People are in Mygo, and I can write their personalities.

"Lixi-chan, have you contacted Xiaodeng-kun?"

"……what?"

Li hope was taken aback and somewhat uneasy when Nanami Natsuki asked such a question. "No, after the band disbanded, I didn't know what excuse I could use to talk to Akari."

"Why? You only disbanded a band, how come you can't even maintain the daily chat activities that ordinary friends would have?"

"...You're right."

Lixi did not refute, or rather, she no longer wanted to make such a meaningless rebuttal in front of Nanami Natsuki.

She could indeed continue to contact Lamp, even though they hadn't seen each other for a long time, but there was no conflict between her and Lamp, and the band's disbandment had nothing to do with their choices.

Saying that she's afraid the light will be sad after thinking about Crychic... is actually just her being scared, without thinking about how to face this problem squarely.

"But Su Shi will probably contact Deng... after all, she's... how should I put it, a bit obsessed."

“I didn’t ask her, I asked you.”

"No... does it really matter whether I contact them or not? You... you wouldn't be planning to do something to the lamp, would you?"

"...We've arrived at the school, it's time to get off the bus."

Watching Nanami Natsuki jump out of the car and leave her to pay the fare, Ritsuki muttered resentfully as she paid the bill:

"Damn it, she got away with it like that."

But now is not the time to think about these things. This is not only because morning reading is about to begin, but also because Li hope does not want to appear to be very familiar with Nanami Natsuki at school.

Perhaps it was because of her guilty conscience after doing something wrong. Anyway, Li Xi hadn't talked to Nanami at school the week before, so maintaining this way of not knowing each other was Li Xi's comfort zone.

Hanasakigawa Girls' Junior High School... or rather, most high schools in Tokyo, Japan, are relatively relaxed during the initial period after new students enroll.

After entering the classroom and greeting Chu Hua and Hai Ling, Li hope sat in her seat without rushing to do the academic work that students should do, since there was still almost a month and a half before the first exam for freshmen.

Today is Monday, April 13th. According to Nanami Natsuki, she will be able to continue to possess Shoko's musical talent until Sunday.

How to maximize the use of this talent is a problem that Lixi urgently needs to consider.

Of course, she was still somewhat uneasy and anxious. After the creative experience that felt like eating ice cream and the short-term torment of withdrawal symptoms, Li hope understood very well that she could now completely turn from the master of music into its slave at any time.

What she fears and resists most is losing all of this.

But Lixi also knew that she could never have all of this forever; what was meant to be lost would be lost sooner or later, and she could not stop it, nor should she.

“Memory…yes, memories don’t disappear…”

Although she possessed the added ability to quickly understand the knowledge taught by the teacher, Lixi did not pay attention to the blackboard writing in any of the classes she attended in the morning.

Shiina Ritsuki, already immersed in excitement, only knew what she was going to do next, and even for a considerable period of time to come.

First, she definitely needs to buy an electronic keyboard. Although her current salary doesn't allow her to invest in two musical instruments, she should be able to borrow one.

Of all the people I know, besides Shoko, Nagasaki Motoyo is probably the most extravagant.

Although Li hope was very reluctant to borrow money from Su Shi, he couldn't care less about that now in order to make the most of Xiang Zi's talent.

She had long since lost all sense of shame... Moreover, compared to Su Shi, she should... maybe... perhaps... still be considered quite normal, right?

...In short, she needs an electronic keyboard now, and she can't just buy a cheap entry-level model; she has to buy a good one that meets all her needs from the start.

After completing this task, she needed to do the second thing: learn how to play the electronic keyboard in the shortest possible time. Of course, with Xiangzi's talent, this task might be completed even faster than she expected.

Once she masters this skill, even without Toyokawa Shoko, the band will probably become irrelevant...

Yes, memories will never betray her; the skills she has already learned, and the muscle memories that have already formed... as long as Nanami Natsuki doesn't cause trouble, she will definitely be able to keep them forever.

Lixi hadn't really thought about this issue seriously during this period. This week, she had only focused on creating music based on her innate talent, neglecting the fact that talent itself could bring her other improvements.

Of course, music creation still requires inspiration. Even if technique can enable a person to create a relatively qualified work, those formulaic works are merely mediocre and lack any brilliance.

Good works definitely need inspiration, and during this period, I, with my talent, had no shortage of inspiration.

So Lixi has made up her mind. She will squeeze out all the musical talents of herself, or rather, all the talents of Xiangzi and herself combined... She will record all the inspirations she encounters, sees, and thinks in her life within this limited time.

Even if she loses Xiangzi's talent in the future, she shouldn't leave nothing behind.

"Lixi, do you have a band?"

Before she knew it, it was already afternoon school dismissal time. The person who walked up to Riki and spoke to her was her new friend, Hachiman Kairin.

"Forehead……"

"Have you been in this group before?"

"Yes, but they disbanded." Li hope didn't hide anything, after all, this kind of thing wasn't really anything too shameful.

"Yeah."

Yawata Kairin seemed to have thought of something, but she didn't show any particular expression. "Do you need me to introduce you to a new band? Actually, I know people in quite a few bands."

"Huh? No, no need."

Li hope glanced in the direction of Nanami Natsuki's seat and saw that he was still being fed by several cute girls in the class. He rolled his eyes helplessly.

Why would she even think of forming a new band with that guy... Although Su Shi said that Nanami has good musical talent, the question is, what good would it do her to bring in a ticking time bomb?

"Hailin, aren't you participating in any school clubs?"

As Riki packed his schoolbag, preparing to go to work at RiNG LIVE HOUSE ahead of Nanami at a different time, he looked at Hachiman Kairin carrying a bass bag and casually asked her this question.

"I didn't have time to participate, and you didn't participate either, did you?"

"Um... I have to go to work, so I really don't have time to participate in clubs."

Moreover, she wasn't the type of person who could easily integrate into clubs or groups. Even if she didn't have to work, Li hope probably wouldn't respond to the school's club recruitment.

For some reason, as Lixi walked to RiNG, he kept replaying the scene of Nanami Natsuki being the center of attention in the classroom.

She seemed a little disappointed, or rather... she felt betrayed.

Because in Lixi's opinion, although Nanami Natsuki is a very talkative person, she told him yesterday that she had never made any friends. But today, he realized that Nanami seems to have no shortage of companions.

Unlike her... she was withdrawn and gloomy, and had an easily angered personality.

Moreover, her emotional instability seems to be getting worse. She really wants to control these side effects of having talent and creative desire, but Li hope knows very well that she is not good at controlling her emotions at all.

"Are you going to RiNG, Lixi?"

"Huh?" Riki was taken aback, only then realizing that Hachiman Kairin had been following her from the beginning. "Are you going there too?"

"Well, one of the bands I'm in has a rehearsal today, and they said I'd better be able to go."

"One of them... how many bands have you actually been in?"

"There are 21 currently, and there may be more later."

"Huh? Twenty-one?!"

What kind of weirdos are these...? Are there even any humans around her? Why does even Hachiman Kairin, whom she's only known for a week and who seems fairly normal, give her the feeling that "this world is so absurd"?

However... being able to participate in so many bands, Hailing's bass skills must be quite impressive.

Forming a band, preferably a masked band that Suze and the others won't discover, is something Shiina Ritsuki really wants to do right now.

She didn't know the necessity of what she was doing, but she had an impulse... making her yearn to completely release her long-suppressed creative and expressive desires.

Perhaps this includes Shiina Tatsuki's own desire to prove himself, as well as Toyokawa Shoko's pursuit of music. The combination of these two factors has led to Shiina Tatsuki's current inability to put his mind to anything unrelated to music.

If only Nanami Natsuki could do all my work... then she could spend all her time on what she's supposed to be doing.

Riki's intense desire and impulse for music led him to develop a thought he had never had before: to bully and exploit Nanami's labor.

Perhaps because Li Xi had severely "punished" the other person after their passionate encounter last night, although she loathed her filthy self from yesterday, her attitude towards that little devil had unconsciously changed somewhat.

"Lixi, I'm going to find my teammates now."

"Ah... okay."

They didn't speak a word the whole way until they walked side by side into the interior of RiNG. Only then did Hachiman Kairin greet Riki and head towards the recording studio.

About ten minutes after Hailing left, Lixi saw Nanami Natsuki, who had changed into her work clothes, walk up to her.

We must make use of this guy... This brat who only cares about playing with people all day long should be made to do things that will waste her life, so that she can achieve all the thoughts in her heart before Xiangzi takes back his talent.

"Nanami, you'll help me with my work today, including serving guests, preparing food, washing dishes, and so on."

“…Huh?” Nanami Natsuki looked at the stinky Riki who was trying to boss her around, somewhat surprised.

"I can't waste my time on this... If you don't do as I say, I'll hit you..."

"You little brat Li hope, do you even know who you're talking to?! Ugh..."

When Nanami Natsuki saw Riki turn around and look at her with that terrifying gaze that seemed to want to devour her, she couldn't help but shrink back.

Shiina Riki acted as if she hadn't heard Nanami's voice at all. After all, she was extremely anxious, as if every minute and second of these seven days might be the last chance for her to possess Xiangzi's talent.

Just then, a burst of intense guitar solo music came from the nearby Free Stage, which made her, who was originally planning to go find Hailing, suddenly stop in her tracks, and the more she listened, the more excited she felt.

This is a genius... an absolute genius... and it seems she has never been in a band before. After all, this heterochromatic-eyed girl has been coming to RiNG alone to play guitar all this time, and has never been with any teammates.

Hailin plays bass, the girl with heterochromia plays guitar, she can switch between drumming and keyboards, and Nanami Natsuki can help her earn money...

"Give me a matcha basil..."

When the girl with heterochromia finished playing the guitar as before and was about to order a matcha parfait, Lixi was already looking at her with eyes that looked like she wanted to eat her alive.

Perhaps it was because Li Xi's gaze seemed a little too frightening, or perhaps it was because the girl named Yao Le Nai had such a keen sense of atmosphere, that Yao Le Nai, who had originally planned to reward herself with a matcha parfait, turned around and prepared to make a quick getaway.

"Don't run!!!"

But just as Lixi, who had no self-awareness whatsoever, climbed onto the bar and was about to step over the obstructing bar to grab the white-haired, heterochromatic-eyed girl she thought would definitely join her team, Yao Lena was already dragging her guitar and speaker and running wildly toward the exit.

"Lixi, have you taken the wrong medicine?!"

"she……"

Staring blankly in the direction the heterochromatic-eyed girl had left, Li hope stood there in a daze, seemingly having completely lost her senses.

Nanami Natsuki sighed. Although she admitted that the rapid increase in her emotional points these past few days had made her feel very good, she didn't want to see Riki become like this.

Looking around at the empty coffee shop, Nanami Natsuki took a deep breath, then swung her arm and delivered a resounding slap to Ritsuki.

"Crack~"

Shiina Tatsuki's cheek turned red instantly from the slap; she didn't even realize what had happened.

"Can you stop making such a fool of yourself? Or are you trying to replenish my mana again?"