This is not the date I wanted.

"Well...Kotori didn't really mean that. Calm down Mengyue."

Feeling that the situation was a little delicate, Shidou, who was originally kneeling in reflection, hurried out to smooth things over, as a quarrel between the two sides would not be a good thing for either of them.

"…Sorry, I got carried away. Sorry, Kotori-chan…"

After what Shidou said, Mengyue realized that she was a little rude. Kotori's enthusiasm for the elves' rescue activities could be said to be no less than Shidou's, and she was obviously a little too impulsive.

“…No, I also made some mistakes.”

Kotori understood Mengyue's feelings. After all, the other party was willing to have his spiritual power sealed because he trusted that he would treat the elves reasonably. If the human rights of the elves were denied, Mengyue would naturally not be in a good mood.

"Back to the point, I personally think that if I use the normal method to improve the favorability, I may not be able to achieve the goal in the end. The best case scenario is that Shiori-chan and I are listed as particularly precious Barbie dolls by Miku. And then that's it."

"Hmm...you mean to say that I have to want to be on an equal footing in order to seal Miku's spiritual power?"

Shidou was confused by Mengyue's unclear explanation, but Kotori already understood Mengyue's thoughts.

"Of course, the god of galgame strategies once said - without standing on an equal footing, any sharp operation can only be BADEND!"

"I don't understand what you're saying, but I understand your meaning. It's true that Miku's emotional value hasn't changed in any special way."

Kotori expressed her understanding and agreement with Mengyue's statement. After all, this was not Kotori's one-man show, and she should have the magnanimity to accept reasonable suggestions seriously as a commander.

Then, Kotori shifted her gaze to Shidou again.

"Then, Shidou, after you promised to declare war, do you have any means to win?"

“Um… No.”

Shidou lowered his head with a guilty look on his face.

Seeing Shidou's answer, Mengyue and Kotori seemed to have expected it and sighed deeply at the same time.

"Well... As expected, if Shidou does it alone, he will definitely fail. Kotori-chan, please."

"I see. After all, Ratatoskr was originally established to save the elves. We will find a way to deal with the trainee committee members' miscellaneous items. In order to be able to perform on the stage of the Tenyou Festival, Shidou and Mengyue remember to negotiate with the performers tomorrow. Now that it has been decided, we will do our best to win. Did you all hear it?"

"Yes!!"

Kotori said as she crossed her arms, and everyone immediately responded with a strong voice.

"Even though she said that, she is the popular idol Yui Miku after all, and she is not an opponent that can be easily defeated with applause. Shidou, what are you going to perform on stage on your first day at school?"

"Hmm... It seems that Ai, Mai, Mii and the others in Shidou's class are going to hold a band concert. I heard that they are short of staff."

"Yeah... you're really clear about this. We're obviously not in the same class."

"The group of people in your class have been making so much noise all day that it's basically become a hot topic for our class to pass the time."

Meng Yue rolled her eyes in annoyance. Shidao couldn't help but smile bitterly. To be honest, he knew very well that the reason why Team 3 received so much attention was closely related to him.

"Band? Haha! That's perfect, it's your specialty!"

"Ok?"

"Eh?"

Amid Mengyue's curious and Shidao's puzzled expressions, Kotori operated the remote control in her hand and played a certain video on the big screen.

Probably in his middle school years, a boy was sitting on the bed, holding a guitar that looked like it was bought from a second-hand market, playing an original song with a deep and cold expression.

The boy showed a mysterious and evil smile, stroked the guitar strings with his fingertips, and said with a feeling of "everyone is drunk but I am sober":

[The only thing that can understand me is this piano...]

Shidou suddenly felt a chill as if he had fallen into a glacier.

This is also a common phenomenon. Boys and girls entering puberty often have a surge of youthful blood in their hearts, so they start to try various fun ways to express themselves without hesitation. Guitar is a relatively common one.

This is the most shameful item in Gokawa Shidao's dark history!

"The skills I honed with great difficulty... Phew... finally found a place to use them... Kuku..."

Kotori said with her shoulders trembling slightly, trying hard to hold back her laughter. Looking closely, except for Meng Yue who was staring at the screen in front of her, the others were also shaking their bodies.

"Hey - why is there this video?"

"Well, I think it might be useful someday...Pfft!"

In the video, Shidou was playing to the climax, standing on the bed and plucking the strings with exaggerated movements. Kotori finally couldn't help laughing.

Then, the music suddenly stopped, and the boy on the screen sat back on the bed and began to talk to himself as if he was being interviewed.

[Humans always have friction due to language barriers. In this era of constant war, I decided to use my guitar to vent my anger and injustice towards the world as a pioneer of the times. Therefore, I will dance and shout with my partners!]

“Stop, stop, stop, stop, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”

What does it feel like to expose your dark history in front of the public? ——Itsuka Shido tells you, it’s so sour!

"It's okay~ Shiori-chan~"

"Dream, Dream Moon..."

Holding Shidao in his arms, Shidao couldn't help but feel a little comforted by her gentle tone.

Even though she's rubbing her cheeks and muttering something like "Blushing Shiori-chan is so cute"... just ignore it.

"It's okay, Shiori." Although Meng Yue had read the entire dark history, she did not show any mocking expression at all, and said seriously, "Chuunibyou is a very cute thing."

I remember that I once held a guitar case and said to my classmates: "Be careful... maybe there is an assault rifle inside?" and so on... but I treated them as if I didn't say anything.

“Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo——!”

The Shidou ship was sunk immediately after Meng Yue revealed the secret.

When Shidou was almost beaten to death, Kotori stopped and cut off the video.

After taking a few deep breaths to calm herself down, Kotori snapped her fingers.

"Anyway, Shidao should ask for admission as a guitarist. I will ask professionals to give me some guidance later. Mengyue, what can you do?"

Hearing what Kotori said, Meng Yue, who was holding Shidao to supplement the "Shizhi element", let go of his hand, patted his chest with a little satisfaction and said: "I have basically learned some guitar, keyboard, bass, and drums. There is no problem with any of them."

"Hou~ This is really amazing."

Qin Li expressed admiration for Meng Yue's talent that seemed like a universal sticker.

"How about you join a band with Shidou then?"

"Ha, about this Kotori. I want to split up with Shidou into two different performances."

Qin Li frowned slightly at Meng Yue's answer, but did not rush to deny it.

"What's the reason?"

"Maybe she has absolute confidence in her singing. Miku's declaration at the time was to compete for the overall score of the school competition rather than the results of individual events, so I plan to compete in two groups, which will be more advantageous to win."

"Yes... indeed. In order to ensure victory, it is reasonable for us to take some measures within an appropriate range... However, the stage performance schedule for the Tianyang Festival has been arranged, and it may be troublesome to insert another performance now..."

With a look of approval on her face, Kotori said with some distress.

"You don't need to worry about that." At this point, Meng Yue showed a strange expression on her face, "In fact, before this, I had already booked a performance on the Tianyang Festival stage."

When everyone showed an expression of "What a coincidence!", Meng Yue continued, "Also, when I went to check the performance order this morning, I was in the next show of the Longdan Temple Wind Ensemble."

"Commander, the wind band of Rindouji Girls' School has just announced that they will give up their original performance. The program will be replaced by Yui Miku's singing performance."

"Miku, you really did it this way..."

It is very difficult to insert a new program, so Miku and Shidou, who originally had no plans to participate in the Ten'ou Festival, had to communicate with the performers from their original school.

It was hard to imagine a club group giving up on their performance so easily, but it was obvious that Miku had given them orders with her "voice".

"Well, this situation is to be expected."

Kotori waved her hand, looking unsurprised, then looked at Mengyue and asked.

"So Sister Mengyue, what is your performance?"

"——Personal singing. I wrote the music myself."

At that moment, everyone showed strange expressions.

Adjacent order of performance, same type of performances.

"...It was such a coincidence that a head-on confrontation took place."

Compared to Kotori's incredible expression, Mengyue said with great satisfaction.

"Hehe... Is it true that Yui Miku is my destined enemy?"

With an exaggerated tone like Yakuya's, Mengyue came to Shidao, slowly knelt down, kissed the back of Shidao's hand, and declared in a solemn and affectionate voice like a knight.

"Don't worry... For the sake of Shizhi-chan's chastity, I will return victoriously!"

Shidao said he was confused and wondered what he should answer now.

08 Ready Time

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Today is the night after I made the match agreement with Kazumiku, and it is now September 13th, after school.

This is a recording store called "PUMKIN" on Tiangong City's Entertainment Street.

In a rented box, a moving melody was faintly heard from the tightly closed metal door.

Now, Mengyue is recording the music that will be used in the Tianyang Festival competition.

"Okay, that's it, thank you!"

After strumming the guitar in her hand, Meng Yue slowly breathed a sigh of relief and pressed the button to end recording.

"Kuku - it's no big deal. I don't need to express my gratitude to my compatriots who signed a bloodthirsty pact with me."

"Explain. It's only right to help each other."

Just behind him, Yakuya and Yui, who had already relaxed, slowly put down the drumsticks and bass in their hands and said so.

"What are the results? How is the actual sound quality?"

After playing the electronic keyboard, Qinli slowly breathed a sigh of relief and asked.

"That's true." With a chuckle, Meng Yue clicked to play the recorded file.

"Well... not bad."

After several rounds of practice and adjustment, the music played by the machine did not have any mistakes. Meng Yue nodded with a satisfied smile.

"Kuku - with my skills that would make even gods tremble, this level of result is only natural."

"Proud. For Yakuya and Yui, who won the 72nd competition 'The Wind and Rain Calling Drum Showdown' and the 84th competition 'The Best Bassist Award Showdown' respectively, this is a piece of cake."

"As always, your duel is really rich and colorful..."

Hearing about the two people's usual peaceful and rich history of battles, Mengyue sighed and turned her gaze to Qinli.

"But I didn't expect that Kotori-chan also has a good grasp of the electronic organ."

Yakuya's passionate performance full of energy and rhythm, Yui's fingering like flowing water to play the melody. Kotori's attainments in the electronic organ are also very good. Basically, if there are people from the entertainment performance company, they will definitely resist the invitation to join without hesitation.

Although I can also play all the instruments one by one and then synthesize them through sound software, I am afraid that there will be a lot of stiffness and disharmony in many details.

"Nothing, just a lady's interest."

Kotori, who was wearing a black headband, waved her hand to indicate that it was nothing and said.

"It's... beautiful music..."

"Wow! Meng Yue-chan can even compose music, she's really multi-talented~"

On the side, Yoshino and the rabbit doll Yoshina, who were watching from the side, exclaimed in admiration.

"Yeah... that's not the case anymore."

Although playing the guitar was indeed her real talent, the music score and lyrics were all plagiarized from songs in her memory from her previous life, so while she felt a little smug, Meng Yue also turned her head away with a guilty conscience.

"How... is it over already...?"

At this moment, Murasame Reine, who had fainted on the chair due to lack of sleep, stood up dazedly and asked unsteadily.

"Well, it's no problem."

After putting away the second-hand guitar that she had taken out of a box that was sealed by a young man, Meng Yue stretched lazily.

"Well, everyone, let's go to the family restaurant and have something to eat."