After being elected as the governor of Tokyo, he will debut as a band!

Ichi Nijika came over and helped massage Aine's shoulders.

"I saw your arm was twisted into an L-shape just now, doesn't it hurt?"

“It’s no big deal,” Ai Yin said, swinging her arm to show Hong Xia how flexible her joints were. “Aside from a little pain at first, I can’t feel anything at all now.”

"That's good……"

Ichi Nijika nodded and turned around.

She was rather indifferent towards Mori and Inspector Megure, these two dangerous individuals who launched surprise attacks.

However, her manners and etiquette were still impeccable.

She first bowed to the two of them, then looked up and pointed to the direction of the entrance staircase.

"Red Bean Paste Private Marseille, the Starry Night Performance Hall does not tolerate any form of violence. Therefore, please leave. Your purchase at our shop will be refunded."

Ijichi Hoshika cooperatively took out two thousand yen and placed it on the front of the bar, then gestured with her chin for the two to take it.

Mori and Megure looked at Aoyama with difficulty. They were Aoyama's personal bodyguards and could not leave as they pleased. Even if Aoyama gave them an order, they could not do so. They had to ask their direct superior for permission first.

Aoyama shrugged, a hint of schadenfreude in his voice, and said, "The owner of Fanxing has already spoken. Do you still want to force yourselves to stay? You two are just ordinary death metal fans. Do you think you're police officers? Do you have the right to demand that ordinary citizens cooperate with you?"

If it weren't for the heavy smoky makeup on their faces, everyone present would have seen the bewildered expressions on Mori and Inspector Megure's faces.

Their mission is to protect Qingshan Xiang's safety without revealing their detective identities.

It would be a huge waste for them to reveal their identities over a small misunderstanding without encountering any bandits. Moreover, it would inevitably leave an impression of incompetence, negatively impacting their future evaluations and promotions.

"Alright, we'll keep watch nearby."

After a moment's thought, Mori picked up the banknotes from the bar and left.

Of course, they didn't go far. They stayed at the front door of the Starry Night Exhibition Hall and the fire escape at the back, watching for any suspicious persons. Mori also sent an email to Aoyama, saying that if Aoyama also found anything unusual, he should notify them immediately and they would rush in to "protect the governor's safety with their lives."

After the two rude strangers left, the Starlight Performance Hall was filled with laughter and joy once again.

"Chihaya, this is for you."

Xingge pulled out a bag of unopened guitar strings from under the bar counter and threw it into Aiyin's arms.

"Thank you so much, shop manager!"

"Don't thank me yet, this is a sincere offer of four hundred and fifty yuan."

"Huh? They actually charge money?"

"Otherwise what? It's not like I broke your strings."

"All right……"

Aine wasn't short of money either, so she took out a 500 yen note from her wallet and handed it over.

"I'll keep the change for the remaining fifty dollars. Here, have a glass of orange juice just like Hacksan's."

"Huh? Is that okay?" Aine really wanted to have something to drink, but fifty yen usually doesn't even buy a bottle of mineral water. This amount of money can get her a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice, which is practically free.

"Well, anyway, there are still oranges left over from what he prepared. If they go bad after a while, he won't drink them, so I might as well squeeze them all out today and give you a cup."

Xingge deftly grabbed a glass of orange juice and placed it in front of Aiyin.

"Fix the strings before you drink, otherwise you might get the guitar all sticky and attract ants."

"Oh dear, do you really need the shop manager to remind me of something so simple? I'm a seasoned guitarist myself."

"Sister, isn't there any orange juice for me?"

Hongxia was quite happy because her older sister stood by her side without hesitation and refunded the money to the two customers, so she leaned against the bar and acted coquettishly towards Xingge.

Xingge glanced at her casually and said, "If you want orange juice, go home and squeeze some yourself. I took all the oranges that he didn't finish drinking from the week before last home. You can squeeze as many oranges as you want. The oranges in the store are products, we can't just give them to people."

Hongxia, despite being treated differently, wasn't angry; instead, she looked at Xingge and smiled.

"It seems like the older sister is very kind to Xiao Aiyin."

"Huh? I'm like this with everyone?" Xingge raised an eyebrow, a little impatient. "When Liang first came to Fanxing, I treated her to drinks, right? But she kept getting free drinks and never paid for them, so I stopped."

"I guess this is what it means to be fickle and easily bored? Women approaching thirty are just this heartless and ungrateful."

Yamada shrugged and sighed, looking like he deserved a beating.

"Mr. Hack, don't let her fool you."

“Hey, Liang, you can’t say things like that,” Hongxia quickly covered Liang’s mouth. “That’s a man that my sister managed to catch.”

"Hey, you two, what's wrong with you? Talking about me like this in front of me? Hongxia, watch out or I'll dock your allowance!"

"Sister, what nonsense are you talking about? Don't I manage all the money in our family?"

As the saying goes, "lies don't hurt, but the truth is the sharpest knife." Hoshika felt embarrassed when Nijika exposed the fact that "a nearly thirty-year-old woman still relies on her high school sister to manage her life," and Aoyama found out. For a moment, she was on the verge of getting angry.

Hongxia quickly pulled Yamada Ryo into the practice room.

She wasn't afraid of her sister getting angry, but she knew that Xingge would start to act shamelessly when she was in a situation where she really couldn't save face. If she didn't let her deduct her allowance, she might even do something outrageous like fighting with her for dinner that night.

Chihaya Aine had already installed the new strings and tuned the guitar under Aoyama's direction.

Since Bochi and Nijika hadn't arrived yet, Aine chatted with Hoshika and Aoyama at the bar.

"By the way, Aine, you're here pretty early today. Don't you need to participate in the Miku Band's practice?" Aoyama asked.

"Su Shi didn't come today, so we couldn't rehearse the whole piece. Xiao Xiang told me to come directly to Master Boqi to learn guitar."

Aine smiled as if she had recalled some beautiful memories.

"Also, I wanted to get here as soon as possible so that Master Pochi could witness my tremendous progress. Oh, by the way, Mr. Hack, I successfully played the guitar part of 'Yellow' yesterday."

Oh! The talent I displayed during this process even earned praise from Monica's senior, Kiritani. She even came over to ask me if I wanted to learn guitar from her. Hehe, isn't that what they call 'gold will always shine'?

Isogachi Music Awards: Episode 074 - Mutsu went to see a psychologist.

Aoyama didn't have a strong impression of Kiritani Touko until Aine mentioned her.

The Kiritani family owns a century-old kimono brand, and of course, their business has long since expanded to include various high-end clothing. Aoyama has also ordered kimonos and formal wear from them.

However, in his impression, Kiritani Touko's guitar skills were rather average. Her interest in Aine and her desire for Aine to learn guitar from her didn't seem to prove that Aine had any strong talent for guitar... It was more like two guitar novices had taken a liking to each other and developed a mutual appreciation.

Regardless, Chihaya Aine's ability to go from a complete guitar novice to being able to barely play the guitar part of "Yellow" in just one month is already a significant improvement.

Aoyama was just about to give her a few simple compliments, but before he could even speak, he saw Aine take out her phone and unlock the screen. She first looked at the two chat banners on the lock screen, exclaimed "Oh my!" in surprise, and then opened LINE and started typing furiously.

"I'm sorry, Hakusan and the shop manager, I asked Su Shi why she didn't come to today's rehearsal, but she didn't reply to me. So I asked Li Xi, and she just replied."

Ai Yin looked at her guitar, then at the chat messages displayed on her phone screen, a conflicted expression on her face.

"Lixi said that Xiaomu took the day off today and went to the hospital with her mother, so Sushi went to visit Xiaomu at her house."

"So you also want to visit her?"

"Ah, no... Xiao Mu and I have only met once. Let alone friends, we're probably not even acquaintances. It would be too abrupt for someone with such a relationship to come and visit."

Ai Yin cupped her cheeks and sighed, "I was just worried."

"worry about what?"

"According to Lixi's reply to me, Su Shi seems to think that Xiao Mu got sick because all the former members of Crychic came to Mi Chong and no one was there to form a band with her. Today, Xiao Mu's mother, Ms. Sen Minami, also took her to see a psychologist."

On the surface, Aoyama showed no reaction, but inwardly he was quite surprised.

Two days ago, when he brought Wakaba Mutsu back to the Aoyama family's old house, Wakaba Mutsu's behavior was quite normal; she was just a normal girl who was a little quiet but not afraid of people.

How could her condition have become so serious that she needs to see a psychologist after only two days?

Aoyama subconsciously assumed that it was Wakaba Mutsu's mother, Mori Minami, who had caused some trouble again.

Seeing that Chihaya Aine was troubled, Aoyama took the opportunity to offer his own perspective.

“I think Ms. Nagasaki Motoyo must have made a mistake. I just saw Ms. Wakaba two days ago... and her mental state is perfectly normal. It’s also possible that Ms. Mori Minami is overly concerned about Ms. Wakaba, so when Ms. Wakaba shows even the slightest difference from usual, she’s sent her for psychological counseling.”

"Oh! I see... That's what I thought too."

Chihaya Aine subconsciously felt that Nagasaki Motoyo's idea was definitely wrong. Who would get so upset that a former band member was doing better and better that they would develop a mental illness? Even if there were such a person, it couldn't be Mutsu, who is the daughter of a famous actor and a top comedian. She has seen all kinds of big scenes. How could she possibly get so hung up on something as trivial as forming a band?

She simply didn't know how to explain the fact that Xiao Mu had gone to see a psychologist, so she felt worried and even a little guilty.

But after hearing what Aoyama said, he suddenly understood.

A famous actress like Minami must have encountered many child actors with psychological problems in her daily work and life. In order to prevent Xiaomu from having the same situation, she is very sensitive to Xiaomu's daily behavior and habits. If there is anything slightly abnormal, she will immediately take her to see a psychologist, but in fact there is nothing serious.

"Su Shi is worrying unnecessarily, making it sound like Xiao Mu is some kind of particularly fragile child."

Aoyama glanced at her phone and said, "However, these are just our guesses. We'll have to hear what the doctor who did the counseling for Ms. Wakaba has to say to know the truth."

"You mean, we can go directly to Xiaomu's psychologist and ask about the situation?" Ai raised one eyebrow, feeling that Aoyama's suggestion was very constructive, but also that it would be difficult to achieve this goal. "But it's hard to find, isn't it? We don't even know which hospital Xiaomu went to, let alone find her psychologist. And even if we did find her, what could we do? Psychologists have professional ethics, and they will definitely protect the privacy of their patients."

"You don't need to worry about this. I've already looked into it for you."

Aoyama said with a smile, "Adults have a skill called 'networking,' which allows them to quickly obtain the information they want."

Chihaya Aine nodded somewhat bewilderedly, "Then I'll leave it to you. I just don't want to see Suze-san blame herself for what happened to Mutsu."

Shortly after this conversation ended, Pochi and Kita arrived, and the two of them called Chisaya Aine to go to the practice room inside to learn guitar.

Aoyama had just finished his glass of orange juice and was about to hand the empty glass to Ijichi Hoshika when he heard her snort coldly.

"Are you going to try and fool some young girl again?"

"What do you mean by lying? Making promises you can't keep is lying. Do you think I can't find out who Ruoye Mutsu's psychologist is, or do you think that even if I find him, I won't be able to get him to tell me everything about the counseling sessions?"

"So you're going to abuse your power again, is that it?" Ijichi Seika looked at him with an expression that said, "You're hopeless."

“This is called giving someone a chance to take over power,” Aoyama said without any shame. At the same time, he saw Hoshika roll her eyes at him, so he softened his tone and tried to smooth things over. “You don’t care whether my methods are legitimate or not, my initial intention is good—to help Ms. Chihaya feel at ease; my purpose is also good—to eliminate Ms. Nagasaki’s self-blame for not understanding the situation; at the same time, it also serves to fill in the gaps—if Ms. Wakaba really has psychological problems, I can also introduce her to real experts in this field. As we all know, in the field of psychiatry, there are many charlatans and few who are truly qualified. The resources I have are much more reliable than the resources that Mori Minami can find.”

That makes perfect sense. Ichiji Hoshika was speechless, but then she let out a cold snort—you didn't investigate this information by running around on your own, you just abused public resources because of your position!

I'm already refraining from calling you a "big rat," but you expect me to praise you?!

Igomachi Music Awards: 075 Girls Talk About Everything in Private

"Mr. Hack is such a good man."

After following Pochi and Kita into the practice room, Chihaya Aine made this remark.

Ijichi Nijika and Yamada Ryo were also in the practice room, sitting head to head together, revising a piece composed by Yamada Ryo.

"Why did you suddenly say that?"

Ichi Nijika raised her head slightly and asked casually.

"I

I had barely shown the slightest sign of distress when Mr. Hack said he would use his connections to help me.

Chihaya Aine rubbed her hands together, feeling a little excited.

It's rare to see an adult who understands the struggles of minors like him; most adults would just find the struggles of minors funny.

Ijichi Nijika hadn't reacted yet, but it excited Pochi—

What could possibly warrant Aoyama using his connections?

Could it be that Aine's family stole the helicopter from the Yokota U.S. military base?

She must have at least four warning stars on her head now.

Moreover, if this really happens, let alone Aoyama, the governor of Tokyo, I'm afraid even the current prime minister can't save him, right?

However, I heard from my father that Governor Aoyama has a good relationship with the mayor of Moscow. Although Militiam can boss people around in China, he can't do anything about people who have moved to Russia...

What if the next time we see Aine, she's already Russian?

Take a sip of vodka, a bite of pickled cucumber, a bite of raw marinated fatty pork, and a sip of "halasha".

"Hey? Little Boqi, why are you suddenly playing 'Katyusha'?"

Little Boqi heard Hongxia's voice.

She then realized that she had involuntarily started playing a famous Russian piece.

"Ah, this..."

Little Pochi's face turned blue at a visible speed, and then he darted into the mango box in the corner of the practice room like a rat in the street.