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

Just now, Kaname seemed rather casual and didn't pay much attention to social etiquette. Shirakawa Sawa next to her was giving her advice like an elder, while Shiina Tatsuki behind the counter just watched them silently.

It's fair to say that the focus wasn't on her at all.

But she didn't feel any discomfort at all.

Instead, they watched all of this quietly, silently, with a smile on their faces.

She felt the atmosphere was relaxed and harmonious. Although the core point was to persuade the unruly Yoro Nai, the other girl was so cute, how could she really blame her?

It was only after hearing Nagasaki Motoyo's voice that her mood became slightly heavier.

She knew that the other person had been trying to contact her and wanted to talk to her.

However, she still naturally feels guilty when facing the past.

Especially when I saw Toyokawa Shoko in the coffee shop that day, the memory of that rainy day was rekindled.

"Isn't it the lighting that needs more practice?"

Her memory regressed a bit, back to the day the live show had just ended. Everyone was all smiles after they stepped off the stage, but their expressions changed once they got to the dressing room.

“The lead singer was trying too hard.”

Takamatsu thought of that comment.

Thinking back to that moment when Toyokawa Shoko's expression suddenly changed as she looked at her phone screen.

Perhaps it was seeing that comment that made her act that way?

Then she remembered that when the other person was at the convenience store entrance at the beginning of the semester, they did the same thing. After seeing her, they frowned and left without saying hello.

Gao Songdeng felt even more guilty.

However, when she thinks about these things now, her mindset is different from before.

Especially after her conversation with Shirakawa Sawa at his house yesterday, she felt that she couldn't keep using the past to bind herself.

She has the idea, but she's not quite sure what to do with it yet.

Sitting next to Takamatsu Akari, Kaname was immediately drawn to her as the former was lost in thought.

She could sense that the other party was constantly releasing a force field, and this position was not continuous and stable, but rather intermittent and sometimes near and sometimes far.

This gave her the feeling of playing on a trampoline while swinging on a swing.

This feeling fascinated her, and she unconsciously relaxed her body, leaning on the table, squinting at Takamatsu Teng.

"Interesting woman."

Takamatsu Akari didn't know why Rakuna would show such interest in her, but she could tell that the other woman was just genuinely interested and didn't mean any harm, so she didn't pay much attention to it.

Upon hearing Rakuna's wording, Shiina Tatsuki immediately frowned, his tone stern.

"Hey, stray cat, you should address a girl, not a woman!"

You asked Le Nai to look up at her, blinked, and looked like she had heard but hadn't really listened.

Seeing the cat's appearance, Shiina Tatsuki sighed helplessly, then looked at Takamatsu Akari with a slightly apologetic tone, her voice gentle.

"Deng, this child is a bit impolite, please don't mind him too much."

Takamatsu gently shook his head, indicating that he didn't care.

She now basically understands that the cat-like girl in front of her has a different behavioral logic than ordinary people.

However, she doesn't reject this kind of thing.

Because the other party's emotional feedback was very direct and bland, without any strong emotional coloring.

This made it easy for her to process feedback from others.

"Susu..."

The sound of friction as the automatic door opened could be heard.

Kaoruna, who had her back to the door, twitched her ears, but her body remained still.

Then she sniffed again, her eyes lit up, and she immediately turned her head.

Sure enough, it was Motoyo Nagasaki who arrived.

Volume 1: Chapter 62 Undercurrents

Upon arriving at the second floor of RiNG, Nagasaki Motoyo quickly glanced around and saw Shiina Tatsuki standing behind the counter.

At the table in front of the counter, Shirakawa Sawa sat at the far end, Takamatsu Akari sat in the middle, and Kaname Rakuna sat at the far end.

After confirming who was present, Nagasaki Motoyo looked at Takamatsu Akari, her eyes showing just the right amount of surprise.

"Light-chan?"

A surprised but delighted smile immediately appeared on his face.

"I didn't expect to see you here."

Then she looked at Shirakawa Ze, her smile fading slightly, replaced by a more polite expression.

"Ze-jun is here too."

After giving a slight nod to Shiina Tatsuki, her gaze fell on Kaname Rakuna.

"I just received a call from Xiao Le Nai, and I felt it would be better to talk to her in person, so I came to see if she was here."

As she spoke, she sat down next to Kaoru.

"I didn't expect that they would actually be here, and that everyone would be here too. I'm so lucky."

Kaname looked at Nagasaki Motoyo sitting next to her and felt that the aura she was exuding was the kind she disliked. The initial excitement in her eyes gradually disappeared, and then she turned her head to look at Takamatsu Akari next to her.

Seeing Nagasaki Motoyo's shrewdness and social skills from the start, Shirakawa Sawa gradually became wary, already anticipating what the other party was about to do.

The other person's current state is clearly completely different from when we were talking alone.

Clearly, the other person's attachment to the past hasn't lessened much.

In his opinion, now is not a good time to talk about CRYCHIC, or rather, it's hard to find a good time to talk about it.

He wanted to minimize the impact of the topic on each other before the group officially started talking, so as not to create too much of a gravitational pull and cause things to take too many twists and turns.

To put it bluntly, his goal was to make friends with these beautiful girls, and the depth of their friendships would naturally be as great as possible.

Given this premise, he did not want things to develop in the way they originally intended.

That would cause enormous emotional damage to everyone involved, increasing the unpredictable difficulty of problem-solving and the costs of interaction.

He didn't want to see the girls getting caught up in internal conflicts and clash with each other because of various issues. That would not only prevent them from growing individually, but also make it difficult for their relationships to improve.

He originally thought that his talk under the moon could keep Nagasaki Motoyo calm for a while, giving him enough time and feedback to guide Takamatsu Akari to gradually build a more positive mindset and way of thinking, so that she would no longer continue to suffer internally and escape due to self-attribution.

However, it now seems that Nagasaki Motoyo may have only acknowledged him as her friend, and her emotional connection to him was purely personal.

However, what I said did not affect her thinking about CRYCHIC.

At this point, we can only take one step at a time.

Takamatsu Akari was completely out of the loop. She never expected Nagasaki Motoyo to be here. Her original intention was simply to have some tea with Shirakawa Sawa, watch Shiina Tatsuki work, and pass the time.

Although there was an unplanned encounter with Lena, it didn't have a significant impact. After all, the other person didn't seem aggressive or threatening to her, and didn't show any negative emotional response to her words or actions.

So overall, the atmosphere was relaxed and pleasant.

But Nagasaki Motoyo is different.

Hearing a voice on the phone is one feeling, but seeing it in person is another.

Although I was mentally preparing myself just now, I felt that I shouldn't be bound by the past, but after all, it was just a thought that I had, and I didn't have any specific guiding principles or behavioral guidelines.

So when she saw Nagasaki Motoyo, she instinctively avoided looking at her.

She didn't know what the other person thought about Toyokawa Shoko leaving the band, nor did she know whether the other person attributed the main responsibility to her.

Therefore, she is currently experiencing a mix of confusion and fear.

Compared to the three people whose inner thoughts were churning, Shiina Tatsuki's thoughts were much simpler.

She has always felt that Toyokawa Shoko was the culprit behind CRYCHIC's disbandment.

In her eyes, the other party first disappeared without prior notice by simply not participating in band activities, then wanted to leave the band without any reason, and finally even yelled at Gao Songdeng, causing the latter to feel guilty to this day, and to avoid questions about CRYCHIC and deliberately avoid seeing his former bandmates.

As for Nagasaki Motoyo, she always felt that the other person was trying to solve the problem of poor communication among them, even though she had never succeeded.

Although she was somewhat wary of the other person, that was only when it came to the specific emotional issues between Shirakawa Sawa and Takamatsu Akari.

She still harbored some affection for CRYCHIC.

So when she saw the other person come in, she didn't feel much; she simply nodded in greeting as if she were talking to a friend.

In her view, at this moment, Takamatsu Akari was with Shirakawa Sawa, and the two of them were now a single entity, with the other only able to observe and not interfere.

In a very short time, their thoughts were subtly shifting, and each person's emotions and aura changed.

Rakuna couldn't quite understand the specifics of the situation, but she felt a little suffocated being sandwiched between Takamatsu Akari and Nagasaki Motoyo, so she got up from her seat, moved a chair next to Shirakawa Sawa, and sat down close to him.

Aside from Shiina Tatsuki, who hadn't yet noticed anything, glancing at the cat's actions, no one else reacted.

After Rakuna left her seat, Nagasaki Motoyo's view of Takamatsu Akari was no longer obstructed.

However, she didn't maintain her gaze in that direction. Instead, she shifted her gaze to Shiina Tatsuki's face and spoke with a smile.

"Lixi, could I have a cup of black tea, please?"

She understood Gao Songdeng's personality; if she stared at him, it would put a lot of psychological pressure on him.

She came today to rebuild CRYCHIC, not to destroy it, so naturally she wanted to keep the other party, the most crucial person at the moment, in a relatively relaxed state.

If you put pressure on the other person right from the start, it can easily put them on the defensive, making it difficult for you to gather information and hindering the conversation.

Actually, Nagasaki Motoyo is a little nervous right now.

Because there is a variable on the field right now, and that is Shirakawa Sawa.

She wasn't sure how much the other person knew about CRYCHIC.

If it were just Takamatsu Akari and Shiina Tatsuki, she could easily guess what they would say.