Even if you're a corrupted magical girl, you still have to try to redeem yourself.

The reason why no one mentioned Sakuragawa Nana during rehearsals was because Tenrai Helica didn't bring it up herself. But Tenrai Helica's silence didn't mean she had forgotten about it.

On the contrary, every time Helica thinks of Sakuragawa Nana, she still grits her teeth in anger. The fight she had with Sakuragawa Nana before is still holding a grudge against Helica.

But Herika didn't want to be the one to ruin the mood. This whole thing was originally a conflict between her and Sakuragawa Nana, and everyone else was just dragged into it.

Ugh, I'm still so angry thinking about it now, I'm so furious.

However, speaking of Sakuragawa Nana, Helica hasn't had a chance to watch her rehearsal yet.

Even a rehearsal can reveal something, right?

No, it was precisely because it was a rehearsal that Helica was able to use it to predict the situation on the day and then figure out how to respond.

Oh well, it's a pity if it's a little regrettable. Trying to be clever now won't change the outcome.

A fair and square match with Sakuragawa Nana might be more important than simply defeating her.

As Helica pondered this, she began tidying up the instruments right there on the floor of the auditorium.

There are no audience members here today, and even if there are, they are mostly teachers and student council members from the school, so it's faster to pack up the instruments here than to move them backstage.

After everyone had finished packing up—although Lin Jiezi, who had to leave her drum set backstage, didn't need to pack up—Helica said goodbye to President Niijima again and led everyone toward the entrance of the auditorium.

As she walked out of the auditorium, Helica immediately noticed the three girls standing in the auditorium corridor.

Two of them were carrying musical instruments, and neither of them was wearing the Yuehai Middle School uniform. They were leaning against the wall, fiddling with their cell phones.

The sound of Helica closing the door seemed to attract the attention of the three people, who were originally looking at their phones, and immediately turned their gazes toward Helica.

At first, Helica thought it was just a casual glance, but after they noticed her, their eyes were fixed on her, and they even put away their phones and walked towards her.

Of course, it wasn't just a casual glance. Herika didn't recognize two of the three people at all, but the last one was Sakuragawa Nana, whom she didn't get along with. Even if she were burned to ashes, Herika would still recognize her.

Without a doubt, the remaining two people are the other members of the band that Sakuragawa Nana mentioned.

Although Helica had seen them in the video, it's always difficult to recognize people under the lights of a live house, so it's understandable that she didn't recognize them at first glance.

These are not the problem. The problem is that these guys are standing right here, and they all look like they're coming towards me.

Helica was not afraid and strode towards the three people opposite her.

This scene made the girls, who had just breathed a sigh of relief during rehearsals, jump in their chests again.

This is not a good sign.

It's not a big deal, it's just that I suddenly broke down, but I'll be fine after a while.

I apologize, I'm very sorry.

Chapter Sixty-One: What does it mean when enemies meet on a narrow road?

Without a sound, the three people carrying musical instruments who were waiting at the entrance of the auditorium had arrived in front of Helica and her group, and stood there in front of Helica.

The man at the head, whose height was no less than that of the lava lamp, lowered his head, looked at Helica's face, who was a head shorter than him, and spoke slowly.

"You're the band that's going to have a competition with Cai Cai?"

They've come with ill intentions.

Many people have had this thought in their minds.

Helica merely raised her eyes, glaring unfriendly at the leader, and said in a cold tone, "So what if it is?"

The man was startled by Helica's gaze and patted his chest to calm himself down: "Oh dear, that's fierce."

"Hmph." Helica snorted coldly, making no response.

"Nice to meet you. My name is Ten-Yin-Yang, and this guy's name is Yu-Yu Akatsuki, and Sakuragawa Nana. No need for introductions, right?" The girl who called herself Ten-Yin-Yang gave a thumbs-up, pointing first to herself and then to the two people behind her.

Tensei speaks in a rather loud and boisterous manner, seemingly having a somewhat outgoing personality with little sense of boundaries. At least Yuuki En doesn't dislike this kind of personality.

Helica's expression remained unchanged; she wouldn't let her guard down until she figured out what the other party was waiting for her to do.

As Tian Yinxiang explained, Helica glanced at the others and asked, "Is there something you need?"

"What's wrong? We just need to see how the band we're going to face is doing," Tianyin chuckled, scratching his head.

Helica showed no appreciation whatsoever, ignoring Tian Yinxiang's attempts to be friendly and speaking in an even harsher, colder tone: "Now you see? If you see it, then leave. You're not welcome here."

Tianyin chuckled twice more, "Don't be so fierce, I just wanted to greet you properly."

"What's the point of talking to her? She'll just be my defeated opponent in the end anyway." This time, it was Sakuragawa Nana who snorted coldly.

Herlica glared fiercely at Sakuragawa Nana. If she hadn't wanted to avoid causing any more conflict at this crucial moment, and if she hadn't been a little hungry while waiting for rehearsal, she would have argued with Sakuragawa Nana a few more times.

But Sakuragawa Nana was younger than her, and Helica didn't want to always stoop to her level.

Helica's idea was actually quite good, but her reaction just now was a bit too casual.

However, Tianyin definitely heard everything that Tianlei Helika or Sakura Nana said, and heard it clearly, but it was as if none of it entered Tianyin's heart, and it did not affect her next words at all.

"That won't do. Meeting your opponent before the match is basic courtesy, right? Besides, I have no grudge against them. It's always better to have more friends than more enemies."

"Who wants to be your friend?" Helica retorted irritably, but was gently nudged from behind by Yuuki Yui with her elbow, swallowing back what might have been an even colder remark.

Tenshin seemed to have noticed Yuuki Yukino's actions, but he ignored them and pulled Sakuragawa Nana over, patting her back forcefully: "Besides, getting to know more people and communicating with more people means you can learn more, right, Nana? What do you think?"

Sakura Nana gave a cold snort, crossed her arms, and turned her head to the side: "I don't think it's useful to communicate with her. She's just someone who doesn't know anything but started making music. There's nothing I can learn from her, and I don't want to say another word to her."

"Don't say that. Weren't you listening very enthusiastically just now?"

"When did I ever get interested in listening to that?!"

"Just now, you sneaked to the door and opened a crack to listen."

"I don't!"

"Fine, if you don't admit it, then it's not true."

"I'm not denying it! It's simply not true!"

Yuuki found it quite amusing that Sakuragawa Nana tried so hard to defend herself after being caught out.

Does that mean all bad tempers in this world are just arrogant?

However, even the truly tsundere member of Yuuki Yuuki's team couldn't sit still for long.

"Wait, wait! What did you say? You guys eavesdropped on our performance?! Just now?!"

Herlica's pupils trembled violently as she stammered, her finger pointing at the sound system trembling along with her pupils and tone of voice. Her incredulous expression was no less composed than Sakuragawa Nana's at this moment.

Tianyin Audio readily admitted, "Ah, yes, we just watched your performance, but we weren't eavesdropping. We were watching openly from the doorway."

Helica had originally planned to go and watch Sakuragawa Nana and the others' rehearsal to find out what Sakuragawa Nana was capable of, but due to various external reasons, she was unable to do so. Unexpectedly, the other party ended up figuring out her own abilities instead.

Sakuragawa Nana and the others were watching openly and without any rule against watching the rehearsal, but Herika still felt a little awkward.

Not only did Herlica feel awkward about having her performance seen, but she herself also felt awkward.

Herica's voice became much more affected and hesitant when she spoke.

"So, what do you say?"

"What did you say? Your performance?" Tianyin asked.

Helica nodded silently.

"It's pretty good, though the band setup is a bit odd. But everything is done quite well. Sakuragawa Nana said it was some completely new band, and I thought it would be terrible, but it's actually quite good." Tian Yinxiang grinned heartily.

"Although they definitely can't compare to us."

Herlica's smile froze on her face after hearing the first part of the sentence, the veins on her forehead throbbed noticeably, and her smile became even more sinister.

I really don't know if Tianyin was doing it on purpose or if she just really speaks without thinking, but in terms of angering Helica, Yuuki Yuen thinks she did a pretty good job.

Herlica's lips twitched a few more times. Yuuki knew Herlica was adjusting her expression, but without a doubt, Herlica's expression only became more ferocious.

"What did you say?"

Helica dared to ask, and Tianyin really dared to answer: "I said you are still a little worse than us. If this is your level, then we will definitely win tomorrow's game."

Helica gritted her teeth and forced out a few words through the cracking sound, "How do you know we're going to lose?"

"Because we have absolute confidence. If everyone had your level, we'd be in trouble... no, we'd probably lose, right? But luckily, your teammates are all really novices. Well, no, the violinist is quite good, but I don't know anything about the violin, so I can't comment on him. And your keyboardist is at least passable, but the others aren't so good."

thump.

Herlica stomped her foot heavily, and even without transforming, her stomp made Yuuki Yuuki, who was standing next to her, feel a numbness in her foot.

"I won't allow you to talk about my friends like that!"

“But what I said is true, isn’t it?” Tianyin blinked in confusion.

"You still dare to talk back!" Helica shouted, about to swing her fist.

Before Helica could really get angry, Yuuki Yuki pulled Helica aside and told everyone to leave.

Although Yuuki Yuuki never figured out what Sakuragawa Nana and the other two were there for, maybe they really just wanted to say hello.

Sakura Nana is quite clueless, and so is that guy named Tensei; no wonder they get along so well.

However, the one named Yu Zhongxiao remained silent, just like everyone else except Helica, and looked at everyone with a very calm gaze. Yuki Yuki didn't pay much attention to him either.

Although that person's actual surname is Yuzuru...

Since everyone has already left, what's their surname won't affect their meals, and thinking about that kind of thing is completely pointless.

That's right, everyone went to a family restaurant again. Although Yuuki Yuen didn't particularly like it, there's no better place for a group of people to have dinner than a family restaurant.

What else? Go eat ramen? Or fried noodles? In some ways, it's not even as good as fast food at a family restaurant.

After sitting down, Helica didn't need any comforting from me, nor did Yuuki Emi have anything to comfort her. Soon, Helica calmed down on her own.

Once she calmed down, Helica immediately fell into self-doubt, saying things like, "They're right, we really can't compare to them," her eyes looking lifeless.

But not long after, probably after everyone had eaten half a set meal together, Helica cheered herself up again, slapped the table, and began to comfort everyone in a nonchalant tone.

"Forget it, why should we think so much! It's just a performance for the students anyway! Who can understand those highly technical playing techniques? As long as they enjoy it, isn't that enough?"

"Besides, isn't Mizuno Yuu quite famous at school? Yuuki Yukina! Your reputation is pretty good too! If there were a vote, everyone would definitely side with us, right? Who says we can't compare to them?"

Helica is absolutely right. Most people don't understand musical instruments at all; they only listen to whether a song sounds good, whether the lyrics are interesting, or whether the performer is cute or handsome.

There are countless examples of seriously composed songs that can't compete with ubiquitous pop songs, and there are also many celebrities who have no singing or performing skills but only a good-looking face. Therefore, more popular music and more popular performers are indeed the key to attracting popularity.

However, all of this is based on one premise: that everyone's performance cannot be too disastrous.

But this premise had already been met, and this rehearsal was the best proof that they were absolutely above the passing grade.