Crossover Anime: I'm Kasumigaoka Utaha's Brother

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"Where could they go?" Nico Yazawa pondered, her thumb unconsciously reaching for her lips, her white teeth gently biting her nails—a habit she didn't know when she'd developed—her brows furrowed deeper, a glint of light flashing in her red eyes: "Have the paparazzi already found our house? To escape their pursuit, Mom had to take my younger siblings and leave?"

It has to be said that Yazawa Nico's imagination is beyond ordinary people—if Baili Xiao were by her side, he would definitely give her a chop to the head, both amused and annoyed!

"No! I can't stay here! Now that the paparazzi have found us, this place is no longer safe, or even... I'm already exposed!" Muttering to herself, Yazawa Nico stood up in a panic, glanced at the living room window, and then quickly walked to the window and slammed the curtains shut!

This time, the members of Muse planned a "secret operation" for their trip home. After all, it was a hard-won vacation, and everyone wanted to spend more time with their family and friends. They didn't want to waste their precious time on "dealing with reporters" and "shaking off paparazzi"!

"I have to get out of here right now! Yes, I have to get out of here right now!" Yazawa Nico put on her sunglasses and mask in a panic. Just as she was about to put her coat on, the door lock suddenly started turning.

With a soft click, a woman who looked remarkably like Nico opened the door and entered. The first thing she saw was Nico Yazawa, who was frozen in the living room: "Nicole?"

Her words were filled with obvious uncertainty—no wonder she was suspicious of the person in front of her. Although judging from the size and movements, the person must be her daughter named "Yazawa Nico," this was her own home! Why dress like a "thief"?

While the woman was stunned, three small heads peeked out from behind her and stared straight at Yazawa Nico—"children's intuition" made it easy for them to recognize the person in front of them.

"Sister?!" "Look! Sister's back!" "Sis! What are you doing? Are you cold?"

"Ah, ahahaha... I, I just got back too, I haven't even taken my gear off yet, um, that's it..." Yazawa Nico chuckled dryly, quickly tossing aside her sunglasses and other gear, and hurried to her mother's side, taking her arm with her little hand: "Mom, didn't I tell you I'd be right back? You were still running around with them, making me think..."

Thinking about her earlier idea, Yazawa Nico lowered her head with a slight blush on her cheeks—how could she possibly say such a thing in front of her mother? How embarrassing!

"What did I think it was?" With a face eight or nine parts similar to Nico's, a slightly mature hairstyle, and a figure that completely overshadowed Yazawa Nico's perfect physique, the mother smiled slightly and raised her hands...

Nico Yazawa looked down and saw boxes of fresh beef, shiitake mushrooms, enoki mushrooms, neatly cut fish slices, bamboo shoots, and lettuce in two huge shopping bags. Although they were not yet cooked, Nico couldn't help but drool.

The younger siblings' favorite orange and peach juices, and the fresh milk Nico drank every day before she left (I saw it online, "growing up drinking milk," as for where she grew up, I believe everyone knows, right?), Mom looked at Yazawa Nico with loving eyes and said softly, "At the teacher's place in 4.9, you shouldn't be mistreated, but... it should be nice to have a meal cooked by Mom once in a while, right?"

Hearing her mother's words, Yazawa Nico's nose tingled with tears. She hugged her mother's arm tightly and buried her face in her mother's big breasts: "No matter what I eat outside, Mom's cooking will always be the best!"

"Alright, you're three years old now. Stop acting like a little kid. I just can't do anything with you." Seeing the silly grin on Yazawa Nico's face, her mother slowly shook her head. "You look after your younger siblings for a bit. I'll prepare dinner. I have a lot of things I want to ask you later..."

She paused, then winked at Yazawa Nico: "It's about Hyakuri-sensei."

Chapter 0170 Sis, what is "ghostly"? (First update, please subscribe)

As she watched her mother walk into the kitchen, a misty feeling welled up in Yazawa Nico's eyes, but she quickly composed herself and put on a very natural smile—as an idol, you have to bring smiles to others at all times! Even at home!

"Hey, big sister! Big sister! You really became an idol singer?" As the "second oldest" after Yazawa Nico, Yazawa Kokoro seemed much more mature than the other two children. However, she was still a primary school student after all, and she couldn't hide the excitement in her voice as she spoke: "We saw you on TV! Mom listened to you sing with us and kept telling us, 'Nicole sings the best!'"

The special interviews at CM Comic Con were broadcast live online, and on that day, the vast majority of media outlets broadcast live reports on "Huaxia Studio's booth" and "Muse's debut concert"!

(Mom must have watched the live stream with them to find out, right?) Yazawa Nico thought to herself, but without stopping the smug look on her face. She stretched out her arms as wide as she could and made a circle in the air: "Of course! I'm the most popular idol singer! You don't know, that day it was so crowded, a sea of ​​black people as far as the eye could see, it was spectacular!"

"Oh~!" Children always exclaim loudly when adults describe something—even if they can't imagine what a comic convention is like...

"Sister! The clothes you wore that day were so pretty! Did you bring them back today? Can you wear them? I want to see!" Third sister Yazawa Cocoa (whose name is only one character different from second sister, so don't get them mixed up) said in a childish voice, her eyes shining as she stared intently at Yazawa Nico. Not only her, the other two little ones were also clearly excited, wanting to see the performance outfits that Yazawa Nico would wear when she sang.

"Uh..." Feeling their expectant gazes, Yazawa Nico chuckled twice and changed the subject with a laugh: "Well, actually I wanted to bring it back, but I couldn't fit it all in my bag. If you want to see it, maybe next time. I'll bring it back next time so you can see it!"

"Hmm..." Yazawa Cocoa pouted, looking aggrieved, but Nico's subsequent promise seemed to give her hope again, and a smile bloomed on her fair and round face: "Yes! Big sister, you must remember!"

"Yes, yes, I won't forget!" Yazawa Nico nodded repeatedly, her gaze turning to her youngest brother, Yazawa Kotaro.

Kotaro's quiet and reserved personality contrasts sharply with his older sister, Yazawa Nico, who is always boasting and bragging. Because of this, Yazawa Nico longs to hear him say things like, "My sister is amazing! I admire her the most!"

Imagining that scene, Nico Yazawa couldn't help but smile smugly: "Kotaro, is there anything you want to say to me?"

Kotaro stared at Nicole quietly for three seconds with his clear eyes, then tilted his head slightly and asked a question with some confusion: "Sis, why is your 'Nico Nico Nico' called a 'ghostly' internet meme? What is a ghostly meme? Why do they watch you demonstrate this action over and over again? And what does it mean when many people post 'It's over, I'm deeply addicted'?"

This was the first time in Kotaro's life that he had spoken so many words in one breath! It showed how deep his doubts ran—in fact, before Nicole returned, he had asked his mother more than once, but always received the answer, "Wait until your sister comes back, she'll explain to you..."

Seeing the increasingly bright curiosity shining in Kotaro's eyes, Yazawa Nico froze, rooted to the spot—her smug smile gradually disappeared, Nico clenched her fists, closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and tried to calm her inner turmoil: "Where did you see that?"

"Yeah...it's all over the internet. Sis, everyone in our school, and even the older students, knows your 'Nico Nico Nico' videos." Kotaro said this with a straight face, unaware of the impact his words had on Nico...

"Ugh!" Nicole clutched her heart, staggered back two steps, and collapsed onto the sofa with a look of utter despair. "You...you're all too young. Don't get involved with things online so early. That video...I only edited it because people liked it. As for the 'ghostly' version...well, it's a compliment, yes! That's it!"

After saying that, before the children could ask any more questions, Nicole suddenly stood up: "Alright, that's enough questions! Go play by yourselves, I'm going to check on the kitchen!"

With his eyes fixed on Nicole as she disappeared around the corner, Kotaro tilted his head and muttered in confusion, "Is my sister... hiding from something?"

"It must be because you asked a question you shouldn't have, Kotaro! Otherwise, knowing my sister's personality, she would have kept us talking for ages!"

"Yes, yes, it must be something you did wrong, Kotaro. Hmm, I still have so many questions I want to ask my sister... 360."

Putting aside the argument between the three little ones, Yazawa Nico came to the kitchen, looked at the vegetables covering the entire cutting board, and rolled up her sleeves.

"What? Didn't you chat with the little ones much?" Noticing her arrival, the mother smiled slightly and waved the box of beef slices in her hand as she spoke: "Tonight I'm making your favorite beef hot pot."

"Hmm, this time when I came back, I found they had become so unlovable." While busy beside her mother, Yazawa Nico tilted her head up, stood on tiptoe, and kissed her on the cheek. "As expected, Mom is still the best!"

Nicole, who appears "arrogant and a little cunning with a strong sense of self-esteem" in front of others, shows a completely childlike side in front of her mother. If the other members of Muse could see this, they would definitely be shocked.

"You keep saying 'Mom's the best,' but when you were with Teacher Baili, you didn't even call me once." Mom shook her head and smiled, placing the neatly arranged vegetables in front of Nicole, straightening her back. "Now that you're back, tell me all about what you did with Teacher Baili. You probably don't know, but the entire Idol City went crazy for your Muse, especially... you!"

Chapter 0171 I Discovered a Big Secret! (Two Chapters, Please Subscribe)

"Hey, I know, it's because of that 'Nicole Nicole,' right?" Yazawa Nicole shrugged helplessly, letting out a heavy sigh in her heart—in her mind, shouldn't idols all have their own "attributes"?

Now, the prefix "Smiling Nicole" has been replaced with the word "ghostly" (鬼畜). Hmm... Compared to the claim that "fans like her so they make her into a ghostly figure," the claim that "she's made into a ghostly figure because they hate her" is more convincing, isn't it?

Seeing Nicole's helpless expression, her mother seemed to sense what she was thinking: "Don't overthink it. They really, really like you, that's why they're making fun of you... As an idol, you can't be so narrow-minded!"

“Okay… let’s just assume they like me,” Nicole said, clearly disagreeing with her mother’s words.

(Time will tell, right?) With this thought in mind, Mom's lips curled up slightly, and she took the initiative to change the subject: "Nicole, do you know? The songs that your Muse sang at the comic convention are now incredibly popular online. Anyone who's into music or anime knows about 'We Are Here' and 'Renai Circulation'! Especially the latter, the recorded number of downloads has exceeded 500,000!"

Half a million downloads—that might seem like a small number to all the fans who support Muse, but... keep in mind that only two days have passed since the anime convention ended! To achieve such a terrifying number of downloads in just two days, even the most popular stars from Idol City probably couldn't do that, right?

Moreover, this is a "recorded" number of downloads... It's unknown how many people might download the song through other means, but what's certain is that it's definitely much more than "500,000 times"!

"Wow, so many?" Nico was taken aback at first, then she shook off the depression from being "meme-ed" and became excited: "As expected of the song 'Renai Circulation' written and composed by the teacher! It's no wonder it's so popular... Hey, did Mom hear me sing? What did she think of my singing~?"

With expectant eyes and a hint of coquettishness, Yazawa Nico looked at her mother, awaiting her answer.

"Of course, my Nicole is the best." Mom smiled, gently pinching Nicole's nose with her wet fingers, and continued, "For a guy like Mr. Baili to be able to create such a girlish song, I have to say... he must be a person with a lot of stories, right?"

"Hmm..." Nicole's mind conjured up the image of Baili Xiao, behind whom stood countless girls such as Kasumigaoka Utaha, Eriri, and Hashima Izumi: "Yes, there's definitely a story behind it all, hmm..."

Not understanding why Nicole was being evasive, her mother had no intention of pressing the matter further—to be precise, she had a more important question for Nicole: "Nicole, there's something I don't understand... Does the 'Love Circulation' possess some kind of magical power?"

"Huh? Why do you say that?" Yazawa Nico stared blankly at her mother, her eyes meeting the latter's tightly furrowed brows.

"Actually..." The mother paused, clearly hesitant, then sighed softly and took out her phone from her pocket: "It all started online. Someone posted a thread saying, 'Never listen to "Renai Circulation"! Now I'm completely immersed in it. When I close my eyes, all I see is the word "ready"!' It attracted thousands of comments in just one night."

"Many people say that it sounds okay the first time they listen to it, but the more they listen, the more addictive it becomes. After listening to it a dozen times, they just can't stop—they listen to it in class, at work, while walking, while shopping, and they don't even want to take off their headphones while sleeping!... It's like being poisoned..."

As she spoke, Nicole held up her phone screen—she could clearly see that the number of replies to the post was approaching ten thousand, with the vast majority being comments like, "Ah! I can't get out of here!" "No! I feel uncomfortable all over without hearing Muse's 'Renai Circulation,' and I can't muster any motivation to do anything!" "It's over, it's really over. I feel like I'm addicted to 'Renai Circulation,' and there's no cure for it."

"Nicole... tell me honestly, did Teacher Baili cast some kind of magic on the song? Like..." Mom lowered her head and thought for a moment, then hesitated and lowered her voice, "like the magic of 'the lyrics and melody working together to make people involuntarily become immersed in it'?"

"H-How is that possible! Haha, that's completely impossible. 'Love Circulation' is just a very ordinary song. Mom, you're overthinking it..." Yazawa Nico laughed awkwardly. As she spoke, a scene uncontrollably appeared in her mind—the scene where Baili Xiao confidently said, "These three songs (Love, Paradise, and Borderline) will definitely be a hit!"

(Could it be... that the teacher is really a magician hiding in the city? Otherwise...) A strange thought surfaced in her mind, and Yazawa Nico shuddered, shaking her head vigorously to banish it from her mind: "Mom, I suddenly remembered that I have something very important to contact Honoka and the others about, I'm going back to my room!"

Before she could finish speaking, Nicole had already disappeared into the kitchen, leaving her mother looking on in confusion.

...

"Plop!" The sound of her petite body falling onto the bed. Yazawa Nico stared blankly at her phone screen for a long time before finally making up her mind to tell the others in Muse about her "latest discovery".

Is anyone there? (Click)

This was a group chat created by the members of Muse to discuss songs and dance moves—actually, it was just a chat about topics that girls talk about. Nicole had just sent her message when she received a reply from Maki Nishikino.

【What's wrong? 】

【I (the king) have just discovered a great secret! Do you want to hear it?】

Not interested!

"Ugh!" Upon seeing the words clearly displayed on the screen, Yazawa Nico's breath caught in her throat, and it took her two or three seconds to recover—she could even imagine Nishikino Maki playing with her red hair while typing those words with one hand!

"Hey! Listen to me! This secret concerns Teacher Baili!"

(Hmph! Even Maki would be interested if Hyakusei-sensei was mentioned, right?) Yazawa Nico smiled smugly, staring intently at the screen.

However, instead of a reply from Maki Nishikino, she received a sudden remark from Honoka.

[Attention! Attention! Teacher Baili just informed me that in a week we'll be flying to Agan, Great Britain, for our first ever solo concert!]

Chapter 0172 Otonokizaka, forever cheering for 64460! (First update, please subscribe)

A concert?!

Nico Yazawa stared wide-eyed, reading the text on the screen three times in a row. After confirming that she hadn't misread it, she tapped the phone with trembling fingers.

【real? 】

The brief two words were instantly drowned out by the replies from the others. The people who had been silent before suddenly popped up to ask Honoka what the concert meant to a newly debuted idol group like them. They all knew very well what it meant, which was why they subconsciously harbored doubts.

Honoka: [Of course it's true! How could I lie to everyone about something like this! Also, Hyakuri-sensei said that if possible, it would be best to come two days early... to rehearse the new song and dance moves!]

Hanayo Koizumi: [I never imagined we'd have the opportunity to hold a concert. This is truly wonderful!]

Nozomi Tojo: [Originally, I thought it would be a blessing if we could even release an album, but Hyakusei-sensei really is...]

Umi Sonoda: [The previous four songs definitely won't be enough for a concert. I personally hope we can start rehearsals soon. What do you guys think?]

Minami Kotori: [I think so too... Hyakuri-sensei must have put in a lot of effort to give us this opportunity.]

Eli Ayase: [Then it's decided! Everyone, meet at 360 in three days and head to Amagi together!]

Rin Hoshizora: [Okay, meow! But... why did they choose Amagi as the venue for the concert? It's so far from here, meow!]

...

Nico didn't care about the rest of the conversation—she was so excited that she tossed and turned in bed, almost rolling off onto the floor, that she had no energy left to pay attention to what others were saying!

(Nicole... seems to have become quite strange since she started following Teacher Baili? Could it be...?)

An involuntary "bad" thought popped into her mind. The mother looked at the figure on the bed with complicated feelings, sighed almost imperceptibly, and bent her slender fingers to knock on the door: "Knock knock knock!"

The panting stopped abruptly. Yazawa Niko forcefully threw off the blanket and stared blankly at her mother. When she saw the "I understand" look on her mother's face, her body stiffened abruptly, and she frantically waved her hands, explaining, "No, it's not what you think..."

“It’s okay, Nicole, you’re all grown up now. It’s understandable that you learn from those kinds of videos, but… (aeej)… I still think that as a girl, you should watch less of that kind of stuff…” Mom said, silently closing her eyes. As someone who had been through it all, she was very familiar with that kind of thing. Nicole’s reaction just now, no matter how you looked at it, was something you would only do if you watched “adult movies”.

"Mom, what are you saying! How could I watch that kind of thing! I just... we're having a concert! I was so excited that I did that, please don't think the wrong thing!" Yazawa Nico jumped off the bed in a panic and held her phone screen up to her mother: "Look, look, everyone's talking about the concert!"

The information on the screen scrolled very quickly, and even with her red eyes staring intently, her mother could only make out the general idea—but the word "concert" was mentioned most often in the information, which made her feel relieved.

"If the concert is a success, our group's ranking will definitely rise again, and maybe even... break into the top ten of Idol City! At that time..." Watching Yazawa Nico dance with joy, her mother smiled slightly—three years ago, when Nico told her "I will definitely become an idol singer," the scene was so similar to this moment—a warm hand landed on Nico's head, interrupting her words: "Hey, even if you become the number one idol group, you still need to eat. Come on, your younger brothers and sisters are waiting for you."

Seeing the smile on her mother's face, Yazawa Ni hugged her mother's waist tightly with her slender arms and pressed her forehead against her soft breasts: "Mom, I will definitely succeed, because I have partners I can trust and fight for the same goal, and teachers who teach us!"

"Yes, I believe in you. Whether in the past or now, I firmly believe that my Nicole will become the most outstanding idol singer!" Gently stroking Nicole's hair, the mother cupped her cheeks with her hands and softly kissed her forehead with her lips. "Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. I suppose you're hungry now? Since we can't stay home all the time, let's cherish the time we have now!"

"Mmm!" The heavy response wasn't just a reply to her mother's words; it also seemed to indicate that she had made up her mind about something.