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

However, Sayo was unusually coy.

"Saya?" Lisa suddenly had a guess, "Could it be..."

Shizi raised her hand directly: "Okay, Sayo proposed to lock her up with Hinata, I will vote in favor first, what else?"

Saya turned away in panic, "I didn't... well... it's just that, rationally speaking, it's most appropriate to lock Hinata in my room... that's all."

Hinata moved again. She turned back and stared into Sayo's eyes dully, her dry eyes slightly moistened.

"Well..." Lisa said with an "I understand" expression, "I have no objection..."

"I have no objection..." Hong Xia also raised her hand with a gentle smile.

"No, it's really not what you think..." Sayo completely lost her usual composure and became flustered, "It's just... supervision, supervision..."

"Okay, okay." Even Youxina smiled, which was rare for her. "I agree."

Liang even raised her hand early. Her other hand was pressed against her face to stifle laughter.

Kasumi still didn't quite understand, but since everyone raised their hands, she wanted to join in the fun. However, just when she raised her hand halfway, Arisaki pushed her down and said, "Um... can we raise our hands?"

"After all, our situation is a bit special." Sha Ling was also a little embarrassed. Although everyone came here to find them in the beginning, they joined the crowd under mental control and had just gotten rid of the control and were not fully awake.

CHU? He glanced at them and said, "Hmm? Of course you can? Why not?"

"Then..." Duohui also raised her hand high.

In the end, only one person objected.

PAREO.

She looked sad and covered her eyes with her pink and blue wig. It seemed that what Hina said earlier had no effect on her at all.

After further discussion, everyone decided to lock Hinata up in Sayo's room for now. As for the sentence, they could release her by voting when everyone felt it was enough.

After everything was discussed, everyone formally thanked Shizi and PAREO.

Over the next few days, order gradually returned to normal.

During the brief time when Hiina was in control of the entire ship, the airship remained in a hovering state. Because Shizi was trying to solve Hiina's problem at the time, it would be bad if the airship ran around again, went to some inexplicable place, and caused some inexplicable new problems.

Now that the problem has been solved, the airship started again. According to the original plan, after finding Poppin'Party, they should return to formally carry out revenge. However, before leaving the Garden of Eden, they received new information from the cherubim: there is another relic of their generation further north in the area where Poppin'Party originally lived. As for that place, because it is too far from the Garden of Eden, they don't know much about it, and only know a name - the distant golden country.

Since there is such a relic, they naturally want to explore it. Their power has indeed increased greatly, but it is not to the point where they can kill Heishan, who did not dare to fight at all, as a small fish. The more opportunities to gain power, the better.

The rest of the team also formally informed Poppin'Party and Hina about CiRCLE and Ms. Marina. Kasumi had kept Ms. Marina's letter hidden until the matter was resolved, and then she finally breathed a sigh of relief and read it with the other teammates. Shiko didn't bother them, but when she saw them the next day, their expressions were visibly depressed. Shiko didn't know how to comfort them, and based on experience, it was better to let things take their own course.

Shiko was now standing outside Sayo's door. She was not going to see Sayo, but to see Hina. This was her first visit to the prison since then.

In order to transform Saya's room into a prison, Shiko designed a lock for Saya's door. The two secret doors on the wall were not sealed, after all, they were designed for emergency use, but they were also locked, and Saya kept the three keys herself. Other than that, there were not many changes, except that Shiko gave them a bigger bed and a bigger bathtub. During this process, Saya didn't say a word. She wanted to object, but she was afraid of being teased further, so she could only hold the hand of Hina, who was still like a puppet.

At that time, seeing Hina like that, Shiko didn't have any interest in teasing. Today, she planned to have a good talk with Hina. However, before she could knock on the door, the door opened inwards, and Sayo walked out. She was a little surprised to see Shiko standing outside the door.

"Huh?" they both said at the same time.

"Ah... I'm here to look for Hina." Shizi said.

Sayo looked inside: "Pareo classmate just came over."

The curtains in the room were wide open, letting in sunlight, but Ricai did not sit by the window where there was plenty of light. Instead, she huddled in a corner of the table, silently savoring the snacks brought by PAREO.

"It's delicious, with a 'crunchy' feeling," Hibiki licked the crumbs on his fingers after finishing his meal, "Thank you, little Pareo. Back then, little Pareo also gave me a box of fish, right? Thank you then and now."

"As long as Hina likes it." PAREO sat with Hina in the shade. Her hair color was still blue and white, and her pupils were also Hina's support color.

Hinata looked at her look and suddenly laughed at herself: "Little PAREO, didn't I tell you? I'm not a paspale anymore."

"But, Hina-chan is still Hina-chan," PAREO was not moved at all, "She is still the very cute Hina-chan that PAREO likes."

"Besides, when we return to reality, Hina-chan will return to Paspale, right?"

Seeing PAREO's expectant eyes, a complex expression flashed across Hina's eyes. However, she soon smiled again: "That depends on whether the agency agrees."

"But..." She gradually regained some of her original spirit, "Since I still have little PAREO as a fan, then I will continue to be this idol!"

Outside, Sayo and Shiko were leaning against the door, waiting for PAREO to come out.

"Mr. Wu, although I have already said this before, I still want to say it once again as a personal matter," Sayo looked at Shizi seriously, "Thank you for your assistance this time."

Shizi waved his hand indifferently: "It's okay as a partner. And..."

She pulled down her eyelids. “I really only did this for myself.”

Before Sayo could answer, Pareo came out with tears of satisfaction on her face. Seeing the two of them, she quickly restrained her expression, said hello briefly, and left. Shizi nodded to Sayo and entered the room.

ps: I wonder if the solution to the incident is too simple...

Chapter 24 You Are Similar to Me

There was no difference in smell between the room and the outside. Sayo always paid attention to ventilation and never slacked off on personal hygiene.

There weren't many more personal belongings in the room than before, just a few more photos on the wall, which were taken recently.

Hinata was still sitting there, staring at the photo of her and her sister on the wall. There were two drinks on the table. Hinata's drink was half full, but the other one across from her was barely touched. There was a snack box in the middle of the table, and the one near Hinata was half empty.

"Can I have a piece?" Shiko asked standing next to Hina. Hina seemed to have just noticed Shiko and nodded.

Shizi picked up a macaron and took a small bite: "Delicious~"

She sat down, stroked the table with her left hand, and produced a plate of French fries: "I just remembered that I should bring something, so I can only make some French fries temporarily. They are definitely not as delicious as freshly made ones, but the quantity is large and filling."

Japanese also took three: "I haven't had French fries for a long time, it's great that I can eat them."

For a while, both of them were busy eating and didn't talk much.

After being satisfied, Shizi washed his fingers in the small bowl he had just created: "Is there anything else you want? I can satisfy you."

Hinata tilted her head back and thought for a long time: "Hmm~ I can't think of anything."

"Don't you want to ask me, or are you really satisfied?" Shizi asked.

"Hmmmm..." Hina swallowed the mouthful that was full, "There's really nothing else I want."

"Before, I was always afraid that if I didn't keep a tight control on my sister, she would leave me for unknown reasons like before. But now, my sister will take the initiative to stay by my side, which is enough."

"Hmph~" Shizi narrowed his eyes, "Remember, Saya's previous request was 'Please save Hina'... or something like that."

"Hmm? Doesn't that mean you can defeat me?" Hinata tilted her head. "Didn't you already do that?"

Shizi shook her head. "No, I think she wants you to give up that practice on your own initiative. Now we are forcing you to stay here, which is not what she wants." Shizi looked at Hina, whose green eyes sparkled like cat's eyes in the dark. "If you were allowed to regain your abilities now, what would you do?"

Hinata replied nonchalantly, "Then I feel more at ease with what I did before, provided that you are not here. As long as you are not here and there is only little PAREO, I can slowly deal with it."

Shizi was not surprised at all. Rather, she would be surprised if Hinata suddenly realized her mistake and burst into tears after only one day of being locked up.

"So, Saya's commission is still in an 'unfinished' state..." Shizi leaned against the wall and let out a long sigh.

"What is the little Shizi here for?" Hina asked with a funny expression, "Could it be that she wants to talk nonsense like the protagonist of a comic book, make me shed tears of regret, and then take me into her harem?"

Shizi's face twitched: "You don't need to add the second half of the sentence...but you are wrong."

"I came here today just to tell you that I will not do this commission, and I cannot do it."

Shizi took out a few photos from his arms and spread them out on the table.

Hinata turned on the light and looked at it carefully: "Where is this?"

"There are some hidden corners on the airship that no one would normally pay attention to." Shizi propped up the lower handle with both hands on the table. "When you used CHU?'s body to drill the ventilation pipe, did you notice that there were some things hidden in the pipe?"

Hinata thought back: "No."

"That's right, I shouldn't have hidden that part..." Shizi nodded and pointed at the black lumps in the photo, "These are monsters, dead ones."

"Hmm?" Hina stood up from the chair and looked for a long time, "It seems that... monsters will spawn on the airship?"

"No." Shizi answered calmly, "I moved them up little by little. Yukina ate the fruit of good and evil, so she can detect them, but before you paid attention to this, I gave her a virtual personality. Now I'm fooling her with the excuse that 'this is just a little experiment'."

"On the first night after you arrived. I spent that night not only carefully observing everyone's thought patterns, but also doing this."

"..." Hina couldn't see Shiko's actions before, and their rooms were also separated by a distance. If Shiko really wanted to do something secretly, she really couldn't find it. Although she could see the souls of monsters, if it was true as Shiko said, that the things hidden on the airship were dead, she couldn't find them either.

"But, won't a monster just 'pound!' when it dies?" Hina asked.

"Oh, that's right, I brought one with me." Shizi took out another wooden box from his arms and opened it on the table. Inside was a constantly vibrating black jelly-like object with a scripture pasted on it.

"You know, right? The bodies of monsters are made of filth, and my scroll can just restrain filth." Shizi pulled the scroll, and the "jelly" immediately exploded, a little black smoke rose, leaving no trace. But they smelled a faint stench.

"Ahem... I didn't expect it to have a smell..." Shizi fanned himself, "That's it. I used scriptures to suppress the monster's body, but as soon as I think about it and release the suppression, all the body parts will explode in an instant, releasing all the filth inside."

"But so what?" Hina asked, "Outside, I've killed larger groups of monsters and nothing happened."

"That's because it's outdoors." Shizi put up another photo, this time of the exterior of the airship, "But I pasted scriptures all over the outside of the airship."

Hinata's heart skipped a beat and she understood.

The outer wall of the airship is covered with scriptures that can repel filth, which is equivalent to building a semi-permeable membrane against filth. If a large number of monster corpses explode in the airship in an instant, the filth produced cannot be discharged quickly and gathers in the airship, causing the concentration of filth in the environment to rise rapidly in a short period of time.

"Except for a few people including me, I guess everyone else will be trapped in the state of your ability seal." Shizi explained calmly, "I don't know how much the others who ended the band can resist with just the music score divided into five parts, but I have transported a lot of goods to the airship, and I don't think it can be stopped. Of course, you will definitely be the same as them by then."

"Hina," Shizi stared at the other person with his deep eyes, "This is my real backup plan. In case Sayo hasn't made up her mind and you are about to successfully leave the airship, this is my last insurance."

Hina stared at the other in amazement.

Shizi did not consider the "Caesar" operation as the only plan from the beginning, and the decision to use Saya as a safety was made halfway through the plan. Before that, destroying both sides was Shizi's last safety measure and the plan with the highest success rate.

If Shizi had really done that, Hina thought, she would really have been left behind.

However, the price they paid for this was three-quarters of the team's current combat power. Under the premise of uncertainty as to whether they could reproduce like Hua Lian, such a loss was almost equivalent to giving up the hope of reaching the Tower of Babel and returning to reality.

"In order to let me stay, you are willing to make such a sacrifice, little Shizi?" Hinai seemed to understand something. "Sister is so important to you? Do you like sister?"

But Shizi did not deny it.

"Yes, of course I like Sayo." Shiko said, "But not only that. I like Ichiri, I like Kita, Nijigasaki, Ryo, Yukina, Lisa, Rinko, Ako, PAREO... I like everyone. Of course, Hina, and you."

When Hinata heard this, she showed a "difficult" expression: "This kind of confession... sounds a bit strange."

Shi Zi didn't care: "Just like no one can understand you, I guess no one can understand me either. I'm just telling you that I'm the same person as you..."

She stood up and walked past Hina, "You imprisoned Sayo with mind control, and I just imprisoned everyone around me with 'the same goal'."

"I would do anything to maintain this incarceration."

Chapter 25: Chasing the Light

Behind her, Hinata said nothing. Shizi returned to the door.

An expectant voice came from behind: "It seems that we will be rivals again, Xiao Shizi~"

Shizi paused and left.

Hinata looked across the table again. Not at the empty seat, but a little further away, outside the window - from there, the giraffe's head poked in.

Saya was still leaning against the door. She didn't ask Shizi what they talked about, but when she saw her come out, she went back to her room silently.

To Mr. Wu:

The details of what happened to Hina this time must be told more clearly by another you. As a result, Hina and I still live together, but she is in a state of incarceration. Her meals are still the same as others, and I sometimes eat with her. Her condition is slowly recovering, and she is still noisy like now, which makes me feel more at ease than when she didn't say a word at the beginning.

The relationship between the two of us was undoubtedly sick and twisted, but even so, I was sure that we would still be together.

lifetime.

Glacier Saying Night

Shizi was walking on the road, her mood still fluctuating slightly. Although she confessed to Hina on impulse, if Hina unknowingly reproduces in the future, how will she deal with it? She has revealed her trump card now. By then, Hina will have spies all over the boat, and it will not be difficult for her to find all the dirty bombs. What should she do then... She can only pray that if Hina really reproduces, she can find it in the first place.

The cyan jade slip obtained from Hina became ineffective after her own ability was sealed. If Hina recovered and the jade slip recovered with it, then Shizi would be able to grasp the situation in the first place.

At that time, should I make additional arrangements... Shizi began to ponder again unconsciously.

From the room beside me, I could hear the laughter of three girls and the sound of strings being accidentally touched.

Shizi paused for a moment, curious. It was Karen, Tae, and Kasumi. She knew that Tae was teaching Karen guitar, but now it seemed that Kasumi had joined in without her noticing.

Shizi raised his foot and was about to leave.

However, a familiar smell came out from the crack of the door.

With such familiarity, Shizi's expression completely collapsed, and he turned his head stiffly like a puppet - slowly and fully, he opened the door a small crack.

Where did it come from? I clearly didn't set it up here.

Inside the door, three people were holding guitars, eating snacks and chatting. They had just played guitar for a long time, so it was a good time to take a break.