Chapter 6
(Dammit! I just don’t get it! What the hell is going on here?!)
(None of this makes any sense! Yeah, sure, I’m worried as hell for Hakaze-senpai and all the others who were just tossed into a desert.)
(But we don’t even know where we are right now!)
(We’re prolly not even in Japan, right? It’s the middle of winter and it’s so damn hot out! Where the hell are we? What do they even want from us…?!)
(Those Administration guys barely told us nothin’ over HoldHands, so we don’t know anything about what’s goin’ on. Bastards didn’t even reply to any of my questions.)
(I get that we’re stuck in the middle of something shitty, but we don’t know a single thing about it!)
(If this was like usual, Sakuma-senpai would have already figured everything out like some all-knowin’ god and explained it to us.)
(But he’s too busy tryin’ to look cool in that eboy mask, he hasn’t said a word…)
(Yuuta’s actin’ like some know-it-all, but he just keeps makin’ fun of me whenever he opens his mouth.)
(Son of a bitch! All of this is way too damn cryptic, I feel like I’m goin’ insane!)
(Actually. Come to think of it, there’s been this weird atmosphere ever since we set out for the SS Qualifiers—)
Within a memory—late last night, inside the tour bus for ES idols
U! N! D! E! A! D!
We are~?
UNDEAD!
Number two! W! I! N! K!
We are~?
2wink… ☆
Shut the hell uuuuuup! Can’t you pipe down while we’re drivin’, some of us are tryna sleep here!
……
Huh? Well that’s pretty out of the ordinary! Sakuma-senpai’s trying to sleep even though it’s the middle of the night?
I mean, that’s what any regular guy’d do.
Ahaha! Regular, huh? We are~?
I told ya to shut uuuuup! The hell’re you so excited for, huh?! Ya think this is some kinda field trip?!
But Oogami-senpai, aren’t you juuust as excited as us? You’re looking forward to SS too, aren’t you~?
So what if I am?! I dunno why you guys aren’t as hyped as me. This is the biggest event in the idol industry, ain’t it?
It’s a battle to the death to see who’s the strongest idol!
Last year those Trickstar morons snatched SS right out from under us, but this year, it’s anyone’s game!
If you’re a man, you’d wanna aim for the very top, right? Gyahahaha ☆
Wow… You’re showing off your bad side, Oogami-senpai. You think if Trickstar’s going ham like that, then you should too? You think you can just raiseyour hand and volunteer to go next and follow in Trickstar's footsteps? Has that ever worked out for you even once?
Shut uuup! Yeah, sure, fine beat the hell out of us after the S1 last spring and yeah, sure, it’s still a little traumatic but?!
If Sakuma-senpai and Hakaze-senpai had actually gone all out back then, we woulda won no sweat!
Wow, really~? I guess you really can say whatever you want once it’s said and done, huh~?
Yep yep. Isn’t it suuuper lame to say stuff like the fish that got away was totally the biggest one you’ve ever seen, or the grapes you couldn’t reach were sour~? Hm, Koga-kun?
You callin’ me a sore loser?!
I’m just sayin’ we’ve wasted a lotta opportunities in the past, so we’re gonna get psyched and face this one head-on!
So make sure you pull your weight, Hakaze-senpai! If you try cutting any corners I’ll kill ya!
Huhhh? But I’ve been doing things seriously for a while now, haven’t I?
Yes. You’ve been doing a good job, Hakaze-senpai.
Uh, are you patronizing me?
I was just trying to give you a normal compliment… But I suppose that wasn’t a suitable expression to use.
… ♪
Hn? Sakuma-senpai, are you awake now? Sorry for wakin’ you up when you were tryna sleep—
…… (ignores Koga and looks away)
…… (looks like the world is ending)
Hm? What’s wrong, Oogami? Are you getting carsick? You don’t look so good.
No, I um… Uh? Sakuma-senpai, you heard me just now, right? Why’d ya—
What’s up, Rei-kun? You’ve been real quiet this whole time. Even though you always have so much energy at night.
You used to fly all over the world, so I doubt it’s ‘cause you don’t like to travel. Are you just not feeling well?
……
Oh, he closed his eyes again. Maybe he’s just sleepy, then. He does seem to have fixed his whole inverted-day-and-night thing for SS.
Well yeah, we gotta be active during the day to keep up with all the others…
But is he gonna be okay? His power levels hit rock bottom when the sun’s out.
Well, I’m sure he’ll be fine? He’s Sakuma Rei, after all ♪
… ♪
Hmm. He’s fidgeting, so it doesn’t seem to be that he can’t hear us.
Then why the hell won’t he answer us…? Uhhh, did I hurt your feelings or somethin’…?
… ♪
…?
Okay, so in the original, Yuuta makes a pun off normal 普通 (futsuu) and 2wink (pronounced tsuinku) so he says, like, "Futsuuinku!" where the tsu part doubles as the ending of normal and the Japanese pronunciation of “two.” Does this even make any sense am I making any sense here. Anyway the Twinks are K-poppies now.