...and you battled against one of those twins?!

Talk about a heavy morning workout...

You done?

Still, they really were shrouded in mystery. I mean, they even seemed to know about Nagi...

Wait, they did?

Yes. Before they left, they said that they're the ones who are going to see what lies beyond her dream...

Wait, what...?!

Does that mean they know Ken or Taiga or someone?

No idea. But...

They definitely have what it takes to be able to say that.

Yeah...

I'm not about to forget the way he sang.

I could tell that they're ready to do anything to stand on top of the world.

I agree...

Oh, while we're on the subject...

Remember the rumor we heard at the live house yesterday about twin singers?

Wait, the ones who've been performing at all those high-level live houses...?

...!

Akito, you're not saying...

Yeah, it was apparently those two.

They went around to all the live houses that we performed at while we trained.

Really...?!

Yeah, they sounded amazing...

But, wait a second... How did those two know which live houses we performed at?

And why would they do that in the first place?

I know as much as you do.

This only raises further questions...

Yeah...

All we know at the moment is that they live in the US, right...?

The US, huh...?

Huh? A message? From who...?

What?

What's wrong, Kohane?

It's from Taiga...!

Wait, Uncle Taiga? He hardly ever messages people! What'd he say?

Umm... Huh?

<I have some spare tickets for our upcoming event. Interested in coming?>

An event...? But Uncle Taiga's overseas right now...

Yeah, so...

He's asking if we want to visit the US.

Th-The US...?!

As in the United States...? Of America?!

*Nod*

He and Ken are apparently going to be performing in New York.

So, umm... H-How should we reply?

We'll need to ask our parents, and I doubt we'll be allowed to go by ourselves—

I'm going.

Huh...?

This is the USA we're talking about. I'm going.

Akito...

Y-You serious?!

We're talking about the other side of the world!

Yeah, I know.

But I...

I wanna see the world.

The world...

That's right.

The guy I heard sing today was incredible...

His technical skills and raw talent were both on another level...

And most of all, he brought a ton of energy.

You guys have all probably noticed how I've lost some of my passion ever since RAD BLAST...

Surpassing RAD WEEKEND...

A part of me became convinced that I'd ever feel as motivated about anything else. I'm so disappointed in myself...

But that's—

It's fine. It's the truth.

But hearing that guy sing made me realize the world really is a big place. I'm sure there are more people like him out there...

And I wanna meet them.

Once I start seeing more of this gigantic world, I might find something that makes me feel as driven as I did about surpassing RAD WEEKEND... No, even more than that.

Which is why I wanna see the world.

Right.

The world is a big place.

I'm sure that there are plenty of things left to discover and sights we're yet to see.

Yeah!

Then, let's go to Uncle Taiga's event and see the world!

Yeah, I wanna go too!

You guys...

Let's go, Akito.

To see a big, brand-new world. The four of us. Together.

Yeah!

(I still have no idea what the future has in store for us...)

(Going to the US might not actually change anything.)

(But still...)

(I'm gonna keep moving forward. As far as I can.)

(Because the thing that rekindles the flame inside of me might be out there...)

(I'll find it. Even if it means traveling to the ends of the earth!)