Lonely Rock for the Blind

Under the hood, the corners of Nekayashiki Haru's mouth were slightly twisted.

Tonight... you can take care of your own dinner...

Because he was ignorant and smashed the keyboard every day at that time, the audience began to look forward to this kind of thing, so that now Nekoyashiki Haru, who wanted to retire, can't wash himself away.

click!

The keyboard straps were undone.

"Xiaoqing! Go!!"

Eliza beside him whispered.

On the other side, Shima Iwashita also cast an expectant look.

"... "

Grab the "axe handle" [Poison Cat] and lift the keyboard.

next moment!

call! ! ! !

The battle axe cut through the air, and at the same time, the other hand of [Poison Cat] was playing on the keyboard, and tense music was played while swinging.

boom! ! ! ! ! ! !

Then, with the loud bang of the keyboard slamming onto the stage, the music came to an end.

"oh!!!!!!!!!!!!"

The next moment, the whole audience cheered.

Chapter 49 The Fifth Invitation

"Ah... Today's performance was such a success. Thank you for your hard work."

In the lounge covered with stickers, Hiroi Kikuri wiped the sweat from her forehead with a towel.

"This performance would have been more successful if you hadn't caused those accidents."

Iwashita Shima said expressionlessly.

"But you still chose to kick the speaker. Congratulations, that speaker is broken, and you won't get your performance fee today."

"Ugh?"

Hiroi Kikuri opened her eyes wide.

"Wait! It's not that expensive! There shouldn't be some left, right?"

“That’s exactly what happened.”

Iwashita Shima nodded, then looked at Nekoyashiki Haru, who was still wearing the [Poison Cat] electronic headset.

"But Qing is a mercenary hired by SICKHACK. Taking into account the cost of hiring him, your money is just enough to compensate for the speaker."

"That's not right! Shouldn't Folt be responsible for Xiaoqing's employment expenses? Wasn't it like this before?"

"It's a shame it wasn't this time."

Iwashita Shima shook his head.

“…Qing…Hehe…”

Hiroi Kikuri was silent for a while, then looked at Nekayashiki Haru with a wry smile.

"You have something to say."

There was a hint of coldness in Nekayashiki's voice.

"Can I pay the hiring fee first?"

"No, because you never pay back the money, your credit score with me is negative."

"Quack! No!"

Hiroi Kikuri pounced on Nekayashiki Haru and hugged his waist.

"If I don't get paid for my performances, my life will be over!"

"It's not my business?"

"Why do you speak so coldly?"

"Just now, someone on stage started to jeer at me to smash the keyboard, but I wasn't planning on doing that."

Nekoyashiki Haru gently tapped Hiroi Kikuri with his cat mask.

"... "

Iwashita Shima looked away.

She had to admit that she was actually looking forward to Nekayashiki Haru smashing the keyboard.

"You deserve it, Kikuri~"

Eliza said with a smile.

"Don't do this! Qing! Please! You used to call me Sister Juli?! Do you remember?!"

"Heh... just a false memory."

Nekoyashiki Haru turned his head.

"But you said you would support me yesterday!"

"Can not remember."

"No!!!"

Hiroi Kikuri wailed.

"It feels like a regular thing... Kikuri runs out of money due to various accidents, and then asks Koharu for help."

Eliza said with a sigh.

"But I agree with one thing Kikuri said. Don't ask for a hiring fee, Xiaoqing. Just join us [SICKHACK]."

Eliza moved closer to Nekoyashiki Haru and took off his hood.

"We can make SICKHACK bigger and stronger together, and then compose music for anime!"

"I reject."

"Oh! This is the fifth time I've been rejected."

Eliza also hugged Nekoyashiki Haru's body.

"Why? Why? Why?! You always agreed to my requests so gently before! You even called me sister in England, and reminisced about British food with me in Japan!"

“…using Japanese salted fish to make a stargazing scene?”

"Aren't there French fries made from Japanese potatoes?!"

"That kind of thing is available all over the world, and it's really sad that Britain has made it a signature delicacy."

"I admit that there's nothing delicious in my hometown! But I'm different! I'll never let you feel the same. Join [SICKHACK]! I'll make all kinds of fried fish for you!"

"...There are more reasons not to join... and you smell so sweaty..."

Nekoyashiki Haru said, covering his nose.

"?!"

Eliza's head shot up, then she quickly backed away to safety.

"Sorry... I... I shouldn't have gotten so close..."

"Ah... Europeans have well-developed sweat glands, so their sweat smells really bad. When that's mentioned, I feel really bad about it."

Iwashita Shima sighed.

"Really? No one dislikes you."

"Xiaoqing smelled it!"

Eliza retorted.

"I don't dislike you..."

Nekayashiki Haru felt a little guilty for suddenly putting Eliza into a state of inferiority, so he explained aloud.

"I don't believe it, prove it to me."

Eliza said, shaking her head.

"…Well…"

Nekoyashiki Haru tilted his head in embarrassment.

"Ahem, come here and hug me!"

Eliza reminded.

"... "

Nekoyashiki Haru turned his head and tried to pretend he didn't hear.

"Wow... I'm being disliked..."

Eliza's voice was filled with tears.

"I know!"

Nekoyashiki Haru said in despair, then moved towards Eliza and slowly stretched out his hand.

However, before she could hug him, a warm and slightly wet body hugged Nekoyashiki Haru first.

To be honest, Eliza is the largest woman that Nekayashiki Haru knows.

Not only the body shape but also the height, so it is a bit heavy.

So the cat, Haru Yashiki, was caught off guard and fell onto the sofa.

"Hey, I believe you don't hate me."

"... "

Nekoyashiki Haru tilted his head and couldn't help but wrinkle his nose.

"Ah! Are you complaining again?!"

"I don't…"

"I don't believe it! Unless you hold me tight."

"Tsk..."

Nekoyashiki Haru sighed and held Eliza a little harder.

Then Eliza lowered her head and sniffed Nekoyashiki's shoulders carefully.

"Hey, Xiaoqing smells really good. Shower gel? Citrus scent? Did you change your shower gel recently? Asians are so nice. Even after sweating, you can still smell the shower gel."

"Don't smell it!"

Nekoyashiki Haru said in panic and began to try to push Eliza away.

However, despite being a man, he was unexpectedly suppressed and had no power to resist...

Maybe it's not an accident?

Hiroi Kikuri stared at the scene in a daze.

"... "

I feel like the effect of the alcohol has worn off...

Hiroi Kikuri sat a little straighter on the sofa.

"... "

Iwashita Shima looked at Hiroi Kikuri and then at Eliza who was holding the cat Yashiki Haru like crazy, sighed and said nothing.

"Alright, alright! Stop!"