Service Club? Just like you guys, you want to step into the whirlpool of the band?

Yukinoshita Yukino was a little surprised that Hachiman Kailing spoke first. Could it be that she also had questions to ask her?

With a hint of confusion, she then nodded.

"You must have been worried about him just now, why didn't you choose to follow him?"

The result was just as she expected. The next second, Hachiman Kailing spoke.

But this question was a little difficult for her to answer.

"You mean Ichinose?"

Considering that not answering was equivalent to acquiescence, she had no choice but to continue with the topic.

However, as soon as she said this, something even more incomprehensible to her happened.

Hachiman Kailing on the other side looked at her with some surprise after hearing this, and then nodded meaningfully, "Is that so? Are you still at the stage of calling each other by surnames?"

"I don't understand what you're trying to say, but regarding the question just now, didn't you deliberately create private space for him?"

To be honest, this made Yukinoshita Yukino a little unhappy. She always felt like she was being fooled, so she started to fight back.

"Besides, you didn't follow either."

He cleverly shifted the focus of the topic back to Hachiman Kailing.

"So you can understand all this." However, Hachiman Kailing didn't care about it at all, acting very calmly. Then she explained, "After all, he looked like he had drunk ginger ale just now."

"Ginger ale?"

It appeared again, so was this some kind of code? Something only the two of them could understand?

"Well, it's a special drink for me."

Hachiman Kailing nodded, but did not say it clearly. On the one hand, she did not intend to talk about her past with strangers, and on the other hand, it was to protect Ichinose Asaba's privacy.

Anyway, if the two of them were friends, they would definitely understand what Ichinose Asaba's condition just now meant.

If she didn't understand, there was nothing she could do. She would never tell anyone that Asaba Ichinose had formed a band.

Well, because this is about Asaba Ichinose's trust in her.

But once these ordinary things are given some meaning, the situation becomes different.

"So, what difficulties did he encounter?"

Of course, she didn't have time to guess these things now, she could only see if she could get something out of the other party.

"No, maybe I'm just not used to it. After all, it's too stuffy here."

However, Hachiman Kailing was extremely cautious about this matter and refused to reveal even a little bit of information.

After all, the reason why she came to find Yukinoshita Yukino was simply because of curiosity. She was curious about the relationship between the two of them, and she also wanted to know from Yukinoshita Yukino some news about Ichinose Asaba in her daily life.

It can be said that both of them are very purposeful.

"By the way, there's something I'm curious about. What is Qianyu like in school?"

But Hachiman Kairei doesn't have so many twists and turns. Thanks to the fact that she and Ichinose Asaba are friends, she doesn't need to be as cautious as Yukinoshita Yukino and test things everywhere.

She was afraid that if she wasn't careful she would reveal her true purpose, and thus convey it to Ichinose Asaba through her mouth, thus causing something, or the plan, to fail in the womb.

"What kind of person is that?" However, her question gave Yukinoshita Yukino a good way to start a conversation, so faced with this risk-free way of obtaining information about Yueyi, Yukinoshita Yukino accepted it without hesitation. "He has excellent academic performance and is quite influential among the student community. In short, he is very popular."

"What about your personality? Is it the same as it is now?"

Hachiman Kairei asked seriously.

"You should have known him before me, don't you know this?"

It wasn't really her intention to test her, but Hachiman Kailing's question...how to put it, it gave her a very strong sense of incongruity.

Normally speaking, can two people really ask such questions when they are friends?

For example, Yuigahama Yui is so lively at school, and as her friend, when she goes out, she has to confirm with others whether Yuigahama Yui is as lively outside as she is at school.

Isn't that strange? There's no sense of trust at all.

As it turned out, her worries were not just conjectures, but had real reasons.

Because soon, Hachiman Kailing's words made her fall into deep thought.

"We haven't been in touch for over a year."

a year?

Upon hearing this time point, Yukinoshita Yukino was stunned for a second.

In that case, if it weren't for the commission from the light music club, Ichinose Asaba might not have been able to contact the other party until now?

So what happened a year ago that made Asaba Ichinose give up everything in Ikebukuro and come to Chiba?

After all, someone who hadn't been in contact for a year was still available at any time and came all the way from Ikebukuro to Chiba to help. No matter how you look at it, the relationship between the two of them must be very good.

Although she had no friends since she was a child and had never experienced this feeling, her recent interactions with the two of them still made her feel some friendship.

So, shouldn't a relationship like this be maintained? How can it be said that it was just let go all of a sudden?

Excluding the ridiculous answer that the other party was the culprit for Ichinose Asaba's departure from Ikebukuro, the only useful information she had now was Guitar and the girl with blue twintails in Suzuka Siru V[?II Haer.

Think about it carefully, why did Ichinose Asaba suddenly show such an uncomfortable expression just now?

Yes, he hid it very deeply, but he could not escape the eyes of those who were interested.

This is combined with the fact that Asaba Ichinose was particularly resistant to guitar and denied that she was a guitarist.

Then there is only one truth, that is, after watching the performances of several people on the stage, Asaba Ichinose recalled some things that were particularly painful to him.

So this indirectly led to the girl named Hachiman Kairin noticing it, and she created an independent private space for Ichinose Asaba under the pretext of "buying water" so that he could be alone.

Based on the above information, she can analyze

Guitar playing stage pain.

This is the current situation of Asaba Ichinose.

But looking at it from a broader perspective, when the three key words guitar, performance and stage are combined, the answer should undoubtedly be band.

After all, only the band meets the above keywords and meets the prerequisites that make Asaba Ichinose feel emotional.

But what about the pain?

In most cases, shouldn’t it be a happy thing to form a band and enjoy music with like-minded people?

Pain... All she could imagine was the band breaking up.

Thinking of this, she was basically certain that it was almost the same as she had guessed before. The reason why Ichinose Asaba appeared in that alley in a mess on that night a year ago was probably because he had just experienced the disbanding of his band, so he did not hesitate to use the guitar as a weapon to fight against the criminals.

Otherwise, she believed...any guitarist who had a passion for music and a sense of belonging to a band would not treat his guitar so roughly.

Perhaps the situation was urgent at the time, but what Yukinoshita Yukino really wanted to express was that Ichinose Asaba abandoned the guitar afterwards.

He said that this was the best destination for it.

Maybe now, she should be able to understand this.

Because the band disbanded, he, the guitarist, lost his home, and his guitar naturally became useless.

Perhaps this kind of thinking seems a bit extreme now, but the problem is that Ichinose Asaba was not normal at that time, of course she was referring to her emotions.

After all, how could a normal person not feel scared when seeing a knife-wielding gangster, but instead... face the challenge head-on?

Yukinoshita Yukino couldn't find the right words to describe Ichinose Asaba at that time, but no matter what, he seemed to be simply venting his emotions at that time.

She might not have understood what was said before, but now, with the premise of the band disbanding, everything seems to make sense. After all, when people are extremely angry, they will definitely find a way to vent.

Understood!

For a moment, she had never felt so clear-headed about the matter of Ichinose Asaba, as if everything had been sorted out by her. This was really... could she say it was a pleasant surprise?

In fact, she was already feeling lucky that she had asked Ichinose Asaba to help her get her phone yesterday instead of anyone else.

Well, actually, at school, the only contacts in her phone were Asaba Ichinose, Yuigahama Yui, and Hiratsuka Shizuka.

I really can't find anyone else.

Of course, there was no calculation involved. She simply wanted Asaba Ichinose to come and give her the phone.

After all, Yuigahama Yui suddenly rushed into the activity classroom, said she had a commission, and dragged her away, without even having time to react.

If this is not enough to prove that she has no extra thoughts, then... why didn't she choose to tell Asaba Ichinose about the light music club's commission in the first place and let him help?

It was because she felt that Asaba Ichinose was very resistant to the guitar and that coming over might cause some misunderstandings, so she wanted to take responsibility herself.

As for what happened later, to be honest, she was also surprised why Asaba Ichinose could sit there calmly after coming to the light music club. She had originally found a good reason to take Asaba Ichinose out.

All she could say was that maybe she was overthinking it, and maybe Asaba Ichinose wasn't as troublesome as she had imagined. The fact that Asaba Ichinose was able to stay and watch the light music club's rehearsal today proved this.

But before she could be happy, something unexpected happened.

So new questions arise.

That is, even though you know you can't see these things, you still choose to stay. Is this because you want to adapt?

Are the symptoms similar to PTSD? That's post-traumatic stress disorder.

If this is true, then what Ichinose Asaba is doing now is similar to forced desensitization therapy?

Combined with the subtle changes in Asaba Ichinose's personality in recent days, she quickly came to this conclusion.

And if ordinary people can use this method to desensitize themselves, it means that the harm they have suffered in a certain matter is unimaginable.

But... the band disbanded. She wasn't saying that... a band can't just last forever, right? Disbanding was inevitable, destined from the moment it formed.

Could there be some other hidden secret? In short, she didn't believe that Ichinose Asaba was the kind of person who could be so fragile that just one thing could make him like this.

""

The situation is getting a little complicated. She just figured it out.

For a moment, she just felt a headache.

But right now is definitely not the time to think about these things. Instead, we should see if we can get more information about Ichinose Asaba from the other party.

So she quickly adjusted her mood, pretending to be indifferent, and asked casually, "What was he like before?"

After all, there are some things she doesn't know, so the other party who has been friends with Ichinose Asaba since junior high school should know something, right?

So she also wanted to see if she could get some relevant clues from Hachiman Kailing.

In response to this, Hachiman Kairei gave the following response.

"It's very different from now." Since it had nothing to do with the band, she didn't hide it. She looked at Yukinoshita Yukino and said calmly, using an analogy, "That girl named Yuigahama Yui should be very lively normally."

Here, she uses affirmative sentences.

"Ah."

And Yukinoshita Yukino did nod, proving that her guess was correct.

That made the matter very clear, so she added

"Ah, that fellow a year ago was pretty much the same as her, I mean the lively part of it, of course."

"By the way, haven't you seen his previous photos?"

Hachiman Kailing looked at her with some surprise.

"This does not."

A photo from before? Is that still happening?

Yukinoshita Yukino was deeply curious and slowly shook her head.

"Then you'll understand when you see it."

After hearing Yukinoshita Yukino's answer, Hachiman Kairei did not suggest taking out the previous photos of Ichinose Asaba to show her, because she felt that if the two were friends, Yukinoshita Yukino would be able to see these sooner or later.

So, after answering so many questions from Yukinoshita Yukino, she then began to ask her own questions.

In response, Yukinoshita Yukino told everything about Ichinose Asaba's situation in the school, without any false information.

This topic continued until Asaba Ichinose came back with drinks, and then the two of them tacitly shut up, appearing very well-mannered.

Especially Yukinoshita Yukino, after getting so much information, she was not anxious at all, and did not ask Hachiman Kairei whether she knew a girl with blue twin tails.

Because for her, the most important thing now is to keep stable, otherwise all the previous efforts will be wasted and the gain will not be worth the loss.

It just so happens that tomorrow is a holiday, so she can try her luck in Ikebukuro again and see if she can meet the girl next to the bench.