Mygo, are you all yanderes?

[Extreme Realm—Emperor Wu:? 】

[Extreme Realm - Emperor of War: What does "stupid" mean? That's my sense of humor! Don't speak if you don't understand!]

【Extreme Realm - Emperor of War: You yourself are still plagiarizing my ideas, and 'Super Fierce.jpg' is stupid too!】

As she read Kusano Akira's message, Goto Ichiri pouted and her slender fingers tapped rapidly on the screen.

[Rock Queen with Many Friends: I'm just trying to avoid embarrassing certain people, don't overthink it.]

[Rock Queen with Lots of Friends: This is the gentleness of a successful person; learn from her.]

[Extreme Realm——Martial Emperor: Bang. 】

【Extreme Realm - Emperor of Martial Arts: If all popular people were like you, then this world would truly be doomed.】

[A rock queen with tons of friends: hoho.]

[Rock Queen with Many Friends: Backstage Screenshots Proving Her Guitar Hero Status.jpg]

【Ultimate Realm - Emperor of Martial Arts: Cough!】

[The Ultimate Realm - The Emperor of Martial Arts: Spitting Blood.jpg]

"hey-hey……"

Seeing Kusano Akira's quirky behavior, Goto Ichiri chuckled softly. Akira's delicate toes, encased in her white cotton socks, twitched, and she fell to the side. Her pearl hair ornament was knocked off by her movement, and her smooth long hair fell down again, covering her mouth and nose, leaving only her eyes still focused on the screen.

[Rock Queen with tons of friends: How about that! Can't do it, can you!]

[Rock Queen with Lots of Friends: This is what it means to be a social butterfly! It's a level you can't reach!]

【Ultimate Realm - Emperor of Martial Arts: ...You're pretty good!】

【Ultimate Realm - Emperor of Martial Arts: Um, I have a question for you.】

[Rock Queen with Lots of Friends: Says.]

【Extreme Realm - Emperor of War: Are you really not coming to my performance next Wednesday?】

"..."

[Rock Queen with Many Friends: Do you want me to go?]

[Extreme Realm - Emperor of Martial Arts: Don't overthink it. I just felt it was a bit of a shame that you didn't come since Bass came. Actually, it doesn't matter to me whether you come or not. Don't think I care that much, haha.]

[Rock Queen with tons of friends: Then I won't go.]

【Extreme Realm - Emperor of Martial Arts: I'm sorry, I was just being pretentious. I really care, otherwise I wouldn't have sent you a private message. Please, you absolutely have to come.】

[Rock Queen with Lots of Friends: Okay then, since you've put it that way...]

【The Ultimate Realm - Emperor of Martial Arts: Are you coming?!】

"..."

Goto Ichiri nervously touched his burning throat, coughed twice, took two deep breaths, and then pressed the voice button he had never used before, speaking softly.

"No~~ I'm not going~~"

Volume 1: Chapter 128, Section 126. A Falling Stone (2k)♂∑〖'｀〉

The moment her trembling fingers released the phone, Goto Ichiri threw it heavily to the ground, then curled up into a ball, pressing her knee against her face.

Even through the fabric, her burning cheeks sent an indescribable heat down to her knees. The affected voice she had just deliberately made kept replaying in her mind, and Goto Ichiri almost rolled on the ground in shame.

"What did I just say...?"

After a long while, Goto Ichiri finally stretched out her body again, but she still did not show her face, which was flushed with shame.

She grabbed a cushion from the side, buried her face in the soft cotton, crawled on the floor with her fingers, and only peeked out after grabbing her phone.

'No~~going~~'

A slender finger touched the voice message that had just been sent, and a soft, slightly nasal voice came from the speaker. Goto Ichiri quietly brought the phone close to his ear.

"...It shouldn't be discovered, right?"

After comparing them several times, Goto Ichiri blushed and murmured.

She really felt like she'd lost her mind to do something so shameful. Maybe it was because of the internet that she was so bold? But she was going to snipe Kusano Akira tomorrow. What if he recognized her because of this voice?

　～♀芭∽〃侕〉'肆々｛≤＝崊⊙ˉ伍搜◇索『: Although it's great to be able to meet, she's not mentally prepared for it yet.

Fortunately, the "I'm not going" she just said sounded very different from her usual voice, and only the two of them knew it.

[Extreme Realm—Emperor Wu:? 】

【The Ultimate Realm - Emperor of Martial Arts: Are you just making fun of me?】

[Rock Queen with tons of friends: Are you coming to see my mood?]

[Rock Queen with tons of friends: Thumbs up.jpg]

【The Ultimate Realm - Emperor of Martial Arts: Too willful!】

【Extreme Realm - Emperor of Martial Arts: Wrath.jpg】

Goto Ichiri held her phone, looking at the messages that appeared on it. Although her ears were still flushed with shyness, the smile in her eyes grew even wider.

She bit her lower lip hard, but couldn't suppress the laughter that overflowed from her chest. The cold light from her phone illuminated her softly shaped face.

The 'click' sound dissipated in the silent space. Goto Ichiri stretched out his body and rolled over, lying lazily on the ground like a cat. His azure eyes simply gazed ahead, rippling with anticipation in the darkness. A gentle smile, unknown even to himself, curved his lips. He raised his legs and kicked them happily in the air.

She was really looking forward to tomorrow; tomorrow she would finally see Kusano Akira's true face.

Will I run into him? Even if I do, will I recognize him? Won't I run away because of my social anxiety? Will he notice me too?

If Kusano Akira knew that she went too, what kind of expression would BA have? Would she be happy? Or would she be troubled?

If they actually meet, will they still be able to chat like they are now? Will it really become awkward, as Kusano Akira said?

"……Go to sleep."

Shaking her head, Goto Ichiri banished all these trivial thoughts. Her fingers lightly tapped the ground, like tapping a guitar fretboard, making a clicking sound that wasn't jarring in the darkness, but rather aroused her drowsiness.

Why think so much? So what if something bad happens?

Goto Ichiri didn't want things to end there with her most important friend.

........................

The next day, Saturday, arrived.

At eight o'clock in the morning, Kusano Akira arrived at the place he and Toyokawa Shoko had agreed to meet—an abandoned park near the ramen shop—and waited there as promised.

He stood under a lush sycamore tree, dappled sunlight filtering through the leaves and casting a golden hue on his light green coat.

Perhaps it was because the wait was too long and boring, or perhaps it was because he had to get up so early on his rare holiday, Kusano Akira yawned as the gentle breeze blew by.

Although Toyokawa Shoko told him that he only needed to leave at nine o'clock, he insisted on being prepared for everything and did not intend to accept her suggestion, so he left more than an hour earlier.

After all, he was more used to waiting for others than making others wait for him. If he made others wait for him and they were even a little late, he would always feel a strange sense of guilt.

Since he had nothing else to do, he might as well come out earlier.

Kusano Akira reached into his robes and pulled out a dark green stone. The already exceptionally beautiful stone shone even brighter in the morning light.

He held the dark green stone in his palm, his fingertips gently tracing the smooth, mirror-like surface, the cool sensation creeping up his skin and up his back.

The surface texture is as if it were meticulously sculpted by a master of the Renaissance era. The varying shades of ink intertwine and blend with the mottled light spots to create a beauty that is indescribable. It is exquisite and magnificent, like the most perfect work of art in nature.

Looking down at the dark green hue, Kusano Akira sighed softly, his expression becoming somewhat complicated.

If nothing unexpected happens, this is proof of his so-called 'childhood sweethearts' relationship with Gao Songdeng, after Gao Songdeng asked him about some specimen and some stone out of the blue.

This should be the stone. After all, if he remembered correctly, there was a stone with a similar appearance at Gaosongdeng's place, except that the one there was red and this one was green.

Actually, after talking to Guitar Hero last night, he also asked Gao Songdeng what souvenirs they had kept together, and he even went to look for them as Gao Songdeng suggested.

Most of the things matched what Gao Songdeng said, but the only thing they couldn't find was this stone no matter how hard they looked.

That's really strange. I remember he was still here when I came that day.

Could it be that Wakaba Mutsu took it? After all, he seemed to have told Wakaba Mutsu that he could take anything he liked, but when asked, Wakaba Mutsu said that he didn't take the stone, only a few photos.

Mortis also said he had never seen any stones in the house.

He could only conclude that he had carelessly lost the stone.

Then this morning he was almost killed by that rock.

For some reason, the thing he had been looking for for ages suddenly appeared on his bed in the morning, as if it had fallen from the sky.

He was still asleep at the time, dreaming of his band performing at the Budokan, when he was suddenly jolted awake by the weight.

Thinking of this, Kusano Akira's gaze towards the stone became even more resentful. He touched his forehead, vaguely feeling that it still hurt a little.

Volume 1: Chapter 129 (2k)

Leaving aside the question of why this stone appeared, Kusano Akira is actually still quite hesitant about something.

He was wondering whether or not to take the stone to see Gao Songdeng.

From a personal emotional perspective, he actually really wanted Lu to take it to see Takamatsu Akari. After all, the idea of ​​childhood friends meeting again after growing up and bringing something that witnessed their promise to each other is like a scene from an anime.

But despite his feelings, Gao Songdeng's current state made him unable to bring himself to carry the stone.

After all, the other person's feelings for her seemed a bit off; they inexplicably said things like they wanted to be with her.

Although I don't think the term 'radical system' is that serious, this is the only way to explain Takamatsu Akari's bizarre thought process.

What if bringing the stone there further intensifies Gao Songdeng's current thoughts? He's already finding it hard to handle things; if Gao Songdeng takes even more initiative...

He doesn't deny that he doesn't dislike Gao Songdeng just because she's a bit troublesome; rather, he says that he hasn't actually disliked any specific person so far.

Wakaba Mutsumi, isn't he troublesome? Nagasaki Motoyo also has some rather offensive suspicions about him, doesn't she? Takamatsu Akari is even more troublesome than Wakaba Mutsumi.

However, Kusano Akira did not intend to hate them. He firmly believed that as long as he persisted, no matter how unfavorable the situation was to him, things would eventually get better.

The results proved this point; Wakaba Mutsumi's personality is now noticeably more endearing than it was at the beginning, and Nagasaki Motoyo seems to have changed her opinion of him as well.

"...Let's try again."

The stone surface reflected Cao Siye Ming's tightly furrowed brows. He gently stroked the patterns on the stone's surface, and then, as if making a firm decision, he clenched his fist tightly, his knuckles turning white from the force.

He made up his mind that when Monday came again, he would take the stone to Gao Songdeng.

Judging from her behavior when he talked to Gao Songdeng last night and from the fact that she always carries her own piece with her, she definitely cares about this. So how could he pretend that the stone was missing when he knew what she was expecting?

He can forget about being together, but at least he needs to properly respond to her about things from their childhood.

Anyway, based on what he'd heard about what happened when Crychic disbanded and Takamatsu Akari's performance in her current band, she cares about the band just as much as he does, so she doesn't have the same risk of leaving the band that Nagasaki Motoyo did at any time.

Even if Gao Songdeng wanted to be with him, she couldn't threaten him with the band. Without the band's constraints, he wouldn't be hesitant or timid.

Unless Takamatsu uses her strange strength to tie him up, but in a society governed by the rule of law, how could such a thing possibly happen?

There shouldn't be any problems, there shouldn't be.

"..."

"It should be... alright, right?"

Kusano Akira touched his chest and said somewhat uncertainly.

The moment that thought popped into his head, he felt a strange palpitation, as if his body was warning him that the idea was wrong.

seven"……"

Si took out his phone, opened the chat between Wakaba Mutsu and the rock queen with lots of friends, and Chihaya Aine, and Kusano Akira sent a private message to each of the three of them.

[Akira Kusano: If I were kidnapped one day, would you come to rescue me?]

【Wakaba Mutsumi: ...?】

[Wakaba Mutsumi: Do you need help now?]

[Kusano Akira: It's nothing, don't worry about me, I'm just bored.]

[Wakaba Mutsumi: Oh.]

[Wakaba Mutsumi: Where shall we meet this afternoon?]

[Akira Kusano: I'll tell you later.]

[Wakaba Mutsumi: Why do we have to wait until then to tell you?]

[Akira Kusano: For many reasons.]