The goal of life is to break up all couples

The autumn wind is bleak and the rain is pouring.

The rehearsal room was eerily quiet.

There was no light in the room, only the neon light coming in from the window flickered from time to time.

Matsueda Azusa, Shiina Tatsuki and Nagasaki Motoyo were all silent.

Time has left irreversible marks on their faces. From the time they formed this band in junior high school until now, everything seems to have not changed, but everything also seems to have changed beyond recognition.

Shiina Riki tightly grasped the drumstick in his hand, as if he had a thousand words to say, but he couldn't open his mouth. The words came to his lips, but he was left speechless.

Nagasaki Motoyo originally wanted to pour out the thoughts in her heart that could be described as "only thinking about herself", but in the end she restrained herself from showing an ugly face.

In the end, it was Matsueda Azusa who spoke.

"... Let's disband."

He lowered his head, his face hidden in the shadows, and no one could see his expression. "And our band."

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"Ahhh! Why is this happening?!"

Shiina Riki lived in Bengbu, staring at the bright numbers on the dice on the table in frustration. It was one thing for Crychic to fall apart in reality, but how could it happen again in the game!

Matsueda Azusa spread his hands helplessly, "There's nothing we can do. The three of us have really bad luck with the dice. Even if you could roll one more dice, our scores wouldn't meet the standard."

Nagasaki Suyo, standing by, was furious, completely overwhelmed. "Can't you just add my wealth?! My wealth has tripled thanks to my passive trait, right? That should be more than enough! I'm going to use all of my wealth to fund this band!"

Yes, in the final round of the youth chapter of "The Game of Life", Yumiko Miura entered the family business inheritance branch and stopped investing in the band according to the game mechanism.

In this situation, to generate income and survive, the band faced a critical juncture in commercial transformation. The three of them rolled the dice together. Unfortunately, the combined rolls of their dice fell short of the required amount for success, and the dice goddess coldly declared the band's failure.

As expected, forming a band is a dead end, this is an established fact.

Facing Nagasaki Suyo's questioning, Yana saw Kyoko flipping through the rules manual and glancing at it. Finally, she shook her head helplessly. "What a shame! If we were still in the Youth Arc, Nagasaki-san, your current wealth would be enough to support this amateur band. But for a commercial band, it's not enough."

"What's even more regrettable is... if your current wealth were tripled, Nagasaki-kun, it would be enough to revive this band—essentially, you'd acquire and manage this commercial band—but unfortunately, your passive trait doesn't take effect until after the Youth arc. So, it's a shame, it's just a little short."

Yana saw Kyoko shrug, indicating that she was powerless.

"how so……"

Nagasaki Suyo slumped in her chair, feeling completely drained of strength. Fate was so fickle, fate had twisted her. She was so close to saving this band, but that tiny difference felt like a universe away. It was so close, yet so far away.

Damn it, these useless wealth points, what on earth are you protecting!

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As Matsueda Azusa's hoarse voice fell, the rehearsal room fell into silence again.

Even Shiina Riki couldn't help but have tears in his eyes.

"Can you... not disband?"

Nagasaki Suyo clutched the corner of her clothes and finally couldn't help but blurt out: "As long as the band can continue, I'll do anything! If there is no band, Watasi!"

Matsueda Azusa clenched his fists. "The band has lost its funding, and its commercial transformation has failed... Even if the band continues, it won't have any income. If there is no income... I will starve to death."

He looked up at Nagasaki Suyo, his eyes filled with an inextricable sorrow. "Don't you know I don't have any other means of income? You all have family support, but I have nothing... Will you do anything I ask you to do? How can you say such a thing?! You're just a high school student, can you bear the responsibility of other people's lives?!"

Nagasaki Suyo covered her mouth with her left hand and sobbed softly. As if desperate, she dug out her wallet and grabbed the coins and credit cards inside: "Then let me invest! My family gives me a lot of living expenses, and I've saved most of it! I can give all the money to the band! In this case, is it okay..."

"boom!"

Shiina Riki couldn't help it. What on earth was Nagasaki Suyo trying to do by saying and doing such things in front of Matsueda Azusa, who couldn't make a living without an income?!

She reached out and slapped the wallet out of Nagasaki Suyo's hand. The wallet fell to the ground with great force, and the coins and credit cards inside scattered out, making the ground look messy.

"Your money is not enough! Do you understand what a commercial band is? Besides... at this point, you still have the nerve to say such things!"

Shiina Riki angrily accused: "If your performance in the debut performance hadn't been so bad...we wouldn't have fallen to this point! Even now, you still act like you're sad and in pain, saying nonsense... Nagasaki Suyo, you really only think about yourself!"

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"It's all because of you, Su Shi!"

Shiina Riki was furious about the band's disbanding again, and couldn't help but blurt out, "If your musical skill wasn't so low, it would have increased the difficulty of the band's commercial transformation, causing the required points to become so high. Normally, with this extra dice, the points should be completely sufficient!"

"Who knew I'd encounter something like this? Don't you know why I didn't choose to increase my music skill? The wealth I've been saving for so long will soon be tripled through my passive trait! If I hadn't encountered this unexpected situation this round, my wealth would be more than enough to support this band in the next big chapter!"

After being questioned by Shiina Riki, Nagasaki Motoyo couldn't help but retort: ​​"Besides, you rolled three dice, and the final number wasn't that high! If the number you rolled was a little higher, wouldn't it be enough?"

The atmosphere between the two gradually became tense, and it was obvious that they had immersed themselves completely in the game.

While immersive gaming is certainly a good thing, you can't let them get into a fight; after all, everyone else is still playing. Seeing this, Azusa Matsueda quickly tried to smooth things over, saying, "Oh, my goodness, this is my fault. It's mainly because my start was so shabby, and I have no way to make money. Otherwise, if I could find other ways to gain wealth, even if the band doesn't succeed commercially, I should be able to continue to form an amateur band."

Miura Yumiko chimed in, "Well, this is also my fault. If the plot hadn't suddenly changed this time and we hadn't withdrawn our investment, you would have had enough funds to survive the next big chapter. It's just a case of bad luck. It's not any one person's fault, it's simply bad timing and bad luck."

The two younger sisters next to them also helped to comfort them. Only then did Shiina Riki and Nagasaki Motoyo realize that this was just a game. They blushed immediately and apologized to others very embarrassedly.

"Oh, that's what makes it fun!"

Seeing this, Yana waved her hands vigorously and said, "This kind of Life Sims game needs to be played immersively! Aren't the rest of you a little too detached? You won't be able to experience the fun that way! Why don't you be like Shiina-san and Nagasaki-san and experience this game as your second life? It's really fun!"

Numizu Kazuhiko looked at Yanami Kyouna speechlessly. This guy really wants the world to be in chaos. What's interesting? Is it because she thinks it's interesting to be like a god? Just because this game is endorsed by Fujiwara Chika, she shouldn't turn herself into Fujiwara Chika herself!

However, Matsueda Azusa actually agreed with Yanami Anna's point. This game is of course only fun when you immerse yourself in it. If she wasn't worried that Shiina Ritsuki and Nagasaki Motoyo's quarrel would scare other people who didn't know them well, Matsueda Azusa actually had no intention of stopping them at all...

After all, this kind of scene was not uncommon in the former Crychic. Maybe it was a unique way for them to get along with each other, right?

It was rare for Matsueda Azusa to see such a scene again, and she actually felt a little nostalgic in her heart.

At this time, only Yamada Ryo was watching the farce of the band's disbanding with cold eyes.

Humph, when she was fully focused on the game with her brain working at full capacity, she had already anticipated the fact that the band would not be able to sustain for long, so she was not worried at all about Shiina Tatsuki and Nagasaki Motoyo who seemed to be running very far ahead.

Wasting their early development time and opportunities on this was truly unwise. They invested so much resources, only to end up with nothing useful. Furthermore, considering Matsueda Azusa's background, capturing him would require wealth and other abilities sufficient to support his life and career. In this regard, the others were vastly inferior.

Unlike her, who concentrates solely on improving her academic ability, and later on is able to achieve indirect conversion of attribute values, she will be able to make a breakthrough immediately, and if she does not make a name for herself, she will become a sensation!

The final winner is Yamada Ryoda!

180

Chapter 180: Heading towards an unpredictable future.

The cold wind, carrying the unique chill of winter, blew freely through the cracks in the streets. The sky was covered by gray clouds, like a huge gray curtain, completely blocking out the sunlight.

Yamada Ryo tightened her thick scarf and walked slowly along the campus path. Her warm breath was blocked by the scarf that half-covered her mouth, and a solid mist rose up, wetting the lenses of her glasses and blurring everything in front of her.

Years of intense study life made her wear glasses. From childhood, she has devoted herself to studying. From elementary school to university, she was the best among all her peers.

After graduating from high school, she was admitted to the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tokyo as she wished, and can almost be said to have become one of the top talents in the country.

After that, graduation, further studies, and graduate school... everything went so smoothly, as if all the necessary elements for success were so readily available to her.

But what was the price of all this? Since childhood, Yamada Ryo has devoted himself to studying, not developing any other hobbies or interacting with anyone else. He has lived alone until now.

She recalled the past that seemed glorious but was actually monotonous and boring. She stopped moving forward and stared blankly at the trees on both sides of the street. They had long lost their former luxuriance. The bare branches trembled slightly in the wind, bleak and lonely, just like her.

The goddess of fate really played a huge joke on her - at this point, Yamada Ryo finally began to feel confused. What was the point of all she had done so far?

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No, something is very wrong!

Yamada Ryo held the dice in his hand, and cold sweat began to appear on his forehead.

Why, after the Youth arc ended, all the fateful events she encountered, even the opportunity cards and penalty cards, were all related to her studies? After so many rounds, she hadn't encountered a single social-related event!

At this rate, it would be impossible for her to have any connection with Songzhi Zi! She would probably have to study till death!

Is there something wrong with this card draw mechanism? It's definitely rigged, right?

Yanami Kyouka kindly reminded her, "Keep going, Yamada-san! Your academic ability is high enough. As long as you get a score of 4 or higher this time, you'll be able to successfully continue your studies and become a top doctoral student at the University of Tokyo! You're truly a winner!"

4 points, this is almost a piece of cake for Yamada Ryo.

But even if she succeeded, what would she gain? After these few rounds, Yamada Ryo's academic ability had already soared to a terrifying level that no one could match. This, indirectly, had also resulted in a considerable accumulation of wealth... However, the problem was that there was no place to use all this wealth!

This was completely different from what she had initially imagined. How could it have come to this? Could it be... that she had been wrong from the beginning?

Yes... How could a gifted student from a top university have anything in common with an independent musician who has never even been to school and has been struggling in society since childhood?

No, we can't go on like this.

Fortunately, the time we've spent now is only a small fraction of our total lifespan. There will be many more opportunities in the future! It's never too late to start your life after age 30!

Now that things have come to this, there is no way to turn back. We can only follow the original plan, quickly achieve a perfect early stage, and then look for opportunities to exert our strength!

Yamada Ryo gritted his teeth and threw the dice.

6+6=12.

Yana exclaimed when she saw Kyoko: "Wow! Golden Legend! A complete success! Yamada-san, with your top grades, you've become the most impressive and outstanding student in the history of the University of Tokyo! Your academic ability and reputation are up!"

“Okay… okay…”

Even if I say that, I still can’t seem to be happy at all… Yamada Ryo let out a “good” that didn’t sound good at all.

While Yamada Ryo was in a state of despair, Onmizu Kazuhiko was also being tortured on the other side.

Obviously, he had a lot of luck in love at the beginning, but later things began to develop in a strange direction.

Several random flings ended in confusion, quietly fading until they ended up with random strangers. Even when I wanted to find a partner, it felt like a journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures, constantly suffering from various hardships, as if blocked by some invisible force—perhaps fate?—and unable to achieve a happy ending no matter what.

Finally, as the dice that determine fate fell, the glaring eyes revealed the final outcome: the only ones left in Numizu Kazuhiko's social network were Hikigaya Hachiman and Yoshiki, and he became an ordinary office worker all alone.

Yoshiki was quite happy about this, and hugged Onmizu Kazuhiko's arm with a smile on his face, "Hehe, Onisa, as long as Yoshiki is by my side, that's enough!"

Hikigaya Hachiman, who was standing by, kindly reminded: "It's not allowed between a brother and a sister..."

Yoshiki retorted without hesitation: "In the game, Yoshiki and Onisa are not brother and sister!"

Upon hearing this, Hikigaya Hachiman couldn't help but gasp and looked at Onomizu Kazuhiko with pity, his eyes full of "You're on your own!"

However, he forgot that his situation did not seem particularly safe either.

Hikigaya Hachiman is completely different from Numizu Kazuhiko. He had no luck with the opposite sex at the beginning and even suffered a setback in his life when his confession was rejected in elementary school. However, in the various events he encountered in the subsequent rounds, he created a "world where no one was hurt" through his own choices and successfully won the hearts of many girls, such as the younger and devilish schoolmate, the gentle big-breasted female classmate, and the cold and icy schoolmate... and so on.

Finally, after graduating from high school, Hikigaya Hachiman successfully won the game with a single dice, married into a wealthy family, and became the househusband he had always dreamed of.

Komachi wiped her tears with a look of relief, and patted Hikigaya Hachiman's shoulder in a mature manner: "Onii-chan has grown up to be such a reliable adult. Komachi is so relieved. I thought Onii-chan would become a stay-at-home otaku who couldn't find a job and would have to rely on Komachi for support in the future... Alas, Komachi is really disappointed and relieved."

Hikigaya Hachiman, who lives in Bengbu, couldn't help but complain: "Are you Komachi's mom?! Why do you act like your child has finally grown up?"

Komachi said nothing more, but just looked at Hikigaya Hachiman gently.

The dice went around and around and came into the hands of Nagasaki Suyo.

After the wealth bonus from her passive traits, she had just entered adulthood, and her wealth had already reached a huge amount that was beyond the reach of everyone else.

She had previously consulted Yanami Anna about whether her current wealth would be enough to fund the reconstruction of her previous band and bring back Azusa Matsueda and Riki Shiina.

The answer given by Yanami Anna is that it is enough, but it is only enough - because if the investor of the commercial band is not the virtual industry in the game, but the player himself, then not only will a large amount of wealth value need to be paid immediately, but the subsequent band operation will still require continuous payment of wealth value.

With Nagasaki Suyo's current wealth, if she goes all in now, but the band fails to start making a profit within two rounds, or the profit amount does not exceed the expenditure... then she will go bankrupt.

So Nagasaki Suyo had no choice but to give up.

But because of this, she developed a huge ambition. Since everything was due to insufficient wealth, then she just needed to keep making money, keep grabbing more wealth, until the wealth was enough to support the band for a lifetime, wouldn't that be enough?

Moreover, as long as her wealth is high enough, she can even let the band's debut match go directly to the Budokan!

Either don't do it, or do it to the best of your ability. Nagasaki Suyo has set this ambitious goal.

Make money! Make money! Continuously accumulate wealth! All of this will become her weapon, she will continue to demand, continue to rob!

She will take the band back from its broken bloody mouth, and no one can defy her, not even fate.

She is willing to do this for the band!

181

Chapter 181 Everything is on track - or off track.

Nagasaki Suyo stood in her spacious, bright office. Outside the window was a bustling cityscape: tall buildings lined up side by side, and the bustling streets shimmered in the sunlight. The sunlight filtered through the glass onto her, making her seem as if she were also radiant.

She was wearing a well-tailored black suit, the straight lines of which outlined her graceful figure. The collar of her white shirt was slightly open, and her suit jacket was half draped over her shoulders, making her look capable and charming.

On the spacious desk, apart from the thick stack of documents and the computer, the only eye-catching thing was the photo that was exquisitely and carefully framed.

In the photo, Matsueda Azusa, Shiina Tatsuki and Nagasaki Motoyo are huddled together, smiling from the heart, and looking so happy.