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

"Hmm? Isn't it Xiaohua's clone?" LAYER was puzzled and scratched the rabbit's head. The rabbit's eyelids opened and closed, showing a comfortable look.

Shizi pretended to have just arrived and came out from the corner.

"Where is it..." She muttered to herself, her eyes wandering around and locking onto the black rabbit in LAYER's arms, "Ah, here it is."

"Xiao Shizi, is this yours?" LAYER held up the rabbit.

Duohui's eyes suddenly lit up: "Isn't this the doll?!"

"Eh? A doll?" LAYER was stunned.

"Yes," Shizi smiled and took the doll from LAYER. "Didn't Huihui make it like this? I was thinking of doing an experiment to see if I could really make a 'bionic rabbit' that could turn into something else, you see."

As Shizi manipulated it, the black rabbit gradually transformed and became a black cat again. Shizi put the black cat down and let it circle around him, making a "hehe" sound.

"So cute..." LAYER couldn't help but squat down again and try to stroke its fur. Although it looked fierce, the black cat still obeyed LAYER's actions obediently.

"Right?" Shizi also squatted down and petted the cat with LAYER, "Yuuki will probably like it, and if it turns into a dog, Sayo will be very interested... Ichiri also has a dog at home, so you can let her see it. If it turns into a rabbit, there are many varieties, Huihui... Huihui?"

Shizi looked up and saw that Duohui had been in a daze for some time. She tapped Duohui's calf.

Duohui came back to her senses and looked at LAYER: "Rui Yi, do you want to commit suicide?"

The air was silent for a moment.

Shizi and LAYER were both stunned by this sudden question and were unable to react for a moment.

"Xiaohua...what you mean is..." LAYER turned his head and controlled his expression stiffly.

"I heard it," Duohui put her hands on her head to make rabbit ears, "in the ventilation duct."

Shizi smiled, picked up the black cat, stepped back silently, and hid in the corner. If Duohui could convince LAYER, she would not have to do such an extreme thing. Let Duohui take care of it next.

LAYER stood up, not knowing how to explain: "That..."

"I'm so happy," Duohui said, without any sadness on her face, "Rui Yi cares so much about me."

"But Ruiyi doesn't have to go down this path." Duohui held LAYER's hand, "I have understood one thing these days."

"The power of friends is my power." Duohui held Layer's hand and said while walking, "Before we met Hinata, we could only rely on our own strength to try to climb over the mountains. Kasumi asked us to avoid danger, Saaya provided food, Satomi fought head-on, and Arisaki provided shelter. We had no problem surviving at the time, but it was still difficult to move forward because the terrain was too complicated and we didn't have the ability to overcome it."

"It was Hinata who helped us. After she met us, we were able to move quickly, and she was able to live in a relatively normal environment. More importantly, we are friends. Because we are friends, we help each other, and no matter what, we will be each other's strength."

Duohui turned around and made eye contact with LAYER: "If Ruiyi feels that you are not strong enough, we will become your strength. I don't need your unilateral protection because we are friends."

The corners of LAYER's eyes relaxed unconsciously.

Duohui raised their hands, changing the gesture so that their pinkies were linked together: "Pink, Ruiyi, I won't let you die again in the future."

"Ah." LAYER hooked the other's fingers tightly, "I won't say that again."

Behind the wall, Shizi unconsciously revealed a strange smile. The black cat in her arms squirmed obediently.

"That's great," Kasumi's quiet voice suddenly came from behind, "The worst outcome has been avoided."

Shizi turned around suddenly and found that Kasumi and Karen were already standing there.

Before Shiko could react, Kasumi came forward and squeezed the black cat's soft paw: "I just heard about this not long ago. The future related to Shiko is always particularly vague, but fortunately I caught up."

Shizi understood a little bit, and she suddenly felt embarrassed as if she had made a mistake and was discovered by the teacher: "Um... what did you hear?"

"In order to stop Ms. Layer from using her powers, I tried to turn her into a normal person." Karen answered on behalf of Kasumi. The look she gave Shiko was not as playful as Shiko thought, but rather sympathetic.

Shizi got goosebumps all over his back: "Um, can you keep it a secret for me... Please, I'll be finished if this gets out..."

Hua Lian nodded and crossed her arms: "Okay. To be honest...it's not that I can't understand you..."

Kasumi was so absorbed in playing with the cat that she paid no attention to their conversation.

Shizi looked at her and smiled bitterly. She probably wasn't the kind of person who would spread such bad things around.

Future vision is so scary.

"Um..." Shiko asked, "Kasumi, in the other futures you saw, what kind of ending did I achieve?"

Kasumi raised her head and said, "In some futures, Ruiyi-san got rid of the influence of filth by burning her life, but that would be the worst ending for both of you. If Huihui came later, either Ruiyi-san would have been contaminated, or she would have been contaminated instead of Ruiyi-san, and Shiko would have been locked up like Hina-san."

Shizi was sweating profusely after hearing this: "It's better now... I seem to be quite a clown in other endings..."

On the other side, LAYER turned his back, said goodbye to Duohui, and left slowly.

"Just friends...?"

ps: I can only say that with LAYER and Shizi's personalities, they will inevitably make such a choice... I tried my best to think of a smooth ending, but it seems that Shizi is still a bit of a comedian... I can only say that later, Shizi will still c...

Chapter 28 I am here to announce something

Dinner time still arrived as usual, and the storm that had been settled before it happened did not cause any impact on everyone.

The table was still crowded with people. Except for Sayo and Hinata, everyone else was there. The table had been expanded compared to before, and a space was dug out in the middle, from which a bunch of green plants grew. The airship's greening had not yet been officially implemented, and the decoration on the dining table was a pilot. Shizi had no idea what kind of plant it was, but he didn't care. It looked pretty anyway, and had a faint floral scent.

However, she noticed that Arisaki seemed to be distracted all the time, always paying attention to others, and from time to time looking at the green plants, reaching out his hand, and using his ability to trim the branches, his movements were between deliberate and natural.

Yusaki suddenly felt something bounce onto her leg. She lowered her head and saw a ball of paper. She picked it up and unfolded it. There were only a few words on it:

Do you care about other people's opinions?

She looked up and found Shizi winking at her.

"Primary school student?" She complained silently, but she held a reed, dipped it in coffee and wrote a few big words:

No!

And threw it back.

"Your face is so red~" Kasumi poked Yusaki's cheek and said, "You're so shy~"

"I haven't said anything yet!!!"

While they were talking in whispers, CHU? looked around and found that everyone had almost finished eating. He stood up with his hands (PAREO had prepared a tiptoe stool in advance) and announced loudly: "OK, everyone, I have a sweet announcement here~"

Before everyone could react, she had already looked at Duohui who was sitting one seat away: "HANAZONO."

"Yes!" Duohui raised her hand and stood up suddenly.

Then, she turned to the rest of the Poppin' Party and said in a sad tone, "I have an announcement to make."

"Huh?" Arisaki tilted her head. Satomi and Saaya looked at Tae curiously. Kasumi already knew what was going to happen, and she was calm with a French fry in her mouth.

"I...want to move to another band."

"what???"

This time, countless people said "Huh?" in unison. They were not shocked, but confused: What do you mean by saying this in this place?

The most confused person was CHU? herself. She stretched out her hand and tried to pat Duohui's shoulder, but she couldn't reach it. She was anxious and was about to lean forward, but PAREO stood up in time to smooth things over: "Duohui, please explain it more clearly~"

Duohui nodded obediently: "Before returning to reality, I plan to work temporarily at RAS. I will consider it after returning to reality."

"Huh..." Everyone in Poppin'Party except Kasumi breathed a sigh of relief.

“Megumin, please explain clearly…” Arisaki slumped against the back of the chair, “I thought something had happened…”

"That's right..." Rimi also wiped her sweat.

Sa Ling gave an awkward but polite smile.

Hongxia suddenly thought of something and nudged Shizi's arm. Shizi didn't respond. She turned around and saw Shizi already had an expression on his face that said "Isn't this great?"

"(According to Xiao Shizi's idea...she doesn't want Duohui to join RAS because she is worried that this will affect Poppin'Party. But now it seems that there is no such concern.)" She thought about it and felt relieved.

Dahui continued, "I listened to RAS's performance before. It was so powerful that it made me tremble. I also want to play notes like that."

CHU? took over the topic: "HANAZONO's ability is also excellent. Although I personally don't like to join a band for fun... after all, we can't really take it seriously right now, so I approved her to join."

"Exceed..." Kasumi blinked.

"It means excellent." Yusaki reminded quietly.

“Oh——Meihui is amazing!”

Duohui blushed unconsciously.

Yukina looked at CHU? with a smile and whispered to Lisa, "She has changed a lot too."

"Yeah," Lisa agreed, "and I'm starting to pay attention to other people's ideas."

Liang was concerned about something else: "So, between you and LOCK, who will play the lead guitar?"

Duohui and LOCK looked at each other and said nothing.

"So it hasn't been decided yet?" Liang took a sip of juice.

LOCK half raised his hand: "How about... rock-paper-scissors?"

Duohui raised her right hand: "Scissors, rock..."

"Wait!" MASKING stretched out his hand, "LOCK, you don't want to be just a rhythm guitarist, do you?"

LOCK smiled awkwardly. Indeed, given her temper when playing guitar, it was a bit unfair to play the rhythm guitar, but she was not the type to take the initiative to fight, not to mention that the other party was one of her idols.

Duohui withdrew her hand: "Then I'll be the rhythm guitar."

After thinking about it, she sighed again: "So idle."

After all, she played lead guitar in Poppin' Party.

"How about letting Senior Duohui play the lead vocal..." LOCK said anxiously.

Shizi then interrupted: "Why don't you just change to a double lead singer? LAYER and Huihui as the double lead singer."

Everyone was interested. Everyone knew about the special relationship between Layer and Dahui. If it really turned out like this, everyone would more or less like to watch it.

But in the end, it all depends on CHU?'s decision. She glanced at the two of them and was quite tempted by the suggestion: "After dinner, go and try again. As long as you pass, it'll be fine."

So it was settled. Duohui sat down again. The atmosphere became lively again, and Kasumi raised her hand: "In that case, how about holding another live show?"

Yusaki raised his head and smiled a little nostalgically. Official live, I haven't heard this term for a long time.

"Live? We can always do that." Yukina said, "I haven't sung on stage for a long time."

"Since we have welcomed a new member, it is only natural to introduce him through a performance." CHU nodded.

Hua Lian looked at them with a little envy. This was the band girl's home ground, but her partners were not here.

"Hana Ren, do you want to join the Poppin' Party? And then perform on stage with us!" Kasumi pulled her along for some reason.

"Eh?" Hua Lian waved her hands quickly. "It's good, but I still want to form a band with everyone from Shengxiang..."

"And what's the point of three guitars?" Arisaki complained.

"How about Hua Lian not have to play the guitar, and we can also be two lead singers?" Sha Ling suggested with a smile.

"Yeah! Double lead vocals! We're coming too!"

"Huh? I haven't said I want to join yet?" Hua Lian blinked.

Shiko muttered to herself, "What is this song about... "Diskabari!"?"

Kita also seemed very interested: "Is dual vocals popular nowadays... How about we also do dual vocals, Goto-san, is that ok?"

She turned her head, only to find that Yili had curled up into a ball, trembling with fear.

"What, what's wrong?" She pulled the corner of her mouth and asked cautiously.

Yili looked at her stiffly: "Poppin' Party, you want to perform, right?"

Kita nodded: "Yes, after all, they said so themselves."

Yili asked, "I can't help but watch it, right?"

Kita nodded: "After all, we have to perform ourselves."

Yili huddled up in despair: "Poppin' Party, sunshine, youth, live..."

"Uh." Kita almost forgot that Ichiri couldn't accept youth songs. Roselia and RAS were not of that style, so it was okay, but Poppin'Party... Ever since the CiRCLE period, Ichiri had a strong fear of the other party's songs, as if facing a natural enemy.

Shizi came up to him with interest: "Yili, do you want to have another youth song marathon?"

"Ah--" Yili seemed to recall some hell and shrank even tighter.

"Please spare her..." Hongxia chuckled aside.

"What's the matter?" Kasumi refreshed here at some point, "Did something happen in Xiaoyi?" She pretended to go closer.

Given the stereotypes about her, Kita quickly took the lead and hugged Ichiri, "No! You can't hug Goto-san!"