Comet Dragon, breaking into the gravity field

47. Reject Pressure Kid

"Sorry... I only know how to sing this song now..."

Before Shiina Riki could continue to put pressure on others, Takamatsu Deng put pressure on himself first.

Oh, look at what you've done!

While putting pressure on Shiina Riki with his eyes, Naruse Ritsu handed the task of controlling the situation to Nagasaki Motoyo.

He felt like the old father in the family, forced to clean up the mess for his eldest daughter who had a big mouth.

Is there something wrong with this sentence?

In short, Ritsu Narose did not choose to continue to delve into this issue, but instead proposed a new contradiction to divert everyone's attention.

Clapping his hands, he drew the four people's attention to himself, and then continued:

"Honestly speaking, if everyone is just thinking about it as a club activity, then I don't think it matters."

"But if you want to perform live on stage, just the song 'Haruhi Shadow' probably won't be enough, right?"

"Although it may sound a bit ridiculous coming from an outsider like me, the difficulty of writing original songs is not too high, but it is not too low either."

"Assuming there are no other original songs to fill the time, covers are the only option, right? Besides, covers aren't something particularly shameful."

Faced with this iron reality, Shiina Riki fell silent.

In her mind, only this song that once brought her comfort and hope can be ranked T1.

She couldn't accept continuing to perform other people's songs on the glamorous stage after playing "Spring Shadow".

But she couldn't ignore the questions raised by the Naruse Law Firm...

Shiina Riki was stunned by his own smooth combo and was unable to recover for a long time, so Naruse Ritsu turned his attention to other people.

Rousseau once said: Man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains.

In Naruse Ritsu's view, Shiina Riki chose to put herself in shackles. And the shackles that bound her hands and feet were created by her unilateral responsibility and expectations towards Takamatsu Touma.

This is the result of her own desires and limitations, and Ritsu Narose has no intention or qualification to make decisions for her.

Finally, this as-yet-unnamed first band meeting ended hastily in silence.

After everyone went home, Ritsu Narose finished his daily tasks such as "dinner" and "bath". Just as he was about to go to the study to print and bind today's meeting minutes, he heard the doorbell ring from the first floor.

When I opened the door, I saw that it was indeed the pink JK next door.

She was still wearing the familiar pink home clothes, but the difference from before was that she had a guitar behind her.

"Well, I'd like to practice with Naruse-kun and get any advice from you, is that okay?"

You come to practice in front of me, a layman, and ask me if I have any suggestions?

Captain Chihaya, are you awake?

Even though he thought this reason was lame, he actually had no reason to refuse Chihaya Aine's request.

Anyway, he has nothing to do at home alone, so it would be nice to have some pretty girls to chat with him.

After being served the lavender tea that had been prepared for them in advance, Ritsu Naruse and Aine Chihaya sat on the sofa in the living room.

"What song is Aine planning to practice?"

“…chords?”

"Cough cough cough-"

Just as he took a sip of tea, Ritsu Narose choked on these words.

"Aine, you mean you haven't even learned all the chords yet?"

No matter how much of an amateur she is, Ritsu Narose knows that chords are a cornerstone of music.

But you can’t keep polishing the foundation stone, right?

It's like you're about to board a shuttle and fly into space to fight a Gundam in a space battle, but you, the pilot, are still here looking through the operating manual.

Where are you from, Amuro?

Finally realizing the source of his inner uneasiness, Ritsu Narose rubbed his brows and placed his hands on Chihaya Aine's shoulders with a heavy face.

“Does Aine know about [CRYCHIC]?”

"Well, I know a little bit."

Recalling the notebook of Deng that she had seen before, and the video that Nagasaki Suyo showed her, Chihaya Aine was very clear that the other three members of the current band had once belonged to the same band.

"But I'm still very confident that I can get along well with everyone!"

Scratching her cheek, Chihaya Aine looked quite pleased with herself, completely different from the soft and fussy look she had shown when she was pressured by someone in the afternoon.

"I'm not talking about interpersonal relationships," sighed Ritsu Narose, like a middle-aged man who has graduated from high school for many years but still has to worry about his second daughter's schoolwork.

"Hasn't Aine realized yet that her level doesn't match up with everyone else's?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Chihaya Aine, who was still showing off, froze immediately and didn't dare to say a word.

Letting go, Ritsu Narose poured himself a cup of tea.

It was not until Ritsu Narose finished the tea in his cup and refilled it that Chihaya Aine next to him changed her posture and continued to sit there silently.

After a long while, she glanced at Naruse Ritsu and whispered, "I'm practicing hard too..."

"I'm not pressuring you."

Ritsu Narose frowned and found that he was actually tending to move closer to a certain red panda.

Feeling more and more that his current position was shifting in some indescribable direction, he turned on the TV in the living room and transferred a video downloaded on his mobile phone into it.

"This is……"

“[CRYCHIC]’s first and only live performance.”

As the gentle keyboard sound like the warm spring sun rang out in the living room, Chihaya Aine finally understood why Shiina Tatsuki insisted on playing "Haruhi Kage".

“That’s amazing…”

After the song ended, Chihaya Aine was still lost in the aftertaste.

"That's why I'm worried about you."

You are a pilot at the level of a common soldier, and you encounter the White Devil, the Red Comet and the like at the beginning... then you are definitely doomed.

Even if they belong to the same camp, if they cannot keep up with the pace of their allies, it is no different from being a food delivery.

"Although I don't know if the others have continued to practice, Aiyin hasn't practiced guitar for a few months. It won't be easy to make up for this gap, right?"

"Naruze-kun, what you said sounds just like what your father would say..."

"Are you praising me for being mature and reliable?"

"Too mature, huh?"

Picking up the guitar that was placed on the sofa again, Chihaya Aine assumed the posture of strumming a chord.

After all this fuss, the result is still a chord?

At this moment, Ritsu Narose finally understood how the teacher felt when he was teaching Meemeko.

At the same time, his respect for Miralutz reached a new level.

What kind of patience and wisdom is needed to teach MeeMee, who is always stealing chickens and monkeys and not doing any work, to behave like a human being?

And he couldn't even teach the heroine he fell in love with at first sight... Thinking of this, Ritsu Narose couldn't help but feel sad.

Teacher, I feel so sorry for all the years of teachings you gave me!

He picked up the teacup in front of him and drank it all in one gulp. At this moment, Ritsu Narose looked like a depressed middle-aged man drinking alone after get off work.

Unfortunately, he is neither middle-aged nor drinking alcohol.

Among all these fake things, the only real feeling is the sense of failure of feeding chicken soup.

48. Because stress can cause hair loss

When he woke up, Ritsu Narose's back was covered in cold sweat.

He got out of bed and opened the curtains. When the scorching sun hit his face, he was shocked to realize it was already noon.

He touched his head again and realized that he had escaped from the nightmare.

When he was recording the various aspects of human society in the hospital, he had a conversation with a wise man.

A wise man once said: Dreams are the continuation of reality, and reality is the end of dreams.

Unfortunately, he failed to understand the deeper meaning at that time. Just as he was about to continue discussing with the other party, the master was taken away by the caregivers who heard the news.

But the master's motto still remains in his heart.

The horrific scene he dreamt of must have been caused by something that happened yesterday. After much thought, Naruse Ritsu could only pinpoint the cause to the "failed chicken soup feeding" last night.

The case was solved. It turned out that yesterday he was not putting pressure on Chihaya Aine, but on himself!

Just like middle-aged people who are under high pressure day and night cannot escape the fate of hair loss, Ritsu Narose has a vague illusion that the durability of the scales and shells on his body is about to run out.

Fearing that the scene in his dream would become reality, he quickly spread his wings and carefully touched the scales on them.

Even after touching his gun wings thoroughly, Ritsu Narose still couldn't find any flaws.

With an anxious smile, he plucked his own tail.

"..."

No way……

Lowering his head slowly, Ritsu Narose raised his tail in front of his eyes with trembling hands.

Finally, he found the source of the unique touch near the tip of the tail.

A scale is sticking up!

You know, he made a lot of efforts to prevent the tragedy of scales falling off.

Not to mention reducing the emission of dragon energy. Besides taking a bath, he carefully rinsed the dirt off it. After the bath, he would dry it promptly and occasionally polish it.

It’s not that Ritsu Narose cares about appearance, but the characteristics of the Sky Comet Dragon force him to be so cautious.

As mentioned before, dragon energy has a certain corrosiveness.

Even though his long-distance flights had become less frequent in recent times, the dragon energy still caused some damage to his body. This minor damage would be quickly healed by the body itself, but the scales would still fall off.

The problem is coming.

In the past, throwing objects from high altitudes in places like the Yiqunling Mountains and the New World, where all kinds of monsters and demons mixed together, was fine, but if a scale was dropped from a height of hundreds of meters in a densely populated metropolis like Tokyo...Ritsu Naruse couldn't even imagine the scene.

All I can say is that fortunately the scales will now shrink along with the body, but this is not a reason for him to throw objects from a high altitude.

If you were to catch some unlucky guy and let him realize his thoughts on the physical level, you would be committing a great sin.

Unable to tolerate such an abnormality on his streamlined tail, Ritsu Narose immediately changed into his going-out clothes and stood up on the spot... forget it, he wouldn't fly.

It would be so funny if the scales fell off along the way.

After taking the tram to a hardware store, Ritsu Narose quickly and skillfully purchased tools such as files and sandpaper under the astonished gaze of the store clerk.

Then he went home and polished his scales with the same enthusiasm as before.

There was no way, the scale wasn't yet shaky. If I hurriedly pulled it out, I'd end up with a dent in my tail.

This is a typical example of obsessive-compulsive provocation and behavior that makes things difficult for oneself. Of course, Ritsu Narose would not do that.

After he wiped his tail all over for the twenty-first time, he remembered that he still had band work waiting for him today.

When she thought of someone's amateurish guitar skills, Ritsu Narushe broke out in a sweat for her.

Ritsu Naruse had a premonition that Chihaya Aine would definitely not be able to escape the torture from Ritsuki Shiina.

However, as a clerk without blood or tears, he decided to uphold the principles of fairness, justice and openness and not favor anyone in the band.

Except for the first light.

He was secretly worried about the future of the band, but he was just there to join in the fun and could neither play nor compose music. It seemed that there was nothing he could do except be a cold recorder.

When he came to the coffee shop again, Ritsu Narose saw a small animal busy behind the counter at a glance.