Aspiring to be a girl in a band

Ai Yin blinked, and then, after understanding Xiangzi's meaning, she couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"I thought... Xiangzi was a very serious and earnest person... I never expected him to tell such a joke."

Ai Yin cradled her belly, half-lying on the table.

Xiangzi's lame joke just now seemed to have hit Aine's funny bone.

"People are always complex. No one can say with certainty what kind of person they are, so of course I tell jokes too. Just like Mu laughs."

Xiangzi's words caught Ai Yin's attention.

"Eh? Master Wakaba... she can smile after all."

Aine said in shock.

After all, during the entire day of "intimate" instruction, she had never once seen any other expression on Mu's face.

In Aine's eyes, her master was a true poker face, just like a emotionless girl in anime. It was hard to imagine that the other person would smile.

"Of course, Mutsu can laugh too."

Xiangzi rolled his eyes at Aiyin, annoyed.

As Mu's childhood sweetheart, Xiangzi knew his friend's true character.

Mu is a thoughtful and sensitive child, but because she is not good at speaking, she has developed the habit of keeping quiet.

Mu can laugh, and of course, she can cry.

If it were that scumbag, Mu would be more likely to laugh and more likely to cry.

Tsk... why am I thinking about that person again?

Could you please step away from my thoughts?

Xiangzi shouted fiercely at Arakawa Kirika in his heart.

Coming to his senses, Xiangzi prepared to continue his conversation with Aiyin.

"Aine...it's about time we talked about that."

Seeing that the atmosphere had heated up, Xiangzi began to urge Aine to tell him the reason that was bothering her.

"Um……"

After responding, Ai Yin did not speak immediately. Instead, she lowered her head and appeared to be deep in thought.

Xiangzi knew that at times like this, she should give the other person enough freedom, so she didn't urge her any further and patiently waited for Aiyin to organize her thoughts.

"Light...she went to see Arakawa-kun today."

Ai Yin said softly.

!! ?

Xiangzi almost dropped the teacup in his hand.

She almost instinctively assumed that it was Arakawa Kirika who attacked the lantern.

The lamp has... a very outstanding appearance, and... the lamp's personality always seems to be easily controlled by that scumbag.

This is not a good thing.

Xiangzi's mood began to get impatient, and she no longer cared about being reserved, urging Aiyin to continue speaking.

Aine was startled by Xiangzi's sudden change in attitude, but quickly calmed down and continued her story.

……

After a while.

After organizing what she had heard, Ai Yin told Xiangzi everything.

Xiangzi sat blankly in his seat, looking somewhat dazed.

"How...could this be?"

Xiangzi looked very sad.

Because... Xiangzi had already witnessed such a tragedy once.

The previous victim was her childhood sweetheart, Mu.

A sense of powerlessness welled up in Xiangzi's heart.

If it were Arakawa Kirika who used force, or like me, who was threatened into submission.

Perhaps we can think of a way.

But the lamp clearly walked into the trap woven by Arakawa Kirika on its own initiative.

Just like the harmony of the past.

Xiangzi couldn't think of any way to save someone who had willingly fallen into this situation.

and……

From Ai-yin's account, Xiangzi also discovered a terrible truth.

The person in front of me is an outgoing, cheerful pink-haired girl.

There was even a faint tendency towards that.

Aine should be a very rational type... so why is she like Haru, just like the lamp?

Even after seeing the true colors of that scumbag, you still have a good impression of her?

Xiangzi didn't understand.

What's so good about that scumbag? Why does he always get favor from others?

Even the legendary succubus is nothing special.

but……

At that moment, Xiangzi inevitably thought of what that scumbag had done to him that night.

Although Xiangzi always complained about that person, he secretly thought Arakawa Kirika was utterly worthless.

But... on that day, I did indeed experience... a little bit of happiness.

So, what right do I have to criticize Aine, Toki, and Mutsu...?

Xiangzi examined his own heart.

If Arakawa Kirika was initially sentenced to be a scumbag in the Eighteen Sulfur Phosphorus Two Umbrella Death Eight (Four) Ling. Dream Layer Hell.

But now... or perhaps sometime before.

The other party has already risen to the level of ten... or nine?

Volume 1: Chapter 103 Mid-Gate Sniping Match

"Ugh...this is so annoying!"

In Ring's practice room, Shiina Tatsuki grabbed a drumstick and banged it haphazardly.

She was venting her anger.

Standing next to Riki was only Nagasaki Motoyo.

Instead of comforting Lixi, Su Shi also started idly strumming the bass strings.

After making a series of disorderly noises, Lixi finally breathed a sigh of relief and put down his drumsticks.

"What on earth happened today? I can let that stray cat go; it's always late anyway."

"But why didn't [that guy] and the lamp come to practice either?"

Lixi's tone grew increasingly louder, clearly showing that she was indeed very angry.

"Hmm... getting angry won't help. Everyone must have just run into some trouble."

Su Shi's eyes were fixed on the soundproofing panel on the wall, and she seemed quite absent-minded.

"I said, didn't I just tell you to contact them? Have you received a reply yet?"

Li hope glanced at Su Shi.

Su Shi took out her phone and glanced at it.

"Aine said she's on her way, but Akari and Renai haven't replied yet."

"what?"

Li hope drawled out his words.

"That guy, isn't he in the same class as Deng? They always came together before, why are they going their separate ways today?"

There was a hint of anger in Li hope's tone.

How she wished she were the one who accompanied the lamp home from school every day.

As a result, that pink-haired girl, who clearly had such an opportunity, dared not cherish it and even threw the light aside?

"Hmm... I don't know."

Su Shi's tone was still not very enthusiastic.

Because... she really doesn't feel a sense of belonging to her current band.

Her goal has never changed: to revive Crychic.

But... recently Su Shi has started to wonder if she has been working in the wrong direction from the very beginning.

First, he was bluntly rejected by Xiangzi, and then he encountered Arakawa Kirika.

Su Shi is now very suspicious.

Can I really bring Xiangzi back?

Moreover... now, it's not just Xiangzi who's giving her a headache.

Mu, whom Su Shi thought she could easily handle, had unknowingly become a source of anxiety for her.

Just the day before yesterday, when I was chatting with Mu, for some reason, Mu suddenly took the initiative and said something to Su Shi very firmly.

“I… don’t like Crychic’s resurrection, and I think Xiangzi feels the same way.”