#1758 - Encounter (rolling around every day)

"So? What happened after this?"

Kurokawa Akane took a sip of red tea and asked curiously.

"I don't know, but it shouldn't matter."

"Why?"

"It's very simple. Haven't you heard that any movie with a chase scene is a masterpiece? Since Toyokawa Shoko is chasing Wakaba Mutsu, there will definitely be no problem in the end."

Duanmu Huai was drinking coffee with a nonchalant look on his face, while Hachiman Hailing next to him was simply speechless.

"So, today's practice is ruined?"

After all, the keyboardist and guitarist are not here, so what’s the point of practicing?

"Just treat it as a holiday. There's nothing wrong with taking a break."

As Duanmu Huai spoke, he reached out and touched the furry head of Yao Lenai, who was lying on his knees. This little girl was just like a cat, always coming close to him. Of course, as a cat, her size was a little too big.

"So, do you want to go live?"

At this time, Yao Lenai also raised his head, stared at Duanmu Huai and made a suggestion.

"Well... I'm just sitting around doing nothing."

Duanmu Huai looked at Kurokawa Akane and Yawata Kailing, and the two of them had no objections.

"Let's go check it out?"

Judging from the current situation, the problems of Toyokawa Shoko and Wakaba Mutsushi may not be solved in a short time, but since they have not returned, it should not be a big deal.

Meanwhile, in the LIVEHOUSE "RING"...

"Woooooa ...

A girl with long pink hair excitedly raised her cell phone high with an excited look on her face.

“I actually won the lottery, what a miracle!”

"What did you win?"

Another girl sitting across from the pink-haired girl asked casually.

"Hehe, these are tickets for the first performance of Inquisitor!"

The pink-haired girl excitedly raised her cell phone and showed it off to her companions, but seeing the pink-haired girl's silly smile, the others shook their heads helplessly.

"You actually went to rob it."

The black-haired girl next to her was speechless, while the pink-haired girl nodded vigorously.

"Of course, this is the first performance of the mysterious band Inquisitor, and the tickets are drawn by lottery. Because the winning rate is ridiculously low, I thought I would not win... I must keep the tickets and pass them down as a family heirloom!"

“This is too exaggerated.”

"No, but I can understand..."

Compared to the black-haired girl who disagreed with the pink-haired girl, Takamatsu Deng who was sitting on the other side nodded.

"Inquisitor...'s song is really great..."

“……………………”

When it comes to this topic, others also fell silent.

Inquisitor.

This band has only been around for a week, but its popularity is as fierce as a tsunami. The language that seems to come from another world, the sacred and melodious tunes and songs are completely different from ordinary girl bands. But because of this, everyone is more and more curious about this mysterious band.

Moreover, since this band does not accept interviews or appear on TV shows, it has become a hot topic. In particular, they announced their first performance without saying anything, which attracted many audiences. As a result, the first batch of theater tickets had to be drawn by lottery. Even so, the official website crashed several times after the concert tickets went on sale.

This shows how popular the Inquisitor band is.

"I have two tickets. Tomorin, do you want to go with me?"

The pink-haired girl immediately turned around and invited Takamatsu Deng, and facing the pink-haired girl's invitation, Takamatsu Deng was also somewhat moved. After all, she also liked Inquisitor's songs, or rather, the strong emotions in them gave Takamatsu Deng an incomparable shock. It was just that Takamatsu Deng heard it through a live broadcast at the time. If possible, she would certainly want to listen to it live.

but……………

Looking at his other two companions, Gao Songdeng hesitated.

"Only two tickets?"

"You go ahead, Lantern."

Seeing Takamatsu Deng's embarrassed expression, the black-haired girl spoke decisively.

"I have no interest in Inquisitor. After all, that's not my style."

"Me too, I just happened to have a club activity that day."

The other girl also answered with a smile on her face, and the pink-haired girl happily grabbed Takamatsu Deng's hand.

"Tomorin, let's go together!"

“Ah, this…”

Takamatsu Deng felt a little uneasy. She knew that the two people gave in because they were worried about her. After all, they had talked about the Inquisitor before, and they praised the music of the Inquisitor. But after thinking about it carefully, she could understand it. After all, if the girl in front of her had not invited her first, she would have chosen to withdraw and let others go to watch the performance...

Just when Takamatsu Deng didn't know how to answer, her savior came with the automatic door opening.

"Ah, Lenai!"

Seeing Kaname Rana coming in with a suitcase and a guitar on her back, the pink-haired girl raised her hands and waved them vigorously. Kaname Rana also came to their side with a suitcase and looked at the four of them.

"LIVE?"

"It's not time yet."

The black-haired girl glared at Kaname Rakuna in dissatisfaction.

"Wildcat, didn't I tell you to reply to messages you receive? And it's not even read!"

“I saw it, so I came.”

Kaname Rakuna tilted her head and looked at the black-haired girl curiously. It was obvious that she was trying to say, "Since I'm here, I've seen the message. Do you have any questions?"

"you………………!"

"Matcha Parfait."

Looking at Rina Kaname reaching out for dessert, the black-haired girl was speechless. However, she soon discovered that this time the little wild cat didn't seem to be talking to her?

Just then, a voice came from behind the black-haired girl.

"Didn't you just eat? Aren't you afraid of getting an upset stomach?"

“………………?”

Hearing the voice, everyone turned around curiously, and then saw Duanmu Huai, Kurokawa Akane and Yawata Kailing walked in and came to their table.

"ah----!"

However, at this moment, the pink-haired girl saw them, screamed, and then quickly covered her mouth.

"What's wrong with you? Why are you yelling?"

The black-haired girl glared at the pink-haired boy fiercely, but the latter just covered his mouth and stared ahead with wide eyes.

"Yes, it's Miss Duanmu! And Miss Heikawa! Why are you here?"

“Hey? Duanmu…ah…”

Hearing this, everyone was also stunned, and then they reacted and looked at Duanmu Huai and Kurokawa Akane in surprise. It was no wonder they were like this, after all, Duanmu Huai was a national-level movie star, and Kurokawa Akane was also a popular actress. The two of them appeared here at the same time, which was surprising in itself.

And judging from their appearance, they seem to know Kaname Lenai?

"Le Nai said her band has a performance, and we're free anyway, so we came to take a look."

Duanmu Huai reached out and patted Yao Lenai's little head, and the latter narrowed his eyes, like a cat being stroked.

"Are you guys part of Lenai's team?"

Duanmu Huai was looking at the people in front of him while talking. Duanmu Huai had seen three of them when Toyokawa Shoko said goodbye to him. Including Gao Songdeng, he should have formed a band with Toyokawa Shoko and Wakaba Mu. He had never seen the pink-haired girl who looked cheerful and lively. She should have joined the band later?

"Ah, yes!"

In response to Duanmu Huai's question, the pink-haired girl hurriedly answered and then began to introduce herself.

"We formed a band called MYGO with Lenna! It means to keep moving forward even when you are confused! Isn't that great? Ah, I'm the guitarist Chihaya Aine......"

With the introduction of the pink-haired girl, Chihaya Aine, Duanmu Huai also got to know the names of the other people. In addition to Takamatsu Deng, whom he had known for a long time, the one who looked like a divorced young woman was the bassist and long-term vegetarian... Nagasaki Suyo, and the black-haired girl with fierce eyes was the drummer Shiina Tatsuki.

Duanmu Huai also introduced themselves to each other, and it turned out that they knew each other.

For example, Duanmu Huai knew Gao Songdeng, and their drummer Shiina Riki knew their bassist Yawata Kailing.

It really has a bit of the meaning of "fate is indescribable".

Because MYGO still had practice and LIVE to go on, Duanmu Huai and Kurokawa Akane didn't bother them too much, just said a few words of encouragement and left. As they left, Chihaya Aine smiled so hard that her face almost melted. Well, you can tell why by looking at the autograph board she was holding like a treasure in her arms.

"Wow, I didn't expect to meet Miss Duanmu and Miss Kurokawa here. Are they coming to watch the LIVE? I'm so lucky!"

Looking at Chihaya Aine, who was laughing so hard that she seemed to be melting, Takamatsu Deng tilted his head in confusion.

"Are you so...excited?"

"Of course, don't you know? TOMORIN, let's not talk about Miss Kurokawa, Miss Duanmu is notoriously difficult to approach. Ah, I'm not saying she's hard to deal with, but she rarely appears in public and never does any public activities. It's extremely difficult to get her autograph, it's a hundred times more difficult than spending money to draw a flash card! I heard that online, one of her autographs can be sold for hundreds of thousands of yuan, and if it comes with a photo, it's even more expensive! Of course, I will never sell it, I want to keep it as a family heirloom!"

“Is it so exaggerated?”

Hearing this, others were also shocked. It was just an autographed photo. If it was one of those world-famous movie stars, it would be fine, but Duanmu Huai...it's not to this extent, right?

Although Chihaya Aine was still planning to tell the others excitedly, Kaname Rakuna had already stood up.

"LIVE, quick."

"Ah, okay, okay, huh, I have to work hard too. After all, Miss Duanmu and Miss Kurokawa are here to see us, so we can't make any mistakes!"

Chihaya Aine took a deep breath, encouraged herself, and then looked at Kaname Rakuna.

"By the way, little Lenai, can you tell me later how you got to know them? I'm very interested!"

At this time, Kaname Rana had already walked into the practice room carrying her luggage and guitar.

While the members of the MYGO band were practicing, in the LIVEHOUSE venue, Duanmu Huai was still expressing his old-fashioned opinions as usual.

“It’s great to be young.”

"Is Xiao Ai'ai the same age as them?"

Kurokawa Akane pointed out helplessly.

"It's a mentality issue. It's true that when you're young, you have all kinds of possibilities. You can do whatever you want. From this point of view, I envy you."

"When it comes to being promiscuous, I don't think anyone is more promiscuous than Xiao Ai Ni."

"There is a difference between doing things without considering the consequences and doing things with only the consequences in mind."

Duanmu Huai shook his head and stared at the venue in front of him and the girl band singing and dancing there.

"For example, I can't sing as happily as they do."

“……………………”

Hearing Duanmu Huai's sigh, Kurokawa Akane remained silent. She certainly knew why Duanmu Huai suddenly wanted to form a band. She could also feel that Duanmu Huai was indeed working very hard, but the "goal" he was working towards was completely different from what most people thought.

How to say it... Kurokawa Akane could feel that Duanmu Huai was acting for a grand and breathtaking goal. No matter what he did, it was all for that goal. And everything he had encountered in that world before was just the tip of the iceberg. Although he returned to his familiar world, there were no evil dragons and no terrible disasters that would destroy the entire city. But Duanmu Huai did not relax because of this. On the contrary, he still kept his nerves tense and walked firmly on the path of the established plan.

Even when he was alone with Kurokawa Akane, Kurokawa Akane could feel that Duanmu Huai was more trying to comfort him rather than relax at the same time.

On the contrary, in Kurokawa Akane's opinion, the time when Duanmu Huai is most relaxed is when he is with the girl named Yao Lenai.

No, strictly speaking, he mistook Kaname Rakuna for someone. Was it related to Kaname Rakuna's eyes? Kurokawa Akane also admitted that Kaname Rakuna's gold and blue eyes were indeed very attractive. Could it be that someone Xiao Ai once knew also had the same eyes? Was that the reason why Xiao Ai took such good care of Kaname Rakuna? Who was the other person? What was his relationship with Xiao Ai? Would Xiao Ai meet that person again?

How many secrets does Xiao Ai hide?

Who does he think Kaname Lenai is?

If I always follow her, will I also be exposed to all of this one day? Those secrets that Xiao Ai didn't tell me, there are more secrets about the Tribunal...

Kurokawa Akane looked at Duanmu Huai and silently made up his mind.

Regardless, I have made my choice.

Thinking of this, Kurokawa Akane reached out and gently stroked his lower abdomen, feeling the warmth of the soul sleeping there.

She won't regret it.