Comet Dragon, breaking into the gravity field

Sighing, Junda Mana gave up the idea of ​​deliberately waking him up.

She opened the playlist and began to pick out the songs she liked. After flipping through them over and over again, she finally settled on "Akane-sasu" by Ritsu Naruse.

Press the play button, and the gentle and lingering music echoes in the small box.

——出会えた鬼にさよならを (Say goodbye to the phantom you encountered)

——Akane さすこの2 义祕令【山?流清罒八〖空に(Under the dim sky of sunset)

——Zero れた weak さに手のひらを (falling fragilely on the palm)

——One round no flower petal (a petal that is about to wither)

——The pain of wishing for leaves and knowing it (only after the wish comes true can you understand the pain)

In Junda Mana's view, words have a subtle beauty.

It is different from more intuitive pictures. No matter how vivid the text is, it needs a process to be transformed into a picture, and in this process, the feelings of different people are born.

She loves singing because she can use the power of music to create vivid words before her eyes. The emotions in the music, her own feelings, all those joys, sorrows, anger and happiness resonate together when she sings, conveying them to everyone who listens.

That's why she took the initiative to pay attention to the person in front of her on the night she got the song.

What was his mood when he wrote this song?

Humming softly, Juntian Mana couldn't help but look at the figure sitting across from her. Seeing that he seemed to sleep even more soundly to the sound of her singing, a faint sense of helplessness spread in her heart, like a drop of ink in water.

After the song ended, Junda Mana had no interest in singing another one.

The donut lady who had lost interest in singing lay on the table, took out a donut from the takeaway box from the dessert shop, and while enjoying the dessert in her hand with small bites like a squirrel, she poked Narose Ritsu's face with a dissatisfied look.

The reason that prompted her to take this action today was due to a glimpse she had a few days ago.

Arriving at the office that day, Junda Mana spotted Sankaku Hatsuka slumped over the sofa, her phone glued to her face. A strange, tired look spread across the blonde's face, surprising even her companion.

As if noticing that he looked a little listless, Sanjiao Chuhua forced a smile at her, then put down his phone and walked towards the bathroom.

Her phone fell on the sofa, but the screen was not locked - because a message popped up in the notification bar above, making the dim screen bright again.

When Junda Mana realized this, she saw a familiar photo on Sankaku Hatsuka's mobile phone while sitting on the sofa.

She wanted to defend herself, saying that her action of noticing Chuhua's phone screen was purely accidental. She wanted to forget it, but she couldn't help but feel indifferent about the photo she saw.

Because that photo was exactly what Ritsu Narose looked like when he appeared in the bookstore that day.

He was dressed in silver armor, seemingly cosplaying as a character from a book. Beside him stood another girl in a purple-black skirt and armor, wearing a mask covering her eyes.

Soon after the event ended, enthusiastic netizens posted the photos they captured in the comment section, attracting CP fans, crystal fans, face lovers, duelists, pure passers-by and other people to come and participate in the event.

Mana Junda was not interested in this, but she couldn't understand why Sankaku Hatsuka kept that photo - she could see that the photo in Sankaku Hatsuka's hand was definitely not the most popular one in the comment section, but was taken by her own hands.

If that were all, it would be fine. The problem was that Sanjiao Chuhua had cropped the photo.

This made Junda Mana think more.

"Chu Hua pays so much attention to him, could it be that she is interested in love?" - She had such a guess, but the idea of ​​love at first sight did not seem reliable to her.

Because Sanjiao Chuhua couldn't be such a frivolous girl who would fall in love with someone just because of his good-looking facial features.

So, what is the reason for her attention to the other party?

It was difficult for Junda Mana to ask her companions directly, so she could only turn her attention to Sankaku Hatsuka's target and try to get an answer from him.

To her regret, Ritsu Narose seemed to have guessed her intention and refused to communicate with her in a way that she could not stop.

The room returned to silence. After a long time, Junda Mana suddenly realized that her behavior of staring at Ritsu Narose was inappropriate.

This is not what an idol should do, but because of this, a kind of joy of spying on others is born in her heart.

After finally finishing one donut, Junda Mana took out the second one and shook it in front of Ritsu Narose as if teasing a puppy.

Then she saw the nostrils of someone who was already asleep flare.

A mischievous idea suddenly came into her mind.

Leaning forward, Junda Mana pressed her upper body on the table, stretched out her fair and slender arms, and placed the donut covered with chocolate and icing in front of Naruse Ritsu's face.

She swayed slightly, as if fanning the aroma of donuts into Naruse Ritsu's dreams. Seeing Naruse Ritsu's body react under her control, she couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh.

Junda Mana forgot one thing.

Under the influence of her body temperature, the layer of chocolate on the surface of the donut has begun to melt.

When she realized this, her fingers, which had become sticky, suddenly could no longer control the donut as firmly as before - the golden fried, fragrant dessert slipped from between her fingertips and fell straight towards someone's face.

With a look of horror on her face, Junda Mana hurriedly threw herself on the table and tried to reach out to catch the donut that was freely falling in the air, fearing that the person involved would discover this prank that only children would do.

Hearing a noise, Ritsu Narose, who was in a light sleep, opened her eyes slightly.

He first subconsciously bit the donut that was about to hit his face with his mouth, and then he saw Junda Mana rushing towards him.

He dodged backwards, but he forgot that the sofa behind him restricted his movements.

So, Junda Mana's hand, which had missed the target, fell down by inertia, brushed across his cheek, and pulled his collar down a bit, exposing his collarbone and the surrounding area to the air and light in the room.

A burning sensation radiated from her fingertips, and Junda Mana could clearly feel the other body rising and falling with its rhythmic breathing. With her palm pressed against her chest, she could almost hear the powerful heartbeat echoing in her ears, like a hammer forging iron, constantly striking at her consciousness.

——"Ms. Juntian, if you've touched me enough, could you please let go of my hand?"

Mana Junda's body suddenly tensed up, she lowered her head stiffly, and saw the pair of fully opened eyes staring at her quietly.

"Hehehe..." After two dry laughs, she put away her left hand in disappointment and retreated back to her seat.

When her body finally had something to lean on, she carefully apologized to Ritsu Naruse: "I'm sorry."

"I forgive you," Narose Ritsuji opened a bottle of mineral water and waited until the cool liquid stimulated her, completely sobering up, before continuing to ask, "But I'm still curious about what you're doing?"

"Uh……"

Struggling internally, Junda Mana carefully weighed the two answers: "entertaining herself like an elementary school student" and "attempting to molest the other person", and finally chose the former without hesitation.

Glancing at the marks on the donut, Naruse Ritsu was convinced she wasn't lying. However, he wasn't about to let the girl, who he had a handle on, off. He decided to take the opportunity to ask the question he'd been harboring.

"Eh? Why did I invite you..."

Junda Mana covered her mouth with a donut and said, "You looked lonely standing there, so I invited you out of kindness."

"Is that so? I thought you wanted to ask me something privately."

"!?"

The cute idol's expression changed, and just as her eyes were about to harden, Naruse Ritsu couldn't help but remind her, "If you have anything you want to ask, just ask directly. I'll do my best to answer anything I can."

“Eh, eh?”

Blinking, Junda Mana looked bewildered. After a while, she muttered something under her breath, as if she had dropped the disguise she had used to protect herself.

Sighing, she decided to speak her mind directly: "Did you and Chuhua know each other before?"

"It seems to me like only a few days, but she might not think so."

Where did the Riddler come from?

Mana Junda frowned, feeling that although Ritsu Narose said he would answer her questions, he actually had no intention of telling her the truth honestly.

But she also didn't want to reveal more about Sanjiao Chuhua's affairs - privately revealing something without permission was not something friends should do.

"Although it may seem like boasting, I don't think Ms. Juntian needs to be so wary of me."

"Really?" Upon hearing this, Juntian Mana frowned slightly and looked at Naruse Ritsu with suspicion. "Mana, I think you sometimes give people a very heavy feeling."

"Heavy? This is the first time I've received such an evaluation." Ritsu Narose responded indifferently.

"Hmm... I feel like you're the type who cares incredibly deeply about the people you care about. You'll keep clinging to things that interest you... To be more exaggerated, you might even secretly plant a tracking device on them."

"..."

Ritsu Narose first responded with silence, then righteously denied her unfounded speculation.

Finally, he changed the topic to another person: "In my opinion, Miss Chu...Triangle is the more important role, right?"

"What do you mean?"

"What may seem insignificant to you can seem significant to others. For those who don't harbor any urge to repay a favor, dwelling on the past is incredibly difficult to deal with."

"Well...can't you just be more straightforward?" With a pout, Junda Mana looked at Narose Ritsu angrily, not understanding the situation at all.

"Be frank?" Naruse Ritsu shrugged. "Okay, then I'll be frank."

"I met Miss Triangle, a junior high school student, while traveling on an unfamiliar island. Although we only spent a few days together as a tour guide, we developed a pretty good relationship. However, after that time, I left the island and never saw her again."

"Wow, I love this story," she clapped her hands with shining eyes. The idol lady, who was good at performing in front of the camera, quickly changed her expression. "You didn't make up a story to trick me, did you?"

"Who knows? But I don't think this story is particularly remarkable." Taking out his phone to check the time, Ritsu Naruse casually said, "Many people, when they are young, long to become mature and strong, with aspirations for everything. So, they follow the paths others have taken, without ever considering that not everything in the world will be rewarded if you have expectations."

"Putting all the blame on the other party, isn't that too cunning?" Unable to understand Ritsu Narose's attitude, Junda Mana could only respond based on her own likes and dislikes.

Recalling the scene she saw in the dessert shop before, her eyes suddenly became sharp: "If Mana is not mistaken, you were dating another girl before, right?"

A trace of embarrassment crossed Ritsu Naruse's face, but she replied calmly, "This is just a way for her and I to deepen our relationship, and it's something I would only do if we had mutual feelings. We should adopt different approaches to interacting with different people—I think Ms. Juntian can understand this, right?"

He seemed to want to say something else, but the sudden ringing of a cell phone in the room interrupted Ritsu Narose's next action.

Taking out his cell phone, Ritsu Narose saw Shoko Toyokawa's name appear in the center of the screen.

"Looks like I have to go now," Naruse Ritsu didn't rush to answer the phone. Instead, he looked at the girl still sitting on the sofa. "Thank you very much for Miss Junda's singing. At least it helped me sleep well at first."

He waved goodbye and left without looking back.

The door of the box was closed from the outside by Ritsu Naruse. Mana Junda, who stayed here, first maintained her previous sitting posture, then sighed and lay down on the table.

The voices fading from the corridor seemed hazy. She tilted her head, looking particularly listless compared to when she had just spoken. Her brown hair fell across her face, adding a touch of hazy beauty to her.

After a few minutes, the silent girl finally sat up straight.

She picked up the baseball cap beside her and, contrary to her usual behavior, left the karaoke bar where she usually liked to pass the time early.

26. The Origin of Inferiority Complex (Two-in-One)

After personally trying it out, Ritsu Narose discovered that the plan he had conceived was several times more difficult than he had imagined.

To put it in an abstract sense, the difficulty is no less than using a [Cloud Monster] that does not exist in public memory to fight against a [Pearl Tear] that is famous for its powerful beauty.

It's not invincible, it just requires a little bit of luck and wisdom.

"I say, are you really okay? Do you want to go back and rest?" Looking at the fairy-like Narose Ritsu sitting in the coffee shop, Shiina Riki was afraid that he would hit his head on the table and faint.

"Haha... I've only been working for over ten hours straight. It's not even enough to make me collapse!"

After drinking the one liter of black coffee that he asked Shiina Riki to prepare, Narose Ritsu shook his head and seemed to be much more sober.

"If you want coffee, can't you just make it at home?" Shiina Riki sighed as he took away the cups. "There's absolutely no need to come here..."

As if she had thought of something, she stopped talking and her expression looked very subtle.

Ritsu Narushe, who was still adjusting to his current state, naturally didn't notice this. He casually replied, "Because I still have something to discuss with Riki."

"Hmph... I knew it." Although her tone sounded the same as always, the slightly raised ending in her words still revealed the fact that she was in a good mood at the moment.

Since she didn't participate in any club activities at school, Shiina Riki usually went straight to the RING Cafe after school. Therefore, there were not many customers in the shop at the moment, and only she and Naruse Ritsu were talking.

"What's the matter that requires you to wait for me here?"

Hearing this, Naruse Ritsu showed a matter-of-fact expression: "Because if there is something, I can only tell you in private."

"The lamp is too soft, and her heart is too sensitive. I don't want her to notice what Xiangzi is trying so hard to hide. That will only bring them new troubles."

"The relationship between Su Shi and Xiang Zi is breaking the ice. If I tell you what might happen in the future, the rift that has just begun to heal will most likely open into a bigger wound."

"Aine and Ryuna are both out of the loop. Talking to them about this might help me relieve some stress, but it won't help the current situation."

Oh man.

Seeing that he actually mentioned someone else in such an unromantic way, Shiina Riki crossed his arms and asked expressionlessly, "So you came to me?"

"Because I feel that after hearing my questions, Li Xi will not only not be emotional, but will also think very carefully about the answers."

Shiina Riki curled her lips, but did not turn around and leave. Even though she knew that Naruse Ritsu was deliberately saying this to please her, it did not mean that she hated it.

"So? What do you want to ask me?" Saying this meant that she had accepted Ritsu Narose's request.

"It's about [CRYCHIC]—"

"...!?"

"There's no need to react so strongly..." Seeing Shiina Riki's expression change instantly, Naruse Ritsu said embarrassedly.