In this situation, although Nakamura Mine wanted to fall asleep directly, unfortunately, although it was already night here, he came directly from the afternoon, so he couldn't feel sleepy at all.

thump~

"Ouch~ It hurts~"

A discordant voice sounded in this environment that should have been quiet, and Nakamura Mine, who could not stand this kind of thing the most, was alert all over. Before his brain could react, his body ran towards the door first.

"Let me out! It's a ghost again!!"

Unfortunately, the door of Fanxing has excellent sound insulation, and no sound can be heard from outside.

"Here is... oh, right! I came to the 'live house' opened by my senior to play~ burp~ But where is everyone? Hey!~ No one is here~ gulp~ That's a close call, if I had vomited directly on the floor, my senior would have killed me..."

At the same time, Ijichi Xingge, who was lying on the sofa and looking at her phone boredly, suddenly frowned and felt like she had forgotten something. However, after thinking for a while, she still couldn't remember it, so she simply gave up.

"Forget it. Since I can't remember it, it means it's definitely not an important thing." Then he continued to focus on his phone.

"This girl named Guitar Hero is playing better and better. If she is given more time, she should be able to reach professional level, right? No wonder Hongxia likes her so much." Looking at the guitar player on the phone whose half body was exposed, Ijichi Xingge, who was also a guitarist, couldn't help but sigh at the other party's speed of improvement.

"If only Hongxia had chosen guitar..." Ichichi Xingge muttered softly. She had been looking forward to teaching her sister guitar skills under her sister's admiring eyes, but Ichichi Hongxia chose the drum set, which she didn't know how to play at all.

Chapter 128: Ghost? Drunkard!

(Why is this guy here...)

Looking at the drunken woman in front of him who almost scared him to death, Nakamura Mine really wanted to kick her hard in the face, but thinking that she might vomit, Nakamura Mine gave up the idea. He didn't want to clean up the mess afterwards.

"Ah? Who are you, little brother?"

Nakamura Mine knew this Jagged-Tooth woman with a drunken blush on her face. She was the bassist, lead singer and leader of "SICKHACK", Hiroi Kikuri, so he was an acquaintance. To be honest, Nakamura Mine felt that there was no need to ask why this girl was here now. Anyway, she must have been drunk and lying in the corner and was forgotten by Ijichi Hoshika. In fact, this was indeed the correct answer.

"I am a visitor from the future." Nakamura Mine said calmly. After all, he was telling the truth.

"Ahahaha~ How old are you, little brother? Do you still have Chuunibyou?"

Looking at the guy sitting cross-legged on the ground, laughing and slapping his thighs, Nakamura Mine shook his head helplessly. He was telling the truth anyway, and there was nothing he could do if the other party didn't believe him.

"Hey, young man, do you want to have a drink too?" Hiroi Kikuri took out a box of sake from her pocket, which was cheaper than some mineral waters, and handed it to Nakamura Mine.

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"You are committing a crime." Nakamura Mine gave the criminal who induced minors to drink a cold look.

"Huh? You're still a minor, young man? Then just pretend I didn't say anything." Hiroi Kikuri immediately took the wine back, but she didn't put it back in her pocket. Instead, she put in a straw and drank it. When Nakamura Mine saw this, he snatched it away.

"You're so drunk and still drinking!" Nakamura Mine had never seen anyone with such a heavy drinker. If a normal person was this drunk, wouldn't he feel nauseous at the sight of alcohol?

"Hey~ Give it back to me, that's my hangover remedy~" Hiroi Kikuri stretched out her arms towards the sake that Nakamura Mine had taken away, like a little girl whose favorite toy was taken away.

"You're really talented at using alcohol to sober up." Nakamura Mine was speechless. Although he wanted to throw the thing in his hand into the trash can, and it was a cheap item, it was the other person's thing after all. Nakamura Mine couldn't resist and returned it in the end. Hiroi Kikuri, who was drunk at that time, seemed to be afraid of being robbed again, so she drank it all in one gulp, then exhaled a long breath of alcohol and showed a comfortable expression.

"It stinks..." Pinching his nose and fanning away the smell of alcohol in front of him, Nakamura Mine looked at Hiroi Kikuri with disdain.

"I advise you to drink less, otherwise one day you will find that your body has been eroded by alcohol." Nakamura Mine kindly reminded the other party.

"Hey, you're such a nice guy, bro. But no, I can't live without wine and bass anymore."

"Where's your bass?" Nakamura Mine looked around, but didn't even see the shadow of the bass that Hiroi Kikuri mentioned.

"Eh? Where's my Shuten-douji?"

"..."

"I lost it hehehe~"

"Hey!"

There was no other choice, so Nakamura Mine had to help Hiroi Kikuri look for her "Shuten Douji" everywhere in the store. After searching for more than an hour, Nakamura Mine finally found it in a place where goods were piled up.

"Wow~ Thank you so much, little brother~ I will definitely repay you when I get the chance." Hiroi Kikuri hugged her lost "Shuten-doji" and smiled like a drunk child.

"Yeah." Nakamura Mine answered perfunctorily without any hope. After all, he had to go back after the simulation. Even if this was real life, he didn't expect this drunkard to give him any decent reward.

"See you later, little brother. I have to go back quickly as well." Hiroi Kikuri stood up and walked towards the door, holding her bass. Nakamura Mine did not remind him of anything, but watched the show with his face in his hand.

"Ah? Huh? Why can't I open it, huh?"

"Don't try, the door is locked." Nakamura Mine told the other party the situation at this time. Hearing his voice, Hiroi Kikuri was stunned for a moment, as if she was digesting the information in Nakamura Mine's words.

Then she turned around slowly and put on a more serious expression.

"Although I want to repay you, brother, repaying you with my body is not enough..."

"What are you talking about! The door was locked from the outside by the manager. It has nothing to do with me, okay!" Nakamura Mine quickly dispelled the other party's speculation. He had no interest in this drunk guy.

"What? So that's how it is." Hiroi Kikuri returned to her cynical look again.

"But I'll let it go. Why are you locked in here too, little brother?"

"Me? I was taken in."

Nakamura Mine told Hiroi Kikuri the lies he had told Nijixia.

"Wow, wow, bro, you really have a tragic story, wow, wow~"

Looking at the crying Hiroi Kikuri, Nakamura Mine now felt guilty as if he was teasing a fool.

(Ah,... it's so noisy, but it's better than being alone.)

I don't know when it started, but he, who has always been alone, also began to be afraid of loneliness...

"Huh? Ryo, don't you know him?"

"do not know."

A very confident voice came from the mobile phone: Yamada Ryo. Ijichi Kouka could tell that Yamada Ryo was not lying, but the boy who was still in the stars didn't seem to be lying either, and the other party's understanding of Yamada Ryo was genuine.

"Liang, think about it carefully. Do you have any childhood friends that you don't keep in touch with much now?"

"No, Hongxia, you are my first friend." Yamada Ryo's cold voice came. Although the other party's words made her somewhat happy, the key issue now was the matter of Nakamura Mine.

Deep down, Ijichi Kouka didn't want to doubt Nakamura Mine. Although they had only been together for a short time, it didn't seem like Nakamura Mine's concern for Yamada Ryo was fake.

"Hongxia, have you been cheated?" Although Yamada Ryo's voice sounded a little tired, one could still hear the concern in it.

"Well... but it doesn't look like that..." Ijichi Hongxia also fell into deep thought. Yamada Ryo would not lie to her about such a thing, so the liar must be the boy named Nakamura Mine, but what was his purpose in doing this? It couldn't be just to stay overnight, right?

And this lie can be exposed with just one phone call or even a text message...

Chapter 129 Breakfast

In the morning, Yidi Chi Hongxia brought a breakfast and pulled her sister, who seemed to be still sleepy, to open the door to the stars. However, unlike the quiet and dim environment as imagined, the moment the two sisters opened the door, their ears caught a sound that was too harsh for the early morning.

"Yeah~!" Hiroi Kikuri happily shook her hands off the bass. Although her sweat had soaked her thin vest, her face did not show any signs of fatigue. Instead, she grinned, revealing her shark-like jagged teeth, and smiled at Nakamura Mine who was standing in front of the spare synthesizer in the Starry Shop behind her:

"So cool~ Let's sing another one!"

"Goodbye, my fingers are almost broken from pressing too much, and besides, we are free now." Nakamura Mine removed his fingers from the synthesizer and stretched them for a while before yawning and motioning Hiroi Kikuri to look in the direction of the door.

"Eh? Wow! Senior! You're too much. You actually forgot about me!" Following the direction indicated by Nakamura Mine's eyes, Hiroi Kikuri quickly found Ijichi Hoshika leaning against the door.

"Huh? How come you're here?" Ichichi Hoshika wondered if she really hadn't woken up yet, or if she had overused her eyes recently and had visual hallucinations. How could this drunken schoolgirl appear in her store at this time? And was she playing with that runaway kid just now?

"No way, your lovely schoolmate came all the way to Shimokitazawa to play with you!" Hiroi Kikuri was about to pester Ijichi Hoshika with a look of grievance, but was unfortunately interrupted by a skilled hand knife.

"Hmph! Forget it. Compared to this...were you playing a musical instrument just now?" Compared to how Hiroi Kikuri was trapped in the stars, Ijichi Hoshika was more concerned about this.

"I'm sorry, manager, I used your store's musical instruments without permission." Nakamura Mine said apologetically, while Ijichi Hoshika waved her hands to indicate that it didn't matter at all.

"By the way, senior, listen to me, this guy is really good at playing the keyboard!" When it came to this, Hiroi Kikuri quickly stood up and spoke.

"Wow~" Ijichi Hoshika looked meaningfully at the obviously proud Nakamura Mine. She knew that although she didn't know when her junior became an alcoholic, she had to admit that her bass playing skills were absolutely top-notch. And to be praised by this guy, one could imagine how good Nakamura Mine's level was.

"Not really." Nakamura Mine evaded the question complacently.

"Okay, okay, Nakamura-kun, you should come over and have breakfast first." Although Ijichi Hongxia also didn't know what Nakamura Mine's level was, she still decided to put the almost cold breakfast in front of Nakamura Mine.

"Oh." After all, he hadn't eaten since last night, and Nakamura Mine, who had played with Hiroi Kikuri all night, was quite hungry.

"Eh? There's no share for me?" Hiroi Kikuri looked at Ijichi Hoshika with sad eyes.

"Of course? We didn't know you were here." Ijichi Hoshika had no sympathy at all for Hiroi Kikuri who pretended to be pitiful. In her opinion, this girl deserved it. Moreover, when they first met, she was a pure girl who had never even touched alcohol. What on earth made her change into what she is now?

"I'll give you half." Nakamura Mine felt amused as he watched Hiroi Kikuri, who was trying hard to act pitiful. Besides, he had already known her for one night. Although it was precious food obtained from mother Ijichi Hongxia, he could still share it.

"Well, young man, you really are a good person." Hiroi Kikuri came over happily and patted Nakamura Mine on the back, and she did so with quite a bit of force.

"Don't give me cards casually." Nakamura Mine said dissatisfiedly.

The two of them quickly devoured the breakfast that Ijichi Kouka brought over, and Nakamura Mine clasped his hands together in gratitude.

"I'm stuffed."

"Huh? How is that possible? There's still a lot of empty space in my stomach."

Boom!

"I'm full too, thank you very much." After feeling the iron fist of love from her senior, Hiroi Kikuri expressed her gratitude honestly.

"Yeah." Ichichi Xingge responded with satisfaction on behalf of her sister who got up early in the morning and worked hard to make breakfast for everyone.

"By the way, what day is today?" Nakamura Mine glanced at the time on the clock in Fanxing and asked a few people.

"Wednesday."

Ijichi Kouka's answer made Nakamura Mine a little stunned, but looking at the cool outfits of the few people, he could roughly guess that it should be the summer vacation of Ijichi Kouka's first year. It might be around this time that Liang quit the previous band. He didn't think much of it before, but the skill of keeping warm in winter and cool in summer is still quite practical. He didn't realize it at first that it was summer.

"Nijiya, do you know where the 'live house' that Ryo's band is going to is now?" Nakamura Mine asked this very important question. Although it was quite interesting to get along with the former Ijichi sisters, he did not forget that the target of this simulation was Yamada Ryo, and now he hasn't even seen the other party.

"Hmm..." Ijichi Kouka thought of what Yamada Ryo said on the phone yesterday, that he didn't know anyone named Nakamura Mine, and she couldn't help but hesitate. She felt that Nakamura Mine was not a bad person, but she couldn't just say it out loud based on her feeling. It would be bad if it brought more trouble to Yamada Ryo, who was already very unhappy recently.

"Sorry, just pretend I didn't ask." Seeing the embarrassed expression of Ichichi Kouka, Nakamura Mine also had some understanding in his heart, knowing that his lie yesterday was exposed. Well, it was a lie that was easily exposed, so it was normal to be exposed. However, in the eyes of Ichichi Kouka, he should have become a liar, but he still made an extra breakfast for himself. The Archangel of Shimokitazawa really lived up to his reputation.

"Well, thank you for taking me in. It's almost time for me to leave." After brushing off the non-existent dust on his body, Nakamura Mine was ready to leave this familiar place.

"Nakamura-kun, can I ask you what exactly you want to talk to Liang about?" In the end, Ijichi Hongxia asked the question she wanted to know most.

Nakamura Mine paused and looked back at Ijichi Kouka, who had a worried look on her face, with a somewhat troubled and helpless expression.

Chapter 130 Here It Comes

"I just want to have a good chat with that guy..." Nakamura Mine no longer wanted to make up any lies to deceive the girl in front of him who had pure emotions, but if he told the truth, the other party would probably think of him as a psychopath at least with a second-year syndrome, so he could only think of answering with such ambiguous words.

"..." It seemed that she did not get the answer she wanted and Ijichi Hongxia fell into silence. In fact, what she couldn't understand was that even though Ryo had said that he had never seen such a person before, the other party seemed to know Ryo very well. Moreover, she always felt that the other party seemed to be equally familiar with her. After all, when talking to the other party, Nakamura Mine would occasionally show an attitude that was completely different from the familiarity he showed to someone he had just met.

After leaving Fanxing, Nakamura Mine wandered on the streets of Shimokitazawa with a slightly tired look on his face. He couldn't fall asleep last night due to the weird atmosphere in the "live house", so Nakamura Mine took the initiative to ask Hiroi Kikuri to play together for fun. Unexpectedly, both of them became addicted and didn't sleep the whole night.

"Well, where should I go now..." Nakamura Mine wandered around aimlessly. It was the first time for him to wander around alone in Shimokitazawa. He didn't know if it was because of this or because it was Shimokitazawa a year ago, but Nakamura Mine re-observed the various shops on both sides of the street and they were all full of freshness.

As he walked, Nakamura Mine came to the corner of a small alley. Thinking about how to find Yamada Ryo and let her reveal her inner thoughts, he almost bumped into a petite red figure that he was very familiar with. Fortunately, although he was thinking about something, he still reacted quickly and barely moved to avoid the other party, but...

"Kita!?" The cute red-haired girl next to him was, without a doubt, Kita Ikuyo, the lead singer and guitarist of their band. He couldn't help but feel speechless. He felt that if Goto Ichisato's house wasn't nearby, he might have met all the people who had ended the band and still not be able to see his target, Yamada Ryo.

"Eh? Who are you?" Kita Ikuyo was editing a selfie she had just taken on her phone when she was suddenly called out by an unfamiliar voice. She looked at the other person with puzzled eyes.

"Come, come, come, why are you in such a hurry..." Nakamura Mine shouted loudly to a few unfamiliar figures in the distance, then waved and ran behind them. Those people turned to look at him in confusion, but when they saw that they were people they didn't recognize, they ignored him and continued walking. Nakamura Mine followed them to another corner before turning around and walking back.

Then he saw Kita Ikuyo standing stiffly in place. Nakamura Mine clasped his hands together and apologized to Kita Ikuyo in his heart, but there was nothing he could do about it. After all, he couldn't make up any words to explain to her why he knew her name.

As for why Nakamura Mine turned back to observe Kita Ikuyo, it was naturally not out of any bad taste, but he knew that Kita Ikuyo used to be a fan of Yamada Ryo, and since the other party came to Shimokitazawa alone, the purpose was probably related to Yamada Ryo, so he felt that following Kita Ikuyo would be more effective than searching aimlessly.

After waiting for several minutes, Kita Ikuyo finally came back to her senses from the sudden blow. However, she had lost the mood to continue posting updates. Instead, she was walking alone in some clothing or accessories stores, one after another, but she didn't buy anything. Nakamura Mine, who had been following her secretly, was speechless.

When he thought about the "live house" not starting until the evening, Nakamura Mine felt exhausted. He had never been so bored when he accompanied the four girls from the light music club shopping before. Kita Ikuyo was not going to look at clothes, but to take pictures. Was she collecting materials for future events? Nakamura Mine leaned against the wall and looked at the clouds in the distance in boredom.

(Ah... those two clouds look a bit like Kotobuki Tsumugi's eyebrows...)

At the end of the day, Nakamura Mine fully realized what it meant to waste something, but the guy he was following was probably enjoying his youth, although in a way that he could not understand.

Kita Ikuyo looked around for who knows how many times today. She always felt as if no one was staring at her. She felt very uncomfortable, but every time she looked around, she found nothing and could only treat it as an illusion.

However, apart from the "incident" at the beginning that made her so embarrassed that she wanted to find a hole to crawl into, her mood was still quite good. Although her home was not far away and she came here quite often, it was rare for her to come to Shimokitazawa alone to hang out. Although it was lively and happy when she was with everyone, it was indeed not bad to wander around alone occasionally, and this was all thanks to that adult.

That’s right, it’s Lord Liang.

It’s all because of Lord Liang that I can experience the joy of shopping alone. Long live Lord Liang!

When she thought of Yamada Ryo's cold, handsome and very beautiful face, Kita Ikuyo's steps became a little lighter. In a while, she would be able to see that handsome figure again that people could never get enough of.

(However...Ryo-sama's recent performances don't seem as happy as before...)

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