mygo, but Cthulhu

Although she was exhausted, Toyokawa Shoko still forced herself to stay alert. She focused all her attention on practice and deliberately ignored the worried looks from Chuhua and Mu.

When the practice was finally over, Xiangzi closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and nodded to the others with barely enough consciousness.

"The results this time are pretty good, but Chuhua and Mu made a lot of mistakes. You still need to concentrate."

"After all, Xiangzi, you look very tired. Hatsuko and Mutsuko are worried about you."

Miao Meng smiled mischievously at this moment, but the next moment she met Xiangzi's calm and somewhat scary eyes.

"Yutenji, your mistakes are no less than theirs. I should have reminded you to be more careful before, right? Why do you still make such mistakes?"

"Well, I'm worried about you, Xiangzi,"

Miao Meng laughed awkwardly, while Xiangzi shook his head expressionlessly.

"I should have told you all this before, right? We're just birds of a feather, brought together by profit. Instead of worrying about my condition, Yutenji, it's better for you to focus on your skills."

"Okay, I was wrong. I promise to pay more attention next time."

Miao Meng clasped his hands together helplessly and begged for mercy. Then the atmosphere in the room became a little stiff. Chu Hua was obviously worried but did not dare to speak rashly. Ruo Ye Mu just lowered his head and looked at his guitar.

"...To be honest, Fengchuan, this atmosphere has begun to affect the team."

Hachiman Hailing watched all this silently, and after thinking for a moment, she turned her gaze to Xiangzi.

"I understand you don't want to tell us anything, but even if you want to refuse, there's a better way, right?"

"Maybe, but we don't have that kind of luxury right now."

Xiangzi shook her head indifferently, picked up her bag and prepared to leave, but at this moment an unexpected figure suddenly blocked her way.

"Xiang, can you stay for a while?"

"What's wrong? Mu,"

Although she was exhausted and just wanted to leave quickly, Xiangzi still tried to squeeze out some patience when facing her half body. Ruoye Mu hesitated for a moment, turned her head to look at the others, and then slowly spoke,

"Today, I saw you, Xiang, leaving with the police... What happened?"

"..."

Shoko Toyokawa felt her head, which was already swollen and painful due to fatigue, start to buzz. She never thought that Mu would actually know about this and say it in front of other people.

"Xiaoxiang, are you okay? Did something happen to you?"

Chu Hua was slightly startled. She was the first to react and quickly looked at Xiangzi, but the latter just stood there without turning to look at her. After a moment, he responded softly,

"Chu Hua, don't worry. I just cooperated with the police's questioning. They seem to be investigating some case recently, but it has nothing to do with us."

"So, Xiangzi, that's why you're late too. Really, there's nothing to be ashamed of."

Miao Meng spread his hands helplessly, while Xiangzi sighed.

"I told you, it doesn't matter what happened to me. Talking about it would only be a waste of time."

"How could that be? Xiaoxiang's matter is of course very important."

Chu Hua immediately shook his head. At the same time, Hai Ling raised her eyebrows slightly.

"I agree with Meowenko. You don't really need to hide it. It will only make us concerned."

"It's Miao Mengqin... But Haizi is right, Xiangzi, you can also share some things with us. After all, we are all on the same team."

Miao Meng corrected herself subconsciously and smiled at Xiangzi, while the latter closed his eyes and took a deep breath, trying to suppress the irritability that was surging in his heart.

"I understand. You can leave now. Practice is over now."

"Okay, let's go, boss."

Miao Meng had anticipated her reaction. She shrugged her shoulders, stood up and walked towards the door. Hailing shook her head and followed her. Chuhua looked at Xiangzi worriedly and wanted to say something, but when she saw that Xiangzi was frowning, she could only swallow her words and left silently.

When only Xiangzi and Mu were left in the room, the doll-like girl spoke softly.

"Xiang, I'm sorry."

"I don't need your apology, Mu. I just want to know how you knew about this and why you said it in front of other people."

Xiangzi didn't want to sound like a blame, but her irritability made her raise her voice, and Ruoye Mu trembled slightly because of this, and lowered his head silently.

"Xiang, something happened. I was worried. I went to your workplace today and saw it."

"Really? That's really unfortunate."

Xiangzi sighed.

"Mu, I know you're worried about me, but there's no benefit in letting other people know about this. That Yutian Temple girl might take advantage of this and then I'll have to deal with her again. Do you understand that?"

"...Xiang, don't you want to tell anyone else anything?"

After a moment's silence, Mu said something that surprised Xiangzi, which made her frown even tighter and her tone even more serious.

"What did you say?"

"I...I just want to help Xiang,"

Ruoye Mu's body shuddered, she hugged her guitar, and after a moment she managed to squeeze out a sound.

"I know Xiang has his own pride, but even if Xiang doesn't tell others, they will still notice. If Xiang doesn't change, the distance between them and him will grow larger and larger."

"There's no need for me to have any relationship with them. We only have a relationship of interest, nothing else."

Xiangzi responded coldly,

"Mu, I appreciate your concern for me, but I hope you won't act on your own anymore, okay?"

"……I see."

Mu held the guitar and did not answer immediately. When Toyokawa Shoko was about to lose her patience, she nodded slowly, and Shoko immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"Okay, remember not to do this again. I'm going back first."

She picked up her bag, turned around and walked away quickly. Ruo Ye Mu silently looked at her back, opened his mouth hesitantly and wanted to say something, but no sound came out until the end.

After being alone for a while, she slowly got up, packed her things and left. But when she walked out the door, her phone suddenly rang.

Her hand paused for a moment, then she slowly took it out and connected the phone. Then a seemingly gentle middle-aged male voice appeared.

"Xiao Mu, you just came out now, right? If I'm not mistaken, you probably haven't told Xiangzi about our idea yet."

"I won't be a mouthpiece,"

Wakaba Mu responded softly and firmly, while the other party laughed.

"Oh, why are you taking it so seriously? We don't want to harm Xiangzi. We just want to remind her that it's better to return to the family as soon as possible so that she won't be involved in this kind of trouble."

"Putting pressure on the police isn't a big deal, but it's really unbecoming for the heir of the Toyokawa family to work in customer service every day. Her current residence is also very unsafe, and we elders are really worried."

"..."

Ruo Ye Mu knew how to refute him, but she also knew that there was no point in refutation, so she said nothing.

"Alas, we hope you can persuade Xiangzi because she is too stubborn. Since you don't want to, there is nothing we can do. Let it be."

The other side sighed softly.

"By the way, I just caught up with your parents. They don't seem very satisfied with your performance, which is really worrying."

"Remember to be a good boy in the dark room tonight, Xiao Mu. I'll feel bad if you cry too much."

If Ye Mu hung up the phone silently, she knew that her non-cooperation would cause her to spend three hours in confinement tonight. She would be in a dark box where she could only curl up, holding the only doll she was allowed to hold and waiting quietly until the servants let her out again.

But it doesn’t matter. At least Xiangzi will not be pressured by the Toyokawa family during this period, and that is enough for her.

Chapter 15 Sleepwalking Wildcat

After returning to her room, Chihaya Aine found that she was still a little concerned about the time when Lenna-chan looked back. The pair of heterochromatic yellow and blue eyes always flashed through her mind, and the meaning in them seemed to carry a strange magic.

It won't end so easily.

Aine suddenly thought of this sentence, but she couldn't be sure where it came from. It seemed like she just thought of it for no reason.

"Oh, don't worry about it, just watch the video of Meow Meng Kiss."

Aiyin slapped her face in annoyance, took out her phone and skillfully opened Miao Meng's update interface. However, the videos that used to make her laugh could not attract her attention now. Aiyin could not concentrate no matter what she did, and finally put the phone aside in annoyance.

Why did I suddenly have that feeling during the day? And was that figure Xiangzi's? If so, why would a young lady like her go to the police station?

Aine stared at the ground absentmindedly, and this feeling of confusion and incomprehension reminded her of her bad memories in America. She couldn't help but shake her head.

"No, no, I'm back now. Don't worry about what's going on at the university anymore. Relax, Aine."

She shook her head vigorously, picked up her phone and sent a bunch of lively and cute emoticons to the band group. The response was the same as usual. Deng seriously praised her cuteness, Su Shi pointed out her taste problems in some ways, Li Xi impatiently reminded her to pay attention to practicing the piano, and Lenai didn't even look at it.

After staring at the familiar messages for a while, Aine felt relieved again and relaxed on the bed.

She thought it would be difficult for her to fall asleep, but for some reason, as soon as she closed her eyes, she fell into a dream as if she lost consciousness.

It wasn't until a familiar light flashed before her eyes that Aiyin suddenly woke up. She quickly sat up from the bed, and with some indescribable and strange feeling, she subconsciously opened the window next to her.

There should have been no one on the empty, dark street, but Aine saw a familiar figure staggering past her house. She found it difficult to identify the familiarity at first, but when the moonlight illuminated the man's white hair, Aine couldn't help but open her eyes wide in confusion.

"Runa-chan?"

The wild cat below did not respond to her, but continued to walk forward leisurely. Her pace was very different from usual, brisk and with a rhythm that was hard to describe.

"Lena-chan, Lena-chan?"

Aine was afraid of waking up her parents, so she didn't dare to speak too loudly, but she was still sure that Lenna should be able to hear her. However, the white-haired girl seemed to be unaware and continued to walk forward, about to leave the street.

If she didn't go down now, she might not be able to find her anymore. In a hurry, Aiyin didn't have time to think too much. She quickly put on her shoes and climbed out of the window and jumped to the ground. Fortunately, she lived on the second floor, and the height difference only caused her palm to be scratched, without any other scars.

"Lena-chan, wait a minute!"

The white-haired girl was about to disappear at this time. Aine controlled her voice and shouted, but Lenai still did not stop. In desperation, Aine could only take steps and chase after her with all her strength.

However, even though Lena maintained that leisurely swaying posture from beginning to end, Aine was surprised to find that she could not catch up with her. Lena seemed to change her position every few seconds, and she could not understand how she moved so fast.

Shouting is useless,

Aiyin could only try to steady her breathing and continue running. As she chased, she found that the surrounding scenery became more and more remote, but also more and more familiar.

Wait, isn't this the place we came to during the day?

As this thought flashed through her mind, Aine felt a chill slowly seeping into her heart. She couldn't help but pause for a moment, but the next moment she threw the hesitation out of her mind.

How could she possibly back off when she hasn't figured out what's going on with Lenai-chan yet? She's going to catch up with her no matter what!

Aine gritted her teeth and continued to follow, finally arriving at the dilapidated apartment building with Lenai. The white-haired girl finally stopped at this moment, and Aine quickly grabbed her hand.

"Lena-chan, why on earth did you come here in the middle of the night? And you didn't even respond when I called you just now..."

Aine couldn't help but stop herself mid-sentence. At this moment, she was shocked to find that the white-haired girl had her eyes closed and was breathing evenly, obviously still asleep.

Is this... sleepwalking? I've never heard Lenai mention this before.

"Don't worry, don't worry,"

At the same time, Lenai turned around and faced the apartment building. She slowly raised her hand and pointed it at the room where the cat abuser lived, muttering to herself in a dreamy voice,

"I will help you. The bad guys will definitely be punished... You can hit him, bite him, and you will have that kind of power."

Afterwards, Lenna's mumbling in her sleep gradually became mixed with a profound language that Aine could not understand. Her body began to remain motionless, and even the slightest shaking completely disappeared. She seemed to have turned into a sculpture. Only the continued mumbling proved that she was still human.

At the same time, Aine suddenly felt an indescribable strange feeling. She seemed to see some transparent things slowly gathering around her, but after blinking, they disappeared again, making her shudder.

The situation before her was too bizarre. Aine didn't dare interrupt Lenai and could only stay where she was anxiously. Only after Lenai finished speaking the last syllable did she stagger around and walk towards the tree next to her. Under Aine's bewildered gaze, she climbed up easily, adjusted her posture, and continued to sleep.

"...Leuna-chan?"

After a moment of silence, Aine cautiously spoke tentatively, but the wild cat-like girl was still just curled up in the tree and sleeping, even the mumbling in her sleep had stopped.

To be honest, Aine didn't know what to do now. She couldn't climb trees, and she wanted to wake up Lenai but was afraid that she would accidentally fall. Moreover, she was in such a hurry when she jumped out of the window that she didn't even bring her cell phone with her, so she had no way to contact anyone else.

"Now... let's go home and find our phone, and contact Grandma Lenai through Rikki."

It took Aiyin a while to come up with a solution, but when she turned around, she suddenly heard a short, faint scream from inside the room.

To be specific, describing it as "hearing" might not be accurate. The person's voice seemed to be cut off as soon as it opened its mouth. With the door blocking the way, Aine shouldn't have heard it, but for some reason she was certain that there was a scream.

This strange feeling made Aine swallow her saliva. She turned her head to look at the apartment building, and after hesitating for a moment, she finally took a step towards it.

I'll go see what's going on...it should be okay, right?

Chapter 16 Nightmare

"It's a boring puppet show. I thought it would be refreshing, but it turned out to be just like any other band."

"Honestly, my performances have been getting more and more boring lately. I'm no longer a fan."