MyGO? The string value monster craves the band girl!

"Drummer, I need to correct you."

"My name is Shiina Riki!"

"Well, then, Shiina-san, legally speaking, unless there are other contractual constraints, the copyright of a song is generally jointly held by the songwriters. In other words, although I understand your feelings, you actually have no right to veto this matter."

Genmaki Yui looked at Shiina Riki biting her lip, with a faint fire in her eyes burning towards Nagasaki Suyo, and continued:

"In fact, even though Nagasaki-san is the operator of the band account, she has no right to dispose of the copyright of Kasuga Shadow until the verbal authorization of the so-called Deng-san you mentioned."

"Of course, this verbal authorization is legally problematic, and there's no room for rebuttal in the face of written authorization. However, as long as Deng doesn't personally deny or hold him accountable in court, Nagasaki's decision-making, which resulted in the subsequent established facts, will be fine."

"But, isn't that Deng-san just the lyricist? Generally speaking, song licensing requires the consent of both the composer and the songwriter. There's no such thing as selling half the copyright and usage rights... Miss Toyokawa isn't here today. Did she provide Nagasaki-san with the authorization?"

Nagasaki Suyo lowered his head and said dejectedly:

"I'm sorry, Xianjuan-san, I haven't been able to contact Xiangzi, but Xiaomu said she refused..."

"Eh?"

Suddenly, a light bulb went off in Nagasaki Suyo's head. She raised her head and looked at Genmaki Yui with wide eyes, who had a serious and innocent look on her face.

"I... I've never mentioned your real names to you before today. Why..."

Xianjuan Wei subconsciously imitated Nagasaki Suyo, raised his folded hands, rested his face on the back of his hands, tilted his head slightly and smiled softly:

"Eh...hey?"

"That seems to be the case. Why?"

"I don't think I've ever told Nagasaki-san that the reason I clicked on the crychic video that was streamed by the app was because I saw someone I knew."

"Actually, Ms. Toyokawa was the first member of Crychic I knew. I first met her when I was about... eight or ten? Although we didn't meet a lot after that."

"Kasuga Shadow is indeed a work that moved me deeply, but if Ms. Toyokawa hadn't appeared in the live clips, I wouldn't have been interested enough to click on it."

"Hearing such a pure and resonant style, I guessed it was very much like Ms. Toyokawa's work."

Genmaki Wei recounted what had happened, and then... as expected, Nagasaki Suyo put her hands on the table, and was in a trance for a few seconds.

Nagasaki Suyo leaned forward, looking at Genmaki Yui with eyes full of eagerness and excitement.

"Xianjuan-san, you're Xiaoxiang's acquaintance! Xianjuan-san, we've all been worried about Xiaoxiang. Could you please tell her that I'm very..."

"Nagasaki-san." Genmaki Yui interrupted her and pointed at Miss Rinrinko who was bringing two cups of black tea to her from behind.

"You're flattering me by saying 'acquaintance'. Saying I'm an old friend of Ms. Toyokawa's is barely even close."

"Are we discussing the copyright issue of Kasuga Shadow now? Let's try to talk about work."

Chapter 9 Do you want to be the sixth man of crychic?

"No, the reason I asked Xianjuan-kun to contact Xiaoxiang was to fulfill Xianjuan-kun's wish!"

"If Xiaoxiang doesn't want to talk to me face to face because he has some misunderstanding about me, maybe Genmaki-san can do it! This is also to help Genmaki-san successfully obtain the copyright of Kasuga Shadow... right, huh?"

Su Shi placed his hands gently on his chest, as if he was conscientious and considerate of Xian Juanwei.

Although his acting skills still need to be polished, no normal person would have thought that the girl in front of him was so enthusiastic in helping and giving advice just to reconnect with Xiangzi.

"Hey, not only did you make the decision for Deng without authorization, but you even continued to pester Xiangzi, who had already rejected you!"

Li Xi squatted down, picked up the menu and the ledger book, and stood up again. His fingers wrinkled the cover of the ledger book.

In her eyes, Nagasaki Suyo's image at this moment was probably similar to...

In order to bring back the heartless founder and chairman who had absconded, the stupid and prodigal general manager did not hesitate to give the remaining core assets of the company, which had become a shell company, to a black intermediary in exchange for information about the former.

"Mr. Genjumaki, why don't you talk to Xiaoxiang in person? I believe Xiaoxiang must miss the days she spent at Crychic and everyone else. If we can find a good home for Kasuga Ying, I'm sure she'll be very happy too..."

Su Shi's eyes were gentle and sincere - in fact, she really thought so.

Xianjuan Wei picked up the teacup, blew on it, and took a sip carefully.

At home, his taste is usually more casual, he eats more sweets, and when he drinks black tea, he always adds a lot of sugar cubes like Chihaya Aine, and rarely drinks the black tea directly from the table like he does now.

"If I contact her, I'm afraid it will cause trouble to Ms. Toyokawa, right?"

"No, with Xianjuan's persistence and sincerity towards crychic, there should be a good chance that she will impress Xiaoxiang and at least get her to have a serious conversation!"

"More persistent and sincere than Nagasaki-san?"

"Wha...what?"

"Nagasaki-san," Genmaki Yui put the tea back on the coaster and asked seriously, "Your feelings for crychic are just as strong as mine, and you're Ms. Toyokawa's former teammate. She doesn't even want to contact you, so what makes you think she can accept an outsider like me?"

Su Shi bit her lip lightly and said vaguely: "Perhaps, I don't know Xiaoxiang well enough and can't truly understand her feelings. Xianjuan and Xiaoxiang's family backgrounds are more similar. Should she understand her situation and mentality better than me?"

"It's a shame I don't have any personal experience of leaving a band... Oh, and I haven't looked into the story of crychic since its founding. The few updates posted on the official account are too limited. If you don't mind, could Nagasaki-san tell me a little bit about it first? Perhaps it'll help me understand Ms. Toyokawa's feelings."

Nagasaki Motoyo nodded slightly, revealing an expression of being immersed in beautiful memories, and recounted the crychic past in her memory that was filtered through countless layers, starting from when Toyokawa Shoko invited her to form a band after her performance at the Tsuki no Mori Music Festival.

Although the overall amount of information is a bit more than what can be expressed in just one episode of the anime, but...

"It's a very normal story about a junior high school girl forming a band, except for the unexpectedly hasty ending, which is like an athlete who dies suddenly just after winning their first important award." Xianjuan Wei commented.

"Hmm, hm... As expected, even Genjumaki-san agrees that this shouldn't be the ending for crychic."

Xian Juanwei's eyelids twitched.

Is this what I mean? Is this correct?

Su Shi clasped his hands together at this moment, with a hopeful look in his eyes:

"I think; Longbawu% (four) Liubaqiqi invited Xianjuan and me to find Xiaoxiang and resolve the misunderstanding between us."

"As long as Xiaoxiang comes back, Xiaomu will definitely join. Xiaodeng also longs to be with everyone, and besides..."

Su Shi looked up at Shiina Tatsuki, who had been standing aside listening to the story for a long time without realizing it.

"Hard on the outside, but soft on the inside. Actually, I like Xiao Deng and everyone's Li Xi the most!"

"The crychic story can continue, and we will create more songs after 'Haruhi Shadow', growing together with our fans and sharing precious memories."

Shiina Riki took two steps back: "Huh?"

"Don't judge others without permission, like the most..."

Su Shi entered the squinty-eyed mother mode: "Huh? Could it be that Li Xi's favorite isn't Xiao Deng?"

"No...I...most..."

Genmaki Yui also turned her head to look at Shiina Tatsuki, who was easily put into a shutdown state by Nagasaki Motoyo.

No sister, why didn’t I remember you were so stupid with your mouth?

Put pressure on Su Shi! Who cut my Li Xi?

"Shiina-san, you still have a job, right?"

Li Xi, who was inputting instructions by Xian Juanwei, suddenly regained consciousness, said "sorry", glared at Su Shi, and hurried back to the bar.

Su Shi watched Li Xi's back tenderly, and when Li Xi returned to the bar, she invited him again:

"Mr. Xianjuan, what do you think... about becoming the sixth member of crychic and continuing this story with us?"

Xianjuan Wei leaned back slightly on the chair, and under Nagasaki Suye's expectant eyes, she shook her head and smiled:

"I don't know when it started, but I've learned that it's not appropriate to over-express my preferences at certain times."

"For example, one time I took a little girl to another place to have a private chat just because the location was not suitable."

"But the next time I happened to see her father, that uncle, who was so good at hiding his true feelings, showed me a look that even I could see, wanting to be my father-in-law. He took great pains to inquire about whether I had developed a closer relationship with his daughter. Perhaps I caused that girl quite a bit of trouble."

"So... unless absolutely necessary, I will try my best to avoid expressing any particular preferences for certain people or things, lest I end up doing something bad with good intentions, causing both unhappiness for myself and trouble for others."

This is a lie!

Aside from the few people I care about, like my family and friends, why should I worry about anything else?!

I have been able to maintain an above-average moral bottom line and not intentionally cause trouble until today. I don’t know how many people owe me a loan of gratitude that I can never repay in three lifetimes!

Excessive guilt, a thing that will shorten one's life, should never appear in me!

What I wanted to say to Nagasaki Suyo was simply this: "Why should I help you?"

Now, so, soyo, unleash your amazing wisdom!

Nagasaki Suyo's expression was dazed for a moment. Although she attended Tsuki no Mori, an academy full of famous women, her classmates were all very kind and gentle people. Even if they refused her requests, they would not feel any bad feelings. How could they give her such an inexplicable strange feeling like the person in front of her...

What does this suspected fake fan mean... Isn't it good for her not to look for Xiaoxiang?

"Shigasaki-san, it seems like we're going to have a hard time making any progress today. How about we talk about this next time?"

"Eh? Okay, thank you for your hard work today, Xianjuan. I'm sorry that you made such a wasted trip. I can only apologize to you with this cup of black tea. Next time, I will make some pastries in advance and bring them to you."

Su Shi reached out to smooth the hair beside her ear and apologized in a shameful voice.

"That's not right, Nagasaki-san. It's my fault for asking for a meeting so hastily. Perhaps if I had given Nagasaki-san more time to think of a more appropriate approach, we could have met Ms. Toyokawa today."

Xianjuan Wei stood up and did not compete with Nagasaki Suyo for the right to pay the bill to show his "generosity" to both of them. He just took out an envelope-shaped ticket that looked like an invitation letter from the compartment of his briefcase.

"Shigasaki-san, please forgive my invitation, but we can discuss this here next time."

Su Shi's eyes swept across the surface of the envelope - RAS band's Shibuya exclusive Live Show?

This doesn't look like a place to talk, does it? Even if the reason is to invite a girl on a date, it should be in a cafe or something like that...

"Also, Nagasaki-san, if I understand the interpersonal relationships in your band correctly, Toyokawa-san and Wakaba-san, and Tomo-san and Riki-san, are two groups that are basically tied to each other?"

Xian Juanwei picked up the briefcase and asked one last question before leaving:

"If you had to choose between the two, which one is more important to you?"

Chapter 10 Saint Soyo, Strong Luck Ano

Between Xiaoxiang and Xiaomu, or Xiaodeng and Lixi... which one should you choose?

Of course, we want them all! crychic is a big family of five, and we can't leave anyone out!

After paying the bill, Su Shi shook his head slightly, as if trying to get rid of Xianjuan Wei's unreasonable question from his mind.

But... the reason why some people say that knowledge is also a curse and pollution is because once people know certain information, they can no longer think in the same way as before they knew it.

When asked what comes after “cheese”, some people might wonder if it’s corn or pumpkin, but others would subconsciously shout out “snow leopard”.

"Ou Nei Gai", some people may wonder that this thing does not seem to be Chinese, while others will start from zero frame and continue with "Wata Xi".

When Genmaki Yui's "choose two from four" question reached Nagasaki Suyo's ears, this question was destined to refresh her mind from time to time.

Maybe she subconsciously wanted to refuse to answer, but as long as her consciousness started thinking, an answer would pop up by itself.

"That guy...why would a true fan ask such a question? Forcing me to compare the importance of everyone in crychic is really bad!"

"We are all members of the family, there is no distinction between high and low..."

In the high-rise duplex residence, Su Shi did not take a bath for the first time in a long time. Instead, she held the shower head almost to her forehead, letting the warm water flow down the curves of her body.

It was as if this could drive the heart-wrenching question out of my mind.

In my mind, the saint Su Shi, dressed in a white linen dress, is barefoot, with countless blood marks on the soles of her feet. She walks on a thorny road called "Revival of Crychic", with her hands crossed in a prayer posture, praying to the evil-minded gods for a future where "everyone in Crychic will be reconciled."

At this moment, Xiangzi and Mu Tianshi, wearing the white school uniform of Yuezhisen, holding keyboards and guitars, and shrouded in pure white light, stretched out their hands to her, and the smile that made Su Shi dream appeared on their holy and delicate faces.

The next moment, Deng and Lixi, dressed in nun uniforms, appeared in front of her pilgrimage path. Deng held the microphone, and Lixi sat behind the drum set, opening her arms to her.

Saint Su Shi cried with joy, opened her arms and ran towards her companions who were walking towards her in the sky and on the road ahead.

However, the thorny road ahead began to grow evil tentacles... no, branches, which tightly bound Xiangzi and Mu Tianyong in the sky with thorns.

The road ahead now splits into two forks, one leading to Xiangzi and the Angel of Peace, with whom he has a bond called "Moon Forest", and the other leading to Deng and Sister Lixi who are coming with a microphone and a drum set.

"no, do not want!"

Su Shi's heart seemed to be torn in two along the thorny road ahead. The next moment, a strong dull pain came from the instep of his feet.

Su Shi suddenly woke up. The shower head that hit his instep turned over and finally stopped on the ground with the nozzle facing upwards. The misted water droplets on the edge sprinkled on Su Shi's calves.

“It hurts… Ouch… It hurts so much…”

Su Shi sat on the floor, hugged his right foot that was hit by the shower head with both hands, closed his eyes and buried his head in his chest.

"Why, my heart hurts..."

"How can I possess both an angel and a nun? Is it only by becoming God..."

…………

Hanaoka Girls' Academy, Class A, first year of high school.