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

Volume 1: Chapter 57. 57. Akane: Tsundere Yu is great, no need for further explanation.

"?!"

What does it mean? !

Yukino Yukinoshita was stunned. With her intelligence, she certainly understood the symbolic meaning behind this action, but that was precisely why she couldn't understand it at all.

While Kamiya Yuna's skillful guitar playing is certainly not on par with Natsukawa Masato's professional bass playing, it is more than enough for an amateur band member.

Moreover, with the bass, guitar, and keyboard all in place, all that's left is the drummer. The drummer's spot on stage is always the least noticeable and least prominent area in the entire band. Compared to the guitarist, who is seen by the audience at first glance, enjoys the limelight, and revels in satisfying people's vanity, the experience is obviously different.

However, facing her, the person who had once rejected Liu's invitation, and facing her, the last person to join the team, she was the most unfamiliar person.

Just because she refused to take on the drummer's role, Kamiya Yu didn't hesitate to switch places with her.

What a joke... Even if they're bandmates, even if they're friends, this is way too generous, especially since she doesn't even qualify as one of those people!

"Why... do you have to go to this extent?" Yukino Yukinoshita was really confused. "With Natsukawa-kun here, it doesn't matter whether I join the team or not. You can easily find a new drummer who is willing to join."

That would be a huge waste of time.

Among amateurs, there aren't many who can play drums at his current level. After all, he's almost on par with Li Xi, and it probably won't be long before he surpasses Li Xi completely, maybe in ten days or a month.

Besides, Xiangzi's keyboard was unavoidable, but if he had to choose between Mu's guitar and Lixi's drum set... he would still prefer to keep Lixi's drum set.

But he couldn't say these things out loud, nor did he intend to let any irrelevant people know them. With that in mind, Kamiya Yu casually said another truth: "I don't care. I can play both instruments. For me, it doesn't make much difference which one I play. Anyway, I'm better at drums than guitars."

Generally speaking, that's enough. After all, not many people would refuse the good thing of a drummer becoming a guitarist. Surely this guy with long, straight black hair can't be an exception, right?

"you--"

However, upon hearing this answer, which was completely unrelated to her question, Yukino Yukinoshita was so angry that she almost choked on her breath. She had clearly asked why they had to go to such lengths for a stranger like her, instead of about musical matters!

Based on the way Kamiya Yu spoke, he must have understood what she was asking, but he deliberately avoided the question. Was he treating her like a fool?

She doesn't need special care or pity!

Just as the inflexible Yukino Yukinoshita insisted on pressing the issue, Akane, seeing from a third-party perspective that something was amiss, immediately came over, pulled Yukino Yukinoshita back a few steps, and whispered to Yuu at a distance:

"When Yu first recruited me and Masuzu into the band, he let us choose our positions in the band as we pleased, and even gave us his keyboard and bass. Yu... although he's a very nice person, he can be a bit arrogant sometimes. Even though he's very nice to us, he's not very frank. Do you really want to force him to blush and reveal his true intentions?"

"Yukinoshita-kun, I don't understand, what is it about Yu that you have a problem with?"

Hearing Kurokawa Akane's well-intentioned but clearly displeased admonition due to her less-than-kind attitude towards Kamiya Yu, Yukino Yukinoshita took a deep breath: "I don't need special treatment, and I certainly don't need to step on other people's charity to get into the band!"

Akane immediately understood that the girl in front of her was an extremely eccentric person; that was just her personality. But even knowing this, she couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.

"If you insist on considering this as charity, then are you implying that the relationship between me and Zhenliang, and between us and Yu, is one of being the recipient of charity and the giver of charity?"

Given Yukino Yukinoshita's awkward personality, wouldn't her relationship with Masuzu and Yu also give the impression that Yukino Yukinoshita would look down on her? The good-natured Akane was even a little unhappy about this person joining the band for a moment. She said this and then walked back to Yu's side.

However, as soon as she returned, she sighed with kindness... There was nothing she could do; Yu really wanted Yukino Yukinoshita to join the team, so she could only patiently go back and persuade her again.

However, before Akane could change her mind, she saw that Yukino Yukinoshita, whom she had just scolded, had returned with a look of confusion and hesitation after a brief moment of stunned silence.

She seemed to want to say something more to Kamiya Yu: "You..."

However, noticing her seemingly hesitant expression, a mixture of pride and face-saving causing her to misunderstand, the experienced Kamiya Yu immediately sharpened his gaze. He couldn't let go of this tool he had acquired, and promptly, mindful of Yukino Yukinoshita's pride, said:

"The first time I invited you was because I heard you could play the guitar. From the beginning, I've always seen myself as the drummer in this band."

Although this was a lie, he actually only wanted to be a keyboardist at first... but Akane beat him to it, so what could he do but become a drummer? For him, who had lost his place as Xiangzi, although there were indeed some differences between guitarists and drummers, those differences were insignificant when it came to the keyboard.

Looking at Kamiya Yu, whose words seemed sincere yet not entirely so, Yukino Yukinoshita stood still, unconsciously biting her lower lip slightly... If this was charity, she didn't want it.

However, according to Akane Kurokawa, the three girls were treated equally, and she could not see the slightest sign of favoritism or mistreatment in their interactions.

Is she too sensitive and awkward? — Yukino Yukinoshita has always been someone who is incapable and absolutely incapable of self-reflection. She is somewhat self-centered, and she knows that herself.

However, faced with the invitation from the band that had captivated her, and confronted with Akane's condemnation, she was speechless for the first time, caught in a dilemma.

She knew she shouldn't care too much about saving face... but that's just the kind of person Yukino Yukinoshita is; she's inherently concerned with saving face. Even though she realized that Akane Kurokawa was right, it was precisely because of this that she couldn't bring herself to say anything of remorse under Akane Kurokawa's gaze.

……

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P.S.: Some people might think that this Yukino is different from most of the Yukino I've written. That's because I chose not to focus on the real thing but to write about her stubborn pride first. This is not out of character.

Whether you're watching anime or reading the original light novel, you'll see that Yukino often knows she's in the wrong, but she won't apologize or back down. Instead, she'll either argue or change the subject. In small matters, she's a hundred times more stubborn about saving face than Xiangzi.

Xiangbao is truly great.

Volume 58: Chapter 58. Zhen Liang's Resolve, His Final Pride

Seeing the stalemate, Kamiya Yu frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and was about to continue with his solution when he suddenly heard the wicked Natsukawa Masuzu speak:

"Now that we've accomplished our mission, shouldn't we have a celebration feast?"

It was a bit strange. He didn't think this girl was a glutton. After all, when she took so many snacks to Ring to win people over, even the most absent-minded person, Akari, who ate the least, ate more than Natsukawa Masuzu herself.

Why would someone who isn't a glutton bring up a celebration banquet?

No... whatever the reason, this is beneficial to him. As long as he jumps to this topic, he can forcibly take away Yukino Yukinoshita, who is only reluctant to get along with him on the surface. Then he won't have to worry about not being able to win her over.

Thinking this, Kamiya Yu immediately perked up and said, "That's true, then let's do it today—"

However, before he could finish speaking, before he could even utter half a sentence, Natsukawa Masuzu immediately ran out to intercept him, smiling broadly as she said:

"So, let's go to my house."

"--Eh?!"

As soon as the words were spoken, not only was Yukino Yukinoshita surprised that the topic had suddenly jumped so far, completely bypassing her dilemma, but even Yu Kamiya and Akane Kurokawa were shocked. Although they had both seen the changes in Masuzu Natsukawa recently, they really did not expect her to make such an invitation.

Before anyone could ask any questions, Natsukawa Masuzu, carrying her bass guitar, swayed her long, smooth, silver-white hair and took the lead to the door. Then she turned around and urged with a smile, "Let's go?"

In that instant, Kamiya Yu made no secret of the fact that he had already pieced together eighteen possible murder ambushes that Natsukawa Masamichi had set up in his mind. However, seeing Akane standing right next to him, all of these guesses vanished.

After all, even if Natsukawa Masatsugu was ruthless, he certainly wouldn't go so far as to ambush Akane. With Akane around, there was nothing to be afraid of. Moreover, at this moment, according to Natsukawa Masatsugu's approach, he could casually say, "Let's go. Perfect timing, the first day with all the band members together is indeed worth a team-building activity."

As he spoke, he subtly gave Akane a wink.

As a man, he couldn't guarantee that dragging Yukino Yukinoshita along wouldn't cause any resistance from her, so he could only entrust Akane with this task.

Having received the hint, Akane could only smile wryly and take the hand of Yukino Yukinoshita, who was standing there stunned, and followed Yu and Masuzu. Yukino Yukinoshita originally wanted to struggle a bit, but she was completely suppressed as soon as she started.

In terms of physique, Akane, who used to perform on stage all day, still has a figure that is so good that it doesn't seem like she is a powerful person. However, her physical strength is far superior to that of Yukino Yukinoshita, who is a homebody. In front of her, the latter has no chance to fight back at all.

Led by Natsukawa Masuzu, the three of them left the school and, after some time, arrived at a high-rise building that was obviously luxuriously decorated, a place only the rich and powerful could afford to live in. They entered a room on one of the floors.

Natsukawa Masuzu's place was very spacious. In addition to the huge living room and kitchen with excessive space, there were two bedrooms. Girls' clothes were hanging outside on the rooftop. Several rag dolls of different sizes were scattered on the sofa in the living room. The bookshelf in the corner was filled with a complete set of the collector's edition of JOJO manga. Other than that, it was relatively empty and did not have much of a living atmosphere.

The moment Kamitani Yu saw these arrangements, he almost instinctively thought, "I wonder how Shoko is doing now... If only Shoko could live in such a nice place now."

Akane locked the door as she came in, and after confirming that Yukino Yukinoshita couldn't escape, she let go of the door, started rolling up her sleeves, and said diligently, "Let me help too. We should have all the ingredients in the kitchen, right?"

"Huh?" Natsukawa Masaki was taken aback, then smiled and waved his hand, "No, it's not necessary. I prepared everything last night. I just need to heat it up now."

"Huh?" Akane was even more surprised. "You finished it all in one night? That's amazing!"

"Well..."

Faced with Akane's praise, Natsukawa Masuzu surprisingly didn't take credit. Instead, she gave a slightly awkward smile and went to the kitchen to open the refrigerator. The next second, the expressions of "Natsukawa Masuzu is so amazing" on the faces of the other three instantly vanished.

"Is this takeout?"

"It's takeout."

The so-called preparation in advance was just that a certain naturally evil silver-haired prankster bassist ordered a famous hotel to make it the night before and then delivered it over, putting it in the refrigerator to be taken out at will.

However, seeing this situation, although it was like a back-and-forth comedy routine, Kamiya Yu and Kurokawa Akane couldn't help but smile slightly, and actually felt relieved.

Immediately, they were all driven out of the kitchen by Natsukawa Masuzu. She closed the kitchen door and, having no cooking experience whatsoever, stubbornly continued heating things up inside. It wasn't until a little while later, as the sun set and the lights in the house were turned on, that she came to the living room, looking disheveled, and hummed a slightly enigmatic, charming laugh, inviting the band to a dinner party.

At the dinner table, Kamiya Yuu originally intended to take advantage of the perfect opportunity to further solidify his relationship with Yukino Yukinoshita. However, Natsukawa Masuzu, just like when the band Exploded, reverted to her deliberate confrontational behavior, speaking just before he was about to open his mouth each time, thus stopping him.

But instead of stopping him, she smiled and fed him food, and poured him a bottle of a uniquely colored drink that she had never seen before, making it difficult for Akane to help.

This really annoyed Kamiya Yu, who found that he couldn't understand this wicked girl anymore... What exactly did Natsukawa Masuzu want to do?

However, before his dissatisfaction could build up to the point of questioning, Kamiya Yu suddenly realized that his vision seemed to be blurry.

"Why... are there... three Akane?"

Upon realizing this unusual situation, Kamiya Yu immediately pinpointed the source: Natsukawa Masuzu had repeatedly poured him drinks, initially claiming they were alcohol, but he was told they were just a beverage similar to pineapple beer…

The next second, Kamiya Yu felt dizzy and fell asleep on the table with a thud.

Volume 59: Chapter 59. A Band for Life, A Deadly Strategy

"Pfft!"

Like a drunkard, Kamiya Yu collapsed with a thud, his body emanating a strong smell of alcohol that startled both Kurokawa Akane and Yukino Yukinoshita.

"You...he...?"

Especially Yukino Yukinoshita.

Originally, Akane Kurokawa had brought her here at the behest of Yu Kamiya, and she didn't really have much resistance in her heart. As long as Yu Kamiya said a few nice words, she would naturally go with the flow and settle down in this band.

However, due to Natsukawa Masaki's obstruction, she could only be an unrelated outsider at this meal, frequently finding it tasteless and unpleasant. She was inwardly tormented and hoped countless times that Kamiya Yu would give her a way out.

However, before she could even offer that step forward, Kamiya Yu collapsed inexplicably. This immediately made her feel extremely uneasy... Although she wasn't very familiar with Kamiya Yu, at least compared to Kurokawa Akane and Natsukawa Masuzu, he, as the captain, was the only one who had the authority to let her pass.

Seeing the other person suddenly fall asleep, Yukino Yukinoshita's face immediately turned slightly pale. She stopped eating, which she had little interest in to begin with, put down her chopsticks and bowl, and got up to leave.

However, Natsukawa Masuzu, with a smile, stopped her: "Don't walk so fast. Aren't you curious why I did this?"

When faced with Masuzu's self-disclosure of being the mastermind, the first person to react was not Yukino Yukinoshita, but Akane Kurokawa.

Although she has a good temper, she couldn't help but let her eyes sharpen a little, and she was somewhat angry.

"Zhenliang, what have you done? Are you still holding a grudge against You for trying to kick you out? You've gone too far, doing something like this!"

As a seasoned professional actor, Akane Kurokawa has seen countless people drink, so she immediately understood that Yu was being given drinks as a side dish. The dishes that Ryou deliberately put on Yu's plate were actually intentionally prepared to be served with drinks.

Her drink was probably a mixture of high-proof liquor and other beverages, which is how she fooled people.

Akane Kurokawa was genuinely upset this time. She had always thought that Ryou's personality had improved, but she never expected that he would do such a despicable thing at such a crucial moment. This was completely beyond her tolerance.

After all, putting aside the fact that this is disrespectful to Yu, this is a crucial time to persuade the guitarist!

Without Yu, no matter how eloquent the two of them are, they can't possibly keep Yukino Yukinoshita. And having missed this opportunity, given Yukinoshita's obviously overly proud behavior, she probably won't even see them again next time, let alone be invited to join the team.

Yu's hard work, which she had prepared for a whole week, was about to be ruined.

The feeling of being about to gain something but then being schemed to lose it is absolutely unpleasant.