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"I don't doubt it, but Senior Rinrinko said we'd have to fire at least a few thousand rounds to have an 80% hit rate within 10 meters... That's truly terrifying."

Recalling the terrible recoil, Aine felt like crying, but she couldn't even cry.

"My wrist still hurts. Even if I could keep practicing like this every day, I probably wouldn't be able to practice guitar."

"As for this aspect, I think Xiao Ai can put it aside for now."

Deng thought for a moment and spoke softly.

"Right now, it's more important to familiarize ourselves with firearms as quickly as possible. We don't have much time left for the band... We might need to stop rehearsals for a while. We don't have much time left."

"We have to stop rehearsals too? If that happens, by the time we finally get through this, I'm afraid I'll have forgotten how to play guitar."

Aine sighed helplessly, and Deng held her hand tightly.

"It's okay, Xiao Ai, we can just start over together when the time comes. As long as we can stay together, the band will definitely last a lifetime."

"Well, Tomorin, you are right."

Aine nodded in relief and walked into the school gate with Deng. However, after they entered the classroom, they found that the atmosphere was particularly heavy and everyone's expression was a little sad.

"What's going on, everyone? What happened?"

Aine subconsciously asked softly, while a classmate next to her gave a wry smile and pointed to the empty seats next to her that belonged to Eri and the others.

“Aine-san… Eri and the others had an accident on their way home yesterday, and now…”

She couldn't continue speaking halfway and could only sigh sadly. Aine also remembered the bloody scene yesterday and couldn't help but pursed her lips.

After a moment of silence, Aine was about to say something when she heard a familiar voice coming from outside the classroom.

"Aine-san, could you come over here for a moment?"

She turned around and saw the five people from Aftergrow already waiting at the door. Mizukuri's expression was also a little heavy, apparently she had heard about Eri and the others.

"Senior Lan, what's going on?"

Aiyin walked over, and Mizukuri looked at the depressing atmosphere in the classroom, pursed her lips and spoke softly,

"Why on earth did Eri and the others get into an accident? I just gave them some advice, and they're like this... They seem to be quite familiar with you. Do you know the specific reason?"

"...I'm sorry, Senior Lan, I don't know why this happened."

Aiyin tried hard to overcome the discomfort caused by lying, lowered her eyes and shook her head lightly.

She couldn't reveal this matter. Senior Lan and the others had nothing to do with Xiangzi. If they knew, they would be hunted by hunters. She didn't want to see more people die.

"Really?... I understand."

Mei Zhulan nodded somewhat disappointedly, but then she thought of something and looked at her.

“But, Aine-san didn’t seem to agree with my suggestion that they go to the police… Did you say that because of some special discovery?”

Senior, please don't be so sensitive.

Aine sighed and tried to make her expression look natural.

"Well... I don't know why I said that at the time. Maybe I was a little worried about them."

"...You are right to worry."

Mei Zhulan stared at her for a moment, then sighed.

"I didn't expect something like this would happen to them... I was wondering if my advice at the time was a bit rash. They should have gone to the police... Could their deaths be related to this?"

"No, how could that be?"

Aiyin quickly shook her head.

"Senior Ran, you don't have to blame yourself. I am also sad about what happened to Eri and the others... But there is nothing we can do. Now we can only

A moment of silence for them."

After hearing her words, Mei Zhulan nodded silently, said goodbye and turned to leave. Fei Mali was also very sad at this time, lowered her head and wiped her tears.

"I didn't expect Eri and the others to be like this... Why is this world so cruel? They are just high school girls and should be enjoying life."

"Don't cry, Xiaofei,"

Moka sighed and wiped her tears, while looking back at Aine's classroom.

“There’s nothing we can do… Although Moka feels that Aine-san is hiding something, it’s probably just Moka’s illusion.”

After hearing what Moka said, Meizhulan, who had been frowning, suddenly stopped, and the others were also slightly startled.

"What's wrong, Lan?"

"Mocha, you feel the same way, right?"

Mizukari turned her head and looked at Moka seriously, and the latter blinked.

"Ran, you mean... it feels like Aine-san is hiding something?"

"Yes, that's the feeling."

Mei Zhulan nodded vigorously.

"I originally thought I was mistaken... but since Mocha feels the same way, it can't be that simple."

"Could it be that Aine-san knows what happened to Eri and the others? But if that's the case, why would you hide it?"

Udagawa Tomoe crossed his arms in confusion. After thinking about it, he suddenly thought of a possibility and raised his voice in surprise.

“Could it be that Aine-san is the murderer… wuwuwu,”

"Don't be so loud, idiot."

Mei Zhulan quickly covered her mouth when she said that word, looked around to confirm that no one was passing by before she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Honestly, I think that's unlikely. Although I'm not familiar with Aine-san, she doesn't seem like a bad person. She also seemed to be genuinely concerned about Eri and the others."

"But, in that case, why didn't she tell us the details?"

Tsugumi Hazawa spoke uneasily, while Mitakeran shook her head.

"I don't understand either, but what is certain is that she is most likely hiding something from us, and it is related to the cause of Eri and the others' death."

"It's suddenly become a detective drama... But this is reality after all. Let's call the police, Ran."

Moka thought about it and shook her head slightly, while Mizukuri sighed.

"Normally, that's what should happen, but Eri and the others might have followed my advice and gone to the police yesterday... but they died."

"I don't want to doubt the Metropolitan Police Department, but we have to be cautious when facing this kind of thing. If there is a problem with the police, we will be actively entering danger."

"Even so, I'm afraid a few of us high school girls wouldn't be able to investigate such an incident, right?"

Ueda Gawabato frowned.

"If we're not careful, we might end up in an accident like Eri and the others. Everyone, why don't we reconsider this."

"...It's something we need to consider. After all, this time our lives are at stake. It's different from any previous situation."

Mei Zhulan was silent for a moment, then nodded slightly.

"We used to be able to stand up to people who despised our music, and we used to be able to face negative reviews from the audience... but this is completely different from all that fighting and slapping."

She sighed again, and after thinking of the safety of her teammates, she lowered her head slightly to suppress the guilt and unwillingness in her eyes, and waved her hand in giving up.

"I'm overthinking it. Maybe Aine-san isn't hiding anything at all. There's really no point in me speculating so much."

"Just forget I said anything, everyone, let's go to class now."

She walked quickly forward, and the others looked at each other, and saw the worry about Lan on their faces.

"…Is Lan okay?"

Chapter 46 Tit for tat

Shoko Toyokawa sat silently on a bench in the park, with the beer she bought for her bastard father at her feet. Although his injuries had not yet fully healed, he insisted on being discharged from the hospital, and almost begged her to buy him some beer.

Xiangzi's deep guilt prevented her from firmly opposing the situation, but her decadent behavior even now made her increasingly disappointed.

...Oh, now she can't even run avemujica properly, so what qualifications does she have to continue to insist on her dignity?

Toyokawa Shoko couldn't help but think so, and laughed bitterly with sarcasm and powerlessness. She looked down at the beer she had bought with her precious salary, and suddenly remembered what her bastard father said.

He said that if he encountered something he couldn't understand, he would go to his family... Does he also know about the situation in this regard?

When she realized this, she picked up the beer and prepared to go back, but then her cell phone rang.

Seeing who was calling, Toyokawa Shoko couldn't help but frown. She sighed and answered the phone after a moment. She spoke in a cold voice,

"what's up?"

"What a bad attitude, Xiangzi! You won't even call me uncle now?"

A voice full of laughter came from the other side, and Xiangzi became more and more impatient.

"When you ruthlessly kicked my father out of the family, you were no longer my uncle. And as far as I know, you and my mother are not real siblings. I don't think I need to call you that, right?"

"Ha, you are more rebellious than your mother,"

"You can say whatever you want, but if it's nothing important, I won't say anything more."

Xiangzi was about to hang up the phone, but then the person on the other end spoke calmly and softly,

"Wait, Xiangzi, are you sure there's nothing you want to tell us?"

"I don't know what you're talking about,"

"You're pregnant, right? Why did you hide it from us until now?"

"..."

Toyokawa Shoko's heart stopped for a moment, her ears buzzed for a moment, and she subconsciously wondered if she had heard it wrong, but the other party just continued to speak.

"Xiangzi, the bet we made earlier doesn't include this aspect. No matter what, you are the eldest daughter of the Toyokawa family. Getting pregnant before marriage is ridiculous. If the news gets out, the Toyokawa family will become a laughing stock."

"...How did you know?"

After a long silence, Xiangzi managed to squeeze out a sound, and her uncle chuckled.

"I guess you're probably wondering if we've noticed something you weren't careful enough. But that's not the case. Although I'm certainly surprised, it was your father who told us about this."

"You're talking nonsense..."

Toyokawa Shoko trembled. She subconsciously wanted to deny it, but her reason made her understand that there was no need for him to deceive her.

As she realized she had been betrayed, pain surged over her like a tide, almost causing her to fall to the ground, with a suffocating pain in her chest.

Father...why?

"Are you sad, Xiangzi? That's understandable. That drunkard can't bear the trust you placed in him. It's a little too late for you to realize this now."

She didn't say anything, but the person on the other side could still guess her pain and chuckled.

"I know you must be eager to go back and question him, but before that, let's talk for a moment. You should still remember where your real home is, right?"

"...

…I know where that is, I don’t need you to remind me.”

Xiangzi gritted his teeth and slowly squeezed out words filled with anger, and the other side responded softly.

"That's good. Come back soon. Your room has always been cleaned. As long as you want, you can become the eldest daughter of the Toyokawa family again at any time."

"drop,"

Xiangzi hung up the phone coldly. She took a deep breath, put the beer aside and left quickly.

She tried her best not to think about her father's betrayal. She tried her best to control her emotions. She didn't want those guys to see even a hint of weakness in her.

With this cold determination, Shoko came to the familiar gate. The maid and the butler were already waiting on both sides. They bowed to her together, but Shoko Toyokawa completely ignored them and strode forward.

When she pushed the door open, she saw her uncle Toyokawa Nobuo already waiting at the main seat. He smiled when he saw her, stood up and nodded to her.

"Long time no see, Xiangzi. Although you are obviously exhausted, at least you have maintained the proper attitude of the Toyokawa family apart from the pregnancy. This makes me feel relieved."

"Stop talking nonsense. Tell me what you want me to do."

Toyokawa Shoko stared at him coldly, while Nobuo spread his hands helplessly.

"Xiangzi, why are you so cold? As an uncle, I would be worried when I heard that something like this happened to my niece. Isn't that normal?"

"Oh, your hypocrisy really makes me look at you with admiration."

Xiangzi laughed sarcastically.