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

This is Karen's room. Karen is sitting in a reclining chair, with a big red guitar on the shelf beside her - not the star-shaped Random Star, but a collection from the boat, which Karen chose with the advice of Duohui, Xiangcheng, and Liang who passed by. Karen chose red because it reminded her of a stage curtain.

Duohui and Kasumi sat on the bed of Karen, whose quilt had never been made. The guitar next to Duohui was exactly the same as her original ESP SNAPPER. This was of course the result of Shizi's careful selection in the collapsed CiRCLE warehouse.

Next to Kasumi was a wooden guitar.

There was a folding table between the three of them, with snacks on it. The three of them were a natural fit, two sunny corners, and three radio waves, so of course they could talk without thinking.

However, Shizi's attention was focused on a doll on the table. It was an ominous-looking little rabbit, made entirely of black mud, with scriptures looming from it - there was no mistake, although the shape was not quite right, but it must be one of the filthy bombs that Shizi had hidden on the airship before!

"(It was discovered so quickly?)" Shizi was sweating. She didn't tell anyone else about this because she knew that this plan would not be accepted by others.

Especially, being discovered by Hua Lian... My image in her heart is already low enough...

"Ah, Shizi." Somehow, Duohui suddenly turned her head and met Shizi's eyes through the crack in the door.

"Xiao Shizi?" Kasumi also looked over.

Since he had been discovered, Shizi had no choice but to open the door: "Excuse me... I want to ask, where did this doll come from?"

"This?" Hua Lian looked at the table, then at Duo Hui. The latter didn't think about it and said, "So it's Shi Zi's?"

Shizi nodded quickly.

“I found it in the ventilation duct when I turned into a rabbit,” Duohui recalled, “and then I molded it into a rabbit.”

"Then it was molded into a rabbit?" Shizi tilted his head.

"Because rabbits are cute." Duohui looked at him as if it was a matter of course.

"Uh..." Shizi didn't think about it carefully. She was just anxious to take the things away. "Um, can you give it back to me? This thing...ah haha..."

"Oh, sure." Duohui was unaware. However, Hualian was already looking at Shizi with suspicion. Shizi was deeply hurt, so he quickly picked up the rabbit doll and was about to leave.

Kasumi raised her hand and touched Shiko's body as if unintentionally.

Shizi paused, without changing his expression, and left the room.

Just now, when Kasumi touched her, her perception seemed to expand in an instant, and she heard a language composed of sound waves, light, and smell in an unspeakable place: "Don't worry, this thing won't be used in most of the future."

If that's the case, that's fine, just try to avoid that "small part".

"(However,)" Shizi held the doll and opened the door, "(Kasumi's personality has changed a bit compared to the one I knew.)"

If this was the Kasumi that Shiko knew, she would never hide anything.

What changed her?

Outside the door, Shizi bumped into LAYER who had been waiting there for some time.

Seeing Shi Zi, LAYER raised his hand and began to explain: "Ah, I was chasing Xiaohua here, but Xiaohua suddenly went into the ventilation duct and disappeared."

“Eh~” Shizi looked at the room behind him, “As for Huihui, she’s in there, but it turns out she can clone herself.”

LAYER didn't open the door, but followed Shizi. "I've always been a little curious, why do you call her Huihui directly? You call other people by their names too. Ah, it's not that I can't, I'm just a little curious. After all, it seems that only very close friends would call her that."

"Hmm..." Shizi rolled his eyes, "It's just a name that comes to mind. After all, I'm not Japanese, so I'm not that sensitive about this."

"As for you," Shizi asked LAYER in return, "I thought you would bring Huihui into RAS right away."

"..." LAYER was silent for a moment, "I did think so at first. But RAS is a little special."

"RAS... I told CHU before that RAS is not only a band, but also a partner in the fight. If I want to add Xiaohua, I must have the strength and determination to protect her."

Shizi looked at LAYER's profile and said, "As for determination, I think you definitely have it."

"Yeah." LAYER nodded, "I am indeed confident about this. This is for her. Besides, I have another word 'courage' in my heart. In terms of willpower, I will not lose to anyone. But in terms of pure strength, it is not certain."

When LAYER accepted the cherubim's inheritance, she was unable to receive direct numerical bonuses due to her special abilities, so she could only work hard on the extra bonuses she received.

Recast the Spirit Blade Rain, greatly expand the total amount of luck, control its consumption direction, and then increase the increase in physical function of [Fearless Seal] and increase the power of the skill [Light]...

Adding all these together, it was just carving patterns on the coffee. The taste of the coffee itself would not change, and the basic value of LAYER would not change. If a fight really came, she would probably not be able to beat the other fighters in the team.

"I'm so weak, I have no right to say I can protect her." LAYER laughed helplessly, "If I can't protect her, what am I doing in this world? What's the point of having 100 lives?"

"Little boy," LAYER turned his head and said something that he had carefully considered, "Please kill me."

Chapter 26 The little Shizi I know (Happy birthday, kkr~)

After hearing what LAYER said, Shizi didn't react for a while.

"What did you say?"

"I say," repeated Layer, "fight me and kill me."

Shizi stood still, his face darkened: "Why?"

"As long as I do this, I can quickly become stronger." LAYER also stopped, "Then I can protect her."

"Is it necessary?" Shizi asked, "Nowadays we hardly have to fight. Even if something happens, we are all here. You don't have to bear it alone."

The helplessness on LAYER's face deepened: "But that's meaningless. I came here to protect Xiaohua. This feeling has never changed from the beginning. If I let others protect her, or even be protected by her in return, then what is the meaning of my existence here?"

Shizi's heart ached. The rabbit doll in his arms seemed to have come to life, trembling uneasily.

The overhead lights were malfunctioning and flickering anxiously.

LAYER could not help but take a step back. However, Shizi stepped forward and grabbed LAYER by the collar: "You come to protect me, you come to protect me, do you think you are the only one who has this idea? If..."

Shizi's pupils seemed to be filled with dark energy: "If I can't even protect you, what's the point of me?"

LAYER was shocked. He opened his mouth but no sound came out.

"Eh?"

There was a slight sound of shock from behind.

Shizi turned around suddenly and saw Kita and MASKING standing there at some point.

Kita looked at the two of them, his pupils losing color, and the joy of chatting and laughing with MASKING just now disappeared without a trace.

"Xiao Shizi, what do you mean by that?"

she asked softly.

"Wow... Shura Field." MASKING saw that the situation was not good and quickly pulled LAYER away before he could react.

The only ones left were Shiko, who was dazed, and Kita, who was facing her. Kita forced a smile and said, "Hey, Shiko, can you explain it in detail?"

Not long after, Shiko was tied up on a chair in Kita's room.

"Ah~ I see~ That's great~ It's great that Shiko-chan doesn't have any intention of falling in love with someone else~" Kita smiled and stood in front of Shiko after hearing the explanation, "But isn't Shiko-chan's feelings for someone else a little too heavy?"

"Not only does LAYER want to become stronger, I want to become stronger too~" Kita's voice made Shiko tremble, her fingers wandered on Shiko's face, lingering on Shiko's lips, "Didn't I just get the ability to stop time recently? I want to try~ Can I lock little Shiko and Goto-san in my time forever~"

"How terrible, how terrible, how terrible, how terrible!" Shizi yelled and struggled violently. "What qualifications do you have to say that others are heavy? Um, um, you haven't done this, have you? What did you do when time stopped?"

Kita thought for a moment and said, "Well... should I do it again?"

MASKING brought LAYER a cup of hot milk.

"What on earth happened to you?" She pulled over a chair and sat next to LAYER.

This is her room, with a simple and sharp style, and several cymbals hanging on the wall.

LAYER stroked the wall of the cup, feeling the warmth of the hot milk. "Yi Mu, I'm really weak."

"Huh?" MASKING waited for her to continue.

"I want the power to protect her in any situation," Layer said, "but the price is that I will never see her again. What should I do?"

Shizi curled up in the quilt and poured a glass of ice water on her head. She woke up instantly and wet her pillow.

"Hey! That's my bed!" In the bathroom, Kita popped her head out. God knows how she noticed this place.

"So I just used ice water." Although Shizi was awake, he still huddled in place.

"What else do you want to pour on yourself..."

"Lots of crushed ice, a little soda, a splash of champagne, a few drops of lemonade, and a mint leaf on the side."

"That's not how cocktails are served."

"So what? Drink?" Shizi said in a leisurely tone, "We are still minors~ Even if you count my previous life, I have never drunk alcohol~"

Xiduo suddenly didn't want to argue with her. She looked closely at the dry spot on her face caused by lack of skin care and tried to find a way to make up for it.

Shizi was also silent for a long time.

"Kitao." Kitao suddenly heard Shizi calling out, and his voice was much lower.

"Ok?"

"If we allow LAYER to burn her life in exchange for power, it is indeed right from a utilitarian point of view, but she who sacrificed herself will be trapped in the Garden of Eden and will never be with us again." Shizi said, "However, if we ignore her own awareness, it would be too much."

"Haven't you decided yet?" Kita asked casually while combing her hair with a hair band in her mouth.

"Ah."

Then, there was another silence.

Finally, Kita finished dressing up. She walked out of the bathroom refreshed and became the fashionable, kirakira Kita again. She looked at the bed, where Shiko was still curled up, looking at the ceiling, with a wet patch on the pillow. Shiko put an ice cube on her forehead and played with it boredly.

Kita walked over and sat on the bed: "Well... I'm not Goto-san, so I won't be sure of everything you say, but just do whatever you want to do. You don't have to discuss anything with us, and you don't have to consider common sense - that's how Shiko-chan would do it, isn't it?"

Shizi didn't answer immediately. She thought for a while and said, "That would be too much, wouldn't it? It's the level of Japanese food."

"Then, since I agreed to let you do this, I become an accomplice." Kita covered his mouth.

Kasumi was still playing the guitar with Tae and Karen. Suddenly, her playing stopped.

"What's wrong, Kasumi?" Duohui asked.

"Actually..." Kasumi didn't answer, but put her hands to her ears and listened carefully. As she listened, her frown relaxed slightly.

She put down her hands: "It's okay, it's just..." She looked at Duohui, and rarely seemed to want to say anything.

"What did Kasumi-chan hear?" Karen asked, looking a little nervous.

Kasumi shook her head and stood up: "Xiao Hualian, let's go out for a while!" She took Hualian's hand without saying anything.

"oh oh!"

Duohui sat there, watching the two people leaving like the wind: "Whisper?"

Out of curiosity, she turned into a rabbit and quietly followed the two of them.

In the gym, LAYER was practicing alone.

Putting aside the worry of whether to burn her life, she couldn't abandon the basic practice of swordsmanship. After getting the spirit sword, she simply gave up the way of bows and concentrated on the sword. The New Yin Style swordsmanship was extremely profound, and she consolidated it with each sword, while imagining various enemies in her mind and looking for countermeasures.

Suddenly, she looked towards the door.

There was a little rabbit hopping there.

ps: Happy birthday to kkr! Happy birthday to Setsuna! And happy birthday to myself! I can actually have the same birthday as String Makikoro and Yuuki Setsuna, and even Shaoge's new work is released on this day. I feel like I am almost the child of destiny...

Chapter 27 Future Vision

"Hey, Xiaohua?" Layer put down the wooden sword, wiped the sweat off his face, and walked out. The rabbit also stopped. It was a black rabbit with thick fur. Its three-petal lips moved and it looked at Layer with round eyes. It was very cute.

LAYER smiled unconsciously. She squatted down and held out her hand to the rabbit: "Want to come over?"

The rabbit looked at her, hopped closer, and jumped on without hesitation. LAYER stood up slowly, and based on previous experience, he touched the places that Duohui liked to be touched when she was a rabbit.

The rabbit's eyelids opened and closed, and it seemed very satisfied, but it didn't say anything. Layer didn't care, she was used to it. She just stroked the rabbit's fur slowly according to the original rhythm, enjoying this beautiful moment.

The eyes of the rabbit flickered. The simulated personality that Shizi buried in them was slowly working. Shizi did not put the rabbit doll she had taken from Dahui back to its original place. She controlled the scripture that sealed the doll, further simulated the doll, and stuffed a virtual personality into it, letting it run to LAYER and detonate it when the other party was not prepared, so as to achieve the purpose of sealing LAYER's shining and making him become an ordinary person again.

Shizi still couldn't let LAYER go. Rather than letting her be depressed because of the contradiction of her own abilities, it would be better to force her to become an ordinary person. What will happen next, she will think about it later.

Just like what I said to Hinata before——

She would do anything to maintain her "captivity".

Now, it's possible.

Under Shizi's control, the scripture blockade hidden under the doll's hair was slowly unleashed.

"Rui Yi." However, a voice came from a distance. It was Da Hui.

Shizi stopped her actions immediately. No matter what, she couldn't do this in front of Dahui. She hid her sight in the dark corner and looked towards the source of the sound with LAYER.

A little white rabbit hopped over, and then it turned into a person. Duohui stood up straight from the rabbit posture and looked at the black rabbit in LAYER's arms curiously: "What is this...?"