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

Then, right before Hikaru's eyes, her chest was pierced.

Chapter 6: Using a transparent umbrella to circle out a world of one’s own

After listening to Hua Lian's narration, everyone fell silent.

This emotion is too heavy and too sad.

Layer held Hualian's shoulders. "I understand your feelings." Of course she understood. The most important friend left without knowing why, leaving her alone. Such a future would be too painful. She also slowly told Hualian about her experience. As she was talking, she thought about whether her wish to form a band with Duohui could be realized. She suddenly felt sad and shed tears secretly.

"Okay, okay, now it's a celebration banquet, let's think of something happy!" Hong Xia quickly changed the subject, "Come on! Serve the food!"

Lisa hurriedly served the dishes. MASKING wiped her tears and wanted to move the dessert, but Hongxia stopped her: "Move it after dinner, there's no room on the table."

"Gurgle~" Someone's stomach growled at the right moment. Shizi noticed that CHU's face suddenly turned red. A few seats away, Youxina raised a goblet filled with wine-red juice: "Then let's have dinner to celebrate the success of the Live and Aishiro's memory recovery."

"Oh——!" Everyone raised their glasses.

Amidst the laughter and joy, Karen gradually returned to normal. She looked around from left to right. Shiko was helping Ichiri pick up some fried chicken, and Kita was not to be outdone, so Ichiri's plate was piled with chicken nuggets. Ichiri looked trembling and didn't dare to refuse. Going over, Konisha blushed as she helped Ryo cool the food down before feeding it to her. Ryo herself gladly accepted it. Rinko glanced at the two people next to her, and seemed to have made up her mind. She whispered something to Ako, whose face was redder than the tomato juice in her hand. She shook her head frequently, as if she was practicing drumming with her pigtails. Sayo didn't care at all, and her plate was piled high with fries, but the others seemed to have gotten used to it and didn't care. Yukina secretly passed the bitter melon on her plate to Lisa, who then secretly took it back with a wry smile. CHU? Chewing the beef jerky in big mouthfuls, Karen couldn't help but worry about her teeth. PAERO served CHU? one dish after another, and the common point of all of them was that they all contained beef jerky. LOCK, who was a rustic eater, was eating a salted rice ball in small bites. MASKING stood up and added half a bowl of fried rice to her bowl - this was the only meal she made today, and the rice grains were golden and fragrant, and very popular. LAYER elegantly lifted her long hair and put a piece of sushi in her mouth.

Hua Lianxiao took a sip of the sour plum soup, and the corners of her mouth curled up unconsciously.

Maybe it would be nice to join them.

But do I need to learn a musical instrument or something?

She quietly asked Shizi: "Xiao Shizi, is keyboard easy to learn?"

Shizi thought for a moment and said, "Hua Lian, if you want to learn a musical instrument, guitar is a better choice~"

"Guitar?" Hua Lian gestured as if she was playing the guitar in her hands.

"That's right." Shizi followed her movements, closed his eyes, and played the guitar randomly. "I feel that Hualian is more suitable to be the lead singer."

"But there's no need to learn a musical instrument just to be like us," Shizi opened his eyes, "It would be more fun to form a band. When you meet your friends again in the future, why don't you try to form a band with them?"

"Yeah." Hua Lian nodded. Looking at Shizi's face, she suddenly thought of something, but her eyes flickered, and she didn't ask on the spot, but just hid a little doubt in her heart.

The next few days seemed to be no different from before. The girls were still practicing their new powers, still playing music, and still eating together.

The only difference is that Hualian remembered the reason why she lost her sparkle, and they need to help her reproduce based on this.

"Puff!" The sound of the sword piercing the bark. Hua Lian's cavalry sword had not yet been slashed, and she kept trembling as she kept moving forward. A strand of brown hair fell. Shizi's long sword was only a few inches away from piercing her skull. A drop of cold sweat slid down her cheek and dripped onto her clothes.

Shizi drew out his sword, swung it and let it dissipate in the wind: "It still doesn't work."

Today, she tried to fight with Hua Lian in a real duel, trying to stimulate Hua Lian's potential in a life-and-death battle. Anyway, she was confident in her own strength, and Hong Xia was secretly supervising from the side, so there would be no problem.

Hua Lian put down her sword and leaned on the ground: "I'm sorry..." In terms of pure swordsmanship, she is better than Shizi, but after all, Shizi can use his abilities, and she is just an ordinary person now, and it is common for her to be suppressed throughout the whole process. In the battle, she always felt that she was walking on the edge of life and death, and there seemed to be something in her heart that was restless, but she just couldn't break through that layer of obstacles.

"It's okay." Shizi comforted and handed Hualian a wet towel.

Hua Lian took it and wiped the sweat off her forehead: "Or... you guys should just leave quickly. You still have your own things to do, right? I'll just stay here." Her expression seemed very indifferent.

"No." Shizi raised his hand and put a finger on Hualian's lips, stopping her from saying anything else. "It's not your request to revive you, but we just want to do it. There will always be a way, okay?"

A blush crossed Hua Lian's face and she took a step back: "Okay...Okay. Thank you very much."

Hong Xia hid in the dark, watching this side, silently complaining in her heart: "(How come Xiao Shizi is so skilled... Can you give me back the innocent and socially anxious Xiao Shizi from the past...)"

Suddenly, a thunderclap sounded in the sky. A drop of rain fell on Hong Xia's cheek, feeling cool. Although their heads were completely shaded by the tree canopy, the branches were dead and the leaves were gone, so the effect of shielding from the rain was not good. She came out of her hiding place and pretended to have just come from the airship: "Come to eat--"

Shizi heard her shout and looked over. The sky had just turned gloomy, and big drops of rain fell to the ground, dotting the gray sand with faint ink.

"Oh..." She looked up at the sky, waved and held up an umbrella, "Let's go back."

She naturally supported Hua Lian. Hua Lian looked a little uncomfortable, but she didn't raise any objections in the end. Just like that, the two of them walked in front of Hong Xia.

Hong Xia's temples throbbed, but she quietly got into the still slightly spacious umbrella. At least Shizi didn't deliberately shrink the umbrella, so the two of them didn't have to stick too close to Shizi.

Hongxia exchanged glances with Shizi: "(You did this on purpose, didn't you?)"

"(Please forgive me. I only dare to do this now because Hualian is in a difficult position. Once she recovers and reunites with Xiaoguang, I won't have any chance at all~)" Shizi's eyes looked very innocent.

"(Don't do that!)" Hong Xia suddenly had a stomachache, "(Don't forget what your relationship is with Xiao Boqi and Xiao Kita!)"

"(Hey~ Is there any problem? Isn't it normal for good friends to hold a shared umbrella~ Hongxia, you are here too~ Could it be you~)" Shizi's eyes were full of childlike innocence.

"You two seem to have a very good relationship." Hua Lian suddenly spoke up. She watched the two of them exchange glances for a long time, but she still couldn't understand what they meant. This was something that only people who were really familiar with each other could do.

"Eh - is that so?" Hong Xia was stunned and whispered to herself.

"That's right." Shizi hugged Hongxia tightly, and a brown cat-ear wig appeared on his head. He shouted, "Hongxia - I love you the most -"

“Hey, hey, hey, are our characters reversed—!” Hong Xia tried desperately to push away the face that was approaching her.

Hua Lian looked at the two of them with envy. She thought of Xiao Guang again. Xiao Guang, where is she now? What is she doing?

Will she...think of me...?

The smile on her face had already worn off. No, Aicheng Hualian, if I cry here... She turned her head and saw a swaying pink figure in the rain.

A person walked towards this side. Although Kita told Shiko that he could turn into an umbrella and there was no need to worry, he still couldn't help but come over. A water curtain was propped up above his head, catching the rain. Looking up, it seemed as if he was under the water, like a dream.

When I meet Shizi later, I’ll go see this scenery with her.

Then, he looked down and saw Shizi, Hongxia and Hualian holding an umbrella, with Shizi still clinging to Hongxia.

"Eh?"

Hongxia saw Yili coming and her dazed eyes.

The sound of rain gradually got louder.

The Shizi hanging on his body was stiff and unable to move.

"Pfft." Hong Xia covered her mouth. She suddenly understood Liang. If Liang was here, she could eat three bowls of rice just by looking at this scene. She would probably say...

"That's right, this is it!"

"That's right!" Hongxia pointed to the side, the direction where the voice came from. She saw Liang Zhen standing there, holding an umbrella in his arms, taking pictures of this place.

"How did you get here?" she asked.

"It's always here." Liang kept clicking the shutter, taking countless photos from various angles. Hua Lian even made an awkward face at the camera.

Hongxia squeezed out from Shizi's arms, ran towards Liang, covered her mouth and pulled her away, leaving only Yili, Shizi and the innocent-looking Hualian there.

That night, neither Ichiri nor Shizi showed up at the dinner table.

Chapter 7 I Don't Know

Shizi was only punished by not being allowed to have dinner for one day.

Although she was completely capable of cooking for herself and Yili did not specifically supervise her, since she felt guilty inside, Shizi did not resist.

"Why do I look like a tracheitis?" In the empty room, Shizi muttered to herself in melancholy while looking at the starry sky outside the window. Please, there is nothing I can do about it, okay? They are all her favorites, although I feel differently about Ichiri, but! She pushed up her nose clip and put on the plain glasses that had just appeared, and said loudly in the voice of Hoshimi Junna: "It's impossible to choose only one person - Takasaki Yuu!"

She suddenly squatted down, hugged her head and whispered to herself: "Chunchun would never say such a thing... so embarrassing..."

"Huh?" The door suddenly opened and Hua Lian appeared behind it. "I seemed to hear a familiar voice just now..."

Shizi immediately stood up and said, "It was just hallucination."

"Really?" Hua Lian was skeptical.

"It was just an auditory hallucination." Shizi said sincerely.

"Really?" Hua Lian recalled the voice she had just heard.

"It was just an auditory hallucination." Shizi looked sincere.

"Okay..." Hua Lian's cheeks twitched and she slowly backed out.

After being disturbed by Hua Lian, Shi Zi lost the desire to entertain himself. "(What should I do...)"

Very hungry.

Since I didn't eat, I didn't have the energy to practice fighting. Should I practice keyboard? I practiced for a long time today, so I don't have much motivation for the time being. Should I go find someone else? It feels a bit awkward to find Ichiri now. Kita also had a murderous expression on his face before. If I find someone else... I always feel like Ichiri will suddenly appear at the door.

That’s not right… She suddenly remembered that she was the one who took the initiative to greet Yili at the beginning, so why now… However, she thought of the scene at the Sea House again.

It’s so magical! Why is my memory completely blank? It’s like some protection mechanism has been activated.

Oh, fate.

Anyway, at least I can't go out today. There are a few CDs in the room, but they can't be played, so I just keep them as a souvenir. I've also finished writing the letter to my other self. The library... I've almost sorted out the historical materials, and there's still some finishing touches, but I have to go out. If I go out, I don't know if I'll meet someone there, for example, Rinko might be there.

Wow... Shizi missed the Internet so much. Even though it was a shithole, and even though she was much happier without the Internet, it was still better to have a computer at a time like this, right? A cell phone would be fine too? It's been a few years in real life, I wonder if the anime of a certain gal who has been drawing cakes for who knows how many years has been released... Has the Hen Card been aired yet...

With all kinds of messy thoughts in his mind, Shizi washed up, changed into pajamas, and fell on the bed.

It was not her usual bedtime yet, and she was hungry and couldn't sleep. She stared blankly at the ceiling in the dark and sighed. She didn't expect that a otaku like her would get bored because of staying at home.

Sure enough, it’s better to have a computer, right? A mobile phone will also work? In reality…

No, no, we’re back to square one again.

My consciousness was spinning in my mind, and finally I opened the map.

Let's take another look.

The map had been in her mind for so long that she was already very familiar with it. So, as soon as she opened it, she noticed something was wrong.

The location has changed.

Whether it is Poppin'Party or Shengxiang.

Poppin'Party is located on the seaside of the Coast Mountains. The terrain there is complex, and it is probably difficult for them to move. There has been no significant change for a long time. But now it is different. Compared with the last time I checked, their location has moved significantly.

"And... six people?" Shizi stared over and found that the five light spots had turned into six at some point.

She looked at Shengxiang again. The number of eight people had decreased again. It was now seven people. Could it be that someone over there fell into a wormhole or something and ran to Popipa? She searched the map in detail again, but found another light spot a little further away from the eight people of Shengxiang.

"One person left the group...and then, there was one more person on Popipa's side. It was that person who gave them the ability to move quickly." Shizi got out of bed, kicked off his slippers, opened the door, and went straight to Hualian's room.

She knocked politely on the door and waited patiently.

"Here I come~" There were hurried footsteps, banging against the wall, something falling to the ground, and then being straightened. Shizi kept a blank expression and saw the door suddenly open. Hualian, wearing pajamas, stood behind the door. She looked a little lazy and had no hair accessories on her head, as if she had just gone to bed.

Seeing Shizi, she showed a dull surprise on her face: "Why is little Shizi here... Is Xiaoyili okay?"

"Why do you say it like it's pornographic..." Shizi complained, "Let me in quickly. I'm afraid Yili will show up someday now that you're saying that."

“You’re the one that’s causing this kind of atmosphere…” Hua Lian stepped aside to let Shizi in, then gently closed the door.

Shizi was standing by the wall. Hualian went back, pulled out a chair, and asked Shizi to sit down.

"What's the matter?" She saw the seriousness in Shizi's eyes, went to the bedside table, picked up the crown hair accessory and put it on. Her aura immediately changed, she became a little more energetic, and sat down at the head of the bed.

Shizi held up a miniature sand table and said, "Look at this."

Hua Lian followed her gaze and looked towards Sheng Xiang, and immediately found something wrong: "This is..."

"I just saw it." Shizi looked at Hualian, "Who do you think was the one who left?"

But she saw Hua Lian looking at the light that had separated from the group and didn't speak for a long time.

"I...don't know," she said.

How could she know?

Her first reaction was Xiaoguang. Xiaoguang came to see her. She thought so.

However, the future that she had accidentally seen flashed through her mind again.

Xiaoguang...will he really come to find her?

she does not know.

She had never known what was going on in Xiaoguang's heart, whether it was when he first spoke to her, when he took her to see "Starlight", or when he decided to go to Dun Dun.

She had been worried for more than ten years. When she and Xiaoguang parted ways, they made a promise to become stars together.

For more than a decade, she has been wondering whether Xiaoguang remembered this agreement or not. Is it possible that... she is the only one who remembered it?

When Xiaoguang's figure appeared on Shengxiang's podium, she suspected that she was still in the extension of her dream.

Great... So Xiaoguang... remembers it as well...

But now, she couldn't understand Xiaoguang again.

In the future, why will Xiaoguang leave?

Obviously, we are so happy to meet again...