It started with being hated by the girl in the band

Chihaya Aine suddenly opened her eyes wide, only to see Nakagawa Shin, who was covering his hands with his hands and grimacing.

"...Of course it doesn't hurt you. My hand was just here."

"...I'm sorry...but why did the train stop?"

Nakagawa Nobuyuki put his head against the window, trying to see something through it, but due to the angle, he could not see anything.

"The worst case scenario is that someone would commit suicide by lying on the railway tracks... After all, this is Tokyo..."

"Eh..."

Chihaya Aine covered her mouth and her face turned slightly pale.

After all, the next stop here is not far from my home.

There is a well-known urban legend in Japan called TEKETEKE, or half-dead ghost. It is about a girl who attempted suicide by lying on the railway tracks but was crushed at the waist by the train and turned into a vengeful spirit to harm the world. The name comes from the sound made when crawling, which is "TEKETEKE".

Although Chihaya Aine doesn't take urban legends seriously, if something like this really happened, she would inevitably think about it every time she goes home alone...

Fortunately, the train restarted after a while. The broadcast told everyone that it was just a broken thick branch that blocked the traffic. Chihaya Aine finally felt relieved.

It felt like she had just gotten on the train and not much time had passed, but the increasingly familiar scenery forced Chihaya Aine to press the button to get off at the next stop.

"Then...byebye."

"Bye-Bye."

"See you tomorrow?"

"See you tomorrow."

“…Send me a Line!”

"Go back and post it."

After bidding farewell to Chihaya Aine who was reluctant to leave, he immediately sent a Line message to Nakagawa Nobuyuki's phone.

I thought it was an emoji bombardment from Aine, but it turned out to be a message from Nagasaki Motoyo.

"I'm sorry... Nakagawa-san, I hope you don't get mad at Riki. She's actually a very nice person."

"Next time you come, it's okay to explain clearly."

...feels a bit teay.

He replied a few words casually and closed Nagasaki Suyo's chat interface.

On the way to get off the tram and change trains, my cell phone rang again.

This time the message came from Toyokawa Shoko.

"Nakagawa-san."

“I have already bought the materials.”

"【picture】"

Nakagawa Nobuyuki opened the picture and saw onions, potatoes, carrots and two chicken legs neatly placed on the table.

It looks like you're going to make curry.

When Nakagawa Nobuyuki thought of this, he suddenly shuddered.

Quickly edit the message and send it over.

"If you want to make curry, be sure to use less sugar."

"Please, this is all I ask for in my life."

On the other side of the screen, Toyokawa Shoko, who was wearing an apron, was immediately amused by Nakagawa Nobuyuki's overly serious words.

She wiped her wet fingers on her apron, then gently bent over the chopping board and began to edit the reply.

"Don't spend your whole life asking for help here."

"That's very serious."

After a while, the phone rang again, and there was another message from Nakagawa Shin.

"If I can't eat salty curry rice, my world will be destroyed in an instant."

Swiping away the pop-up message from Nagasaki Suyo, Toyokawa Shoko tapped the toes of one foot, chuckled, and continued typing a reply to Nakagawa Nobuyuki.

"That's not what the end of the world sounds like, right?"

The atmosphere on Toyokawa Shoko's side was of course very relaxed.

But the situation on Nagasaki Suyo's side was completely the opposite.

Ever since the band disbanded, Su Shi's activities at this time every night are almost exactly the same.

Lying on the wide bed, curled up, browsing the photos, videos, and accounts left by everyone in the band.

Sometimes, when watching these videos and images, she would suddenly remember the jokes that everyone had made together, and a smile as big as bubbles would appear on Nagasaki Motoyo's face.

Or, suddenly, on a whim, even though she knew Xiaoxiang would never reply to her message, she still edited a dozen or dozens of messages and sent them to an account that was destined not to reply.

Before today, Nagasaki Suyo may only be able to continue thinking about the question that she has thought about a thousand times, why everyone broke up, why the band disbanded, and why Xiaoxiang quit.

And starting tonight, Nagasaki Suyo thought she had found the root of all the problems.

If it wasn't for Nakagawa Nobu...

If it wasn't for Nakagawa Nobuyuki...

On the other hand, Nakagawa Nobumasa knew nothing.

My friends, it’s so pitiful. Poor Nakagawa Shin still thinks that Nagasaki Motoyo is a good person.

On this side, under Nakagawa Nobuyuki's horrified gaze, all he saw was the [progress bar] sprinting towards the finish line at a speed visible to the naked eye, and finally stopped when there was only a little space as big as the size of a little finger nail left from the finish line.

No, what is this! ?

Chapter 25: Don't Believe in Mind Reading

To be honest, I was a little scared by Nakagawa Nobuyuki.

No, this is a sign of some vendetta.

How much hatred and resentment is there? Is it really necessary to do this?

Miss Yamada has tickled him so many times, but it's probably only as big as the size of her little finger nail. He didn't do anything today, and this thing flew so far.

Shiina Riki?

...No, no, Shiina’s price is not at this level at all. At least, I haven’t seen it rise to this level in the past few times.

Yamada Ryo?

Not really... Although Ms. Yamada loves to say bad things about herself to Hongxia, it's not likely to be this high.

...Hiroi Kikuri?

This is even more ridiculous. Although Hiroi is a nice person, it’s good enough that others don’t hate her first.

After thinking about it, Nakagawa Nobuyuki finally came up with two possibilities.

The first is that this thing is broken.

The second is that this thing is not broken, it is the energy provided by Toyokawa Shoko.

why?

Because I just told Toyokawa Shoko that I like salty curry, and Toyokawa Shoko might like sweet curry, so she holds a grudge against me. This is the naked hatred of the sweet party against the salty party!

...Okay, Nakagawa Shin himself knows that this is bullshit.

But there is really no other possibility, right?

Could it be that such a gentle child like Nagasaki held a grudge against me because of a non-existent misunderstanding and vented his pent-up resentment on me?

This is a bit too ridiculous.

Thinking of this, Nakagawa Nobuyuki walked into a convenience store near his home and bought a half-price bento that was left over by someone else.

While going upstairs, Nakagawa Nobuyuki was searching for CryChic on the Internet. Although he had seen it once at Chihaya Aine's place, he just glanced at it casually. He still had to find more useful information on his own.

...It's not that this band broke up too quickly. I ran out of tweets about their activities in just a few scrolls.

The information released, apart from the pinned photo of the band members, basically just said "First Live, please take care of us!" It was somewhat meaningful, and from then on, the tweets stopped updating.

Anyway, please follow me first, so that you don’t have to search for it on the Internet every time you need it in the future.

On the other hand, Nagasaki Suyo discovered the newly added account almost instantly.

Every word and every tweet on CryChic's page has almost been completely engraved in her mind.

Even Nagasaki Suyo can still remember what everyone said when designing each element on the page...

How she hoped that one day she would open the fan list and see that the other members of the band also missed the once united CryChic like herself. In the eyes of a lady like Nagasaki Motoyo, is there anything that cannot be solved by a good talk?

Sometimes Nagasaki Motoyo would think that maybe she really could never forget CryChic.

In the huge and dim room, only the dark green light projected from the screen of the mobile phone in her hand could make her feel an illusory sense of satisfaction.

A sense of need and the satisfaction of being needed.

This is something that the prosperous, sleepless, and extravagant Tokyo city outside the window cannot do. It is also something that many people under this girl dream of, the so-called "high-rise duplex overlooking the sea and the river" high-end residence cannot do.

As the saying goes: People with wide social connections often have their own happiness, while lonely people are often the same.

Except for Nakagawa Shin.

Now Nakagawa Nobumasa is happy about getting a half-price yakiniku bento.

Watching the comedy of my subordinates' meals and drinking some sweet carbonated water, this wonderful life is simply full of joy.

As for worrying about why the [progress bar] is rising, don't think about things that you can't figure out in a short period of time due to insufficient clues, otherwise it will only add to your troubles.

Nakagawa Nobuyuki had known this truth for a long time.

After saying good night to himself, Nakagawa Nobuyuki went to bed.

Wait, did I forget something...

On the other side, Chihaya Aine was lying on the bed in her pajamas, watching videos and waiting for news from Nakagawa Nobuyuki. She was half asleep when the sudden vibration of her cell phone woke her up.

As soon as she saw the message was from Nakagawa Nobuyuki, the girl immediately swung her legs in dissatisfaction, mumbling something: "I must have a good explanation..."

As she spoke, Chihaya Aine clicked on Nakagawa Nobuyuki's profile picture, which showed a muscular man pushing a rock on a hillside.

"Good night."

"I wish you a nightmare tonight."

"Did you hear the sound of TEKETEKE?"

“[Salute Emoji]”

Chihaya Aine suddenly felt the room getting a little chilly. She quickly stood up, closed the curtains, and immediately replied to the message angrily.

"Shouldn't you wish me a sweet dream now?"

Nakagawa Nobuyuki replied immediately.

"Sweet dreams are too common."

“That’s what makes it special!”

Even through the screen, Chihaya Aine could imagine Nakagawa Nobuyuki holding his phone with a smirk on his face. She became angry and embarrassed for a moment, and typed a reply quickly.

"Ignore you!"

"I go to sleep!"

"Humph!"

The angry Ai Ne turned over and stared at the ceiling of her house in a daze.

After a while, her pretty face suddenly turned red, not knowing what she was thinking about.

"...Don't think about this anymore, go to sleep!"

There was no conversation that night, except for a good sleep.

The next day, Nakagawa Nobuyuki woke up relatively early, took his lunch box and arrived at school early.