In music anime, band girls won't be alone.

"If you have a clear goal to strive for, at least you won't stray from the right path..."

These words rekindled her fighting spirit. She glanced at the dusty guitar bag in the corner of the room and set a goal in her mind—to first improve her guitar skills to the point where she could perform live!

After setting her goal, she felt much better and quickly fell asleep...

……

The next morning, the students returned to school for the first time after the Golden Week holiday.

Students are generally quite excited after the short holiday, and the atmosphere on campus is more lively than usual.

Even in the Moon Forest, the students were sharing their holiday experiences.

When Nagasaki Motoyo reached the school gate, she saw Wakaba Mutsu coming from the other side, but she was still some distance away from where she was.

So she stopped and waited for the other person to reach the school gate before greeting them.

"Hello, Xiaomu."

Looking at the beaming other person, Ruoye Mu looked at him with a hint of doubt in her eyes, and then asked,

"who are you?"

Nagasaki Motoyo was a little confused and tilted her head slightly.

"Hmm? I'm Su Shi."

"Don't you recognize me, Xiao Mu?"

Ruoye Mu shook his head slightly.

"know."

It wasn't that she didn't recognize him, but rather that she hadn't seen him so cheerful in a long time.

Ever since Toyokawa Shoko left CRYCHIC, she felt that the other person was full of sorrow, as if she had lost the pillar of her family.

Moreover, the other party usually won't deliberately wait for you to walk over at the school gate.

So she was momentarily dazed, thinking that someone had possessed the other person.

Nagasaki Motoyo sensed something was off about the other person, thinking they were playing some strange joke on her, but she didn't dwell on it and instead started a new conversation.

"What has Xiaomu been doing these past few days? Any happy experiences?"

If Ye Mu's gaze remained fixed on the ground, his emotions would be unreadable.

"I've been performing with my parents these past few days."

"Happy things..."

"Not one."

Nagasaki Motoyo's face showed a regretful expression.

"That's it..."

"Thank you for your hard work, Xiao Mu."

Ruoye Mu shook her head and said nothing.

Nagasaki Motoyo paused for a moment, then asked,

"Does Xiao Mu want to play in our band?"

This is something she's been thinking about since yesterday's live performance ended.

If possible, she would naturally hope that Toyokawa Shoko and Wakaba Mutsumi would both join her in a band and rebuild CRYCHIC's glory.

But now the former has explicitly rejected her.

Having let go of her obsession, she no longer wanted to continue the entanglement.

So she took the girl in front of her into consideration.

Since the other person is a guitarist, having two guitars in the band is a reasonable configuration, one for lead and one for rhythm.

Moreover, having two guitars allows you to share the burden.

Therefore, inviting the other party is perfectly fine.

Upon hearing the invitation, Ruoye Mu didn't speak immediately. After a pause, she replied,

"I dont go."

Nagasaki Motoyo was somewhat surprised to see that Muto had rejected her.

She originally thought that as long as she invited him, the other party would definitely agree immediately.

Perhaps I didn't show enough sincerity?

Nagasaki Motoyo thought to herself, and then spoke again.

"Inviting Xiao Mu is something I've been considering."

"Because we weren't sure how well the new band would perform live, we hadn't formally invited you."

“Yesterday we had our first live performance, and it went very well. Deng Jiang sang wonderfully, and Li Xi’s composition was also very well written.”

“I think we’ve demonstrated our commitment to playing a good band through our actions, so I came to invite Xiao Mu right away today.”

"If you can join, everyone will be very happy, and we will become a more complete band."

Ruo Yemu listened quietly, then shook her head again.

"I dont go."

The reason for not going is simple.

Because Toyokawa Shoko won't go.

She didn't want four of the original five members of CRYCHIC to reunite, leaving Toyokawa Shoko all alone.

She could tell that Nagasaki Motoyo had found a new home and was very happy.

She was happy for the other person too.

But what about Toyokawa Shoko?

Still alone.

As the other person's childhood friend and one of the few important people to them, Ruo Yemu felt it was necessary to consider their feelings.

So she declined the invitation.

Nagasaki Motoyo was surprised that the other party still rejected her. She paused and stood there stunned for a moment.

She couldn't quite figure out where the problem lay.

However, Ruo Yemu did not stop and continued walking towards the classroom, and the two then distanced themselves from each other.

Nagasaki Motoyo watched the other person's retreating figure without chasing after them, instead pondering the answer to her question...

Volume 1: Chapter 133 Su Shi Begins to Get Excited

After thinking for a while, Nagasaki Motoyo did not get any answer.

She felt just as Shirakawa Sawa had said: she had never truly understood her friends' hearts before.

She sighed softly, walked into the classroom, sat down in her seat, and then opened her phone to discuss the time and place for the evening's dinner gathering in the band's group chat.

The four classes in the morning flew by. After lunch, Nagasaki Motoyo came to Wakaba Mutsumi's cucumber patch and saw him standing in front of the cucumber vines with a watering can. It looked like he had already watered them.

The latter also noticed her, but only glanced at her and did not say anything.

Nagasaki Motoyo sat down on a bench and patted the seat next to her.

"Xiao Mu, can we sit down and talk?"

If Ye Mu did not answer the question, but simply repeated her stance,

"I dont go."

Nagasaki Motoyo gave a slightly embarrassed smile.

"Xiao Mu, this isn't the topic I want to talk to you about."

"I wanted to talk to you about Xiao Xiang starting out as a video blogger."

A hint of doubt appeared in Ye Mu's eyes. Then, she put down the kettle and sat down next to the other person.

Nagasaki Motoyo naturally noticed the confusion in the girl's eyes, and at the same time, she also had a question in her mind—did Xiaoxiang not even tell Xiaomu?

With questions in mind, she opened her phone, and the screen displayed Oblivionis's account homepage.

She handed over the phone, but didn't say anything, just stared at the other person.

Ruoye Mu took the phone and saw that there was only one video on the account's homepage.

She clicked on the video.

Similarly, she knew it was Toyokawa Shoko the moment she saw the self-introduction.

She couldn't help but wonder, if Xiangzi even had to time his coffee with her, afraid of being late for work, would he really have time to become a video blogger?

Seeing Wakaba Mutsuko's reaction, Nagasaki Motoyo was certain that the other party was unaware of Toyokawa Shoko's work as a video blogger.

Therefore, if we want to find out why the other person became a video blogger, and in a masked form, we can only go to Shirakawa Sawa.

However, the band is having a dinner party after school this afternoon.

So we have to postpone it until tomorrow.

If it were anyone else making a video blogger with their face covered, Nagasaki Motoyo wouldn't think much of it and wouldn't want to pry into it.

But the problem is that this person is Toyokawa Shoko.

Moreover, after the misunderstanding was cleared up, Toyokawa Shoko explicitly refused her band's invitation.

So in Nagasaki Motoyo's eyes, this turned into the other party possibly choosing not to play in a band because they wanted to become a video blogger.

The reason for wearing a mask is that I don't want people to discover my true identity.

And who is she least willing to be discovered by?