January 2023 Calendar Story Act 1: Ultimate and Limitless

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== Main Story ==
The sparkling spotlights… the unceasing cheers.
The dreamy moment when the audience was intoxicated by the singing voices and aura of the two artists came to an end with a great success.
Before anyone knew it, a live music club was there. The performers, let alone the audience, don’t remember much about why they were here. Still, everyone enjoyed this moment… except for one.
“Don’t get in my way. You’re holding me down.”
After the concert, Shadow coldly declares this to his partner. The poor attitude towards the audience, the shoddy performance… a stage show with him was far from the perfection Shadow was looking for.
But when questioned, Infinite laughed boastfully and slowly closed in on Shadow.
“It’s good enough for a runt who can’t understand authenticity. I have no interest in following your smugness in playing at perfection.”
“So, you admit you’re a fake. Surely you understand that.”
The vibe in the dressing room turns precarious.
“This “perfection” I’ve never gotten a hold of is such a laugh… why don’t you learn some business from me before you start spouting big words?”
“I have a purpose. No more distractions… Wait. “Purpose”…?”
Infinite snickers as he looked sideways at Shadow, who is unable to remember anything. Shadow, who had been avoiding eye contact with Infinite for a long time, takes a moment to look at him, and then grumbles.
“I don’t know why, but your face irritates me.”
“…What?”
At the very moment Infinite looked up,
*Crash!*
Shadow’s spinning kick is accompanied by a loud boom and a flash. The door to the dressing room and Infinite are sent flying. Infinite is thrown into the darkness of the night before he can say a word, and Shadow continues without following Infinite with his gaze as he went out of sight.
“Don’t ever show that loser mug of yours again.”
Shadow left word with him that the duo is no longer together, and walked away. The only thing left behind was an unclaimed microphone.
== After the Party... ==
This anomaly seems to be happening all over the world.
This place used to be Eggman’s base, but now it is a live music club.
The memories of Shadow and Infinite who were performing here seemed to have been completely replaced by those of musicians. Their personalities and relationship didn’t seem to have changed…
What in the world had happened? What were they trying to do here?
The mystery only deepens…
(To be continued)
== Credit ==
This translation of the Shadow and Infinite January 2023 Calendar Story comes from Windii. To support them and see more of their other translations, please visit here. To see where the original translation came from, visit here.
To see the story from where it originally was shown by Sonic Team in Japanese, visit here.
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