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

Shizi blinked and said, "It seems that you didn't realize it before... And you are more concerned about Hinata than Sayo, who has lived with you for so long..."

Yili walked in at some point: "So, they have that kind of relationship..."

"Well, to be honest, we actually have that kind of relationship..." Shizi complained, then suddenly realized and stopped talking.

The door had been closed at some point. Now, there were only three of them in the room.

There were only three of them.

No one spoke. An unspoken silence filled the room.

Shizi swallowed his saliva. His heartbeat started to accelerate unconsciously.

In order to ease the atmosphere, the three of them held a poetry recitation meeting.

"…After much calling, she finally came out, still holding the pipa and covering her face. She turned the axis and plucked the strings three or two times, and the melody was already emotional before it was completed. The strings were suppressed and the sounds were full of thoughts, as if she was telling about her life's frustrations. She lowered her brows and played the music casually, telling all the infinite things in her heart. She plucked and plucked the strings gently, first playing "Nichang" and then "Liuyao". The big strings were noisy like heavy rain, and the small strings were soft like whispers. The noise and softness were mixed, and the big and small pearls fell on the jade plate. The orioles chirped under the flowers, and the gurgling springs flowed under the ice. The ice springs were cold and the strings were frozen, and the sound stopped for a while. There was a different kind of deep sorrow and hatred, and at this time, silence was better than sound. The silver bottle suddenly broke and the water splashed, and the iron cavalry rushed out with swords and guns. At the end of the song, I put away the pluck and painted carefully, and the sound of the four strings was like tearing silk. The boats on the east and west were silent, and only the autumn moon in the middle of the river was white..."

On the other side, the crowd gathered at the door of the Japanese food room gradually dispersed.

"Yes, we still have things to do. Poppin' Party," Yukina turned to Kasumi and the others, "It looks like you haven't picked out your rooms yet. I'll go and help you choose."

"Thank you." Arisaki nodded to her. She looked like she couldn't wait to leave.

Several people passed by.

Lisa's eyes lingered on Yukina's back for a moment longer. Hongxia was the only one who noticed all of this. So Hongxia came to call Lisa: "Lisa-senpai, shall we go cook? There are more people, so we need to cook more today."

"Ah good."

Along the way, Lisa rarely spoke. Hongxia skipped ahead, her bright yellow ponytail reflecting the sunlight and swaying in the air.

"We have finally united all the forces that can be united. Next, we will go to the ruins that Senior Cherub pointed out before..." Hongxia imagined her future plans. She turned around and glanced at Lisa. The latter still had the same friendly smile, but there was a little loneliness between her eyebrows.

"..." Hongxia suddenly changed the subject, "Senior Lisa, are you thinking about Senior Youxi?"

"Ah..." Lisa was startled by this sudden question, then smiled bitterly, "I can't hide it from you."

Without Hongxia asking, Lisa confided in her: "Although Shiko and the others had already become like this before, now that I see Hinata and the others really doing this, I suddenly realize that it turns out that girls can really have such a relationship."

Hongxia nodded: "So, Lisa-senpai wants to confess to Yukina-senpai?"

Lisa chuckled, "Hongxia, you're too quick to understand... Well, I don't know when my feelings for Youxina became like this."

That being said, it is a default.

"Then you'd better hurry up." Hongxia deliberately provoked her, "It seems that Senior Youxi is very popular."

However, Lisa shook her head slightly.

"I'm... scared." She whispered, "I'm afraid that if I really say it, our relationship will never be the same again. What if Youxi really doesn't have such an idea, I will have to distance myself from her, and what will she do in the future? And Roselia will definitely be affected..."

Her hand was gently squeezed. It was Hong Xia.

"So gentle." From Hongxia's eyes, Lisa saw herself pretending to be calm.

Hong Xia turned her head and looked out the window again, gazing at the blue autumn sky: "Maybe... I rely on her more than I thought."

"Yukina-san! Did you know? We were at the beach..." Not far ahead, Kasumi was chattering to Yukina. However, Yukina, who had been glancing at her hair, was now a little absent-minded.

Airships are prone to echoing. Besides, Yukina has very good hearing.

However, nowadays some people would rather become deaf on the spot.

Pareo tried to plug her ears with her wig to avoid hearing the blasphemous sounds behind the door. Although Hualian didn't understand anything, she still tried to encourage her.

CHU? turned away with disdain: "Boring. I wanted to see Hina Hikawa's guitar skills, but it seems I can only do it later... PAREO, let's go, band practice."

"Yes!" PAREO staggered around, only to hear CHU?'s roar, "LAYER? LOCK? Where have you been?"

Hua Lian shrugged and pointed carefully in a direction: "As for them... they just followed Poppin' Party."

"Huh?"

MASKING yawned in boredom: "I'll go to the kitchen too..."

Chapter 13 The Genius Next Door

It was dinner time when Shizi finally held onto the door and stumbled out. Her clothes were not very neat, and stains could be seen underneath them, but at least she was clean because she had used Kita's bathroom to take a shower before leaving.

"Dazing off--" Her eyes were empty and she pushed open the door of her room without thinking about anything.

There is only dim starlight inside.

"Ah? It's already this late..."

There were no windows or clocks in Kita's room, so it was impossible to tell the time. Kita wanted to hang a mechanical clock, but the difficulty was too high for Shizi, so he rejected it.

Shizi's stomach growled at the right moment, and she remembered that she hadn't even had lunch.

"Let's go eat..." Shizi thought of something, stepped into the bathroom and looked in the mirror. After making sure that there was nothing unusual from the outside, he went out and set out on the road to the bar again. "I wonder if their dinner time has passed and if they left any food. If not... I'll try to make some fried rice? I shouldn't have the attributes of hell cuisine... right?"

Walking up the aisle at the edge of the cabin, the wind was a bit strong.

"Draught? But it's clearly a confined space..." Shizi was puzzled and continued to move forward, only to see that the cabin door was still open.

"Oh, it wasn't turned off before?" Shizi walked over, grabbed the handle, and was about to pull it back.

At this moment, another gust of cold wind rushed in, causing Shizi to suddenly shudder.

The glass window of the cabin door reflects the eternal figure of the giraffe.

Shizi's eyes became confused. Something that she had not noticed before just surfaced in her mind, just like the traps in the questions that she discovered after taking an exam.

"When did Poppin'Party... join? And how did they... get to know each other?"

In the previous few hours, she reviewed and noticed too many discords one by one.

"Looking back, I naturally forgot what I was supposed to do today. Even if it was just because of my emotions, it's still..."

Shizi let out a breath, forced himself to clear away all distracting thoughts, and calmed himself down.

In the glass window, her eyes match those of the giraffe.

"This time too, thanks to you," she said.

The giraffe didn't respond.

"Is it an illusion, or pure memory modification?" she asked.

The giraffe remained silent.

"Hina and Popipa, are they real?"

The giraffe says nothing, it just exists.

Shizi twitched his face.

"Okay." She closed the hatch. "Nothing to say..."

She continued walking towards the bar. If she wanted to think, she needed sugar.

Sure enough, there was no one here. Shizi poured himself a glass of juice and ate some dry bread to fill his stomach.

The question is: What exactly is happening to you?

First, Shizi thought of the illusion. Because whether it was the sudden appearance of Hina or the existence of Popipa and the others, it was so bizarre. However, it was easy to confirm this. She had now gotten rid of that inexplicable influence, and she just had to go and confirm the status of other people.

She snapped her fingers. The next moment, a shrill whistle sounded throughout the boat.

"Woo--Woo--"

The lights were flashing.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?" A few minutes later, someone came running over in a hurry, "Student Shizi?"

It was PAREO. Soon, others appeared one by one, with expressions of dissatisfaction and panic on their faces.

Shizi looked at them and nodded: "It seems that it is not an illusion."

She ignored the inexplicable looks from others, stopped the disco wind and light effects on the entire boat, stood up, and paced slowly: "That is simply tampering with common sense and reshaping memory."

"And there is probably a manipulator behind this." She looked at the crowd. Everyone was gathered here, except for one person.

Glacier night.

The only one here was her twin sister, Hikawa Hina, who looked at Shiko with a mysterious smile, as if she was watching a show.

"Originally, there were many things that needed to be considered, but now, the answers are in front of us." Shiko walked forward, passing by PAREO, CHU?, Yukina and others who were as unaware as puppets. "I should have thought about it earlier. When did we become abnormal? Who will benefit from this change? Am I right? Hina?" She stopped in front of Hina, their cheeks only a few centimeters apart. Shiko stared into Hina's eyes, trying to find the answer from her eyes.

Hina's emerald green eyes met Shiko's without blinking or avoiding.

"What's wrong?" She chuckled, her eyelashes fluttering, "Are you so fascinated by Hina-chan that you can't take your eyes off her?"

"Yeah." Shizi nodded generously, with only sincerity in her eyes, "Because Hina is cute."

Hina narrowed her eyes, seeming very happy.

"Then I'll tell you," she walked around behind Shizi, "I did it all. I just asked you to do your own things and not disturb us. Everyone else is normal, but I didn't expect you to... But your relationship has been further improved, and you don't have to bother introducing yourself, isn't that great?"

Shizi followed her and began to revolve around a center: "If possible, I still hope to let these things develop naturally."

"This is a natural progression." Hinata emphasized, "I just let you guys do your own thing."

"Hmm~ Even though I said that, I still feel a little complicated." Shizi continued to spin, "I don't know whether I should be happy or at a loss. Hina, is your ability mind control?"

Hina shook her head. "My ability is called [Why are you doing this?], and it's just telepathy. But this ability just gives me a universal key to open the mind. As long as I can touch the soul, I can control anything I want."

"As expected of the 'little genius next door'." Shizi curled his lips, "It's definitely not that simple for ordinary people... But now, you've done what you needed to do, right? Can you let them go? Let's not talk about others first, Roselia and Poppin'Party, they are all your friends, right? And PAREO, she's your fan, her fan power is even higher than mine."

"What are you talking about?" Hinata looked confused. "I finally got to meet my sister again, and this amount of time is far from enough."

Hinata stood still and moved closer to Shiko, "From now on, my sister has never been in this world. From the beginning, it was me who traveled with everyone."

"That's it. Xiao Shizi, can you just treat it as it is?"

Shizi noticed that there was no joking in Hina's eyes.

She was serious from beginning to end.

Seriously, I want to completely possess my sister, from her body to her soul, to her interpersonal relationships, to her existence.

Chapter 14: Yamabuki Bakery

Shizi smiled happily.

She raised her hands in surrender. "That's it." Her eyes sparkled. "So heavy, so yandere—ah, Hina, I like you so much. I agree."

Hinata nodded with satisfaction: "That's good. Otherwise, I will have to do something dangerous to eliminate the hidden danger~"

Shizi narrowed his eyes: "Really? Now everyone's food, clothing, shelter and transportation have to rely on me?"

"But in order to be with my sister, I can't care so much." Hina clapped her hands, letting the others wake up slowly, "Well, from now on, please take care of me, Xiao Shizi~"

She waved and left.

Shizi stared at her back for a long time without saying a word.

"Sister Lisa! What are we eating today?" Ako's voice came from behind.

"Ah, I haven't started cooking yet. I'll go cook something simple now."

Sha Ling said at this time: "Wait, let me cook."

"No, no, no, it's my turn today."

"Let me do it." Sa Ling insisted, "Thinking back, I don't think I've cooked since I joined here. Although my ability can only be used to bake bread, you can also try to look forward to it."

"Then... I'll just look forward to it."

"Saiya wants to bake bread? Then I want to go too!" Kasumi was full of energy. Shizi heard someone standing up and the sound of a chair sliding away.

"Yes. Shizi, can you please help me?"

Shizi turned around, his expression normal: "Okay. But what do you want to do?"

"You know, my abilities..." Sha Ling reminded.

Shizi slapped his head and then remembered: "I see. Sorry, I forgot. Let's go then."

Amid the rest of the group's anxious stomachs, Saaya, Shiko, and Kasumi set out for the kitchen.

Xiangcheng skipped in front, humming the song she had just made up: "Pineapple buns, croissants, cream buns..."

"Big meat bun~" Shizi sang along.