People are in animation, but they can connect to reality

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Asagi was speechless. He felt that Hina, this brat, was too cautious. She seemed to be very insightful. She could tell at a glance that Asagi was no ordinary fan, and she wasn't just there to ask for his autograph.

However, what is even more outrageous is that Hina thought of Asagi in a more deviant way.

"Don't, I'm definitely not a pervert. I promise."

"Then, could you please tell me your purpose?" Hina threatened Asagi with a smile.

Although he knew Hina was difficult to deal with, he hadn't expected it to be this difficult. Asagi thought about it, but Hina pulled out her phone, her finger on the alarm button, threatening Asagi. This was the first time Asagi felt the pressure from the world. If he called the police, he would be taken to the police station for questioning.

If it's more serious, someone will be needed to guarantee and take him away. This kind of thing can't happen.

"Hina." Asagi then said Hina's name. Hina froze in place, as if frozen, and her hands stopped moving completely.

"Why do you know this name? Have you been following me for a long time?"

Asagi was speechless. Hina seemed to be thinking in a wrong direction, and it was getting out of control. At this point, there was no choice but to show down.

"Actually, I'm Renna's friend. Or rather, Renna and I are in the same band."

"There's a limit to lying, right? That kid's going to join a band?" Hina scoffed. She had no idea Nina was in a band. Because, in this world, MMK didn't take Nina to meet Diamond Star.

"What I said is true, and I have evidence to prove it."

Seeing that Hina didn't believe him, Asagi took out his phone and found the band's homepage. There was a photo of Nina and the others on the homepage, which was very obvious.

Chapter 160 Easy to catch

"Can we talk somewhere else?" Asagi pointed to a chair near the square where there was an empty seat. Standing like this wasn't a good place for them to talk.

Asagi thought that after he mentioned Nina's name, Hina should have softened. However, Hina's attitude was beyond his expectation. Hina was neither cold nor indifferent, and just said lightly,

"What does this have to do with me."

Asagi was slightly taken aback. He looked at Hina sitting on a bench in the square and couldn't help but smile bitterly. Could it be that Hina had a hidden tsundere quality? She said it had nothing to do with her, but her body sat there obediently.

"But you came along anyway, didn't you? In that case, I'll get straight to the point. I want to repair your relationship with Nina. What do you think? Of course, this is just a suggestion."

Again, this is just one of the purposes.

"Break the relationship between me and Renai? Do you mean, let Renai apologize to me in person?"

Cough, cough, cough... Asagi felt a little choked.

"This is difficult." He said in a deep voice, "You know Rencai's temper. If you ask her to apologize, she will probably fight with you."

"That's true," Hina smiled, remembering Nina's appearance. "But you can't even show this level of sincerity? Well, I'm leaving now." Hina smiled wickedly, her gaze fixed on something not far away, her thoughts running wild.

"You don't even want to have a proper chat with me. No wonder you fell out with Renai."

"What did you say? You're so self-righteous!" Hina's eyes became sharper, and she stared at Asagi, motionless. Asagi felt a little uneasy, and he turned his face away, not looking at Hina.

"Forget it, since Hina is no longer interested in Nina and doesn't care about that stupid girl anymore, just pretend I never said that. I'm sorry for disturbing you."

Asagi stood up, stood straight in front of Hina, and apologized. Did this girl take him for a fool? This was clearly a matter that was more beneficial to her. Furthermore, Asagi could see that Hina still cared about that guy, Nina. However, she had developed an illusion, as if she was in a dominant position in this interaction.

It seemed that Asagi had something to ask of her. However, she had made a mistake. She wasn't MMK, nor was she 486 and the others. Furthermore, she appeared late, as Asagi was gradually maturing. At this point, she didn't make such a good first impression.

Then, Asagi decisively turned and left, leaving Hina sitting there alone. He walked among the crowd and looked down at his phone. The time on his phone showed that there were still more than 20 minutes left before the last bus.

The square was bustling with activity, but Hina felt restless. She had heard Nina's name from a stranger. Hearing Nina's name again, a former friend, someone they could talk to about everything, someone they had once broken up with, brought a wave of nostalgia.

Hina stood up and watched Asagi's gradually disappearing figure. She gritted her teeth and her fingers clenched and creaked. Hina was so angry that her face turned blue and her body trembled. She stomped her feet,

"Don't go!" Suddenly, a hand appeared behind him and grabbed the corner of Asagi's clothes.

Asagi felt a small hand grabbing him, and he stopped. Judging from the breath of the person behind him, it was Hina.

"Why?" Asagi raised his lips and smiled smugly. In the dim light, his smile was hidden in the darkness. He turned his back to Hina, waiting for her to compromise.

Hina remained silent along her lips.

At this moment, the person in charge changed.

"She's not talking," Asagi hummed. He tilted his head, wondering how he should communicate with Hina now. Should he be aggressive, or play hard to get?

"If, Hina, everything is alright, I'm leaving. Don't look at me walking slowly and leisurely. Actually, I live quite far from here, and I'm a high school student. I have to go to school tomorrow. Also, I'm very poor and can't afford a taxi, so I can only take the tram. If I miss the last bus, I might end up homeless and sleeping on the street."

"How could Hina watch me, such a pitiful person, sleeping on the street? Even though I'm a boy, I'm actually worried about running into bad people. I heard that some people secretly remove kidneys and sell them to rich people. There are also other very scary things."

"If there's really nothing else, could you please let go, Hina? I really need to leave."

Asagi broke away from Hina. He was telling the truth. He did live far away, and the last bus was approaching. However, there were some things he didn't say.

"At least, leave some contact information." Hina whispered.

You took the bait, hina.

"Can I say no?"

Hina's eyes widened, not expecting things to turn out this way. She endured it. This was already a huge concession on her part. To a stranger, to someone who had just been secretly following her, if it hadn't been for Nina's name, she wouldn't have even bothered to answer.

However, Asagi simply took things one bite at a time, taking things one step at a time. He couldn't push things too far, letting her adapt little by little, like a frog in boiling water. Just like demons, they bewitched humans, gradually increasing their desires, escalating the situation. By the time humans finally recovered, they realized it was too late to turn back.

"Just kidding, but could you please, Hina, give me a personal autograph? Actually, I'm really a fan of Diamond Star." Asagi chuckled.

On the side, Hina rolled her eyes at Asagi, then took out the business card and wrote her name on it fluently.

Asagi took Hina's autograph and said with a smile, "It's true, Miss Hina, did you forget? A few days ago, in the basement corridor of the live venue, there was a boy standing there waiting for a long time for an autograph. At that time, Miss Rin, Miss Ai, and Miss Nana were all there."

"So it's you." Hina suddenly realized something, and the disgust on her face faded. Instead, she looked at Asagi curiously. As expected, acquaintances often feel close. "If you had told me earlier, we wouldn't have to go through so much trouble."

"It wasn't a bother at all. On the contrary, I saw a very interesting scene."

"???"

"Ms. Hina is also cute when she's angry."

Tsk!

Chapter 161 The Girls' Troubles

Back at the rental house, Asagi was about to process the messages on his phone as usual. He took out his phone and saw a message from Nagasaki Suyo on it.

“We have a live show at LiveHouse “RiNG” this weekend.”

LiveHouse "RiNG" live? Unfortunately, Asagi had already agreed to go on a business trip with MMK this weekend, so he could only read the message without replying.

Asagi turned off his phone, closed his eyes, and slowly drifted off to sleep. Sushi had only told him about the live show, but hadn't invited him. So, could he just use the excuse, "You didn't invite me to go," to get away with it?

The night outside was quiet. Nagasaki Suyo lay in bed with her head covered. In a corner of the bed, the light from her cell phone pierced through the unsealed quilt, piercing the empty room and illuminating the window on the other side. Outside, a few mosquitoes flapped against the window, trying to get in.

"Why haven't you replied to my message yet?" Nagasaki Suyo gritted her teeth and frowned.

The time on her phone had jumped to 11:30. By this time, no matter who she was, she would have seen the message on her phone. She tossed and turned in her bed, her eyes bloodshot, unable to fall asleep.

At some point, the room quieted down. Outside, a figure quietly opened the door, saw the sleeping girl inside, and tucked her in with a blanket before leaving. Before leaving, the figure checked the clock on the bedside table; the hands read 1:14.

There were many girls like Nagasaki Suyo who stayed up late that night, unable to sleep. Chihaya Aine was in her small room, quietly strumming her guitar. She didn't dare make too much noise, fearing it would alert her family and disturb the neighbors.

Chihaya Aine had a white bandage wrapped around her index finger, something that could protect the finger, or even an injured finger. Gradually, the skin on her finger would no longer be smooth and delicate, but would instead develop calluses.

"When will I be able to play all the beats proficiently?" the girl said to herself.

"LiveHouse "RiNG", under the name crychic, Su Shi has a live this weekend, Xiao Xiang, do you want to come?"

Late at night, a girl with blue twintails stood outside the door of a simple and dilapidated rental house. She stood there for 20 seconds, her hand reaching for the doorknob, but she didn't open it for a long time.

The girl knew what kind of scene was inside. Every time she opened the door, it took a tremendous amount of courage. Seeing the person closest to her, her favorite father, the person she once admired the most, now in such a state of depravity and corruption, Toyokawa Shoko felt a dull pain in her chest.

The girl was holding a shopping bag from a nearby supermarket, filled with some instant food and a few bottles of beer. She stood outside the door, mustering her courage and telling herself to accept everything calmly.

"I'm back." Toyokawa Shoko opened the door and said softly. Even though she knew the person in the room wouldn't say "Welcome back," Toyokawa Shoko still followed the instructions like a machine.

Fumbling to turn on the chandelier, he found his father lying in the corner, motionless. He didn't even glance at Toyokawa Shoko, his once favorite daughter. His figure was surrounded by discarded beer cans, and he reeked of alcohol.

Toyokawa Shoko put down her schoolbag and placed the fast food and beer she had bought next to the man. This would keep him from going hungry if he woke up in the middle of the night. After putting her things down, Toyokawa Shoko found a broom and trash bags to clean up the scattered beer cans. When she was done, she brought a blanket from inside the house and draped it over the middle-aged man.

My father has become unable to live without alcohol. Looking at the sleeping man, Toyokawa Shoko whispered,

"Goodnight, Oh Tao-san."

Toyokawa Shoko returned to her room, clutching her chest. Only here could she reveal her true self. This small room was her spiritual home.

"Why are you telling me this?" Shoko Toyokawa came out of the house. After dealing with everything, she took out her mobile phone and saw the message from her friend.

Why are you telling me this, Mu! Toyokawa Shoko lay on the bed, staring blankly at the wall. If she knew nothing, she could let Nagasaki Suyo and crychic go.

However, Mu told her the news. And Su Shi, why are you so stubborn? Toyokawa Shoko can no longer go back to the past. The current Toyokawa Shoko is a ghost that crawled out of the abyss of hell, and his body is already covered with filth.

"I think Xiaoxiang has the right to know about this, crychic." Ruoye Mu replied.

Crychic? Seeing that word made Toyokawa Shoko feel so uncomfortable she wanted to flee. Because it represented betrayal, it marked the beginning of Toyokawa Shoko's descent into the abyss. Crychic was like the eye of judgment, staring down at Toyokawa Shoko from beneath the high, holy, pure white sky, gazing upon the filth within him.

Shoko Toyokawa was trembling with fear and wanted to run away and disappear.

LiveHouse "RiNG"!

"I will go and destroy crychic." Shoko Toyokawa gave Wakaba Mutsu a cold reply.

Ruo Yemu was stunned when she saw the news Xiaoxiang had read. She stood there, her body stiff. What had she done wrong again?

While Renai was still sleeping, enjoying her part-time job and band life carefree, there was a girl hiding in the room on the other side, looking at Renai's photo, her fingers constantly swiping on her phone.

The girl sat there, her eyes lost in thought as she stared at her phone. The familiar figure on the phone reappeared in her sight. At this moment, looking at the photo of Renai, the girl named Hina's emotions gradually became complicated.

Hina was Hina's only friend in high school, and she was a fool who refused to listen. If Hina had listened to her advice, she wouldn't have suffered such a tragic fate. Ultimately, Hina was just too stubborn. Why wouldn't she listen to her friend's advice?

When Nina encountered the post-80s generation, Hina didn't step in to protect her because she had already foreseen the outcome. Anything she did was meaningless. So, she and Nina argued, each holding their own opinions, until they reached a fork in the road and turned their backs on each other. Later, Nina retreated to her home and eventually dropped out of school. As an outsider, Hina also chose to drop out.

However, while many young girls were immersed in their own troubles, there was an older young woman who was playing the guitar with joy on her face. Her face was filled with excitement and anticipation, as she was finally going to see her favorite senior again.

Chapter 162 No Name

After school on Friday afternoon, Asagi went to Rupa and Ebizuka Satoshi's rental house. They'd agreed to meet there, just like their last band dinner. MMK was in a borrowed car, parked on the side of the road below the house.

Fortunately, he was not late, but unfortunately, Asagi had to skip class again this time.

Asagi saw MMK standing in the driver's seat of the car, waiting for Rupa, while Nina and the others were packing up. With nothing else to do, Asagi walked around the car. This car was different from the last one, the exterior was so different that even Asagi, who knew nothing about cars, could tell immediately.

"MMK, are you a hidden rich woman? You can always borrow a car, and a different one at that," Asagi said, a bit exaggeratedly. Of course. He knew MMK was definitely not a rich woman, but she worked part-time and knew a lot of people.

Moreover, as a guitarist, MMK knew many of his predecessors. Not all band members were poor; some were doing well, at least comfortable enough. Borrowing a car wasn't difficult for MMK.

"I've been working in Tokyo for three years and know a lot of people. In this regard, Asagi, you're far behind." MMK pried open his eyelids, made a face, and smiled proudly at Asagi.

"That's true. But MMK-san has great connections. He can borrow a car just by asking."

MMK hummed a few times and seemed to be enjoying it.

After Lupa and the others finished packing, Asagi helped them load their musical instruments and some things for the night in the car. This time, they were expected to stay overnight in another place, so Lupa and the others had brought some spare items.

After everything was done, he sat in the co-pilot seat, which originally belonged to Rupa. Now that he was sitting here, Rupa had to squeeze together with the three little ones in the back.

"I'm sorry, Lupa."

"Why do you want to apologize to me?" Rupa tilted his head slightly and looked at him.

"I'm sorry to have troubled you all this time." Asagi made an excuse to get away with it.

"Oh, shouldn't that be a thank you?" Rupa took a long time to react.

This time, their destination was a place called Suwa Province. Asagi had never been there, but he had heard of it. Suwa was once the territory of Takeda Shingen, the famous Tiger of Kai. It was said that Shingen defeated the lord of Suwa Province and married the princess of Suwa, thus incorporating the land into his domain.

By the time they arrived in Suwa Province, it was already 1 a.m. MMK parked the car in a nearby parking lot without any intention of getting out.

At this point, Asagi still didn't understand what was happening. He felt like he seemed to have forgotten something.

Lupa took some thin blankets from the trunk and handed one to Asagi.

"It's going to be a little chilly late at night, Asagi, you use this one."

"Yes?" Asagi blinked, then turned to look at MMK and 486. They took the blanket from Rupa and covered themselves with it. The three girls huddled together, their eyes fighting.