Mygo, are you all yanderes?

Despite Nagasaki Motoyo's words about being wary of Kusano Akira and not kicking out Chihaya Aine, and that she was only targeting him, she actually still used the band as a stepping stone to revive Crychic.

This goal has only been temporarily delayed because of Kusano Akira, but that doesn't mean she'll give up.

"That's true, Dengdeng always daydreams when she's at school."

Chihaya Aine nodded in agreement, agreeing with Nagasaki Motoyo's words. (Seven)

"Alright, enough chit-chat, everyone get to your positions."

Shiina Tatsuki interrupted what seemed like a renewed conversation, put her legs down, and checked the equipment in front of her, preparing for the practice session. Lu

Upon hearing Shiina Tatsuki's words, Chihaya Aine and Nagasaki Motoyo also stopped their conversation and returned to their effects pedals.

Takamatsu Akari snapped out of her daze, slapping her face hard to clear her head.

So engrossed in her own world, Takamatsu almost forgot she had practice to do.

"Then, let's begin." (Zhong)

Shiina Riki looked around and saw that everyone was standing in their positions, ready. She nodded, raised her hands above her head, and tapped the drumsticks a few times. Then, the others joined in with her drumbeats and began their performance.

........................

Kusano Akira seems to have overestimated his abilities.

He originally thought that since his hand was not bleeding or broken, and was only slightly swollen, it would not affect his playing level at all. Moreover, although Shiina Tatsuki had arranged quite a few parts for him, none of them required any difficult techniques.

Therefore, Kusano Akira felt that if it was just ordinary practice, there would be no problem at all.

But he was wrong. His hand condition was much worse than he had imagined. Although it wasn't to the point where typing would hurt unbearably, his typing speed was undoubtedly slowed down significantly.

Many paces that could have been easily kept up with were now impossible to keep up with because of this, and mistakes were made in many places where they shouldn't have been made.

"stop."

Shiina Tatsuki frowned and called for a stop again. She looked at Kusano Akira's position with a puzzled expression, her beautiful brows furrowed.

Although she often called for a stop in the past, it was always for Chihaya Aine, whose guitar skills were not good enough and she could never keep up with the rhythm.

However, Chihaya Aine is very talented, and given the time that has passed, if she puts in more effort, her performances can still be passable.

But today, the reason why Riki called for a halt was not Chihaya Aine, but Kusano Akira, who had always given her a lot of confidence in his skills.

Kusano Akira's technique is not as good as Toyokawa Shoko's, but it is still very good. Moreover, this piece has been rehearsed before, so it is absolutely impossible for him to make a mistake.

However, the problem in today's practice happened to Kusano Akira. He had several problems in a row today, either he couldn't keep up or he simplified some parts of the lesson.

The practice of the entire piece could not proceed smoothly due to Kusano Akira's repeated mistakes, and Shiina Tatsuki had no choice but to call for a stop again and again.

"Hey, why did it stop again? I didn't play anything wrong, did I?"

When Chihaya Aine heard Shiina Tatsuki call to stop, she paused in surprise, her hand still strumming the guitar strings, and asked timidly.

Now, whenever she hears Shiina Riki call for a stop, she assumes it's her own problem—which is understandable, since until now, only Takamatsu Akari and she have had problems with practice.

However, Shiina Riki would never dare to say anything about Takamatsu Akari, so there's only one possibility: she's in trouble again.

However, Chihaya Aine felt that her performance just now should be fine. She practiced hard at home every day, and although she still stumbled a bit, at least she could play it relatively completely.

"Kusano, you..."

Shiina Tatsuki was just about to ask Kusano Akira what was going on today, that he had made so many mistakes, when he noticed the strange way Kusano Akira's hand was touching the keyboard. The words he was about to say got stuck in his throat.

If it weren't for the frequent problems during practice, Shiina Tatsuki wouldn't have noticed the unusual condition in Kusano Akira's hand. (Seven)

With hands like that, no wonder he keeps making mistakes. Unless it's a top-tier musician, no one could perform normally in this condition. *Hiss*

Shiina Tatsuki's first instinct was to ask Kusano Akira what had happened to her hand, why it was like that, but then she suddenly remembered that Takamatsu Akari was still there.

Shiina Tatsuki glanced to the side and, sure enough, noticed Takamatsu Akira's gaze shifting back and forth between her and Kusano Akira. (Riku)

She wasn't stupid; she could tell how much Takamatsu Akira depended on Kusano Akira, so if she said that in public, Takamatsu Akira would definitely be worried.

Thinking of this, Shiina Ritsuki bit her lip, stepped forward, grabbed Kusano Akira's unharmed hand, and pulled him out.

"Kusano, come out with me for a moment."

"Wait a minute..."

Author's Note: 4k

Why do I have to log in to Battle.net every time?

It's been recommended! Yay!

I need to consider improving my vocabulary.

Where have all those people who usually post in the chat gone? (crying)

good night

Volume 1: Chapter 46. Nagasaki Motoyo and Kaname Rakuna's Consent

Kusano Akira had intended to take advantage of Shiina Tatsuki's pause to give his hands a moment's rest, but to his surprise, Shiina Tatsuki didn't start playing the piece from the beginning as before. Instead, he simply grabbed Kusano Akira's hand and dragged him outside.

Could it be that Shiina Tatsuki has finally had enough of his frequent mistakes and is preparing to get rid of him?

After Kusano Akira was dragged away by Shiina Tatsuki, only a few girls remained in the room, looking at each other and wondering why Shiina Tatsuki had suddenly called Kusano Akira out.

"...what's wrong?"

Takamatsu Akari stared at the doorway in confusion, gazing for a long time at the direction where Shiina Tatsuki and Kusano Akira had left, muttering to herself.

Although she didn't know why Shiina Tatsuki had called Kusano Akira out, she had a bad feeling, as if a voice was telling Takamatsu Akari that something she didn't want to see would happen next.

And to be honest, ever since Chihaya Aine's 'reminder', Takamatsu Akira now feels uncomfortable whenever anyone makes even the slightest move to get close to Kusano Akira.

Including when Shiina Tatsuki grabbed Kusano Akira's hand just now.

In her memory, Shiina Tatsuki and Kusano Akira's relationship shouldn't be that good.

Takamatsu Akari wanted to follow the two to see what they were talking about—but after thinking about it, she decided against it.

It wouldn't be good to break the decision I just made to keep my distance from Kusano Akira.

Chihaya Aine does have some clue as to why Shiina Tatsuki called Kusano Akira out.

Based on her understanding of Shiina Tatsuki over this period of time, the only things that could make her stop would be if there was a problem with the practice or if something urgent suddenly happened that forced her to stop.

However, if it's the second scenario, Shiina Tatsuki wouldn't be shouting so frequently, which means there must be something wrong with their performance.

Moreover, Chihaya Aine is quite certain this time that the problem doesn't lie with her, who often causes problems, but with Kusano Akira—this can be seen from Shiina Tatsuki dragging Kusano Akira away. And if it were her, Shiina Tatsuki would have pointed it out long ago.

Combining Chihaya Aine's two speculations makes things much clearer.

Chihaya Aine hadn't forgotten what Kusano Akira's hand looked like. To be honest, while it wasn't quite in a critical condition, it certainly wasn't unharmed either.

This morning I said I was going to the infirmary for treatment, but it seems like I was lying. When I got out of school today, it seemed to be even worse than it was this morning.

Chihaya Aine also asked Kusano Akira during the day.

"Your hand is like this, are you okay practicing?"

Trust my skills.

The only response I got was that it was completely unrelated.

Although Chihaya Aine did have doubts about the matter at the time, seeing Kusano Akira's confident demeanor, she didn't think about it any further.

Since he's so confident, there shouldn't be any problem, right?

Chihaya Aine didn't understand how keyboardists played or what fingerings they used, so she didn't make any further inferences about that.

But now it seems that Kusano Akira is not as fine as he claimed; he was just putting on a brave face.

Although Chihaya Aine herself wasn't particularly sensitive to live music performances and couldn't properly handle the other vocal parts besides herself and the drummer, she didn't notice the abnormality in Kusano Akira's voice.

However, since Shiina Tatsuki pulled Kusano Akira away so forcefully just now, it must be because Kusano Akira's hands are no longer able to support him to play as usual.

Chihaya Aine felt that her guess was correct, and the facts were indeed as she guessed, but Chihaya Aine did not intend to tell the other people in the house about this situation.

As for the reason, it was the same as the reason why Shiina Tatsuki pulled Kusano Akira aside; she didn't want Takamatsu Akari to know the specific details.

Shiina Tatsuki simply felt that Kusano Akira and Takamatsu Akari had a good relationship, so she didn't want Takamatsu Akari to worry too much. Chihaya Aine, on the other hand, knew much more than Shiina Tatsuki, and she naturally knew who was behind Kusano Akira's situation.

That's why Chihaya Aine didn't want to tell Takamatsu Akari. After all, if she did, Takamatsu Akari would probably feel it was her fault again and fall into a state of withdrawal.

Although it is true that Takamatsu Akari was at fault in this matter, Chihaya Aine felt that Takamatsu Akari should not feel guilty, both from her own perspective and from Kusano Akira's perspective.

Putting aside the fact that Takamatsu Akira, who is in a state of autism, is indeed difficult to coax, Kusano Akira himself would probably feel that he shouldn't make Takamatsu Akira feel too guilty.

Moreover, although this statement may seem like a bit of a rogue logic, Takamatsu Akira did not intentionally want to harm Kusano Akira. Therefore, unless Kusano Akira himself wanted to make a fuss about it, Chihaya Aine would not have brought it up on her own initiative.

It's obvious that Kusano Akira won't care.

Meanwhile, Nagasaki Motoyo stood aside, pretending to be an observer, watching how things unfolded.

Unlike Chihaya Aine, Nagasaki Motoyo, although not particularly interested in music, had been in a band before and held a position in the school's music club. Therefore, she had far more performance experience than Chihaya Aine and was quite adept at distinguishing the sounds of different instruments.

Although keyboards can simulate many timbres, Kusano Akira did not use timbres similar to those of other instruments in this score, so Nagasaki Motoyo could hear the keyboard sounds very clearly.

That's why she was able to tell exactly how many times Kusano Akira had made mistakes that day.

Although it's unclear why Shiina Tatsuki reacted so strongly this time, even when Chihaya Aine made a bigger mistake before, she never reacted like this. This time, she even dragged Kusano Akira's people out. But this is something Nagasaki Motoyo is happy to see.

9. Nagasaki Motoyo even hoped that Shiina Tatsuki's reaction would be stronger. The more Shiina Tatsuki disliked Kusano Akira, or the less liking he had, the better Nagasaki Motoyo's current situation would become.

This would also be very beneficial to Nagasaki Motoyo's plan, making it easier to persuade Shiina Tatsuki to become her partner.

Nagasaki Motoyo is now very confident in inviting Shiina Tatsuki to her side. When she is alone with Shiina Tatsuki tonight, as long as she uses Takamatsu Akari as bait, she is not afraid that Shiina Tatsuki will not take the bait.

"I'll go out and see."

Just as Nagasaki Motoyo was having a mental battle, Chihaya Aine put down her guitar and prepared to walk outside, following Kusano Akira and Shiina Tatsuki.

Chihaya Aine felt that Shiina Tatsuki must have called Kusano Akira out for one thing: to severely torture him because of his mistake.

3. Given this, Chihaya Aine, one of Kusano Akira's few close friends, naturally couldn't let Kusano Akira bear this torture alone.

When Zero was being tortured before, Kusano Akira often helped her mediate, and now it's time for her to be able to help Kusano Akira.

Chihaya Aine wanted to go and stay by Kusano Akira's side, even though she felt that as the lowest of the band's technical skills, there would be no use in going there, and she might just be giving Shiina Tatsuki another victory.

But at least this way she could be tortured alongside Kusano Akira, which made Kusano Akira feel much better. You know, the feeling of being criticized alone is different from being criticized with your best friend.

And it's not just Chihaya Aine's boasting; at least she has more experience than Kusano Akira in dealing with pressure.

Seeing Chihaya Aine about to chase after her, Nagasaki Motoyo stopped thinking. A strange light flashed in her blue eyes. She quickly grabbed Chihaya Aine's hand and held her firmly, preventing her from heading towards the door.

Nagasaki Motoyo didn't need to guess why Chihaya Aine suddenly wanted to go out.

Kusano Akira used to always help her out when she was under pressure from Shiina Tatsuki, and it's clear that Chihaya Aine wants to repay that kindness now.

After figuring out that Kusano Akira was a scumbag, Nagasaki Motoyo has had nothing but bad luck. Not only is the current situation not optimistic, but even Wakaba Mutsumi, whom she thought was the strongest bulwark, has become untrustworthy. Now that something has finally happened that fits her plan, Nagasaki Motoyo will not give anyone the chance to interrupt it.

She was hoping that Kusano Akira and Shiina Tatsuki's conversation wouldn't be pleasant, preferably that they would start arguing, and if Shiina Tatsuki could dislike Kusano Akira, that would be even better.

　腫ZhaU：＿×肆8〖±陑(／4,≯∝=、旿“Hey, Su Shishi? Let go for a moment…”

Just as Chihaya Aine was about to walk out, she felt a pull on her wrist. It turned out that Nagasaki Motoyo was holding her wrist.

Chihaya Aine was frozen in place, her movement of going out was stopped.

She tried to break free a couple of times, but found that although Nagasaki Motoyo's hands were thin and white, and looked very delicate, they were actually like steel clamps, and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't shake them off.

She turned around, blinked her large, greyish-gem-like eyes, and looked at Nagasaki Motoyo with a puzzled expression.

Hearing the commotion made by Nagasaki Motoyo and Chihaya Aine, Takamatsu Akari raised her head and twitched her fingers.

She looked at Chihaya Aine, pursed her lips, and subtly moved towards the door.

Chihaya Aine didn't understand why Nagasaki Motoyo suddenly grabbed her and wouldn't let her leave.

"Aiyin, it's better to trust Lixi. Don't let Lixi's appearance fool you, she's actually a very nice person. They won't fight."

Nagasaki Motoyo smiled and grabbed Chihaya Aine.

She was extremely grateful that her strength had suddenly increased; otherwise, despite being a bit taller than Chihaya Aine, she, being a semi-homebody, might not have been able to hold back Chihaya Aine, who was clearly the type to go out and be active.

"It's not that I'm afraid of that..."

"Compared to this... Su Shishi, what is this...?"

Chihaya Aine frowned as she looked at Nagasaki Motoyo. She always felt that there were some bad thoughts hidden under Nagasaki Motoyo's smiling mask, but she didn't know Nagasaki Motoyo well enough to tell her what she was planning.

"Anyway, Aine, don't worry, it's okay."

Seven "..."