As a former member of C-group, I want to destroy mygo!

Lin: "When did Yu become an enemy? He didn't stop you from eating Natsukawa Masami's sweets."

“You’re too biased towards that guy,” Su Shi’s eyes suddenly sharpened. She realized that Li Xi’s thinking had gone wrong and needed to be properly guided. “That guy abandoned Crychic and then abandoned us for the second time, a fugitive and traitor who went to form a new group by himself. Wake up, Li Xi!”

"The first person to abandon Crychic was that bastard Xiangzi, why insist on pinning the blame on You?"

Li Xi didn't tolerate Su Shi's behavior and went all out. She didn't think You had any problems with her play. If she had to assign blame, it would be entirely Toyokawa Shoko's fault.

"And to be honest, we were the ones who started the new band first. It was because you kept stopping me from messaging Yu to invite him over that Yu misunderstood and went to hang out with someone like Natsukawa Masuzu, wasn't he? If you like to hold grudges so much, why don't you just go find Shoko first, and the two of you issue a joint statement of self-reproach before you're even qualified to talk about Yu's problem!"

Li Xi, who was fiercely protecting her husband, seemed to be a bit too powerful. She immediately silenced Su Shi, who was trying to correct Li Xi and find excuses, and Su Shi was speechless and unable to refute her. Su Shi was so angry that she was depressed.

Fortunately, she already knew that Riki, like Xiangzi, would always favor the fugitive Kamiya Yu, so she had prepared herself mentally and wasn't so angry that she was about to die.

It's okay, at least Mutsu-chan and Tou-chan are still objectively on her side!

Thinking this way, Su Shi, who was being pushed back by Li Xi, quickly shifted her focus and placed her hopes for a comeback on Gao Songdeng.

She glanced at Takamatsu Akari's obviously depressed mood and immediately said to Ritsuki, "Ritsuki-chan, look, Akari-chan really dislikes Natsukawa Masuzu and the others, right? Otherwise, why would she suddenly become so down? Don't you even care about Akari-chan's feelings?"

Because of Yu's concern, Riki, who had been neglecting to pay attention to the lantern until just now, finally noticed this and immediately became nervous: "Is that really so, Lantern?"

Seeing Li Xi's reaction, Su Shi remained outwardly calm, but inwardly she was overjoyed. She knew that as long as she got her hands on the lamp, Li Xi would simply be hers for the clever Su Shi to possess.

However, Li Xi had no time to care about Su Shi's plans at the moment; she was looking at the lamp with great concern.

Despite being cared for by Riki and Aine at the same time, Takamatsu Akari shook her head slightly: "I... don't hate them."

However, she remained silent about why she was so depressed, simply keeping her head down, lost in thought.

Just as Lixi and Aiyin were about to press for details, Su Shi spoke first:

"Did I understand?... I don't know why, but if you don't want to say it, you don't have to, okay? Just remember, Riki and I will always protect you, and we won't be like that damned fugitive."

"Besides, Saki-chan said that Tou-chan's songs are your feelings, right? If you have any unhappy things, you can write them into lyrics and vent them out."

"After all... if we're going to do a live performance, we'll definitely need new songs."

Without a new song of sufficient quality, it's impossible to defeat Yu Kamiya and his band head-on.

Even if it was Kasuga Kage... no matter what, it was when that damned fugitive was still around, and the song that appeared was watched by all six of them together. It was... his song.

Although I really want to fire him temporarily, he is indeed a member of Crychic no matter what. No matter how well Kasuga Kage plays, he can't possibly defeat that guy. On the contrary, it will only make that guy feel gratified.

Furthermore, Kasuga Kage should absolutely not be played if Saki-chan isn't around!

"New song?"

Upon hearing Su Shi's suggestion, Li Xi's first thought was of Chun Ri Ying.

However, the next second, her desire to perform "Haruhi Kage" was quickly suppressed due to certain concerns and an unfulfilled promise. Instead, she said:

"Deng, if you're going to write a new song, and you don't mind, even though I'm not as good as that bastard Xiangzi, leave the music composition to me."

"…………Um."

Facing Su Shi, Li Xi, and Aine, including the cat Kaname Rakuna who was still eating the leftover snacks from Natsukawa Masuzu after they came in, and under the expectant gazes of the four people, Takamatsu Akari, with her head down, responded in a whisper after a moment of silence.

But what no one could see was a deep-seated fear and confusion hidden in the dimness of Deng's eyes... The lyrics were her heart's voice... But now, she no longer dared to know what her heart's voice truly was...

……

Meanwhile, in another practice room at the same time.

Natsukawa Masuzu waved in front of Kamiya Yu, who was slightly stunned and staring at his palm:

"Shouldn't you snap out of it? What a pervert! He's been staring at Lixi ever since. How audacious! Just because she smiles, you can get lost in her body? Well, she does have a model-like figure."

Logically speaking, Kamiya Yu wouldn't let this girl with a wicked sense of humor tease him, but... after seeing Riki's smiling face just now, he did recall something from the past, something that was a secret between him and Riki, something that even Shoko didn't know about, and he even remembered some indelible touches on his palms.

So much so that he was somewhat helpless at the moment and didn't have the energy to argue with Natsukawa Masaki.

The only option was to change the subject:

"Let's begin. We have three days to practice together and deliver a captivating performance. If we fail, I'll take full responsibility."

Volume 53: Chapter 53. Zhenliang's Arrogance and Desire: The Turning Point

"Full responsibility...isn't that a bit too much of a double standard?"

In a duplex apartment overlooking the sea and river, under the cover of night in Tokyo's expensive skyscrapers, Natsukawa Masuzu, having just finished showering and wearing only a thin light blue yukata, emerged from the bathroom and sat on the sofa, drying her beautiful silver-white hair, continuing to complain about the day's events to her bratty younger sister.

The younger sister, Natsukawa Mana, who should have been united with her sister, had an even more sour face than her older sister. Her lips twitched, clearly angered. Compared to her sister, she was worlds apart, her chest heaving with barely any movement, like that of a child. It was a scene of sisterly kindness and sisterly affection playing out on the spot.

"Huh? You took all the pastries I brought back from Sweden without a word, and you still have the nerve to come complaining to me? Those are hard to find in Japan! I can't believe there's anyone like you. Watch out, or I'll beat you up!"

"If the bad things you've done were exposed, no guy would dare to like someone as disgusting as you!"

"And to be honest, since that band leader is so hypocritical towards you, why did you still have the nerve to go and join them? You were just pretending to join to avoid those annoying confessions, right? Oh, I see, I get it now, you're just a masochist, the kind who likes to be tortured!"

Satoru was still a middle school student, and her petite figure was even shorter than Toyokawa Shoko. Natsukawa Mana, with her dazzling blonde hair braided into twin ponytails, completely disregarded her older sister's feelings. Although her foul mouth was different from Riki's, she was no less powerful than Riki.

7. Facing her disgruntled younger sister, Natsukawa Masuzu, who had been used to this unconventional sisterly relationship for so many years, smiled and said, "I did inform you, didn't I?"

"What kind of notification was that? By the time you called, I was already powerless to stop you!"

The huffy, bratty younger sister brandished her fist triumphantly. Although she was only fourteen, she knew that her older sister, who was born with a terrible stomach, was very weak. If they really fought, her bratty older sister would surely win big.

(iii) However, after a moment of annoyance, she looked at the pastries placed on the table, which were no less valuable than the pastries she had brought from Sweden, and even more numerous, and were bought by her cheap older sister, Masuzu…

In the end, the stinky little sister, Mana, had no choice but to put on a pretentious snort and put down the fist that she could never have thrown anyway.

"That's strange. You never used to make amends. What, are you suddenly trying to play the good guy?"

Er'er listened to her sister's teasing, but Zhenliang was not angry at all. She looked out the window at the wide world outside... She used to think that no matter how big the world was, it had nothing to do with her. Her space was always that small, narrow, and suffocating space, like the mouth of a well.

However, even though it was only for a few days, the sudden appearance of the band actually gave her a real sense of standing up from her wheelchair, running all the way, and personally experiencing how big the world really is and how easily it can be reached.

Although it wasn't directed at her... every time Kamiya Yu looked at Shiina Tatsuki, or even Takamatsu Akari and Nagasaki Motoyo, the look in his eyes, though he hid it very well, was actually almost overflowing with affection, almost entirely filled with beautiful eyes.

Even though he seemed to pay far less attention to Takamatsu Akari than Shiina Tatsuki, and Nagasaki Motoyo, who always bickered and seemed to be at odds with him, the genuine joy he felt whenever he glanced at them, though not as intense as Shiina Tatsuki's, still made his heart flutter as an observer.

Is this what a band is supposed to be like?

Is it possible to feel happy just by seeing the other person?

It's simply... utterly unimaginable.

Even her mother, even JOJO, even the only two things she ever liked in her life, couldn't make her feel so sweet just by seeing or thinking about them.

Over the past ten years, she had witnessed far too many false relationships.

This kind of thing should be a facade no matter how you look at it. It should be that once it's exposed, it will immediately reveal its true colors and expose its disgusting nature. That's how it should be. But why is it that, even though she deliberately ignited it one after another, neither Shiina Riki nor Kamiya Yu have any grudges against each other?

Bands… She didn’t believe that there really were such wonderful things in the world. Even the most famous bands had countless members who broke up and became enemies after a falling out.

Moreover, even if Kamiya Yu's gaze towards his former teammates was so sweet, didn't his old band also break up?

Bands are actually quite ugly things, and the world can't really be that vast. What seems like a huge world and emotions are actually only as small as the opening of a well.

But if it really is so big, so big that just jumping out of the well would reveal something even more beautiful than JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, then she...

"Hey, Ryo, are you even listening to me? Since that Kamiya Yu is treating you so badly, why don't you just walk away?"

The younger sister called her that in a way that didn't sound like sisters, with no sense of hierarchy between them. She pouted, and although she seemed to dislike her older sister for being so cheap, she ultimately said those words without really wanting to offer any advice.

However, Zhenliang, having regained her senses, completely disregarded the advice, merely lowering her eyelids slightly and muttering, "This time... I really made a mistake."

If she could do it all over again, she thought, she probably wouldn't do what she did that day.

However, this is a different thing from believing in the band.

"Like Shiina Tatsuki, what am I...?"

As Masuzu murmured to herself, her eyes seemed to finally waver from their confusion and make a decision. The scales tipped, and the weight on both sides, namely Kamiya Yu and Kurokawa Akane, became heavier and heavier.

Let her see. Then, a final decision will be made on how to deal with Kamiya Yu and this band that inexplicably barged into her world.

Before that, at least... even if it was because Shiina Ritsuki didn't settle accounts with her.

Since both Kamiya Yu and Akane want the guitarist Yukino Yukinoshita to join the team, she will focus all her efforts on using her bass guitar to get it done first.

In that case, even if it means being physically present in the band but not truly involved, breaking her promise, she would have atoneed and the matter would be settled!

Volume 54: Chapter 54. The Double Standard Dog, Akane Receives Preferential Treatment

Kamiya Yu had always believed that no matter how much Natsukawa Masami reflected on his actions, there was a very high chance that he would relapse into his old ways. So he had always been on guard.

But to his surprise, for the next three days, the beautiful silver-haired girl actually calmed down and, like Akane, did her best to work together to get the three instruments in sync, without causing the slightest disturbance.

Including every time I met Riki and the others in the Ring, I never saw Natsukawa Masuzu do anything naughty again.

This unusual behavior left Kamiya Yu feeling both anxious and relieved, a complex mix of emotions.

He was afraid that Natsukawa Masaki was holding back something big, but at the same time he felt that if not, then Natsukawa Masaki, as a tool, was actually more qualified and better than Akane.

After all, no matter how good Akane is as a person, her terrible keyboard skills are still somewhat jarring. As a band that relies on popcorn, Akane's level is really too bad... Of course, given Akane's 30,000 fans, he can ignore this to some extent.

However, in any case, after three days of training without any major incidents, the week was up, and they had no choice but to head to the Service Department to have a life-or-death battle with the guitarists who hadn't yet joined the team.

Seeing that the band had now gathered three members, all of whom were carrying instruments, Hiratsuka Shizuka, who was responsible for looking after her younger sister Yukino, naturally wouldn't miss this big event. She was excited and nodded with satisfaction: "They're quite impressive!"

If the teammates that Kamiya Yuu finds are from outside the school, then she might be able to stop Yukino. After all, while there are good and bad people from outside the school, they are all in her blind spot and there is a bit of danger.

However, she knew both Natsukawa Masuzu and Kurokawa Akane; they were both good students at school and had no bad reputations. If this deal went through, there wouldn't be anything wrong with it.

After all, having a few friends is much better than Yukino being all alone in the Service Club.

"You look even more excited than I am." Looking at Hiratsuka Shizuka, who was as excited as a gorilla, Kamiya Yu couldn't help but chuckle.

"Students' battle, what a thrilling scene from an anime! If this doesn't ignite your passion, then I, your teacher, have been nothing but the sole audience member." Hiratsuka Shizuka chuckled, her face showing a relaxed ease that seemed oblivious to gravity. "But you, kid, you don't seem nervous at all, even though it's a life-or-death battle."

Upon hearing this, Kamiya Yu merely smiled and did not reply.

7. Nervous? Of course he'll be nervous.

However, the person who deserves his attention is not Yukino Yukinoshita. Even if it's not Xiangbao, it should at least be Li Xi or the others to make him nervous. After all, for someone he doesn't care about at all, even if he fails, he will only feel regret at most.

With this completely relaxed mindset, Kamiya Yu now felt that his performance might even be able to captivate Riki!

3. "Let's go."

4. In this state of absolute certainty, Kamiya Yu gave Akane an encouraging smile.

④Although Akane is an actress who has performed on stage countless times before, this is her first time performing to satisfy the audience. The time when Yu and Masuzu forcibly dragged her to perform on the street, she was so flustered that she had no time to be nervous.

② And now, this can be considered her first live performance—even though it's just her alone. But for Akane, who takes this very seriously, whether it's just one person or ten thousand people, this is her first time. Naturally, she's a bit stiff, especially after these few days of ensemble performances. She's become even more aware of just how bad her skill level is.

But seeing Yu's encouraging expression without any hint of disdain, Akane felt a warmth in her heart and couldn't help but smile slightly. The negative emotions that had been spreading from the depths of her heart were instantly swept away: "Mm!"