involve us. Participating in the project doesn't violate Love Live!'s rules. After all, we became school idols first and were active for a while. It would be a violation if we participated in the project first and then started our activities."

"Yay!" Tang Keke cheered happily.

Arashi Chisara looked at Shibuya Kanon, who had been silent, and asked, "Kane, what do you think?"

“This…” Shibuya Kanon was clearly hesitant, her brows furrowing slightly.

"Xiangyin?" Tang Keke asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

“We’ve known each other for so long,” Kobayashi Sora said. “Just say what you want to say.”

Shibuya Kanon hesitated for a moment, "I... don't want to participate."

Chapter 326 The husband sings and the wife follows

"Huh?" Ping An Ming Jin was taken aback. "Why?"

Tang Keke pressed further, "Is there anything you're not satisfied with?"

Kato Megumi looked at Kobayashi Sora and blinked.

Kobayashi Sora nodded. "So, is there a specific reason?"

“Hmm…” Facing the gazes of others, Shibuya Kanon took a deep breath, “Actually… um… how should I put it… I feel… it’s a little different.”

Hazuki Ren asked curiously, "What's different?"

Shibuya Kanon confessed, "It's not quite the school idol activity I envisioned."

“That’s true,” Tang Keke said thoughtfully. “There is indeed no precedent for school idols to operate in this way.”

Ping An Mingjin sees this issue from a slightly different perspective: "Then aren't we number one?"

“Explorers,” Hazuki Ren said, her gaze distant, “a feeling of risk and opportunity going hand in hand.”

"As for risks, with Kobayashi around, there's not much to worry about." Arashi Chisa asked her childhood friend, "Kane's words are different; it must be something else, right?"

“That’s right. Before, we only needed to practice the dance and songs and prepare for the performance,” Shibuya Kanon explained. “But after participating in this project, there are many other things to do.”

"If you want to gain more, you naturally have to give more," Hazuki Ren pointed out. "This applies to everything."

Shibuya Kanon looked at her companions, "But if that's the case, how much time will we be able to focus on the stage performance and ensure its quality?"

"Regarding this, you've mostly focused your time and energy on improving yourselves, and various activities will be conducted without interfering with your practice," Kobayashi Sora explained. "Any other questions?"

"Yes." Seeing that Kobayashi Sora wasn't angry, and recalling their previous interactions, Shibuya Kanon felt more at ease. "I saw that there are many voting activities in the project, so naturally there will be winners and losers. Before this, we were all partners working together, but after participating in the activities, there are winners and losers. The change in the mindset of the winners and the psychological pressure on the losers are all issues that need to be considered."

“Oh right…” Tang Keke calmed down from her initial excitement upon hearing about the project.

"The fan base will also change as a result, from initially supporting everyone to later favoring one of them, or even hating the other." Shibuya Kanon frankly expressed her concerns, "As the project continues and more merchandise is developed, what was originally simple support will require a lot of time, money and energy, and these efforts will further put more pressure on us, plus the situation I just mentioned..." She paused, "I feel that if the project fails, we won't even be able to return to our current state."

People with psychological problems are mostly sensitive and thoughtful.

Shibuya Kanon is a vivid example of this statement.

Heian Nami twirled the end of her hair with her fingers, "So that's how it is..."

Hazuki Ren said what she couldn't bring herself to say, "It is indeed possible, and very likely."

Lan Qiansha looked at Kobayashi Sora, "Kobayashi, about what Xiangyin said..."

“I’ve also considered these issues,” Kobayashi Sora answered truthfully. “Any group might encounter such problems. All I can do is provide planning and corresponding support. As for internal team matters… I don’t have much intention of interfering.”

Actually, there are solutions.

If the project goes smoothly, even a disharmonious team will pretend to be harmonious and friendly in order to earn more revenue.

However, this applies to teams that initially came together for mutual benefit, like Liella!. Members who didn't come together for mutual benefit naturally wouldn't pretend to be friendly for the sake of profit.

To put it more simply, Shibuya Kanon's concern was that she didn't want the Liella! team to gradually fall apart as the project progressed.

“So, from my perspective…” Shibuya Kanon paused, “I’m sorry, I don’t want to join.”

“I can understand your thinking.” Kobayashi Sora’s expression remained unchanged. “But it is precisely because of your thinking that I chose you.”

"Eh?"

“No team can avoid internal conflicts, let alone under external pressure.” Kobayashi Sora agreed with Shibuya Kanon’s idea. “And the first step to solving a problem is to acknowledge its existence. The fact that you noticed this problem before the project even started proves that you have the ability to solve it.”

Kato Megumi added, "And you should also have noticed that the later the project goes, the more things it involves, so the selection of key personnel becomes very important. The ability to analyze the pros and cons realistically, without being influenced by the rosy future depicted in the project, is indispensable for this project."

"To put it simply," Kobayashi Sora concluded, "it's precisely because you don't want to participate that I want you to participate."

Megumi Kato cautioned, "Because this involves activities for a long time to come, there's no need to make a decision now."

"And no matter what you choose, our relationship won't deteriorate because of it, so there's no need to worry too much," Kobayashi Sora pointed out. "When I thought about contacting you, I was prepared to be rejected."

Shibuya Kanon and Arashi Chisuna exchanged a glance, seeing similar thoughts in each other's eyes.

This must be what they mean by "husband and wife working in harmony."

After leaving Shibuya Kanon's café, Kato Megumi and Kobayashi Sora skillfully held hands.

Will they agree?

“My project was tailor-made for them.” Kobayashi Sora felt the softness of Kato Megumi’s small hand. “Their group name, Liella!, is a combination of the French word lier (connection) and the Italian musical term brillante (inner brilliance), which means that they are still small stars now, but if they connect the inner brilliance, they will definitely become superstars. It’s also fine to translate it as star cluster.”

"That's why the project is called Superstar," Kato Megumi suddenly thought of something. "Speaking of which, when did you come up with this project?"

"When I saw Coco."

"So early?" Kato Megumi asked curiously. "Why didn't you bring it up sooner... Ah, the production team wasn't prepared."

"That's one of the reasons. Actually, it would have been possible to find a production team to do the production at that time," Kobayashi Sora replied. "The main problem was that the timing wasn't right."

Chapter 327 Three Opportunities

Kato Megumi looked at Kobayashi Sora's profile. "What do you mean by 'timing'?"

“The members of Star Cluster are school idols, and from Eriri’s perspective, they have another name.”

"Hmm... a popular guy?"

“That’s right,” Kobayashi Sora continued, “and most people who are popular aren’t very interested in otaku-related things, especially when they are striving for their dreams.”

"So we need to get them interested in anime first." Kato Megumi recalled the adorable way Star Cluster tried to help at the doujinshi convention. "When they see those enthusiastic otaku in person and think about how their music is loved by everyone, they will be interested in projects full of otaku elements—the timing refers to the game's release."

"That's one thing," Kobayashi Sora waved her finger. "Anything else?"

"If there's anything else... the level of support." Kato Megumi continued to think, "Although we provided some assistance to Star Cluster before, none of that assistance had a substantial or decisive effect. So we need to wait until the game is released, and you've secured your position, before we can start this project when we're able to provide more assistance."

Is there anything else?

"Hmm..." Kato Megumi blinked her big eyes, "Um... I don't know."

“From my perspective, you’ve already thought of all of this,” Kobayashi Sora reminded him. “But from their perspective?”

"Their angle?"

"Last Christmas, they participated in the Tokyo regional finals and won the runner-up title."

"Ah! I know!" Kato Megumi immediately thought, "They had never participated in a regional-level competition like this before, so they weren't very competitive. They finally made it to the big stage at Christmas, but they couldn't win. It would have been fine if they had come in last, but they came in second place, just one step away from the championship. They must have been very disappointed."

When you're so close to winning, that's when you most want to win.

“That’s right, that’s why I haven’t offered any help before.”

"Huh? What if we offer to help?"

“We can’t win either,” Kobayashi Sora replied. “Retsujin Junkino is the Tokyo representative of the previous LoveLive National Tournament. It’s impossible for them to be defeated by Seidan, who has only been around for half a year. The gap between the two cannot be bridged in a short time.”

“Since helping would be pointless, it’s better not to help.” Kato Megumi understood.

If Kobayashi Sora had worked hard to help Star Cluster before, and then proposed the project again after Star Cluster failed.

The members of the star cluster couldn't help but think, "Kobayashi Sora tried so hard before, but still lost. This time it'll probably be the same..."

And now, they don't offer help beforehand, but only propose a project after the star cluster fails.

The line of thinking then becomes: We lost before because we didn't have Kobayashi Sora's help, but this time, with Kobayashi Sora's help, maybe we can...

Based on the personality analysis of the star cluster members, they tend to attribute the reasons to their own lack of strength. However, as long as they have such thoughts for a moment, coupled with the combined effect of other factors, it can greatly influence their final decision.

I see......

Kato Megumi pondered deeply.