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Liella was holding a small party at Kanon’s cafeteria to celebrate for making the group to the Tokyo Tournament, however their celebration was cut off by Aria when she told everyone that Wien just got here recently and points at leftover cup after seeing her image on Keke’s phone. Everyone were shocked except for the two who were planning something to defeat and eliminated Wien from the titular competition.
Natsumi: Then we’ll just have to take drastic measures!
Shiki took out a glass of poison-contained liquid from her suit, complete with shining effects. Natsumi grin while staring at the bottle.
Natsumi: On the day of tournament, if we drop one drop of this liquid into her drink, our ticket to the final will be certified!
Shiki: V.
The two smiled on each other. Mei and Sumire reacted to the two, with Keke throws a banter at Sumire as usual. Shiki's response shuts them all.
Mei: That’s not happening!
Sumire: Why is that all you can come up with?
Keke: She’s not too different from you, Sumire.
Shiki: Such boring reactions.
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One day later, Natsumi's class is over and she's preparing to bring her phone and a selfie stick out to make another stream upon leaving the classroom.
Natsumi: Ahh, the class is finally over so I can stream another video to our fans!!
Just as she's about to begin streaming and sets her pose immediately, she hear someone calling her from around the corner.
Shiki: Psst... Natsumi...
Natsumi slowly looked on her left side with her disappointing looks.
Natsumi: What.
Shiki: Over here, I got something to show you here.
Natsumi: Grrrrrrrr... alright, my stream is over for now.
Natsumi puts off her phone and begin walking towards to the laboratory room lit up brighly. She smelled something upon stepping to the room.
Natsumi: What is it... Aack!! Cough... What the heck was that smell, Shiki?! Huh?
Natsumi saw Shiki boiling some form of liquid that showed to her yesterday, along with various boxes and container of all sorts of acids and poisonous ingredients around the table.
Shiki: I'm tring to make an invisible poison this time. Look here...
Natsumi walks onwards and stood next to her to watch her inventions.
Natsumi: Oh I see...
Natsumi then questioned why is she making another poison when she showed her before.
Natsumi: Wait a minute, why are you making another one you just had before?
Shiki: Just to make sure Wien won't noticed it when she sips on it until it's too late.
Shiki had just finished making a poison. Although the poison is smaller than previously shown and visually like a normal water, its packed with deadlier poison than her earlier work enough to disabled someone for almost an entire year.
Shiki raised the bottle to inspect closely.
Shiki: Finally, a poison to knock Wien off the table.
Natsumi: Now we're cooking!!
Shiki and Natsumi: Hehehehe...
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After spending some time training together and in Hokkaido for the next competition, it's finally the time for the group to challenge Wien's undefeatable streaks in the elimination round. While the main group were at the dressing room, the duo went around the backstage walking stealthly to search for their target while in their dress for their performance.
Shiki: We've been looking around here for hours, Natsu.
Natsumi: Shhhh! Quiet. They may hear us.
While sneaking around, Shiki saw a familiar name on the door.
Shiki: Roger. Wait, hold on. Isn't that...?
Natsu: Yup, it's her. Definitely her.
Natsumi tries to open the door to no avail due to being locked.
Natsumi: Nnnnnnnn... come on open it...
Natsumi couldn't open the door, but just before she barged and slamming her body into the door, Shiki hold her with one hand and adviced.
Shiki: Let me handle this.
Shiki brought a lockpick and easily unlocked the door without a sweat. Being a gadgeteer who invents some of her own mechanical gadgets, this is as expected. Upon opening, they spot her bottled water on the desk.
Natsumi: Teehee, there's our target so we can shut her off!
Natsumi hurriedly run towards the bottle, grabbed and poured a single drop of poison before returning to the exact position.
Natsumi: It's over Wien, hehehe!
Just as Natsumi was about to leave, she saw the door closed and Shiki rushed towards her and grabbed her with right hand and covers her mouth with her left hand.
Shiki: No time to explain.
Natsumi nods panickly while unable to talk.
Someone unlocked the door and barge into it. It was Wien who came to the room to look for something and walks around. Shortly, she stands at the desk and takes the bottle before walking away, but then she stopped and returned to where she stood.
Wien:?
She looked upon a curiously placed large box underneath the desk that was left by the staffs before her arrival. She stares at the box for how long she keeps doing that for literally no reason.
Meanwhile inside the box, Shiki keeps holding Natsumi who was visibly panicking out of fear Wien might discover them.
Natsumi: Mmmmph... mmph!!
Shiki:...
Just as Natsumi was about to burst in panic, the staff called out Wien to be on stand by before the competition begins.
Staff: Wien, the competition is about to begin so please head there immediately.
The box broke out with Natsumi taking heavy breathing while Shiki remains calm, but thankfully Wien already left.
Shiki: Sheesh...
Natsumi:!!! Haaa... haaaa... we must hurry now, the group might be looking for us now.
Shiki: Sure.
The two returned to the group before the competition was about to begin. And as usual, Liella won the competition and Wien was eliminated from the finals. Frustrated, upon her stepping off the stage, she immediately take a sip from her bottled water until it's emptied and walks off. Natsumi and Shiki witnessed that very moment.
Natsumi: We did it, it's finally over!
Shiki: Yeah.
The two made an applause as the group celebrates on the stage.
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A few weeks after the group has finally won the finals, everything returns to normal all while the entire school was still celebrating their victory. Inside the classroom, Shiki sits aside Natsumi, sharing the same table, while Natsumi was staring on her phone with the headline "Wien Takes Double Damage After Feeling Sick From Losing Love Live" that has been published for weeks even before the finals takes place.
Natsumi: I can't stop thinking about it! Shiki!
Shiki: Yeah. Guess we can finally lived our own without worries.
Natsumi: No one's gonna stop us hehe!
Kanon: Hey everyone!
Kanon made a surprise greeting by running towards the room and feeling excited.
Natsumi: You seem in a good mood, Kanon. Still can't get over our winning?
Kanon: Yep, but not only because of that, I made my new friend whose enrolling here too!
Natsumi: Really? That's great!
As Kanon leaves the two before sitting to her seat, Natsumi wants to talk to Shiki about Kanon's new friend.
Natsumi: Hey, did you hear that Shiki? We've got our new student-
However, Shiki remained silenced while looking down at front of the seat.
Natsumi: Shiki? Is there something wrong?
Shiki was unable to speak for a moment while still staring at her front. She responds slowly.
Shiki: S-she's...
Natsumi: She's what?
A right hand slammed hard on their table coming from behind Shiki and Natsumi, the table takes partial damaged by the slam. Both Shiki and Natsumi felt the shockwave by the slam, causing them both shivers. They slowly turned their heads behind to reveal a mysterious new student right behind them.
Natsumi: I-I-is t-that?!
Shiki: Yeah, I think so.
The mysterious new student turns out to be no other than Wien Margarete, who just made her transfer to Yuigaoka, and she knews they were responsible for poisoning her.
Shiki: The poison... backfired.
Natsumi: Goddammit...
Not only they poisoned her to take her out, the poison also boost her and made her stronger.
Shiki: Natsumi...
Natsumi: Shiki?!
Wien: Now, shall we begin a lesson?
TO BE CONTINUED