Heavy girl? I feel worse than Black Hole Trigger!

Gentle and kind, everyone's elder sister; unconcerned with fame and fortune, it seems that as long as she doesn't need to appear, she can always quietly stay in the most inconspicuous place, gently watching over everyone - but this is ultimately just a superficial description. At least Wakaba Mu can count several moments when Nagasaki Suyo showed "something else".

When we first met, I looked at him with an almost condescending gaze.

When he first met Takamatsu Deng, he felt inexplicable hostility towards him.

When CRYCHIC was first formed, it seemed to show its confidence as if it wanted to compete with Xiangzi.

Every description is true. Every Su Shi is a true side of her. It is precisely because of this diversity that Su Shi is so elusive and unpredictable...

As childhood playmates, Toyokawa Shoko's seemingly impulsive behavior is not so surprising in Wakaba Mu's eyes: whether it is forming a band or performing on stage... Mu has long known that this is just Shoko's last struggle, so even though he has no interest in this playful band, he still chooses to support her silently.

Therefore, at the moment he saw "Toyokawa Shoko", Wakaba Mu was just thinking in an extremely ordinary way -

"That's it."

This space originally existed to fulfill Xiangzi's last wish.

"I……"

A space that is only maintained by obligations and responsibilities.

"I've never felt happy playing in a band."

……

Nagasaki Suyo stared at Wakaba Mutsu calmly.

"There's something I've always wanted to apologize to Xiaomu for."

“……” Ruoye Mu still lowered his head.

She couldn't see Su Shi's expression, but she could feel his burning gaze.

Was it blame? Was it sadness? Was it trouble? Because of Nagasaki Suyo's diversity, she couldn't accurately grasp her current emotions like she could predict Toyokawa Shoko.

Precisely because she couldn't grasp it, she felt deeply confused about the word "I'm sorry".

"At that time, Xiao Mu said, 'I've never been happy,' right?"

Perhaps it was curiosity that piqued his curiosity. Perhaps it was because the voice of the girl before him was too steady.

Ruoye Mu finally raised his eyes slowly.

Nagasaki Motoyo no longer had that familiar, slightly fake smile on her face.

She just covered her chest lightly and looked at Ruoye Mu with a pair of overly straightforward eyes.

“—I’m really angry.”

"I know Xiaomu, like me, doesn't have such a strong sense of belonging to CRYCHIC."

Even Li Xi is now quite attached to this place named CRYCHIC because of the lights.

"Even so, 'I had a lot of fun at the concert' is absolutely not a lie. Everyone who cares about me, everyone I care about... I just thought it would be nice if this could continue."

"And yet you said that."

and so.

She smiled helplessly. "Just because reality contradicted my imagination, I took my anger out on you. With only three of us in the practice room, I deliberately ignored you, remained silent, and treated Xiao Mu like air. ...Isn't that childish? I'm no different from you."

It doesn't matter what the band is like. That was clearly the sentiment I had when I first joined.

Now that she has gradually fallen in love with the band, she turns around and gets angry at Wakaba Mutsu, who has the same idea as she did in the past.

Mu simply blurted out his thoughts in a more direct and hurtful way than she did when she kept them to herself.

Yet, even now, even now that her childhood playmate, Toyokawa Shoko, has disappeared, Mu has remained by their side, never leaving. Unlike the one who said the most sweet words but ultimately left first—even though Wakaba Mu had "never been happy," he still didn't abandon his companions.

In comparison, I was so childish for secretly getting angry just because of a single sentence.

"...I'm sorry for venting my anger on you for no reason." She lowered her head towards Wakaba Mu.

The self who hides negative thoughts deep in his heart.

The self who hides dark deeds behind gentle demeanor.

I'm so disgusted by myself like that.

——I’ve already made an appointment with someone, and I don’t want to become someone I hate.

and so.

The head that had been bowed deeply was raised quietly.

Su Shi looked at the face in front of him that was as delicate as a doll, yet as stiff as a doll. He couldn't help but smile playfully, as if being amused. Then he quickly pursed his lips and said seriously:

"So, can you please forgive me?"

"————."

Wakaba Mutsu blinked gently.

It was completely different from the short and boring life I had lived so far.

A refreshing breeze.

"...I thought you would want me to leave too."

"Huh?" Su Shi couldn't help but widen his eyes.

It wasn't because of the meaning of Mu's words that he was surprised, but because the other party rarely spoke a complete sentence.

She chuckled a few times, "Why do you think so?"

...Because that's what the secret posts all say.

Mu didn't answer. She shifted her gaze slightly, looking towards the corner of the cafe.

The setting sun shines through the floor-to-ceiling windows, leaving behind shadow-like streaks of light on the clean wooden floor that is diligently cleaned every day.

Just like the Su world.

Even though the light was so soft and illusory that it seemed like it would disappear over the other side of the mountain in a moment, the moment I caught a glimpse of it, it was vividly engraved in my memory as a shadow.

Unlike Toyokawa Shoko——

Compared to them who were still struggling in the darkness, the girl in front of them had already found her own "sun".

If Xiangzi could have met that person earlier than her...

No.

Mu turned around and looked at Su Shi's smiling face intently.

“It’s really dazzling.”

……

We are different from you after all.

If it were you, even if I didn’t meet this “star”, I would be able to get out of confusion one day.

However, we who are imprisoned by our surnames may not have the qualifications to look up at the stars from the very beginning.

only--

Nagasaki Suyo extended her hand towards her.

"So, a reconciliation handshake!"

She said with a bright smile, like a girl who was too naive.

……

If, just look down at the bright moonlight.

Even prisoners who were only allowed to look down at the mud.

...Well, that's forgivable, right?

Lost Star Chapter 90 Summer Time Record: Chapter Mortal

Practice Landscape #4

"Did you record it?"

A young girl's face filled the entire picture.

"Hmph. Isn't it lit next to it?" Another slightly distant voice was a little cold and hard.

This made the girl in the picture pout, turn her head away with her eyes drooping, and raise her voice as if she was feeling awkward, "Little Li Xi is so cold~ You'll probably get mad at me later. ...Do you want me to delete this part for you later?"

The girl called Li Xi snorted, "No need! Instead of that, can you start practicing faster?"

"Didn't we say before that we should record practice sessions regularly? This is also part of the band's activities."

At Li Xi's urging, the girl in the picture smiled and stood up, propped up on her knees. After she stepped away from the camera, another short-haired girl appeared in the frame, holding a microphone and looking into the distance.

"Xiao Deng, do you want to say hello to everyone?" the girl holding the camera said this outside the screen.

The girl gave a subconscious "Huh?" and turned to look at the woman who had spoken. Her sparkling amber eyes blinked briefly before she hesitantly looked at the camera, half-raising her free hand and gently shaking it. Then, as if suddenly shy, she hunched her shoulders and quickly turned her face away.

"..."

Before Toyokawa Shoko could react, she tapped the screen of her phone.

Let the picture remain on the gray-haired girl's slightly embarrassed profile.

Looking back, "recording practice" was one of the CRYCHIC projects that Nagasaki Motoyo proposed and realized quite a while ago. She even created a social media account to promote CRYCHIC and applied for an official website, where the four "recording scenes" were stored.

Xiangzi still remembers that the first three parts were recorded before the first LIVE...

"..."

She placed her phone face down on the table.

Looking at the scratches on the back of the phone case, the girl shrank her hand and thought for a long time, then picked up the phone again and let the video continue playing.

Nagasaki Suyo was directing the situation, Takamatsu Deng was submissive, Shiina Tachibana was furious and helpless outside the screen, and Wakaba Mutsu said nothing until the guitar sounded at the beginning of the ensemble and we realized she was still there...

Finally, she focused her attention on the girl in the center of the picture, who was holding the microphone tightly and singing hard.

"So-called connections are always intermittent"

“Everyone experiences joy and sorrow.”

"Counting each love..."

She never turned her head to look at the camera, nor did she even want to look up; she just held the microphone, curled up her body, as if she had just found a moment of rest from a long run, and made a loud gasping sound into the microphone - to be honest, it didn't sound good at all, and it seemed out of place compared to the increasingly harmonious ensemble of the band members.

However, Shoko Toyokawa was mesmerized as she listened and watched.

I want to convey this to someone. I want to call out to someone. Something that feels more like a "cry" than a "song"...

"————."

The reason why CRYCHIC's official website has been shut down until now and suddenly started working again is now clear.

She stared blankly at the end of "Practice Scenery #4" and stared at the big "Play Again" button on the screen for a long time before silently putting her phone back into her schoolbag.

...Nagasaki Suyo.

From the very beginning, Toyokawa Shoko was not used to Nagasaki Suyo's sometimes prickly attitude.

"Fengchuan" is a constraint, but it is also the basis for her to grow up easily until now: at least, when the name "Fengchuan" is hanging above her head, no one will know her identity and still mock her without scruples.

And Nagasaki Suyo... No, come to think of it, she wasn't targeting me specifically.

Initially, she simply looked down upon everyone equally, whether it was Toyokawa Shoko, Wakaba Mutsu, or Takamatsu Touma, all of whom were insignificant in her life. It was as if she had such a condescending attitude.

No matter who it is, they are all as light as a feather in her eyes.

Until now, she still treats everyone equally, but has changed to valuing everyone equally.

To the extent that even after being rejected countless times by Toyokawa Shoko, he still chose to convey certain messages to her in this way.

"——I already said I wouldn't go back."

She buried herself deeply in her arms during this overly quiet after-school hour.

Midsummer was waiting by the window, waiting for the young girl to emerge from the spring rain. But her time had already been frozen forever on that afternoon. It was frozen in the drizzling June rain, in the spring sunshine that she had pinched with her own hands.

I still miss those times. I still haven't let go of the wishes in my heart.

Obviously every word was extremely true.