The World Is All One Chapter 26

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Azusa: What's wrong, Iori-chan? You aren't going inside?

Iori: T-there's nothing wrong!
	It's just...that...

Ami: ...Anyways, it's because of earlier right?

Ritsuko:	Your bluff of "we'll be fine, so you don't need to worry"
	you said to everyone before performing...
	In other words,
	it's hard to face them, right?

Iori: Yes, that's right.
	Is it bad that I don't know how I should face them when I return!?

Ritsuko: Geeze...
	There's no use getting worried about something like that by now.
	Hey, let's hurry up and go in!

Iori: Eh, w-wait...


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Yuu Yuu Original Work/Bandai Namco Games

Chapter 26 "My Best Unit"


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Iori: Well, it's obvoius now that I think about it.
	Everyone's busy.
	They probably went home a long time ago.
	Just what was I thinking?

Ami: Maybe
	you were just fussing about everyone, right?
	...Well, making a fuss about people like this is pretty sad though.

Ritsuko: Anyway, hurry up and get changed.
	You must be tired.

Iori: ...Yeah, I am.


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Ami: I-orin
	Do-n!
	If you're tired, Ami will help you get changed!

Iori: Heh?
	Hey, stop!

Azusa: Ara ara, my my.

Ami: Why did you do that all of a sudden?!
	Iorin, I mean,
	Since we've been done on stage
	it's been tough trying to face the others, huh.


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Ami: Earlier
	I had a bad feeling about meeting with everyone, but
	now it's only us, you know?
	Iorin, why
	can't you look Ami and the others in the eye?

Azusa: Iori-chan...

Ritsuko: I wanted to let you get some rest early today, but
	there's no way I could let you go home in this state.
	Iori,
	come face us.
	Take a good look at our faces.
	Well?
	...Do you think you're still the only one that's worrying?


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Kuroi: ...Hmph.
	I don't understand anything about 765 Pro?
	Even if that's true, why do you say that?
	I don't want to understand anything about a naive lot like you,
	and there's no need to.
	I have already crushed Ryuuguu Komachi in the match with my true strength.
	Jupiter is already down to only needing to defeat SprouT.
	The match has already been decided, but
	I'll give you the closing words.
	That "we definitely don't want to lose to you" you said just now
	was rather assertive, wasn't it?


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Kuroi: You sure talk big.
	I wonder if you're prepared?

Haruka: We're different from that time.

Yukiho: We won't run away.

Hibiki: I-it's so sudden.

Kuroi: ...Then it's decided-

Producer: Before that, tell me this.
	If you think about the difference in our corporate power,
	you already have a large chance of Jupiter taking the IA Grand Prize if you do the right activities.
	By all rights,
	you shouldn't have any need to face SprouT.
	Yet what is the reason why you're so obsessed with us?

Kuroi: Isn't it clear?
	There shouldn't be anything left to ask.
	I will only allow you to be crushed by my own hand.
	That's all.


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Producer: (Not only does he understand what's going on, he's fixated on having a direct confrontation.)
	Well,
	then that could be a chance for us...right?

Kuroi: A chance?
	Like SprouT defeating Jupiter?
	You might know how to interpret that to your convenience, but
	if you build your hopes too high,
	won't the damage be even greater when you lose?

Producer: (He probably truly believes about half of that, but the rest is probably just a taunt.)
	Right now I can only say
	he's definitely going to do something to attack us.

Takane: ...It appears that Kuroi-dono
	is quite underestimating SprouT.

Chihaya: I think so too.
	I definitely don't think that could happen so easily.


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Miki: Haruka and the others are always doing an amazing amount of lessons and jobs.

Yayoi: That's right!
	They're the ones that have worked the hardest out of all of us!
	That's why they won't lose to Jupiter when it comes to talent!

Haruka: Producer-san.

Yukiho: Producer.

Producer: (Anyway, it's not over.)
	(So I'll have to ensure we have a fair position.)
	This time we'll prepare the stage.
	How's that?

Kuroi: Hmph...
	Very well.
	Although I want to say that...


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Kuroi: Even as a joke, the situation is a match for fellow units competing for the IA grand prize.
	Obviously, the plans need to be sufficient.
	I could not possibly leave this to the meager funding of 765 Pro.
	I'll listen to your demands, but
	I do not plan on yielding the setting.

Makoto: What's more believable is that
	in the end, you mean you don't have any plans on changing how you do things, right?
	How disappointing.
	Did nothing come from what Touma and the others said
	after I confronted Jupiter?
	If they were serious in their attitudes and what they said that time,
	they shouldn't forgive any sort of interfering behavior.
	Unless Touma and the others have accepted the way you do things...

Producer: Kikuchi-san,
	they aren't the type to do that.


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Producer: That's why
	I rushed here for Ryuuguu Komachi.
	It was all thanks to Jupiter.

Kuroi: ...What do you mean?

Producer: When Ritsuko-san noticed there was something wrong with Ryuuguu Komachi,
	Touma-kun told us that he felt that the sound was off.
	When I told him there might have been trouble, his face changed color
	even though it gave him the advantage.
	He didn't want to hurt anyone in this honest match, right?
	And President Kuroi,
	this is rather sudden, but they are
	getting suspicious of you.


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Producer: If these situations that raise even more distrust keep happening,
	any excuse could make their belief in you change.
	(If that's true, then surely they will feel)
	("He doesn't believe in our talent")
	Although they are our opponents,
	earnestly working on their activities while thinking that is wrong.
	We need to finish this on a stage without paranoia
	for their sake as well.
	This time you'll draw a lot of suspicion.
	Won't that be from both sides?

Kuroi: If I don't accept your conditions,
	you're saying you'll make that excuse?
	Bastard.
	What do you mean "for their sake as well"?
	That's just a simple minded threat...!


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Kuroi: (Maybe I underestimated him too much...?)
	Aren't you pretty malicious as well?
	Finally you no longer need to keep up your persona?

Producer: What are you talking about?

Kuroi: Are you planning on revenge?
	Don't play dumb...
	...Hmph.
	I have no choice but to accept your terms.
	However, we must show results from a business standpoint
	and for the idols that will perform.
	So I will reluctantly pay.
	So I'll leave the rest to you because "I could not prepare an honest stage".
	How's that?
	Those are extraordinary terms, right?


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Kuroi: So, I guess you have no complaints?

Haruka: Didn't he seem too quick to compromise?

Yukiho: Feels like the terms are too good...

Hibiki: And he also said some things I didn't understand.
	Like how we're also malicious.

Makoto: There's definitely gotta be a catch.

Takane: However, it can also be said that nothing ventured, nothing gained...

Producer: Hmm...

Kuroi: The plan is quite different, but whatever.
	In the end, making them realize they're no match when it comes to talent isn't bad either.
	...Seems like we've decided.


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Producer: ...We'll contact you as soon as we decide on the details of the setting.
	Would you mind that?

Kuroi: Not a problem.
	You've been doing very well as a producer so far.
	Show me how you prepare an appropriate stage.
	Getting along with the idols isn't the only part of being talented.

Yayoi: Umm...
	Shouldn't we be getting back to the waiting room?
	We need to cheer up Iori-chan and the others.

Mami: Wah! Now that you mention it, isn't there no one in the waiting room?

Makoto: That must be pretty lonely, huh...

Haruka: L-let's hurry and get back!


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Iori: ...It's not that
	I'm not really worried.
	It's just that
	I can't put my feelings together today.
	Anyway,
	I won't let you guys
	face you me right now.

Ami: Hey hey, Iorin.


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Ami: Here's a quick gag,
	"Harurun"

Iori: I said leave me alone!

Ami: Iorin, can we really leave you alone if you say that?
	Maybe,
	you think someone did something bad to us?

Iori: ...I wonder.
	We certainly had this match today due to me selfishly falling for his taunts,
	and you guys ended up coming with me...

Ritsuko: Iori,
	if you feel like you're responsible for taking today's match,
	you're wrong.

Ami: That's right, Mami OK'ed it too.

Azusa: I did too, Iori-chan.


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Iori: You mean, you went along with how I was feeling...
	Fine,
	I already know I ended up worrying about it so unreasonably.

Ritsuko: Hey, what are you saying?
	Taking responsibility is my job. You don't need to worry about it.
	Besides Iori, didn't I already say something like
	"it doesn't matter about the cause or the liability now"?

Iori: ...Yeah.
	You aren't lying.
	No matter what, a result is a result.
	I can only
	accept that...
	[sobbing noise]


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Iori: [sobbing noise]
	It's fine.
	You don't have anything to worry about.
	So please leave me alone.

Ami: There's no way we could leave you alone.
	We're friends.

Iori: Even though...I told you not to worry...

Ami: Geeze...
	If I knew you were gonna make that face,
	I would have told you not to overdo it in the first place.


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Ami: Iorin, you're so hardheaded.


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Azusa: Ara ara~
	Well then, the reason why Iori-chan was acting so strange
	was because she was trying so hard not to cry, huh?

Iori: ...You're all acting as if
	I'm the only one that could cry, aren't you?

Ami: Well Ami had tons of
	fun onstage today.
	It's sad that we lost, but
	Iorin, you did say
	"we performed to our best onstage today."
	I thought it was fine since I heard that. All thanks to you, Iorin.
	How about you, Azusa-oneechan?

Azusa: Me?
	...Let's see, when we got back to the stage wing,
	maybe...it's because Ritsuko-san had a really happy look on her face,
	I got really happy too.


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Iori: Hmm...
	Ritsuko...You looked happy even though we lost?

Ritsuko: It's not that.
	I was just a little overwhelmed by emotion.

Iori: ...? Well, fine.
	By the way,
	I know you probably have the wrong idea,
	so I'll say this just in case.
	I wasn't lying when I said I had no regret.

Ami: Are you only crying over that?

Iori: I mean that it was really frustrating,
	but I don't think it was a performance that would leave me with any regret.

Ritsuko: You're frustrated but you're not regretting it.
	...Right?
	Seems like a contradiction, but somehow I understand.


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Ritsuko: Well, even if it doesn't mean much,
	today's performance was the best to me.
	From the bottom of my heart, I think
	that it was the right choice to come this far with you.
	I'm
	truly glad I was Ryuuguu Komachi's producer.
	Let's keep working hard together!

Iori: W-what, are you trying to make me cry again?!
	Stop it! I'm weak right now...

Azusa: I'm looking forward to that too, Ritsuko-san.

Ami: Of course, Ricchan!
	Ryuuguu Komachi's fight isn't over yet!

Door: Knock knock


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Haruka: Ah! They've definitely come back!

Azusa: Ara ara
	Everyone came back for us, huh?

Ami: Didn't you go home?

Haruka: Ahaha...
	Well, some stuff happened...

Yayoi: Iori-chan your eyes are red! Are you okay?

Iori: Ah, umm, they're not really...

Ami: You wanna know? Yayoicchi, you wanna know?
	Earlier Iorin was wah-wah-ing...
	OUCH...

Yayoi: [Wah-wah?]
	[A siren?]

Producer: Ritsuko-san, erm...umm...

Ritsuko: There's no need to worry about us.

Producer: ...Looks like it, huh?

Ritsuko: ...Thanks for everything today.

Producer: ...It was a long day, wasn't it?

Ritsuko: Yeah, really.

[Ahahaha]