MyGO!!! I am the succubus Xiaoxiang?

Xiangzi waved his hand, cheering someone on.

They had only walked a few steps outside.

In a corner to the side.

"No wonder, I was wondering why the arrangements and guitar parts have become so much simpler lately."

Tao Xiang said from the side.

"So you were keeping a guitarist/vocalist on the side!"

"That's so mean! It's like I've changed my mind! Sister Taoxiang!"

"Hmph! That's not it. After all, you don't need to train any new ones. You can just play and sing by yourself. That's always been the case. It's just that the feedback was much faster this time. So why are you suddenly teaching students?"

"No way! I play and sing myself. After all, it's my own song, so I'm just a little embarrassed~"

"...Although I don't want to say it like this, Chu Hua won't believe your explanation!" Tao Xiang sighed.

"That's going too far! Chu Hua isn't stupid!!"

"She's not stupid, but she trusts you completely. Of course, because your statement touched on the fact that you yourself are not good enough, her level of trust is not very high."

"Hey, aren't you being a bit too superstitious about me!"

"...Don't you also have an extreme, even excessive, trust in your teammates? Eh! Never mind, so, what's the situation with the other side? Is there anything you can help with?"

"...Across from us, across from us is the new lead singer of Diamond Star."

"Huh?" Tao Xiang looked over. She had originally come to watch the fun and planned to tease Chu Hua later.

but now.

"What happened? Can you explain in detail?"

“Hey, that’s not what you just said.”

"..." Tao Xiang gritted her teeth.

That's obvious. Before it was because it wasn't my business, but now...

That's none of my business.

. . . . . .

"Eh!"

Inside the rehearsal room, as soon as the door was opened a crack, sighs and groans could be heard from inside.

Chu took a step inside, thinking of Xiangzi's encouragement to him.

This cannot go on.

Xiangzi eventually has his own band. He will eventually be separated from her. He will stand by her side. Only by joining a new band, catching up with her, and becoming her rival, her most formidable rival, can he make her watch him closely and feel that he is amazing at all times.

Only in this way can you make the other party willing to keep their eyes on you.

and.

and.

Although I hate to admit it.

However, the girl was still dreaming.

Imagine Diamond Star accepting itself and becoming the best band.

However, in my dream, the keyboardist in the game looked like Xiangzi.

. . . . . .

and so.

"Um," Hina said, mustering her courage and smiling.

Looking at everyone inside sighing and groaning, I was just about to say something when I realized that after they noticed me come in, the air fell silent, and there wasn't a sound.

The oppressive atmosphere made it impossible to speak.

but.

As always, the monotonous and tedious practice, along with the agency's requirement of at least one ensemble performance per day, continues.

As the prelude to "The Empty Box" begins.

Chu cheered herself up.

He recalled how Xiangzi was there to guide and help him.

"Go for it, Hina!"

“You’re already great, so you deserve to have a great band.”

Yes! I can definitely do it.

Even Oblivionis cheered for me.

Will we bump into each other at this crossroads that isn't marked on the map?

"What should we rely on to move forward?"

It works.

Listening to her own voice, Chu's memory is of Xiangzi teaching her little by little every morning by the river, on the deserted riverbank, accompanying her as she practiced her voice and sang along.

"Great!"

The girl's voice echoed in my ears, her eyes filled with anticipation and surprise.

Listening to their own experiences, they shouted the little fists of "Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river."

It works.

"The so-called answer is probably just common sense in form! Even if my fingertips tremble!!"

. . . . . .

The song stopped.

Chu looked around at everyone.

The bassist closest to him looked up at him, bewildered and surprised.

The keyboardist next to him did the same.

I'm pretty amazing, right? Now, I've earned your approval, haven't I?

I caught up.

Now, can I become one of you?

Chu looked at the people around her.

"What are you singing, you idiot?"

"Eh?"

The drummer behind him looked up at him.

"What you're singing isn't the Empty Box from Diamond Dust at all!"

"Huh?" Chu looked at the drummer who was being held by the keyboardist.

"Sorry, well, she just wasn't used to your rendition of 'Empty Box,' sorry," the bassist next to her said.

"Sorry, we need to calm down."

With that, the three filed out.

Chu's smile froze on her face, like an expired poster pasted on the wall. Her outstretched hand hung awkwardly in mid-air, then slowly, slowly curled up, her nails almost digging into her palm.

"Let's be together." Those four words were impossible to say.

Subconsciously, Hina wanted to leave.

Hugging his guitar, he ran outside, but where did he run to?

Go to the river, to the place where Oblivionis is.

Yes! Go to where Oblivionis is.

. . . . . .

"Love?" Bassist Nana asked, looking at the drummer.

“The song she sang was not the Empty Box of Our Diamond Star at all. It wasn’t hers.”

"But, people..."

"that is not!"

"That's true! Don't forget, Momoka's Empty Box has already been abandoned by us. Don't forget, we signed with the agency, and when we gave it up, Momoka left too."

"But, but!"

"They practiced very hard to achieve this!"

"But, but, you should understand, that mature voice, that mature singing style, full of other people's flavor, that kind of slightly dazzling singing style, which does not belong to the Empty Box of Diamond Star, is definitely not something that one person or anyone else can do."

The singing style of the young girl, her voice, even her breathing points and the way the melody is introduced.

They are all filled with their own feelings and personality, as well as the flavor of other people.

. . . . . .

Oblivionis, where are you?

You weren't even by the river!

Oh right, right, Oblivionis said he was going to the venue for rehearsal today.

The escaped girl sought solace, a place that could accept her.

Anyone or anything.

I really tried my best.

found it!

. . . . . .

The song ends.

Everyone, take a break.

Xiangzi and Taoxiang stood at the entrance and exit of the venue.

"I have to say, Chu Hua's performance is becoming more and more terrifying."

"It's really strange. All three of them suddenly said they had something to do, and Ruoye Mu didn't want you to come along."

"Well, after all, everyone has their own private matters."

"Really? You seem really lonely right now."

"..."

"Hey, thank goodness I'm here. Tell me about your personal matters."

"Ok?"

"About Hina, what exactly happened? Why are you two, and why are you training Hina? In short, everything is strange, okay?"

"What's strange about it? It's just a mutually beneficial arrangement."

"Shut up. What do you mean by mutual benefit? It's just an excuse you're making up. There are many things that you can handle with me as the lead singer and Xiao Mu as the guitarist. Why don't you find someone who knows nothing and train them from scratch? Do you think that's normal?"

"..."

"Tell me about it."

"For no reason!" Xiangzi smiled. "Hey, has Sister Taoxiang ever experienced this?"

"Ok?"

"In a dimly lit rented room, surrounded by the laughter of families, you sit there alone, and for a moment, no, perhaps only a moment, you feel the urge to live."

"..."