| Tenma | So what are we doing? |
| Kumon | We’re holding a hide-and-seek tournament! |
| Yuki | Hide-and-seek? |
| Muku | Ninja conceal themselves, right? That’s why we thought hide-and-seek was a good idea! |
| Tenma | ...Will this really help us get into role? |
| Izumi | Well, it’d make a nice breather. |
| Kazunari | Yup yup, agreed. |
| Misumi | Let’s do it~. |
| Kumon | Okay, I’ll be it first! You have 30 seconds to hide~! |
| Ready, go! 1, 2, 3, 4.... |
| Muku | Director-san, please hurry and hide! |
| Izumi | Eh? I’m part of this too? |
| Misumi | Hurry, hurry~. |
| Kazunari | Where should I hide~? |
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| Izumi | .... |
| Azuma | ? |
| What are you doing, Director? |
| Izumi | Ah, well, you see... |
| Azuma | Well, I don’t mind. |
| Izumi | Wait, are you about to take a bath!? |
| Azuma | I was up late drinking yesterday. |
| Izumi | E-excuse me! I’ll leave! |
| Azuma | Fufu, you don’t have to worry about it. |
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| Muku | .... |
| Taichi | Woah!? |
| Oh, it’s you, Mucchan. What are you doing? |
| Muku | I’m playing hide-and-seek with Summer Troupe. |
| Taichi | Oh, really? Sounds fun! |
| Kumon | Hmm, where are they~? |
| Muku | !! |
| Taichi | Stay covered! |
| What are you doing, Kyu-chan~? |
| Kumon | Ah, Taichi-san. Have you seen anyone in Summer Troupe? |
| Taichi | Hm~, not around here. |
| Kumon | Thanks! |
| Taichi | Good luck. |
| —Mucchan, you’re in the clear. |
| Muku | Thanks! |
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| Kazunari | ...Wonder if I’m safe here~? Kumopi is nimble, so he’s seriously strong. |
| Tenma | .... |
| Kazunari | —Huh, wait, Tenten, you were hiding here too? |
| Tenma | ...Yeah. |
| Kazunari | T-Tenten? Why are you staring at the panel? |
| Tenma | It’s blank. You haven’t gotten anywhere with your assignment? |
| Kazunari | Eh? Ah... yeah, it’s kinda like a slump? I can’t think of anything. I’m in trouble~. |
| Tenma | .... |
| I don’t really understand this sort of artistic problem, but it’s different from Yuki’s slump, huh. |
| Kazunari | Eh? |
| Tenma | When he struggled, he redrew page after page after page. You don’t look like that. |
| Kazunari | ——. |
| Tenma | I said you could think it over for as long as you needed, but if you’re just running away, I’m going to take Kiichi’s role. |
| Kazunari | .... |
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| Muku | Ah, I got caught.... |
| Misumi | Omnom.... |
| Muku | Huh? Misumi-san, were you caught too? |
| Misumi | Yup~. I got hungry, so I was eating onigiri in the kitchen, and he found me~. |
| Do you want some too, Muku? |
| Muku | Ah, yes! Itadakimasu! |
| Misumi | Omnom... |
| Muku | ...I wonder if Kazu-kun is having fun with hide-and-seek. |
| Misumi | Kazu? |
| Muku | He hasn’t been coming back to our room lately. He’s cooped up in the storage room whenever he’s not practicing. |
| Up till now, even if he had a project going on, he would always come back to our room at night to talk... |
| Misumi | I see~.... |
| Muku | I saw the canvas when I walked into the storage room the other day. It was blank, and it seems like he hasn’t gotten anywhere.... |
| Kazu-kun won’t say anything, but I think he’s suffering. |
| Misumi | .... |
| Muku | Kyu-chan planned this game of hide-and-seek in hopes that it would be a good change of pace. |
| Misumi | Muku and Kumon are both so kind. I’m proud of you; good boy. |
| Muku | No... This is the only thing I can do. |
| I can’t help him with his project, and I can’t stand in for him. That’s why I want to at least cheer him on. |
| Misumi | .... |
