Do you like humans that much, Chihaya Aine?

　"I don't know. Let's see how things go first. Who knows? Maybe Toyokawa Shoko won't accept my invitation."

　"If she agrees to join the band, then try to figure out why she wants to quit."

　"Okay, let's do it your way."

　In terms of action, Shiina Riki had to admit that Chihaya Aine was an incredibly strong woman. She was like the perfect woman who could do everything well.

　But when I am with her, I don’t feel inferior like I do with my sister. What a wonderful woman.

　After the conversation about Toyokawa Shoko ended, when Rakuna and Hachiman Kairin came to the practice room, Chihaya Aine announced something in front of everyone.

　"I've already decided on a band name: M78."

　"Huh? What a weird name."

　When he heard the name of the band, Li Xi gasped for unknown reasons.

　As a member of the astronomy department and an astronomy enthusiast, Gao Songdeng directly started to popularize scientific knowledge.

　"M78 is a reflection nebula located in the constellation of Orion, 1600 light-years away from the solar system and about 4 light-years away."

　"Using the name of a galaxy as a band name is so cool~!"

　"Deng knows so much. Why don't you join our band?"

　"No no no...I

　There is no need for that..."

　Hearing Aine's invitation, Takamatsu Deng shook his head and refused. If he couldn't form a band for life, then forget it.

　"Our band is M78, and our debut album is 'M87'. Everyone, please work hard!"

　Chihaya Aine is full of energy, and everything in the band is on track, except for the lack of a keyboard player, Toyokawa Shoko~~~what a troublesome woman.

　And what about our customer service representative, Xiaoxiang? She had just gotten off work, exhausted, and her spirit was as exhausted as her body.

　When she took out her cell phone, she was bombarded with messages from Nagasaki Suyo. She was so scared that she could hold on for so long.

　At this time, another person sent a contact message to Toyokawa Shoko.

　"Xiaoxiang, I want to see you"

　After seeing the message from Mu, Toyokawa Shoko hesitated for a moment, then replied.

　"Where shall we meet?"

　......

　The girls are singing about the pain and sorrow of youth, while the adults are working overtime.

　The body of the monster Black King has vanished from beneath Tokyo Skytree. Did the Japanese government reclaim it? Or did the invisible hand of some wealthy tycoon purchase the monster's remains?

　"Earthlings never disappoint. They've already set their sights on the monsters."

　Mephilas has a happy expression. Basically, nothing that happens on Earth can be hidden from his eyes. It seems that Chihaya Aine will be busy again soon.

　Volume 1: 22. Fugitive Customer Service Xiaoxiang

　On the morning of the second day at Haneda Academy, to Chihaya Aine's surprise, Toyokawa Shoko actually took the initiative to find her.

　"Chihaya-san, I went back and thought about it yesterday, and I accept your invitation."

　"Eh?"

　"What's wrong? Is there any problem?"

　Seeing Chihaya Aine's strange reaction, Toyokawa Shoko was also a little confused. Could it be that the surname "Toyokawa" brought her trouble again?

　"Nothing, I'm just surprised you accepted the invitation, Toyokawa-san. I thought you would refuse."

　"If it were yesterday, I might have refused."

　Toyokawa Shoko said nonchalantly that no one knew what she talked about after their harmonious meeting yesterday. Shoko's attitude today had obviously changed.

　"Then let's go to the office after school and meet the other members of the band. Is that okay?"

　"No problem, I'm looking forward to meeting the other members of the band."

　Toyokawa Shoko is like a young lady, or perhaps she is a young lady from the beginning. Alas~~ Life is not easy, customer service Xiaoxiang sighed.

　After hearing Xiangzi's answer, Aine immediately started to have some thoughts in her mind and felt that she needed to send a message to Riki to discuss it properly.

　Soon it was time to go home from school in the afternoon. Aine couldn't bring the light with her today. If she had brought the light with her, who knows what would have happened.

　Try to remain restrained and let only Shiina Tatsuki and Toyokawa Shoko meet. Take the subway to the office, and Aine brings Shoko all the way to the destination.

　When Xiangzi saw the place where the "Tsuburaya Office" mentioned by Aine was located, he was a little surprised.

　"It seems that the firm you work for is quite powerful."

　"Indeed, he is very powerful."

　Aine thought about that guy Mefilas. If it weren't for the fact that he had no interest in conquering the Earth by force, he would probably be able to easily turn the Earth into his plaything.

　"I'm actually very curious about your identity and background."

　Shoko Toyokawa is not a naive and innocent young lady, even though she used to be one. But after experiencing the torture of society, she now understands many of the cruelties and rules of reality.

　Of course, you can invite members casually to form a campus band, but how can a professional idol band under an entertainment agency invite members casually?

　All I can say is that this entertainment agency is more or less opened by Chihaya Aine herself. If it is a plaything of a young lady, then naturally she can do whatever she wants with it.

　But Toyokawa Shoko had never heard of Chihaya Aine, so she was quite curious about Aine's identity and background.

　"I'm just a kid from an ordinary middle-class family. I have both parents and I'm happy. There's nothing special about me."

　“…”

　Xiaoxiang was speechless. She really wanted to ask, "Are you polite?" This was like talking about parents in front of Batman. It was a joke from hell.

　Xiangzi felt deeply offended, but she took a deep breath and forced herself to act as if nothing had happened, pretending that she didn't hear what Chihaya Aine said.

　"Please come with me."

　Chihaya Aine took Toyokawa Shoko to the top of the building by elevator and arrived at the studio of Tsuburaya Office.

　The chaos caused by aliens and monsters is over, and the employees of Tsuburaya Office have returned to work and their respective positions, but these are not the most important things.

　When Aine brought Shoko to the practice room of the agency, Shoko Toyokawa saw someone she didn't want to see, Tatsuki Shiina.

　Shiina Riki sat in front of the drum set with a calm expression on her face. She didn't care at all that Chihaya Aine brought Toyokawa Shoko over.

　"Lixi...what's going on? Why are you here?!"

　"I'm the drummer of this band, do you have any objection?"

　"Chihaya Aine, are you teasing me?!"

　At this moment, Toyokawa Shoko realized that she had been tricked, but before she could get angry, Aine took the initiative to put her hands together and bowed her head to apologize.

　"I'm sorry, when I invited you, Toyokawa-san, I didn't know about you and the CRYCHIC band."

　"Later, it was Lixi who told me what happened between you two in the past, but please don't misunderstand me."

　"I don't have any thoughts about CRYCHIC. Our band is called M78, a professional girl band under Tsuburaya Agency."

　"Lixi is the drummer I invited. He has been in my band for a while."

　Chihaya Aine said a lot of words in one breath, completely shutting up Toyokawa Shoko, and although Shiina Ritsuki's expression was not very good, he still said a few words to join in.

　"CRYCHIC is in the past. I have no interest in dwelling on the past."

　"I wanted to play in a band, so I joined this guy Chihaya Aine's band."

　"If Toyokawa Shoko wants to talk to me about CRYCHIC, I'm sorry—I'm not interested!"

　Seeing Shiina Riki's attitude, Toyokawa Shoko couldn't say a word she wanted to say, and she didn't know what to say.

　But since Riki is in this band, how could Toyokawa Shoko force herself to join? She could only say politely to Chihaya Aine.

　"I'm sorry, Chihaya-san, but it looks like I can't join your band."

　"Are you running away again, Toyokawa Shoko? Just like you ran away from CRYCHIC."

　"What do you mean!"

　This time, Xiangzi finally couldn't help but get angry. Lixi's words were still so irritating.

　"Shiina Riki, didn't you say you had no interest in CRYCHIC?!"

　"That's right, but I just can't stand your attitude."

　"I don't want to argue with you, so let's just say goodbye."

　Toyokawa Shoko didn't want to say any more nonsense, she turned around and prepared to leave, and it was too late for Chihaya Aine to dissuade her.

　Damn it! I should have never let Riki speak. It's not like Aine doesn't know that Riki is a stress-prone person. His art of language is unparalleled.

　However, before Shoko Toyokawa could walk out of the office door, she was blocked by someone.

　"Hello, Ms. Toyokawa Shoko, I'm Eiji Tsuburaya, the president of Tsuburaya Office."

　The man in the black suit, Eiji Tsuburaya, greeted Shoko Toyokawa with a smile, but Shoko had no intention of staying here any longer.

　"Hello, President Tsuburaya, I have no plans to join your firm. I'm about to leave."

　"Is that so? What a shame! The Toyokawa Group has invested a lot of money and effort in my firm. I thought Ms. Toyokawa Shoko would join us."

　"What do you mean?"

　Xiangzi stopped in his tracks as he was about to leave. Is there any connection between the Toyokawa Group and this firm?

　Volume 1: 23. Xiangzi's Joining and New Song

　"Ms. Toyokawa Shoko, why don't you come to my office and talk to me?"

　"You don't want everyone to know about the Toyokawa Group, do you?"

　"That's...okay."

　Xiangzi hesitated for a moment, but she finally nodded and agreed to the invitation of the man named "Eiji Tsuburaya" to see what he was up to.

　"Ms. Suzuki, please make me a cup of tea for the guest."

　"I understand, President!"

　Just like that, Toyokawa Shoko followed Mefilas to the president's office for a private talk, and Chihaya Aine saw it all.

　Although she was very curious about what Mefilas and Toyokawa Shoko talked about, out of respect for their personal privacy, she did not dare to eavesdrop on their conversation.

　After a while, the conversation between the two ended, and Toyokawa Shoko walked out first. There was no change in the expression on her face, but Toyokawa Shoko did not leave immediately. She walked directly to Chihaya Aine.

　"Chihaya-san, I've changed my mind. I'll join your band."

　"Eh?!"

　Shoko Toyokawa's attitude changed 180 degrees. Chihaya Aine was very suspicious that Mefilas had brainwashed and hypnotized Shoko Toyokawa in the office just now. He had such ability, right?

　"Why did you suddenly change your mind, Toyokawa-san?"

　"Is this important? Just consider it as me accepting your club president's invitation."

　"That's okay..."

　Shoko Toyokawa didn't want to reveal anything, and Chihaya Aine didn't ask any more questions. Since Shoko Toyokawa agreed to join the band, they should just rehearse.

　"Toyokawa Shoko, why are you back again? Didn't you want to escape?"

　"It has nothing to do with you, Shiina Riki."

　"what?"

　"Okay, okay, now we're all members of a band, so we need to get along well with each other."

　In order to prevent Riki, the pressure monster, from pressuring Toyokawa Shoko again, Aine quickly spoke up and acted as a peacemaker.

　"Tsk...Okay."

　Shiina Ritsuki remembered what Chihaya Aine had told her before, so she could only suppress her displeasure and accept Toyokawa Shoko's joining.

　After that, we just have to wait for Lenai and Hachiman Kailing to come to the office, so that the five-member band can be officially assembled and start practicing "M87".

　I have to say that although Toyokawa Shoko's personality is not very friendly, her piano playing skills are really great. She did very well in just the first ensemble practice.

　In this regard, Li Xi was too embarrassed to put pressure on Toyokawa Shoko. The band actually seemed to be quite harmonious for a while, which made Aine feel relieved.

　However, when the band's practice was over, the atmosphere in the band, which had been peaceful, suddenly became cold.