Mygo, are you all yanderes?

I don't have time to play house with this rich girl.

Dwelling […………]

The terrifying nightmare pounced on Toyokawa Shoko, tearing the Toyokawa Shoko in her dream to pieces.

She woke up with a start, screaming and sitting up abruptly. Even with such a loud noise, the drunken man showed no concern whatsoever; he simply mumbled something and turned his face away.

Toyokawa Shoko just sat there with a blank stare, the old clock ticking away with its second hand, sounding especially lifeless in the excessively quiet environment.

After a long while, she seemed to come to her senses and took two deep breaths, as if she had just barely escaped from drowning.

Her pupils dilated suddenly, and she quickly covered her mouth to block out the fragmented sobs.

Two lines of clear tears streamed down her face, hitting the floor.

"I'm sorry... I'm a cold-blooded devil... I'm sorry..."

It was unclear who she was talking to; the girl simply cried and repeated the same thing over and over again, seemingly possessed.

Volume 1: Chapter 12. Opening the Box

Lying on her soft bed, Nagasaki Motoyo continued to harass Toyokawa Shoko with text messages, just like always.

Ironically, although Crychic initially kept messaging Toyokawa Shoko in the hope that she would return, this behavior has now become a daily routine for Nagasaki Motoyo.

If you suddenly ask her to stop this behavior, she will feel uncomfortable.

【Wakaba Mutsumi: Suze, are you there?】

With a ding, a cucumber flower icon popped up.

While writing a short essay for Toyokawa Shoko in Nagasaki, Wakaba Mutsu suddenly sent her a message.

Nagasaki Motoyo clicked on Wakaba Mutsu's chat box with some surprise, wanting to see what this cucumber girl had to say.

You should know that Ruoye Mu is the kind of person who would never take the initiative to contact other people. Unless something really important happens, her account is basically a half-robot account.

Even the few contacts between the two were basically initiated by Nagasaki Motoyo; Wakaba Mutsu never initiated a conversation with her.

Today, Wakaba Mutsumi surprisingly sent a message to Nagasaki Motoyo, which naturally piqued her curiosity.

[Nagasaki Motoyo: Oh, what's up, Mutsu?]

Nagasaki Motoyo rolled over and typed each word carefully on the screen to reply to Wakaba Mutsu's message.

After sending the message, Wakaba Mutsu disappeared again. Nagasaki Motoyo waited for a while and then got bored, so she started looking through their chat history.

Upon closer inspection, Nagasaki Motoyo discovered that her chat history with Wakaba Mutsu was shockingly sparse.

With just a slight swipe, you reach the top. The limited chat history lacks any warmth or friendliness; it's all cold and impersonal, like the work-related conversations between office workers.

Nagasaki Motoyo looked at the chat history, feeling somewhat hesitant.

Looking at it this way, isn't her contact with Wakaba Mutsu too infrequent? The chat logs are almost entirely about Toyokawa Shoko, and there's never any atmosphere like a normal high school girl's chat.

Even the number of times Nagasaki Motoyo chatted with her 'superficial friends' in the Moon Forest far exceeded that of Wakaba Mutsu.

It's clear that Ruoye Mu and she have a better relationship.

Upon closer reflection, ever since Toyokawa Shoko left, Wakaba Mutsu has been all alone, and I've never seen her speak to anyone.

Even when speaking on campus, he would only exchange a few words with Nagasaki Motoyo.

Even Nagasaki Motoyo, every time she talked to Wakaba Mutsumi, it was about Crychic and Toyokawa Shoko, and she never took the initiative to care about Wakaba Mutsumi's own thoughts.

Thinking about this, Nagasaki Motoyo felt a pang of conscience.

8. She seems a bit too cold towards Ruoye Mutsu. They are friends in Crychic, but she has never paid attention to her.

Ling only contacts Toyokawa Shoko when he needs information from her, which is almost like he's using Wakaba Mutsu.

But before long, Nagasaki Motoyo shook her head frantically, trying to clear her mind of all thoughts.

Once Nagasaki Motoyo truly saves Crychic, she will definitely apologize to Wakaba Mutsumi.

Moreover, by then, whether it's Takamatsu Akari, Wakaba Mutsumi, or even the cold-faced but warm-hearted Shiina Tatsuki, they will all be happy because of Crychic's revival.

With this in mind, Nagasaki Motoyo's determination to revive Crychic became even stronger.

[Wakaba Mutsumi: Do you know where Akira lives?]

At this moment, Ruoye Mu's chat interface, which had remained unchanged for a long time, was updated, and the first sentence was a sentence without any beginning or end.

When Nagasaki Motoyo saw Wakaba Mutsu's message, she frowned her beautiful eyebrows in confusion.

Although she knew that Wakaba Mutsumi was not very good at speaking, at least what she said in the past was within Nagasaki Motoyo's comprehension.

But today's statement is so absurd that even if Nagasaki Motoyo could see right through the screen, she still couldn't figure out what it was trying to say.

'Where does Ming live...'

Where does 'Ming' live...?

'bright'

Nagasaki Motoyo gently bit her lip, analyzing the message conveyed by those words.

Nagasaki Motoyo suddenly remembered that Wakaba Mutsu had come looking for her at the RIG entrance during the day, and the person with her at that time was named 'Akira'.

∴′。 ． ●÷＄≥蒐索￥：With a tentative thought in mind, Nagasaki Motoyo slowly typed in a question.

[Nagasaki Motoyo: Who is Akira? I don't really know. Could it be the boy who was with me during the day?]

This time, Nagasaki Motoyo didn't have to wait long; Wakaba Mutsu replied to the message almost instantly.

[Wakaba Mutsumi: It's him.]

As expected, Nagasaki Motoyo's guess was correct; Wakaba Mutsumi was looking for Kusano Akira.

But... why does Wakaba Mutsumi want to find Kusano Akira? They've only just met, haven't they?

Feeling increasingly confused, Nagasaki Motoyo walked out of the room with a headache to the refrigerator, took out two tea bags, and took them to the kitchen to boil water.

While waiting, she asked Wakaba Mutsu more questions, but unlike before, she now had a bad feeling.

[Nagasaki Motoyo: Why do you want to see him, Mutsumi? This is your first time meeting, isn't it?]

It's important to understand that even though they co-founded Crychic, their relationship wasn't close enough for Wakaba Mutsumi to ask Nagasaki Motoyo for her home address—of course, if Wakaba Mutsumi asked, she would definitely give it to her.

But now, Wakaba Mutsumi is actually asking for Kusano Akira's home address.

She actually asked for the address of a boy she had just met. Ruoye Mu had attended all-girls schools since she was a child, and even so, she couldn't talk to other girls.

Despite being so socially awkward, she actually asked Nanagi Motoyo for Kusano Akira's address, even though their first impressions of each other when they met last night weren't very good.

Did something else happen to them after that?

But only a short time had passed, and Kusano Akira arrived at her house at the same time as her, so they shouldn't have had time to meet.

【Wakaba Mutsumi: I want to see him.】

what?

Upon seeing the message, Nagasaki Motoyo was stunned for a moment. She hadn't even noticed that she had been pouring water from a kettle full of boiling water into her cup until the cup overflowed and the boiling water spilled onto her hand. Only then did she belatedly realize what had happened.

"So hot!"

Scalded by the high temperature, she quickly released the kettle, temporarily ignoring Ruoye Mu's astonishing statement, and rushed anxiously to the bathroom.

Nagasaki Motoyo turned on the tap and quickly rinsed the scalded area with cold water. Only after she was sure the tingling sensation had disappeared did she reluctantly pull her hand out and turn off the tap.

Surprisingly, her hands did not show any burn marks as she had expected; instead, they remained fair and smooth, as if they had never been burned.

Since her hand was alright, Nagasaki Motoyo stopped worrying about it and attributed it all to good luck. She then went back to the living room and picked up her phone, which was lying idle on the sofa.

[Nagasaki Motoyo: Why do you want to see him?]

Nagasaki Motoyo bit her thumb, pondering all the possibilities.

[Wakaba Mutsumi: Doesn't Suze know?]

A terrifying possibility suddenly flashed through Nagasaki Motoyo's mind.

Speaking of 2, although I hadn't paid attention to 4 before, I overlooked this matter, but Kusano Akira is actually the only male in this band.

It's amazing that a guy could stay in a band that was all girls except for him for so long, and no one seemed to think anything was wrong.

Even reliable people like Shiina Tatsuki and sensitive little animals like Takamatsu Akari didn't notice this, and Takamatsu Akari seems to be very attached to Kusano Akira.

Every time Kusano Akira went to the rehearsal room, she would stick to him. Even Toyokawa Shoko couldn't get Takamatsu Akari to do that back then.

After chatting together on their way home these past few days, Nagasaki Motoyo was starting to think that Kusano Akira was essentially a good person.

However, the sudden news from Wakaba Mutsu made Nagasaki Motoyo realize that something was wrong.

Thinking about it this way, Kusano Akira and Nagasaki Motoyo often read those shoujo manga where the scumbags look a lot alike.

Moreover, he's all talk and no action, completely embodying the most scheming and scumbag male character from a shoujo manga.

That day, she was telling Nagasaki Motoyo that she didn't have many friends before, but she got along so well with Chihaya Aine, so she didn't seem like someone who didn't have friends.

How could someone who has no friends possibly have such a pleasant conversation with someone of the opposite sex!

Chihaya Aine has been completely manipulated by his words!

The more she thought about it, the more reasonable her idea seemed. Nagasaki Motoyo hurriedly brought the cup to her lips, took a sip, and then regained her composure.

Now that things have come to this, it's not hard to guess why Ruoye Mu suddenly wanted to search for Kusano Akira's address.

It must be that Kusano Akira saw Wakaba Mutsumi's face today, and lust took advantage of her, seducing Nagasaki Motoyo without her knowledge.

However, there was still one thing that Nagasaki Motoyo couldn't understand—how did Kusano Akira manage to find Wakaba Mutsumi in such a short time and completely deceive her?

Keep in mind that they had only been separated for less than five hours, and Kusano Akira had only been separated from her for less than three hours.

That's outrageous! A child as innocent as Muhe Deng would surely be completely fooled by such a bad person.

Nagasaki Motoyo was now convinced by her own words and completely believed in the view that 'Kusano Akira is a super liar scumbag'.

She gritted her teeth in hatred, her eyes flashing with furious flames.

And then there's Chihaya Aine, she looks so naive, she's probably one of those who were fooled by Kusano Akira too.

As the only person currently in the know, Motoyo Nagasaki feels obligated to protect these naive girls.

Just as Nagasaki Motoyo was about to say she didn't know, as the first step in her plan to cut off Wakaba Mutsu's hopes,

A few words drifted from Ruoye Mu's direction, interrupting all her plans.

No need, I understand.

Eh?

Nagasaki Motoyo's once unwavering belief quickly faded as if doused with cold water.

She stared in disbelief at the words on her phone. (Old)

How did Mu know that?

...strip

[Wakaba Mutsumi: Do you know where Akira lives?]

Huh? Si

Shiina Tatsuki looked at the message sent by Wakaba Mutsu with a completely incomprehensible expression.

She was comfortably sitting at home, having just opened a can of chilled coffee, continuing her music composition work.

But just as she was getting into the zone, Ruo Yemu suddenly sent her a strange message, pulling her out of her reverie.

Shiina Tatsuki couldn't guarantee how close he was to Wakaba Mutsu, nor could he say how well he understood her.

However, as a former member of Crychic, Shiina Tatsuki felt that she had a good understanding of the side that Wakaba Mutsumi had shown to them.

In her memory, Ruo Yemu was the kind of girl who was quiet and rarely contacted people. Unless something very important happened, you would almost never see her.

Moreover, Ruoye Mu is not the kind of person who is timid in real life but very lively and cheerful online. She almost never speaks online.

In particular, Shiina Tatsuki is not the type to actively contact others, so she is probably the one in Crychic who has the least contact with Wakaba Mutsumi, besides Takamatsu Akari.

So even during her time with Crychic, she and Mutsumi Wakaba rarely kept in touch privately.

Not to mention today, long after Crychic disbanded.

So Shiina Tatsuki was quite surprised by Wakaba Mutsu's sudden letter; she never imagined that Wakaba Mutsu would take the initiative to send her a message.

When Shiina Ritsuki opened Wakaba Mutsu's chat box with great curiosity, her curiosity instantly turned into doubt.