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Her expression cooled, and she adopted a "Why is it this guy?" look, glaring resentfully at Koizumi Saki who walked in with an innocent face, carrying something in her hand.

The paper bag had a frog sticker on it, and the aroma of banana dessert wafted from it.

Then, Shiori Hachiya's gaze inevitably shifted from the bag to Saki Koizumi's bulging cheeks, which were stuffed full of things.

There were still some cake crumbs stuck to the corners of his mouth.

"...What are you eating?" Shiori Hachiya suddenly had a bad feeling. She almost immediately took the familiar-looking paper bag from Saki Koizumi's hand. Sure enough, one of the cakes inside was missing.

There was only one banana muffin inside, all alone.

Saki Koizumi brazenly claimed that she had stolen the banana muffin: "I ran into Nana Oba earlier, and she asked me to bring this to you, saying she wanted to share one with me. I found this banana muffin quite suspicious, so I checked it a little."

Shiori Hachiya glanced at the cake crumbs on Saki Koizumi's lips, her eye twitching slightly: "You call this a little inspection?"

“Ah, this one hasn’t been checked yet…” Koizumi Saki said, reaching out to the remaining cake.

"No way! You're not allowed to eat this! Nana prepared it for me!"

The two started arguing like children, their childish bickering causing Kita Kirihara and his manager to exchange wry smiles at each other from the doorway.

As they were arguing, they suddenly looked up in a certain direction as if they had sensed something.

Kita Kirihara realized something; from the perspective of Oba Nana and Tachibana Hibiki, who were already sitting in the audience, the once clear sky showed signs of cracks opening up.

The clouds and shadows blended together, creating a chaotic mess.

Then, not far away, a crisp sound of air shattering erupted.

In Tachibana Hibiki's golden eyes, the familiar yet unfamiliar figure of the calamity was reflected.

The color is vibrant, and the skin texture is quite subtle—that's…

“…It’s noise.” Tachibana Hibiki’s pupils contracted sharply. She murmured, “How did it get here?!”

Once again, amidst the chaos of the crowd, painful memories of the past resurfaced.

A concert, a sudden noise, and yourself going against the crowd.

Hibiki Tachibana looked around blankly, her head buzzing, unable to think, her mind completely blank.

Is this why the Dream Weaver died at the concert?

She's not good at real-world combat, so she's helpless against an opponent like Noise who completely counters melee.

How did he die?

[It seems to be to save Xiaoxin and her mother who came to the concert...]

With the chief here this time, everything should be fine, right?

[And Banana and Hibiki are there too... Huh? What happened to Hibiki?]

Amidst the surprise of the viewers, Kita Kirihara released some of his control over Tachibana Hibiki.

Almost at the same moment, the string of reason snapped, and Tachibana Hibiki murmured the hymn of dressing, completing her attire almost instantly.

Then, to everyone's astonishment, he covered his face with the scarf he had conjured, and charged forward, brandishing his fists.

"Balwisyallnescellgungnirtron——!"

Her entire body was filled with astonishing heat, and the surrounding air seemed to distort slightly. Once the fusion syndrome reached a certain level, she could even walk on air.

Almost instantly, she plunged straight into the noise and transformed into a golden flash.

PS: Any sound that sounds too normal must have something abnormal about it.

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54. Not my Chunna

Because of the part of her memory that was sealed away, Hibiki Tachibana is extremely sensitive to noise. Whenever she sees noise in her field of vision, especially in crowded places, she is very likely to act impulsively.

Hibiki Tachibana is considered relatively unreliable among character cards.

Rather, most are unstable, but those with a strong self-destructive tendency like Hibiki Tachibana are rare.

It was already discovered when Kita Kirihara collected it.

Whether it's Hibiki Tachibana's true form or her inner demons, the public opinion environment she encountered after the concert led to a mentality of helping others regardless of the consequences.

Hibiki Tachibana placed her life in a lower position than others because she remembered all the words that mocked her as a murderer.

She couldn't ignore those hurtful words.

Even if you don't think so, you often have the thought that "I actually take up more people's places in this world, and I have to do something."

My life was saved by someone else.

I am not that important; other people are more important.

Even while constantly fighting and getting injured, they found meaning in survival by harming themselves.

If pain can alleviate the guilt in one's heart, then it's not a big deal if one loses one's limbs.

Rather, I would say that even if I died now, it wouldn't be a problem.

Because Hibiki Tachibana has a special ability to deal with noise, Kita Kirihara simply let Hibiki Tachibana move freely and eliminate all the noise in order to ensure that Shiori Hachiya's concert could proceed smoothly.

Hibiki Tachibana's speed was indeed extraordinary. In her Fusion Syndrome state, her strength had increased not just a little, but almost exponentially. Therefore, she easily cleared away the noise and calmed down a bit.

However, due to the fusion syndrome, Hibiki Tachibana's body temperature exceeds the range that ordinary people can tolerate, so she cannot sit in the crowd until she has completely cooled down.

So, Hibiki Tachibana simply left the concert venue and chose to return to the Silver Garden first.

Thanks to Hibiki Tachibana's strong support, Shiori Hachiya's concert was finally able to come to a successful conclusion.

Although some audience members left due to noise interrupting the show, the number of people remaining was actually more than Shiori Hachiya had anticipated.

As night fell, people broke apart their glow sticks, creating a sea of ​​light that, while not spectacular, was indeed very moving.

When she saw Nana Oba, Kita Kirihara, and Saki Koizumi sitting in the audience waving glow sticks at her, she suddenly felt that what she was about to say wasn't so painful anymore.

So, Shiori Hachiya was able to smile and say to everyone:

"I'm leaving this stage soon, and I probably won't have the chance to see you again."

"I want to leave here, go to a wider place, and climb to a higher level."

Goodbye, everyone, please bless me.

As she spoke, tears streamed down her face. Shiori Hachiya tried to wipe them away, but before she knew it, her eye makeup was ruined.

Everything was blurry before my eyes, and I could hear a cacophony of voices all around me. In this blur, the sea of ​​red light was so soft and beautiful.

It was just as beautiful as the most lovely dream she had ever seen.

"So dazzling..."

She seemed to understand Nana Ohba's pursuit of brilliance.

..

When Nana Ohba returned to the Starlight Hall after watching the concert, she was still a little dazed.

She had rarely been on the "idol" stage before. But she never expected to see such brilliance.

Wow, that's amazing... Ms. Hachiya.

Thinking this, Nana Ohba took out the banana bracelet that Shiori Hachiya had given her after the concert and examined it in her hand for a while.

According to the director's deduction, this device should have been imbued with some superpowers that allow the holder to have sweet dreams.

This is a small blessing, but it works just like a very effective Dreamweaver.

To be honest, Nana Oba doesn't need sleep. After all, she's just a demon, not a normal human who needs rest.

However, it still possesses the mechanism for sleep.

In other words, Nana Oba can actually dream. Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why the dream weaver was able to follow Yuki Uesugi's dream to her stage.

What kind of beautiful dream will it be...?

Nana Oba eagerly placed it next to her pillow.

Late at night, Nana Ohba drifted into a dream.

What she saw was...

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Shengxiang Music Academy.

After the 99th Sacred Feast Festival, everyone unfurled the banner for the celebration banquet, ordered a lot of snacks, and prepared a lot of food, which was placed on the table for everyone to help themselves.

Nana Ohba snapped out of her daze, holding her phone as she weaved through the crowd.

Following her memory, she quickly found the other members of the selection team who were gathered together.

The selection group, though called the audition group, actually consists of the members of Class A who were chosen to star in the drama Starlight, plus Nana Ohba, making a total of eight people.

Soon, that number will become nine as Kagura Hikari transfers schools.

However, there are still eight people.

Nana hummed a song happily, realizing what kind of beautiful dream Shiori Hachiya had woven for her.

She had never told Shiori Hachitani about her past companions. Now, the fact that she could recreate the day of the 99th Seisho Festival celebration through Shiori Hachitani's abilities must have been created using her own memories.

In other words, subconsciously, one believes that this scene is what one desires, which is why one is in such a beautiful dream.

"...It was a dream."

Even after the lively celebration banquet ended, Nana Oba returned to the dormitory with her roommate Junna Hoshimi, and she was still muttering to herself.

Hoshimi Junna heard Ooba Nana's voice but couldn't make out what she was saying, so she turned around curiously and asked, "Nana? What did you just say?"

Hoshimi Junna is Ōba Nana's roommate. The dorm room at Hoshikōkan is a double room, and Junna happens to live with her. In these countless reenactments, Hoshimi Junna's presence is indispensable to Ōba Nana.

A girl with purple hair, blue eyes, and glasses, exuding a scholarly air. She's also the class monitor.

Nana Oba likes to be with Junna Hoshimi; the other woman's aura always makes her feel calm.

“No, I didn’t say anything.” Nana Oba just smiled, and then suddenly leaned closer to Junna Hoshimi.

The latter blushed deeply at the close proximity; Nana Ohba's beautiful features were so close that Junna Hoshimi instinctively closed her eyes.