The social phobia substitute will not dream of the band girl

It's just that she's cute, she manages her body shape, and she trains and performs hard. There's really nothing special worth mentioning.

This is the [profession] called idol

But people called idols are different, real idols should be different!

...At least that's what Ping Xin thought.

Therefore, whenever he sees the efforts of the young idols, even he will feel his heart surge, because Pingxin can feel the birth of some possibility.

It is not a bubble dream artificially created for sale, but a natural and shining crystallization of dreams.

There is nothing praiseworthy about suffering itself, and Ping Xin does not like to see people suffer, but he still prepares a lot of training and courses for them.

Because these necessary trainings are the process of polishing the rough stone, and also the process of polishing the dream.

The light and heat emitted during that process always made him look forward to the brilliance that would follow...

And this, perhaps, is why he likes cultivation and management games.

And this, eternal and fleeting brilliance, I want to stand closer than anyone else and make them mine (memory)

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"You just lied—"

"Oh, yes."

He actually admitted it frankly?

"After all, that was Producer X. What does that have to do with me, Ping Xin, who never tells lies?"

Haha, this cunning man is always like this.

There is always a way, no matter what, there is always a reason (excuse).

"Speaking of which... do you prefer regular stargazing or meteor showers?"

"As for the meteor shower, it depends on the time—"

The Perseid meteor shower just passed a week ago, so there shouldn't be any major meteor showers this time of year...

Ever since she thought that Hiranobu might ask her to go stargazing with him, Enka has learned a little about this.

"Theoretically, yes... but not for me—I've actually been preparing for it for a few months now, so if you really want to see the meteor shower, it's okay now~"

...arrangement?

What arrangement?

Could it be that! ?

Enka looked towards the horizon. There was nothing there, but it seemed as if something existed——

If he said so, then it must be there.

Enka believed this.

Then Pingxin looked at me and said, "It's time to go to bed, good kids," and urged everyone to go to bed.

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"...Sure enough, something is still wrong."

I went to bed with doubts and woke up with questions.

When brushing her teeth and washing her face, she saw question marks all over her head in the mirror. Higuchi Enka felt something was very wrong, as if something big was about to happen...

"I'm leaving... and I might be going to a place where I can't contact you all for the time being, so I hope everyone can support and take care of each other. If that doesn't work, please ask for help—"

Ping Xin announced the news during brunch.

"Eh, suddenly?"

"Hmm... Actually, this is also part of the plan. I just didn't tell everyone before. After all, it would be bad if it affected everyone's vacation mood~"

"..."

So you saved it for the last day of the holiday, right?

Such unnecessary tenderness. Only those naive little girls would be fooled.

"Then when will Shin-chan come back?"

"Hmm... I'm not sure. If things over there can be finished quickly, I can come back sooner. I'm really sad to leave you all~"

Full of lies.

"Ahaha~ Then after we come back, let's go work somewhere far away together~"

"Yeah, okay, it's an appointment."

Full of perfunctory.

“Hmm…ah—”

"Yeah, I understand."

"Do you understand? ...If that's the case, then it's great."

Full of fake smile.

“…Remember to go home early.”

After all, there is someone waiting for you at home...

Many, many people besides me.

"Yeah, I know... Even if it's just to argue with you, I'll come back early."

Full of joy...

Full of melancholy.

"Then let's all have a great time together today—without any regrets!"

"oh----!!!"

Everyone shouted in unison, which filled them with determination.

"Now, an urgent news interruption. An asteroid suddenly changed its orbit for unknown reasons and entered the Earth's gravitational field. According to scientists, it is expected tonight..."

“Eh————!???” xN

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"Yeah—Oga, swim faster!"

At the beach, Pingxin was playing a special surfing game...if swimming on the back of a killer whale could be considered surfing.

But who says fully automatic surfing is not surfing?

If you have the ability, you can get a surfboard like this. If you don’t like it, don’t try it!

"I didn't expect to see a meteor shower tonight... It's like they're sending off Hiranobu and us—Hey, Higuchi, are you listening?"

On the beach, Asakura Toru, who was making sand sculptures (physics), was talking to Higuchi Enka under a parasol.

At this time, the latter was lying on the cushion, the quiet person's restless feet moving around restlessly.

Although she kept turning the pages, she hardly read anything.

"...Yeah, what a coincidence."

Summer vacation is about to end, and they will return to their own lives, but this time the return journey is different from the coming journey, as that figure is not there.

Swimming competitions, water gun battles, picnics on the beach, diving with killer whales, collecting branches in the woods and building a big bonfire.

In the evening, we had a BBQ together, enjoying the splendor of the sunset and the vastness of the ocean, eating and chatting until night.

"Look, it's a meteor shower!"

A medium-sized meteorite was guided to Earth by chance. When it broke through the atmosphere, it naturally disintegrated, and then turned into the most magnificent fireworks through friction with the air.

"Do you like this parting gift~"

Although he didn't say anything, Enka could read what Hirayuko wanted to say from his eyes.

Ahhh, I must be crazy...

Chapter 4000: Whale Call ()

Meteor showers themselves are nothing special. After all, there are several opportunities to observe them every year, but the unexpected approach of asteroids and this time point always give people some extra imagination.

Humans generally call this feeling romantic.

"I'm leaving."

"..."

It's just a business trip. Do you still want to use this little incident to win sympathy?

But somehow, a sense of emptiness and panic also arose in Higuchi Enka's heart.

"I'm leaving."

Why do you repeat this?

"I'm leaving."

Where are you going?

"I'm leaving."

Why on earth do you want to leave (me)?

"I'm leaving... This time, I'm really leaving—"

Why do you have to go!?

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After a burst of intense panting, Enka, covered in cold sweat, climbed out of bed, and the traces of the dream seeds were rapidly disappearing, like the sea water at receding tide.

After watching the meteor shower, everyone played together for a while, and then went back to their rooms to sleep. After all, they had a flight early the next morning.

It was late at night, without the lights and the hustle and bustle of the city, it was very quiet.

Enka left the bed, walked past Asakura Toru who was sleeping peacefully, Ichikawa Hina who was still smiling in her sleep as if she was dreaming about something, and covered Fukumaru Koito with the quilt before she left the room.

She closed the door gently and came into the living room.

The lights here are always on at night because someone always puts effort into places like this, taking into account that some people might get up at night.

I turned on the faucet and took in a whole pot of tap water that came from somewhere, and then started to boil water.

Maybe there was a time when this was the case, but now most people in the East drink cold water directly from the tap. It was not until someone repeatedly told them to drink more hot water that they gradually developed the habit of drinking boiled water.

Emotional outbursts need to be brewing, just like the water in a kettle, making sounds little by little, and in the end you can't wait to lift the lid.

Whenever it is late at night and everyone is asleep, after eliminating all external interference, people's inner emotions will gradually surge.

It was like a catfish was stirring the water, turning out all the red, white, black, happy, sad, and painful things underground.

"..."

I have to admit that Higuchi Enka feels that she is probably a little lonely now.

But so what?

This was the last night before departure, and even if Ping Xin had time, he should go and spend time with his girlfriends instead of her, his weird little lover.