Guitar Hero also wants to play Kasuga Shadow!

Aine scratched her head and tried to imagine what Pochi would look like in other styles of clothing. Hmm...it was a little hard to imagine, mainly because she wore that tracksuit too many times and couldn't imagine Pochi in any other way.

"Forget it, let's go in first."

Su Shi shook his head. Since he was already here, there was no point in leaving now. "It better be worth these few hours."

"If she doesn't come, what will Soyorin do at home?"

Aine followed two body lengths behind, not too close.

"Anything is fine. I'm not as free as you."

I say this, but if I don’t come out today, I might stay in bed all day.

"Really? For example? What does the eldest lady of Tsuki no Mori usually do at home?"

"For example...flower arranging, handicrafts, etc."

Although I have never done it myself, I have heard classmates talk about it.

"Really? That looks amazing."

But why does it feel like Soyorin is different from the young lady I imagined? Will she do these things? "Well, how about taking me to Soyorin's house next time?"

"Huh? I don't want to."

"mean……"

……

That is, Su Shi?

Wakaba Mujica, who was in the corner, was surprised to see a familiar figure. Logically, Xiangzi shouldn't have told Sushi Mujica about it. Was it... Pochi who said that?

That shouldn’t be the case. Xiangzi should have told Pochi about it before.

So, it's just a coincidence?

Wakaba Mu watched Su Shi and Aine walk into the theater one after another, and lowered his head to take out his cell phone.

[Xiang, Su Shi is here to see you...]

He stopped typing halfway, looked up at the entrance where Su Shi Aion entered, and finally lowered his head to delete the half-typed message.

It’s better not to be a mouthpiece...

Then he put away his phone and walked into the theater.

-

"Hello, I'm back, Chuzi, Haizi."

Miao Meng pushed open the door of the preparation room, and Xiangzi followed her in. She turned around and glanced at Pochi behind her. She didn't seem to have any intention of coming in. He nodded at her, indicating that if she didn't want to come in, she could stay outside.

"Xiaoxiang, you're back,"

Chu Hua, who was standing by, stood up immediately when she saw Xiangzi coming back and said, "It's time to get ready for makeup."

"Um,"

Xiangzi nodded and walked towards the locker room. "Meow Meng, stop running around. Change your clothes when I come out."

"I thought I was invited to join you."

"Tsk."

Xiangzi frowned, ignored Miao Meng, and walked into the locker room.

"Where's Pochi?"

Hailing, who was lying on the sofa with her eyes closed, opened her eyes and didn't see Pochi, so she asked curiously.

"Isn't it..."

Meowmeng, who was about to follow behind, turned around and didn't see Pochi, "Huh? Didn't he come in?"

"Yeah, it seems to be just outside the door."

Chuhua, who had been watching Xiangzi, naturally noticed her conversation with Pochi, and saw Pochi standing at the door.

"Really,"

Hailing said as she stood up from the sofa, "I'll go check it out."

……

"Is it okay for me to do this..."

Leaning against the wall of the preparation room, Pochi muttered to himself, "Hailing Chuhua both look so professional, and so does Miaomeng..."

He looks so casual, probably not nervous at all...

Just now, I was about to ask Miao Meng how he could stay so calm, but before I could ask, Xiangzi came over. In a fit of rage, I repeated Miao Meng's joke: what does 'love' mean...

While I was still lost in thought, the door beside me opened and Hailing came out in her performance costume. I quickly pretended nothing happened and gave a forced smile, but it still didn't escape Hailing's eyes.

"Are you nervous?"

Hailing closed the door first before asking in a low voice.

“It’s… it’s okay…”

Even though I said that, I didn't really mean it. Just playing guitar would be fine, but...was I really any good at performing on stage?

Hailing stared at Pochi for a while, then looked away and leaned against the wall side by side with Pochi, "Pochi, your mask covers the most, right?"

"Eh? Um...yes."

"Since you're wearing a mask, how about pretending that the audience are all puppets?"

"Puppet? But... aren't we the puppets?"

Although I didn't quite understand the worldview created by Xiangzi, it was very clear to me that my group of people were abandoned puppets.

"What I mean is, just pretend that the audience doesn't exist, just like I told you when we first met."

Hailing, wearing long pants, folded her arms across her chest, using one leg as her center of gravity and the other leg's toes touching the ground, leaning all her weight against the wall. "Anyway, there won't be any familiar people in the audience, so there's no need to worry about being recognized."

"But...but, there's never been a stage play or anything like that..."

Not only had I never performed before, I had never even seen a performance in person. I wasn't used to being in large crowds, and I had never even seen a school performance, let alone a commercial one.

"Aren't stage plays and live performances all about the stage?"

Hailing's tone was as calm as ever, reassuring. "Dancing is the same thing. Pochi, who can handle himself during a live performance, will have no problem facing a stage play. I believe in you."

"Trust me?"

"Ah."

"Hailing...you're so confident in everything you do."

Before he could finish what he wanted to say, the door opened and Xiangzi, who had changed into his performance clothes, walked out. Seeing the two people leaning against the wall side by side, he said, "You are here."

"Toyokawa-san finished your makeup so quickly?"

"Well, time is running out. I'll go check backstage."

"Yeah, thank you for your hard work."

After saying that, Xiangzi looked at Boqi and found nothing unusual, so he walked towards the backstage staff.

"If we talk about confidence, Toyokawa-san is more confident than me."

Watching Xiangzi's back disappear into the depths of the corridor, Hailing turned to look at Pochi and continued, "Besides, wasn't Solo very confident at that time?"

"Eh...Eh?"

I didn't expect Hailing to mention the solo thing at that time.

"I was very impressed, so I believe you."

Looking at Hailing's calm eyes and listening to her encouraging words in a calm tone as if stating facts, Pochi's nervous heart slowly calmed down.

"Then...thank you Hailing."

228

Chapter 228: Birds of a feather.

“It’s so dark…”

Chihaya Aine found her seat and sat down, looking around. But she couldn't see anything except the stage in the auditorium. "It feels... like a movie theater."

"So where did you find this weird band?"

Nagasaki Motoyo frowned and checked the seat. After confirming that it was the right one, she sat down next to Aine, "It doesn't look like a band at all, okay?"

"That's my style, I guess..."

"I can't say I can compliment your taste,"

Sitting in the seat, facing the relatively dark environment, I felt a little more relaxed, and my frown smoothed out.

But even when I was relaxing, I kept thinking about how it had been a week since I last saw Pochi. I turned to look at Chihaya Aine beside me. There wasn't much to talk about between the two of them. She had her phone out, looking at something.

"Say, Pochi...what have you been busy with lately?"

She straightened her hair, lowered her head and asked casually.

"Pochi?"

Aine put down her phone and looked at Su Shi. The little thought of playing with her hair did not escape Aine's eyes. "Oh, you missed Pochi?"

"Huh? I didn't."

After hearing what Aine said, he lost all desire to pretend and turned his head away, "I'm just curious. If she's not with you guys, who else can she be with?"

"Xiangzi, I wonder what you are busy with."

"Xiang...Xiangzi?"

Having never thought about it in this way, Su Shi was stunned for a moment, and then realized that Pochi and Xiangzi were indeed on good terms and were classmates. "So... what are they busy with?"

"I don't know, it seems very mysterious."

Aine spread her hands and said, "I have to be busy even today, the weekend."

"...So useless. We're in the same school, but you don't know anything."

"Huh? If Pochi doesn't tell me, what can I do?"

Even though he wanted to know, Su Shi said to him, "Huh!"

……

Sitting in the row behind Aiyin Suye, Wakaba Mutsu watched all the interactions between the two of them. He knew what Pochi had been doing these days, and he also knew that soon...

Should I warn them? Should I take them out? After all, Pochi had formed a new band without their knowledge, which might be a bit too much, especially... for Su Shi.

But this wasn't because she was worried about Sushi, she was just worried about whether Pochi would be questioned by them later. With Pochi in that state, it would be difficult for her to handle such a thing.

After a moment of hesitation, he reached out his hand, ready to speak to Suze and Aine. But at this moment, the spotlight shone on the center of the stage, and the curtain slowly rose, announcing that the performance had begun.

……

"Alas My Love You Do Me Wrong, To Cast Me OffDiscourteously."

(Oh, my love, you have wronged me and treated me with contempt.)

……

"Wait a minute, that's... Sanjiao Chuhua?"

Before the curtain was fully raised, Chihaya Aine discovered that the person sitting in the center of the stage singing a cappella was the now famous idol - Sumimi's Hatsuka.

"Triangle Chuhua?"

Although she wasn't as fond of it as Aine, Sushi knew Chuhua from seeing advertisements everywhere and seeing her classmates discussing it. She was just wondering why she was performing in this strange band, wasn't she in some Sumimi band?

……

"For I Have Loved You So Long,"

"Delighting In Your Company." (Because I have loved you for so long, I am happy to have your company.)

……