Loneliness and Rock and Roll with Band Observer

Ryo held up a finger.

"Just now, you seemed to be worried about not being able to help your friend, right?"

"...Yes." Akie nodded.

After the chaos just now, she gradually calmed down.

"Why?" Liang asked.

"...Isn't this natural?" Akie asked back, "Just like what you said just now, even though the other party is a friend, you can only..."

At this moment, Liang suddenly interrupted Qiu Hui's words without any mercy.

"What does the word 'powerless' mean?" She said with a half-smile, "I think, at least you have to wait until you actually do something before you can talk about 'powerless' or not?"

"If you just sit here and do nothing, just watching the other person leave, do you really have the right to say that?"

Ryo clasped his fingers together, placed them in front of him, and pierced Akie with his eyes without reservation.

The momentum seemed to cut it open, giving Akie the illusion of pain.

And her spirit became slightly clearer as a result.

"I've already done it." Qiu Hui answered seriously, "I've already..."

"What exactly did you do?" Liang asked as if it was a matter of course.

"That guy has already run several hundred meters away, and you are still sitting here, chatting with me about irrelevant things. Please ask yourself, what can you really say you have done?"

Liang's expression remained calm, but his attitude was almost like an interrogation.

This is totally not the attitude that should be used in a conversation between friends.

But this forced Qiu Hui to take what she said extra seriously.

"I..." Qiu Hui lowered her head slightly.

I don't know how to answer this question.

If you want to find an excuse, there are of course many options.

I don’t know how to comfort people, and I’m afraid that my efforts will have the opposite effect.

Aine, who is in a depressed state, doesn't seem to want to interact with others. For her sake, perhaps I shouldn't bother her too much.

I am just one of Aiyin's friends. Her problems can be solved by others. I should keep a good distance and not interfere too much...

"...I have so many concerns that I don't know what to do. So I think it would be better to do nothing."

Akie sighed and expressed her thoughts to Ryo.

"Oh... I see." Liang smiled, "Do you really think so?"

"That's right." Akie nodded, "But..."

"That's really troublesome, Qiu Hui." Liang picked up the cup with a smile and drank the drinking water in it.

"To be honest, I don't really understand your situation here, so I don't know if your concerns are justified."

"But, there is at least one thing I am sure of."

Ryo held up a finger.

"If you really think it's better to do nothing, as you claim, why do you have to put on such a sad face?"

"So I think... you're probably just stuck in something that you don't even really believe in."

Liang put down the empty cup, and the sound of the bottom of the cup hitting the table startled Qiu Hui.

"You always have all kinds of weird concerns, especially when it comes to interpersonal relationships." She sighed, "Is it your experience with the library that made you like this? I'm not sure... But if you have to worry about this and that even when it comes to "helping others", your life will definitely become very painful."

"In that case..."

Liang flicked the empty cup in front of him.

"Akie, why don't you try to be more willful?"

"...Like you?" Akie lowered her head slightly, as if she realized something.

"If you really do that like me, it might be a bit too much and not suitable for you."

After a moment's hesitation, Liang gave a number: "As for Qiu Hui... about a quarter of my level, no, maybe a fifth of my willfulness is enough."

She smiled and said, "I think you can probably tell that I'm pretty independent in many ways. Including just now, I asked you if you could buy me a drink, right?"

"That's right." Akie nodded, "Although I don't think it's something I can say so confidently..."

"Well, let's not worry about that. Anyway, I'm very willful. And it's not just about 'making requests'..."

"...It's the same with 'providing help'."

"..."

Ryo's words seemed to have pulled some kind of switch in Akie.

The originally disconnected circuit was reconnected, and with it came some kind of inexplicable driving force.

"If I want something from a friend, I'll just say it," Ryo continued.

"Correspondingly, if I feel my friend needs help, I will do what I think is right in the way I think is appropriate."

"My attitude just now was actually pretty bad, because I'm the type of person who is so willful that I don't care about other people's feelings at all."

Liang smiled, a bit like he was mocking himself and a bit like he was self-satisfied.

"But even so, I think I did the right thing. Even if I hurt you a little by speaking too directly, I think it's much better than leaving you alone to indulge in inexplicable internal friction."

Qiu Hui stared at Liang in silence. Liang didn't seem to want to waste any more words, so he made a concluding speech.

"So, Akie. Please use one fifth of my willfulness..."

"...How about helping others as you please?"

……

Akie nodded slowly but firmly.

"Thank you..."

Yes, my gaffe just now has fully proved that I don’t believe in those so-called excuses at all.

If I really believed them, I shouldn't feel the pain I do.

I want to help Aine, and I want to help Touma who is troubled by Aine.

This is the only thing I truly believe in...

So Qiu Hui stood up and took out her cell phone.

"What are you going to do?" Liang asked.

“Call Tomo, and if you can get through, ask where they are now.” Akie answered, “If Tomo can’t find her either, call Aine directly.”

"Oh..." Liang nodded meaningfully, "You really got straight to the point. Congratulations."

It’s all thanks to this guy Liang who said a lot of impolite words to me.

I finally realized that I didn't want to be an outsider anymore.

Always thinking about those inexplicable things and hesitating to move forward is not thoughtful and careful, but just because of simple timidity and wanting to escape.

Actually, I knew it a long time ago.

Isn't it okay to not make mistakes if you don't do anything?

Oftentimes, doing nothing is the biggest mistake...

Socializing is such a terrible thing. Didn't I know that a long time ago?

So, facing the contact page, Qiu Hui no longer hesitated and resolutely pressed the dial button.

Chapter 55: Group Action

"...Still no one answered." Qiu Hui hung up the phone for the third time, then looked at Li Xi and Su Shi beside her.

After making the call, she returned to the booth where the two of them were originally sitting.

"I think, maybe it's not convenient now?" Su Shi guessed, "After all, they ran out like that, maybe they are still chasing each other now?"

"That's nothing." Li Xi sighed, "It's too weird."

"Look at the bright side. If Deng is too busy to answer the phone now, then at least she is not lost, right?" Qiu Hui said, "I think she should at least be able to hear the ringing of the phone, so maybe she will reply after she stops."

"That's true..." Sushi looked at Akie with some confusion, "But why did Akie-senpai suddenly become so... active?"

"My affairs are not important. Just think of it as me temporarily switching to another personality..."

Qiu Hui said this with some lack of confidence. After all, although she had made up her mind to do something, her previous concerns still existed.

So, it’s best to do it in one go…

"...Wait, there's new information in the group chat!"

Qiu Hui noticed the message alert displayed on her mobile phone screen and quickly spoke up to remind everyone.

"Really!" Li Xi also noticed, "It was sent by Deng!"

Everyone's attention was immediately drawn to it.

“She said…she went to the ‘Sora no Mori’ aquarium with Aine.” Riki said, “She didn’t send me her location, but she should be nearby, right?”

"Let me see..." Su Shi opened the map and searched for a while, "Indeed. It's not far from here, and it won't take too much time to walk there."

"Then let's go and go straight to the aquarium to find them!" Lixi immediately began to prepare to leave.

"It may be a little inappropriate to say this..." Akie asked as she packed her things, "but did everyone bring enough money to buy tickets?"

"Do you want to go in? Well...if it's really not possible, I can help everyone." Su Shi said.

"That's very much appreciated - shall we go?"

The three of them formed a team and left the RiNG store.

Looking at the three people leaving one after another, Liang smiled and nodded.

"Come on, everyone," she said to herself.

……

not long ago.

Takamatsu Touma, who had been chasing Aine all the way, arrived at a place that looked like a park.

My cell phone seemed to ring in the middle of the process, but I didn't have time to pay attention to what was happening over there.

Gao Songdeng felt extremely tired from running, but this tiredness did not suppress her urge to move.

I don't know what to do.

I don’t know how to help everyone, nor do I know how to protect everyone from harm.

Unlike Xiaoxiang, I am confused and don’t know what is right.

However, if you don't know what to do, you should trust your instincts.

So I...followed Aine all the way and came here.

When I caught up with her, she was sitting on the ground, facing two people I didn't know.

Are they Aine’s friends?

Although she didn't understand, she shouldn't be allowed to sit there like that.

“Aine? Aine!”

So, Deng rushed forward and grabbed Aine’s arm.

Aine stood up and turned her head to see the profile of Deng.

Her short hair was wet with sweat and stuck to her face like a duck that had just surfaced.

"lamp……"