Chapter 152

"One good news and one bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"

“Good news.”

It was a rare occasion for all the members of Chaldea to gather in the conference room to discuss the intelligence within the singularity. The members responsible for going out to collect information were standing in the center of everyone's sight, telling everyone about the current situation of the singularity.

"The good news is that no other servants except Miss Cline have been found in the entire singularity." Coles displayed the photos they took on the big screen. "So after Gaia and Alaya left, we completed the blockade of the border of the singularity--"

"That means no more servants will appear here from now on. Also, even if Chaldea in this world discovers the anomaly, they cannot enter here before we leave."

"What about the bad news?" Fujimaru Ritsuka tapped his pen on his notebook and looked at the residents of 221B Baker Street who were out exploring with the members of El-Melloi Classroom. "I think that the fact that we cannot get the Holy Grail after entering a special point is already very bad news for me."

“…Now that I’m here.” Kirshtalia smiled and shook her head.

"In fact, these are two pieces of news, but we think they are related, so we merged them into one." Watson was responsible for summarizing and reporting to his roommates, "First, all the people in the special point who are now judged as idols by the rules have the combat power of servants; second, there are no fans."

"Wait a minute, does this mean that the mass-produced NPCs we saw in the anomaly are gone!?" Fujimaru Ritsuka opened his mouth in surprise and let go of the pen in his hand. "Doesn't that mean that we have to turn others into our fans in order to have a chance to appear at the awards ceremony at the Holy Grail Concert!?"

"But didn't we have street fights back then?" Mashu, who was once a member of an idol group in Anomalisa, raised his hand and asked, "The kind of street fights that can be started anytime and anywhere, where the winner takes away all the fans of the loser - or they can go directly to the concert to challenge the host..."

"All of them." Watson nodded to Marsh and displayed the corresponding photos on the screen. "And the related industries are more than the special point in the record - not just concerts... movies, stage plays, TV series, variety shows, interviews, advertising endorsements, and various award selections."

"If we only talk about the entertainment industry, I'm afraid there is already a complete industrial chain here."

"...I just feel that the future is bleak." Fujimaru Ritsuka has already slumped over the table. "No, what can we do to turn professional players into fans of people who are not even amateurs? Even if the selling point is the 48-series featuring face-to-face confrontation, it won't work, right?!"

"There is another point, I think the Lord may have forgotten it." Watson sighed helplessly, "Although we have been talking about fan value before, in fact, the duel requires idol elements. The operation of idol activities in the singularity is also supported by idol elements - just like quantum, a currency that is limited to the circulation within the singularity."

"That is to say—"

"In fact, working for other groups can also get idol elements as rewards - but there is no way to beat them." Fujimaru Ritsuka sat up again, "But it can still be used to obtain start-up funds. However, in order to gather the idol elements together, we must first make a debut announcement, and then disperse to work..."

"In this case, can we record a group variety show at the same time? No one is a fan anyway, so let's just record it for fun."

"Record it if you want, and it will be preserved as a precious memory."

This happened on the first day Chaldea arrived at the singularity - on the second day, Chaldea released the debut announcement of AMP "Animusphere" 48 and the internal divisions of the group in the name of Animusphia Agency; of course, the official website of the agency that released the announcement and uploaded the debut performance video was still done by Corless.

Since they were going to debut, they had to perform - and for the people of Chaldea, the only song suitable for them to perform that had no connection with other worlds was the song they saw their counterparts singing on a remote branch before they completely left the Type-Moon world.

——Although it is very similar to square dancing in a sense, it has already been released, so don't worry too much about it.

Anyway, after they uploaded this song as their debut song and their only debut performance to the official website, everyone went their separate ways to look for jobs in order to save up funds for the official start-up of the group in order to participate in the Holy Grail Concert; as for the group variety show that Fujimaru Ritsuka mentioned jokingly the day before, the remaining members started recording Sheba, which was a bit of a waste of their talents.

"きよってもっとぎゅっとね......"

Ritsuka Fujimaru walked on the street humming the catchy melody of her debut song and began to observe the idols appearing on the street - perhaps these people should be called stage actors and rappers rather than idols; after all, she saw a familiar figure appearing on the street in this special point.

"Romeo!? Is your name Romeo Montague!?"

——Romeo and Juliet? But... it's a boy's voice.

Fujimaru Ritsuka stopped and looked towards the intersection where the crowd was gathered - two boys in casual clothes were performing in the middle of an open space surrounded by a crowd; the members watching beside the two were from various idol groups that Chaldea had investigated yesterday, as well as their own companions.

—It is time to ask Mr. Shakespeare to come and have a look.

Ritsuka Fujimaru thought about Shakespeare who had disappeared somewhere, and walked over to watch the performance of the two boys.

"Julius! I didn't expect you to be from the Capulet family..."

When Fujimaru Ritsuka blended into the crowd, two more people joined the street performance - one of them was Minamiki Tsurugi, who had met Fujimaru Ritsuka once in a dream.

Minamigi Aya stood in front of the boy who played Romeo and made a gun-holding gesture with her hands; the other person who confronted him also made a non-object performance of holding the handle of the sword at his side, stood in front of the boy who played Julius, and said in a serious tone-

"Compared to this, can I consider this a declaration of war from the Montague family?"

Next comes the scene with only Romeo and Julius.

"Romeo, why are you Romeo Montague?"

"Give up your family and your name, Julius - don't we have bigger dreams?"

"No. I...can't abandon my family."

The entire street performance ended here - when the performance ended, the onlookers applauded and the performers also broke away from the atmosphere of the characters.

"We are the Mankai Theater Company! The new Spring Group will perform "Romeo and Julias" and tonight we will perform Qianqiule again!! Please support us!!!"

Ritsuka Fujimaru followed the crowd and took the flyer from the Mankai drama troupe. Just as he was about to leave quietly, he was discovered by the group of people who entered the special point earlier and found something unusual - and was soon surrounded by everyone again.

"We all know each other well when we perform, so we are all familiar with each other..." The red-haired boy who played Romeo before smiled and shook his head, looking at Fujimaru Ritsuka who was surrounded by the crowd, "Strangers are actually very easy to recognize - since they are newcomers, they are not fans of anyone... Come and watch our Qianqiule!!!"

"She may have watched your Mankai street performances, but that doesn't mean she's a drama fan, Sakuya." The female idol with beautiful purple hair was the first to respond to the Mankai Theater's battle for talent. "Besides, this is a professional female idol training school—"

"Mizuki, you guys are too professional... If you're just an enthusiast, you can start with us!"

A girl whose hairstyle and hair color resembled Fujimaru Ritsuka in some ways raised her hand.

"If you want to study to become a backstage worker, we are the only professional one, right?"

The male idol with aqua blue hair pointed out an angle that everyone had overlooked.

"If you just want a normal part-time job, you can also come and be a model for me, little sister!"

The one jumping around and joining the melee with the beautiful green-haired girl on the periphery was none other than Ranku Amemura, whom Ritsuka Fujimaru had also seen in the dream anomaly.

"If you want to be a model, you can come to the Mankai Theater." The green-haired girl, no, the green-haired boy with bangs and a pink skirt said to Yicun, "You are not the only fashion designer - there are a lot of chief designers of idol-specific brands across from them."

"Well... I've already debuted." Fujimaru Ritsuka maintained a polite smile and slowly moved away from the group of guys who were like hungry wolves hunting for food. "However, if there is a stable job available, I can also come - by the way, the more jobs the better, I have a lot of people here..."

"Then how about you come to our place first?" The tall man with short yellow curly hair standing next to the aqua-haired male idol clapped his hands and looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka with a smile, "We are going to hold several large exhibitions here, and Xiaochun can't handle it alone. Why don't you hand over the newcomer to us this time?"

"Oh, yes. I remember you asked us if we wanted to have a joint exhibition for the first show in this series." Minamiaki Tsuna clapped his hands vigorously and looked at the boy who played Julius and the chestnut-haired woman. "Supervisor - how about the re-performance of Young Alice in Wonderland in advance?"

"As long as you can handle it," the chestnut-haired supervisor replied, "because the days when Shining Office is open are originally scheduled as rest days--"

"I want to take a vacation with the supervisor." The actor of Julius rejected Minamiki Tsunayoshi's proposal quite firmly and decisively.

Minamiki Tsunayoshi: "No, Masumi, the director won't leave us alone in the theater..."

"Shining Masterpiece Show, you will hold three exhibitions in total - will we decide who will come each time?" Fujimaru Ritsuka looked at the three seniors standing together, flipping through their project brochures while asking, "You don't seem to care much about the Holy Grail Concert..."

"You can arrange the members who will participate in the exhibition. After all, no matter what they did before, they have to be idols now." The man with azure hair replied to Fujimaru Ritsuka, "Also, for us, that concert is really dispensable - because whether it exists or not, the goal of everyone here is to move towards the top."