Iruma-san wants to win the Akutagawa Prize

Whether it's Ijichi Hongka or Kita, whether it's Shimotaka or Hidaka, guys like him are lucky enough to be taken care of by others.

"Maybe I'm just worrying too much."

Iruma Hibiki smiled and shook his head without saying anything. Then, with Kita leading the way, he came to the door of Goto Ichiri's class.

In fact, when he first scanned the classroom, Iruma Hibiki deliberately paid attention to the location of the trash can. After all, Goto Ichiri had a special liking for that place since junior high school.

It’s obviously a place that many people pass by frequently, isn’t it?

But for Goto Ichiri, the trash can is a kind of refuge, a place that makes her feel safe. When she wants to take refuge in the classroom, she either goes under the table or in the trash can. When there is no escape, she will shrink behind him like a shadow.

Of course, Hibiki Iruma didn't find Goto Ichiri in the trash can.

The moment he opened the door, he actually attracted a lot of people's attention.

After all, it was rare to see visitors on weekdays, and Iruma Hibiki was wearing a school uniform that belonged to the lower high school.

Just seconds before Iruma Hibiki opened the door.

Goto Ichiri slumped down on the table and lost consciousness.

Her unconsciousness was very well disguised, just like she usually slept on the table, so the girl sitting in the seat in front of her, who actually didn't dislike her at all, had no idea that the girl who had just tried to talk to her with a long string of strange syllables had fainted.

Yes--

After the topic of Roselia, they talked about the band and then talked about guitar.

At that moment, Goto Ichiri stood up from the back seat and interrupted the conversation between her and another person...

"good afternoon."

"Xiduo? Why are you in our class?"

Almost the moment he entered the classroom, Kita ran into his friend from Goto Ichiri's class.

"I'm here to bring Iruma-san. He was Goto-san's junior high school classmate. He seems to be worried about Goto-san's disappearance, so he came here."

"Eh?!"

The girl, who had never imagined that the situation would turn out this way, screamed in surprise.

On the other hand, Hibiki Iruma had already fallen into a certain degree of regret.

In fact, shouldn't he have gone straight to look for someone instead of coming to the class?

Under the gazes of many people, Hibiki Iruma looked at Goto Ichiri's seat with distress.

Yes, others may not be able to tell the difference, but he is fully aware of Goto Ichiri's current condition.

but……

It was probably at this moment that Iruma Hibiki noticed a black gig bag leaning lightly against Goto Ichiri's desk.

Obviously, that was Goto Ichiri's guitar.

She came to school with her guitar today.

"Goto-kun, someone's looking for you?"

"Goto-san?"

"Goto-san!"

The kind-hearted passenger in the front seat of Goto Ichiri tried to wake the sleeping Goto Ichiri up, but she failed. At first, she thought Goto Ichiri was asleep.

But then, after shaking Goto Ichiri several times without waking her up, she fell into a panic.

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More than ten minutes later, Goto Ichiri opened her eyes in a daze, and the first thing she saw was Iruma Hibiki's face.

"Iruma-kun? Am I in heaven?"

"No, that's not right. People like me can only go to hell, ah——"

After making a strange cry, Goto Ichiri belatedly realized that she was in the school infirmary. She had just fainted because she had done something stupid that she was not very good at.

And now, the nonsense I spoke in a daze became a doubly stupid thing that I was not good at.

But fortunately, Goto Ichiri did not faint this time.

Kita said goodbye to Goto Ichiri right after sending him to the infirmary. After all, the break was over and the next class was about to start. At this moment, he was alone with Goto Ichiri, just like his life in junior high school.

Jingle Bell--

Just when Goto Ichiri passed by and stopped looking at Iruma Hibiki, thinking that this time would be the same as every day before, and Iruma Hibiki would quietly stay by her side, caring about her without saying a word, Iruma Hibiki's cell phone rang.

Iruma's ringing phone actually only rings for the people in his address book, the so-called most important people.

When he saw Ijichi Kouka's name on the line, Iruma Hibiki answered the call without hesitation.

"I'm sorry for calling you right now, Iruma-san!"

The voice coming from the other end of the phone was Ijichi Hongxia's somewhat breathless and anxious voice.

"What's wrong, Ijichi-kun?"

Hibiki Iruma glanced at Ichiri Goto, then quickly walked down the corridor.

Goto Ichiri, who was originally lying down, saw Iruma Hibiki leaving and quickly sat up from the bed.

Then, as if she had thought of something, she sat back, took out her cell phone, hastily tidied her slightly messy long hair, and chased after him.

"Liang's band friends said that after Liang announced online that she was quitting the band, she blocked them and completely lost contact."

After a pause and a deep breath, Ijichi Hongxia continued:

"She didn't come to school today! She didn't contact me either. I'm usually the one asking for leave for her. I just went to ask and found out that Liang was absent from class today without reason!"

……

The sudden incident left Hibiki Iruma stunned.

"Ah, of course, if you're busy, Iruma-san, then Goto-san's matters are more important. I just..."

On the other side, Hibiki Iruma heard the anxious Kouka Ijichi, and suddenly let out a faint cry.

"Ijichi-san, calm down first. Have you contacted me? I'll finish here as soon as possible and come back to school to find you."

The image of Yamada Ryo appeared in Iruma Hibiki's mind.

In fact, he had never thought that Yamada Ryo was the kind of person who would disappear...

61 Ichichi Hongxia's Happiness

In fact, perhaps even earlier, Ichichi Hongxia knew part of the current situation.

Yes, she had talked about this topic with Yamada Ryo once before, probably when the band Yamada Ryo was in decided to change its style.

"Liang? What happened?"

"nothing."

That day, Yamada Ryo supported herself with her hands and responded somewhat coldly, but anyone who looked at her could tell that she was not her usual self.

"Really? You look quite listless today."

So Ichichi Hongxia asked worriedly.

The sun was shining brightly that day, probably in early spring. It was actually a long time ago that Yamada Ryo's band decided to change their style, and the reason for the change was very simple.

"I just discussed with the people in the band about changing the performance style."

"Changing performance style? Ryo, are you planning on playing new music?"

Yamada Ryo raised his head and stared at Ijichi Hongka for a while before responding with a "hmm".

"Hey—Ryo, are you guys planning on playing new music too? But why aren't you happy? Isn't that a good thing?"

Ijichi Hongxia still had some doubts.

"Hongxia, you also want to form a band, right?"

Yamada Ryo's seriousness actually made Ijichi Hongxia a little uncomfortable at the moment. She subconsciously sat up straight. Yes, Yamada Ryo looked unreliable on weekdays, but at a critical moment, she was a powerful woman with an extraordinary aura.

"um, yes."

Ijichi Hongka responded seriously.

“Bands that pursue different musical ideas won’t get far.”

Then, Yamada Ryo spoke extremely cold words as if he was preaching.

"So Ryo had a fight with them?"

"Ah."

“Ah, as expected…”

Ijichi Hongxia sighed.

She stayed with Yamada Ryo for a long time that day. It was not until the next day when Yamada Ryo was as usual and her band temporarily gave up the idea of changing its style that Ijichi Hongka felt relieved and put the matter behind her.

But in fact——

Ijichi Hongxia felt that she should have realized that something like this would happen a long time ago.

Because she knew what her bandmates in Yamada Ryo were thinking.

The so-called change in style actually means that they intend to perform more popular music to attract more audiences, rather than having only a few people at each live performance and ultimately not even being able to make back the target money.

Yamada Ryo's bandmates are not yet wealthy enough to ignore the performance targets.

So such a change is natural.

Thinking about it carefully, it seems that since that incident, Yamada Ryo's band has performed very rarely. The previous performance with Iruma Hibiki was the only one in April.

In March, it seemed that this happened only once in Ichichi Hongxia's memory.

At the same time last year, Yamada Ryo's band performed at least three times a month.

Rather, it was fortunate that the conflict in Yamada Ryo's band had not erupted until this moment, at least there was enough buffer period.

We have discussed this before.

He also compromised with Yamada Ryo's plan.

It was only in the end that he couldn't hold on any longer and changed his performance style in the April performance.

indeed.

Ijichi Hongka remembered that day, the performance of Yamada Ryo in April, actually received a very good response. They successfully transformed from a niche hardcore band to a popular pop girl band.

In a sense, such a transformation is a good thing. At least the band's most important problem has been solved, and at least it can continue.

At that time, Ijichi Hongka was actually relieved for Yamada Ryo.

But she didn't expect it.

Yamada Ryo's actual decision was not to change his style, but to quit the team.

And in this way.

Yamada Ryo has one characteristic, which is that she is the kind of person who likes to travel alone. Perhaps one day, it would not be surprising to find her exploring in a construction building where a Hawaiian-style uncle and a blonde little vampire girl roam.

This means that if she disappeared, no one would be able to find her.

After realizing this, Ijichi Hongxia felt a sense of powerlessness.

"Ijichi-san, could you please tell Yamada-san about this next time you see her? Her attendance rate has really reached a dangerous level."

"I understand, Mr. Saito!"

Teacher's office in Xiagao.

In any case, Ijichi Hongxia asked for leave for Yamada Ryo first.

There is actually a big difference between skipping classes directly and asking for leave.

Then she called each of her bandmates in Yamada Ryo's band to reassure them.

After doing all this, she sent a message to Yamada Ryo and called him a few minutes later. After several calls were not connected, Ijichi Hongka returned to the classroom.

Her sudden departure had actually caused trouble for the teacher.

This cannot go on any longer.