MyGO? The string value monster craves the band girl!

As soon as Xianjuan Wei, who had made an appointment with Su Shi to drink Lixi coffee, pushed the door open, he saw Miss Marina, who was flipping through a magazine listlessly with dull eyes as if her soul had ascended to heaven.

The magazine she was flipping through was——

Tokyo Temporary Job Hunting Handbook!

"Ms. Marina?" Genmaki Yui slapped the table at the front desk to wake up Marina who was sleepwalking.

"Ah..." Marina's voice sounded hollowed out. "It's Genmaki-kun."

"What's wrong with you? Isn't the income from Circle and here enough for the family?"

When Marina heard the word "income," it was as if a switch had been triggered. Suddenly, her soul was possessed again, and she sobbed:

"Wow, wow...If I don't go back to work, I won't even be able to afford to fix the windows."

Glass?

Yui Genmaki looked in the direction of Marina's finger. Three adjacent glass panels next to the bar were nailed with wooden boards, and the tape used during the first repair could be faintly seen.

"That ghost... the ghost that echoes in the Circle, is back again..." Marina hugged her shoulders, trembling all over, and immense fear could be heard in her voice.

"Every day when I'm about to close the shop, newspapers are thrown at me through the glass, just like when I worked at Circle..."

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A strong sense of déjà vu surged in her heart. Genmaki Yui took the newspaper handed to her by Marina, unfolded it and looked at the title.

Girls Band Newspaper

"Eh? Ms. Marina, I haven't seen you around Circle these past few days, so you're here."

Genmaki Yui looked back and saw a girl with silver hair and blue eyes greeting Marina. Behind her were four girls who were looking at the exhibits in the store. All five of them were wearing Tsuki no Mori school uniforms.

It's the Morfonica band's Mushroom, a hallucinogenic patient, and her four psychiatrists!

It was the performance at the Tsuki no Mori Music Festival that aroused Xiangzi's desire to form a band, which directly led to crychic, and indirectly led to the formation of mygo and mujica, which was the source of all evil!

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"Ah, Mashiro-chan...and everyone..." Miss Marina said weakly.

"Ms. Marina! What's wrong with you?"

Kurata Mashiro looked at Marina worriedly, while Genmaki Yui, who had just glanced through the newspaper, shook the newspaper in her hand.

"It's all his fault."

"Eh?"

Mashiro Kurata took the "Girls' Band Newspaper" from Yui Genmaki in a daze, and the five members of the Morfonica band gathered together to read the contents of the newspaper.

Then, the five people's faces showed expressions such as fear of encountering a ghost, confusion of being monitored, great interest in solving the case, and cat-like mouths full of scum.

"Murasawa Station is Empty? Morfonica Band's Lead Singer Mashiro Enters the Otherworld Station and Boards the Ghost Train"

(See PICO Season 2 Episode 19 for details)

"How, how could this happen!" Kurata Mashiro looked as if she had lost her soul.

"The day when Xiaobai encountered a ghost... I remember we clearly didn't mention this to anyone else..." Hiromachi Nana fell into deep thought.

On the other hand, Genmaki Yui looked at Ms. Marina who was flipping through the job search magazine again and consoled her:

"It's okay, Ms. Marina. The broken window will be covered by the government. Why would I ask you to pay for it?"

"Oh, really?! I don't have to deliver newspapers so early in the morning?"

"Haha, of course. Speaking of which, didn't Ms. Marina check the surveillance to find the culprit?"

"RiNG's surveillance camera can only see a small part of the doorway due to regulations, so it's not wide enough to capture the person..."

"It's okay. I'll set up an ambush with you tonight. I'll save a piece of glass and replace it with the most expensive one for the newspaper delivery girl to smash. Then I'll make her pay for it!"

Chapter 17 The Dark Hand Reaching out to Xiaoxiang, the Newspaper Delivery Man

When Nagasaki Suyo and Chordumaki Yui drank the coffee ground by classmate Li Xi, talked about their plans to rebuild the band and then said goodbye to go home, as soon as they left the cafe and reached the escalator, they saw a scene that attracted her attention very much.

Several workers who were not wearing RiNG work clothes were carefully moving a screen to the window next to the bar, and the area was crowded with students watching the fun.

When the screen was fully unfolded, even Nagasaki Suyo, a student of Tsuki no Mori who was used to seeing precious objects, couldn't help but exclaim in admiration, "How beautiful!"

"What are you doing?" Nagasaki Suyo muttered to herself.

Xianjuan Wei, who followed her downstairs, explained, "Recently, someone has been smashing the windows with newspapers when closing the shop. Three panes have already been damaged. For the sake of appearance, we're using screens to block them."

The gold foil background of the window screen seems to produce a flowing luster under the light of the setting sun, which contrasts with the lively brushstrokes of the flower and bird ink paintings.

"Mr. Xianjuan said today that you are now running this livehouse... You really value this place."

Genmaki Yui explained, "It's also a good way to teach those people who litter newspapers a lesson... That folding screen is a six-curve folding screen with a gold-ground flower and bird pattern from the Muromachi period. While modern craftsmanship could easily produce a cheaper, more aesthetically pleasing replica, no one would pay 100 million yen for a modern imitation at an auction."

"Huh? So that screen has such a long history?"

As a student of Yue Mingsen, Nagasaki Suyo's vision was only enough to allow her to tell that the screen used by Genmaki Yui to cover the eyes was probably a real antique - modern handicrafts were much more exquisite than this, and Genmaki Yui's status was not worth using an old imitation.

But it was still too difficult for her to accurately identify the age of the cultural relics.

"If that's the case...I'm afraid the newspaper delivery person won't be able to pay it back at all."

Nagasaki Suyo subconsciously felt a little sorry for the newspaper delivery man. Although smashing someone's window was a bad act, bearing the obligation of 100 million yen in compensation for it seemed a bit too much...

"Don't worry, I don't intend to make her pay it all back. Actually, I just want to teach this naive girl a lesson by making her pay back a small portion. She's a repeat offender. She broke windows many times when she was at Circle, causing a lot of trouble for Ms. Marina."

Only a small part...

Nagasaki Suyo felt relieved, and her original pity and sympathy for the perpetrator who was about to be hooked also subsided a little.

If the claim is only 10 million yen or even less, while still a significant amount, even if the average wage earner saves on some major expenses, they can probably pay it off in three to five years, rather than spending their entire life on it. While still a significant burden, it seems much better than the worst-case scenario.

"If Xianjuan needs help, I can also come and help." Su Shi took the initiative to suggest.

Favors are like this, you owe me and I owe you, and as long as you keep entangled, in the end it will be impossible to explain it...

The other party would definitely look down on money commissions, but as long as I continue to help him enthusiastically, I believe that Xianjuan will definitely not be able to bear to accept my help for nothing. Then I can ask him to help find Xiaoxiang together...

"Well……"

Xian Juanwei, who had already gotten off the elevator, looked at Su Shi with a gentle smile on his face, and couldn't help but imagine the scene of the newspaper delivery Xiaoxiang being caught on the spot by Su Shi.

Xiangzi will explode with you on the spot, awaken Oblivionis's second personality and devour the soft and sticky Xiaoxiang?

"RiNG is closing late at night. Wouldn't it be inconvenient for Nagasaki-san to wait until so late?"

"In this case……"

Su Shi's mood couldn't help but drop. She was not one to stay up late...

Genjumaki Yui continued, "Although it's not hard to get a taxi later in the night, it's better to go home as soon as possible for safety, right? Or should I take Nagasaki home?"

"This... I won't bother you, Xianjuan-san!"

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Late at night, at the door of RiNG.

Ms. Marina glanced at her watch and stretched reflexively: "Ah, it's already this late, it's about time to close the shop and go home..."

"Ahem." Xian Juanwei, who was playing with her cell phone beside her, coughed twice to remind her of tonight's battle plan.

"Ah, don't worry, Genmaki-kun, I'm ready."

After saying that, Marina put on her baseball cap, raised her baseball bat and struck a serious pose.

On the horizon of the street in front of RiNG, a petite figure in red sportswear rode an old-fashioned bicycle and slowly approached RiNG.

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"This shop in Ikebukuro... ah..."

Shoko Toyokawa looked at the magnificent decoration of RiNG, a landmark building, and felt so heartbroken that she could hardly breathe.

She recalled the time when crychic's group didn't have a rehearsal date at Circle's studio, so they went to a karaoke bar at home and had a relaxing and enjoyable time.

Nearly a year later, Circle saved enough money to open such a grand branch, but she fell from her status as the eldest daughter of the Toyokawa family. In order to avoid being recognized by acquaintances, she could only work as a newspaper deliveryman and customer service representative, whose income was even lower than that of ordinary workers.

This kind of hard life... although it was not yet completely unbearable for her, whenever she thought of her old friends who were still living a peaceful life while she was almost reduced to a situation where she had to fight for survival rather than living, a strong desire to escape filled her heart.

This was because she didn't want to be found and harassed by Su Shi, and she also didn't want to see the branch of this livehouse that held the beautiful memories she had with her bandmates after the death of her mother... It was also out of an instinctive desire to escape.

"Is the owner of this store an idiot? He doesn't even have a mailbox at the door."

Without slowing down, Xiangzi took out a newspaper from the basket, muttered to himself, "Your newspaper", and then threw it over.

"Snapped!"

Inside the house, Yui Genmaki and Marina witnessed the entire process of the newspaper accurately smashing a still intact window and then piercing a corner of the screen.

"One, one hundred million yen, just like that..."

Marina's hand holding the bat was shaking slightly, and she didn't know what kind of mood she was in at the moment.

Xianjuanwei's face was calm, without any feeling of heartache - as a younger sister, the cruise ship that Xianjuanxin bought with her pocket money was enough to pay off the losses caused by seven or eight Xiangdi, and he, as an older brother, could not lose face.

On the street, Xiangzi glanced at the label next to the newspaper bundle and muttered to himself, "The next one is... Hey, hey! Please get out of the way of the falling stockings!"

At some point, several men in black stopped in front of her bicycle!

At the two intersections in front and behind her, two black cars drifted out at the same time and blocked the road!

At this moment, Xiangzi almost had a cardiac arrest and even doubted whether he was in Tokyo or Sicily.

Isn’t it said that even the Yamaguchi-gumi has now been reduced to working in convenience stores to make a living, and is facing the crisis of lack of successors and aging and is unable to sustain itself?

This scene before her eyes was so much like a street gang fight in the United States a hundred years ago. The next scene in the movie would be a gang member in a black trench coat coming out with a Chicago typewriter and beating her to a pulp...

No, this is the capital of Japan, one of the most prosperous countries in the world. At most... it's the enemies of the Toyokawa Group who came to kidnap her, right?

A man in black grabbed the handlebars of Xiangzi's bicycle, took the pressure off it to steady it, and pointed to the window frame behind her where fragments of the window frame lay scattered on the ground.

"Miss, you broke the window."

"I'm sorry! I'll compensate you, so... please let go of my car first..."

The man in black let go of Xiangzi's bicycle and gestured for him to come in. "Then please come and confirm the exact amount of damage with us, including the broken windows from the past few days."

"I understand. I won't shirk my responsibilities, so please don't make such a scene... Blocking the road like this will affect traffic."

Xiangzi's heart was bleeding - she didn't know why, although she didn't use much force, every time she threw the newspaper, it would accurately break a window.

Now... I'm afraid all those days of customer service and newspaper delivery work have been in vain?

Inside RiNG's room, Xian Juanwei answered the call from the man in black.

"Master, we encountered another group of unidentified people who claimed to be from the Fengchuan Group and were responsible for secretly protecting the young lady. They have been taken into our custody."

"Is that so...you can handle it on your own. I can release them once I'm done here. If they need a phone, I can lend it to them."

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Chapter 18: Past Events on Chuhua Island

When RiNG entered the door, as the man in black pushed open the door, Toyokawa Shoko's first gaze was cast on the screen that was out of tune with the decoration of the livehouse, and the hole in the screen that was poked by the newspaper.

And then... I almost fainted from shortness of breath.

As a true chaebol lady who is two levels higher than Nagasaki Suyo, Toyokawa Shoko's appreciation of culture and art is undoubtedly several levels higher than Suyo.

This isn't just a matter of going hungry for a few days to compensate for the glass...

Toyokawa Shoko looked at the man and woman at the bar. The woman looked like the one who used to work the front desk at Circle. So, she'd been transferred to this branch...

As for the young man who looked about the same age as her... she seemed to have some impression of him, but in her anxiety she couldn't recall his identity immediately.

Toyokawa Shoko walked to the bar and bowed deeply to the two of them:

"I'm so sorry! Regarding the losses caused to your store, I... will do my best to compensate you!"

"But I don't have that much cash on me right now. Could you please allow me to exchange contact information with you two first? Please rest assured, although I'm still in school, I will definitely fulfill my responsibility to compensate you!"

"Hmm..." Perhaps moved by the other party's sincere tone, Marina put the baseball bat aside and carefully looked at the newspaper delivery man in front of her, whose etiquette was so considerate that she was not so angry anymore.

With such standard etiquette and meticulous behavior, could he be a student of Yue Zhisen?

Although Marina had heard from Mashiro and the others that students at Tsuki no Mori also worked part-time jobs to understand society, she had always thought that they would at most work as waiters or something like that. She had never expected that some of them would become newspaper deliverymen.