In Zongman, the evil spirits are eliminated physically.

"Hey, Kotoko, your smile is scary."

"How could this be? Come, follow me into the room."

Ai wanted to resist, but she was so weak that she couldn't resist at all when facing 2B's iron hand. Unlike Kotoko who was still talking to Ai, 2B directly pulled Ai into the room. Yang No and the two Honghong also left. Ouyang Jun originally wanted to follow them in to see what they wanted to do, but Rongrong pulled his trouser leg. Looking at Rongrong shaking her head frantically beside him, Ouyang Jun had no choice but to give up the idea.

Chapter 13 Ruby

With the power of the Shinomiya family, it was quite easy to get a ticket to the little idol's concert. Ten minutes later, even before the meeting on Ai was over, Kaguya came back with several tickets. They were brand new and still exuded a pleasant scent of ink. I wonder if they were just taken off the printing press.

This time they were not going to do commissions or fight, but to hold a concert, so they just brought everyone along. Ouyang Jun even called Hina and asked her if she wanted to go. Unfortunately, Hina already had plans for today. She said she was going to a newly opened coffee shop with Ruiko and Hatsuharu, so they had to go next time.

The concert starts at 7:30 in the evening and admission starts at 6:30. Kaguya got VIP tickets, so Ouyang Jun and his group don't have to wait in a long line and can go in directly from the side.

President Kyoko greeted Ouyang Falcon and his group with great trepidation. The concert venue was not big and all tickets were standing room only, but President Kyoko still got a few chairs for Ouyang Falcon and his group. However, Kotoko and Yang No declined them. It was too conspicuous for them to sit while a group of people were standing to watch the performance, and they were sitting in the first row.

"Ruby-chan, Ruby-chan!" Ai yelled, jumping up and down.

In order to prevent others from seeing the two glow sticks floating and waving in the air, Yang Noi did not agree to let Ai hold the glow sticks, but this did not affect Ai's enthusiasm at all, and her eyes were shining brightly.

"Ouyang really knows all kinds of magic." Qinzi sighed, "He can even make the earthbound spirit leave the place so easily."

"It's just a small spell." Ouyang Xuan thought it was nothing. "I just need to make a small piece of the land that binds her into a magical instrument and let her carry it with her. I can just inject some magic power into it regularly."

"It appeared. Ouyang's understatement was remarkable."

"This is our lover, Qinzi." Yang Nai said as a matter of course, "Ouyang can do anything, he is the best lover."

While Ouyang Xuan and his group were waiting for the performance to begin, Kyoko in the backstage was extremely nervous. She paced back and forth, then put her hands together and prayed in the direction of a temple. Kana was also seriously reviewing her dance steps. MEM啾, she was writing the word "人" with trembling fingers and then eating it.

"Hey, what's wrong with you? This is not our first time performing on stage. Relax, relax." Ruby looked relaxed and stress-free.

"Ah!" Ruby covered her head that was hit by Aqua, "Brother! Why did you hit my head!"

"Didn't you see the notice Kyoko sent in the group?" Aqua took back the newspaper in his hand.

"I saw it. Isn't it just a rich family's daughter who came to see our performance?"

"Ruby~" MEM啾 clapped his hands on Ruby's shoulders, his face solemn, "That's not just any wealthy person, that's the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya family! Not only did she come to see our performance, but she also sat in the front row to watch our performance!"

"The Shinomiya family!" Ruby was startled, then tilted her head, a bunch of question marks popping up in her head, "What is that?"

"Brother, is the Shinomiya family very rich?"

"Based on our firm's income, if we worked from the Paleolithic Age to Cyberpunk 2077 without eating, drinking, or spending any money, we could barely save enough to hold onto the current wealth of the Shinomiya family."

"That's amazing!" Ruby didn't really understand.

"The Shinomiya family isn't just wealthy," Kana said, finishing another dance practice. "They're also a top-tier conglomerate with ties to various fields. If the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya family isn't satisfied with our performance, she could kill our future with just a single word. Or even without a single word, if she just frowns at our performance, plenty of people eager to curry favor with the Shinomiya family will come after us."

"Hey hey hey, then we're in a really bad situation!" Ruby finally realized that if she was banned, how could she become the best idol, how could she stand at the same height as her mother once did, how could she let the doctor who had gone to who knows where know her and come to see her.

"Kyoko, which idiot gave this young lady the ticket? If she's unhappy, our agency will be finished!?"

"You're so naive, Ruby." MEM gave a helpless, adult smile. "If that young lady hadn't bought a ticket, we'd be dead. We'd have skipped our performance and made her unhappy. She'd be completely upset."

[It's just a small, third-rate firm, Hayasaka. It's getting hot, let them go bankrupt!]

Ruby fantasized about Kaguya, the villainous daughter of a wealthy family, and showed an extremely disgusted expression, and shut down her own agency with just one sentence.

"Don't be so pessimistic." Kana's view differed from MEM's. "This is both a crisis and an opportunity, right, Aqua?"

"That's right." Aqua nodded. "While it's true that if our performance fails, something might happen, then wouldn't it be great if we succeed? Just like failure, as long as we're a huge success, even if it's just to make that young lady smile, applaud, and say a few nice words about us, our agency won't be short of work in the future."

"So, whether the office will eat or drink porridge from now on is up to you."

"Wow~~ I feel so stressed and my stomach hurts~~" MEM said with a bitter face.

"So, if we can get that young lady hooked on our performance, not only will we get more work at the agency, but we'll also get more pocket money." Ruby discovered the blind spot. "Is that so, brother?"

"Yes."

"Alright! Let's make that young lady fascinated by our performance! For more pocket money and work at the agency!"

"Put the office in front, you girl." Kyoko wanted to correct the order of Ruby's words.

Unlike the nervous MEM啾 and the excited Ruby, Kana leaned against the wall calmly to recover her strength. As the most mature person in the trio, Kana looked so calm at this time.

"I thought you would look down on this method." Aqua leaned against the wall next to Kana.

"Giving 120% of your acting skills and charm to an influential director or producer is the unspoken rule in the entertainment industry to get an opportunity or leave an impression on them so they'll remember you when they get a job interview or a role in the future."

Kana's idea was very simple. If she gave a perfect performance in front of Kaguya, maybe she could rely on Kaguya's terrifying energy to get some acting jobs again. After all, many movies and TV shows were invested by the Shinomiya family. If there was an idol in the crew that the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya family liked, that would be an excellent opportunity to show her courtesy.

Although Kana is a former child actor, while becoming an idol, her heart as an actor has always been hidden.

"It's great to have money." Aqua sighed.

"Then work hard. When you become a superstar, you'll have tons of money. You can even become a famous director. Money is essential anyway."

"I also think being a famous director is pretty cool." Aqua nodded in agreement with Kana's idea, "Then I'll let you play my leading lady."

"Wha! What!?" Kana, who had been wiping the sweat from her forehead the previous second, now stammered with chattering teeth, "You, you want me to be your heroine!?"

"Of course, we're from the same agency after all. By then, you'll be an adult, so I can exploit you endlessly. I'll shoot every shot until I'm satisfied."

Kana is still a minor, so her acting work cannot exceed a certain time. But if she were an adult, she could shoot until dawn. For this reason, MEM啾 is always assigned to be the last one for some night work, after all, she is the only reliable adult.

"You, you bastard!" Kana's shyness turned into anger. She raised her hand and slammed Aqua's shoulder. After hitting her a few times, Kana said quietly, "But if I'm your heroine, even if it takes a whole day to shoot one scene, I'll stay with you till the end."

"That's what you said." Aqua would definitely not refuse the labor that was delivered to his doorstep.

"I said."

The break was over soon, and B Komachi was about to take the stage. As usual, the three of them gathered together to cheer each other on.

"B Komachi! Come on!"

Waving and greeting from the backstage, B Komachi and the other two came up to the stage in a lively and cute manner. They first had the usual chat and then started singing.

While singing, Ruby's gaze uncontrollably shifted to the front row. Even without Aqua's hint, Ruby would have probably noticed Ouyang Sun and his group. Although she rejected Kyoko's suggestion to bring chairs, Ouyang Sun and his group were still conspicuous. A group of girls surrounding a boy, how could it not be conspicuous.

What caught Ruby's attention was not Ouyang Shun, the only boy in the group, nor Kaguya, but an empty space between 2B and Kotoko, about the size of a body, but no one was there. Kotoko was talking to 2B through this empty space from time to time. This scene was too strange.

Just one empty seat wouldn't make Ruby keep looking at any other seat. In the three-minute song, Ruby had looked at the empty seat between Kotoko and 2B at least twenty times. Ruby didn't know why, but whenever she looked at a certain place, she felt her heartbeat quicken, and a warm current spread from her heart to her whole body.

"Ruby-chan! Oh oh oh! Ruby-chan is looking at me again! I love you! Ruby-chan, I love you!"

Every time Ruby looked at her, Ai would scream even louder with excitement, which seriously affected Kotoko's viewing experience of the concert. Others could not hear Ai's voice, but Kotoko could hear it clearly. Every time she asked Ai to speak more quietly, she nodded repeatedly, and then continued to scream when Ruby looked at her again. After trying a few times, Kotoko was tired and too lazy to say anything.

Except for Bai Honghong, everyone else noticed Ruby's unusual gaze frequency, but they didn't know what Ruby's eyes meant.

Is this a blood relationship between parents and children?

Knowing the relationship between Ai and Ruby, Ouyang Xuan expected that the power of kinship would allow Ruby to sense something was wrong.

The audience below the stage did not notice Ruby's movements on the stage. Her teammates Kana and MEM啾 saw it all. Ruby couldn't help but glance in the direction of Ai for several movements, which caused her to be a little slow. The people below the stage were so excited that they didn't notice it.

There was no way to remind Ruby on the stage, so Kana and MEM took the initiative to slow down and coordinate with Ruby's movements.

Although Ruby was a little slow in some of her movements, her condition today was extremely good. Not only did she feel light, she felt that her body was not tired at all. A sense of joy that came from nowhere spread from her heart. It was already the sixth song. Kana and MEM啾 were a little tired, but Ruby felt that her physical strength bar was at least half.

It’s so strange, why, why don’t I feel tired at all, I feel so happy, as if someone very important is watching me, who is it?

Doctor! Is that you? Doctor!

Even Ruby would not have thought that Love was watching her under the stage at this moment. In her cognition, there were only two people who could make her feel this way, one was Love, and the other was the doctor who had been missing for a long time. Love was dead, so the only possible person was the doctor.

Where are you? Doctor, where are you? Have you finally noticed? B Komachi, the name I got you into.

With a wrong goal in mind, Ruby tried hard to find a doctor among the crowd, but she couldn't find anyone.

"What's wrong with Ruby? How could she be distracted during such an important performance today?" Kyoko was so nervous backstage that she almost needed to take stomach medicine.

"What is she looking for?" Aqua noticed that Ruby's eyes were searching.

"Whatever you're looking for, you'll have to leave it for after the show ends. This is the final encore, Ruby, don't get distracted! We're relying on you!"

"Don't worry, President. Ruby will perform perfectly." Aqua said with a smile, "After all, she is my sister."

"Don't show off your sister-con status now, Aqua."

"I'm not a sister-con."

Amid the audience's cheers for an encore, B Komachi and the other two returned to the stage after changing into new clothes. This time, the encore song they sang was the most popular song currently, which was passed down by the previous generation of B Komachi. The code word was B.

"Ruby-chan! Saigo! Ruby-chan! Ruby-chan!"

Because of the extremely high-decibel cry of love, Ouyang Xuan and his group didn’t hear much of the final encore song. All they could hear was the cry of love.

Ai had a blissful smile on her face, and Kotoko was a little worried that Ai might ascend to heaven right here because she was too happy and excited. However, this didn't seem to be something worth worrying about, as ghost ascension was the right path.

Chapter 14 Is His Sister's Name Chocolate or Cocoa?

"Thank you all so much for coming today, thank you!"

After the final encore, B Komachi and the other two held hands and bowed to the audience to thank the audience and fans who came.

Originally, Kana and MEM啾 were so absorbed in the performance that they didn't notice the empty seat in the front row. However, when they finished bowing, Kana and MEM啾 knew about it. There was nothing they could do about it as it was quite conspicuous.

First, Kotoko tried to persuade the air, then shook her head helplessly and turned her gaze to Ouyang Shun. As Ouyang Shun waved his hand, 2B clasped his hands together, as if he had caught something in the air. He twisted his hands and dragged the invisible thing out of the venue. Even Kana and MEM couldn't help but take a few more glances.

"No, I want to take one more look at Ruby-chan, 2B, please let me go! Ruby-chan, my dearest Ruby-chan."

Just like countless idol fans after the concert, Ai was extremely reluctant to leave and even wanted to hold on to the railings. Unfortunately, the person Ai met was 2B. 2B was like a ruthless excavator. He pressed Ai's shoulders and dragged her away. No matter how Ai cried, 2B didn't care.

"The artist named Ruby just now seemed to have noticed love." Hei Honghong also noticed it.

"Well, although it can't be seen, there is still something in her heart that makes her care about Ai Niang very much." Ouyang Xuan did not hide it.

"What's her relationship to love?"

"Let's talk about it later." This involved some very important privacy of love, and Ouyang Xuan did not tell it all like pouring out the beans.

"Oh, I see." Since Ouyang Xuan didn't say anything, Hei Honghong didn't ask any further questions.

Ruby, like Kana MEM啾, hid in the backstage and secretly watched Ouyang Xuan and his group leave. She didn't know what was going on, but her gaze was directed in that direction. Ruby was very lost now and had no interest in caring about these things.

Is the doctor not here? Was it just my imagination?

Ruby felt that her eyes were very uncomfortable, dry and astringent due to staying up late and rehearsing these days. She was also exposed to the spotlight for a long time tonight, and now she feels very uncomfortable.

"Here, the eye drops Aqua bought are especially for you. The ones MEM and I use are ordinary domestically produced." Kana handed a small bottle of eye drops to Ruby. "This one is imported from India. They say it contains cow eye extract."

"Today is over. I need to get some sleep. I've been staying up all night rehearsing these past few days, and my eyes are almost dead."

"You're staying up late playing with your phone, not rehearsing." Kana exposed Ruby.

"I play on my phone for rehearsal. I'm practicing my sense of pitch."

"It's just a music game, and it also exercises your musical sense."

"I'm not just playing a normal music game. I'm playing it in silent mode. The difficulty level is super high, okay?"

After applying the eye drops, Ruby blinked a few times and her eyes felt much better. At least they no longer felt dry and painful.

"Are those people performing a show without props? It's so realistic." When Kana and Ruby were not paying attention to Ouyang Xuan and his group, MEM啾 was still peeking at the screen.

"What's that acting?" Kana's actor radar went off. "Let me see, is this a show about dragging away an idol otaku who refuses to leave?"

There was a group of people gathered in the temporary VIP exit passage. Rongrong and Bai Honghong were yawning, Hei Honghong had a stern face, Kaguya was standing next to Ouyang Shun with a smile, Kotoko and Yang No were squatting on the ground, talking about something. From Kana and MEM啾's perspective, the two of them were just talking to an open space.

Unlike Kotoko Haruno who only performs verbally, 2B is performing an action show without props, as if she is dragging something, but this thing looks quite big and heavy, and there is no sign that 2B is using any force.

"What? Are they those people in the front row?" Ruby also came over. "Rich people are really weird. They hang out with such a group of weird people. Is the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya family also a weird person?"

Kaguya isn't that weird, I guess.

Ruby stuck her head out with Kana MEM啾, wanting to watch the show and then she felt like she was struck by lightning.

A pair of wine-red eyes trembled as they left, and her lips and body trembled together. Ruby even had to cover her mouth with both hands to prevent herself from making any sound. Her legs felt weak, but she took steps without her brain's control. Ruby jumped out from the backstage at the speed of a 100-meter sprint, and then ran towards the VIP exit passage.

"Ruby!" Aqua, who was cleaning up the stage, saw his sister running past him.

Mom! Mom!

Maybe it was the blood connection, or maybe it was because of Aqua's bottle of eye drops with cow eye extract. When she stuck her head out, she saw a purple-haired girl squatting on the ground, holding on to the pillar tightly and refusing to let go. Haruno and Kotoko were squatting beside her to persuade her, and 2B was ready to pull her away directly.

The idol search radar of idol fans is very sharp. At the same moment when Ruby rushed out from the backstage, all the fans who had not left saw Ruby, thinking that Ruby came out to interact with them, and surrounded Ruby like a cavalry charge.

"Everyone, can you please move aside? I have something urgent to do. Please move aside!" Although she was extremely anxious, Ruby still maintained the demeanor and politeness of an idol. After all, this was what she promised Ai and the doctor, to become the best idol.

"Everyone! I'm really worried!"