Guitar Hero also wants to play Kasuga Shadow!

"Thank you all for coming today," Su Shi sat down and spoke first, "Today I want to have a good chat about the future."

“As for the future, does that mean live performances?” Aine asked.

"No, further back."

Later? Pochi looked up at Sushi after hearing this.

"We don't even look like a band right now. Is there any point in forming a band like this?"

A band without music really has no meaning to exist.

"When we decided to start the band again, we said we would communicate well to avoid mistakes, but now we've drifted apart. If we continue like this, it will definitely end in failure again."

"Failure again..." Deng lowered his head tremblingly after hearing this. Failure again...

"I think it's better to have a live show." Noticing the frustration of waiting, Li Xi took the initiative to speak, "If we want to move forward without unity, we must have a goal. It's because we don't have a goal that we can't even practice."

"There's still someone who has no intention of practicing at all." Li Xi said, glancing at Aine. "The meaning of Deng's singing lies in letting everyone hear it. So..." Li Xi lowered his head to cheer himself up, then said what was in his mind, "In order to not end it, I want to hold a live performance."

"Wait a minute, didn't Pochi say he couldn't do it?" Aine paused to form her words, "This time it was just too sudden. We should be fully prepared and perform the live in the best possible condition."

"Pochi, what do you think?" Li Xi looked at Pochi, "This live performance is a rare opportunity."

"I..." Pochi was silent for a moment, thinking of Xiangzi's encouragement to him in the morning.

"So, I'm counting on Pochi. I'll be attending the live show when the time comes."

Xiang...Since Xiangzi said so...then I should work harder. I'm a guitar hero, I can definitely do live performances and such.

"I..I want to give it a try."

"Eh? Why...?" Why is it different from what you said yesterday?

"So what about you?" Li Xi questioned Aine, "Now you're the only one who doesn't want to hold a live."

"I..."

"You're just running away from the guitar. You can't actually play it, but you're focusing all your energy on the band name, clothes, and stuff like that."

"I didn't run away..." Aiyin tried to retort quietly, but was interrupted by Riki's subsequent questioning.

"If you don't settle down to live, you won't make any progress at all. You'll just run away. It's always been like this!"

"Li...Lixi, don't..." Pochi wanted to ease the atmosphere but didn't know how to start.

“I’m not running away!” Aine, finally unable to bear it any longer, stood up, ignored the backpack beside her, and ran away with her eyes closed...

“Aine!” Pochi, who had been wanting to speak out to stop them, stood up and chased after them, leaving the three of them staring at each other in bewilderment.

"Don't worry, there will always be someone who will say these things." Su Shi looked at the direction where the two pink-haired girls left and spoke slowly. As long as they left like this...

"But, Aine practices every day." Deng turned to look at Li Xi next to him, "Li Xi, you're going too far."

"Eh?..."

Chapter 43 The Promise at That Time

"What do you mean I didn't escape? I clearly tried my best to escape. I am such a person..." If you say this, won't you just repeat the same mistake?

I came back from London to start over. I finally made new friends and a band to play with, but in the end, I'm just going to run away...

"Huh? Isn't this Chihaya?"

"Huh?" Aine looked up in disbelief at the familiar voice she heard at that moment, calling her Chihaya. It was indeed her junior high school classmate whom she hadn't spoken to in a long time...

"It really is."

"Chihaya, it's been a long time."

"How's it going in England? Is it holiday time over there?"

"Um..." Faced with the surprise of not seeing her former friend for a long time and the anticipation of London, Chihaya Aine stammered.

"Eh? This school uniform..."

Chihaya Aine felt her gaze sweeping over her body again and again as her tone of voice changed.

Is this some kind of torture? ...

"Haqiu?"

"Really..."

"What about England? Didn't you go there to study abroad?"

The memories of England were like sharp blades piercing into my body, leaving me unable to move.

"I..." I opened my mouth weakly, but found that I couldn't utter a word.

"Chihaya?" The two former classmates glanced at each other. They felt that the Chihaya Aine before them was completely different from their former student council president. "Did something happen to you? If it's something bad, please tell us. We are still friends."

No...I can't hold on any longer...

My life has no meaning in the end...

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"Love...Love...Aine..."

Pochi, who hadn't run for a long time, was already panting as if he was about to die, as if he had run out of a horror movie.

"Wait...wait a minute...ah!~"

With a scream, Pochi finally tripped over his left foot and fell to the ground.

Aine and the others heard screams, and when they looked in the direction of the sound, they saw Pochi lying on the ground, shaking.

"Pochi!" Aine immediately ran over upon seeing this, leaving the two of them staring at each other in bewilderment.

"Is that...Chihaya's new friend?"

“I don’t know, but it was Aine who was calling out.”

"Indeed, it looks like they have a very close relationship."

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"Pochi! Are you okay?!" Aine squatted beside Pochi and asked anxiously.

"It's...seemingly okay."

The exhausted Pochi's running speed was not much different from walking, and the sportswear he was wearing was quite thick, so Pochi just felt a little pain in his body, nothing serious.

"I didn't even know Pochi was catching up. It's all my fault." Aine said as she helped Pochi stand up.

"Aine...you're running so fast, I can't catch up..." Aine placed her hand on his shoulder and helped him stand up. Pochi didn't think it was necessary, but Aine smelled good, so he didn't say anything, and at the same time, buried his head in her hair and sniffed it.

"Ah...ah haha." It was all his fault. He ran around with his eyes closed and made Pochi fall. He supported Pochi and prepared to go to a bench not far away to rest, then he met the eyes of those two junior high school classmates.

"Sorry, my business... Let's talk later..." I didn't dare to look them in the eye, I lowered my head and said these words and then walked past them as quickly as possible...

“Oh…” At first, they didn’t react and responded mechanically. When Aine walked a little further away, they realized, “Chihaya… has changed…”

"Yeah, what happened?"

"Never mind. Since we haven't been in touch for so long in Yuqiu, that's pretty telling."

These words reached the ears of Pochi and Aine again, and Pochi couldn't help but feel worried.

“Aine..they are…”

"It's my junior high school classmate."

"Eh? In that case..."

"Poké, please don't speak for now. Let me...be quiet for a while."

"oh oh."

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"What...should we do?" As the excitement faded away, Li Xi realized that what he had just said was indeed a bit harsh. He looked in the direction where Pochi Aine left, still hoping in his heart that they could come back.

"Pochi and the others... will definitely come back." Takamatsu Deng followed Li Xi's gaze and looked in the direction they left.

"Why do you say that?" Nagasaki Suyo also looked over. If they just left like this, wouldn't they be able to get Xiaomu and Xiaoxiang into the band more quickly?

"Because Pochi, it's just Pochi."

Pochi is Pochi? What a ridiculous thing to say. Just because it's Pochi, can he bring back Aine who ran away like this? Nagasaki Suyo thought this while looking at Riki beside her. She didn't seem confused by what Deng said.

Why? Because of Pochi?

Nagasaki Suyo felt an inexplicable irritation. What was the magic in this name? Shouldn't you trust Xiangzi, the Xiangzi who brought everyone together?

Why am I so interested in this pink-haired guitar whom I've only known for a short time?

"Su Shi...are you feeling unwell?" Gao Songdeng noticed something unusual about Su Shi beside him and asked.

"No...I'm fine..." He forced a smile, but his hands started fiddling unconsciously...

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"Pochi... have you ever tried something and then realized you couldn't do it?" On the park bench, Pochi, who had been supported by Aine, suddenly fell on Aine's lap. While stroking Pochi's head, he looked at the sunset in the horizon and spoke slowly, "It's like when you thought you could do something, but in the end, it turned out to be completely different from what you imagined, and you had no choice but to run away in shame."

"Yes..." Pochi lay down, looking at the sky dyed orange by the sunset. "When I was in junior high, I saw a band program on TV and excitedly took guitar lessons. I thought I could make friends and become a popular person like the ones on TV. But then..."

"later?"

"As you can see, I didn't make any friends in junior high."

"I haven't made any friends yet..." Aine said as she rubbed Pochi's head, "I always thought Pochi was exaggerating..."

"So...Aine is my first friend~"

Hearing this, Aine’s caressing hand stopped.

"My first... friend..."

"Yeah, so, I want to form a band with Aine."

"Eh?"

"Do you still remember our agreement?"

"Promise?" For a moment, Aine couldn't remember which promise Pochi was talking about.

"yes..."

Pochi said as he sat up, facing Aine, filling her field of vision with his figure.

"The band...promise to keep going..."

Chapter 44 We...are going to hold a live show

"Yeah... of course I still remember." Aine said, lowering her head, not daring to look directly at Pochi. "What Riki said just now was actually right."

“You’re right…” Pochi felt that Aine was about to speak her mind, so she moved closer to listen.

“I don’t know why Pochi transferred here, but the timing of that transfer is actually quite ambiguous…” Aine raised her head and met Pochi’s gaze. “Actually… I went abroad to study.”

"Studying abroad... means going to school abroad, right? That's awesome..."

“No…” Aine raised her head again and looked at the fading sunset in the sky. “I… couldn’t keep up at all, so I ran back.”

"I can't keep up..."

"Did I mention that I was the student council president in junior high?"

"Ah."

"At that time, out of vanity, I formed a student union band. On a stage where no one knew how to play an instrument, I could get applause just by playing a few pieces. Thinking about it now, it's really ridiculous..."

“Aine…”

"And then she was simply blinded by her vanity. One of those two girls was a student of Yue Zhisen, right?"

"Eh? I didn't...I didn't notice."

"Some of them are going to Tsuki no Mori Academy, so as the student council president, I have to be better than them. That's how I decided to study abroad. Pochi would think it's ridiculous..."

"Eh...no, I think...that's pretty bold."

“Pochi is so gentle…” Aine gave a wry smile and continued, “I thought my English grades were good and communication would be no problem, but when I got there, I found that it was completely different. The English knowledge I learned in school was completely useless, and even speaking was difficult. So I ran away, but I didn’t even last a month before I ran away.”