Mygo? Bandori Girls? The goal is The Idolmaster!

Because Saki came very close to him without saying a word, almost with their noses touching and their foreheads touching, Shoko couldn't see Saki's full face.

At this moment, Xiangzi felt his blood boiling, his cheeks seemed to be burning, and the temperature on his face was rising rapidly!

"Hey, Xiangzi, are you blushing?" Saki said with a half-smile, and a playful expression flashed in her magenta eyes, which made Xiangzi feel nervous, as if even his tongue was cramping.

The little blue octopus didn't know how to respond. She almost forgot to breathe until Saki took the initiative to distance herself. Another burst of silver bell-like laughter.

Saki gently shook Xiangzi's hand and said, "If you go to the interview in this state, I'm afraid you will be rejected immediately. Take a break and adjust your mindset."

There is a super large supermarket opposite the office, which is suitable for rest.

"I'm going to the bathroom. Where's Xiangzi?" The girl had a faint smile on her face. All the playful look and half-smile disappeared.

But for some reason, even though Saki had lost the direct sunlight, he felt that she was even more radiant, like a little sun that had descended to the earth, radiating light and heat anytime and anywhere.

Yes, that must be the case, right? If not, how could Saki appear by her side at such a perfect moment, bringing light and warmth to her body and soul when she was trapped in the shadows and dust?

For some unknown reason, Xiangzi replied, "I'll go too."

But she clearly didn't feel anything.

"Woo." Entering the bathroom stall, the blue-haired girl instantly transformed into a soft, glutinous blue octopus. She lowered the toilet lid, sat on it, and then covered her face with her hands, letting out a low whimper.

She didn't even know what she was doing here. She'd agreed to be interviewing, applying for a job, but why was she completely unprepared and focused entirely on Saki? That was definitely weird, wasn't it?

The girl was caught in an inexplicable mix of emotions, and thinking of Saki's smile lifted her spirits a bit, but after realizing this, her emotions became even more chaotic.

She complained softly, "What on earth am I thinking? If I want to thank Saki properly, I have to get a good enough job. Ah..." She rubbed her face hard, trying to get rid of the inexplicable emotion in this way.

After a long time, Xiangzi finally came out of the bathroom and saw Saki coming up to him. She said in a tone that was half helpless and half amused: "What's the matter? You even washed your face?"

Of course Xiangzi would not say that this was to cool down his brain, because that was too strange. He just said that it was to make himself more energetic.

Before coming out, Xiangzi carefully checked his appearance and demeanor in the mirror, and he was sure that there would be no problem this time.

That was indeed the case, but the problem was that when Saki skillfully grasped her hand, Xiangzi felt her heartbeat quicken again, and this time it was stronger than ever before because Saki stuffed a flat rectangular block into her.

Without even looking down, Xiangzi knew what it was: a new cell phone.

Yes, Saki didn't come here to use the restroom at all. She had noticed Xiangzi's unspeakable secret and came here specifically to buy a cell phone. Even if Xiangzi didn't peek at her, she would find an opportunity to make Xiangzi blush and then persuade him to adjust his attitude.

Xiangzi didn't know what Saki meant. Facing the new phone, she shook her head repeatedly: "I can't..."

Saki reached out and sealed Xiangzi's lips with her fingers, saying softly, "This is a necessity for the job. It would be unacceptable if you were rejected because of lack of this."

"This is my investment in Xiangzi, and it's proof of my confidence in him. If Xiangzi feels unworthy of it, then why don't you do everything you can to get the job?"

"Besides, if I don't get the job, Xiangzi can just pay it back to me after the interview. If I get the job, it's the same if I pay it back after I get paid, right?"

After saying all this, Saki removed his fingers, straightened up, and waited for Xiangzi's answer.

After a series of punches, Xiangzi was shocked to find that she could not find any reason to refuse.

After a moment of silence, the blue-haired girl nodded gently: "I understand, I will work hard desuwa!"

But at this time, Saki came forward again and sealed the girl's lips with her fingers. This made Xiangzi extremely nervous, and she felt that she must have made a mistake, otherwise Saki would not treat her like this.

Could it be that they thought this was fun? Xiangzi didn't know, but she felt that this wasn't the case.

"As a senior of i83, I'll give Xiangzi a small reminder. Desuwa is a social habit used by young ladies in the upper class. You can't use it at work, not even during interviews. Do you understand?" As she spoke, she winked at Xiangzi with a smile on her face.

"!" At this moment, Xiangzi just felt that he needed to go to the bathroom again to cool down his brain.

Chapter 7 7. Hikawa Hina Wants to Know

"Next, number seven, Toyokawa Shoko."

"Yes!" Xiangzi stood up in response, her whole body a little stiff, but at least she didn't turn around. She subconsciously glanced back and saw that Saki was giving her a fist pump for support, which immediately made her feel much more at ease.

Seeing Xiangzi come in, Saki also relaxed. This was the most suitable solution she could think of for Xiangzi: it could not only help the girl, but also take care of her self-esteem.

As for whether Xiangzi could pass Ms. Nao's interview... she wasn't worried at all. This was her firm, and her word was final! If that didn't work out, couldn't she just arrange for a tea lady job during specific time periods?

So what if she hired a junior high school student? She had a clear conscience. Even if a cabinet minister came, he would present her with a banner that read "People's Entrepreneur." Could anyone dare to defy someone who possessed the power of both the Imperial Guard and the String Scroll?!

In terms of age, she is one year younger than Xian Juanxin; but in terms of seniority, Xian Juanxin has to call her "Auntie".

After finishing Xiangzi's business, Saki was about to go back to the office to discuss the next development strategy of Paspale and check on the newcomers' practice. But she felt a black screen before her eyes.

Someone "sneak attacked" her from behind and covered her eyes, but said nothing, obviously knowing that his identity would be exposed if he spoke.

The problem is, there's only one person in the entire firm who dares to be so disrespectful to her, and it's useless even if she doesn't say anything.

"Hina, even if you don't say anything, it's no use. No one else in the office would do that except you." Saki's tone was full of helplessness, as if she were a child competing with her. But Hikawa Hina was obviously not a child anymore. She was a senior in high school and would be sitting in a university classroom by this time next year.

"It's still early, you obviously can't finish today's practice, it's halftime.

Are you late again? What about your agreement with your sister? You don't want your sister to know what you did at the office, do you?

"Hmm." Upon hearing the word "sister", the girl with short blue hair froze immediately. It was not because she was afraid of her sister, but she was indeed afraid of her sister: she was afraid that a certain president would tell her sister Saya about her and make Saya ignore her for a whole day.

I don't know when it started, but Konoe Saki's words are particularly effective to Hikawa Sayo. Hina almost thinks that Saki is Sayo's real sister, and she was picked up from outside.

Besides, Saki has been in a bad mood recently and hasn't come to the office for several days. I wonder if her little joke really offended Saki? Hinata was a little worried.

"Don't do that!" Hinata immediately let go of her hand and appeared in front of Saki. She put her hands together and bowed at a 90-degree angle. "President, I know I was wrong!"

Japanese food: o

This kind of pitiful behavior is of course serious, but Saki knows very well that Hina's own personality is characterized by one thing: I know I was wrong, but I will do it again next time!

Maybe it's because she has a good temper that Japanese people are particularly active in front of her?

By the way, I've also been developing this tendency around my older sister, with whom I've become close. Perhaps it's because I've become convinced that my older sister won't ignore me like she did before.

Of course, that's also because Hinai is very good at knowing the bottom line. None of her actions are malicious, they're all done in a playful manner, with the premise that they won't really make xx angry.

If the other party was pretending to be angry, she would apologize formally, just like now.

Although Saki didn't respond, Hina stole a glance at Saki's expression and immediately realized that the good-tempered Saki was not angry. She pounced on Saki and rubbed his cheek against hers: "I knew that the president was the best."

This is Toyama Kasumi's signature move, and Hina finds it quite amusing, so she uses it specifically against Konoe Saki, who "somehow makes Kasumi act serious."

No reason, I just thought it was fun. In the words of Hikari himself: It feels so lame?

But Hina's actions were not able to make Saki blush or feel excited at all. She just used her hand as a knife and swung it down with the posture of splitting Mount Hua. Hina was so scared that she stepped into the sword with her bare hands and clamped Saki's hand tightly.

The girl with short blue hair pretended to be relieved and said, "Fortunately, I am more skilled than her."

Then, Saki hit him with his other hand, and he immediately started to cry. He squatted in the corner without moving, as if to say, "I won't get up unless the president comforts me."

Of course Saki knew that this was just a pretense by Hina. This was Hina, how could she be defeated so easily?

So she just ignored Ricai and left.

The reason is that Hinata has a cheerful personality and won't be sad unless her sister hates her. Maybe?

Sure enough, after a while, Hinata quickly caught up with her. If it were at school, she would have run, but this was the company, Saki's world, and she would follow Saki's rules. Especially when she didn't know if Saki was angry or not.

"?" Noticing that something seemed off about Hinata today, a little too well-behaved compared to usual, Saki took the initiative to ask, "Anything else?"

In Saki's opinion, Hina will not have a conflict with her sister because everything is over, so it only depends on Paspale's side.

[Did you accidentally persecute Xiao Cai to the point of becoming autistic, so you want to come here for help?] If that were the case, Saki would only say: There's no hope, goodbye.

If you make a mistake, admit it, accept the punishment, and reform yourself. Don't think about anything else.

As geniuses among geniuses, Japanese people do sometimes not understand people's hearts (or rather, they do not understand people's hearts a little most of the time), and they reveal it unconsciously. So a certain hardworking pink-haired lead singer often gets hit by this and then becomes very withdrawn. And the genius idol who is the culprit of this will find it incomprehensible.

Saki has always wanted to describe the relationship between Paspale's guitarist Hina Hikawa and lead vocalist Aya Maruyama this way: there's a tragically thick barrier between them.

But because Xiaocai has a strong ability to adjust herself and Ricai is a kind-hearted person, there will not be any real estrangement between the two of them; Xiaocai's efforts and progress will make Ricai feel interesting, and Paspale will gradually stabilize in the process, and then begin to impact worldidolfes.

However, it is still common for Xiao Cai to be "persecuted" to the point of becoming "autistic".

After all, he was a talented player, so it was understandable that he would accidentally offend others when he spoke. For example, the Roman nobles and the mule-kneed tribe lived together in the city of Rome, but the former could never understand why the latter were so barbaric and ignorant.

"That's right, it seems like the president is always recruiting new people and even personally scouting for them. Is it because Paspale hasn't met the president's expectations?" Hinayana asked the question cautiously, unusually, as if she was worried that her words would offend Saki.

If you think about it carefully, it doesn't seem difficult to understand. She is an idol under the agency, and Saki is the president of the agency. How could a subordinate take the initiative to ask about the development of the agency?

Saki shook her head at this. "Paspale is a special project catering to the era of big girl bands. It can't be compared with previous idol projects. It's making steady progress now, which I think is great."

"When you see a promising talent, you want to discover it. It's just a work habit for idol producers. Besides, i83 is still a well-established agency. Even though they've had a bunch of... insignificant management members sneak in before, it can't be so bad that they can't even attract or train new talent, right?"

Speaking of the previous management, Saki just felt a headache: How could they think of letting a new idol group composed mainly of amateurs make an emergency debut within half a month, and let them lip-sync in front of the public? What kind of "genius idea" is this?

This isn't just destroying the new hires' jobs, it's also destroying the firm's reputation! It's simply an insider operation!

This was her mother's agency, and Saki would never allow that kind of thing to happen. So, she urgently parachuted in before Paspale's debut, kicked out the entire management team, and took charge of the team herself. Faced with the Konoe family's powerful hand, that group of people could no longer hope to make a living in the entertainment industry; they were immediately banned from the entire industry!

"Haha, that's right," Hinata laughed and continued to ask, "Then, is that the blue-haired girl who came with the president today also one of them?"

She saw it clearly: Saki went into the supermarket across the street with that girl, shopped there for a long time, and even gave her a new phone.

Hinai was very curious: What is the relationship between these two people? Why does the president care about her so much?

As for why she could see it so clearly… well, she'd been distracted from the office and had gone straight to see it. He was the president of their Paspale company, the president of i83, so it was only natural for her to show some concern, right?

At least that's what Japanese people think.

Hinata wants to know everything about Saki.

ps: Fixed the naming issue qaq

After seeing everyone's discussion, I realized that peers seem to be ranked by age. I always thought that the daughter of my mother's sister is my cousin. Now I don't have to be the younger one.

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Chapter 8 8. I can protect everyone's dreams

Although Saki had told Hinayana about Shoko and specifically asked her to keep it a secret (because Saki didn't want Shoko to think that she did this out of pity for him, she was worried that he would think too much and hurt his self-esteem), Hinayana was still a little worried. She thought about it and wanted to find an opportunity to meet Toyokawa Shoko.

[It may seem strange to say this, but it seems like the president is the type of person who easily attracts strange girls.]

Hinai believes she has a strong opinion on this. First, Saki has a childhood friend who's extremely socially anxious, then another who's a serious violinist but always fails at the entrance exam, and then there are the new hires at the agency who are each more "important" than the last. She believes this is a unique condition; otherwise, why would Saki be surrounded by so many "weirdos"?

Hinai felt that if she did nothing, her president would immediately be surrounded by a group of troublesome women. That was obviously not an option!

Because, Saki has to keep an eye on everyone at Paspale!

Hinai felt that it was not easy to say these words, so she had to hide them deep in her heart. She would only take the initiative to act. Anyway, everyone knew that she was a person with strong action ability and they were already used to it.

[So, it's okay to meet a newcomer who isn't necessarily a newcomer, right?] Hina's smile was as bright as ever, as if she couldn't do anything.

"So, Hina, do you want to come with me to see Xiangzi? If it's Hina, she will definitely be curious. Instead of trying to contact her privately..." Hina's eyebrows moved, and Saki knew what this eccentric girl was thinking, so she took the initiative to invite her.

In Saki's opinion, instead of letting Hinata act on her own, it would be better to proactively provide her with an opportunity to meet. Hinata is the type of person who is curious and proactive, but also easily loses interest in things. Shoko, on the other hand, tends to be methodical. If they were in school, Shoko would be suitable to be a discipline committee member, while Hinata would be the kind of free-spirited student who gives discipline committee members the most headaches, right?

(But unfortunately, Hinata-san is the student council president and head of the astronomy club at Haneda.)

Saki guessed what Hinata was thinking and offered her an invitation, which made Hinata overjoyed. Before Saki could finish her words, the girl cheered, "Really? That's great! President, I love you the most!"

As she spoke, she hugged him directly, her words full of excitement, as if she had encountered something very interesting, and she did not forget to rub Saki's cheek.

She had actually always been very curious: [Kasumi and Saki knew each other, not only were they classmates, but they were also seniors, so why didn't she do this to Saki? It's so strange.]

Hinata wanted to find out the story behind this, she thought it must be very interesting; especially when Kasumi saw her rubbing Saki's cheek... she thought that expression was great, and even wanted to rub Saki's cheek hard, but then Saki hit her with a knife and told her, "The student council president should pay attention to his image."

Even though the relationship between the three has always been like this, Hinata still finds it very interesting!

Hinata went to see Shoko, who had just finished her interview, with great interest, but lost interest after a few words. She thought she was probably the most boring girl around Saki.

Ricai's first impression of Xiangzi was that he was overly polite, just like a good boy from a wealthy family.

Because she didn't know that Xiangzi was the keyboard player of crychic, and Xiangzi claimed that she was not here to apply for an idol trainee, Hina lost interest on the spot and only wanted to focus on Saki. Then she was sent back to her daily practice by Saki.

Hinata's disguise was so good that Xiangzi didn't notice the shift in attention at all. When he heard that she was going back to practice, he politely said hello and said goodbye to Hinata. Even after Hinata left, Xiangzi sighed softly, "Paspale's guitarist is amazing."

Saki wanted to give Hinami some more instructions, but considering that Xiangzi was by her side, she had to let this free-spirited idol girl go.

"Amazing? In what aspect?" Saki couldn't understand, because Hinayana had never shown any talent or other genius in front of Xiangzi. To praise her for no reason, was this just commercial flattery?

Although this might discourage Xiangzi's ambition, Saki didn't want the girl to be so quickly distorted by society's big dye vat. Students should be more lively, right?

"That's right, as an idol, you can freely express your true self and not be affected by the outside eyes and voices. I envy such a free and easy attitude." Because the other person was Saki, Xiangzi naturally expressed his true thoughts.

"I see," Saki saw the envy and a hint of sadness hidden in the girl's golden eyes. Without saying much, he encouraged her, "If Xiangzi likes it, just work hard in that direction. Life is still long, and we have plenty of time and opportunities to try."

"By the way, how was the interview result? What position did Xiangzi choose?" Although Nao was allowed to express herself freely, Saki really didn't want to hear such an unambitious answer from the tea lady. She felt that Xiangzi had a good foundation and could definitely start as an idol trainee and look for an opportunity to officially debut.

"Saki said before that she wanted to be an idol producer, so she chose to start as an assistant and accumulate experience step by step. Is that right?" Perhaps she gained a lot of confidence during the interview, Xiangzi deliberately kept the secret and asked proactively.

Although this was not her usual style, Xiangzi wanted to play a little joke on Saki, as a way to repay Saki for her recent tricks. Otherwise, Xiangzi was worried that their relationship would become strange.

So she has to take the initiative to control the relationship between the two!

"Yes, maybe it's because of my mom's influence. I feel like everyone on stage is so shining, like mysterious stars blooming with unique brilliance. Also, because the competition in the idol world is so fierce, I don't know how many people have had their dreams shattered and can only leave the stage in disgrace. So I thought: since I don't know what I really want to do, why not protect everyone's dreams."