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

"Hitachi, have you recovered your abilities?" Shizi immediately looked at her, and then suddenly realized what she was saying, "What? I*"

She used a curse word for the second time.

"Can you please not tell anyone else?" Hina looked at Shizi cunningly.

However, Shizi had no time to care about anything else. He had already taken out a jade slip and ran out: "Okay, okay, if you don't want to cause any trouble, it's fine. I'll be back soon!"

Hinata smiled as she watched her leave.

"Don't worry, I won't act rashly until I know how to deal with you." She muttered to herself and looked down at her feet.

The silhouette of the giraffe is reflected in the porthole.

Below, a group of people had surrounded the new wood floating in the air, chattering.

"Make way, make way—" Shizi's voice came from midair. Several people looked up and quickly made way for a piece of open space. With a dull sound and rising smoke and dust, a mecha similar to the Apocalypse but not exactly the same appeared. The mecha stood up, slowly disintegrated, and was retracted into a small jade transformation device in Shizi's hand.

"You can even copy this." CHU? This is the first time I've seen this.

"That's right," Shizi waved the jade-made transformation device in his hand at her, "and this is included as a gift."

She didn't elaborate, and immediately looked at Xinmu: "What's going on? Miss Xinmu, you're not..."

Araki asked back, "Where's Marina?"

Everyone was stunned and lowered their heads in silence.

Xinmu's face froze and he sighed.

"Well... let me start from the beginning." She explained slowly.

At the beginning, she did sacrifice herself and temporarily blocked the advance of Black Mountain. However, her double guns were not within the scope of the sacrifice at that time. They protected Xinmu's last consciousness, turned into escaping light, and returned to the place where they were born - the oasis where Xinmu picked up the double guns, which is the so-called "distant golden country". Xinmu is indeed dead, and has become a kind of earthbound spirit, and simply guards here.

"Ms. Araki..." Hongxia muttered.

"This lake," Xinmu changed the subject, "will absorb the sparkle and customize a weapon for anyone who passes by, just like my dual pistols. When I have nothing to do, I'll go and drag the monsters nearby over here. There should be enough sparkle in it now to make one for each of you."

CHU? stood aside, bored to begin with. She was deeply interested in music, so she naturally knew Xinmu as a professional musician, but that was just an acquaintance. After the band ended, they surrounded Xinmu and asked him questions, and even cried, but she didn't care at all.

Hearing that Xinmu finally talked about something that interested her, she immediately interrupted: "Oh? No need to do any tests? How to use it?"

"Look at the atmosphere..." MASKING hugged her chest.

Xinmu himself didn't care: "Then I'll take you there first, and you can tell me about your affairs slowly later."

The lake is very clear, and there are one or two tropical plants beside it, which are the only colors on this land besides the ochre.

Xinmu floated to the center of the lake: "Just walk in. The water is very shallow, almost up to half your body. Put your hand in and take out whatever you touch. It will only give you one thing, don't be greedy."

Everyone followed his instructions and stepped into the lake one by one.

"It feels... like being baptized." Sha Ling stood aside, with inexplicable associations.

"I have seen a real baptism." MASKING recalled. Shirayuki Academy is a church school, so there are certainly opportunities to come into contact with such things.

"By the way, have I seen you before?" Sha Ling suddenly felt that MASKING looked familiar, "On the shopping street."

"Shopping Street?" MASKING didn't expect to hear a familiar place name. "Ah, my family runs Galaxy and Galaxy Fruit Shop."

"Oh!" Sa Ling suddenly felt a sense of familiarity, "I'm from Yamabuki Bakery."

As they were still chatting, CHU? was the first to go in. She walked in wearing the mech. The mech was very tall, so she could walk a few steps. When she was almost there, before she stretched out her hand, a beam of golden light flew out uncontrollably. It was her Rhongomyniad. The golden light sank into the water, becoming brighter and brighter, and it took a long time to fly out and return to CHU?'s hand.

The appearance has changed a little bit, and the first feeling is that it is more convenient to use. At the same time, CHU? can also feel the hidden power. But the specific effect needs to be tried later.

The second one is naturally PAREO. Her wig also flew out like Rhongomyniad, which made her a little embarrassed. The wig itself remained unchanged, but there were a few more items - those were clothes and skirts that could be changed at will like the wig, which had a good defensive effect.

The third one is LAYER. What changes is her spirit sword. You need to try it out just like CHU? to find out what the specific effect is.

When I got to MASKING, I was finally given a new piece of equipment - a set of sticks for the stand-in.

LOCK got a new black and red guitar that looks like an axe and has a heavy metal feel, and he can actually play it.

Duohui got an exoskeleton armor for rabbits. After putting it on, she looked like a killer rabbit, although Duohui herself didn't like it very much.

Sa Ling got a pair of plain glasses, and after putting them on, she could know what kind of bread can be baked by what kind of materials and what kind of songs. "Although I can remember almost all of them..." She said with a smile, not objecting to others curiously looking at her wearing glasses.

Rimi got a set of kunai. "If I can bring it back to reality, I'll give it to little Eve." She said to herself.

Arisaki hit the jackpot: she got a small card with a skill tree densely drawn on it, recording various natural magics that could be unlocked by consuming mental power.

"He's becoming more and more like a druid!" Ako was a little envious. However, Yusaki thought of the general impression of druids and was not happy at all.

No one can compare to Kasumi - she drew the Random Star! Regardless of any special effects, she was happier than anyone else the moment she saw this guitar. Now, Karen finally understood why she said "don't worry" before.

There was no change in the appearance of Karen's sword, and although it was definitely more powerful, she was still not satisfied with the lack of a new experience, and she rushed to play Kasumi's Random Star.

Yukina's equipment is relatively large - a semi-automatic cannon, entangled with thorns, and carried behind Yukina, adding a touch of violent beauty to her.

Saya's equipment may be the most useless. She got a charm that can release cold air, and with the rain, it can freeze monsters in a large area. It sounds good, but with Yili, this thing is basically useless, at most it can be used as a portable refrigerator. She didn't have much expression.

Ako also got a small card, the effect is the same as Arisaki, but the natural magic is replaced by black magic, which makes her research speed more than doubled. She didn't care that she was still in the water, she jumped happily, twisted her foot, and almost fell in, but fortunately Rinko grabbed her with the speed of flash.

Rinko received a blank music score, and when she opened it, it was automatically filled with all the music she already knew how to play. Some of the songs had no special effects when played originally, but they were different after being recorded on the music score.

Lisa stretched out her hand expectantly: "What will I get..."

A rolling pin.

Lisa was stunned for a while, then turned to look at Sha Ling: "Sha Ling, shall we switch?"

It really can be changed.

After the change, the rolling pin can enhance the special effects of Sha Ling's breads, and the plain glasses can help Lisa understand what things can stimulate her abilities to make special cookies.

After Shizi discussed with the others, she also took over Hina. Hina got a gem-like thing, which seemed to be a magical girl's transformation device. PAREO's eyes sparkled, but Hina seemed to be unable to use it now (at least on the surface), and soon took the gem back.

Kita's "Unrequited" guitar did not change, but the Sword of Paradise that she had just obtained became more and more brilliant.

Ichiri caught a rain cloud that could sprinkle water everywhere... The problem is that he can't use it with Saya around... She and Saya looked at each other and saw sympathy in each other's eyes.

"The glacier sandwich with wild snake flavor is also delicious..." Shizi looked at the two people and suddenly said.

"Although I don't understand what it means, I don't think it's good at all." Kita retorted coldly.

Liang got another bass. She proudly crossed the two basses behind her back, but was still outclassed by Lock's dual-wielded axes.

Hong Xia got a pair of wings. After putting on the wings, she can consume starlight to fly short distances, making up for the defect that the starlight coverage is not large enough. However, now she really looks like the "Archangel of Shimokitazawa".

Only Shi Zi is left.

ps: Okay, okay, most of the settings written here... I forgot them later... Alas, even I find these unimportant settings boring to write, but I have to write them anyway

Chapter 33 Love Makes You Blind

Shizi took a deep breath, prayed in his heart to all the gods related to destiny in the second and third dimensions around the world, took off his shoes devoutly, and stepped into the lake step by step.

Although it is a desert, the lake water is quite cool except for the surface. Shizi felt the water swirling between his toes, and his heart gradually became calm.

Close your eyes, put your hands together, take one step at a time, with a pilgrimage-

"Student Shizi, we have arrived."

Shizi suddenly opened his eyes and struck the water surface with a palm technique that dropped from the sky!

A single-draw-out-miracle

Shadows seemed to flash before Shizi's eyes, and countless sights penetrated her from the lake, analyzing her abilities, her fighting style, her habits, her fate... In her ears, there were layers of buzzing sounds, as if countless people across time and life and death were talking. It seemed like a long time had passed, and it seemed like only a moment, the sound and sight all faded, and in Shizi's hand, she held a small, sharp object.

She picked it up: "Is this... a hair accessory?"

In her hand was an exquisite hair ornament, a blue and black feather. Although it was fished out of the lake, it was not wet at all.

She understood its function in an instant. Somehow, it could connect everyone's spirit, allowing Shizi to share everyone's spiritual power. From now on, Shizi would no longer have a weakness in the total amount of spiritual power.

Shizi carefully put it on his head, turned around, and smiled expectantly: "How is it?"

Half of her body was immersed in the clear lake water, her dress was almost soaked, and the lower part of her long hair was floating on the water. Her smile was against the sunlight, and the light pierced from the side of her face like a golden arrow and pierced into the heart of Yili who was watching.

"So beautiful..." She opened her mouth slightly, and a little complaint came out, which immediately disappeared.

"Goto-san is so easily fooled by this guy." Kita teased. She would never admit that she just picked up the camera and took a photo at lightning speed. She just happened to raise it, pressed the shutter button, and instinctively found a good angle based on her years of photography experience.

That's it.

Behind the two of them, Liang opened his eyes and said, "Love makes people blind."

"What is the relationship between these three?" Arata came closer and asked Ryo quietly, "I used to think that Shiko-san and Goto-san were..."

Hong Xia helped explain: "Uh... the relationship between those three people... is quite special. Well, you don't have to understand it, just accept it."

She looked at Xinmu and found that the melancholy on his face had faded a lot.

"...I'm sorry," Hong Xia thought for a while and finally spoke, "We failed to protect her."

The topic returned to this point again, but Xinmu's expression was fine: "Originally, protecting her is not your responsibility, it's mine. I have done it with a clear conscience, so you don't have to worry about it."

"Do you miss her a lot?" Liang asked.

Araki nodded calmly, "Of course. But given my current state, I'll probably meet her soon, so it's okay."

After hearing this, both of them were silent. After a while, Hong Xia put on a smile again: "Then, let's stay here for a few more days."

"Thank you." A smile finally appeared on Xinmu's face.

The airship landed at the edge of the oasis.

Although they had nothing to do, they stayed here for a few more days to relax. Roselia and the End Band described their adventures to Xinmu in detail during this time. Of course, they skipped the heavy things, such as the other story of Shizi. Xinmu always listened with great interest, as if an old man in his twilight years kindly listened to his grandchildren's talk, so they always couldn't bear to finish.

CHU? At first, she was quite curious about this professional drummer, but she lost interest after she found out that he could no longer touch the drumsticks. Kasumi and the others were always very enthusiastic - Araki also had some impression of Kasumi and Satomi, and she was deeply moved by the song "HOPE" they played with Yukina and the others.

Finally, it was time to leave no matter what.

Finally, they thought about holding a live show for Ms. Araki.

When Shizi found Yili, she was hiding in her closet, writing something on a piece of paper. When she saw Shizi, she covered her mouth, screamed, and tried to hide the note in her hand, but before that, Shizi had seen it.

"Wow, you wrote it in Chinese, is it to practice Chinese? Good boy, good boy..." Shizi came closer with a smile, "Come, let me check your grammar... Uh."

At the beginning of the note, there were a few words written in bold letters: "One Hundred Things I Have to Do to Procrastinate"

Shizi met Yili's trembling eyes and said, "Um... Yili, you are not deliberately delaying time to avoid starting the live show, are you?"

After all, once the live is over, I have to listen to Poppin'Party's youth songs marathon...

Yili didn't dare to admit it, but Shizi knew he was right.

The two just stared at each other.

Yili was sweating profusely. Just as she was about to try to change the subject, she heard a voice from outside: "Student Wu——"

"Yes, yes!" She was anxious and realized she had misheard.

Sayo opened the door: "Ah, they're all here."

The corners of Shizi's mouth trembled: "Do we really have to use this homophonic pun?..."

Kita appeared from behind Sayo: "After all, it's just one note off, it's true that you could hear it wrong."

She walked around to Ichiri's side and poked the curled-up Nomaru snake. It was soft and felt good, and she couldn't stop. Seeing this, Sayo had to cough: "Well, we are here to look for someone. The live show is about to start."

"Eh——" Yili shrank even tighter when he heard the word "live".

Sayo tilted her head in confusion, "What's wrong with her?"

Kita understood a little: "How should I put it... Is it the fear of natural enemies or something else..."

"Huh?" Sayo didn't understand at all.

"How about... just forget about Goto-san? Wait until Poppin'Party finishes playing, and then let her go?" Kita felt a little pitiful.

Shizi shook her head: "Popipa and the others should understand, but Yili can't just stand still. Starting from this time is also a good opportunity to practice."

"Your 'training' almost killed her last time..." Kita recalled her experience at CiRCLE.

Shizi turned his head away awkwardly: "I admit that was a bit extreme..."

Listening to the conversations of the people around her, Yili quietly raised her head. She knew that her fear of youth songs was a manifestation of her social phobia. To overcome social phobia, the first step was to overcome these fears. No matter what, she had to "take a step forward" as Linzi said.

"Um..." After hearing what Yili said, everyone stopped and listened to her quietly, "Shizi used to like Poppin'Party's songs... when she was about the same age as me, didn't she? What did Shizi think at that time?"

After hearing this, Shizi thought for a moment and said, "Well... if I had to say... it would be that Poppin' Party's songs depicted the youth that I never had at that time. So I envied them."

"Although I don't seem to have that kind of youth now." She added in a low voice.

However, what Kita cares about is this sentence: "Eh? Aren't you young enough?"