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

Insufficient information has always been a major weakness for Motoyo Nagasaki.

However, this also seems to echo the saying that no one is perfect. After all, if you can give the other party enough information, that would be a bit too much.

Looking at his phone screen, Shirakawa Ze began to think about what state the other party was probably in right now.

This needs to be determined by considering several factors.

First, there's the objective. The opponent has probably realized that their strategy is flawed, and their purpose in contacting me is most likely to ask for my help in optimizing it.

But in reality, he had already explained the advantageous tactics to the opponent.

Secondly, there's the mindset; the other party's current mindset is probably one of extreme urgency.

After all, in the other party's eyes, there is only one last step left - Toyokawa Shoko.

Although this step is incredibly difficult, as long as there is even the slightest hope, the other party will definitely not give up.

Shirakawa Sawa knew that Nagasaki Motoyo was extremely obsessed with CRYCHIC, so he definitely couldn't persuade her to put it aside for now and wait until she had studied her opponent before fighting.

The other party would never accept such a suggestion.

What the other party is thinking about now is how to meet Toyokawa Shoko before tomorrow afternoon and persuade her to let the five of them sit together.

Finally, there's personality. She has the personality of a good mother who will do her best to maintain a harmonious and pleasant atmosphere no matter where she is.

In social situations, I subconsciously observe and adjust the atmosphere, and when facing others, I subconsciously give positive feedback, even if I don't want to do so at the time.

Therefore, the other party has a very strong ability to control their facial expressions and outward emotions.

However, this strong control over one's own performance is accompanied by extreme repression.

The person she presents to others is often not her true self.

The longer she suppresses her emotions, the more negative feelings she accumulates.

In addition, due to her family background, she lacked family warmth and care from a young age.

Therefore, she longs for an environment where she can feel the warmth of family, where she doesn't need to suppress herself, and where she can feel relatively at ease.

And CRYCHIC is a place that can satisfy this psychological need of hers...

Before he knew it, Shirakawa had reached the door of his apartment. He opened it, walked into the living room, sat on the sofa, and continued to think.

...So in order to get back into that atmosphere, she would do anything she could.

It is under these circumstances that when the other party learns that things are not going well with Toyokawa Shoko for the time being, she becomes increasingly anxious. Every second she has to be alone increases her negative emotions.

Because she kept thinking about meeting tomorrow afternoon, but things weren't settled with Toyokawa Shoko yet.

At this point, 5 p.m. on Tuesday was not the start of a pleasant time for her, but the beginning of a new and even more intense torment.

Shirakawa Ze understood that even if he rejected her, she would either continue to contact him or go to someone else; she was unlikely to stay quietly in her room playing on her phone.

So let's meet and talk.

After letting out a sigh, which carried away all his negative feelings towards the other person, Shirakawa took out his phone and sent the other person his address.

"I just got home. If it's convenient for you, you can come over and chat."

Given each other's current situation, it would be best to meet at each other's homes.

Considering that the other party's mother might return at any time, they chose to meet at their own residence.

Nagasaki Motoyo immediately replied with a message.

"It's convenient, Ze-jun, I'll come find you now."

Not long after, Shirakawa heard a car stop at the door, followed by the sound of a car door closing, and then the doorbell rang.

He got up and walked to the door. Through the peephole, he saw Nagasaki Motoyo standing there, her face no longer bearing the smile of the past.

Upon opening the door, Shirakawa saw the other person's gaze quickly move to his face, followed by a rather stiff smile.

“Ze-jun…”

The boy gestured for her to come in, and placed a new pair of slippers by the door.

Nagasaki Motoyo thanked her softly, looked around the room, then changed her shoes and went inside.

Shirakawa Ze gestured towards the sofa.

"You can sit anywhere in Su Shi."

After seeing the other person sit down, he took a bottle of drink and placed it on the table in front of them, then casually sat down on the sofa to the side.

After seeing Shirakawa Sawa sit down, Nagasaki Motoyo immediately looked up at him with an apologetic expression.

"I'm so sorry, Ze-kun."

"I shouldn't have gone to find Deng Jiang without permission."

"I should have asked for your opinion beforehand..."

Shirakawa Ze shook his head slightly.

"Your contacting Dengjiang in this matter has nothing to do with me."

"After all, you were in the same band before, and what you discussed was about the band. It has nothing to do with me, so you don't need to apologize to me for it."

If it's not because of Deng Jiang, then what is it because of?

Nagasaki Motoyo looked at him with a hint of surprise and curiosity in her eyes, waiting for him to continue.

Volume 1: Chapter 70 Nagasaki Motoyo hugged him tightly.

Shirakawa Sawa continued to look at the girl in front of him.

“I gave you some advice before, but you didn’t listen.”

"As a friend, I'm a little unhappy."

"But I've already digested it now."

"What did you want to talk to me about today? You can speak now."

Nagasaki Motoyo immediately recalled their conversation in the park earlier.

However, she felt that she had taken the other person's advice to heart. After all, she cared about the other person more and more as time went on, so how could she not value those suggestions?

She looked up at Shirakawa Ze and slowly spoke.

"Ze-jun, I'm sorry I made you unhappy."

"However, I did take your advice."

“You told me before that the most important thing between friends is to share with each other.”

"Afterwards, I really tried my best to share my feelings with them."

“My personal daily life is actually not very interesting. When I’m not with my friends, it can even be said to be a bit boring.”

"So I really want to go back to the time when we were all together."

"That's all I can share right now."

Shirakawa Sawa asked,

What do you think is the purpose of sharing with each other?

Nagasaki Motoyo did not hesitate.

"Let the other person understand you better, so that the two of you can communicate better... and so on."

Shirakawa Ze nodded.

"Okay, since it's about sharing with each other, there must be an interaction between the two parties for it to be called 'each other'."

“When you were talking to your friends, I believe they definitely felt your sharing.”

"And you, have you felt the sharing from your friends?"

Nagasaki Motoyo was taken aback. She thought about it carefully and realized that neither Takamatsu Akari, Shiina Tatsuki, nor Wakaba Mutsumi had ever opened up to her.

Even when CRYCHIC was still around, no one ever shared their deepest thoughts with her.

However, the atmosphere within the team was very good at the time, so she didn't pay much attention to it.

Looking back now, if I had been able to establish a strong emotional connection with them back then, it wouldn't have been so difficult to communicate with them for so long afterward.

She suddenly realized that she didn't seem to know much about anyone.

Especially Toyokawa Shoko and Takamatsu Akari.

The former has become a complete stranger, while the latter, although they can communicate, has no idea what the other is thinking.

Shirakawa Sawa continued.

"In fact, not everyone will openly express their thoughts."

"Some people just don't know how to say it, some don't want to say it, and some don't know how to say it."

"So sharing with others is not an easy thing."

"After all, it's impossible for everyone to share with you after you've finished sharing."

“One-sided sharing is tantamount to indoctrinating others.”

"The emotions that only you express are a burden to others."

Nagasaki Motoyo kept replaying those words in her mind, realizing that she had indeed been neglecting her friends' feelings all along. She felt that if she could get them back together, everything would be alright.

But this is not something she can do alone, and reorganizing the band is not something she can decide on her own.

Since it requires cooperation and joint efforts from all parties, we must first understand and reach a consensus.

This requires her to go into everyone's heart and understand what they are thinking.

She felt that her previous ideas were indeed somewhat limited and even a bit biased.

She sighed softly, realizing she needed to take some time to sort out her thoughts.