“…… We have a goal that Nogizaka 46 has to surpass, and that goal is AKB48...... Oops, I'm really unconfident, what should I do!" Rina Ikoma was very distressed in the backstage preparation room.

In the performance designed by Yasu Akimoto, Rina Ikoma, who is the center of Nogizaka 46, after the members finish the performance, has to represent all the people of Nogizaka 46 and say the goal and direction of Nogizaka 46 to all the AKB rice groups present.

"I'm really nervous, so nervous...... Suddenly I feel as if I really don't have the ability to do this well...... Center, too, can I really do it?" Rina Ikoma said half-jokingly, leaning against the wall, nervous emotions that made her movements flustered.

"It's okay Ikoma, don't be too nervous, everyone is here, don't forget that you're not alone, you have all of us behind you. Reika Sakurai comforted Rina Ikoma.

"That's really hard to say...... It's really hard to talk about...... "Rina Ikoma is still very stressed.

"If you feel too nervous to do it, don't do it, and change to someone else, I think it's okay to change to Shiraishi. Kenji Kitagawa said deliberately jokingly.

"Hey, no, no, I can't!" Mai Shiraishi hurriedly refused, but she saw Ikoma practicing there for more than half an hour for these words, and if it were her, she would probably cry in fright.

"I think Shiraishi is quite reliable!" said Kenji Kitagawa deliberately.

"Don't do this! Kitagawa-san, I really can't do it!" Mai Shiraishi was about to cry in a hurry, different from the usual two modes of cold and funny, Mai Shiraishi in this mode really feels so cowardly, so weak.

"Haha, it's fun for you, Ikoma is Nogizaka's center, and it won't change, so this kind of difficult thing has to be done by our center!" Kitagawa Kenji teased.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, and they all felt that Kitagawa Kenji liked to make such jokes and teased the members, which was really bad fun.

"Why did Kitagawa Sang suddenly panic when he mentioned that he wanted to make a center like Mai just now? Rina Ikoma thought. Just now, Kitagawa Kenji joked that when he changed C, Rina Ikoma's heart suddenly hung up, and there was a completely different tension from just now, and when Kitagawa Kenji said it was a joke, he was relieved, and his back was already sweating.

"Since it's center, it's time to stand up. Everyone at Nogizaka is supporting me!" Rina Ikoma finally began to make up her mind, and her consciousness as a center finally began to manifest.

"Please prepare the members of Nogizaka 46, the stage is ready, please go there for rehearsals. One of the AKB staff members suddenly came in and said to the members.

"Let's go!" Kitagawa Kenji ordered, and the members of the selection team walked out of the room one by one to the stage.

On the seats below, there were a few staff members watching below, as well as AKB48 Takahashi Minami, Rina Tsuhara and a few other tops, who were also sitting in it, staring at Nogizaka 46 on the stage.

Taking deep breaths, the members kept taking deep breaths, and the hearts of the members were very nervous, this was the first time that they had performed on such a formal stage as a group Nogizaka 46.

The music started and the members began to perform.

"Strange, how...... Hands and feet kept listening...... What's next...... It's not good, the brain is blank. "Rina Ikoma is now at the front, and the dance moves began to flaw in the middle of the performance, and she gradually couldn't keep up with the beat of the music.

"What to do, what to do!" Rina Ikoma's heart began to become extremely anxious.

In addition to Rina Ikoma, the other members are also under a lot of psychological pressure to perform on such a stage for the first time, and there are mistakes in the dance, but seeing the people around and in front of them can quickly adjust back, only Rina Ikoma, there are no other members in front of her, and in front of her is the audience, and the position she stands in front of her is the front position.

When the music ended, the members were both nervous and excited, and for the first time, this phenomenon was inevitable. It's just that Rina Ikoma, the situation is not too good.

There were a lot of mistakes, a lot of things I forgot, and I almost bumped into the person next to me...... Blaming herself over and over again, Ikoma Rina's eyes gradually became moistened with tears.

"Come on, Nogizaka guys!" At this time, Takahashi Minami, who was sitting in the audience, cheered loudly at the members of Nogizaka on the stage.

"Come on, don't give up!" Rinohara shouted encouragingly.

Minami Takahashi and Rino Tsushihara began to applaud and cheer for them, and the other staff members in the audience also applauded and encouraged the members on stage. This made the members on the stage very moved.

"Nogizaka-chan in the center position, you can't admit defeat! You must let everyone see your best performance of Nogizaka 46!" Takahashi Minami encouraged Rina Ikoma loudly, and the applause in the venue became louder.

"Yes, I can't admit defeat, I'm mentally prepared, for everyone's sake, for Nogizaka's sake, I can't do this!" Ikoma Rina wiped tears from the corners of her eyes, bowed to the audience to thank you, and then stood up with everyone again for the second rehearsal.

Looking at Rina Ikoma's determined eyes, Minami Takahashi nodded with satisfaction and continued to watch the performance.

"Takahashi Minami, it's really amazing!" Dealing with everything that happened just now, Minami Rushi, Yoshio Konno, and Kenji Kitagawa who were on the sidelines saw it.

"Yes, in a few words, Ikoma's confidence returned. Yoshio Konno also sighed.

"Takahashi Minami is not simple, it is special in the whole AKB. Although her appearance is petite, the huge energy hidden in her small body often amazes even Akimoto-san. Kenji Kitagawa said.

"Petite...... Hehe, she's really not tall. Yoshio Konno quipped. The other two smiled wickedly.

"Tomorrow's performance, has it all been decided?" Nan Liushi asked with concern.

"Yes, it's all arranged, and tomorrow Iono-san, Nan-san, and Nango-san and non-selected members, everyone will come together to witness this historic moment. Kenji Kitagawa replied.

"Are all the members coming?" asked Yoshio Konno.

"Well, all the members are coming over, and the non-selected members will join us backstage to watch their performance together, and everyone in Nogizaka can't be absent from this performance. Kitagawa and the others really said.

"I understand. Yoshio Konno replied, and Minami Rushi nodded.

At the end of the second rehearsal performance, the effect was obviously much better than the first.

"There seemed to be a few minor problems with the change of position on the way, so I went to talk to them. With that, Nanliushi stepped forward to guide the members.

After the instruction, the members' movements became more and more smooth, and finally they repeated it three times on stage perfectly, which ended the live rehearsal of Nogizaka.

"Konno, you and Nan-san take everyone back, it's okay to practice more in the afternoon to prepare, I have other work. Kitagawa Kenji commanded, and Yoshio Konno made it clear, please rest assured.

On the bus back, the members were talking excitedly, and the atmosphere became more and more enthusiastic, and finally Nanliushi came out to say a few words about the problem just now, and the atmosphere of the conversation in the car dropped a lot, but the members were still very happy, and the feeling of performing on the stage was really good.

"Are you back?Is the rehearsal going well?" Back in the practice room of Nogizaka 46, the non-members of the selection team were about to end their morning class, and Misai Eto saw that the members of the selection team who had gone out to rehearse were back, so she quickly asked if there was any situation.

"It went well, there were small mistakes, but they were all corrected slowly. Mai Shiraishi replied with a smile.

"Xiao Nan seems to be very unhappy!" "Misai Eto looked at Hoshino Minami with a puffed mouth and a little angry.

"Nan Sang is too strict! We've been trying to perform, and we're still talking so harshly. Minami Hoshino was still complaining about Nan Liushi's preaching in the car just now.

"What's going on?" Misai Eto was a little puzzled, and then Mai Shiraishi briefly recounted to her what had happened today.

"So that's the case, what a tsundere child!" Misai Eto looked at Hoshino Minami with a doting face, and then comforted her: "Don't be angry, Xiaonan, you will get fat when you are angry." ”

"What's the matter, Misa-senpai, you lied to me again. Hoshino Minami complained.

Then everyone comforted him a few more words, and Hoshino Minami returned to his normal mood.

When Asuka Saito returned, he talked about his experience with the other members of the group, and when he recalled how he felt on stage, Asuka gradually turned red in his eyes, and then he started crying.

The others hurried over to comfort her and encourage her, but after questioning, they learned that it was too much pressure and that Asuka was still young and frightened.

After talking for a while, the members began to go to the cafeteria to eat one after another, and when they finished eating, they would take a break and start the afternoon dance practice.

"I think the members of the selection team all felt the pressure of performing on stage today, and many of today's mistakes were caused by your lack of confidence, but it doesn't matter, many people will be like this for the first time, and the next few times they performed very well, so I want to praise everyone. Nanliushi said.

"However, now is not the time for us to relax, we have to perform tomorrow, and we have to work overtime to train today, you know?

The members all nodded and began training.

Rina Ikoma practiced the movements over and over again, seriously. Today's experience has taught him that he is at the front and cannot make mistakes, because she has no person who can help her correct, and for the first time, she truly understands the meaning of Center that Atsuko Maeda told her at the beginning.

The members practiced late today and returned to the dormitory, everyone was exhausted, they didn't go to the door as usual, or sat together to play and chat, hastily finished eating, took a shower, and returned to their rooms to prepare for an early rest, tomorrow will be the real performance time.

"Absolutely, there can be no mistakes!" With a firm belief, Rina Ikoma lay on the bed and slowly fell asleep.

Early the next morning, the members all changed their uniforms, and the members of the selection team all changed into singing costumes, and Yoshio Konno, Yui Nango, and Minami Rushi took a bus to pick up the members and go to the performance venue together.

"The non-audition members are waiting in this room, there is a TV to watch the performances in the venue, the members of the selection team should go to the backstage venue with me now and get ready, we will be the first to play. After Kitagawa Kenji explained clearly, Minami Rushi and Nango Yui stayed behind to accompany these non-selection members, and he and Yoshio Konno went out with the members of the selection team.

"Everyone, don't forget to cheer for your companions on the stage, at this time, our encouragement and belief are also very important support for them!" Nan Liushi said, and the hearts of all the members were also raised.

Coming to the backstage preparation venue, the various teams of AKB48, as well as the local regiments under the name of the 48 series, were all gathered here, totaling about a hundred or more than two hundred people, while Nogizaka 46 was concentrated in a small corner on the edge of the field.

The members of the AKB began to organize a round formation, and the members held hands, and Minami Takahashi took his own loudspeaker and began to lecture and cheer the members. And everyone in Nogizaka could only watch from a distance and shrank aside.

"Go up, everyone!" shouted Takahashi.

"Oh!" the AKB members shouted loudly together, the sound was deafening and imposing. The members of Nogizaka, who were huddled on the sidelines, saw this scene, and the expressions on their faces were obviously shocked.

"It's the first time we're Nogizaka 46, so please take care of me today!" the members of Nogizaka were prompted to go to the front to say hello, and Reika Sakurai said politely, and the members all bowed 90 degrees to the AKB members in thanks.

"It's so cute, they're all lovely members. "In the AKB camp, there are also a lot of voices praising the members of Nogizaka.

After the introduction, the members began to prepare for the performance. Nogizaka continued to return to the corner, and Kitagawa Kenji encouraged everyone to use Nogizaka's own round array slogan to cheer everyone on.

Everyone gathered tightly together, trying not to occupy more space, making Nogizaka inconspicuous, and then began the slogan of Nogizaka 46.

"1,2~1,2,3~Preparation~ Effort, thanks, smile, we are Nogizaka, Ascending Saka 46!" The voices of the members are not very big, because at this time and place, each of them does not dare to make a loud voice presumptuously, although humble, but do not back down, everyone after completing the round array slogan, they are smiling and encouraging their companions around them, and the cohesion and confidence of the team finally began to appear.

Nogizaka 46's debut performance is about to begin.