Lonely Rock for the Blind.

Goto Ichiri nodded like a woodpecker, then suddenly remembered something and took out his coat from his bag.

"This... I just haven't had a chance to return it to you before."

"Your coat? You're only returning it now? I thought you weren't going to return it."

Haru Nekoyashiki smiled as she took the coat from Ichiri Goto.

“Hongxia is actually the kind of person who hides her sadness. If possible, Ichiri, you can chat with her occasionally, as an apology for not returning my clothes for so long.”

"Okay...okay!"

"Then let's walk quickly for a mile, or we'll miss the tram."

"Ok!"

Goto Ichiri walked towards the starry sky.

Nekoyashiki narrowed his eyes slightly before walking into the rehearsal room.

“…Little cat…”

Ichi Nijika raised her head, looked at the boy who walked in, and a smile slowly appeared on her lips.

"Judges, you've been listening to us practice a lot lately, right? Do you think we have a chance?"

"There is a good chance."

Nekoyashiki Haru nodded.

"But you must be under a lot of pressure, right?"

"... "

Nekoyashiki Haru shook her head.

"You can tell from the drumbeats, and from your slightly forced laughter. Are you that worried?"

"...You must be worried..."

Ichi Nijika leaned back in her chair.

"If...if we don't pass the assessment...everyone will be extremely disappointed."

"What about you?"

"I will definitely be more disappointed than everyone else."

"... "

Nekoyashiki Haru nodded and then walked out of the rehearsal room.

"Why did you just leave like that? I thought you were going to comfort me."

"No need."

Nekoyashiki Haru shook her head.

"Hongxia has already worked so hard, she'll definitely pass tomorrow's assessment without any problems, so..."

Nekoyashiki Haru smiled.

"Nothing to worry about."

"... "

"Even if you don't pass, I will help you find a livehouse that will allow you to continue playing. Hongxia's band will never stop here."

Nekoyashiki Haru turned around and raised her hand.

"So, no matter what, there's nothing to worry about!"

"…Um!"

Ijichi Nijika ran over and then gave Nekoyashiki Haru a high five.

"Look forward to tomorrow, little cat!"

"Ah."

...

……

.........

As she walked home, Nekoyashiki Haru's pace slowed down.

"Hello?"

Nekoyashiki Haru gripped her white cane tightly as she greeted the footsteps behind her.

"Don't be afraid, it's me."

Yamada Ryo's voice rang out, which made Nekoyashiki Haru breathe a sigh of relief.

"...Why is it this place again..."

"I just wanted to talk to you."

"Can't other places do it? And why did you come to me?"

"Don't you feel a sense of destiny here? And I feel like we get along quite well."

"...I don't feel anything, so what do you want to talk to me about?"

Nekoyashiki Haru leaned against the wall.

Will I pass tomorrow's assessment?

Yamada Ryo suddenly asked, and Nekoyashiki Haru was slightly taken aback.

"You're worried about this?"

Do I usually appear to be someone who doesn't worry?

"I can't see it. Your tone is flat, and I usually can't tell anything from it."

"I see... Well then... I'm actually worried."

Yamada Ryo leaned against the wall next to Nekoyashiki Haru.

"Hongxia is under a lot of pressure."

"I know."

"Did you comfort her?"

"No, but I did talk to her."

Nekoyashiki Haru shook her head.

"No matter the outcome, the end of the band will not end."

"...The powerful figure behind the scenes?"

"Why is it said in such a strange way? Just understand it this way."

"... "

Yamada Ryo suddenly fell silent.

"what happened?"

"...Have I ever told you that I used to have a band?"

"I think I've noticed this in your casual conversations before. What's wrong?"

"The classic storyline: internal discord within the team, and the future development direction being far from my expectations, so I left."

"Yeah."

Nekoyashiki Haru nodded, and Yamada Ryo continued.

"They always want to follow the crowd and don't understand at all... otherwise the band would be dead."

"... "

“If you don’t have your own unique style and just copy what others release, there’s no place for me in a band like that.”

"and then?"

"Then Hongxia invited me to join the band, and so far I'm very happy."

"Yeah."

"So... I don't want the band to end, Kitten... Sunny."

Yamada Ryo turned to look at Nekoyashiki Haru, his golden eyes shining in the darkness.

"I don't really want to rely on you to keep the band going. I want to rely on ourselves."

"I wish you could have this kind of awareness when you buy a bass guitar and have no money for food."

“Those are two different things from these.”

Yamada Ryo quickly shook his head.

"In short, I'm here to show my determination, Qing. If you can be moved by me and defeat the store manager and take his place so that we can pass after we fail tomorrow, then everything I'm doing now will not have been in vain."

"...We can't beat them."

"It's okay, I understand."

Yamada Ryo smiled, then walked to the other side, waving as he did so.

"Goodbye."

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