Substitute Toyokawa Shoko, you can become stronger by breathing

Chapter 82 Tags [Kujo Renji's Pet] (1w1)

Looking at the disaster-level scene at the door

——Yutenji Wakamugi who was as stiff as a stone, and Wakaba Mutsu who was lying on the sofa with his head tilted and imitating a cat's meow.

Kujo Renji felt a deep sense of powerlessness rising in his heart, and his temples were throbbing.

What is this all about? !

"Ms. Yutenji..."

He sighed helplessly in his heart, and at the same time, he spoke in a tone that was as calm as possible but still unable to hide his silence, trying to break the suffocating silence:

"What are you doing?"

However, as soon as he finished speaking, Shoko Toyokawa's undisguised mocking voice rang in his mind.

"hehe..."

Toyokawa Shoko sneered

"Is this the method that Kujo-sama mentioned earlier, the one that would ensure someone's loyalty? The goal has been achieved, but it seems there are also quite a few complications."

Xiangzi's tone sounded like pure gloating, but it contained a subtle, imperceptible hint of sourness and dissatisfaction.

Logically speaking, seeing him in such an embarrassing situation, Xiangzi should have expressed a complex feeling of "anger and amusement", but at this moment, the sharp and almost jealous emotion in her tone prevailed.

Of course, Toyokawa Shoko herself did not seem to realize this, or rather, she was unwilling to admit the inexplicable depression and unhappiness in her heart that even confused herself.

So, she chose to cover it up with more exaggerated gloating and continued to fan the flames in Kujo Renji's mind.

"Everyone is really relying on you, keep going~"

Kujo Renji was too lazy to argue with her in his mind. He just wanted to quickly solve the mess in front of him.

And Yutenji Wakamu at the door had completely shut down his brain and entered a dormant state of self-protection after hearing Mu's soft and cute "nya?"

Everything in front of her eyes went dark, and her ears were buzzing, hypnotizing herself madly.

I'm dreaming, I must be dreaming, this isn't real, it isn't real...

"So... Miss Yutenji."

Jiujo Renji had to speak again, raising his voice a little, trying to wake her up from her self-hypnosis:

"Don't you have anything to say?"

This sentence, which sounded a bit like an interrogation, was like a wake-up call, and finally pulled Ruomai back from the brink of collapse.

She shuddered suddenly, like a new recruit being criticized by the instructor, and subconsciously straightened her body and stood up straight.

"Ah! Uh...I...that..."

She spoke incoherently, her eyes darting around in panic, not daring to look at Jiujo Renji's harmonious face. Her mind was blank, and she couldn't think of any reasonable explanation.

In the end, she could only come up with an excuse that was so full of loopholes that even she didn't believe it:

"I...I went to the wrong place! Yes! I went to the wrong room! I'm so sorry to bother you!"

As she spoke, she yanked the shameful cat ears off her head with trembling hands, and stuffed them into her pocket. Because she pulled too hard, her hair was a little messy.

Her already pretty face was now as red as a boiled shrimp, spreading from her cheeks to her ears, and even her neck was suspiciously pink.

Her eyes were filled with tears, as if she was about to burst into tears, but even more so, she was filled with shame and indignation, a despair that made her wish she could just evaporate. That embarrassed, anxious, and bewildered look, combined with the outfit she'd just been wearing, was unexpectedly... a different kind of endearing.

Although I just want to find a crack in the ground to crawl into at this moment.

"Um... If nothing else, I'll be leaving first! Take care! Goodbye! No! No need to see me off!"

After leaving behind these incoherent and illogical words, Yutenji Wakamu fled almost at the same time without looking back. His back was full of panic and despair, as if there was a flood or a beast chasing him.

Looking at her disheveled figure disappearing at the end of the corridor, Kujo Renji felt speechless again.

He shook his head, closed the door, turned around, and prepared to explain to Mu on the sofa.

As a result, when he turned around, he met Ruoye Mu's golden eyes, which were still pure but seemed to have a hint of inquiry.

She was looking at him intently, as if waiting for an explanation.

"cough..."

Kujo Renji cleared his throat and tried to speak in a nonchalant tone:

"Just now, um... she might have been under too much pressure recently, and her mind is a little abnormal, so she suddenly had a seizure. Don't pay attention to her."

However, Ruoye Mu did not nod or look away immediately as usual.

She still looked at him calmly, her eyes clear and insightful, yet seemed to be able to see through everything.

This kind of quiet gaze made Jiujo Liansi inexplicably feel a little...guilty.

"Heh..." In his mind, Toyokawa Shoko sneered at the right time, full of sarcasm.

No! Why should I feel guilty?

Kujo Renji suddenly realized the key point.

He was just about to pretend to be calm and change the subject, like asking Mu if she wanted something to drink, or just sending her back to her room...

At this moment, Ruoye Mu suddenly spoke. Her voice was still soft and gentle, and her tone was calm, but she said something that shocked both Kujo Renji and Toyokawa Shoko at the same time.

"actually..."

Mu tilted his head and looked at Jiujo Liansi with a serious look:

"I can be a cat too."

"..."

"..."

The room and Kujo Renji's mind fell into deathly silence.

It took several seconds for Toyokawa Shoko to react. Her voice instantly rose, filled with shock and exasperation:

"Are you teaching Xiao Mu some weird stuff behind my back again?!"

Jiu Tiao Lian Si also had a dark face, feeling that he was more wronged than Dou E.

"What did I teach you?! You and I practically share vision and hearing. Don't you know that I've spoken to her a few times recently?!"

He retorted silently in his mind.

"That's not necessarily true!"

Xiangzi immediately retorted

"You've had a criminal record before! You even have that ability to block my perception! Who knows if you've instilled some weird ideas into her while I wasn't paying attention!"

"..."

Kujo Renji was speechless for a moment.

He had indeed used his ability to block his perception in order to deal with matters that were inconvenient for Xiangzi to know. Now that Xiangzi had brought it up, he really had no way of refuting it.

This is really...shooting oneself in the foot.

Just when Kujo Renji was at a loss for words and Xiangzi was still frantically accusing him of being a "beast", a "pervert" and a "corrupt leader" in his mind, Ruoye Mu slowly added a sentence, resolving this shocking misunderstanding.

She pointed to the spot where Ruomai had worn the cat ears, then pointed to herself, and said in a matter-of-fact tone:

"I also have... cat stuffed animals. Lots of them. Ren Si... do you like them?"

It turned out that the girl just saw Ruomai's outfit and associated it with the elements of her own doll.

Coupled with her unique and jumping way of thinking and expression habits, she said that statement that caused misunderstanding.

Kujo Renji: "..."

Toyokawa Shoko: "..."

A farce caused by misunderstanding, imagination and naivety finally came to an end in such a subtle and indescribable atmosphere.

While Kujo Renji breathed a sigh of relief, he also felt a sense of exhaustion.

It's hard to play in a band.

.........

Fortunately, as the tour was approaching, such "misunderstandings" did not happen again.

Everyone's status changed quite promptly.

At least on the surface you can't tell what he's thinking.

Osaka Central Concert Hall, one of the city's largest indoor performance venues, is currently occupied by the final preparations for the Ave Mujica tour.

The huge stage was brightly lit, all kinds of audio equipment and musical instruments had been debugged, and the air was filled with tension and excitement of the upcoming battle.

There are only a few hours left until the final show of Ave Mujica's national tour - the Osaka stop.

This performance has attracted much attention since the warm-up stage, not only because it is the finale of the tour, but also because the band "previewed" this performance through official channels early on, saying that there will be "unprecedented" changes.

This suspenseful trailer whetted the appetite of all fans and media, and made tickets for the show hard to come by.

On stage, Ave Mujica had just finished a full dress rehearsal. Sweat soaked the members' costumes, but excitement gleamed in everyone's eyes, especially Yutenji Wakamu, who had just finished a mock rehearsal for the "unmasking" segment.

When the simulated spotlight shone on her face and the imaginary deafening cheers rang out, Ruomai almost subconsciously straightened her back and revealed her most confident and charming smile that she had practiced countless times.

Even though it was just a rehearsal, she could already see the sea of ​​people in the audience going crazy for her, screaming for her. The thought of her true self, hidden behind the image of "Amoris," about to blossom completely on this huge stage, under the gaze of the crowd, made her heart beat with excitement, and even her breathing trembled with excitement.

“Hu…ha…”

Ruomai fanned herself with her hands to calm her excitement, her cheeks flushed with a healthy blush of excitement.

At that moment, a middle-aged man in a well-tailored suit, looking slightly overweight, quickly walked onto the stage. He was none other than Shinichi Ishizaki, the nominal chairman of Winwing.

He held a clean towel in his hand and had a professional smile on his face. He first symbolically comforted the other members, then quickly walked up to Kujo Renji.

"Ms. Toyokawa, thank you for your hard work."

Ishizaki observed Kujo Renji's expression from the corner of his eye and spoke cautiously in a voice almost whispering, with obvious embarrassment and hesitation in his tone:

"Well, regarding that final 'unveiling' moment, don't you think it's... a little too early?"

It made perfect sense that Ishizaki would be there, ostensibly to inspect the final tour preparations for the company's most important band.

But in fact, he came for the final performance process report that Kujo Renji submitted some time ago, which was detailed down to every link.

He was well aware that this process included the highly controversial "unmasking" phase.

The real purpose of his trip was to try to dissuade the "actual controller" whose actions were becoming increasingly unpredictable.

His concerns were not unfounded. When Toyokawa Sadaharu, the patriarch of the Toyokawa family, invested a huge amount of money in Winwing, he had clearly put forward an additional condition to him.

No matter what, his beloved granddaughter "Toyokawa Shoko" cannot be allowed to appear in the entertainment industry with her true face, and her privacy must be protected.

Although the power of Winwing has now almost completely fallen into the hands of Miss Toyokawa, in Ishizaki's view, Toyokawa Shoko and Toyokawa Sadaharu are family members after all, connected by blood.

This young lady's behavior might be unexpected, but she wouldn't completely disregard her grandfather's explicit request, right?

He felt that he had an obligation and a need to subtly remind the young person in power to pay attention to Mr. Fengchuan's attitude, so as to avoid any family conflicts in the future that would affect the stability of the firm.

However, his cautious and self-proclaimed "reminder" was met with a glance from Jiujo Renji that was cold enough to make his hair stand on end.

The girl didn't even look at him directly. She just turned her head and glanced at him lightly with her cold amber eyes, and said in a flat tone:

"Mr. Ishizaki, I remember... I warned you a long time ago."

“I am fully responsible for all matters concerning Ave Mujica, from decision-making to execution.”

"Who is..."

She tilted her head slightly:

"Does it give you the illusion that you can give me advice?"

!!!

Ishizaki Shinichi only felt a chill running from the soles of his feet straight up to the top of his head!

His face turned pale instantly, cold sweat dripped down, and the back of his shirt was almost immediately soaked with sweat.

"I'm so sorry! Ms. Toyokawa! I overstepped my bounds! I spoke too much!"

Ishizaki bowed deeply almost reflexively:

"I have no intention of questioning you...everything is subject to your decision! Please forgive me!"