The goal of life is to break up all couples

"and many more?"

Miura Yumiko shifted her gaze from the music sheet to Matsueda Azusa: "It was raining heavily...wasn't that yesterday? Who found you at home yesterday? An old friend...a former band member of yours? Was it that Shiina Tatsuki or Nagasaki Suyo?"

"neither."

Songzhi Zi waved his hand, "You won't understand even if I tell you."

"I correct it."

Miura Yumiko put on a forced smile, a "well" shape appearing on her forehead: "You're not an asshole, you're just a hateful scumbag. Girls come to your house every day... Turns out you're not complaining, you're showing off, you bastard."

Matsueda Azusa raised her middle finger at Miura Yumiko: "Come on, have you ever seen a scumbag as miserable as me? If I am a scumbag, then whose feelings did I deceive? I didn't get anything at all. It was me who was deceived. I was clearly treated as a tool."

He rolled his eyes and glanced towards the door. "Speaking of which... where did Xiaojing go again? Disobedient adults are always hard to manage. She's the one who needs the most practice right now."

Azusa Matsueda and Hachiman Hikigaya spend a lot of time practicing every day, even in private at home, while Yumiko Miura has just started learning... Only Shizuka Hiratsuka has no time to practice on weekdays, and she always sneaks to the bar to drink when the band gathers.

In a way, that guy is just a kid.

Hikigaya Hachiman didn't even look up, and his words were almost identical to Matsueda Azusa's guess: "He probably slipped out to drink."

"Really..."

Songzhizi held his forehead and sighed.

Just then, the cell phone rang. Matsueda Azusa took out his phone and took a look, and found that it was a message from Shiina Riki.

Shiina Riki: Um... Azusa, are you free now? It's a bit of a hassle to ask you now, but... could you please come over to RING right now?

Strange. Ever since Crychic fell apart and Azusa Matsueda broke up with her, even though they had become friends again, Shiina Ritsuki had rarely taken the initiative to ask Matsueda out again.

This is quite consistent with Matsueda Azusa's idea, but this time he did it unexpectedly. Did something urgent happen?

[Matsueda Azusa: Of course, I can, but is there anything I can help you with?]

Shiina Tateki: I've heard about Toyokawa Shoko establishing Ave Mujica... Now that we're all here, can we talk about it?

[Matsueda Azusa: ...Okay.]

Matsueda Azusa scratched his head. Honestly, he didn't quite understand why Toyokawa Shoko had to go to all the trouble of gathering together for a new band. There wasn't much to talk about, was there?

But after taking a closer look at the message log, I figured it out. Was he worried about Takamatsu Deng's mental state?

After all, the last time Takamatsu Deng ran away, he was caught by Matsueda Azusa, so maybe they thought it would be safer to let him go as well.

Matsueda Azusa rolled her eyes helplessly and said to Miura Yumiko: "See, I told you I'm too conscientious and I'm causing trouble for myself every day."

"?"

Miura Yumiko looked at Matsueda Azusa in confusion: "What nonsense are you talking about again?"

Songzhi Zi put down the guitar and stood up. "I'm going out for a while and will be back soon."

"Hey! No, what's wrong? Explain it clearly."

Miura Yumiko looked blankly at Matsueda Azusa who suddenly walked out. She couldn't understand why she was just talking about Hiratsuka Shizuka and suddenly had to leave two seconds later. "We just started practicing not long ago, okay? You want to learn from Hiratsuka teacher too?"

Just put it here as a riddle man!

"As I said, I'm going to deal with some troubles caused by being too conscientious."

Matsueda Azusa said this from afar, and the door of the rehearsal room slammed shut.

“…What are you doing?”

Yumiko Miura slammed the keys angrily, causing them to buzz.

"Maybe someone is asking the Minister for help again, I guess."

Hikigaya Hachiman put down his drumsticks, panting as he casually replied, "Isn't that always the case with the captain? He clearly feels that with his personality, or rather, his 'personality', he shouldn't get involved in those things, but when he encounters them, he can't help but intervene. Not to mention when someone asks for help."

He's a rather awkward guy, but in a sense, he might be considered a good person to those who accept his help.

Hikigaya Hachiman was thankful that no one would ask him for help.

Miura Yumiko looked at Hikigaya Hachiman in surprise. This guy usually hid in the corner quietly, with no sense of existence at all, but she didn't expect him to know Matsueda Azusa so well...

No wonder Matsueda Azusa ranked him first among her best friends. Before she could figure out what was going on, Hikigaya had already guessed what was going on. Could this be the tacit understanding between friends?

Miura Yumiko stood up and looked at Hikigaya Hachiman seriously: "Say more!"

"Wha...what?!"

Hikigaya Hachiman was startled and subconsciously got on the defensive: "What did you say?..."

"What about Matsueda Azusa? Don't you know him very well?"

Miura Yumiko said frankly: "I also want to know him better."

243

Chapter 243: Careful Selection of Gods and Men.

As soon as I arrived at RING, I saw that all the seats at the long table in the hall were occupied by Shiina Riki and his gang.

Songzhi Zi pushed the door open and walked in, looking around secretly.

Shiina Tatsuki, Takamatsu Touma, Nagasaki Suyo, and...Chihaya Aine?

It was expected that Hachiman Kailing was not here. After all, Abe Hen was so popular that she was probably too busy to have time to rest just to keep up with the announcements, not to mention that she had to work as a mercenary for other bands.

I really don't understand why that guy is so obsessed with being a band mercenary. He doesn't look like he's short of money at all.

But doesn't Chihaya Aine have her own band? Why does she always hang out here?

As Matsueda Azusa was thinking this, he soon discovered another table of people in the corner of the RING hall. They had red, yellow, and green hair, the colors of traffic lights... Aren't these the members of Chihaya Aine's band?

Was he here to catch someone cheating, or what? He sat pitifully in the corner, his eyes fixed on Chihaya Aine, looking like a victim.

This Tokyo Arnold is really sinful.

Yumiko Miura also said that Azusa Matsueda was a scumbag. Are you kidding? This pink milk dragon is the scumbag.

Who knows, one day that green-haired girl might break all her limbs and lock her up in the basement.

"Azusa! This way."

Shiina Riki quickly saw Matsueda Azusa pushing the door open, and immediately stood up and greeted him.

She was still wearing her work uniform, and it looked like she happened to be working here today.

Matsueda Azusa waved to them and found a seat at the long table. "So, why did you call me over here so hastily? Is there something wrong? My band is still practicing."

Although no one knows where Shizuka Hiratsuka went.

"It's about Abbey Hen Card."

Shiina Riki hesitated for a moment, and seeing that no one else answered, he had to explain.

Gao Songdeng lowered his head and watched the video of Hen Ji Ka's performance on his mobile phone, without saying a word, and no one knew what he was thinking.

"Since so many people have come and Hai Ling is not here, I can probably guess that it's about the Hen Card."

Songzhi Zi casually ordered a cup of fruit tea, and with one hand on his chin, he asked, "But what does this have to do with us?"

Nagasaki Sushi's voice was no longer audible. She looked unhappy and frowned as she said, "I asked Xiaomu... She said it was all Xiaoxiang's doing. She formed the band, wrote the script and music, and found the band members."

"Oh, about this..."

Matsueda Azusa was stunned when he heard this. "Huh? Didn't I tell you before? That Toyokawa Shoko went off to form a new band on her own?"

"Eh?!"

Shiina Riki and Nagasaki Suyo both looked at Matsueda Azusa in confusion. They recalled uncertainly for a long time before Nagasaki Suyo reluctantly said, "No... no, right?"

"Oh, sorry, that might be because I didn't have the chance to tell you about this."

Matsueda Azusa scratched the back of his head. "But I remember I should have mentioned this to you, Sushi. I told you that time when you ran to the school gate to block me... Something happened to Toyokawa Shoko's family. It seems that she lost a lot of money, so she left Crychic. She formed a band to make money to make up for the losses... Maybe?"

"That's what happened..."

Nagasaki Suyo hesitated for a moment, "Is it because of this reason..."

"Eh?! Toyokawa-san's family owes a lot of money?"

Chihaya Aine, who was completely clueless, was shocked when she heard this: "But but! If they were so heavily in debt, how did they manage to get so many talented members to form a band, and even perform at the Budokan so quickly? I remember it said on the performance poster that it was funded by the Toyokawa Foundation!"

She couldn't understand the reason at all: "Generally speaking, can an outstanding musician who is poor and heavily in debt do such things? That's the Toyokawa Group, and his teammates also include Sumimi's three friends..."

"Um, Chihaya-san, don't you notice that their forms are subtly similar?"

Matsueda Azusa tilted his head: "Toyokawa Shoko, and the Toyokawa Group."

"?"

Chihaya Aine was now even more confused. "So, Toyokawa-san is actually... the daughter of the Toyokawa Group? Then how could she be in debt? And even have to form a band to pay it back?"

"It's not a debt, exactly."

Matsueda Azusa briefly explained the situation.

Except for Shiina Riki who frowned, Takamatsu Tomo and Nagasaki Suyo both seemed to feel some sympathy for Toyokawa Shoko's situation.

However, Chihaya Aine was even more confused about the logic: "So, Toyokawa-san has cut ties with his family and wants to make up for his losses through the profits of a commercial band... Huh? But isn't the Toyokawa Foundation still behind this band?"

"If you're providing support as a family member, doesn't that mean you haven't actually severed ties with your family? Then there's no need to do all this. If you're a business partner... wouldn't that just mean you're owing more and more?"

Chihaya Aine was shocked and began counting on her fingers: "We already owe 168 billion yen, plus the money we've invested in running the band... How many years will it take to pay it off? And paying it off won't be enough, we'll definitely need to make a profit... Isn't that the same as selling ourselves to the Toyokawa Group?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone present fell silent.

Matsueda Azusa turned his head away and curled his lips: "So I don't understand why she would do such a thing as taking off her pants to fart..."

"However, the only thing that is certain is that although she said she did it for money, she definitely did it for more than just money."

He bit his straw, crossed his legs, and added, "Or rather, if she was just trying to make money, she wouldn't do something so strange and illogical. Maybe she's trying to prove something to herself."

In a sense, Toyokawa Shoko's influence on Matsueda Azusa is quite overwhelming. In fact, perhaps Toyokawa Shoko's motive for establishing the "Mother Chicken Card" is similar to Matsueda Azusa's motive for establishing the "Innocent Relationships Supervision Department"...

They all want to follow their own temperament and prove something, whether it is to others or to themselves, it doesn’t matter, either point is fine, but no matter what, they have to prove something.

"Prove it to yourself...?"

Nagasaki Suyo didn't understand what Matsueda Azusa meant, "But what does Xiaoxiang want to prove?"

"Hmph, what else could it be? Prove that her excessive self-esteem is not wrong, prove that the choice she made is the right one."

Shiina Riki crossed his arms and replied with a sour face, then scolded: "Even though Crychic was already there, she still chose to abandon everyone and set up a new band, and even asked her family for sponsorship... Isn't it because she thought we were too bad at playing and couldn't help her make money? So she asked Hailing to come in..."

"But Hai Ling is fine, she's certainly better than you, Su Shi. But I don't think my skills are any worse than that Amoris guy from Hen Kari! Besides, although Sanjiao Chuhua is indeed very skilled, it's obviously Deng's singing that can touch people's hearts more!"

Shiina Tatsuki said indignantly, "Plus, Mu is a member of Crychic... so Crychic's level isn't that much lower than that inexplicably named "Mother Chicken Card," right? That guy Xiangzi is really full of himself."

Nagasaki Motoyo, who had been singled out for the Cue, glared at Shiina Riki with a hint of embarrassment, but there was really no way to refute it. Compared to Yawata Kairin, she was definitely the one who would be technically optimized.

"Well... my guitar skills are definitely not as good as Mutsukomi's."

Matsueda Azusa swished bubbles into his drink through a straw and added vaguely, "But... with Xiaomu's personality, it would be fine if he wore a mask to hide his identity on a stage of that scale... but now that his identity has been exposed, I'm afraid the situation will become very bad."

"As her childhood sweetheart, Toyokawa Shoko shouldn't be unaware of this, but she hasn't seemed to have taken any remedial measures until now, as if... she doesn't care what will happen to Xiaomu in this situation."

244

Chapter 244 Why Chihaya Aine is great.

"Eh? Um, um, Xiao Mu, are you talking about Ruoye Mu? You even know her!"

Chihaya Aine raised her hand and asked curiously, "Is it Mutsu Wakaba, the one who often appears on TV shows? His mom is actress Minami Mori, and his dad is comedian Wakaba?"

Shiina Riki glanced at Chihaya Aine and said impatiently, "Indeed, but you'd better not use these labels to describe her."

"Huh?! What's…"

Chihaya Aine was startled by Shiina Riki's serious expression. "W-why do you say that? I want to get to know Xiaomu too! I want to be friends with her too!"

"Well, making friends is good. But if you ask her if her parents are celebrities right after you meet her, you probably won't be able to be friends."

Matsueda Azusa held his chin in his hand and added on behalf of Shiina Riki: "Xiao Mu doesn't like being teased about things like this."

"Is that so... Indeed, it's annoying to be teased about one's identity. Eh? But, speaking of which, Matsueda, you just said it would be terrible if Mu-chan's identity was exposed on stage. Why is that?"

Chihaya Aine was a bit confused after hearing this, and then she remembered what Matsueda Azusa had just said. She couldn't help but ask, "Doesn't her family allow it? Or is she not used to performing on stage with her true face? But she has been interviewed on TV before."

Shiina Riki tutted, crossed his arms, and frowned. "If you were surrounded by people all day, teasing you and asking you all sorts of questions, all about your status as a celebrity child, because you were exposed to the cameras... what would you think?"