As Sophy leaves for school, she enters the elevator, only for it to go up to the penthouse suite before going to the lobby. As the doors open Hibiki steps in and Sophy, surprised, greets him in the appropriate manner. As the elevator descends, Hibiki advances on Sophy, telling her how perfect she is as an idol and that she would easily reach the Divine rank. He also offers her a special pickled plum, which will give her energy for much longer than her normal ones. Although Sophy politely refuses, Hibiki forces her to take it causing her to become super energized. As the elevator door opens to the lobby, Nene Tokuda who has been snooping around spots Sophy in the elevator with Hibiki and takes pictures of the two. Sophy then mounts one of the horses pulling Hibiki's carriage and rides it to school followed by Hibiki. At school, everyone is overcome by Sophy's new energetic attitude, but Laala, Mirei, Sion, Reona and Dorothy express their concerns and wonder why she's acting the way she is. Nene then appears and shows them the pictures of Sophy and Hibiki, believing that they are romantically involved, and that this is the reason she is being so energetic. Sophy goes to Pripara followed by Mirei and Laala who wonder what she's up to. Sophy approaches Meganee at the performance registration desk with Kuma and asks to register SoLaMi♡SMILE for a performance marathon in the hopes of boosting their idol rank to divine. Mirei and Laala become shocked at the prospect of performing so many consecutive Lives but Meganee reluctantly agrees and registers them. She also notices the unnatural sparkle in Sophy's eyes and gives a look of concern. SoLaMi♡SMILE begin performing their marathon of Lives, but after the fifth consecutive performance, Laala and Mirei begin to feel exhausted. Sophy tries to encourage them before kissing each girl on the cheek, transferring some of her energy to them and allowing them to keep performing. However the effect is only temporary, and Mirei a