Chapter 53 - Goods

"So this Akiba Dome!" Kinoko was excited. Her dream is to become an Idol Hero and that is why she wanted to go with them to watch this Love Live. She had thought to join this competition but she thought that it was a bit impossible since she was just too busy with school.

"It's quite big," Setsuna said.

"Let's enter it," Kendo said.

They didn't have an objection and entered the dome together. They could see a lot of people there and watched the show together.

Brando wasn't sure but he felt that this place was full of girls and it was hard to see a guy in this guy's place. He thought that it might be because of the numbers of girls were too much that made the guys who watched this competition became uncomfortable.

They received voting rights when they entered this dome and would be used to vote for their favorite idol school group after the competition was over.

Brando didn't think that 'Aquors' would have a good chance to win this 'Love Live' since the group had just been made and the number of fans was just too low.

"There are a lot of people here," Kendo was amazed.

"Yeah," Setsuna nodded.

They looked for an empty seat and sat down randomly. Their position in the middle wasn't that far away from the stage. They were lucky to be able to get that seat and their appearance didn't attract attention since everyone was looking toward the stage waiting for their idol to perform.

Brando was sitting in the corner with Yanagi by his side.

"When is your friend going to perform?" Yanagi asked.

"I'm not sure but their name is Aquors," Brando said.

"Aquors," Yanagi nodded.

They didn't wait too long and the show started. They saw a lot of school idol groups start to sing and dance at the top of the stage.

"They're amazing," Yanagi said.

"Yeah," Brando agreed. He could see from their performance that they had practiced a lot of times. He could see that from every group who performed on stage it was very serious and showed their determination to win, 'They're also very cute.'

"The next is Saint Snow, please enter!"

Two beautiful girls entered the stage and started to dance.

(BGM: Saint Snow - Self Control)

"I want to be told I'm the best, this is serious; We gotta go!"

Brando, who looked the show suddenly noticed someone whispered to each other. His hearing was very acute and he could hear their conversation clearly even though they tried to cover it with the song from the idol group.

"Here are the goods."

Brando glanced at them and he saw them exchanged something. He knew that it was something bad but he didn't do anything since he didn't want to attract attention. He thought for a bit and released his tail. He saw that the two people continued to watch the show without doing anything. He knew that it was his chance to steal their goods.

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The two people were watching the show together and didn't notice anything moving silently toward their pocket taking their goods without them noticing. They didn't stay too long and went out from the concert without attracting the attention of anyone.

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Brando was sure that his classmates who saw this scene would likely jump into the scene or follow them silently. He might have been the only one who stole their goods silently and kept it in his suit pocket while watching the show. He didn't know how much that he had stolen but he could tell that it was at least a million from the weight. He thought for a bit and turned the two goods that were wrapped in the envelope into a fossil. He might be overcautious but it was better to be prepared than sorry later.

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The two people who had separated from each other directly went back to their car and hurriedly went back without checking whether their goods were still in their pocket or not since it was dangerous to check it in that place.

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Brando continued to watch the show and it was time for his new friends. He saw them enter the stage and could see them a bit overwhelmed but they started to sing.

"AQUORS!!!"

(BGM: Aquors - Yume de Yozora o Terashitai.)

"So, are feelings all I have?"

"That's not true! Come here, if you look with your heart's eyes."

Brando thought that their performance wasn't that good, 'Hmm, do they feel cold feet?' He thought that it might be possible since it was their first time to come to this city. He looked at the voting rights that he had gotten and wondered whether he should vote for them. He didn't think their performance made him move but it was quite decent.

Before long, the show was over and they went to vote for their favorite school idol group.

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Every member of Aqours looked at the number of a vote that they had gotten was quite low but they were grateful that they had received a number even though it was only seven votes.

"Chika-chan...."

Everyone looked at their leader to see her reaction.

"It's okay, there are a people who are supporting us," Chika said with a determined expression, 'Next time...'

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Brando and everyone went back together since it was quite late and they had decided to go back directly.

They couldn't stay in a holiday mood and needed to rain since the 'Sports Festival' would be held soon. They knew that this event was very important to show their power to the world.

Brando thought that he could rest but he had forgotten that he had another problem.

"Can you tell me about your manga?" Yui asked.

"..."