Lonely Rock for the Blind.

She mechanically carried the prepared MC on her back.

"I am... I am Yuyuko Otsuki, and this is my first time performing on stage."

"No, that's not right... This is the third time, I..."

Her voice trembled with a sob.

Off the field.

Yoshida Ginjiro frowned.

Where are her teammates?

"I don't know, did they run away? They were just here a moment ago!"

Iwashita Shima opened her eyes wide.

"No, who's going to pull that child down first!"

As Hiroi Kikuri spoke, she threw down her drink and prepared to rush onto the stage to pull Otsuki Yuuko down.

It's better than letting her perform a one-woman show on stage.

Anyway, today's performance is definitely...

Snapped…

Footsteps sounded from behind the stage.

Yuyuko Otsuki paused for a moment and looked behind her.

A strange man wearing an electronic cat headgear walked over.

Hiroi Kikuri, sitting in the audience, was also suddenly stunned.

"...When did that guy go up there?"

Yuuko Otsuki slightly opened her mouth.

"senior…"

Nekoyashiki Haru walked forward, and then…

Bang! Crack!

It collided with the drum set.

"senior?!"

Otsuki Yuyuko opened her mouth wide.

A few laughs came from the audience.

Yuyuko Otsuki quickly stepped forward to help Nekoyashiki up and said.

"Senior, please take your white cane!"

"【Poison Cat】doesn't need that..."

As she spoke, Nekoyashiki Haru stood up, her arm around Otsuki Yuuko's shoulder.

"Take me to the keyboard."

"Ugh?"

"Then you just focus on singing, and leave the rest to me."

Yuyuko Otsuki felt a lump in her throat, then led Haru Nekoyashiki to the keyboard.

"Senior... isn't the instrument you're not familiar with...?"

"That's more than enough."

Nekoyashiki Haru's hands gently caressed all the piano keys.

"I don't need you to worry about me, go ahead."

"... "

Yuuko Otsuki nodded vigorously and returned to her seat.

"Um... I... no, we're about to begin!"

Yuyuko Otsuki started playing the guitar, and suddenly the sound of drums and bass came from behind her.

"?!"

Yuuko Otsuki opened her eyes wide.

It was just like during our usual practice... no, even better than that. Those guys don't know how to play properly at all.

But the senior played... exactly the same piece.

Have you been listening the whole time...?

Yuyuko Otsuki pursed her lips, then opened her mouth and began to sing.

The music was deafening.

Maybe... we don't need other teammates.

It's just me and Nekoyashiki-senpai.

Just the two of us…

The song ended.

Cheers erupted from the audience.

Yuuko Otsuki watched this scene, panting heavily.

The lights behind her cast her shadow.

She looked behind her and saw that Nekoyashiki Haruya was looking at her.

Although she knew he couldn't see it.

It seems that my own story has only just begun.

But his trajectory will surely follow.

That should be correct, right?

...

……

"So you were hiding all along? Why?!"

Looking at the three people huddled in the corner in front of her, Kikumi Hiroi clenched her fists.

"Is it fun to leave your captain alone on stage? Huh?! Say something! Are you looking down on me if you don't talk, you bastard!"

"Eek!!!" ×3

Hiroi Kikuri was being irritable, shouting and jumping around, and Iwashita Shima next to her reached out to stop her.

"Calm down."

Iwashita Shima looked at the three people.

"Was it intentional, or are there some special circumstances?"

"I...we..."

"Don't lie. We have ways to detect your lies."

Iwashita Shima snapped his fingers.

Nekoyashiki Haru, who was brushing against the edge of the tomahawk keyboard in the distance, looked up.

"What? The verdict is in? Can I smash things now?"

"...Look, there's a weirdo over there who's about to smash you with a keyboard, so you'd better not lie."

Iwashita Shima squatted down, her wine-red eyes slightly lowered.

"An accident, or intentional?"

"It's...it's because she's always so pretentious!"

"And he always has that aloof, cold look on his face!"

"We just wanted to teach them a lesson, we didn't expect it to get this serious..."

Bang!!!!!

The keyboard slammed down in front of the three of them.

Nekoyashiki Haru, holding a keyboard, crouched down facing the three of them.

"Get as far away as you can."

Nekoyashiki Haru's purple, fragmented pupils widened behind her sunglasses.

"Never come here again!"

"Guwawawawa!"

The three of them started crying at the same time, and then ran outside.

He was then stopped by Kikuri Hiroi.

"You think you can just walk away after doing something bad?! I'm not as kind as those two!"

Hiroi Kikuri roared.

"Work for free at Folt! Three months! Three months!"

Iwashita Shima twitched his lips.

"Isn't this what you told the store manager about paying off the debt with work after you broke the equipment last time? Did you give it to someone else?"

"Recycling waste?"

Hiroi Kikuri smiled, then looked at Otsuki Yuuko, who was sitting blankly on the sofa behind her.

"Yuyuko, it's your turn."