Lonely Rock for the Blind.

Nekoyashiki Haru remained silent.

Yamada Ryo looked at Nekoyashiki Haru and said.

"Is their argument not over yet?"

"...I don't know, I don't even know what they're arguing about."

"Huh?! You're arguing?!"

Goto Ichiri, standing next to him, stared wide-eyed.

Yamada Ryo looked at Goto Ichiri and said.

"I don't know, I'm just guessing. The two of them have been like this all summer. Sometimes they seem to be saying things that have hidden meanings, and sometimes they seem to be in perfect sync."

"Ah... music... band..."

"The band will never end."

Nekoyashiki Haru said to Goto Ichiri.

"There's no need to worry about that."

Chapter 130 Three Rules

Sizzle————

The water jet from the faucet flowed onto Kita Ikuyo's left hand.

Kita Ikuyo reached out and turned off the tap, then placed her hand on the hand dryer next to her.

woohoo hoo...

The hot air blew the water off Kita Ikuyo's left hand.

Ichi Nijika leaned against the wall.

"So you really did come here to use the restroom."

"Ah."

Kita Ikuyo nodded, then looked at Ichi Nijika and asked.

"Ijichi-senpai, aren't you coming?"

"...No, I mean let's go outside and talk."

Ichi Nijika sighed.

"You should understand, right?"

"I understand, after all, we've already laid our cards on the table."

Kita Ikuyo walks towards Ichi Niji Natsu.

Is it right here?

"...Let's move to another place."

Ichi Nijika sighed and took Kita Ikuyo's hand, leading her to the other side.

Behind the mall's restrooms is a corridor where almost no one comes. The walls are made of transparent glass, allowing you to see the outside.

Pedestrians under the blue sky looked as small as ants.

"So, it really was intentional, wasn't it?"

Niji Natsumi turned to Kita Ikuyo and said.

"... "

Kita Yukiyo remained silent, while Ichiji Nijika scratched her face.

"Yesterday, the kitten told me that you were under too much pressure and suspected you were self-harming or something... So is that really the case?"

"...It's not self-harm."

Kita Ikuyo touched the band-aid and said.

"I'm just...practicing guitar..."

"...All ten fingers?"

"...It's just a minor injury. You see, it will recover to the point where you can't even tell it's there."

Kita Ikuyo raised her hand.

"It's not a question of how bad the injury is, the question is how you practice to injure all ten fingers."

"... "

Kita Ikuyo fell silent. Ichi Niji Natsu narrowed her eyes and then sat down next to Kita Ikuyo with a sigh.

"Okay, okay, just say it. There are no others here, just the two of us."

"...There was no self-harm."

Kita Ikuyo turned her face away, while Ichiji Nijika pouted.

"Then let me rephrase my question, on purpose?"

"…Yes…"

This time, Kita Ikuyo did not deny it.

Although it was intentional, it was still just guitar practice. At most, it was just increasing the intensity and deliberately not paying attention to protection.

In Kita Ikuyo's eyes, it didn't count as self-harm...

Seeing Kita Ikuyo's silent demeanor, Ichika suddenly felt a nameless fire ignite within her.

boom~

Then he tapped Kita Ikuyo on the head.

"Ijichi-senpai?"

Kita Ikuyo covered her head, staring blankly at Iji Chikuri Natsumi.

"Still calling me 'senior'? We're rivals for love now, why are you being so respectful?"

Ichi Nijika withdrew her hand, placed her hands on either side of her body, and looked up to ask.

"...Ijichi-senpai is the same, right? You call me Kita-chan. Why are you so affectionate?"

Kita Ikuyo lowered her head, then glanced at Ichiji Nijika and asked.

"... "

Ichi Nijika didn't speak, but remained silent for a while before steering the conversation back to the beginning.

"So it was intentional, no different from self-harm."

"There's a difference! I didn't create wounds for the sake of creating wounds!"

"Not much different, right? Practicing guitar until you have wounds just to create them."

Ichi Nijika looked down at Kita Ikuyo with her red eyes.

"Kita, that's really going too far."

"... "

"Whether it's making the kitten worry that much, or the way you're trying to get the kitten's attention, it's all gone too far."

Ichi Nijika grabbed Kita Ikuyo's hand.

"You're a guitarist, you know. As a guitarist, why would you deliberately hurt your own ten fingers?"

Ichiki Nijika's red eyes sharpened, and her tone became stern.

"How incredibly stupid!"

"!!"

Kita Ikuyo was startled and opened her mouth to say something but couldn't get the words out.

Come to think of it, it seems like it's been a long time since I've been insulted like this.

She opened and closed her mouth as if she was preparing something, and finally gritted her teeth and said it.

"...Ijichi-senpai...aren't you in a hurry at all...?"

"... "

Ichi Nijika didn't speak, she just looked at Kita Ikuyo.

"Or rather, aren't you afraid, Ijichi-senpai? Aren't you afraid I'll take you away first?!"

Kita Ikuyo clenched her fists on her knees.

"I'm scared, I'm terrified, I'm worried that Ijichi-senpai will take down senpai first! What will I do then! Since I've thought of this, I definitely have to take some action."

Kita Ikuyo's yellow-green eyes stared at Iji Chikatsu's red pupils.

"Isn't Ijichi-senpai afraid?! Isn't Ijichi-senpai afraid I'll steal him away first?!"

"Am I really that harmless in Ijichi-senpai's eyes? Or is Ijichi-senpai's love for her limited to that level...?"

Snapped!

Ichi Nijika reached out and covered Kita Ikuyo's mouth.

Kita Ikuyo was stunned.

"No questioning is allowed on this matter."

As Ichika Nijika spoke, her voice was suppressed, only a tiny bit of it surfacing from her body, causing Kita Ikuyo's heart to tremble slightly.

"No matter what... hurting yourself is wrong..."

"!"

Kita Ikuyo removed Ichichi Nijika's hand and then spoke.

"If even our seniors are going to be taken away, why bother with all this!"