I am the emotional sustenance of your deceased

Su Shi felt scared when she thought about the trap set for her by Kyomoto Haizuka and Arata.

So… is Xiangzi also like that? Maybe she wanted to take my mother away from me from the beginning? No! Hmm… isn't that right.

It seems that this band can't stay for too long, if that's all that matters:

"I'm going to quit the show once it's over. I just want to prove myself to my mother."

Su Shi clenched his fists and his eyes became extremely determined.

"Since Xiaoxiang wants to take my mother away, I must prove to her that I am the child who deserves her love the most!"

Su Shi let her hair down and braided it into a pigtail like Qiansui's before leaving Xiao Xiangzi with a clear conscience.

She was going to Ring, she was going to make full use of every last bit of value in Crychic.

Then, after getting the mother's approval, decide whether to throw Crychic into the trash can depending on the situation.

Her determination was full again, and even her back was shining with the light from Nagasaki Suyo.

When she left, the sound of two pairs of shoes walking could be heard in the darkness at the end of the alley.

"Well, I told you my little girl is easy to deceive, but I still want to blame you. Look at the good things you did before, she's got some PTSD."

"It's working pretty well, isn't it? Just be happy about it. When your lifespan is calculated, you can have a good rest for a few days, Xiao Sui."

"Hey, yeah, school is about to start. What do you think I should do then..."

Chitose and the system walked side by side, not paying any attention to their behavior.

Anyway, it's all fake, just have fun playing the game.

It doesn't matter if you get stabbed in the back. No one would cry over something like that.

She might feel sad, but thinking about the upcoming break time, Chitose Noshiro couldn't help but want to say "Great".

As Chitose and the system walked out of the alley bored, she couldn't help but turn her head in the direction of Ring.

"Xiao Sushi, let's see how much you can learn from what I teach you, but I feel like you're still too young."

Too young and too pitiful, Su Shi, what will you do to your own happy daily life?

……

Ring, rehearsal room.

Although Xiangzi had just arrived, there were only three people in the room.

"Xiao Mu? Is Su Shi here?"

Shoko Toyokawa looked around but didn't see their bassist Nagasaki Suyo.

"do not know."

Ruoye Mu shook her head politely, although the movement was so small that it was not obvious that she was moving again.

"Huh? That's strange. Usually, Su Shi should be the first to arrive. How about I give him a call and ask..."

"No need, I'm coming."

As soon as Xiangzi finished speaking, a figure pushed the door open and walked in.

"Eh? Sushi, good afternoon."

Shoko Toyokawa noticed that something was wrong with Su Shi in front of her, but she couldn't tell what was wrong.

She greeted him as usual, but this time Nagasaki Suyo ignored her.

"I say, let's start rehearsing. We're going on stage soon."

The door of the rehearsal room was closed by Su Shi, and her smile was calm, like a pool of stagnant water.

Ch104. Nagasaki Suyo needs independence!

"Thank you all for your hard work. Today's rehearsal ends here."

"See you tomorrow. The performance is next week. Everyone, please get some rest when you get home."

"Okay! See you later, Sushi!"

"goodbye!"

Nagasaki Suyo was absent-mindedly packing her bass and didn't plan to go out until most people had left.

My mood today is as tangled as a rope.

Just as I stepped out of the door, a sound suddenly came from the corner.

The figure was cold and lacked a touch of humanity.

"Su Shi, are you in a bad mood today?"

"Hmm?" Looking back suddenly, Nagasaki Suyo found that it was Mu who was talking.

Mu, whose full name is Wakaba Mu, is a student of Tsuki no Mori, just like Suyo and Xiangzi.

They usually go to school together, but Mu is like a wooden man and usually doesn't say a word when she and Xiangzi are chatting.

No...it's better to say that the other party never makes a sound at any time, like a dead tree with a woodpecker pecked through its heart.

Mu's silence is no different from being in a daze.

"What's wrong, Xiao Mu?"

Out of politeness, Nagasaki Suyo took over the topic.

She didn't want to chat with anyone right now. She just wanted to go home, practice her bass for a while, and then fall asleep.

"Is there a conflict with Xiaoxiang?"

"..."

Su Shi's mouth curled up, and the sound came out of his throat and then was quickly suppressed.

Does this person always speak so directly?

"No, Xiaomu, I'm leaving."

"But, Sushi...this is going to cause problems."

"Hmm? What do you want to say?"

Nagasaki Suyo felt that the tone of her voice had changed, it was a little unbalanced, even like it was trembling.

"If you have any questions, you can talk openly, Su Shi..."

There was still no obvious expression on Ruoye Mu's face. It was almost evening, and there were no clouds outside. The orange sunlight of the demonic time dyed Su Shi's vision orange.

Mu's face was getting darker, while Su Shi's face was getting brighter.

"There is no conflict between her and me, Mu."

"Su Shi doesn't think much of the band."

"Are you here to quarrel with me?"

Nagasaki Suyo spoke these words at an extremely fast pace. Her mind was now filled with the words that Noshiro Chitose had once taught her:

【As long as you don’t care, no one can control you】

Yes, she didn't care about the band at all, she only cared about what the band could bring to her, Nagasaki Suyo.

There is no need for Crychic or anything like that. If Crychic must stand against her, then just disband Crychic.

Anyway, the band was organized by her, Nagasaki Suyo, so there's nothing wrong with her wanting to do anything.

"No...Su Shi, no..." Mu's speech speed was also getting faster.

It's rare that her actions give people a feeling of panic.

"I just want to make the band better..."

Ruoye Mu was still very young, she was only fourteen. This was the first time that Ruoye Mu was dragged into a "community of shared destiny" that was agreed to last a lifetime.

"Then don't say anything, Ruoye Mu, just continue playing the guitar silently like before."

"..."

Finally, Wakaba Mu opened her red lips slightly:

"Su Shi, do you want to make your mother happy, or..."

"Huh? What? What exactly do you want to say?"

"Su Shi, you just want to satisfy your own desires. Sometimes you are too selfish."

"I am leaving, bye."

In front of Wakaba Mu, there was a sound of a door closing with a bang.

When there was no one left in the room, Mu's figure became blurred.

The light dimmed, then flashed again.

The last person to appear here was a girl with white hair and golden eyes.

She pushed the door open expressionlessly, and there happened to be a green-haired girl outside the door trying to come in.

"Ok?"

Ruoye Mu glanced at the doorplate with a hint of doubt, and was stunned after confirming that this was their band's rehearsal room.

"Hello, I'm in the next batch of reservations. Your teammates have already left early."

"Oh, okay, I'll go collect my things."

Ruoye Mu nodded slightly as if thinking about something, and walked past the stranger into the rehearsal room.

She didn't realize that she just went to the bathroom and when she came back everyone had left.

Is this forgotten? Never mind, it's not a big deal.

The girl with white hair and golden eyes tilted her head.

【Plan Pass?】

……

call--

Suck--

call--

Suck--

In the middle of the night, Nagasaki Suyo suddenly sat up from the bed.

She gasped for breath, pulled off the blue silk blindfold and threw it aside.

【You are just satisfying your own desires. Sometimes you are too selfish. 】

Most of the time, lies don't hurt, but the truth does.

People laugh it off when a lie is exposed, but when the bloody reality is laid out it is really unbearable.

Wakaba Mu's words were like a dagger stabbing into Nagasaki Suyo's heart.

"Yes...yes, but..."

Even though she is selfish, she is not wrong...

No one has ever given her the same love as Chitose Noshiro, so what if she is a little selfish!

"Why do you, a bunch of guys who are all accompanied by someone, have the nerve to say that to me... and Xiangzi, why do you call my mom 'Mom'... Don't you have mothers? You're always stealing other people's mothers!"

Su Shi, who was a little angry, threw the pillow against the floor-to-ceiling glass window, but the collision did not make any noise.

Her hair hung down like willow branches, and Su Shi covered her face in confusion.

She felt very uncomfortable, especially when she found out that Qiansui's mother was also aging... Su Shi realized with horror that one day her mother would leave her completely.

What should I do then?

"No... I can't do this... Think about what I would do if I were Chitose's mother..."

If I were Chitose Noshiro...