[TSSIM] Chapter 485: 109% or 110%?

Later on, Homura decided to just go with the flow.

He first sawed the tree stump down and piled the wood pieces to the side, and whenever he felt inspired, he would make something out of them.

In total, it took Homura half an hour to get everything done.

Patting the tree stump beside him, Homura smiled with a satisfied expression.

"Little one, come and try your claw sense."

Upon hearing Homura's words, the group of girls fell silent momentarily.

Claw sense?

Was it called claw sense just because Haru was a cat?

If it were a mouse sharpening its teeth, would it be called tooth sense or mouth sense?

Just like that, the girls let their thoughts run wild, imagining all sorts of strange 'senses', but soon, they were drawn back by the sound of Haru training with the tree stump.

Haru moved so fast that she left afterimages, constantly switching between different poses.

"Meow~! (I love this!)"

Haru jumped onto the top of the tree stump, looking satisfied as she called out to Homura.

"Alright, as long as you're happy, I didn't waste my time bringing this thing."

Homura smiled, gently patting Haru's little head, then glanced at the tree stump she had scraped off.

'Good! It should last at least a year.'

Thinking happily, Homura then turned around with a helpless face, facing the girls.

"Well then, didn't you all say you couldn't sit still? Weren't we supposed to start the new work today?"

Hearing Homura's question, the girls exchanged awkward smiles.

Elf, on the other hand, sighed lightly and quickly explained, "We were waiting for you to finish first. How could we start without you?"

Homura: "…"

"Fine, I'm announcing it now! Our new work project has now officially begun!" Homura made the so-called 'official declaration' in the least formal way possible. "You all start first. I still need to work on the swimsuits."

Girls: "…"

"Homura-kun making swimsuits… I kind of want to see…" Nanami mumbled under her breath.

"If you wanna see, then just see. Nanami, you're a voice actor, remember? Since the script isn't even done yet, you don't have much to do right now." Homura said, looking exasperated.

Nanami: "…"

"Oh, right!"

She had almost forgotten.

She thought she was about to start working again, but then realized there was no script yet. Honoka and the others hadn't arrived either, so apart from practicing on her own, there wasn't much else to do for now.

With that, once the girls got busy, Homura pulled out a pile of fabric for making swimsuits again.

After some thought, he decided to start with the swimsuits for Tsumugi and the others.

He hadn't told them he was making swimsuits, but did he really need to?

From his understanding, Elf and the rest had already spread the word to everyone, as even in their group chat, he had seen it mentioned more than once.

By the way, to avoid anyone wearing the same thing, the girls had all agreed to buy a second swimsuit for themselves, but of course, only after he finished making theirs.

"Should I make swimsuits for those little sisters too?"

Homura muttered to himself, clearly referring to the little sisters of Mya-nee and Kuroneko.

"You mean Hinata-chan and Tamaki-chan?" Nanami asked curiously. "Right, there's another Hinata, Mya—I mean, Hoshino-senpai's little sister too."

Upon hearing this, Homura couldn't help but smirk. 

Clearly, the nickname 'Mya-nee' had become something no one could seem to stop using, and at the very least, someone would always say 'Mya' when addressing Mya-nee. 

"Yeah, but the main thing is, I still don't know if those little sisters will actually go with us. Plus, it's been a while since I've seen them, so without seeing their bodies in person, I can't be sure of their swimsuit size." Homura sighed while shaking his head. "Kids grow fast, you know. If I don't see them with my own eyes, there's no way to know how much they've changed."

Pondering for a moment, he then shrugged.

"Forget it. I'll leave it for last and ask Mya-nee and Kuroneko about it later."

With such a decision, Homura got to work with Megumi and Nanami sitting nearby, watching him sew.

Perhaps noticing their interest in learning sewing, Homura deliberately slowed down his pace, explaining the steps as he went—basically buffing them up with knowledge.

As Homura explained, though, he felt something was a bit off.

"Wait a sec... Isn't this all bridal training stuff?" Homura remarked, his lips twitching slightly. "Am I seriously teaching my future brides bridal training stuff? Honestly, this is weird on so many levels!"

Nanami and Megumi blushed at this sudden remark.

Now that he said it, they also felt kind of weird.

Bridal skills that brides were supposed to learn, yet Homura was way more skilled at them than the brides themselves!

Pushing the weirdness out of his mind, Homura decided to continue teaching. If they wanted to learn, he might as well teach them. Besides, it was like refreshing his own skills—practicing what the System had directly stuffed into his brain made him feel more in control of the skills.

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The next day, after school.

Homura was still working on swimsuits, and by now, there weren't many left to make—it was basically the finishing touches.

As usual, he taught Megumi and Nanami while working on swimsuits.

However, just as he was explaining something, his phone suddenly pinged with a notification.

It was a message from Kotori—just a photo, no text.

Nonetheless, this one photo was enough for Homura to understand that they had done it.

From now on, Nico would no longer deceive herself and everyone but would face herself honestly and move forward with everyone.

Homura smiled and then sent a reply.

[Minamiya Homura: 109% or 110%?]

"Homura-kun, you look really happy." Megumi commented, her lips curling into a small smile.

"Yeah, Muse won't have any more issues from now on." Homura replied and showed them his phone screen.

"Is that... Nico-chan and... everyone in their school uniforms?" Nanami asked, feeling a little puzzled.

Although puzzled, remembering what Homura had said yesterday, she immediately nodded in understanding.

"Um, you can tell just from their smiles that they've changed a lot." Megumi said, nodding as well. "It's like their energy feels more positive and uplifting."

"Yup." Homura nodded with a grin, clearly happy. "After this transformation, as long as Muse grabs the opportunity, they'll soar to new heights.

"Opportunity?" Nanami asked curiously.

"Yeah, that opportunity is none other than Love Live!" Homura nodded again, his grin widening.

===

"Eh? 109% or 110%... Everyone, what does this mean?"

Looking at her phone screen, Kotori asked everyone, looking confused.

Upon hearing her question, the first-year trio exchanged glances with Nozomi, who stepped up to explain it to everyone.

"So, you're saying we're 109% right now?" Eli asked with a thoughtful expression after hearing Nozomi's explanation. 

"Well, if Homura-kun is asking, it's obviously about to become 110%, isn't it?" Nozomi replied with a small, wry smile. 

"What are you all talking about?" Kotori still looked completely lost. "Why don't I understand any of this?"

"I don't get it either..." Umi raised her hand in agreement.

"Come on, spill it!" Honoka said eagerly, her face lighting up with interest.

Nozomi glanced at Nico for a moment, then spoke up.

"Well, before anything else, shouldn't we take the little ones home first?"

At this moment, they were accompanied by Nico's three siblings.

Considering this, leaving these three kids here while they talked about other things was not something they could bring themselves to do.

"Yosh, let's head out!"

Honoka exclaimed cheerfully, taking Cocoro and the others along as she dashed off.

"Hey! At least let me change clothes first!"

===

After a bit of chaos, and after Nico's three siblings were finally sent home, Honoka and the others returned to the previous bridge once again, but this time, there were nine of them.

"So... ever since I was little..."

Saying this, Nozomi began to share her story with everyone.