Iruma-san wants to win the Akutagawa Prize

There are so many things I want to say.

But the moment they met, they were completely speechless.

She was like she was at a fire scene, shouting:

"Get out of my way!"

When he rushed forward, he found that the fire extinguisher he was holding was used up, and the atmosphere of the whole meeting fell into a strange silence.

Of course, this meeting between the two was not at the level of a fire scene. To be honest, it was perhaps more like a divorced couple meeting again after a big fight?

Naturally, such a metaphor can be regarded as Shiina Riki's delusion to some extent.

The two of them just didn't know where to start.

"Shiina, how are you doing lately?"

Hibiki Iruma asked first.

This kind of opening has some formulas, some routines, and also a sense of distance.

I don’t know when it started, or maybe it was like this from the beginning, but Shiina Riki found that she knew nothing about the current Iruma Hibiki.

And Hibiki Iruma treated her the same way.

So the topic became such that I had to ask [how are you doing recently].

An inexplicable feeling of bitterness filled Shiina Riki's chest, but for Shiina Riki, to this extent, she was actually much more resilient.

"It's okay, but Wildcat has been asking about your whereabouts. It would be best if you go meet her."

certainly--

Kaname is definitely not that kind of person.

That guy is the cat.

Freedom, happiness, and making people wonder what to think.

Nature will not be bound by one person and go around in circles in a narrow world.

For her, from the shade of trees to the flowers, from the rivers flowing in the mountain streams to the ice and snow on the snow-capped mountains that look like waves, they are all places where it exists.

The "wild cat" mentioned at this moment does not refer to Lenai.

But it was Shiina Riki himself.

Shiina Riki did this just like an idiot who accidentally knocked over something in the house and then took the blame for it by picking up the cat.

Of course, Kaname definitely asked that.

But not to the extent of "always".

"I'm sorry to have worried everyone. I really should have informed everyone before I left, but how could I have told them then?"

When talking about what happened back then, Iruma Hibiki fell silent for a moment.

Even a little embarrassed.

It seemed like just a short period of time had become his dark history.

"I'm kind of... like I've become what I used to be."

"Like in the past?"

Shiina Riki asked.

"Have I ever told you, Lixi, about my time in junior high school and even younger?"

Shiina Riki shook his head blankly.

Then she saw Iruma Hibiki's gentle smile.

Then, she heard Hibiki Iruma talking about his past.

Yes, for Hibiki Iruma, the blow he suffered when the band disbanded made him return to his old self for a while.

If we hadn't met, we wouldn't have been hurt.

Most fools will easily find such answers when they are frustrated, and then they will lock themselves up and get angry with themselves.

"There are things like that... I can't see it at all."

The moment Shiina Riki heard this story, she felt a sense of——

Feel the same.

Because she was also such a person to some extent in the past.

With only his sister and obsession in his eyes, he locked himself in the room and got angry with himself.

The only difference is that he is different from Hibiki Iruma.

Shiina Riki until now...

"I was so devastated at that time that I didn't care about anyone else and just walked away."

"Sorry, Lixi."

"At that time, I didn't consider your and Deng's thoughts at all."

"It doesn't matter to us."

Shiina Riki spoke lightly.

Although it was said lightly, but——

"why?"

Shiina Riki still remembers that night.

It’s approaching the holiday.

The end of the year.

A Christmas tree has been prepared on the street in the distance, and Christmas-style decorations are selling like hot cakes in the supermarket. Hachiman Kailing also talked to her about her Christmas plans.

On a night like this.

The overpass that runs across the doorstep of Gao Songdeng's house.

The bridge was so close to her, and for Takamatsu Deng, it was like a bridge leading to another passage. She cried and questioned Shiina Tatsuki who stayed by her side at that time.

In fact, Shiina Riki is here for no other reason.

But -

【I'll leave the lights to you, Lixi.】

At the very end, Iruma Hibiki said this to her.

That night.

Gao Songdeng cried and asked her what she had done wrong, and whether she had not worked hard enough...

It was probably at that moment that Tatsuki Shiina could no longer forgive Shoko Toyokawa.

"Deng's mood has improved recently. Although she always gets sad when we talk about music, she's feeling a little better now."

Shiina Riki answered.

Then——

She asked Hibiki Iruma about the topic that concerned her most at the moment.

"What are you going to do next?"

Such a question is actually not a simple one.

But the stance.

Shiina Riki almost said it directly:

You make the decision, and I flash to follow.

She had been waiting for this moment for a long time.

And she actually has the answers she wants to hear, like—

Restart Crychic.

Everyone try again and so on.

but……

Hibiki Iruma didn't say that.

"As for me, I plan to meet everyone first and then make a decision."

“Oh…oh…Is that so…”

Shiina Riki was slightly disappointed.

But she quickly controlled her emotions.

"Can you tell me, Hibiki, are you still planning on continuing? About the band?"

"Crychic is over."

This was the answer that Hibiki Iruma gave to Tatsuki Shiina.

-

"Is it Xiao Mu again?"

At the other end.

In a cafe.

Shoko Toyokawa frowned and looked at the person in front of her with deep malice.

She believed Wakaba Mutsu again but was betrayed by him. They had agreed to meet, but the person sitting next to Wakaba Mutsu was Nagasaki Suyo.

"I was the one who asked Xiaomu to do this no matter what. Please don't blame her, because I really have something that I care about and want to talk to you, Xiangzi."

"There's nothing to discuss between us."

Toyokawa Shoko answered indifferently, then subconsciously prepared to leave.

"Hey, wait, Xiangzi——"

"Xiangzi must be very reluctant to leave Crychic and everyone else, so I just..."

……

Shoko Toyokawa sighed silently and stopped what she was doing.

"Like I said before, I don't have much time."

She lowered her head and looked at the person in front of her. Because of the previous topic, she planned to give Nagasaki Suyo a chance.

after all--

After that day.

She decided to end the band, and she understood Iruma Hibiki's desire to keep the band going no matter what.

It was as if Hibiki Iruma understood her and decided to end the band.

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Hibiki Iruma was playing a game alone.

In the prisoner's health interface, he skillfully clicked on [left lung, right kidney, heart], and then a red letter suddenly appeared on the right side of the screen, and the attack from the Mint Creek Clan began.

The screen remained in the paused interface for a long time. Finally, Hibiki Iruma did not accept the challenge this time, but turned off the game after saving the game.

His phone exploded with messages again.

Just like before.

But this time the target is Sanjiao Chuhua.

If we talk about Hibiki Iruma's first impression of Sankaku Hatsuka, it was definitely a reliable, charming, and somewhat cold ice beauty. Later, her behavior became a little strange, and she had some strange obsession with Toyokawa Shoko.

But now, the impression we had when we first met has been destroyed a lot.