They all pushed me!

As if he felt the atmosphere was suddenly a little heavy, Kobayashi quickly took out two plastic round fans printed with "MEM啾本命" and "Ruby本命" from the drawer, raised them in the air as if they had rehearsed in advance, and said with a smile:

“And after all, it hasn’t been officially announced yet. For now, as fans, we should just look forward to and prepare for ACE’s official performance at Tokyo Dome tomorrow.”

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On the first day of ACE's Tokyo Dome performance, Kitagawa Ryo, who had already changed into the full set of cheering clothes that Kindaichi Toshiro had given him a few days ago, and was carrying a bulging bag of other cheering items including light boards and banners, changed his shoes at the entrance, and smiled at Ai who had brought him to the door and said:

"Then I'll be out first. Ai, stay safe at home. I've asked Gaofeng and Watanabe to come over to accompany you. This is also a way for your old B Komachi to formally test the level of ACE. After all, they said before that they wanted to surpass you."

"Yeah, I get it. Ryoya, be safe."

Ai nodded when she heard this. She looked a little sleepy in her pajamas, but she was quite satisfied with Liang's arrangement. She even took the initiative to call two former members of B Komachi to her house to take care of her and chat with her. She didn't really devote all her attention to Rumi.

After saying goodbye to Ai, Kitagawa Ryo drove away from home, preparing to pick up Kurokawa Akane and Arima Kana on the way, and the three of them went to the venue of Tokyo Dome together.

Thanks to the fact that the crew's progress in Miyazaki far exceeded expectations, they managed to save several days within expectations. Yasushi Gotanda readily approved leave for the three of them, and also gave the entire crew two days of rest.

It was the first time for Arima Kana and Kurokawa Akane to see Kitagawa Ryo dressed like this, and they all laughed at the same time when they opened the door. As a result, they were immediately retaliated by their senior Ryo, who reached out and stuck two "ACE" stickers on their little faces.

After successfully picking up the two people in the car, Kitagawa Ryo drove all the way to the vicinity of Tokyo Dome. Although it was still early in the morning and quite a number of traffic police were dispatched here to maintain normal traffic and traffic order on the road, the bustling crowd and traffic mixed together made it impossible for Kitagawa Ryo to drive forward. He simply stopped the car and walked the last part of the journey with Kana Arima and Akane Kurokawa.

“It’s really a sea of ​​people…”

Almost all they saw were densely packed crowds of people, almost everyone was dressed the same as the three of them, and everywhere were people wearing homemade or custom-made cheering uniforms. Flags, fans, and large banners with cheering messages were held in the air, and there were lively conversations everywhere. Someone played ACE's song, and everyone on that side was singing along.

In this situation, Beichuan Liang didn't even have to worry about being recognized. Compared to this, perhaps he should be more worried about whether his two underage juniors would be separated by the crowd. In order to prevent this from happening, he almost instantly grabbed Arima Kana and Kurokawa Akane's hands on the left and right, and said at the same time:

"Follow me closely, it will be much better when we get to the queue in front."

After making their way through the enthusiastic fan group with some difficulty, Kitagawa Ryo finally breathed a sigh of relief, and took the two of them to find a random line to line up. He held the "End of the Line" sign above his head with one hand and took out his phone from his backpack with the other hand, ready to contact Kindaichi Toshiro. The other party did not go with them because he was commissioned by Saito Ichigo to bring MEM啾's family over today.

After briefly speaking to Toshiro Kindaichi about their current location and asking whether they had arrived, Kitagawa Ryo nodded and hung up the phone. Anyway, their locations were connected, so they would be able to meet each other when they entered Tokyo Dome after the tickets were issued.

Within two seconds, a new person lined up behind the three of them. Beichuan Liang turned around and handed over the sign that said "end of the line". Unexpectedly, he heard the person behind him speak hesitantly:

"Is it Kitagawa Ryo, Kitagawa-kun?"

"Ok?"

Beichuan Liang turned around in surprise. His face was covered with a lot of "ACE" and "Love" stickers, and there was a line of "Ruby-chan Love" written in paint on the side of his face. He didn't expect that he could still be recognized at a glance.

The man who called out his name looked to be a young man in his twenties, not much older than him, with a very honest look. However, what Beichuan Liang was more concerned about was actually the other person's attire.

If his outfit from head to toe is interpreting what "Ruby Solo Pusher" means, then the opponent's outfit is a thorough "MEM啾 Solo Pusher". He even wears a little devil headdress of the same style as MEM啾 on his head. The visual effect is quite shocking.

"I'm Daichi Inoue, a reporter for Weekly Entertainment Live, but don't worry, Kitagawa-kun, I won't speak too loudly and expose you."

As if he had seen through Kitagawa Ryo's concerns, Inoue Daichi immediately lowered his voice, turned his pocket inside out, and showed off his cell phone:

"I'm not secretly filming or recording anything. Like you, I came here today simply to watch ACE's performance. As you can see, I'm a fan of MEM."

Looking at the MEM chirping pendant swaying on the other person's phone, Kitagawa Ryo believed Inoue Daichi to some extent, nodded and replied with a smile:

"Okay, please."

After simply replying with this sentence, Beichuan Liang didn't care about this little episode any more. After all, the other party's attitude was quite friendly, and as the ticket opening time approached, the line was slowly moving forward.

Arima Kana and Kurokawa Akane pricked up their ears intentionally when they heard Inoue Daichi introduce himself as a reporter for "Weekly Entertainment Live". They thought they had all been recognized. They almost imagined that they were secretly photographed when they were walking hand in hand with Kitagawa Ryo, and the photos would be published in tabloids and magazines tomorrow.

I have to say, although the emotion that emerged subconsciously was nervousness, it seemed to be mixed with a hint of inexplicable anticipation.

It was actually quite normal for the two of them to have such thoughts. After all, the various rumors surrounding Beichuan Liang had not completely dissipated. Ninety-nine percent of the reporters would probably not miss the opportunity to make big news. Maybe this was a reporter who disguised himself as a fan and came close to them to take a sneak shot.

But Arimaka Kanae and Kurokawa Akane had never expected that this time they would meet a lazy reporter who took reporter Tanaka as a warning in life and was lazy and idle to the extreme. During the whole queue process, the two of them used the excuse of wanting to put two more support stickers on their faces to ask Kitagawa Ryo for help, and then they deliberately got close to Kitagawa Ryo and stood on tiptoe to whisper something in his ear. But the reporter following behind them seemed to have no intention of looking at this side at all. He was having a lively conversation with another MEM啾 fan next to him the whole time, and did not make any attempt to take secret photos.

After checking their tickets with a bit of disappointment, they walked into the venue. Just as Kitagawa Ryogo found a seat with Kurokawa Akane and Arima Kana, Kindaichi Toshiro came over with a middle-aged woman and two boys around seventeen or eighteen years old. They were the mother and brother who had come to cheer for MEM啾.

After exchanging a few simple greetings with them, Kitagawa Ryo began to methodically set up light boards and banners along with Kindaichi Toshiro, trying to ensure that Kitagawa Rumi and MEM-chu, who had just appeared, could see the situation on their side at first glance.

After a while, girls who seemed to be from the fan club came over and politely distributed blank cheering banners and pens to each of them. MEM啾's two younger brothers wrote very quickly. Before they even appeared on the stage, they had already held up handwritten banners that read "Come on Sister Mei Qiu" and "Sister Mei Qiu is the best". They also wrote a message for their mother according to her dictation, saying "Mei Qiu will always be the child that makes me most proud".

That is MEM啾's real name.

Kitagawa Ryo had never been to such a place before. She looked a little intimidated by the dense crowd around her. Her mother, whose face was painted with some weird-looking stickers, also stood with her two sons and held the banner as high as possible. Suddenly, she raised the corners of her mouth.

He stood up and lifted up the assembled flag handed to him by Kindaichi Toshiro. With his arms stretched out, the flag fluttered in the wind.

As the audience gradually entered the stadium, the huge stadium became noisy. Amid the spontaneous cheers of the fans, Beichuan Liang shouted out loudly with rare joy:

"I-always-love-Ruby!"

Chapter 4: Those Who Have Changed (5k)

People are creatures that can be swept away by the atmosphere, not to mention that Kitagawa Ryo had no intention of hiding anything, and Kindaichi Toshiro seemed to be competing with him. The two of them sang high notes and broken voices, and Arima Kana and Kurokawa Akane, who were attending such a large-scale performance for the first time, were quickly immersed in the sound and atmosphere of the scene, and unconsciously waved the glow sticks in their hands.

The red cheering color corresponding to MEM啾 and the yellow cheering color corresponding to Kitagawa Rumi almost lit up the entire venue. Looking down from the sky, the almost full Tokyo Dome had become a whole curtain of red and yellow light.

After the guest performer, former ACE member Samejima Abiko, officially appeared on the stage, several areas immediately lit up with deep purple light as if prepared in advance. For most ACE fans, the combination of three is the most familiar ACE that they have been following for four or five years. For a moment, cheers driven by sentiment rang out one after another. The momentum reached its peak when MEM啾 and Kitagawa Rumi officially appeared on the stage and stood side by side with Samejima Abiko. One could feel noisy screams and shouts everywhere in one's ears.

But as soon as the accompaniment sounded, all the audience members fell silent tacitly and just waved their glow sticks up and down and left and right rhythmically to the beat of the music. ACE finally chose "The Sun and Sunflowers" as the opening song for this Tokyo Dome performance. After all, this is the debut single of the group ACE, and it is also the first time that many fans got to know and come into contact with ACE.

"It's really beautiful... Ruby's outfit today, as well as Abiko and Mem-chu's."

Kurokawa Akane gently waved the glow stick in his hand, raised his head and looked at the large screens on the left and right sides of the stage and sighed. Although the actions of several people were quite close, they still didn't have to zoom in to see it carefully on the large screen to magnify the details.

"There seem to be four sets of costumes for today's performance. This is just the opening set."

Kitagawa Ryo also slightly raised his head. As the performance officially began, under the control of the lighting engineer, the lights in the closed Tokyo Dome Stadium's audience seats dimmed quickly. Then, the spotlights shone crosswise on the stage, focusing the three members of ACE at the center of the audience.

Music is an extension of emotion and also a carrier of memories. As soon as the prelude and the first line of lyrics of "The Sun and Sunflowers" came out, Kitagawa Ryo couldn't help but recall the trip to Miyazaki five years ago. He remembered the night when this ACE debut single was just uploaded. He nervously paid attention to the number of views, popularity and comments, until the dust settled, and then he fell asleep peacefully in the early morning while hugging Rumi who came to find him.

Kitagawa Ryo's singing level is so good that only kids like Kurokawa Akane, who have a full fan filter, can say that his voice is nice, and his dancing is even more prominent with his uncoordinated hands and feet. To give an example, the original idea of ​​the production team of "It's Not My Fault That I'm Popular" was to let him and Ai sing the ending song "Love" together. After all, the popularity would be visibly higher.

As a result, after some experiments that were too painful to watch, the ending song was finally given to Ai to sing solo, including his and Ai's duet "love dance" in the ending scene, which was actually quite stiff and at a loss, although in the end it was praised by fans as "very consistent with the character of the male protagonist, Heimatsu Tsuzaki, a conservative programmer."

However, the only song that Kitagawa Ryo can sing skillfully and without being out of tune is "The Sun and Sunflowers", and he can also remember the corresponding dance moves without any mistakes, because he has watched and listened to it too many times.

In the few years since ACE debuted, albums and singles have been released one after another. In fact, there are some songs with higher sales and reputation than "The Sun and Sunflowers". But just like the vast majority of the audience now are singing along quietly in the audience, the status of the debut song in the hearts of fans is indeed unique, and Kitagawa Ryo is deeply touched by this.

For ACE and all the fans, the status of this song is probably equivalent to the value of "The Code is B" in the hearts of B Komachi's fans.

At the end of each section of "The Sun and Sunflowers" there is the lyric "I like you", and whenever this section is reached, the three people on the stage will smile and extend the microphone towards the audience. The response to them is naturally a unanimous "I like you" from the audience, and in the midst of these small interactions one after another, the opening show of this performance also came to an end.

The three members of ACE bowed together and left the stage. They were going to change into their performance costumes and prepare for the next song. The next show was another idol group that Mei Pro was promoting recently. In line with the idea of ​​keeping the wealth within the family, Kitagawa Ryo and Saito Kyoko also invited them to be guest performers.

"Have some water. Since this is your first time in a place like this, Kana and Akane should take care of their throats. They still have to film and record the theme song for Pest later."

During the intermission between the shows, Kitagawa Ryo took out a few bottles of mineral water from his backpack and distributed them to the people next to him. He then turned around and gave some instructions to Arima Kana and Kurokawa Akane. After all, he had almost shouted his voice hoarse during the Tokyo Idol Festival when ACE officially debuted.

"Hmmmm... cough."

Upon hearing this, Kurokawa Akane cleared her throat a little uncomfortably. After all, they were her best friends on the stage. She was also a little out of control and excited just now. Her fingers were full of three-color glow sticks, and she cheered with the other audiences around her and was very enthusiastic.

"It's at this time that you can clearly feel how dazzling the idol is."

Arima Kana was also sipping water, her wine-red pupils reflecting all the light at the scene, and she sighed sincerely.

This is indeed a scene that is difficult for actors who are only active on the big screen to see. Compared to cold and light numbers such as playback volume, discussion, and ratings, it always feels more real and shocking to be able to see thousands or tens of thousands of people cheering and supporting you enthusiastically.

"If Kana wants to experience this feeling, she can try a drama performance, which is also a form of performance that directly faces the audience. In addition, the theater and stage of the LALALAI Theater have been expanded more than once in the past two years. There is now a venue that can accommodate nearly 2,000 people."

Looking at Arima Kana, whose eyes showed a hint of admiration, Kitagawa Ryo also casually made a suggestion, and Kurokawa Akane beside him also nodded after hearing it:

"Yes, yes. It's very exciting. We can clearly see the expressions of the audience in the front row from the stage. Would you like to try it, Kana?"

"If there's a chance, yes."

Arimakana was somewhat tempted to accept the offer. Although she had never had any experience in drama performance before, she was recognized by Kitagawa Ryo as someone who was as famous as her, Kurokawa Akane, who was able to seamlessly transition from a drama actor to a film and television actor. She had no doubt that she would not be able to adapt to the stage of drama performance.

Kindaichi Toshiro, who was standing nearby, also heard the conversation between the three people. He immediately leaned over and greeted them enthusiastically:

"Kana wants to try acting. That's totally fine. Our LALALAI Theater Company is known for having only first-rate actors. It's just right for a talent like Kana to join."

"Hey, are you kidnapping people again?"

"Ryodu has kidnapped so many people from our troupe, and I'm just starting to learn."

After a casual exchange of words with Kindaichi Toshiro, before Kitagawa Ryo could continue speaking, Arima Kana put on a serious look and rejected Kindaichi Toshiro's joke in a stern manner.

"That's probably not possible. After all, Senior Liang and I have signed a contract for a long time, and I am already his person—"

At the end, she couldn't hold back her laughter and dragged out the end of the sentence.

"Can you add the suffix 'firm'? It sounds too weird."

Kitagawa Ryo curled the corner of his mouth, but did not go deeper into this topic. Instead, he and Kindaichi Toshiro tacitly shifted their gazes and turned their eyes back to the main stage.

The reason is very simple. The previous guest performer has left the stage and it is ACE's turn to perform.

"Ruby - favorite!"

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"It feels really good... ah, it reminds me of our B Komachi performance, which was almost ten years ago."

At the same time, at the Kitagawa family, Ai was also watching the paid live broadcast at Tokyo Dome with B Komachi's three original teammates. Even though there was a screen between them, the warm atmosphere of the scene swept over without hindrance, and pulled them back to the past in a trance.

"It's a relief that you can still remember it, Watanabe. I can't remember anything about that time now. To be honest, my mind was completely blank when I was standing on the stage after the performance."

Gao Feng, who was sitting next to Ai, put his arm around Ai's shoulders affectionately, and suddenly added with a smile:

"At that time... I felt like an audience member watching a performance up close on the stage. All my attention and thoughts were taken away by Ai's performance. When I came to my senses, the performance was over, and then Ai announced her graduation."

"It's not that exaggerated. Obviously everyone performed very well. Tokyo Dome is also an honor for everyone in B Komachi."

Ai Wenyan also waved her hand modestly, leaned slightly to the right and rested her head on Gao Feng's shoulder, rubbing her face in a funny way, until she laughed and said it was itchy. Then she sat up straight, hugged her knees and continued to look at the screen where ACE was shining brightly and energetically on the stage.

"Come to think of it, the support color of this kid named MEM啾 is the same red as love, and the camera also captured patches of red. Not only did Watanabe think of our previous Tokyo Dome performance, I also had some hallucinations."

Erye on the other side noticed this detail and spoke with interest.

"Did Nino-chan forget? MEM啾 said in an interview before that because Ai is her favorite idol, she chose the same red as her support color."

Watanabe Seiko reached out and grabbed the white cat that was napping on the coffee table, held it in her arms, and stroked it comfortably while answering.

"Ah - the picture seems to be shown to the audience in the front row. It's cold."

As the camera zoomed upwards, half of the front row of audience seats appeared in the live broadcast. Ai quickly pointed to a corner of the seat, but unfortunately, before others could look away, the scene quickly passed by.

"Is this true? Is this some kind of superpower? The footage just now was less than two seconds, right? Are you sure you didn't see it wrong?"

Watanabe Seiko rubbed her eyes in disbelief and said with a smile:

"Yeah, that's the superpower between me and Ryo. There's no mistake about it."

As if to confirm her idea with her skeptical girlfriend, Ai picked up her phone and searched for keywords on Twitter. She soon found a lot of relevant screenshots uploaded by netizens, pointed to one of the locations and curled her lips:

"Well, isn't this cool?"

"It's true, but the pixels are too blurry. Fortunately, Ai can tell it at a glance."

After looking at the half-mosaic figure that had been blurred due to the hasty screenshot for a long time, the other three nodded together. Gao Fenghe covered his mouth and laughed, then enlarged a corner of the screenshot a little and added:

"I'm still holding a cheering flag in my hand."

"By the way, there are rumors online that ACE will announce their disbandment after this performance, just like our B Komachi did back then. Do you know if this is true or not?"

In response to her friend's question, Ai nodded and answered affirmatively:

"It's the same as us, and they're not going their separate ways. The relationship between the three of them is pretty good, and they'll probably do some shows together in the future. The graduation speech will probably be given tomorrow after the show ends, after all, ACE's performance at Tokyo Dome is two days in a row... Well, if we just talk about that, it's indeed one day longer than ours."

"Is that so? That's the best possible ending."

Gao Fenghe held his chin and turned his gaze to the guest performer Samejima Abiko who came on stage again in the second half. He looked at the three of them dancing and clapping in perfect harmony and said this with a bit of emotion.

It is almost normal for members of idol groups to have different dreams and intrigues against each other in the circle. Even B. Komachi, with whom they have such a good relationship now, was estranged for a long time after the group was established. If it were not for Ai Jiji taking on the responsibilities of captain, actively opening his heart to communicate with everyone, and reorganizing the entire team, B. Komachi's ending would not have become what it is now.

When he was an idol, he led the whole team to the stage of Tokyo Dome with great responsibility. After retiring, he actively contacted them. Even Nino, who was eliminated from the group, was brought back and everyone was reemployed. He created "B Komachi×B Komachi", a 'iron rice bowl' that guarantees them not to have to worry about their livelihood for the rest of their lives. As the captain, he has no regrets about loving each of them.

So, throughout the whole day, the four of them were leisurely chatting together on the sofa. In the end, the ACE performance playing on the TV screen became the background music of their chat.

At the end of the last show, at Gao Fenghe's suggestion, the four of them took a group photo with ACE, who was bowing to the audience on the TV screen, and prepared to post a related dynamic, adding a funny sentence: "We are the remnants of the old era, and the new era has no ships to carry us - ACE's performance today was really great!"

Ai opened her phone and prepared to log in to the blog account they had created together in a fast food restaurant in front of a subway station a long time ago. After all the members of B Komachi graduated and disbanded, this place has become a place for them to share various daily lives and show shooting footages. The number of fans has already exceeded five million.

It turns out that so much time has passed and they are almost thirty years old now.

She was about to become a mother.

Amidst her friends' lively and cheerful comments such as "I think it's better to post whether you like B Komachi or ACE, which has more traffic", "A is greater than B!" and "How many days will you be at Tokyo Dome", Ai's mouth corners unconsciously lifted, as if she was afraid of making a mistake, or as if she was simply recalling something. She very slowly entered the five-digit password:

45510.

Chapter 5: No Sure Thing (5k)

After the first day's performance ended successfully, Kitagawa Ryo drove Arima Kana and Kurokawa Akane back home, just like he did in the morning.

First they came to the Kurokawa family which was closer. The one who opened the door for them was Kurokawa Akane's mother. Although she was taller than her daughter, she was still very enthusiastic. She talked to Kitagawa Ryo and said things like 'Thanks to him for taking care of Xiao Qian during this period', 'I haven't seen Xiao Qian so happy in a long time', 'Not only Xiao Qian, she also trusts herself as a senior', and finally stopped when her daughter looked at her with a little anger, and ended with 'You are welcome to visit our home anytime'.