MyGO has been re-femaleized in the second playthrough!

Sighing inwardly, she could only say softly, "You played very well. Keep up the good work. Is that alright?"

"That's so perfunctory, please praise me a little more."

Li Xi tapped the drum: "That's enough, enough nonsense, let's begin! Let's practice 'Walking with the Azure Sky' first."

"Good~"

Ai-yin responded casually, as if she wasn't going to take it seriously; she just wanted more praise.

But Li Xi became a pressure monster from the very beginning of the band's activities, so it's best to avoid gossip at times like this.

"...If you play well, I'll treat you to a crepe." Su Shi's voice suddenly drifted over.

"Eh?"

Ai Yin wondered if she had misheard and was about to ask when a loud guitar sound echoed in the recording studio.

Lena couldn't contain herself any longer and started playing on her own, completely oblivious to whether the others had caught up.

"Hey! Tsk, play along with Lena. If there's a next time, I won't treat you to matcha cake," Lixi whispered to Lena.

"Because it's so boring," Lena said.

"That's not an excuse. If we don't play well together, we'll just cause a car crash on stage. I don't want to lose face like that."

Lixi swung his drumsticks, and the drumbeats caught up with Lena's rhythm. Aine had no choice but to suppress her urge to ask more questions and follow along with Sushi.

Although her technique was still imperfect, her experience from the first playthrough allowed her to remain calm and steadily play the entire piece.

"How is it?" Ai Yin asked.

Lixi seemed relieved: "It's alright, I thought it would be worse."

"That's an exaggeration."

"It's no exaggeration. Su Shi was completely focused on Crychic before. I don't know if she practiced bass, but it seems she did now."

And they practice every day.

Ai-yin smiled and said, "Soyorin always says things like, 'I haven't practiced the sheet music, but I've already put it away.'"

Li Xi said with relief, "But in the end, they still practiced."

Lena plucked the strings: "Not frank."

She had indeed lied, and she had indeed practiced, but it was just a whim—that's what Su Shi thought. But being looked at like that by the three of them at the same time and having her secret exposed at the same time, she still felt extremely ashamed.

"Didn't we say not to waste time?" Su Shi said in a deep voice.

"soyorin."

"What are you doing again?"

"So you had planned to join us all along, didn't you?"

Su Shi clenched her fists, took a deep breath, and then put on a kind and friendly smile.

She said in a gentle voice, "Aiyin, you should know how to write the phrase 'know when to stop,' right?"

Ai Yin guiltily looked away, realizing she had angered Su Shi.

"Wow, that's scary. Let's keep practicing!"

Su Shi said helplessly, "It should have been done long ago."

The four of them practiced in the recording studio until their allotted time was up. As they left the studio, Li Xi kept pointing out the mistakes that Ai Yin and Su Shi made.

Le Nai? Le Nai's technique is fine, but her attitude is. However, they have only been in the band for a short time, so it's normal for them to need time to work out.

"Okay, okay, I understand, I'll correct it. You'll see the results next time," Ai Yin said.

Li Xi nodded: "That would be best. I booked a performance for next month, so I don't have much time."

"Can't it be the month after next?" Su Shi asked.

“I hope to get the lights in as soon as possible and get the band up and running. We’ve wasted too much time on relationships.”

Especially the matter of Su Shi insisting on reorganizing Crychic.

Lixi didn't say it, but Su Shi understood what she meant. But Su Shi wouldn't apologize for it; that wasn't a waste. Casually forming a new band wasn't what she wanted.

Ai Yin laughed and said, "Although we took a detour, we still got to where we are today."

“…Indeed, I’m sorry,” Li Xi said softly.

"I don't deny that everything I did was futile."

Su Shi also spoke up.

"But that's precisely why I want this band to be different."

Li Xi nodded slightly in agreement with Su Shi's words.

"Is it because I took the long way that I found out what I wanted?" she thought to herself.

"How are the costumes coming along?" Su Shi changed the subject and asked.

Ai Yin gave an OK sign: "No problem, it's not that difficult after all."

Su Shi smiled and said, "That's good. Everyone must be tired. How about we go get some crepes?"

Feeling Aine's gaze, she sighed softly.

"I'll treat Aine to her share."

That's more like it! Ai Yin nodded repeatedly.

"And what about me?" Lena asked.

"...Please too."

It didn't feel right to treat her differently; at least Lena patiently practiced in the recording studio until the end. Sose decided to treat everyone to more meals.

Anyway, she has money.

""

Su Shi stroked her hair: "Li Xi's is the same, don't worry about it, it's not very expensive for me."

"....Thanks."

"nothing."

Chapter 53 Not Friends

Days passed by, training was coming to an end, and the official performance was just around the corner.

Inside Hanasakigawa Academy.

Lixi lay on the table, closed her eyes, and prepared to sleep. But just as she was getting sleepy, she felt a slight weight on her head, as if something was standing on it.

She knew who did it without her having to say a word.

Li Xi casually removed the drink from above her head and placed it on the table, then said, "Don't disturb me while I'm catching up on my sleep."

"Staying up all night again?" Hai Ling seemed not to hear what she said.

"No. I just can't sleep."

Insomnia and staying up late are different. She wanted to sleep, but lying in bed, she couldn't fall asleep and there was nothing she could do. Before she knew it, it was daytime.

She even regretted not having done something meaningful while she was awake.

Hai Ling suddenly realized, but her expression remained unchanged.

"Have you finished forming the band?"

"how do you know?"

"I feel like you were really excited when you formed your band before, just like you are now."

Li Xi sat up and mumbled, "I guess so, but actually we haven't got everyone together yet. Right now, the rhythm guitarist is the lead singer."

"Will you organize a live event?"

"We'll do it. There's no reason not to."

"where?"

"RiNG."

Hai Ling understood: "I'll go see it then."

"up to you."

"Do you have a ticket?"

"Go buy it yourself."

Suddenly feeling her phone vibrate, Lixi took it out, thinking it was some important message, but it turned out that Aiyin had just tagged everyone in the "Friends for Life" group chat and sent some unimportant landscape photos.

[Aiyin: This was taken on my way to school, isn't it beautiful?]

[The lamp: It's very beautiful]

[Su Shi: You tagged everyone just for this?]

[Aiyin: What do you mean by "just this kind of thing"? Sharing is very important!]

[Aiyin: How about we all go camping together next time?]

[Su Shi: The topic is jumping around too much]

"What about training?" — Lixi subconsciously wanted to send this message, but firstly, this wasn't the band group, and secondly, she felt that saying it would spoil the mood, so she deleted it to avoid the atmosphere.

At the same time, Ai Yin posted photos of her performance outfits in the band's group chat.

[Aiyin: Please let me know if there's anything that needs to be revised!]

[Su Shi: It's amazing that you can keep switching between the two group chats.]

[Aiyin: My hand speed is really fast!]

[Lixi: There's nothing that needs to be changed, it's fine as it is. The clothes are secondary.]

[Aine: Camping?]

[Lixi: Let's train first]

[Aine: Training maniac Riki, devil Riki!]

[Lixi: Huh?]

In the band group chat, she could speak freely without much concern for others. It didn't matter if she spoiled the fun.

Because we made a promise to keep going no matter what, and one day, perhaps I'll be able to breathe without needing anything...

Something that "friends for life" cannot do.

Lixi thought to herself, "I hope Deng can join the team soon too."

"I'm very happy."

"Ok?"

Hai Ling nodded slightly at the corner of her mouth: "It's turned up."

Li Xi hurriedly touched the corner of her mouth, feeling nothing: "You must be imagining things."

"Yes, yes. Don't mess up during the actual performance."

"You don't need to tell me."

For this "one day" to happen, the performance must be a success.

At noon in the Moon Forest Academy.

Mu took care of the plants she had planted as always, while Su Shi played on her phone in the pavilion.

The chat history kept scrolling, and Ai Yin was sending messages at an unexpectedly high frequency... no, it should be said that it was as expected.

They will be officially performing on stage soon.

Nervous? A little, but mostly anxious. She was the one who suggested taking the first step with Aine, but she kept thinking, what if we fail?

“Crychic…” Su Shi said softly.

Mu's movements faltered.