Lonely Rock for the Blind.

Goto Ichiri crawled out from under the table, pulled a cheering stick from his coat, and started waving it wildly.

The faint yet conspicuous fluorescent light flickered inside the venue, as if everyone had been drawn into a psychedelic world.

"Swing it as hard as you can!!!"

Hiroi Kikuri roared loudly, then suddenly ran to the speaker next to her and kicked it over. With a loud bang, the sound of the speaker falling made everyone tremble.

"Ohhhhhhh!!!!"

Kikuri Hiroi screamed and waved her fist on stage. A # appeared on the screen of the [Poison Cat] character, and the keyboard had no choice but to play the bass.

"Hahaha! Get hyped up, everyone! Haven't you eaten yet?!"

Kikuri Hiroi loudly mocked the audience below the stage, which was followed by enthusiastic cheers from the audience.

Most of the people here are fans of [SICKHACK] and [Poison Cat].

"Smash one!!!"

Suddenly, someone roared loudly.

"Smash one! Smash one!"

Other people's voices followed.

"Yay...Yay!!! Smash...smash one!"

Goto Ichiri also quietly raised his hand and cheered.

"... "

The expression on the screen of 【Poison Cat】 has changed to 【~ ~】.

"Hahaha! It's telling you to smash it! Smash it now! You even brought this keyboard with you!"

Hiroi Kikuri turned around and smiled at [Poison Cat].

"... "

Beneath the hood, Nekoyashiki Haru's lips twisted slightly.

Tonight... you'll have to figure out your own dinner...

Because he was ignorant back then and smashed keyboards every day, the audience started to look forward to this kind of thing, which made it impossible for Nekoyashiki Haru, who wanted to retire from this life, to wash his hands of it now.

click!

The keyboard strap was untied.

"Xiao Qing! Go!!"

Eliza whispered beside her.

On the other side, Iwashita Shima also cast an expectant glance.

"... "

Grab the "axe handle" [Poison Cat] and lift the keyboard.

next moment!

call!!!!

The battle axe sliced ​​through the air, and at the same time, [Poison Cat]'s other hand was also playing on the keyboard, and tense music was played out as the axe was swung.

Bang!!!!!!!

Then, with a loud bang as the keyboard slammed onto the stage, the music came to an end.

"oh!!!!!!!!!!!!"

The next moment, the whole stadium cheered.

Chapter 49 The Fifth Invitation

"Ah...the performance today was a great success, thank you for your hard work."

In the lounge covered with stickers, Kikuri Hiroi wiped the sweat from her forehead with a towel.

"The show would have been more successful if you hadn't caused those accidents."

Iwashita Shima said expressionlessly.

"But you still chose to kick the speaker. Congratulations, the speaker is broken, and you're out of money for today's performance."

"Ugh?"

Hiroi Kikuri opened her eyes wide.

"Wait a minute! It can't be that expensive! There should still be some left, right?"

That's exactly how it was originally.

Shima Iwashita nodded, then looked at Haru Nekoyashiki, who was still wearing the [Poison Cat] electronic headgear.

“But Qing is a mercenary hired by us [SICKHACK]. After accounting for the cost of hiring him, your money is just enough to compensate for the speaker.”

"That's not right! Shouldn't Folt be responsible for Xiao Qing's hiring expenses? Wasn't that how it was done before?"

"Unfortunately, it wasn't this time."

Iwashita Shima shook his head.

"...Sunny...hehe..."

Hiroi Kikuri was silent for a moment, then looked at Nekoyashiki Haru with a smirk.

"Get to the point."

Nekoyashiki Haru's voice carried a hint of indifference.

"Could we postpone the hiring fee and such?"

"No, because you never pay back money, and your credit score is negative in my eyes."

"Croak! No!"

Hiroi Kikuri pounced on Nekoyashiki Haru and hugged his waist.

"If I don't get paid for performing, my life is over!"

"What does this have to do with me?"

Why are you talking so coldly?

"They were just egging me on stage to smash the keyboard, but I wasn't planning on doing it."

Haru Nekoyashiki gently tapped Kikuri Hiroi with her cat head mask.

"... "

Iwashita Shima looked away.

She had to admit that she was actually quite looking forward to Nekoyashiki Haru smashing the keyboard.

"You only got what you deserved, Kikuri~"

Eliza said with a smile from the side.

"Don't do this! Haru! Please! You used to call me Kiku-nee?! Do you remember?!"

"Ha...just a false memory."

Nekoyashiki Haru turned her head away.

"But you said you'd take care of me yesterday!"

"I don't remember."

"No!!!"

Hiroi Kikuri wailed.

"It feels like it's a regular program... Kikuri runs out of money due to various accidents, and then asks Haru for help."

Eliza sighed.

"But I agree with one thing Kiku said: let's skip the hiring fee, Haru, and join us [SICKHACK]."

Eliza moved closer to Nekoya Shikiharu and then removed his hood.

"We can work together to make [SICKHACK] bigger and stronger, and then compose music for anime!"

"I refuse."

"Sigh!!! This is the fifth time I've been rejected."

Eliza also embraced Nekoyashiki Haru's body.

"Why, why! You used to always so gently agree to my requests! In England you would call me 'sister,' and in Japan you would reminisce with me about British food!"

"...Using Japanese salted fish to stargaze?"

"Don't they also have French fries made from Japanese potatoes?!"

"That kind of thing is available all over the world, it's really pathetic that Britain treats it as their signature dish."

"I admit there's not much good food in my hometown! But I'm different! I'll never let you experience the same old thing. Join [SICKHACK]! I'll make you all sorts of fried fish!"

"...There are more reasons not to join now...and you smell really bad..."

"Nekoyashiki Haru covered her nose and said."

"?!"

Eliza jerked her head up and then quickly retreated to a safe position.

"Sorry...I...I shouldn't have gotten so close..."

"Ah... because Europeans have more developed sweat glands, they have a particularly strong body odor. When this is mentioned, they become self-conscious."

Iwashita Shima sighed.

"Honestly, no one's complaining about you."

"Xiao Qing smelled it!"