You are Toyokawa Shoko, then who am I?

At this moment.

The young waitress carried the plate and placed the dessert on the table. Her voice was energetic and lively, and it made people feel good just by listening to it.

Just now, after hearing Nagasaki Suyo calmly throw out such a long list of names, she wondered how, as a waiter, she could know less about the dishes than the customers?

So one person held the small notebook and recited it many times. When he finally memorized it fluently, he walked over confidently with the plate in his hand. It seemed as if there was a special effect of sunlight behind him.

"Ah, um, thank you..." Nagasaki Suyo said subconsciously, forgetting to control her voice.

"Thank you." Toyokawa Sho smiled politely, then hummed the melody of The Old Man and the Sea. He picked up the long spoon and put the parfait into his mouth a little impatiently, with a satisfied smile on his face.

"Don't you want to eat it?" Toyokawa Sho looked at Nagasaki Suyo, who was still in a daze. "It tastes best when it's served. You told me that."

These words brought Nagasaki Suyo to the surface from her confused thoughts.

She suppressed her bewildered mood and stared at the delicious dessert in front of her, but she had no desire to eat it at all.

She raised her eyes and met Toyokawa Sho's. Her hands, which were placed under the table, had already been rubbing together. She bit her thin lips with her teeth and finally asked.

"...How do you prove that you are Xiaoxiang from another world?"

When Toyokawa Sho heard this, his mind unconsciously recalled that when he first traveled through time, Toyokawa Shoko had asked him the same question.

At that time, he was emotionally confused and mentally unstable, and had a tendency to give up on himself, so he deliberately used the dark history of killing one thousand enemies and losing eight hundred of his own men to provoke Toyokawa Shoko and prove the matter.

Later, when he met Li Xi, his mood had almost straightened out. In addition, they performed on the same stage together once, and he understood Li Xi's feelings. Gao Qi's cooperation, which could not be achieved without several years, won Li Xi's trust.

Therefore, when he revealed his identity, Li Xi did not question it at all. He just said that he would wait and see, but in fact he had already accepted this fact in his heart.

So how should he treat Nagasaki Suyo?

Should he tell her something that only they know like he did with Toyokawa Shoko, or should he take her back to RiNG and sing "Spring Shadow" like he did with Li Xi?

…or just say it directly.

I can't bear to hear her sing "Spring Shadow".

"Ichinose."

Toyokawa Sho whispered these three words.

Nagasaki Suyo's breathing suddenly became irregular, and her aqua-blue eyes shrank to the size of beans.

"This is the last name you used before. You only mentioned it to me."

Toyokawa Sho has been with Wakaba Mutsu for too long, and it seems that his soul structure has been marinated by the Cucumber Sword Princess. Every word he said since he met Nagasaki Motoyo is very heavy.

Although he intended to take the initiative in the conversation and was not deliberately aggressive, these words still sounded like bombs dropped by an airplane to Nagasaki Suyo, each one more deafening and louder than the last.

“How do you know this…!?”

Nagasaki Suyo could no longer sit still. This was the thing she least wanted to recall in her life, and the thing she least wanted to tell others about.

The blow her parents' divorce dealt her was more painful than having her skin burned by a red-hot iron or having her bones gouged out by a sharp knife.

It is precisely because such a warm and beautiful family cannot last forever that she lives in an inner world where she cannot feel safe at all times.

The father's love that was missing for many years in childhood is like a cold wind blowing beside the neck no matter spring, summer, autumn or winter. Whenever it is alone, it will be so piercing that only by holding the furry doll in the arms can the pain be relieved.

She gritted her teeth and her body trembled slightly.

Her fingers were pinched so hard by the fingers of the other hand that they turned red. Her carefully maintained light brown hair covered most of her face like a waterfall. One could vaguely see her well-developed breasts, which were outlined by the pure and elegant school uniform, showing a beautiful and plump contour with obvious ups and downs.

Toyokawa Sho didn't intend to explain in detail how he knew this, as it involved a long time in the future, so he just gave a general summary.

"Because I'm from a point in time ten years later, and although the journey was very bumpy, we did get through those ten years together, so I remember a lot about you clearly."

"..."

Nagasaki Suyo remained silent. The huge amount of information was like a huge hammer that shattered all her plans.

Before stepping into Yuze Coffee Shop, she never imagined that the situation would develop so dramatically. What was happening before her eyes was far beyond her ability to fully understand, and she could only make superficial inferences based on the other party's few words.

This boy named Toyokawa Sho, he really didn't lie to me... Both in appearance and the feeling he gives, he is so similar to Xiaoxiang, as if they were a one-to-one copy.

And the memories I saw when he introduced himself just now seemed to prove that what he said was true...but why do I feel that those memories don't seem very good?

Could it be that in his world, the other me has a very bad relationship with him?

But his friendly attitude now doesn't seem like they have a bad relationship...

No, there is too little information.

We need to communicate more to get more information...

Since what he said is very likely to be true, then he must know what Xiaoxiang is going through now, because this is also what he himself has experienced. As long as he can find a way to find out about this matter, the goal of this trip will be achieved!

Crychic……

There is a possibility of resurrection...!

When she thought of this, Nagasaki Suyo's heart surged with infinite power. She adjusted her breathing and expression, and spoke gently again in a choked voice.

"I see. I think I understand. In short, you are from another parallel world, Xiaoxiang, ten years in the future, right? Although it is very shocking... I still want to believe what you say.

"As for what happened just now, I overreacted a bit. I'm sorry if I scared you... But since you knew that, it means that in your world, our relationship must be very, very close. After all, you see, a very private topic like family should only be discussed with someone very important, someone you've decided to spend your life with, right?"

Nagasaki Suyo rubbed her fingers and naturally performed a series of small combos to close the distance.

"Well, calling you "you" all the time doesn't sound very nice, does it? Can you tell me how the other me in your world calls you? Does it also call you Xiaoxiang, just like I call you Xiaoxiang?

"If that's the case, please let me learn from her. I feel like that would bring us closer. You could also just call me Suye. Nagasaki-san or something like that... sounds a bit distant, doesn't it?"

have to say.

Also a member of Crychic, there is a girl who likes pandas, is good at playing drums, and is enrolled in Yuqiu. She does not want to reveal her name and is standing outside waiting. She is completely different from the gentle and gentle Nagasaki Suyo in front of her.

It took someone two days to get used to calling each other by their first names, and she only remembered it when the other person brought it up.

However, Nagasaki Suyo was able to call someone by their name affectionately as soon as they met, and she grasped the reason and tone just right, which did not make people feel too abrupt, but instead made people feel that they were charmed by her.

Fortunately, I was the first one to enter, the drum player.

Toyokawa Sho sighed silently, while his attention was also focused on what Nagasaki Motoyo had just said.

There is an inconspicuous but very important detail in Nagasaki Soyo's remarks.

That is what Nagasaki Suyo calls herself in another world, "she".

By comparing with Li Xi, it can be seen that although Li Xi rarely mentions things about the parallel world, whenever he mentions it, Li Xi always calls his other self "I", rather than "she" like Nagasaki Suyo is using now.

In other words.

Nagasaki Suyo doesn't think that she is the same person in the two worlds, and this result happens to be in line with Toyokawa Sho's initial expectations.

Nagasaki Suyo is not like Riki. She doesn't care whether the parallel world conforms to the laws of reality. No matter how fantastic the thing is, as long as it can make her heart feel, she will approve of it.

From the beginning to the end, all her behavioral logic was in accordance with her instinctive desire for love deep in her heart, which inevitably led to her getting stuck in a dead end on the matter of love.

She recognized Toyokawa Sho's identity, but that was all.

Because she has no real memories of spending time with Toyokawa Sho, no matter how good her relationship with Toyokawa Sho is in another world, she will not regard that person as herself. Only the things she experienced personally are the most important to her.

In other words, she is different from the drummer general Riki who has already switched sides from Toyokawa Shoko to the good.

The girl named Nagasaki Suyo is a real iron-blooded Xiangzi faction.

He is the last loyal minister who is fighting in the shattered orthodox royal court. He is a pitiful person who is willing to give everything for the king, but does not understand what the king he serves really wants.

Because you're always like this.

In the end, you can only take it by force from the basement.

Even if the world changes.

I guess Toyokawa Shoko's opinion of you is the same as mine.

I understand your pain and know your difficulties.

I know why you chose the double bass in a wind ensemble where everyone plays wind instruments, because that is the fill-in position that no one wants. You didn't want to embarrass your friends, so you took the initiative to choose this bulky instrument.

I also know why you chose the most inconspicuous bass after joining the band, because the bass is the link between the guitar and drums. You yearn for such a role and hope to be the one who protects everyone.

I can even understand your mygo, and I can sincerely wish you to walk out of my illusion and have a new home.

What about you?

When you knelt down in the park, holding me and trying to keep me, was it me reflected in your eyes, or the sense of security that you longed for in your heart?

The reason why you are so obsessed with chasing me is to find me, or to get back those precious experiences you once had with me?

It’s because you can’t tell the difference and you don’t want to tell the difference.

So in the end, our relationship could only sadly blossom and bear fruit in the basement.

Toyokawa Sho took a bite of parfait, the sweet and icy jelly slid into his throat, and he suppressed the thoughts in his mind. He did not look at Nagasaki Suyo, but just spoke with his eyes lowered.

"No need for all the politeness. After all this time, you just want to know if I've been in touch with Toyokawa Shoko, and what exactly happened to me that made me quit the band."

"Eh?"

Nagasaki Suyo's thoughts, which she had finally gathered together, were torn apart by such a straightforward way of speaking. The feeling that her true thoughts could be seen through in just one sentence made her instinctively panic.

"Um, no, I really want to understand you, Xiaoxiang—"

"I've already told you that there's no need for politeness. Or, can you swear in your heart that these words are not lies?"

Toyokawa Sho rarely interrupted someone else's conversation. He raised his eyes and looked at Nagasaki Suyo.

Nagasaki Suyo was choked by these words.

Disguise on the face.

A subtle illusion.

The shell that wrapped itself in lies began to turn into powder and disappear the moment these words came out of its mouth.

Fortunately, this sentence was not accompanied by a scene that could maximize its lethality, and the damage it caused to Nagasaki Suyo was far less than that, but this also planted a seed in her heart.

A seed of what her feelings for [Toyokawa Shoko] really are.

"As I've said before, I agreed to meet you in order to explain my situation clearly. You've been messaging Toyokawa Shoko non-stop for the past month, right? Please don't do this thankless task again."

Toyokawa Sho said seriously.

"If you want to see her, I will let her come to see you later, so don't send those words that will hurt her. She is reading your message, but she is using the preview window, so it doesn't show as read.

“Your feelings and your inner voice have been conveyed to her from the beginning to the end, but this is no longer a precious friendship to her now, but more like an oppressive burden.

"Could you please leave her alone for a while? Give her some time, and she'll appear before you."

"Wait, wait... What are you talking about? A thankless task? An oppressive burden...? Me? Me? Me to Xiaoxiang?"

Nagasaki Suyo could no longer sit still. She could not accept that her efforts were labeled like this.

She wanted to justify her feelings, but her rationality suddenly flashed through her mind and she grasped the mystery revealed in Toyokawa Sho's words.

"You said you could get Xiaoxiang to see me... Do you know where Xiaoxiang is now? Can you contact Xiaoxiang? But you didn't just... Two days ago... That's right, you are the same person, it's not surprising that you can contact him..."

Nagasaki Suyo murmured, and a brilliant light lit up in her smart watery eyes, like a person who was about to be drowned by the waves and grabbed the life-saving float at the last moment, or like a person who fell off a cliff and had his clothes caught by a protruding branch.

The feeling of finally grasping a glimmer of hope in a desperate situation prompted her to stretch out her slender hand, which had been rubbing her fingers under the table to comfort her heart, and grabbed Fengchuan Xiang's hand very forcefully.

"Xiao Xiang, please, Xiao Xiang is really important to me...! Please let me contact her, if we can't find Xiao Xiang, Crychic will--!"

"...Didn't you hear what I just said to you?" Toyokawa Sho frowned, but still gave Nagasaki Suyo a chance. "I will let you see her, but she needs to calm down and adapt during this period. It will take a month or two at most. Once you are through with the high school entrance exam, then she can..."

"I can't wait that long...!" Nagasaki Motoyo lowered her head, her voice slightly tearful, "Now, Xiaodeng and Xiaomu haven't come to practice anymore, and even Lixi has... gone off to who knows where. Crychic is falling apart!"

Strong lines.

Good-looking boys and girls.

This kind of bustle, the significance of which could be seen at a glance, not only attracted the bloodthirsty gazes of other customers in the store.

On the other side, the young waitress who was chatting with her band friends who came to play with her also looked at Nagasaki Suyo.

Eh……

Eh……?

Why, why did they suddenly start arguing...

Wasn’t it fine just now...?

"Xiao Xiang is the soul of Crychic. Only by finding Xiao Xiang can we be together again. A month or two is such a long time. What if everyone starts to get busy with their own things? Crychic will be forgotten...! Who will remember Xiao Xiang then? Who will remember Crychic..."

As she spoke, she slowly loosened her hand.