Guitar Hero also wants to play Kasuga Shadow!

"I dont go."

"...Is that so?" Nagasaki Suyo narrowed her eyes. Xiao Mu had become disobedient since Xiangzi left. "Then Xiao Mu must come to the live show~"

"Hmm..." He replied quietly, and then the phone in his pocket vibrated. "I have to go back."

"This... so fast?!" He hadn't even finished the glass of mango juice.

“There are dance classes.”

"That's all we can do." Nagasaki Suye couldn't see any other information. "Then let's go back and practice our instruments. I haven't touched the bass in a while."

"Okay...okay."

After finishing the last bit of mango juice, the three of them stood up and walked out of the coffee shop.

...

"See you tomorrow~"

"Um.."

At the street corner, Pochi said goodbye to Suye, and Mu was following him, apparently they were going the same way.

Walking on the way home, I kept muttering the word, "childhood sweetheart..." I also want to have one.

Forget it, forget it. I already have a band and good friends who can go to coffee shops with me. I don’t need to think about these things anymore.

I turned another intersection and found that Mu behind me had stopped and was standing there.

"Wakaba-san?" Pochi thought that they should be separated.

"Please... please stop being a messenger."

Chapter 29: Interesting...Girls

"Please... please stop being a messenger."

Pochi stared blankly at the light green figure who turned and left after saying this.

"Not going to be a messenger?"

Xiangzi said the same thing last time... By not being a messenger, he meant Sushi? It seems Xiangzi has been avoiding her. It's so complicated. I can't figure out how to interact with others.

"Hmm~ Interesting woman~"

"Eh?" Pochi looked at the girl with heterochromic eyes who had appeared in front of him at some point, "You... your name is Lenai, right..."

"Yes~"

Lenai patrolled her territory as usual, occasionally helping one of her stray cats snatch territory. Then, seeing Pochi standing by the roadside, lost in thought, she remembered sharing Buffy with her last time. So, this time...

"Buffy~"

"Eh?"

"Matcha Parfait~"

"Matcha? Buffy?" She...she wouldn't want me to treat her, right?

Seeing that Pochi was standing there without any reaction, Lenai reached out and grabbed her sleeve, leading her towards the ring.

"Eh? Wait...wait a minute..."

Even so, I won't treat you to Buffy!

...

"Don't you want to eat it?" Lenai scooped up another spoonful of buffy and looked at Pochi who was staring at his wallet in a daze.

"I...I won't eat it."

"Hmm..." Lenai's eyes swirled between Pochi and Buffy on her spoon. After a long while, she made up her mind and handed it to Pochi. "Here... no..." She took it back, took a small sip, and handed it back again. "Here you go."

"...No need, Lenai, just eat it yourself."

Didn’t I pay for it? But seeing her eating Buffy with big mouthfuls, those worries I had before were much less.

"Satisfied~" Lenai finished a whole Buffy in no time and collapsed on the chair, burping slightly.

"If you're satisfied, then I'll..."

"If you're satisfied, then it's time to play the guitar." Without listening to Pochi, he jumped off the chair and looked at Pochi, who was still stunned, and asked doubtfully, "Aren't you coming?"

"Huh?" Playing guitar? Now?

While Pochi was still confused, Lenai had already found Rinrinko at the front desk with ease.

"Lenai wants to play guitar?"

"Ah."

"Wait a moment then." After a while, Rinrinko came over with the guitar set that Lenai always carried.

"Come to think of it, when did Lenai get to know Pochi?" Pochi and the others had been here several times, and Rinrinko also knew this quiet girl.

"Pochi?" Kaname tilted her head in confusion.

"You don't know her? Then why did you ask her to pay?"

"Because she is, an interesting woman."

"Women...you should call them girls~" Rinrinko corrected Wildcat's strange way of addressing others. "Also, Pochi is that kid's...nickname...I don't know her real name either."

"Hey~ Pochi..." Lenai muttered, then turned to look at Pochi who was still sitting there, not daring to move, "Interesting name..."

...

"Want to... play guitar here?" Pochi looked at the current environment. Although there didn't seem to be many customers, it would still disturb others!

Then his gaze returned to Lenai. She was already holding the guitar and ready. After looking at him, she started moving her hands.

A wild melody burst out from that small body that didn't fit the impression. Pochi and the other customers were attracted by the girl in the corner of the cafe.

So cool!

How did that petite girl play such powerful music?

"Wow... so amazing." Pochi stared blankly at the figure playing there wantonly. Perhaps this is what the guitarist he admired should be like when playing...

After a while, the girl's impromptu performance ended. With a "Satisfied," she pulled out her guitar and ran to Pochi, "How was it?"

"Very...very strong."

"Hehe~" Lenai raised her head complacently, then took off the guitar on her back and handed it to Pochi, "It's your turn."

"Eh?!" Before he could reach out, the guitar was placed on his lap, "No... I..."

When he turned around, Lenai was already sitting next to him, looking at him expectantly.

"I..." I prepared myself mentally, looking down at the guitar in my arms. It was covered in signs of use, even older than the one I borrowed from my dad, but the owner's love and care for it was imprinted on it. It was truly a good guitar...

"Just try your best~"

Turning around, Lenai was still sitting there, looking at him expectantly.

Just try your best, that's all...

If Lenai can do it, why can't I? It's just... playing in public! If I can't even do something like that, how can I form a band with others?

The will to fight is burning, the fighting spirit is increasing rapidly, and now Pochi feels that he can do anything.

and!

But I am!

Guitar Hero!

...

Seconds...

Lenai stared blankly at the burnt-out Guitar Hero beside her, feeling that if she didn't say something she would be blown away like ash in the wind.

"Is this... a new guitar genre?"

"..."

"Or is it a completely new way of playing?"

"Stop talking... I just play it badly..." Pochi took the guitar off and handed it to Lenai, "I'm really sorry for insulting your guitar!"

"Hey~" Lenai took the guitar and played it casually, "Pochi, it's the guitar idiot."

"Trash...trash..." Such words will be said during the band's live performance.

"Hi everyone, I'm Bess."

“I’m the drummer.”

“I’m the lead singer.”

"I...I'm a guitar idiot..."

...

"Gah! I don't want a future like this!"

Lenai looked at the twitching Pochi with great interest. She was indeed the interesting woman he liked, oh no, an interesting girl.

"Grandma said, just do your best."

"Try your best..." After hearing Lenai's words, Pochi calmed down, "Try your best..."

"I don't know, but just try your best." Lenai looked at Pochi with a smile, "Pochi, did you try your best?"

"I..." Although I wanted to say that I had tried my best, I knew deep down that "I haven't..."

"Then Pochi needs to work harder."

"Yes..."

It was as if I was being lectured by a girl younger than me, and an inexplicable sense of shame made me lower my head.

"You need to practice more."

"Yes..."

"Come back next time."

"Yeah...huh?! Next is..."

"Please come here to perform again next time." Lenai was already looking forward to Pochi's next performance.

“No no no no no no no…”

"That's a deal then~" Lenai ignored Pochi's frantic head shaking, jumped off the chair, and prepared to put away her guitar and leave, "Interesting girl...girl."

Chapter 30 The future is bright...

"Morning...Morning."

Pochi tried hard to greet Xiangzi proactively. It was just a weekend and they hadn't seen each other for two days. For some reason, he was looking forward to seeing Xiangzi again.

Is it because the people I met these two days are related to Xiangzi?

"Good morning, Pochi." Toyokawa Shoko responded, interrupting Pochi's thoughts. "How did Pochi spend his weekend?"

"My words are..." When I said this, I suddenly remembered what Ruoye said to me yesterday afternoon when we were standing on the roadside.

"Please... please stop being a mouthpiece."

If I say it out loud, it won't be nice...

"What's wrong?" Seeing that Pochi suddenly fell silent in the middle of his words, Toyokawa Shoko looked at Pochi in confusion.

"Yes...I went out with friends."

"Hey~ a friend..." Toyokawa Shoko saw that Pochi was intentionally concealing the identity of that so-called friend. Someone must have asked her to do so.

睦？

Will she meet Pochi?