Number Eight - Take a Chance (6)
An hour later.
HiMERU-kun. I finished setting up all the local specialties! I’m gonna start reviewing them now, so you’ve got the OK to start rolling~!
Fufu. HiMERU has already begun filming. Go ahead, please don’t worry.
Eeeh, since when?! Have you just been filming me setting up all this food this whole time?!
Yes. HiMERU was able to record the entirety of you carefully decorating the food, Shiina.
So long as we don’t have a filming crew, we should continuously record in order to make the program a success. Shiina, your struggles ended up being a nice shot.
If that was the case then you should’ve said something! I wanted to show it all off in one go~!
Koh koh koh~. I think you can figure something out when you get to editing.
Still. This all looks really good, even if it’s just meant for a food review. It almost sucks that you gotta eat it.
Nono. I prepared it so that I could eat it after, y’know! Not being able to eat it after isn’t the goal!
I didn’t want people to think badly of the local specialties just because I slacked off either, so I gave this my all!
Alright, alright. Seems like this is moving along swimmingly, isn’t it? Now all that’s left is to dig in~
Niki eats a tasty meal, and we’ll be taking the shots!
With that, we’ll be able to make a solid video and we’ll clear the objective!
As expected of the directors~, they’ve been doing a pretty good job with giving us clear directions, right?
But, I would’ve appreciated it more if they helped out with buying some of these specialties.
You don’t work, you don’t eat. Got that, Niki?
I spent our precious savings on all this, now it’s your job to put in the legwork!
Jeez. Rinne-kun is always so bossy…
Well it’s fine. As long as I have a good meal, then nothing else could make me happier!
Thanks for the meeeaaal! Om! Nom nom…~
Merumeru, are you filming this? We can’t do any retakes, so take this carefully alright~?
HiMERU knows that already. It’s all in frame, so don’t worry.
Kohaku-chan, could you shine some light down on Niki’s face here? The sun’s going down so it’s getting a bit dark.
Niki-han’s face, huh… Ummm, like this?
I didn’t really think we’d be trying to copy a real filming set with a white cloth just because we didn’t have a reflector1. I have no idea if the shot’s gonna look any good.
That’s when you leave it to The Great Amagi Rinne-kun’s talents!
Mogumogu, thank you for the food!
Right, so that’s the shooting. I think we’ve definitely cleared the objective now, right?
The tablet’s…yup. Looks like we cleared it.
I don’t know who’s watching us out there, but I’m glad they are.
Mhm! Looks like the reward is some more money! Not only does it pay back for everything we spent on specialties earlier, but it looks like we’ll even have a little left over for some dinner too!
Don’t jump to thinking about food just yet, Shiina. We received the next objective despite HiMERU not rolling the die.
“???”…What the?
I think there might be something wrong with the application~…I don’t have a clue what it could be!
There was a button on the tablet for emergencies, perhaps we should use it.
The “Number Eight” staff have yet to appear, so HiMERU doubts they’ll respond.
Since meeting them was Anzu-san’s arrangement, HiMERU doesn’t expect they would treat us idols so carelessly.
…Hold it. Guys, look over there.
“There”? At what? I can’t see anything.
Did you forget? We parked our car in front of that restaurant to eat lunch, remember?
Since then, we haven’t moved the car anywhere, right?
Yeah, but…huh?
That’s weird, where’s our car…?
Rinne-han. If I’m not wrong, then this is a sign saying “This is it”.
So that’s how it is. Until this point we’ve been given typical on site shooting objectives, and the moment we lowered our defenses, they hit us with this–and that’s how they’ve set this up.
Yup. Looks like our magnificent iron steed2 that took us everywhere was taken from us.
I’m guessing this is where “Number Eight” really begins. I get it now…~