"Xiao Deng, let's go out and play!" Chihaya Aine asked Takamatsu Deng.

"Oh, sure. I know a place with a shooting range. Let's go there and practice shooting." Takamatsu Deng suggested to Chihaya Aine.

So, the two girls who officially got to know each other today left the campus hand in hand.

As they passed the school gate, a camera captured their passing figures.

In the "RING" cafe, Tatsuki Shiina is auditing the income from running the cafe this month.

To be honest, running this cafe, which he received as compensation after the "attack on the debt collection agency", has brought Shiina Riki a lot of benefits.

Not only did she gain money, she also met many girls from the teams who came to the cafe's training ground for training. Among them were informal tactical teams, mercenaries and detectives, and even "ninjas" who were not sure whether they were real or fake.

After auditing this month's bill, Shiina Riki saw the door of the cafe open and two people came in.

One of them was the familiar Gao Songdeng, and the other was a less familiar one...

Pink hair?

Lost Children Gathering: Chapter 15: Of course we don't come to the cafe to drink coffee

"Excuse me, what can I do for you two?" The waiter employed by the cafe came forward and asked the two.

At this time, Tachibana Shiina walked forward and signaled the waiter to leave, and she would receive the two people.

"Deng, what are you doing?" Shiina Riki asked directly what Deng Takamatsu was doing in this cafe.

Unfortunately, the person who answered her was not Gao Songdeng but the noisy pink-haired girl next to her.

"Boss, please let us use the shooting range!" Chihaya Aine raised her hand proudly and asked for service from the owner of the cafe in front of her.

Shiina Riki ignored her and instead looked at Takamatsu Deng with her purple eyes.

This is not the way to treat guests for people working in the service industry. Fortunately, Shiina Riki can occasionally ignore this.

"Ritsuki, Aine-chan is my classmate, and...she wants to form a gang with me." Takamatsu Deng expressed his attitude in simple words.

"Huh?" Shiina Riki was completely stunned by these sudden words.

What does "want to form a gang with me" mean? Shiina Riki's head is like a pot of boiling water, with fleeting thoughts like bubbles popping up one after another.

Right now, Shiina Riki really wanted to yell at that pink-haired girl, "You actually invited her to form a gang? That's the worst!"

But looking at Takamatsu Deng's cheerful expression, Shiina Riki no longer had the energy to shout loudly.

After all, Shiina Riki had also seen how depressed Takamatsu Touma was before he entered high school because Shoko was imprisoned.

Toyokawa Shoko refused the "crychic" teammates' request to use judicial bargaining to bail Shoko out.

What exactly is the consideration behind this? Shiina Riki is not very clear.

After Shoko Toyokawa was imprisoned, the members of "crychic" did not stop interacting with each other, but simply stopped their activities as a "gang".

There's nothing wrong with this, although as a neo-Tokyo native who naturally advocates the use of force, Shiina Riki himself doesn't even enjoy eating as much after ending his gang activities.

For her teammates who have been through thick and thin together, Shiina Riki also hopes that they can obtain happiness, even if it is ordinary and boring.

Shiina Riki once considered being an ordinary high school student, studying normally, going to college normally, running this cafe normally, and living an ordinary life.

"Okay, I'll open a place for you." Shiina Riki forced himself to suppress the doubts in his heart and personally led the two of them.

Soon the three of them arrived at the training ground next to the cafe, which had a passage connected to the cafe.

"Fixed target or moving target?" Shiina Riki simply adjusted the machines in the training ground.

"Just use a fixed target. I'm not very good at shooting." Gao Songdeng said to Li Xi.

?

Shiina Riki looked at Takamatsu Deng in surprise.

Although Shiina Riki also knew that Takamatsu Touma was the type who was good at underestimating himself, as the "lead singer" of a gang, Takamatsu Touma should never say such words.

However, Shiina Riki suppressed his doubts and silently handed two pistols loaded with training ammunition to the two men.

In front of the three of them, a row of targets were neatly arranged.

"I'll go first, I'll go first!" Chihaya Aine volunteered to hold the gun in one hand, walked forward and aimed at the chest ring target made of cardboard used for training.

Bah, bah, bah...

To be honest, Chihaya Aine's shooting skills are pretty good. Shiina Riki and Takamatsu Touma saw that Chihaya Aine's shooting did not miss the target, and most of her shots were within the seven or eight rings, with only six and nine rings being rare.

It's okay. Shiina Riki didn't have any special expectations for this pink-haired girl's shooting skills.

Then, Shiina Riki looked at Takamatsu Deng with anticipation.

No matter how many times he watches it, Takamatsu Touma's marksmanship, which can be said to be able to shoot an arrow through a hundred paces, will always be a pleasure for Shiina Riki.

Takamatsu Deng nodded slightly and took the training gun from Shiina Riki with a focused attitude.

Shiina Riki and Chihaya Aine looked at Takamatsu Deng and took a deep breath.

Boom, boom, boom, the two suddenly heard their own heartbeats.

There was something, perhaps "momentum," emanating from Takamatsu Deng.

It was as if something had grabbed their hearts.

Bang, bang, bang... Gao Songdeng fired slowly and the interval between each shot was basically the same.

This is in line with the stance she is able to express in training as the lead singer of “crychic.”

The only problem is...

Miss the target, miss the target, miss the target, miss the target, and miss the target again!

What was extremely outrageous was that none of the bullets shot by Takamatsu Deng hit the target she was aiming at, not even a single one!

What's even more outrageous is that nearly half of these bullets even hit the adjacent targets.

"Ah, Deng, don't be discouraged..." Chihaya Aine subconsciously wanted to comfort Takamatsu Deng.

Then she saw the coffee shop owner rush forward, take the training pistol from Takamatsu Deng's hand, and start checking the pistol.

"Deng, there must be something wrong with this pistol." Shiina Riki was very sure of this.

However, looking at Takamatsu Deng, he did not look discouraged at all.

"What? This guy is actually quite good at comforting people." Chihaya Aine muttered to herself to the owner of the training ground.

Gao Songdeng stared blankly at his own shooting results for a moment, then turned to the two of them and smiled:

"I'm not very good at shooting...it's not the gun."

Takamatsu Touma's explanation is basically consistent with the results of Shiina Riki's own inspection of the training gun.

The training gun was in good condition, which means that Takamatsu Deng's several shots were completely normal mistakes!

This... Shiina Riki was speechless at this result.

She had no idea how the light could be in this state.

"Deng, let's form a team. I'll be the lead guitarist. You can choose any other position besides this one."

Chihaya Aine didn't mention forming a gang at this time. It would be nice to just form a tactical team with Takamatsu Touma for fun at school or training ground.

Moreover, this could also give Gao Songdeng a small inspiration and a goal to strive for, which could serve as a comfort.

Chihaya Aine thought that her words were quite appropriate.

"You!" Little did the cute girl know that Shiina Riki had already directly blamed the pink-haired girl for the "mistake" of the lamp.

Just when Shiina Riki was about to loudly rebuke Chihaya Aine, she heard Takamatsu Deng whisper:

"I want to see Aine's training as a guitarist, is that okay?"

"Huh?" Shiina Riki felt his heart was in chaos.

"No problem!" Chihaya Aine agreed immediately.

So Shiina Riki had to take them to another training place.

Lost Children Gathering: Chapter 16: Stray Cats

Shiina Riki led Takamatsu Touma and Chihaya Aine to another venue.

On the surface, it seems to be an experience hall similar to an "escape room".

This is the training ground for the "guitar" in the tactical team.

Various complex situations were simulated, although as a comprehensive cafe, it did not have the ability to build something with an exaggerated area such as an off-road venue.

But for ordinary tactical teams, such a venue is sufficient.

As the saying goes, although the sparrow is small, it has all the organs.

The first thing Chihaya Aine saw in the center of the venue was the rock climbing area, surrounded by many rooms closed behind iron gates.

Of course, when we say "rock climbing", it actually means setting up uneven fulcrums on a wall about 20 meters high with materials.

Aiyin did some warm-up exercises on the spot to loosen up her muscles.

She then strapped a safety harness and climbing rope around herself.

Then, under Gao Songdeng's expectant gaze, she started running and rushed straight towards the "rock wall".

Chihaya Aine used her hands and feet to climb up the uneven wall.

The rock climbing went quite smoothly, and Chihaya Aine quickly and easily reached the top.

"Hehe, easy!" Chihaya Aine stood at the top of the wall with one hand on her waist and gestured "yeah" to the two people below the climbing wall with the other hand.

Then, Chihaya Aine started moving downwards using her hands and feet.

However, the journey down was not so smooth. Chihaya Aine slipped when she stepped on a stop halfway.

Her calves failed to exert force correctly, and her whole body swung into the air.

"Wow!" Chihaya Aine was startled and quickly grabbed the safety rope tightly.

Fortunately, she didn't fall in the end, but the seat belt hurt her tailbone.

Then, Chihaya Aine successfully climbed down the rock wall.

"Is this all there is to it?" Chihaya Aine heard the owner of the cafe sighing in a low voice.

"Huh? What? This is three-dimensional maneuverability, three-dimensional maneuverability!" Chihaya Aine defended herself loudly.

"Isn't this the most basic thing?" Shiina Riki would not give a good face to such a guy who was complacent just because he knew some basic skills.

"Guitar's job is to start and end the three-dimensional maneuver!" Chihaya Aine emphasized.

"You, the owner of a coffee shop, definitely don't understand." Chihaya Aine complained to Shiina Tatsuki.

Chihaya Aine sighed when she saw the straight black man in front of her, but she didn't refute Aine.

Shiina Riki was too lazy to argue with this person and just said, "Yes, yes, yes..."

At this time, a fashionable girl suddenly appeared at the door of the "guitar" training hall. She wore a black ripped T-shirt with a white base shirt on the upper body, and hot pants with boots on the lower body, looking like a fashionable trendsetter.

She has white shoulder-length hair, fair skin, and a somewhat childish face. She seems to be a little younger than Aine.

The most eye-catching thing is her pair of heterochromatic eyes, light blue and bright yellow.

"I feel like a cat," Chihaya Aine sighed inwardly.

However, there is nothing cat-like about this girl, right?

"Riki." The white-haired girl greeted Shiina Riki.

"Stray cat? What are you doing here...Oh, yes, you are here for training." Shiina Riki also knew that this guy came to the cafe only to eat and train.

This girl with white hair and heterochromic eyes is named Kaname Runa. She often comes to the cafe run by Shiina Riki to buy matcha parfaits, and she also has an annual pass for a guitar training venue.

Yao Lenai is considered a big customer of this coffee shop called "RING".

Seeing that the people around him were not using the facilities, Kaname Lenai just squatted down on his own.

Chihaya Aine noticed that she was about to charge directly up the climbing wall, and couldn't help but dissuade her:

"Wait, you haven't fastened your seatbelt or safety rope yet..."

"No need." Kaname Rakuna answered Aine's concern with her ethereal voice.

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