In music anime, band girls won't be alone.

Nagasaki Motoyo felt an extreme anger rising within her.

"What's up with this guy in front of me?"

"This is clearly a deliberate attempt to mock me!"

"What 'Songgao Lamp'? I'd rather have a Songgao Lamp!"

Although her anger made her bust appear larger, Nagasaki Motoyo suppressed her emotions and maintained a facade of elegance as she looked at Shirakawa Sawa.

"Classmate, please don't joke about my friend's name. It's impolite."

"It's okay if you don't want to tell me, after all, I was being too presumptuous."

Shirakawa Sawa did not respond.

Silence fell between the two.

Time passed silently.

The shop assistant brought over the black tea that Nagasaki Motoyo had ordered, and gave the two of them a strange look.

After finishing the parfait, a notification sounded indicating that the reward had been credited to my account.

"Congratulations, host, on completing the mission! You have received 5 points and 5 yen as a reward!"

Shirakawa wiped his mouth, looked at Nagasaki Motoyo who was still sitting opposite him, suppressing her anger and embarrassment, and spoke calmly.

"I do know Gao Songdeng. Is there anything I can help you with?"

Volume 1: Chapter 14 Nagasaki Motoyo Needs a Bridge

Although Nagasaki Motoyo desperately wanted to unleash the most vicious verbal abuse on the handsome young man before her, reason told her that she couldn't.

She gazed at Shirakawa Sawa, her eyes gentle and calm.

"It's not really anything important."

"I just wanted to ask how the lamp is doing."

She lowered her eyelids slightly, a ripple of regret appearing in her eyes.

"After graduating from junior high school, we rarely saw each other for various reasons, and we went to different high schools, so..."

"Feel sorry."

Shirakawa Ze interrupted her.

"I cannot disclose any information about Deng Jiang to you."

"And what you said is also suspicious."

"If it's really like you say, that you were classmates in junior high and good friends, then how come you can't even keep in touch by phone after graduation?"

"Wouldn't it be more inappropriate to ask a complete stranger about someone you've just met to find out more about them?"

"I don't want to speculate too much, but I don't want to stay any longer either. Please excuse me."

After saying that, Shirakawa picked up his guitar bag and prepared to leave.

Nagasaki Motoyo clenched her fingers tightly, gritted her teeth, and stood up to block the boy's path, her eyes filled with urgency and sincerity.

"Some things are hard to explain in a short time, and I don't want to take up too much of your time."

"But please believe me, I certainly don't mean any harm."

"How about this, let's exchange contact information first, and when you have time, we can get to know each other slowly."

"I believe that your current opinion of me will definitely change in the future."

Shirakawa hesitated for a few seconds before taking out his phone and adding the other person on social media.

"My name is Shirakawa Sawa."

"If there's nothing else, I'll be going now."

Nagasaki Motoyo put away her phone and nodded.

"Okay, drive carefully."

After watching Shirakawa Sawa leave, Nagasaki Motoyo sat back down and clicked on the other person's profile picture on the social media app to see if she could find any useful information from his posts.

Then she discovered that the other person had no posts on their social media, and it wasn't that they had blocked her; there simply weren't any posts at all.

"He's really a tough person to deal with..."

Nagasaki Motoyo recalled the other party's performance just now.

"He completely controlled the pace of our conversations."

"It is indeed very difficult to get any information out of this kind of person."

"But there's nothing we can do now. He's the only person I've observed who has a good relationship with the lamp and has no connection with Kuresiku."

"If I could get a chance to meet Deng through him..."

Nagasaki Motoyo rubbed her fingers together, her eyes flashing with an ambiguous light.

She swiped a few times on her phone, and a group photo of five people in a recording studio appeared on the screen. She picked up her cup, took a sip of the now-cold black tea, and murmured softly as she looked at the photo.

"CRYCHIC..."

A little while later, Nagasaki Motoyo opened her chat app and sent a message to Takamatsu Akari.

"Deng-chan, what a surprise! I just ran into one of your classmates from school, and he even knows you."

After sending the message, she placed her phone on the table, her eyes fixed on the screen.

After a while, the message showed as read.

However, the other party did not reply.

Nagasaki Motoyo edited another message and sent it.

"His name is Shirakawa Sawa. I wonder if Akari-chan knows him? We even chatted for a while."

A little while later, the message showed as read, and then a reply was sent.

"Excuse me, what can I do for you?"

Nagasaki Motoyo's expression shifted slightly, and she immediately replied.

"It's nothing, it's just that Deng-chan hasn't contacted me in a long time. I was thinking of chatting with you. I was wondering if we could meet up sometime?"

The message was immediately marked as read, but no reply was received.

Nagasaki Motoyo stared at the screen, and the image of Shirakawa Sawa reappeared in her mind.

"It seems that I really need a bridge to connect me and the lamp."

With a soft sigh, Nagasaki Motoyo took out 360 yen, placed it on the table, and left.

……

The moon disappears, the sun rises, and the sleeping earth is gradually awakened.

"Hello, host, it's already 7:02 AM."

"Today is Friday, and it's your last school day of the week."

"Tomorrow and the day after are rest days, and the system will arrange more interesting and rewarding tasks for you!"

"To ensure you're in top form for the weekend, the system won't be issuing any tasks today. Please enjoy this relaxing day!"

For some reason, after hearing the system's words, Shirakawa Ze felt a sense of unease.

But since it was an unknown matter, thinking too much about it would only cause more trouble, so he didn't dwell on it any longer and got up directly.

After having breakfast, Shirakawa made two bento boxes and put them in his schoolbag before heading to school.

When I arrived at the classroom, I saw that Goto Ichiri was already sitting in her seat. She had brought her guitar case with her, and it was placed against the wall, just like yesterday.

Takamatsu, who usually arrives earlier, hasn't arrived yet.

Shirakawa Sawa put down his guitar case and turned to look at Goto Ichiri.

"Did Goto go to Starry yesterday? How was it?"

Although she was more familiar with her classmates than they were with her, Goto Ichiri still wasn't used to being talked to, and after a day of recovery, she was now afraid to look people in the eye again.

"Ah, haha, this feels great..."

Goto Ichiri lowered his eyelids, looked at the table, and responded softly.

"My seniors were very kind to me and took good care of me..."

Shirakawa Sawa smiled and gave a "good luck" gesture.

"That's good, keep it up!"

"I believe you will definitely become as amazing as Guitar Hero in the future!"

Upon being praised, Goto Ichiri couldn't help but chuckle, then immediately covered her mouth, not wanting to appear too strange.

Just before class started, Gao Songdeng walked into the classroom, his jacket pockets bulging.

She walked to her seat, but instead of sitting down, she looked at Shirakawa Sawa in the back seat, stretched out her hand, and opened her palm, revealing several very round stones.

"Look, Ze-jun, isn't it round?"

Shirakawa picked one up and examined it closely. Then he looked up at the other person, his eyes filled with admiration and joy.

"It's really round. Where did you find it, Deng Jiang?"

Takamatsu Akari sat down, took a large pile of round stones from her pocket, and placed them on Shirakawa Sawa's table.

"It was right behind the bushes next to the garden. I found it when I passed by on my way to school today."

"Look at them, don't they look just like stars, only they don't shine..."

Some of the students around looked at Gao Songdeng, and some of them had a look of surprise and confusion in their eyes.

Gao Songdeng noticed, but didn't pay attention. He simply looked at the boy in front of him and told him about the origin of the pile of stones...