People are in animation, but they can connect to reality

Nagasaki Suyo could only let Lena hold her hand and follow behind.

After Nagasaki Moyo, Chihaya Aine, and Takamatsu Tomo's live performance ended, it was already around 8 o'clock, and the streets outside had long since deserted. Toyokawa Shoko parked next to a nearby park. The streets were deserted at night, with almost no pedestrians. She stopped and quietly watched Takamatsu Tomo and Shiina Tatsuki approaching.

When Wakaba Mu came to her senses, she found that Toyokawa Shoko was no longer around. She looked around but couldn't find Toyokawa Shoko. Toyokawa Shoko said that she wanted to destroy crychic.

Whenever she thought of Xiaoxiang's words, Ruoye Mu's face would be filled with pain. It was she who told Xiaoxiang the news of Su Shi's re-establishment of the band, which triggered a series of subsequent problems. Although she had done nothing wrong and did not bear any ill will towards Su Shi and the others, Ruoye Mu cherished Nagasaki Su Shi very much. She valued Nagasaki Su Shi and recognized Nagasaki Su Shi as a friend.

However, she was caught between Xiaoxiang and Sushi, unable to decide for herself. Although Nagasaki Sushi was important, her weight was not as great as Xiaoxiang. Xiaoxiang was her childhood friend, a close friend who had grown up with her and who knew her best.

After noticing Toyokawa Shoko's disappearance, Wakaba Mutsu left the live venue and entered the lobby of the RiNG Livehouse. She stood there, looking out. From the entrance to the RiNG Livehouse, Wakaba Mutsu saw Nagasaki Motoyo leave.

She stared blankly at Nagasaki Suyo's back, feeling uneasy. So, Wakaba Mu walked out of the LiveHouse "RiNG" and followed behind Nagasaki Suyo.

"Isn't Sushi here yet?" Toyokawa Shoko looked at Takamatsu Deng coldly. She stood there with the same proud expression as before.

Toyokawa Shoko is a very proud girl, and Takamatsu Deng has long noticed this. So when she met Shoko in high school, she couldn't go up to him and ask him about her because he ignored her.

"Xiangzi, we want to bring crychic back to life." Gao Songdeng nervously said the words that hurt Xiangzi's heart. Gao Songdeng held his hands nervously in front of his chest and said carefully,

"We want to stand on the stage and have everyone shout crychic's name. We want to start over and reconnect with the past. Let's sing happily together."

"Even if I'm not here?" Toyokawa Shoko sneered, "Have you forgotten, Takamatsu Deng? I founded Crychic, and I'm the owner of Crychic. You're just a bunch of fakes, a bunch of thieves who stole other people's things."

Hearing Toyokawa Shoko's words, Gao Songdeng shuddered. She looked at Toyokawa Shoko in disbelief, unable to imagine that such cruel words would come out of Toyokawa Shoko's mouth.

Toyokawa Shoko responded with an extremely cold look, and Takamatsu Deng was so scared that she wanted to hide. Her body involuntarily took a few steps back.

"Don't go too far, Toyokawa Shoko." Shiina Riki stood in front of Takamatsu Deng and looked directly at Toyokawa Shoko. Toyokawa Shoko looked back without giving in.

"I'm just being honest. They say they miss those happy times, but in the end, it's just that they can't admit their fears, the fear of being abandoned, so they huddle together for warmth and play house together."

"And you, Shiina Riki. You don't care about the band at all, yet you can act so convincingly in a band. Takamatsu Tou is the only one in your eyes, right? The band is something dispensable to you. No, it's something indispensable to keep Takamatsu Tou by your side."

Toyokawa Shoko's words forced Shiina Riki to retreat again and again. Her inner thoughts were clearly seen by Toyokawa Shoko.

"What do you want to say?" Even so, Shiina Riki had to stand here and could not escape. If she did not stand in front of Takamatsu Deng, who would protect Deng?

"Finishing unfinished business. It was my fault in the first place."

Behind him, Chihaya Aine caught up.

Chapter 167 Declaration of War

"My mistake was not completely erasing the crychic name. Now, I will personally correct my mistake."

"What are you talking about?" Shiina Riki was shocked. She had imagined many possibilities in her mind, but she had never thought of such a development.

She looked at Shoko Toyokawa, her face flashing with confusion and anger.

"Crychic no longer belongs to you, Xiangzi. Now, Crychic belongs to everyone and has nothing to do with you." Shiina Riki gritted his teeth and glared at Toyokawa Xiangzi.

Although she said this, her body was trembling slightly. No matter how much she denied it, she could not deny the relationship between crychic and Toyokawa Shoko.

Because he knew this, Shiina Riki was not so confident.

She confronted Shoko Toyokawa. Now Crychic was the home of the lamp, and she would never give up.

"Toyokawa-san, Crychic belongs to everyone, so it won't disappear." Chihaya Aine arrived at the scene and overheard part of the conversation between Toyokawa Shoko and Shiina Tatsuki. She heard Toyokawa Shoko say that the name Crychic should be completely erased.

Hearing this, Chihaya Aine immediately refuted Toyokawa Shoko.

"Chihaya-san." Toyokawa Shoko glanced at Chihaya Aine.

"As an outsider, you don't seem to be qualified to say that."

Chihaya Aine was stunned and lowered her head. Toyokawa Shoko was right. This was a dispute between Toyokawa Shoko and her former crychic teammates. She was an outsider.

Toyokawa Shoko and Shiina Tatsuki were at a stalemate, and Takamatsu Deng was afraid and hid, not daring to confront Toyokawa Shoko. At present, neither side had any intention of giving in, but Chihaya Aine knew that things could not end like this.

She was waiting for Nagasaki Suyo to arrive. Now the captain of crychic was Nagasaki Suyo, and the name crychic was also proposed and insisted by Nagasaki Suyo. For this, Nagasaki Suyo did not hesitate to kneel down to her.

Since Nagasaki Motoyo cherishes the name crychic so much, Chihaya Aine firmly believes that she will definitely protect crychic to the end.

Kaname Rakuna was walking behind her, holding Nagasaki Suyo's hand. Nagasaki Suyo was completely passive. She let Kaname Rakuna drag her until she stood in front of Toyokawa Shoko. Seeing Toyokawa Shoko's face, Nagasaki Suyo finally came to her senses from the confusion.

"Xiao Xiang," she called out Toyokawa Shoko's name softly and weakly. She tried to awaken her friend's past emotions. But Toyokawa Shoko looked at her coldly, without any joy in his eyes.

Behind Nagasaki Suyo, a girl with long green hair also followed. Toyokawa Shoko glanced at the girl, and the girl stood beside her obediently.

Wakaba Mutsu, Toyokawa Shoko's best friend, even if he disagrees with her actions, he will unconditionally tolerate her. At this moment, Toyokawa Shoko, Wakaba Mutsu, Nagasaki Suyo, Shiina Tatsuki, Takamatsu Tomo, and crychic's five teammates reunited.

It has been a long time since the last time all the members of crychic were together. I remember it was a rainy afternoon at the LiveHouse "RiNG". Wakaba Mutsu, Nagasaki Motoyo, Shiina Tatsuki, and Takamatsu Tomo were waiting for Toyokawa Shoko in the music practice room. They were looking forward to practicing together and the next live performance.

When the door to the practice room opened, Toyokawa Shoko walked in with an expressionless face. Everyone was happy to see Shoko. But Shoko said, "I'm quitting crychic," with a look of farewell that couldn't be undone.

Everyone was anxious and looked at each other cautiously. They had a lot to say but couldn't speak.

"Now that everyone is here, let's cut to the chase. I don't have that much time to waste on this kind of thing." Toyokawa Shoko spoke first, "I want to destroy crychic."

"What?" Shiina Riki cried out in surprise, her face full of disbelief.

Nagasaki Suyo lowered her head, as if she knew about this in advance.

Gao Songdeng clenched his hands tightly, his eyes were dim, and even Wakaba Mu's face beside him flashed a trace of fear.

"Dead things shouldn't come back to life. Living in false memories is bad for everyone. You should agree with what I've said. Now that you've moved on, you shouldn't dwell on the past. The name crychic means nothing to you."

Toyokawa Shoko's condescending attitude made Shiina Tachibana very angry, but,

Unable to refute! Unable to speak! Whether it was Nagasaki Suyo or Shiina Riki, they were helpless at this moment and could only let Toyokawa Shoko out.

Why is this happening? Shiina Riki clenched his fists tightly. They were being humiliated, yet unable to fight back. Their expressions were horribly grim, their lips bitten until pale.

"Who said it's meaningless? I'm a member of crychic. Crychic is my band. Back then, Su Shi had that pitiful expression on her face. She was crying and begging me. Now, I can't just stand by and watch." Chihaya Aine suddenly stood up and said loudly.

Faced with Chihaya Aine's sudden disruption, Toyokawa Shoko sighed.

"No matter how much I say, you won't be able to understand. So let's solve the problem using the band's method."

"The band's approach?"

"Debut at a martial arts hall. You can accept this method, right? The loser will agree to one condition of the other."

"Then tell me the truth. I don't want to hide anymore." Gao Songdeng gritted his teeth and finally spoke. Toyokawa Shoko looked at Gao Songdeng, the most timid child, who had now become so brave. Looking at Gao Songdeng's face, she felt dazed and seemed to remember the scene when she first saved Gao Songdeng.

The light then was completely different from what it is now. I'm glad she's brave enough.

Toyokawa Shoko was silent. Her expression changed back and forth, and she seemed to be in some pain. After a while, Toyokawa Shoko gritted her teeth and said,

"Okay, I promise you. If you lose, you will completely abandon crychic. If I lose, I will tell you the truth you expect."

If a person does not completely bury the past, he cannot start a new life. Otherwise, he will only have painful memories in his eyes.

So, destroy it, forget it... Let us all start a new life and free ourselves from the nightmares of the past.

This is the best thing I can do for everyone.

Even if this is just my selfish fantasy.

Without moving on from the past, one cannot grow.

Chapter 168 Oops

"MMK-san, do you want to take a break?"

Asagi sat in the passenger seat, looking at MMK with some concern. The drive from Suwa to Tokyo was several hours long, and MMK had been driving alone the entire way. Moreover, they hadn't rested all day, practicing non-stop, and even had a live performance in the evening.

You know, live performances are very physically demanding, and they have to keep moving on the stage.

After the live show, they didn't plan to stay overnight in Suwa, but instead rushed back to Tokyo. Seeing MMK's exhausted face, Asagi felt a little worried.

What should I do if my car overturns?

"I can drive for you." Rupa in the back seat raised his hand and volunteered.

"I can do it." MMK refused Rupa's kindness. She was obsessed with driving. To ensure MMK's safe driving, Asagi could only check on her from time to time to make sure she was not dozing off.

Through the rearview mirror, Asagi saw that Nina was holding something special, a guitar. He felt that the guitar looked familiar, and that it should be the guitar given to her by Mion-senpai.

Asagi was a little surprised about this, because it was clearly him, not Nina, who was talking to Minon. In the end, Minon still gave Nina a guitar.

Maybe the American-speaking seniors have really a lot of guitars.

"Hehehe, the number of fans has increased a lot this time."

In one hand, Nina held her guitar, the other her phone, which displayed the band's homepage. Because of this live performance, the band had instantly gained hundreds of fans, and Nina stared at her phone, her eyes twinkling with joy.

"More appearances mean more exposure, and more exposure means more fans," Asagi replied.

"Finally, I can rest." 486 said excitedly.

"No, there's a competition coming up soon. Have you forgotten? There's a pre-event for some company's summer music festival, and we've already received an invitation." Asagi immediately poured a bucket of cold water on 486.

486 showed a surprised expression and a little depressed, she seemed to want to take a break.

On the side, Satoshi Ebizka sat there with a painful expression, she was a little carsick.

Asagi was powerless to help. On the way, MMK stopped at a service area and had a quick meal to replenish their energy. Ebizka Satoshi took a short break and felt much better.

Bored, Asagi opened his phone and surfed the internet. His first thought was to see if Nagasaki Motoyo was angry. Nagasaki had told him about her upcoming live show, and although she'd expressed it very subtly, Asagi could tell she wanted him to go and show her support. Otherwise, there would have been no need for her to tell him.

But Asagi was busy with other things, so he ignored it.

"Lucky!" Asagi secretly rejoiced as he looked at Nagasaki Suyo's silent profile picture. Fortunately, Nagasaki Suyo had forgotten about it and didn't get angry. Otherwise, if Nagasaki Suyo had complained, he would have really felt a bit troubled.

Asagi was bored and scrolling through his phone, checking out his friends' updates. Suddenly, Asagi's expression froze, and he even looked a little unhappy.

According to the message shared by Hina on the phone, it seems that she will also participate in the company's summer event, which means that Diamond Star will also participate in the event.

Does this mean that MMK will be competing against Diamond Star on stage?

Suddenly, the problem became serious. Asagi turned his head with difficulty to look at MMK beside him, hesitating whether to tell her or not. Could he pretend that he didn't know?

As Asagi was hesitating and thinking. 486 sat down and asked him curiously. Asagi came to his senses and jumped back. He quickly turned off the screen of his phone, and the phone went dark instantly, which made him look even more suspicious.

486 looked at him suspiciously, then looked at his phone and complained,

"Asaki, are you taking secret photos again?"

Isn't this an injustice to a good person? Asagi quickly denied it.

"No, no, I was just thinking about something."

Yes, he was thinking about MMK and Diamond Star. If it were the original world line, then Renna would have a big battle with MMK here tonight.

In the end, the two sides were deadlocked. In order to help Rencai face reality, understand the cruelty of reality and understand herself, MMK decided to take Rencai to Diamond Star's live performance after returning home.

Then, MMK hopes to use Diamond Star's live performance to make Jinna realize the huge gap between their Thorns and Diamond Star, so that Jinna can accept her decision to leave.

However, things went against their wishes. Jinna was a stubborn child who insisted on her own opinion, and MMK was unable to persuade her to accept her decision to leave the team. The two sides started arguing in the hallway, and then continued to the basement parking garage.

Just when the two of them were in a stalemate, the people from Diamond Star also came to the underground garage. MMK was caught red-handed by his former teammates when he secretly ran to see Diamond Star.

MMK was incredibly embarrassed at that moment. If her former Diamond Star teammates had seen her, she would have wanted to crawl into a hole in the ground and never come out again. She truly couldn't face her former teammates. The guilt and self-blame she felt made her afraid, scared, and terrified.

If Rin, Ai and Nana were looking at her in person, how could she apologize to ease the guilt in her heart?

Finally, Renna used [Life] to stop MMK who was running away. She blocked the car in front of MMK, forcing him to stop. In this way, MMK was caught by his former teammate.

She knew that Rin, Ai, and Nana would not blame her, so she was even more afraid to face them. This would make her feel extremely ashamed.

"Huh? You're lying." 486 had an expression of disbelief, but she couldn't produce any evidence, so the [interrogation] of Asagi had to end there.

"No." Asagi knows.

He planned to keep this matter secret for the time being. Without Nina's help, MMK was unable to express his determination to his former teammates, which led to the hurdle in MMK's heart that needed help to be overcome.

It seems that we should find some time to give MMK a heads-up in advance, so that when MMK sees his former teammates appear at the scene, he won’t abandon Rencai, 486 and the others and run away.

By then, it will be as ugly as it can be.

"Really?" 486 didn't believe it at all.