Comet Dragon, breaking into the gravity field

Just like before the exam, when everyone was playing online games together, they all laughed and said that they didn’t review seriously. After the exam, they shouted that they had failed this time and the red line of failing was already beckoning them.

However, on the day the results come out, only the unlucky ones who really believed this nonsense will face the bleak prospect of making up the exam or even retaking the course.

Of course, we shouldn't learn from negative examples like this. If we want to learn, we should emulate the involutionary behavior of Chihaya Aine. Judging by her proficiency, Naruse Ritsu probably used this tactic many times in school.

Really awesome! Ah, the student council president.

Perhaps she understood the implication of his playful gaze, Chihaya Aine looked away with a guilty look on her face, and instead picked up the spoon and angrily cut off a piece of the cake in front of her and put it into her mouth.

As the live show was approaching, the store manager was considerate enough not to schedule the two employees for the day. After the break, everyone left the second-floor cafe and prepared to go home.

Although Nagasaki Suyo really wanted to have some in-depth communication with Naruse Ritsu, the direction she was going home did not allow her to do so.

And since Chihaya Aine hasn't expressed this in front of others yet, she is unwilling to admit defeat and will not take the initiative to reveal her identity first to gain a useless advantage.

After all, in her opinion, Chihaya Aine was no different from a grasshopper jumping around in autumn.

A look at history shows that having a favorable geographical location does not guarantee victory. Even the natural barrier of the Yangtze River, the iron wall of Jiangdong, ultimately crumbled at the slightest touch.

The elegant Nagasaki Suyo left first with Beth. After finishing her parfait, Kaname Rakuna, who showed no worry on her face, disappeared with her equipment.

Just as Ritsu Narose was about to say goodbye to the other two, he suddenly felt that Touma Takamatsu seemed to have something to say to him.

Perhaps because she was concerned about the other people around her, she could only repeat the behavior of "thinking for a while - wanting to say something but stopping herself".

A little confused, she didn't know what was going on but it was inconvenient to tell him in person, so Ritsu Narose took out his cell phone and shook it at her inconspicuously.

Gao Songdeng also understood what he meant. He nodded to him and did not show his awkward behavior again.

So half an hour later, Ritsu Narose, who was sitting at home, saw the message sent by Deng Takamatsu.

132. Gravity Magic Innate Holy Body

The most torturous time in the world is the day before the holiday begins.

No matter they are students or office workers, they all have to sit at their seats obediently throughout the day and can only imagine in their minds the wonderful time that is about to come.

In order to integrate herself into the student group, Ritsu Narose also changed into a Gekkoukan High School uniform and stood on the street not far from Hanegaoka waiting.

He opened his black zippered suit, revealing a white stand-up collar shirt with a black bow ribbon underneath. He wore straight black trousers, and his usual sneakers had been replaced with the leather shoes typically seen in student uniforms.

However, this uniform, which was intended to be used to blend in with the students, seemed to have the opposite effect - after all, in this gray wave of light gray suits made up of Hanqiu, he, as an outsider, was still a little conspicuous.

Although he didn't care about the curious looks from the students around him, considering Deng's personality, Ritsu Narose quietly found a secluded corner to wait for her - and sent his own location by the way.

Soon, he saw a pair of small black uniform shoes appear in his field of vision.

Raising her eyes, passing over the knee-high socks that wrapped her white calves and the plaid pleated skirt that covered her round thighs, Ritsu Narose saw Takamatsu Deng's surprised look.

"Good afternoon..."

Seeing Naruse Ritsu dressed like this for the first time, Takamatsu Touma suddenly felt like she had returned to her timid self. However, she soon adjusted to the familiar and calm atmosphere around her and returned to her usual self.

Back on the main road, the laughter of the surrounding female students was incessant, forming a sharp contrast with the little animals walking quietly beside them.

When the environment quieted down a bit, Gao Songdeng whispered, "Sorry... for taking up your time..."

"'you'?"

“Because, it seems that Aine and Suye also want to talk to Ritsu…”

...You're a bit scary.

They clearly hadn't revealed their relationship to him, so why would Deng think this? Could it be that people with high perception could see this clearly?

While Ritsu Narose was silent, Takamatsu Deng, who was waiting for the green light, opened his schoolbag and carefully took out a ticket.

"Um... live tickets, please accept them..."

When he saw the ticket she took out of her schoolbag, Ritsu Narose was stunned for a moment.

He couldn't bear to reject this kindness, but he didn't want to deceive Deng, so he thought about it and decided to tell the truth.

"Don't worry about me. Li Xi has already helped me with the entrance problem. I will accompany everyone to the lounge first, and then go to the audience seats when the performance starts."

"Feel sorry……"

Hearing the unexpected information, Takamatsu Deng's expression was somewhat gloomy, despite her disappointment. Seeing her mood suddenly drop, Naruse Ritsu quickly came up with another idea that was barely feasible.

"If Deng doesn't mind, can I buy this ticket and give it to someone else?"

"other people?"

"They're the two I met before at Coral Terrace. I just happened to have an extra ticket, so I can get two tickets to invite them to watch the live show."

Although the development of the matter was a little different from what he had expected, seeing that the tickets were successfully delivered, Takamatsu Deng, who had been tense, finally relaxed.

Naturally, even if Ritsu Narose offered to buy the ticket, she would not agree.

As for the reason, only Gao Songdeng himself knows.

But in the eyes of Ritsu Narose, the girl who was clearly giving gifts to others looked like a squirrel that had collected a nest full of food for the winter, with a cute expression of satisfaction.

It was not yet dusk, and the two people, who were not in a hurry to go home, walked slowly along the street.

Most of the time, it was Naruse Ritsu who initiated the conversation, chatting about the little things in life and things related to the band. But sometimes, Takamatsu Touma would whisper her thoughts, experiencing the joy of connecting with others that she had rarely experienced before.

Before they knew it, they were back to where they had sat and chatted.

It is not the bustling Central Park, but an unknown small park nestled near residential areas.

Seeing the deserted park, Takamatsu Deng suddenly stopped. When Naruse Ritsu turned back to look at her, she heard the girl's inner voice.

"Since we met... a lot has happened. We formed a band together, and everyone has helped me... I look forward to seeing everyone every day."

Looking into the amber pupils, Ritsu Narose vaguely saw his own reflection in them.

"When I'm with Ritsu and everyone... I'm very happy, so I want to say..."

At this point, Takamatsu Teru showed a shy expression that was extremely rare for her, and facing this scene, Naruse Ritsu seemed to feel that her heart stopped beating for a moment.

"I want to say, I will do my best in tomorrow's live!"

Seeing the timid little animal dare to express its inner thoughts, Rin Narose, as a bystander, secretly breathed a sigh of relief and offered praise and applause.

But to his surprise, after hearing his praise, this sensitive little animal showed a hint of imperceptible depression.

But when he asked, he was surprised as to why Gao Songdeng was so depressed.

“Because I didn’t tell Aine that I would go see Ritsu after school… even though she and I were in the same classroom…”

“Um…but normally, there’s no need to inform Aine about this, right?”

“But Aine…”

At this point, Ritsu Narose felt that she might actually be aware of the complex interpersonal relationships hidden beneath the band's calm.

But none of the three of them told the truth. If Gao Songdeng had not thought about this, he would be confessing it if he said it now.

What's more, tomorrow is the day of the live show, and he doesn't want to shake other people's hearts because of this matter.

Well, even though he had a thousand reasons to convince himself, he had to admit that he was a little scared again.

Gao Songdeng's eyes just now made him feel that the shackles entangled with his body seemed to have added a heavier piece. At this time, he would rather it was his own self-conceit that caused him so much trouble.

There was silence for a long time, and finally it was Ritsu Narose who broke the silence and made the two of them move again.

The boomerang he had thrown more than ten days ago now hit him on the forehead, making him dare not continue to think deeply about Takamatsu Deng's affairs. But now the other party's silence made him fall into a strange sense of guilt.

"No matter what, you must do your best at tomorrow's live, okay?"

"..."

As if anticipating some changes after the live, Takamatsu Deng nodded silently.

133. Recorded Rehearsal

The night before the live, neither Chihaya Aine nor Nagasaki Motoyo came to chat with him, and the band's chat group also fell silent.

Naturally, Ritsu Narose had no intention of disturbing them.

For Chihaya Aine, this is a battle of honor to prove herself and to avoid the difficulties that Si Ling/Yue Fei would only run away from; for Nagasaki Suyo, this is a battle of restoration to enter the field, to rally the troops and find the former members.

Ritsu Narose hopes that they can both win, but in their eyes, a win-win situation probably only means that they win twice.

When one thinks of the chain of consequences that may be triggered by a failed live performance—including but not limited to the lead singer turning into a small dark-eyed person, the cat returning to nature, the drummer being overly stressed until he explodes, the bassist secretly laughing and preparing to be substituted—the success-oriented strategist has the urge to turn evil and become a defeatist strategist.

Just as Ritsu Narose was sleeping restlessly, he welcomed the next day.

After lunch, Ritsu Naruse set off with Chihaya Aine, who was waiting for him outside to go to [RING] together.

Although it was noon, the sky was covered with dark clouds, giving him a tense feeling as if dark clouds were pressing down on the city and threatening to destroy it.

He felt like a parent worried about their child's driving test, afraid that their silly child would step on the brake instead of the accelerator, and might see a familiar face on the news in a few hours.

When she walked into the lobby on the first floor, Ritsu Narose felt that there were many more guests today than usual, and most of their discussions were about the two most shining bands today.

But when he thought that Chihaya Aine and the others were just little Karami who were not valued, he suddenly felt much more relaxed - after all, they were just a band responsible for filling in the venue, so it wouldn't matter if they were bad.

However, he would not say such a statement that was almost like giving up now to shake the morale of the troops.

The venue opens at 2:30 pm, the live performance starts at 3 pm, and the girls will actually perform on stage before 6 pm.

Before it is their turn to fill in the stage, they need to go through a period of intensive rehearsals and several hours of time to adjust their mindset.

With the ID card given to her by the store manager hanging on her chest, Ritsu Naruse and Chihaya Aine entered the lounge at the back together.

Although he had never held any position, Ms. Rinrinko, who was occasionally nicknamed "Narita Road", seemed to have tacitly accepted that he was a non-staff member of the band and had specifically given this to him a few days ago.

But Naruse Ritsu had a feeling her enthusiastic attitude came from somewhere else—like a beautiful cafe financial report.

When he and Chihaya Aine walked into the warm yellow lounge, the pink girl suddenly looked extremely relaxed, like a diver who had held her breath to the limit underwater and surfaced to take a deep breath of fresh air.

She placed the piano case against the wall and casually threw her bag aside. Chihaya Aine lay slouched on the sofa with a look of despair on her face.

Even when Ritsu Narushe poked her calf with his tail, she still looked extremely nervous.

Sitting next to Chihaya Aine, he looked her up and down, looking for any way to eliminate this negative state.

However, under his gaze, he saw the girl's legs rubbing together slightly uneasily, and other small movements on her body seemed to quietly reveal what the other object was that Chihaya Aine was looking forward to and nervous about.

More importantly, in such a small room with only the two of them, they couldn't hide the changes in each other's heartbeats.

Under the light, Chihaya Aine Sakura's pink hair looked hazy and charming, which made a certain unspeakable XP in Narose Ritsu's heart cheer a little.

And when he put his arms around the girl's waist and tasted her uneasy lips in this lounge without any surveillance, another indescribable sense of excitement galloped in their hearts.

At first, the body trembled more violently. But as the conversation progressed, the trembling reached its peak and then receded like the tide, and the uneasiness was completely dispelled.

A few minutes later, when Shiina Riki pushed open the door of the lounge, she saw only two people in the room sitting quietly on the sofa.

As if she had sensed the fiery atmosphere in the air, a look of suspicion flashed across her eyes, but was immediately replaced by worry about the live show in a few hours.

Soon, the remaining members arrived. After gathering, everyone headed to the stage to prepare for today's rehearsal.

As for Ritsu Narose, he was standing at the entrance of the passage, holding up a camera from the side and silently recording this memorable moment.

He sincerely hoped that after the live ended, this video would not turn from a commemoration into a memorial...

Unfortunately, reality never makes things go as planned.

Grabbing the cat that had run down the stage, Naruse Ritsu looked at her expressionlessly. Kaname Rakuna, in his hands, looked at him with a serene gaze, like a cat held by the scruff of fate's neck.

--go back.

As if she understood his gaze, she asked Lenai to explain quietly, "It's not my turn."

As a bystander, Ritsu Naruse saw clearly that when Tachibana Shiina was testing the sound, Yo Rana gently swayed her body, as if swaying to the rhythm in her heart.

Cats who love music probably find it difficult to stand by while others play rhythmic music. When this feeling reaches a critical point, the self-centered cat cannot help but scratch the strings with its claws.

He could barely understand the cat's restless mood, but no matter what, he would never allow Lenai to act recklessly under such circumstances.

While drawing a cake for the celebration party after the live, Ritsu Narose pretended to be stern and used words to push the cat back to the stage.

When he finished this, he found that two waiters he had met in the coffee shop before - two girls who were now members of the Poppin'Party band - were looking at him with surprise, as if he had done something particularly remarkable.

"How amazing! You actually made Lenai go back obediently!" The girl whose hairstyle was somewhat similar to a cat's had shining eyes, and she seemed to be treating Ritsu Narose as a cat trainer.

"There's no need to be so excited..." Ritsu Naruse looked at the two tufts of hair on the girl's head that looked like both cat ears and rice dumplings, and in his heart he had already classified her as a "kind" of Kaname Rakuna.

The girl with a ponytail next to her seemed a little worried. She scratched her cheek awkwardly and explained, "Because Lena-chan sometimes does unexpected things, whether at school or here..."

"Oh, that sounds really hard."