Why play in a band if you don't form one for life?

Of course Shizi knew where they went.

This world has a timeline that is independent of reality. Some people already exist in the world at this point in time, and they return to their respective places.

And for some people, their time here has not yet begun, and they return to their own future.

Shizi tried his power as a demigod again, it was all there, without any decline.

She suppressed her excitement, stood up, pushed open the door, and walked through a long and narrow corridor.

Standing at the door, I could already hear noises coming from the hall, as well as a voice I hadn't heard in a long time.

My hands and feet are shaking.

My heart was beating so hard it was about to tear itself apart in my chest.

But she still walked out slowly.

That person was right there, being hugged by everyone who had just finished the band, still at a loss.

"What the hell is going on? He suddenly picked me up... Wait, wait, it's going to fall over..."

She was a young woman wearing a blue jacket and jeans, with short brown hair and brown-red pupils. She had a gentle and amiable feeling all over her body.

Shizi could no longer hold back his tears and cried out her name:

"Ms. Marina...!"

Chapter 69 Please Take Care

Six people sat in a circle around the round table in the CiRCLE lobby.

"..." Marina was dizzy after listening to Shizi's story, "Wait, wait, let me try to sort out your words."

"First, you all came back from one year later," Marina counted on her fingers, "and then I died a few months later, and then you met a god, and then a few months later you also died. Were you sent back by that god?"

"That's right." said Shizi.

"Hmm... Hmm..." Marina obviously still couldn't understand for the time being, "I tend to believe you... After all, it's only been one night, and you feel completely different. But..."

"Proof, right?" Shizi immediately understood and snapped his fingers toward the window.

Marina looked over, and before she could ask, she saw the sky suddenly change, as if sunset had arrived early, the setting sun fell from the sky, and after a flash of white light, when she regained her vision, a hill in the distance had been flattened.

"……what……"

Marina believed it completely.

At the same time, give up thinking.

They did not go out that day.

Nijika and Kita stayed with Marina all the time, telling her in detail about every detail about the future.

Yili and Shizi sat on the sofa together, enjoying the quietness of the moment. Shizi lay on Yili's lap.

"At that time, when Kita and I were drowned by the black tide, I really accepted my fate." Ichiri still felt a little scared when he recalled it, "But giraffes can really reverse time..."

"After all, the price is the sleep of another me." Shizi enjoyed the warmth comfortably, "I'm sorry I couldn't be with you at that time."

"Shizi has to protect everyone, I understand." Yili stroked Shizi's long hair and looked out the window. All the monsters were flown or scared away by the previous nuclear explosion. Now it was very peaceful outside.

She couldn't help but worry about the status of others: "How are they?"

"Hmm..." Shizi imagined, "Roselia originally came at about the same time as us, and is probably still at their riverside now. The same goes for Popipa. RAS and Hibiki probably won't show up for a few months, and the same goes for Seihsho."

"Come to think of it, I'm a little worried about Yukina's mental state." Shizi said, "She watched you all die one by one with her own eyes...without knowing if she can act again."

Ichiri noticed Shizi's choice of words: "Could it be that Shizi knew about the re-enactment from the beginning?"

"Yeah." Shizi also felt that there was nothing to hide, "Nana has performed it several times, so I know. I thought about it from the beginning. If I could successfully send you out at that time, it would be good, but I would definitely come back to revive Miss Marina and Miss Araki. If it doesn't succeed, like now, I will take everyone to perform it again to this point and think of a new way."

"So, how do you plan to solve Miss Marina's problem?" Liang suddenly popped up, "Just imitate Nana's ability and chop her with a knife?"

Even though Liang was standing next to him, Shizi still had no intention of getting up from Yili's thigh. Yili turned his face away, but did not object.

"I thought it was that simple." Shiko conjured up Nana's wakizashi and played with it in her hands, "But Ms. Marina's brilliance is CiRCLE itself. If we sever her connection with CiRCLE so roughly, she will lose her brilliance. I need some time to study it."

Hong Xia didn't bother Marina for lunch or dinner, and insisted on cooking by herself: "To us, Miss Marina is the most important benefactor and elder. At least today, let us repay you well!"

She was wearing an apron, with her hands on her hips, looking up at Marina with a firm and cute look, and Marina had no choice but to give in.

Hongxia went into the kitchen, but not long after, she came out quietly and pulled Shizi in.

The kitchen was clean and spotless. The range hood, kitchen utensil rack, several large pots and gas stove were all hardly ever used.

"What's the matter?" Shizi looked at the empty chopping board, "No fuel?"

"No." Hong Xia looked a little ashamed. "I just realized that after being together for so long, Ms. Marina knew what we liked to eat, but I didn't know what Ms. Marina liked to eat..."

Shizi opened his mouth, but could not utter a word.

A feeling of shame also rose from the bottom of her heart.

She looked outside, her eyes sparkling with gold: "Let me see what she thinks... Well, cigarettes, chocolate, coffee, these are all the ingredients. I'm going to have bad associations..."

"Let me not ask you what that association is," Hong Xia was a little embarrassed, "Chocolate can't be used as a main meal..."

"I heard that there is a dish in the United States where meat is wrapped in chocolate..." Shizi recalled.

"This kind of horrible thing should be left in your memory." Hong Xia waved her hand, "At least I'll grind a cup of coffee. I remember what kind she liked."

She began to prepare: "Any ideas for other dishes? We have come back from the dead, so we have to do something to celebrate, right?"

"I'm not actually dead so I don't have any thoughts. Ask them." Shizi didn't leave, just watched Hongxia prepare, "What does it feel like to die?"

Hongxia shuddered when she recalled it.

Shizi understood and gestured: "Sorry, you don't have to recall it."

She shook it off.

"Hongxia asked what you would like to eat," she said to the people sitting in the hall, "after all, you have been resurrected once."

"Celebrate..." Kita understood, and then remembered something, "As usual, we should hold a live show when celebrating, right? It just so happens that Ms. Marina hasn't watched our live show yet at this point in time!"

"Right!" Shizi tapped his palms, "Then let's have a live show tonight? It's just in time for us to do another soundcheck at CiRCLE!"

Marina nodded: "Again... Oh, yes, you passed my audition in the future. Oh, it's weird to say that - Shizi-san also joined the ending band, right?"

"Yes." Shizi replied, "Keyboard player."

"You don't seem to have brought your keyboard?" Marina stood up. "I'll take you to the warehouse to look for it."

"No need." However, Shizi raised his left hand to stop her, and pressed the black and white keys in the air with his right hand. The keys floated in the air and made a beautiful sound. "I have my own."

Marina was stunned for a moment.

"Come to think of it, I also changed my guitar." Kita said, and conjured up her [Desperate].

Liang also proudly took out her bass. She wanted to take out the other one she got in the Golden Land, but then she remembered that it could not play with her.

Seeing that everyone had taken out their musical instruments, Yili followed suit without knowing why.

“Everyone can…” Although she already knew about Ryo and Ichiri’s abilities yesterday, Marina was still a little surprised to see that everyone had this ability.

"Wait a minute!" Hong Xia somehow heard the conversation here and poked her head out from the kitchen, her aho-mane hair swinging wildly. "I just realized that I'm the only one in the band who can conjure up musical instruments! Only I, the captain, can't! When you traveled through time, you all brought musical instruments, but I was the only one holding a pair of drumsticks! What is this, intra-team bullying?"

Shizi's voice suddenly became low, and a sword appeared in her hand: "Then I'll help you tune it..."

"No thanks, thank you very much." Hong Xia hurried back to concentrate on cooking.

Looking at the five people making noise, Marina suddenly laughed.

"What's wrong?" Kita asked.

"Nothing." Marina covered her mouth lightly, "I just feel that you two do have the feeling of having been together for a long time, and I feel a little lonely."

Several people looked at each other with smiles.

"It was only one year." Shizi said, "We can still be together for many years in the future. By then, this one-year gap will not be a big deal."

"Yes." Marina nodded to everyone, "Then please take care of me~"

ps: I saw that there are only a few chapters left. They will all be updated tomorrow. It will be finished soon.

Chapter 70 New Plan

「ぶちまけちゃおうか星に」 (Tell everything to that star!)

On stage, the band's first song ended.

The five of them waited expectantly for Marina's reaction.

At the beginning, they used "Guitar, Loneliness and Blue Planet" for the audition here, and of course they will not change it now.

There was only amazement in Marina's eyes: "Incredible... Your level is undoubtedly at a professional level. Without an audience, it's hard to believe that you can really reach this level."

"After all, I am a genius." Shizi raised his head proudly.

"The success of the band can't be the result of one person's efforts," Hong Xia complained, "But, although my skills are not as good as those of Shiko-chan, Ryo and Pochi-chan, at least I'm not lagging behind."

"Me too." Kita took a sip of water, "No matter how hard I try, I can't be as good as Minato-senpai and Layer-san, but I'm not the rookie I was before."

"Ms. Marina," Hongxia looked down at the audience again, "Is the sound check going to be okay?"

“Of course!” Marina said, and then half-jokingly asked, “Did you try your best?”

"Of course!" Kita responded nostalgically, "How could I not try my best!"

"That's no problem!" Marina clapped her hands, "Can you sing a few more? You must have written quite a few songs in the past year, right?"

The five of them looked at each other and nodded. Kita picked up the pick again and said, "Please listen to our second song, 'Never Wake Up'!"

Their celebration did not end until late at night.

After playing a few songs, Kita simply invited Marina to play with them. The six of them squeezed onto the stage. Although there was no one in the audience, they still enjoyed the music.

Shizi sat on the rooftop, enjoying the cool breeze, still recalling the previous happiness in his mind.

That feeling of everyone's music blending together as one is, indeed, so incredible no matter how many times I experience it.

However, we cannot indulge in this kind of time.

She still has things she needs to do.

Shizi's entire body was covered in a silver-white mecha, and he flew toward the horizon amid a roar.

"Giraffe, mark the location of Montenegro."

She flew above the clouds, looked down at the dark earth, and spoke to the giraffe in her mind.

A map appeared directly on the display screen inside the mecha.

"Thank you." She looked at the map, adjusted the direction, and flew over there.

At this point in time, Montenegro naturally still exists.

Wanting to beat it up again is naturally one of the purposes. After all, I haven't vented enough of my resentment from last time.

But at the same time, she was thinking of something else.

When Black Mountain was swallowed by Xing Tian, it did cause great changes in Xing Tian.

Although it did not emerge from the earth afterwards, Shizi estimated that it was only one step away. As long as it swallowed a few more monsters, it would be able to truly activate and become a fighting force comparable to a demigod.

But there is more to it than that.

Shizi landed in front of the sleeping Black Mountain.

It felt Shizi's breath, the earth trembled, and it slowly woke up.

If they fight the demon wolf directly, they will fail due to the symbolic inequality. So what if they fight a consciousnessless puppet instead?

The demon wolf is the aggregation of all the negativity in human history, but Xingtian is at most just a pile of stones, and that kind of symbolism is meaningless to it. At the same time, its power is strong enough, so just let it challenge, while he, Nana and Youkina guard the others and hide in other places. This is Shizi's current plan.

……

On the plain, by the river.

Yazi searched in the bushes and said, "Found it!"

She scooped up a bunch of berries in the hem of her skirt and returned to the rest of Roselia's group.

Yukina sat on the ground, her original injuries had disappeared without a trace, but she still sat on the wooden stake, just looking at the ground, like a sculpture.