Congratulations, Sushi, you have been optimized by me.

At first, she always thought that Chihiro Tsuzuki showed so many abnormal behaviors because she wanted to go home early after seeing her family, but now think about it... maybe that's not the case.

Because today she went to RiNG first and met Lenna. Lenna's first question after seeing her was about Chihiro, which means that Chihiro obviously did not go home last night.

It doesn’t really matter where I went, because the most important thing is that I was unknowingly fooled by this damn liar.

Lenai-chan is just a smokescreen. In fact, what Chihiro is really doing now may be completely different from what she thinks.

"It's probably no coincidence that I brought Xiao Mu home yesterday."

Su Shi glanced at the three people who were still playing chase in the school, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and then he turned around in place, while continuing to analyze the existing information in his mind.

"And I remember she mentioned before that Momoka and the others had invited Chihiro to join that band..."

In addition, if Su Shi remembered correctly, what Chihiro told her at that time was that the incomplete band was now missing a keyboard and a bass.

Doesn’t this correspond exactly to Xiaoxiang and Chihiro?

As for Xiaomu, she went there naturally because of Xiaoxiang. After all, if Xiaoxiang wanted to form a new band, she would probably call Xiaomu, who was her closest friend.

And what did Xiaomu say to me today? Was he going to have dinner with An and Tiantong?

Even the drummer's name seemed to be Anhe... Oh no, everything fits together.

Nagasaki Suyo strongly suspected that everything from skipping class yesterday to setting up the dinner party later was entirely orchestrated by the terrible Tsuzuki Chihiro.

After all, no one would suspect that there was anything wrong with the granddaughter of an old actor and the daughter of a popular actress being together. This was a legitimate exchange meeting between the new band members!

"That's outrageous... I clearly provided you with food and shelter, why did you do this..."

Shaking her head, Nagasaki Suyo felt that it was too early to draw a conclusion. Although this explanation could clarify all the current doubts, it still lacked the most crucial evidence.

But if Chihiro Tsuzuki has really given up on reviving the C-Team and simply wants everyone to have a new home... then should she object?

The evening breeze blew by, and Li Xi in the distance had been pinned to the ground by the evil pink-haired girl. Although he did not directly participate in the operation to capture Li Xi last episode, everything in front of him seemed to be gradually moving towards that established timeline.

In fact, Nagasaki Suyo sometimes knew very well that reviving the C Group was much more difficult than forming this unacceptable makeshift team.

Although Lena often disappears from the band, Aine often lags behind, and Riki always puts pressure on everyone.

But everyone in the band has some strengths that can in turn make up for the shortcomings of others.

For example, although Lenai is elusive, she is the most trustworthy teammate in the band in terms of performance. Her pure love for music has actually infected others.

Of course, that doesn't include suddenly playing Kasuga Shadow.

Although Aiyin is vain and has poor guitar skills, it has to be said that this pink-haired girl really livens up the atmosphere of the entire band.

Lixi has the biggest problem, but she really wants to support the band, but her purpose seems to be to prove to her that Xiangzi was wrong to leave, or she simply doesn't want to admit defeat.

There is no need to talk about Xiao Deng. Without her lyrics, there would be no beginning of everything.

"That's not true... How could crychic lose to a band like that?"

Nagasaki Suyo's emotions were a little out of control. She seemed to feel once again that everyone was moving forward with their backs to her, as if she was the only one who wanted to turn around and go back to the past.

Could it be that it was because of these "illusions" that Chihiro felt that her commission was impossible to complete, and therefore had already given up her original purpose long before her ridiculous "delay" plan?

But Xiaoxiang is the most special one...

In the past, Xiaoxiang could replace Lixi's position to compose music, replace Aine's position to liven up the team's atmosphere, and use her genius talent to cover Lenai's position in the current band.

Chihiro Tsuzuki, you don’t understand Xiaoxiang, so why do you make such a rash conclusion?

"Su Shi~"

The people in the distance seemed to have finished talking, and the girl waving at her with a smile on her face was none other than Chihaya Aine, who was always laughing.

"what……"

Nagasaki Suyo wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, forced out an awkward smile, and trotted over to the three people.

"Su Shi, please be fair! Li Xi only said thank you to Xiao Deng and didn't say anything to me."

"……Eh?"

"It's so boring."

"Ah? Shouldn't you say thank you to me?"

Nagasaki Suyo was too lazy to pay attention to these people. One by one, they were talking about things that had nothing to do with what she wanted to hear.

"What are you doing?"

However, as a cat slipped past the girls, Kaname's voice was heard, which made Su Shi frown slightly.

"Runa-chan?"

Nagasaki Suyo looked at Lenai who appeared inexplicably, and the few people in front of her who seemed to have gathered together automatically without her and Chihiro's intervention, and she felt even more panicked.

Why do I have a feeling that... everything is getting out of control?

"Eh? Why is Wildcat here... What is this? Our school uniform? Are you from junior high school?!"

"Third grader." Lenai held the cat in one hand and stretched out three fingers with the other hand.

"...Lixi, you are so stupid. You didn't even notice~"

Shiina Riki shook her head. Seeing that she couldn't escape, she sat down on a bench nearby. She glanced at everyone and lingered on Su Shi for a while before she spoke cautiously:

"So...what are we going to do about the LIVE the day after tomorrow?"

"..."

"Today is already Friday, and tomorrow is the last half day of practice. It's too late."

Li Xi was actually a little afraid to look at Su Shi, because she had noticed from the beginning that Su Shi's mood was very wrong. It was obviously a rare time for everyone to get together, but Su Shi's brows never showed any sign of relaxing.

Is she disappointed in herself? Because she's not as good as Xiangzi or something...

"For the second song, I still..."

"Um, Riki~" At this moment, Aine beside her suddenly said, "Actually, I wrote a song, do you want to take a look?"

"……just you?"

However, under her questioning gaze, Aine actually took out her phone and showed her a piece of music. The girls sat together like this, with only Su Shi, who showed no interest, standing aside in a daze.

But...is this drum definitely playable by humans?

This was Lixi’s first reaction after seeing this song.

Coupled with Aine's guilty expression and her furtive glances at Su Shi, Riki quickly reacted and looked at Su Shi, who looked bewildered. "Su Shi, when did you write this?"

"What?" Su Shi blinked and pointed at himself in confusion. "You don't think I wrote that, do you?"

"..."

The acting is so realistic, Li Xi thought to himself.

Was it because they were afraid that he wouldn't accept it, that they couldn't admit that both of the band's current songs were written by Su Shi? So they chose a dumb pink-haired guy who didn't seem that smart to play the role of the composer?

But didn’t Suyo ever consider that it would be even more painful for her to see Aine compose a song that she couldn’t?

Of course, maybe Su Shi just wanted to give himself a little blow.

Just like the dense drum beats in this song, although the song looks good, it is difficult for a drummer to play it perfectly.

In other words, rather than surpassing crychic's first LIVE, Su Shi now hopes that as a drummer he can slow down the pace a bit and accept reality.

In order to make herself understand this truth, Su Shi seemed to have struggled a lot with the other self in her heart, and finally chose to give up some of her wishes to remind her of these truths.

In addition, the dazed look on Su Shi's face today, which seemed a bit gloomy, did not seem fake... It seemed that the Yang form of Su Shi was silently contributing behind all this.

"Thank you, Sushi."

Although the Su Shi I want to thank is not here now.

"Hey! Riki, why don't you thank me?! I've decided... I'm going to call you Rikki from now on!"

"Didn't I tell you I don't want that nickname?"

"Then thank me!"

"……Thanks."

While Riki and Aine were arguing, Su Shi was looking at everything in front of her with a confused look on her face.

"Thank...me?"

No, what happened?

Wait a minute... Aine definitely can't compose music, and Riki certainly can't either, so there's obviously only one possible truth...

Damn it, did Qianxun really never think about getting Xiaomu and Xiaoxiang back from the beginning?!

"Um, Lixi, you're wrong. This song really has nothing to do with me. Don't thank me out of the blue."

"It's okay, I understand. Just think of it as me thanking the being behind you."

"……What did you say?!!!"

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ps: I am a bit sleepy today, so there are only these two chapters. Also, I changed the name of Xiangzi’s grandfather in the beginning, because I watched the first episode of the gun version of mujica, and the names of all the Toyokawa family were given in the cast at the end.

So, the name change card starts!

Chapter 93: Su Shi: I really want to be insulted by Li Xi (1/2)

Is this a confirmed fact?

If Shiina Riki had only guessed in her mind before, even if her guess seemed to be true, most of the questions could be answered... but it was obvious that she had no substantial evidence to prove anything.

But looking at Su Shi's expression as if he had been struck by lightning just now, it seemed that everything had been concluded.

But obviously, now is not the time to talk about this.

At least she couldn't say these words in front of so many people, exposing Su Shi's psychological problems in front of everyone like opening a wound.

Even if Shiina Riki was not good at reading other people's expressions, she would never do such a shameless thing.

So Li Xi didn't meet Su Shi's anxious gaze at this moment. Instead, he deliberately avoided it and turned around to talk to the people next to him about something that had nothing to do with Su Shi himself:

"Um... today's incident, no, it's not just today, this is all my fault."

Although it was a deliberate attempt to change the subject, it was indeed what Li Xi was really thinking.

But is this the last apology?

Shiina Riki seemed unable to be sure, oh no... at least she could be sure of the answer today, because after everyone else left, she would definitely have to apologize to Su Shi who had just been irritated by her.

In other words, in the past few days, she seemed to have been doing something wrong and then constantly apologizing for her impulsiveness.

"Taki-chan..."

"Deng, I'm sorry... there's probably no way we can sing the second song." Li Xi looked at Deng, then at Su Shi beside her, and she shook her head helplessly.

But when she said this seriously, she suddenly felt a lot more relaxed.

Although it was Su Shi who originally proposed to sing two songs...it was Li Xi himself who really turned this matter into a shackle on himself and everyone else.

"…It's okay, Lixi."

Although Nagasaki Suyo was extremely panicked, she could only pretend that nothing had happened and pretended to comfort them, "One song is enough. The most important thing is that we can all go on stage together."

"Ah."

Shiina Riki nodded, then looked at the sky which was already getting dark. She knew that she would definitely not be able to get everyone to practice together tonight.

However, when she was knocked down by the pink-haired girl just now, she actually noticed a detail, that is, there were a lot of Band-Aids on Aine's fingers.

Although she wasn't sure if this guy was really practicing hard, she could only be more tolerant and expectant of him now. Besides, the same thing applies... So what if Aine really fell behind?

Instead of failing to hold their band’s first LIVE due to their own hesitation, they should be brave enough to take the first step.

At least the meaning of this LIVE is to start over, not to surpass the past.

After confirming what time each team member would arrive at RiNG on Saturday afternoon, the farce of chasing and escaping at the gate of Hanasakigawa Junior High School finally came to an end.

However, Nagasaki Motoyo and Shiina Riki waited in tacit understanding until everyone else left, and then let an awkward and stiff atmosphere spread in the air.

"When did you discover her?"

It was almost 7 o'clock in the evening. Nagasaki Suyo guessed that Chihiro should have already had dinner with Xiaomu. Originally, she would definitely call and criticize them after finishing all the troubles today.

But now it seems that the most important thing is to deal with Li Xi in front of him.