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

"Go back and listen to grandma. Don't run out like this again next time. If you have any problems, send me a message."

Before leaving, Ichinose Asaba exchanged contact information with Kaname Rakuna and rubbed her little head.

"See you."

Ichinose Asaba put on her uniform and walked towards the station.

"Bye-Bye."

Kaname waved in the direction he left.

Chiba Prefecture.

At 11:17 pm, the lights came on in a high-end apartment. It was Yukinoshita Yukino. After coming out of the cat cafe, she was forced by Shizuka Hiratsuka to go out for dinner. She had just returned home and dragged her tired body to the bathroom.

She filled the bathtub with warm water, added a favorite bath ball, and then Yukinoshita Yukino slowly took off her clothes and lay down in the bathtub.

Feeling the warmth surrounding her body, Yukinoshita Yukino showed an expression of complete enjoyment.

After changing into pajamas, Yukinoshita Yukino drank the milk that she had prepared in advance, wiped her mouth and went to her bedroom.

But she didn't just rest like that. Instead, she walked straight to the desk, picked up a long box next to it, and placed it flat on the bed.

""

Her white and smooth palm gently brushed across the surface of the long box, and Yukinoshita Yukino found the two buckles and opened them.

This is actually a guitar case that she bought a year ago, and what is inside is a broken... or completely broken electric guitar.

A Gibson 1957 Black Coffee.

The rusted strings were neatly placed in the grooves reserved in the guitar case, and the fingerboard of the electric guitar itself had large cracks, and the neck was directly cracked from the first fret to the eighth fret, to the point where it could be separated with a little force.

Not to mention the body of the guitar. The original black paint has been scratched beyond recognition. There is a long scratch on it, as if it was made by a sharp object, and there is also a dent.

She had also removed the two pickups because they were cracked.

It can be said that the only parts of the entire guitar that are still worth looking at are the bridge and the headstock. After all, these two parts are relatively not damaged too seriously.

If there is such a thing as an electric guitar being aged, then the Gibson 1957 in front of her can definitely be described as being in tatters.

The original market price was 970,000 yen, but now it may be less than 100,000 yen.

All lightly aged guitars have to bow down to this one!

However, even though the piano has been damaged to this extent, Yukinoshita Yukino has never thought of giving up on repairing it.

Chapter 39 Memories of Yukinoshita Yukino.

Carefully taking out the guitar, Yukinoshita Yukino gently stroked the body of the guitar, and her mind couldn't help but recall the scene at the Sobu High School entrance ceremony.

It was a daytime, and Sobu High School held its entrance ceremony for freshmen as usual. In the gymnasium large enough to accommodate a hundred people, she was supposed to give a speech on stage, but because her ranking had dropped to second place, she could only sit in the audience.

To be honest, she didn't have anything to say about this at the time. She knew very well that there are always people better than you, so when facing people with better grades than herself, she would not feel nervous. On the contrary, the appearance of such things would arouse her latent desire to win and potential.

There are no shortcuts in life. When you meet someone who is better than you, just do your best to surpass them. This is the creed she has always believed in.

However, it was precisely because of this incident that she became a little interested in this ordinary entrance ceremony. She did not treat it perfunctorily, nor did she miss what happened afterwards.

Because after that, when the freshman representative went on stage to speak, it was the first time, no, perhaps it should be said the second time, that she saw the boy who had helped her a year ago, Ichinose Asaba.

That was the first time she learned his name at the entrance ceremony. Although Ichinose Asaba had changed a lot, she was still impressed and recognized him at a glance.

However, she did not go to find Ichinose Asaba after the entrance ceremony. Instead, she went straight back to the house she rented outside and found the dusty box under the bed. After wiping off the dust on it, she went to the best piano store nearby, wanting to repair the things that originally belonged to Ichinose Asaba and return them.

To this day, Yukinoshita Yukino has not forgotten the conversation she had with the owner of the piano store.

"Excuse me, can this violin be repaired?"

After walking all the way with the violin case in her arms, Yukinoshita Yukino wiped the sweat from her forehead and opened the intact violin case in front of the boss.

Broken strings, cracked fingerboard, neck about to break in two, and... gone, oh, it turned out to be the pickup that fell to the bottom of the guitar case.

""

Faced with this horrific scene, even though the owner of the store had repaired countless pianos, she had to admit that she had never seen such a grand scene.

"is it hard?"

After seeing the other party's dilemma, Yukinoshita Yukino frowned.

In fact, she didn't know much about electric guitar. The only times she had seen it was when Yang No played it.

So she didn't know what the probability of repairing the guitar would be.

"Excuse me, how did your guitar become damaged like this?"

The boss's face was full of embarrassment, and she didn't even dare to take the electric guitar out of the case.

If she had to say, this guitar gave her the feeling of having been through a battle. The dent on the guitar was obviously hit by something blunt, and that scratch, wasn't it made with a knife?

The neck was broken in such a position that if someone hadn't held the neck and applied force, such damage would have been impossible.

"It's okay if I can't tell you. Anyway, this guitar is very difficult to repair. It looks like a custom version."

Seeing a guitar of this price range damaged like this, the owner was heartbroken. Seeing that Yukinoshita Yukino was unwilling to explain the reason, she could only sigh and offer her opinion, "This guitar... the original parts may not be available, and if it needs to be repaired, the entire neck would need to be replaced, and the body would need a major overhaul. Overall, even if it is repaired, it won't be the same as it was originally, and the tone will be greatly affected, that's for sure."

"So rather than repairing this guitar, I'd suggest you order a new one and then keep this damaged guitar. After all, since you still want to repair it even though it's so broken, it must have some special meaning to it."

As she spoke, she slowly closed the lid of the piano case and shook her head regretfully.

"I see. Thank you for your answer."

Although Yukinoshita Yukino was a little disappointed, she still politely expressed her gratitude to the other party, and then left the store with the guitar case under the gaze of the boss.

After that, she went to many music stores, but the answer she got in the end was the same: it could not be repaired.

The above is the whole story.

She originally planned to meet Ichinose Asaba after repairing the guitar, but she didn't expect that Shizuka Hiratsuka would bring her to the Service Club first. There was no way, all the steps were disrupted, and she could only put the repair work on the agenda, and change from relying on others to doing it herself.

For this purpose, she even brought Yang Nai's electric guitar, which had not been used for a long time, from home and started to repair it. In the process, her interest in electric guitar increased a little. After all, she had learned it for a period of time before.

This is why she was so confident when facing the questioning of Ichinose Asaba.

Of course, with her skills, she definitely couldn't restore the guitar to its original state, so all she could do was piece it back together as best she could.

If something is broken and cannot be repaired, try to repair it as much as possible and treat it as a precious collection.

Everything has value, and this broken electric guitar is no exception.

only...

"What does home... mean?"

While using special glue to glue the cracked neck of the guitar, Yukino Yukinoshita chewed on the word "destination", as if trying to understand what Asaba Ichinose said to the guitar on that rainy night a year ago.

Maybe this is its destination

This is not the first time she has thought about this question. After all, it is because of her that this electric guitar has become what it is now.

Another most troublesome thing is that when Asaba Ichinose was in the service club, no one recognized her.

Later, after many attempts, she finally confirmed that Ichinose Asaba was not pretending, but she really did not associate her current self with the her on the rainy night.

In addition, Ichinose Asaba even denied that he was a guitarist. Little did she know that when she heard this, she almost couldn't help but want to expose him.

However, she did not act impulsively, but wanted to investigate the reasons behind it and find out why he became like this.

Since he was the guy who had once lent a helping hand to her and was also a current partner in the society, it shouldn't be excessive for her to interfere in this matter, right?

That's why she agreed to Hiratsuka Shizuka's request to correct Ichinose Asaba's personality tonight.

The first step she had to take was to investigate his past.

Because besides these, she was also very curious about why Ichinose Asaba appeared there in such a mess on that rainy night a year ago.

Chapter 40 You are no longer qualified to say that I am a sister-con.

Sobu High School.

"When exercising, work in pairs and be careful not to hit the ball too far."

"I understand, teacher!"

"You two over there, be careful not to run into other people's classes!"

In the first physical education class in the morning, most people are full of energy and are far less tired than in class.

Boys and girls consciously depended on their neighbors (one) (seven) 4 Wu Qiong and were divided into two groups. Except for a few who could overcome these tedious rules, most people had their own small circle.

Of course, there are also some eccentric ones, such as Hikigaya Hachiman and Ichinose Asaba. After being divided into groups, they both tacitly came to the edge of the wall, which is the least crowded and quietest place.

The reason why Hikigaya Hachiman came to such a place was because almost no one in the class would invite him to form a team, and as for Ichinose Asaba, he simply didn't participate because he had a cold and felt a little uncomfortable today. Otherwise, if it were any other day, he would still play a few games of sports with high mobility, such as tennis, when he was bored.

"Aren't you going today?"

Looking at Ichinose Asaba who also came over, Hikigaya Hachiman asked curiously.

"I have a cold and no energy."

Asaba Ichinose leaned against the wall with his eyes closed, looking listless.

The most likely reason for catching a cold was because he was walking with Lenai on the beach last night. After all, he was only wearing a thin shirt on his upper body at that time.

Fortunately, he had taken a packet of cold medicine when he got home last night, so he didn't feel too uncomfortable when he woke up this morning, but he wasn't much better either.

""

Hearing this, Hikigaya Hachiman subconsciously took two steps back and kept a safe distance from Ichinose Asaba.

"Do you want me to ask Hiratsuka-sensei to change your seat?"

Ichinose Asaba glanced at him.

"That's not necessary. I'm just afraid that I'll get infected by you and then Komachi will catch a cold too."

Yes, he really thought so.

"Sister control."

Asaba Ichinose couldn't help but complain, but her body was still very honest and took a few steps away from Hikigaya Hachiman.

Although it is just mild cold symptoms, it is still better to be careful not to infect others.

I thought the matter was over here, and that Hikigaya Hachiman would not say anything more. However, what Ichinose Asaba did not expect was that after hearing his ridicule, Hikigaya Hachiman actually went crazy and snorted, "Ha, do you still have the nerve to criticize me after all this?"

"You no longer have that right, Ichinose."

Hikigaya Hachiman's expression was filled with smugness.

As long as the chariot named Yukinose does not appear, he will be able to fight back with this handle when facing the ridicule of Ichinose Asaba in the future!

By the way, the name Yukinose was something he just came up with, taken from the "Yuki" in "Yukinoshita", the "Se" in "Ichinose", and the "Zhi" in both of their surnames.

"What do you mean?"

Ichinose Asaba was a little confused as to why Hikigaya Hachiman said that.

What do you mean by being embarrassed to talk about him and having power? What's going on?

"Who was that girl who suddenly appeared yesterday?"

Seeing that Ichinose Asaba had not yet realized anything, Hikigaya Hachiman simply helped him recall.

"Why are you asking about this?"

Ichinose Asaba immediately became alert.

And this is exactly what Hikigaya Hachiman wants to see.

"That's right, that's right. Because of this, Ichinose, you no longer have the right to say that I'm a sister-con."

That’s right, it was this reaction, exactly the same as when he would become alert when someone mentioned Komachi in front of him!

Hikigaya Hachiman clapped his hands, and an inexplicable smile appeared on Nisanlongsu Yushan Temple Yu-ueyi's face.

He won this round!

"Don't get me wrong."

After realizing what Hikigaya Hachiman was saying, Ichinose Asaba shook his head helplessly. He could hardly keep up with the sister-con mentality.

"That kid must be in middle school, right? I saw that scene with my own eyes. Even among friends, middle school and high school students, it's rare for them to go to such lengths."

From the scene at that time, it was obvious that the two had not seen each other for a long time. As soon as they met, they couldn't wait to hug each other. Looking at each other's expressions and tone at that time, he didn't believe that they were just ordinary friends.

"So, that child is your sister?"