owlsbooks Chapter 949 The Last Routine 128
Chapter 949 The Last Routine 128
Chapter 949 The Last Routine 128
When Aqua saw Mikami Hibiki again, she was completely taken aback. She discovered that Mikami Hibiki had somehow learned to exploit a bug, constantly queuing up and shaking hands with her.
Of course, this is the last time.
After Aqua said, "If you come again, I won't let you into the venue to watch the performance," Mikami Hibiki, though very unwilling, obediently left.
After several repetitions, Mitsurugi Hibiki finally left under pressure from Aqua, Darkness, and Megumin, and the handshake event seemed to be able to proceed smoothly. However—
Darkness looked at the empty queue and sighed helplessly, saying, "I waited a while, but is it only that Demon Swordsman who came? Nobody else has shown up..."
"Then there's no point in talking about promotion. What are we going to do?" Huihui sighed helplessly, saying, "If no one comes, the second venue won't be able to operate smoothly, let alone give back to Xiaolin or anything like that..."
"There's no other way, so I'll have to use my trump card."
Aqua suddenly said those words.
Despite her mysterious explanations, which convinced others, both Darkness and Megumin already knew what Aqua was up to, finding nothing new. And indeed, Aqua's actions were exactly as expected: magic tricks!
"Come on, everyone, witness this together!" Aqua opened her arms and shouted, "The bouquets I prepared here will disappear instantly!"
The audience seemed not to believe it at all, however, when Aqua placed her feather robe on the bouquet.
"Cover the bouquet with this feather robe. If the bouquet disappears beautifully, cheer for me! Now, here we go! Three, two, one... Look!"
When she lifted her feather robe, the bouquet beneath vanished without a trace. The bouquet had just been in everyone's sight, but disappeared in the blink of an eye. And Aqua hadn't done anything about it, leaving everyone completely baffled as to how she did it.
The townspeople were all astonished, their mouths agape.
"Gone!?"
"Not bad, big sister with blue hair!"
"That was amazing! One more! One more!"
The audience below the stage kept cheering, and Aqua, seeing the scene become so lively, also became smug, spreading her arms and saying to the audience, "There are no traps!"
It seemed to be telling everyone that what she was doing was not just magic.
"So, next——"
Aqua's magic tricks became increasingly spectacular, and as the crowd continued to gather, more and more people came closer, gradually forming a large encirclement that completely blocked the area.
"Oh, oh, oh!" Huihui's eyes lit up as she excitedly shouted, "The residents are gathering here one after another!"
"Now, Megumin!" Darkness pulled a stack of flyers from his backpack, shoved half of them into Megumin's hands, and shouted, "Get ready to hand out flyers! Make sure everyone knows about the performance at the second venue!"
"Ok!"
Huihui took the flyer and said as she walked, "We are the Explosive Goddess Lalatina, and we're about to have a reunion performance! Please take care of us! We are the Explosive Goddess Lalatina, and we're about to have a reunion performance! Please take care of us!!"
As Megumin shouted loudly, Aqua on stage seemed to remember why she was there to perform magic tricks. She then continued performing her magic tricks while saying, "I am Aqua of the Explosive Goddess Lalatina! Everyone, please come and see our performance!"
"Oh oh oh—!" xN
All I can say is that Aqua's performance was truly outstanding; the audience was completely captivated by her. I imagine that this performance will definitely attract many more guests to watch the show.
Although it didn't turn into a handshake event, it seems that the goal has been achieved. They never expected it to be so easy; they should have done it this way earlier.
Looking at the large crowd, Huihui sighed with satisfaction, "Now that so many people have gathered, the news will surely spread. We can't let the performance be abandoned halfway through."
"Ah, we must make this a success!"
Darkness clenched her fists seriously, saying that she would do her best in the performance and take this opportunity to repay Kobayashi.
a few days later.
In the second small theater of Axel, Aqua slumped wearily on the floor, panting, and said, "That's enough for today! I'm completely exhausted...!"
In order to ensure a smooth performance, they have been rehearsing here for a long time these past few days, often without proper rest or meals, holding their breath for the sake of a successful performance. However, they are not made of iron, and they are already quite exhausted from doing this.
"You still have to practice after the promotion?" Erica asked, somewhat surprised to see how hard the three of them were working. "You guys are really capable, don't you take a break at all?"
"I'm so touched! We can't lose either!"
"Hehe, yes. We also need to work even harder!"
Lia and the others nodded seriously. Seeing how hard even laymen were working, they were suddenly inspired to compete. Their pride as idols wouldn't allow them to lose to outsiders, and they had to set a good example.
"Hey! How are you feeling... hmm?"
Kobayashi ran over to ask the actors at the Axel Theater, but unexpectedly saw Aqua, Darkness, and Megumin there, and was speechless with surprise.
"Xiao Lin!?"
"...Why are you here?"
at the same time.
Inside a castle.
"Oh my gosh...! Axel's Little Theater is the best!"
You seem to be in a particularly high spirits today?
A nobleman was jumping for joy with his arms outstretched, and his butler, seeing his master so happy, couldn't help but join in the conversation.
The nobleman said excitedly, "Excuse me. I'm currently replaying the performance of the Axel Theater in my mind, and I can't help but get excited."
"No, as expected of the master..." The butler looked at the master's passionate expression and couldn't help but twitch his lips, saying, "I really want to see an authentic performance from the Axel Theatre after so long."
"Hmph... This wish may soon be fulfilled." The nobleman spoke meaningfully, and under the butler's puzzled gaze, he didn't keep him in suspense but instead took out a leaflet. "Please take a look at this."
"That, that's a performance flyer for the Axel Theatre!? It absolutely has to be framed and used as decoration!"
The butler's eyes lit up with excitement.
“I understand how you feel, but please calm down.” The nobleman gestured for the butler to remain calm and continued, “Then, please take a close look at the schedule.”
"This is... performing in two places on the same day!?" The butler finally noticed something was wrong and said with some confusion, "Performing simultaneously in Axel City and Alcanredia Water City?"
"No, considering the distance and time, that's impossible."
The nobleman shook his head, indicating that such a thing would never happen. Then, quite cleverly, he discovered the problem and explained, "It's probably some kind of mistake. One of them should be replaced by another dancer. Where exactly is the Axel Theatre..."
"Sir, judging from the name 'Axel Small Theater,' it should be in Axel, right?"
The butler reminded him softly.
“That’s far too hasty.” The nobleman did not readily believe the butler’s words, but wisely said, “In order to gain new fans, the Axel Theatre may give priority to holding performances in Alcanredia.”
"How could this happen...!?"
The butler found this increasingly reasonable. After all, almost everyone in Axel was a fan of the Axel Small Theater, so there was no point in continuing the performances. They should definitely go to other towns to perform and attract more fans.
"Ah, where are we performing?" The nobleman sighed deeply, rubbing his forehead in frustration, and said, "Where is this? Where are we supposed to go?!"
He was finding it incredibly difficult to make a decision. Even the Axel Theatre itself didn't know about this, so how could they possibly know?
Then the perspective shifts back.
When Aqua saw Kobayashi appear, she anxiously explained, "Listen, Kobayashi, um, this is..."
“Aqua, we should be honest about this.” Lia patted her shoulder, indicating that it would be too much to try to evade the issue at this point. So, under the somewhat embarrassed expression of the silly goddess, she took the initiative to admit her mistake, saying, “Sorry, we complied with you, Kobayashi, and helped Aqua and the others.”
"But, however, we also did our own special training well."
"Yes, absolutely no corners were cut! Look, isn't Erica adorable now!?"
Seemingly afraid that Kobayashi would be angry, the other two quickly explained that they absolutely did not slack off because of this.
Lia said anxiously, "This is a very important stage for them. I want to help Aqua and the others as much as possible, so please don't be angry with them—"
"No, no, no, I'm not angry!"
It seemed that his silence had inadvertently caused an unnecessary misunderstanding with Leah and the others, so Kobayashi quickly waved his hand and explained, "In fact, I should thank you all. Thank you for spending time with me despite being so busy. So, how's it going?"
"Of course, there are no oversights!"
Huihui patted her chest confidently and said loudly, "I assure you, it will be an excellent stage!"
“That’s right, I practice hard every day!” Aqua said confidently, “Let me show you how serious Lalatina is!”
"Wait a minute, Aqua, don't shorten the group's full name to Lalatina!"
Darkness blushed with excitement, after all, what Aqua had just said made it sound like she was being very serious, which made Darkness extremely shy.
"Hey, she's so cute."
Aqua pouted unhappily.
"How about we just call it 'Explosion'?" Huihui seized the opportunity to intervene, saying, "I don't mind that name! In fact, please, we really need to use that abbreviation!"
"But this abbreviation gives me a feeling that something bad is about to happen."
Aqua said this with some resistance, which made Megumin very unhappy.
"Aqua, what do you mean by this?!"
She pouted, her eyes slightly red and bright, as if she were about to cause trouble.
Seeing the three noisy people, Kobayashi relaxed and sighed slightly, muttering, "They're not going home, I was a little worried... But it seems they're still the same as always, it's great that they look so energetic."
"Kobayashi, what did you say?"
"I didn't say anything."
"Really?"
"real."
Kobayashi pushed away the sullen, bewildered face of the goddess and said to Darkness and Megumin, "Don't be so fixated on it. Go back to the mansion and rest properly once in a while. An actor's health comes first! And..."
"and?"
"...No, there's nothing there."
Kobayashi shut his mouth again.
It's so dangerous! It's no fun eating dinner alone. I hope you guys can come back and keep me company... I almost blurted out such embarrassing things!
He didn't want to be teased by Aqua and the others for being a child who was afraid of being alone. If that happened, Kobayashi would rather have dinner with Mikami Hibiki!
Darkness looked at Kobayashi, who seemed about to speak, with a puzzled expression, and asked, "Kobayashi, you seemed to be trying to say something—"
"Nothing, nothing at all!" Kobayashi quickly waved his hand, then said in a very fast voice, "Then I'll head back now! Please take care of the official performance, Explosive Goddess Lalatina!"
Then, he quickly left, leaving Aqua and the other two alone.
Huihui watched Kobayashi walk away, sighed in relief, and said, "...They received support in an unexpected way."
“Yes.” Aqua nodded, then said to the two, “Anyway, we’re still a little short of the actual performance! Let’s put all our effort into creating a stage to express our gratitude to Kobayashi!”
"Oh!" X2
So the three of them started rehearsing again.
Several days passed like this, until the day of the performance—
Darkness exclaimed with great excitement, "This day has finally come!"
"Let's set off immediately for the stage of the Explosive Banquet!" Megumin couldn't wait to head towards the Axel Theater.
"Come on, let's form a circular formation!"
Aqua hugged Darkness and Megumin, and the two of them hugged Aqua and each other, forming a small Genjin.
"Are you ready? We're about to go..."
Aqua lowered her head and said to her two companions, "The complete combustion of the Explosive Goddess! Lalatina is smiling again today!"
"...Huh?" Huihui was a little nervous and at a loss, and subconsciously exclaimed, "What was that just now?"
"I've never heard of such a slogan before," Darkness said, a little hesitant and slightly embarrassed. "Also, don't call me Lalatina so casually—"
"Alright, alright, the important thing in this kind of thing is momentum! Let's do it again? Ready—"
"The Explosive Goddess's complete incineration! Lalatina, smiling once again today!" X3
(End of this chapter)