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

She sighed, returned to Kita, and held out her hand, "Would you like some snacks? Today is an exception, it's my treat."

A while later, Kita and Ryo were sitting at the wooden table, and Lisa was sitting with them eating the freshly baked cake.

"(They said it was a treat, but it turned out to be made by Imai-senpai...)" Kita thought to himself as he licked the cream.

[Corrosion degree...75%]

Liang finished eating first. She put down her fork and looked at Kita: "We all know what's in Ikuyo's mind." Although she didn't see what happened between Ichiri and Shiko at the time, she could guess what happened after seeing the changes in Kita's relationship with the two people recently.

"Yeah." Xiduo nodded depressedly. She thought for a moment and said, "I haven't adapted yet."

"Well, well." Lisa cut another small plate for Kita, "Things like love are hard to deal with. If Yuukina did something similar, I wouldn't feel any better. Ryo, if Nijixia said, 'Compared to Ryo, Shiko is more important,' you wouldn't feel good either, right?"

Liang answered without hesitation: "Then I can just kidnap Shizi. Playing with women is a necessary skill for band members."

"Pfft." Although it was very light, the two still heard Kita's laughter. The two looked over and saw Kita put down her hand covering her mouth. Her expression was much more relaxed: "I should be able to...get out of it in a few days. Thank you."

"If you continue like this, you'll become a horn, Yudai." Liang held his cheek.

"Eh~ Then there will only be Ijichi-senpai left in the band, I don't want that~" Kita joked as usual, but he couldn't hide the depressed mood in his eyes.

In the distance, a group of four people walked towards this side with towels hanging around their necks.

"Haa ...

"We... seem to be working on a construction site?" Yazi was so tired that he began to shake.

Shiko and Ichiri followed behind them, not saying anything. They were like that anyway, so the two people in front didn't pay any attention. Just then, Shiko saw Kita sitting at the table.

She stopped.

"What's wrong?" Yili looked at her strangely. She was blocked by Hongxia. Hongxia and Azi heard it, stopped and turned around.

"I have something else I want to confirm. You go first." Shizi waved to the three people and walked quickly towards the airship.

Ichiri seemed to sense something and turned around, just in time to meet Kita's eyes. Kita immediately looked away. Ichiri looked at Kita, then at Shiko who was running away in the direction of the airship.

She stood there in confusion, not knowing which way to go.

Chapter 4 Willing to do anything

In the evening of that day, Shizi and Hongxia came back with a relieved expression on their faces, as if "it's finally over".

"It's done!" they announced. Everyone put down their bowls and cheered. During the time they stopped, they had already explored the surroundings, and the unchanging scenery gradually lost its interest. Of course, they were very happy to be able to continue on their journey.

"Where are the others?" Lisa noticed that a few people were missing. In addition to Ryo and Yukina who were responsible for guarding the airship, Ako who participated in the construction was also not back.

"Ya Zi said she wanted to do some decoration inside the airship," Shi Zi said, "It will probably take all night." Because she was already aware of her own design taste, she gave the decoration work to Ya Zi. Ya Zi also showed a corresponding enthusiasm, and after asking Shi Zi for enough materials, she locked herself in the cabin.

"Senior Yukina said that everyone should put their luggage next to the airship today, and officially move in tomorrow and then set off," Hongxia added.

"Okay~" Everyone agreed and quickened their eating speed. Lisa brought out two meals from the stove: "Eat quickly, keep it warm."

"I'm starting." The two of them lowered their heads and ate their food, devouring it in no time, without any elegance. They had been eating like this during the two days they were working on the construction site.

The two of them actually finished eating at the same time as everyone else.

After dinner, everyone went to move the boxes. Shizi and Hongxia wanted to help, but Saya stopped them and said, "You have worked hard these two days, let us do the rest." Hearing this, the two happily accepted and sat aside to rest.

"Ha... let me lie down for a while." Hongxia lay down under a coconut tree. As soon as she lay down, she saw a coconut hanging above her head, swaying. She quickly got up, patted her skirt, and said to Shizi, "I'll go pick some fruit nearby." Shizi nodded, and his eyes followed her as she disappeared into the depths of the dense forest.

The evening breeze after work was particularly refreshing. The wind blew through the trees, making a rustling sound that made people feel itchy. Shizi sat there, staring at the sky in a daze. After a while, Kita came over alone, carrying a box and a bag on his back. Seeing her, Kita's face changed, but he finally nodded and slowly left.

Kita's arms felt a little sore. Carrying a heavy box and a backpack, she soon felt a little tired without much physical effort. Fortunately, the airship was already in sight. The airship was all white, with a simple and beautiful streamlined design. The wings were painted with the logos of the band End and Roselia, giving it a modern feel that was completely different from the raft and hot air balloon before.

There was a person standing under the airship, who looked like a small ant compared to the airship. As Kita approached, she saw that it was Yukina. Ryo was on the other side. A box had been placed next to Yukina.

"Put it here." Youxina pointed to the box beside him.

"Okay." Kita put down the box and bag, took a long breath, and wiped the sweat off his forehead, "There's not much left."

"Yeah." Youxin nodded, "Thank you for your hard work."

Kita hurried back, putting down her burden, Kita's steps were much lighter. She gradually walked into the depths of the dense forest, and there was no one around. Relying on the road signs she had made in the past two days, she walked towards her usual residence.

Suddenly, she stopped, her face turned cold, and she suddenly turned back. Sparks began to burn around her.

The woods were silent. But Kita didn't let down his guard. Suddenly, several vines shot out from the darkness and rushed towards Kita! The flames burned them up in an instant, and then followed the vines to devour their source -

"Wait wait, just a joke, just a joke." Shizi jumped out of the bushes covered in dust.

When Kita saw her, he was slightly startled, but soon returned to his indifferent expression, only slightly softened, without saying a word, just extinguished the flames on his body. Seeing her reaction, Shizi hesitated again and again, and took the initiative to talk: "Uh... I'm here... to talk about something." She tried to take a step closer.

Kita didn't move. "Well, what is it?"

"It's just... a matter of one mile."

Kita closed her eyes: "...There's nothing to talk about. I had no hope from the beginning." She turned away, seeming to have lost interest.

[Corrosion degree...80%]

"Wait!" Shiko yelled. Kita stopped. Shiko wanted to speak, but couldn't find the words for a moment. What could she say? Kita liked Ichiri, and Ichiri liked her, so was she going to say something like "I won't monopolize Ichiri"? This would be a serious insult to both Ichiri and Kita. However, even so, although she did have feelings for Ichiri beyond friendship and idol, for Kita - "I, I don't want to lose Kita."

Shiko walked behind Kita, "If this were in reality, Kita would have already left the band, right? I...can't imagine the band ending without Kita."

Kita turned his back to her and shook his head, "No. Even if I'm back in reality, I won't leave the band. Even if I have to keep my distance from Goto-san for the rest of my life, I don't want to leave her."

"Even so, I don't want to become distant from Kita!" Shiko felt that she was almost acting like a spoiled child to Kita. She didn't know what to do, so she could only show her feelings to Kita without reservation in order to gain her forgiveness. "I like Ichiri, but I like Kita just as much! I like Hongxia! I like Liang! I like everyone! I don't want to become awkward with others because of any one person - what should I do! As long as there is something I can do, I am willing to do anything!" She got closer and closer to Kita and grabbed Kita's hand.

Kita paused slightly, turned around, and gently stroked Shizi's face. A trace of sadness appeared on her face: "I have never hated Wu-san, and Wu-san never owed me anything. No matter what you do, it's useless. Goto-san chose you from the beginning. I just came late, that's all."

She put her hand down, turned around again, gently pulled her other hand away from Shizi, and walked slowly: "I still think that classmate Wu is my friend, one of my best friends. It is me who has become alienated."

"Maybe, I really am turning into a Yin horn."

[Corrosion degree...90%]

Kita's figure disappeared into the night.

"I..." Shizi wanted to catch up with Kita, but his feet couldn't move at all.

The forest was pitch black, with terrifying shadows all around. The wind blew through the trees, making a miserable howling sound.

In the distance, the sound of two people talking quietly could be heard.

"Ah, I'm about to fall... Thank you, Sayo."

"It's okay. It's still a bit difficult to move two boxes at the same time."

"Yeah. But it would be much more convenient if there was someone around."

The next day, everyone found Shiko wearing an orange-yellow wig, a headband, and a student uniform early in the morning. Ryo said that this was Sayori's outfit in "Doki Doki Literature Club". When asked why, she didn't answer, but just talked like Sayori, acted like Sayori, and was cute and energetic, and it was impossible to tell what she was thinking. Kita was chatting and laughing with people as usual, and still kept a natural distance from Ichiri. Compared to the previous few days, she seemed to be much better.

"The sun is shining, the wind is gentle, and today, let us gather here... Oh, forget it, I won't read it!" Shizi threw the manuscript in his hand and said, "Just announce the start of the housewarming ceremony! Applause!"

There was a burst of laughter from the audience. Shizi stood on the newly built podium, with a cleared space behind him and a magnificent airship that almost completely filled the space. Apart from this meaningless ceremony, the only thing left to do was to move the luggage - just a few boxes of musical instruments - in.

"Everyone, just go in and take a look!" Shizi waved to everyone, raised his right hand, and knocked on the wall. On the side of the cabin, a sealed door slowly opened, and a series of stairs slowly lowered from it, stopping just on the ground.

Ako was standing behind the door with a middle school pose: "'Eternal Night', Seien Sie herzlich willkommen."

Lisa tilted her head: "What does this mean?"

Yazi was depressed: "Warm welcome..."

It looked like the all-nighter hadn't affected her energy at all.

Shizi energetically led the others into the spotless cabin and introduced all the rooms and facilities one by one.

The cabin is divided into two floors: the first floor has a recording studio, restaurant, and entertainment room; the second floor has 30 high-end guest rooms, which are noble and luxurious, satisfying all of Shizi's beautiful imaginations of upper-class life. Of course, she did not neglect safety. Emergency escape devices can be seen everywhere in the cabin, each room can be connected, and the windows on the bulkhead can be opened at any time with screws, which is convenient for fighting.

"Everything is fine, but... isn't it a little too dark?" Kita said. Every few steps there is an oil lamp embedded in the wall, which is the only light in this place. The poor light can only illuminate a small area, and most of the area is still shrouded in darkness.

"Well... I did try to build an electrical system, but that thing is wind power generation, and it can only be used after the 'Jia Jiuzhou' takes off." Shizi waved his hand, took out a piece of golden jade slip, lit it up, and illuminated an area.

"Ah!" Kita and Hongxia immediately huddled together. The decorations around them were mostly skeletons, demons, and the like. They were not Halloween-style, but more like Western horror movies. Although they had seen many weirder and scarier monsters, they were still shocked to see such decorations in such a place.

Shizi immediately looked at Azi. Azi raised her head proudly. She had had a bad feeling last night when Azi asked her for so many dark decorations, and now it was confirmed: Azi had stayed up all night and successfully turned their future residence into the Demon King's Castle.

Besides, no matter how you think about it, the name "Jia Jiuzhou" looks cooler, right?

"This is..." Liang was not affected by the decorations. He walked to the wall and pressed a raised button on the wall. Immediately, a piercing alarm sounded throughout the space. Everyone quickly covered their ears. Shizi waved his hand and the alarm stopped.

This time it was Yazi's turn to explain: "When you press the button, a signal will be generated on the surface of the enchanted material and transmitted to a device to serve as an alarm. In this state, the enchanted magic will also react automatically, sacrificing its duration in exchange for maximizing the reinforcement of the airship's structure."

They arrived at the command center "Polaris" at the front of the airship. It was about the size of a conference room. In addition to the portholes, there was a rudder, large and small display screens and control consoles, and various knobs and levers on them. "It looks like it will take at least a dozen people to control this place." Yukina said.

Yazi quickly explained: "No, no, no, all the consoles here are just for decoration, they just look cooler."

"Is it... Mr. Wu's idea?" Linzi walked to the control console and found that there were indeed no labels next to the buttons.

"Yeah." Ako looked at Shiko and found that she had no expression on her face and was staring at Kita intently. "Shiko-san?" she reminded.

"Ah, yes." Shizi came back to his senses, regained his vitality and liveliness, and continued to do his work as a leader, "Then follow me to the next place!"

"Shiko?" Youxina noticed something, but Shiko did not respond.

Liang followed the team. There was one thing she hadn't said before:

Sayori is a character who suffers from severe depression.

Chapter 5 Even so

Reaching for the Stars

I have looked up at the starry sky countless times

Colorful like a rainbow

Keep each one in mind

One day I was like a child

Try to touch the stars

But accidentally hurt the other one

The stars are crying, sorrow is like a song

Bumping around, a mess everywhere

How to do?

tell me.

When Yili got up, she found a poem beside Shizi's pillow. She didn't want to peek at it, but she couldn't help it and secretly picked it up.

Yili followed Shizi in silence, and they visited every room in half-darkness.

"Well, let's move all the luggage up now!" Shizi returned to the exit and was about to walk out.

"Wait!" Yili, who had been silent all the time, suddenly grabbed Shizi's clothes.

"?" Shizi turned around. Everyone looked at Yili. Yili lowered his head and said timidly: "Kita-san also...wait a moment, okay?"

"Huh?" Kita covered his heart.

Seeing this, Youkina walked around Shiko and came to the front: "Then let's go move our things first." Everyone understood and filed out. Soon, only Iri, Shiko, and Kita were left in the cabin.

"What... is it? Goto-san." Kita tried to force a smile, but failed a little.

Ichiri turned around and suddenly bowed deeply to Kita: "I'm sorry! Kita-san!"

"Eh...? What are you doing all of a sudden..."

"After that day, I never had a proper talk with Kita-san."

Kita's pupils trembled, and his face darkened: "There is no need to talk about it anymore."

[Corrosion degree…95%]

"We want to talk!" Ichiri suddenly shouted, blocking all of Kita's responses, "It's wrong to hurt everyone because of my willfulness!"

"..." Kita and Shiko were both silent.

Ichiri took a step forward and grabbed Kita's hand: "I told you, Shiko is my sun."

“The sun is warm and great, but I am more than just the sun.”

"I don't regret it at all. I accepted Hongxia's invitation, joined the band, and then met Kita-san."

"When I first met Kita-san, I didn't dare to talk to him because he looked too bright and a creature like me would turn into ashes if I approached him."

"What can I say at a time like this..." Kita didn't want to recall the past experience.