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"It doesn't matter~~~ Human beings are just chess pieces and toys at my mercy anyway. Shiori-san doesn't need to care at all. Because Shiori-san is a special existence that I directly recognize. As for other miscellaneous human beings, I don't care about their life or death. .”

"..."

Seeing Miku say such words with carefree eyes, Shizhi didn't respond, but just looked at her with a slightly ugly face.

This girl, Yui Xiao Miku, is definitely not a bad child.It's just because her ability distorted her own values.Maybe it will take a long time and a lot of effort to improve, right?But even so... there is every possibility that she can live in peace with humans just like Tohka and the others.

For this reason, and to prevent the other party from being hunted by AST and DEM - her spiritual power must be sealed no matter what.

If she cannot be put on the same footing as ordinary humans, she will continue to see humans as pawns or toys.That would be... really sad.

This is not to say that humans are pathetic, but that this girl, who is likely to have transformed from a human into an elf, is pathetic.

"As expected...I must defeat you...in order for you to truly talk to 'human beings'."

"With humans? I often talk to them~ Your words are so strange."

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand now. However, you have to remember. Humans are not the kind of people who are willing to be your pawns or toys. They are not the kind of guys who are both obedient and easy to get along with."

"......what are you talking about?"

After hearing Shizhi's words, the smile on Miku's face no longer looked innocent, but turned into a smile that seemed to be mocking.

"Humans are quite simple creatures that can be easily controlled. Shiori-kun, you don't have to worry so much~~~because the only use of those guys is for people to enjoy."

"...In your eyes, do human beings exist like this? Miku, don't you think you are very pathetic? As a result of your wanton behavior, no matter how many people you control, you are just fighting with a group of people. The puppets are just playing. You can't see the possibilities of humans, the advantages of humans, at all."

"yes......"

Seeing Shiori showing displeasure like this, Miku narrowed her eyes in interest.

"So, do you want to give it a try?"

"What do you mean?"

Shiori frowned in confusion and asked, but Miku didn't explain much.

"Haha~~~ Well, although I'm a little bit reluctant to leave, today's date will end here. I will wait for you on the stage - but the premise is that if Shizhi-san can successfully stand on the stage."

Miku waved the finger on her lips in Shiori's direction, then turned and left.

"What the hell is she talking about?"

Shizhi stared at her back and said in confusion.

Then, several hours later, Shiori finally understood the meaning of Miku's words.

The time is twelve o'clock noon.Representatives from each school began to gather in the lounge behind the stage.

Although it is named "lounge", it is a spacious space that is more than enough to accommodate all the performers.But that's only natural. It is said that this place was originally a small banquet hall behind the center stage, but it is now open as a lounge for people to use.Because of this, there is also a whole set of jazz drums, electronic keyboards and other musical instruments placed in the room.

After entrusting the work at hand to other students, Shiori also came to the lounge.

However, the only people who came to the small banquet hall were Shiori and Tohka. No matter how much they waited, Ai, Mai, and Mii were nowhere to be seen.

"Really, what are those three people doing..."

Shiori mumbled a few words while crossing his arms, then lowered his head and looked at his watch.It's already 10 minutes past the meeting time.The first show should start soon.

And the problem doesn't end there.Origami, who had been missing since morning, had not arrived yet.Although I called her several times, her cell phone didn't seem to be switched on and I couldn't contact her at all.

"Mm...where did everyone go?"

Tohka tilted her head and said.Shiori shook his head and made an "I don't know" gesture, then used the diamond-enclosed mobile phone Kotori had given Shiori and tried to call Ai.

After the phone rang for a few seconds, Ai's voice came from the receiver.

"Hello...Shizhi?"

"Yamabuki-san, where are you now? Please come here quickly! I didn't see Hazakura-san and Fujihakama-san either... Do you know where they are now?"

"Ah, Mai and Mei? They..."

"We are here~~~"

"Here~~~"

From the other side of the receiver, the voices of Mai and Mei came.

"What are you doing! It's almost our turn to perform on stage!"

After hearing Shizhi's loud shouting, Ayi and the other three made nonchalant sounds like "Yeah."

"Sorry, we decided not to perform on stage."

Hearing these unexpected words, Shizhi held his breath unconsciously.

"Why...why? Haven't you all been practicing so hard before!"

"Huh? Because... Sister Miku wants us to give up."

"...!"

After saying this, Yayi hung up the phone.

"Beep-beep-"

The empty mechanical sound kept hurting Shizhi's eardrum.

Chapter 306 A person with low self-esteem who cannot afford to lose and is not confident!

"Shizhi, what did Ayi say?"

Tohka asked with doubt on his face.Shizhi could only squeeze out a trembling voice from his throat.

"They decided... not to perform on stage."

"Hey! Why...why!"

"because......"

Shizhi bit his lip tightly.

I'm afraid it's because Miku "requested" Ai, Mai, and Mii to do this.

Even the consciousness of Shizhi, who is protected by the elves, will be disturbed by that "voice".Therefore, as ordinary humans, it should be impossible for the three of them to resist Miku's whispers to them at a very close distance.

For a moment, Shiori thought that Origami had also been killed by Miku... But in this case, Origami didn't have to refuse the call at all, and there was no way to explain why she had disappeared since early in the morning.

But no matter what, Shizhi was already in the worst situation.After all, four of the six band members - the bassist, keyboardist and drummer, as well as the most important vocalist - were absent.Now only the guitarist and the tambourine player remain.It's impossible to play a song completely like this.

And all of this is entirely because of the person who knew that he was very likely to win, but still resorted to such despicable methods - Miku Miku!

Shizhi is now 100% sure that even if this thing doesn't happen, and even if they win later, the other party will definitely not admit their defeat by tempting Xiao Miku to act so recklessly.

"Damn it, don't talk about the future now, what should we do now..."

So, just as Shizhi scratched his head and muttered in a low voice, joyful laughter suddenly came from the front.

"Hehehe~~~"

Miku, who had changed into stage clothes at some point and had a hearty smile on her face, was standing in front of her.Miku is wearing clothes that seem to be designed based on the mermaid princess. The ocean-colored dress is decorated with many accessories made of cute shells.

"Why are you looking so sad? It's a waste of time for your lovely face."

"Miku, you guy!"

He couldn't help but want to scream, but Shizhi suppressed his anger.

Because even if he condemns Miku now, it will no longer help.Moreover, even if you want to expose Miku's unfair methods, you can't tell others that Miku has a "voice" with spiritual power.

Miku seemed to understand this very well. After smiling happily, she swung her skirt in a circle.

"It will be my turn to perform on stage soon. Please look carefully."

After Mijiu finished speaking, she walked away.

"Wow! That guy..."

Shizhi gritted his teeth unwillingly and stared at Miku's back.

However, she also knew that doing so would not make the situation better at all.

"What... what's wrong...?"

Tohka asked confused.Shizhi scratched his hair hard.

"Let me think about it for a moment."

After Shizhi said this, he put his hand on his chin as if in deep thought, and walked towards the wall.Next, lower your voice and speak into the headset in your right ear.

"Kotori, Kotori."

"——What's the matter? Do you want me to help you relieve your nervousness before going on stage?"

It wasn't long before I heard Kotori's joke.

"No...it's not that."

Shiori briefly told Kotori about the fact that Ai, Mai, and Mei fell into Miku's clutches, and that even Origami disappeared just before the official performance.

"I see...that guy Miku actually resorted to such despicable means."

Kotori replied after sighing.Although Kotori cannot be seen from here, it is not difficult to imagine that she must be shrugging her shoulders and showing helplessness.

"It's been less than two hours since we were due to appear. What should we do now..."

"There is nothing we can do. Anyway, as for the lead vocalist, let's use the lip-syncing plan we proposed before."

"Is that plan really okay?"

"I think it's at least better than Shiori's method of showing off his melodious singing voice without any preparation."

"Hey... you are right. But I didn't bring that sound source with me."

"Don't worry, we have let several special agents infiltrate the operation and management staff. When it's Shizhi's turn to perform on stage, the sound source will be played in conjunction with the song, so you can rest assured."

"Ah."

Faced with the considerate sister.Shizhi whispered in an admiring tone.

"However, there is still a problem of insufficient numbers. I don't think Tohka can play other instruments..."

"That's right... well, it should be impossible to gather all the people, but I should still be able to arrange for two people to go over and fill the vacancies. I will send replacement people over, and then you can meet them again."

"You said replacement personnel...wait a minute, even if you send someone who is good at playing musical instruments, if it is discovered that the person is not a Zen student, he will be disqualified on the spot!"

"I already said I would find a solution. Anyway, don't worry, sister."

Kotori assured.

"However, that guy actually dared to underestimate me. Since the other party made such a move, I naturally have my own approach."

After giving orders to Shiori, Kotori suddenly made such a dangerous statement.Sweat broke out on Shizhi's forehead.

"Hey, hey, didn't you say you wouldn't interfere?"

"I originally planned to do this. Besides, according to the current situation, it is difficult to guarantee that we can win. Besides, since the other party takes action first, then I don't have to worry about using various methods."

"Wait, if this goes too far..."

Halfway through his words, Shizhi was suddenly grabbed by his hand from behind and forced to turn around.After taking a closer look, it turned out that the person holding him was Tohka.

"Oooh? Tohka, what's wrong with you?"

"Well, it looks like Miku's performance is about to begin."

"Miku's..."

Hearing what Tohka said, only Shiori and Tohka were left in the lounge that had been crowded until just now.Everyone seemed to have gone to watch the stage show.

"In this case, go and explore the enemy's strength. It will take some time for the replacement personnel to arrive at your side. Anyway, you can't come up with a good solution even if you rack your brains here."

Kotori said this through the headset.

"you're right."

Shiori nodded slightly, and then walked out of the lounge with Tohka.

Next, climb the long dim staircase and come to a catwalk (note: a narrow passage above the ceiling used to set up light fixtures) along the wall near the ceiling of the center stage.

In addition to the staff, you can also see the performers who were just in the lounge.

"It should be okay here..."

"Yeah! This is a special seat!"