People in Zongman are masters of copying romance novels

But who would have thought that regarding the start time of training, after discussing it in the chat group the night before summer vacation, the girls' decision was surprisingly unanimous.

【Let’s start training on the first day of summer vacation! 】

So, around two o'clock in the afternoon on the first day of summer vacation, Aokisuke rushed to the livehouse [STARRY] in Shimokitazawa.

The agreed time was two o'clock, but several girls arrived earlier than Aokisuke.

However, they did not start training in advance. Instead, they gathered around a round table, discussing something.

It was rare for the store manager Xingge to be in the store during this time, which was a bit novel.

After Aoki Susuke entered the store, Kita Ikuyo, who was facing the door, noticed him at the first moment.

He raised his hand and waved, and greeted her.

"Ah—Aoki-senpai is here, good afternoon! We were just discussing you."

Discuss yourself?

Aokisuke looked slightly puzzled and replied, "Good afternoon, Kita-san." He then briefly greeted the store manager and the other girls, then wondered aloud,

"Discuss me? What is there for me to discuss?"

"Yes, yes! Everyone was just talking about your grades. Senior Aoki, I never knew that you were the top student in the grade at Shuhua High School?!"

Hong Xia, who had just joined the discussion, spoke up.

"We're talking about this." Aokisuke dragged a stool from the side, sat down in front of the round table and said "Oh".

Kita and Pochi-chan are in the same school as me. If you get first place at the end of the semester, it will be announced to the whole school. It doesn't seem strange that I am being discussed now.

But...if they don't discuss me in front of me, then it's fine. But if they talk about me in front of me...it seems a bit awkward——

After Hongxia explained and Aokisuke nodded, Kita continued to talk, but changed the subject.

"Speaking of which—Aoki-senpai, that senior who previously ranked first, it seems like she didn't take the final exam this time?"

"Yukinoshita Yukino?" Aokisuke was a little surprised that Kita Ikuyo actually knew Yukinoshita. He was puzzled and then explained briefly.

"She didn't take the final exam because of something at home."

"Well... I remember that senior and you, Aoki-senpai, were in the same club. It had a strange name, and there were only three people in it, including the seniors... Oh—it was called the Servant Club."

Hongxia, who had been listening nearby, froze her expression slightly when she heard Kita mention "that senior sister", and her gaze decisively turned to Aokisuke.

Aokiji looked suspicious, "Kita-san, how do you know so much?"

"I've been to the Servant Club with Pochi-chan before, but you, Aoki-senpai, weren't there at the time, so we had a brief chat with that senior and then left." Kita explained, looking at Goto Ichiri again.

"Ah... well, I went there with Kitaichi..."

Aoki looked at Kita, then decisively turned his gaze to Pochi-chan. Then, his mind slightly emerged the image of Pochi-chan being frozen by the ice sculpture of Yukinoshita Yukino, unable to speak...

I didn't really care what these two were doing in the Service Club—

It is very likely that Kita was curious about the club she was in, so she decided to take Pochi-chan on an adventure.

There is a small possibility that these two people needed help, so they turned to the "Service Department" which specializes in teaching people how to fish.

There is a probability of both, but anyway, Aokisuke nodded slightly after hearing the answer.

Without further investigation, he decided to stop the topic revolving around himself.

"Well, now that we've concluded our discussion of the Service Club, let's change the subject and discuss the music of 'Fireworks'?"

Kita Ikuyo, who brought up the topic, nodded.

But on the other side, Hong Xia looked like she wanted to say something.

Subconsciously looking at the bar, I saw that my sister was tapping the keyboard absentmindedly, probably busy with some work.

At his side, Liang Zheng rested his chin on his hand, staring blankly to the side.

Pochi-chan in front of me lowered her head slightly...

There was no expression of doubt on anyone's face. Hong Xia blinked and finally shifted her gaze back to Aoki Jie.

He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but his expression showed a hint of hesitation.

So, while she was hesitant, Kita Ikuyo spoke first.

"Are we going to practice ensemble or something? But Aoki-senpai, it seems like [STARRY] doesn't have a piano?"

"There's an electric piano in the warehouse, and it's still usable." The manager of Xingge, who had been working silently behind the bar, suddenly spoke up.

A little startled by the sudden voice of the store manager, Kita nodded after reacting.

"Oh! Thank you, manager!"

But on the other side.

She was already somewhat hesitant in her heart, and now, after several people started discussing music, Hong Xia's original intention to ask was directly extinguished.

"I, I'll go get the drumsticks." She stood up from the stool, her voice paused for a moment, and then she spoke.

However, just as she stood up, Hong Xia's movements were suddenly interrupted by another voice.

Outside the livehouse, a young girl pushed the door open with a little force.

Looking around the store, before Ijichi Hoshige could say 'it's not open yet', the girl noticed Aoki Suke who was in the store.

Then, the girl spoke,

"The former owner of the Seven Deadly Sins, the ruler of the Horizon of the End, the dictator who wandered the other world... the one who was, the one who was sealed! I found you!"

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ps: Let’s see if we can get another one tonight, please wait.

Chapter 80 The thoughtful store manager and the taciturn Hong Xia

Hearing the girl's voice, Aokisuke turned his gaze towards the livehouse door with a little confusion.

He was stunned for a moment, then, after seeing the face of the girl at the door of the store, he immediately reacted and a look of surprise appeared on his face.

Rikka Takanashi?

Putting aside the fact that she could actually memorize the middle school second-year setting that she had just casually mentioned...why did she suddenly appear in this place?

With a puzzled look on his face, Aoki wanted to ask, but unfortunately, Takanashi Rikka did not give him the time to ask.

"The Sealed One! It's no wonder I've been searching for information for so long... You're right here!"

The girl with an eye patch on her right eye and an umbrella in her hand spoke, then paused after she finished speaking. When she turned her gaze to Yamada Ryo and Kita Ikuyo beside her, she continued in surprise.

"Ah! The demon bassist and the demon guitarist are here too! Is this a secret base?"

Yamada Ryo, who had just been standing there in a daze with his chin supported, suddenly became interested after hearing these words.

He looked at Rikka Takanashi for a moment, then decisively turned his attention to Ikuyo Kita beside him.

And Kita Ikuyo beside him...

The moment she heard Rikka Takanashi call her the "devil guitarist", Kita Ikuyo's body stiffened slightly for a moment, then she lowered her head and looked away without hesitation, simply putting on an attitude of indifference.

Ignoring the reactions of the two girls in the band for the time being, Aokisuke twitched his lips slightly as he listened to Rikka Takanashi's second-year speech.

Considering that there were quite a lot of people around him right now, he felt too embarrassed to respond with his usual chuunibyou comments...

So after hesitating for a moment, Aoki chose to raise his curiosity normally.

"You've been tracking down the information and found me... Kotori-san, how did you find this place?"

Rikka Takanashi was slightly confused by what Aoki Suke said.

But she didn't pay much attention to it. She blinked a little and continued to respond in her own way.

"I previously tried to contact the Sealed Person with no response using a communication tool, so I chose not to continue trying. After some consideration, I began to proactively search for information about you, the Sealed Person... Finally, I discovered the Sealed Person in a concert video from the real world, and then followed the clues... In short, relying on the Evil King's True Eyes' superb insight, I locked onto this secret base!"

Aoki Suke was silent for a moment.

The meaning of this sentence is roughly: [Rikka Takanashi contacted me through Line, but I didn't reply. In this situation, by chance, she saw a comment mentioning [STARRY] in a video about the end of the band or Suki-san, so she used a map or something to find this place...]

By the way, did Rikka Takanashi ever send me a message? If so, why didn't I reply at the time?

Aokijie recalled briefly.

Half a second later, a vague memory suddenly flashed through his mind -

Around the time when the ensemble training was busy, Rikka Takanashi did send me a message.

However, she only sent an emoji at the time. After seeing the message, I was very busy with training that day, so I probably thought, "I'll get back to it later," and forgot about it...

This seems to be my own problem.

Once again, there was a moment of silence.

Before Aoki Jie could continue speaking, a rare silence lasting thirty seconds fell in the livehouse that was suddenly broken into by the Evil King's True Eye.

Until on the other side, the store manager Xingge gave Aoki Jie a look that said, "What's wrong with this kid?"

Aokisuke probably understood the meaning of this gaze.

After a moment of hesitation, he broke the silence and did not choose to continue the previous topic. He introduced himself.

"This person is probably... a friend of mine."

Having only met once, Aokisuke wasn't sure whether he and Rikka Takanashi could be considered friends, but there shouldn't be any big problems with introducing them this way.

Keep speaking.

"We met in Shibuya a while ago. Ryo-san and Kita were there, but... I was a little surprised that you, Kotori-san, could actually find this place..."

After a brief explanation, Takanashi Rikka at the door opened her mouth to add to Aoki's story.

"The Sealed One helped me retrieve my Black Zekes Original Type II from the jaws of the Hellhounds, and together with the Devil Bassist and the Devil Guitarist, he helped me escape the Mist of the Real World!"

"Oh--"

Although she didn't quite understand what he was saying, Ijichi Hoshika, who was sitting behind the bar, nodded as if she understood.

Then the store manager fell silent for a moment.

A moment later, she looked at her sister with a thoughtful look.

Hong Xia, who is always good at livening up the atmosphere, was unusually silent...

However, at this time, Aoki Jie obviously did not notice the situation here.

After Takanashi Rikka finished her supplement, Aokisuke thought for a moment, then continued to speak, apologized to Takanashi Rikka, and then asked,

"I didn't reply to your message before because I was too busy. Sorry... But speaking of which, Xie Wangzhen... Ahem, Takanashi Rikka-san, is there something that brought you here specifically to see me?"

"..."

A moment of silence and thought.

Rikka Takanashi really has no purpose in coming here.

In fact, she just had some free time after the summer vacation, and happened to notice the comments under the video of Suki-san's previous performance yesterday. Thinking of trying her luck, she took a bus to the livehouse [STARRY].

So the question now is...

"Nothing, I just came to find the sealed person!" Rikka Takanashi chose to answer truthfully.

But this answer...really made Aokisuke feel a little embarrassed.

If I remember correctly, the apartment where Rikka Takanashi lives is quite far from [STARRY].

So now that Rikka Takanashi had taken the train to find him, it was obviously impossible for him to send her back...

But I still have to do ensemble training and practice "Light the Fireworks" later, and I really don't have the time at the moment.

After a slight hesitation, Aokisuke looked at Rikka Takanashi.

After responding, Aoki Jie was silent, and the girl seemed a little embarrassed standing at the door of the store.

I looked away and thought silently for a few seconds, but I really couldn't think of any perfect solution.

So, he looked at the store manager Xingge and made a suggestion that seemed appropriate at the moment.

"Manager, can we let this student, Kotori Yu, stay in the store for a while?"

He spoke to Ijichi Hoshige, then paused for a moment, perhaps because he was afraid that the store manager would refuse and that Takanashi Rikka might not have enough money to go out, so Aoki added,

"I'll pay for her ticket and let her stay here for a while."