Girl Band, Gravity Capture

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Is the lamp... meant to continue the legacy of [CryCHIC]?

However, Xu Dou's attitude was very firm... He must want to end it all.

She didn't think Takamatsu had the ability to persuade Won Heo-doo to come back. Expecting a girl who could stutter when she was agitated to convince the person she had always relied on and trusted was far too difficult.

However, perhaps... we can soften his mind.

On a selfish note... she also had a sliver of hope that everything from the past could return to normal.

Forgetting is truly difficult, especially those beautiful memories that you want to hold onto tightly, but which have faded and darkened for some reason. Even if there's only a slight possibility, Shiina Tatsuki can hardly say that she has absolutely no thoughts about it.

But... she knew she couldn't succeed.

The lamp couldn't possibly work either.

If you want to say why...

...because they are "losers".

He was a pathetic fellow who left his mark on my memory but ultimately failed to hold onto it.

They have exhausted their opportunities, and their past is locked away—therefore, they are no longer qualified to be trusted.

Apart from Nagasaki Motoyo... I'm afraid the other three have all fallen into the abyss of "betrayal" in Toyokawa Shoko's mind, along with him.

First came betrayal, then denial, then evasion, and finally rebuke.

A flickering light shimmered in her deep purple eyes. Shiina Ritsuki took a deep breath, suppressing the regret welling up in her heart.

She casually glanced sideways at the pink-haired girl beside her, who was half a body's distance away and staring at Gen Xudou and Takamatsu Akari with concern.

'...This guy, although he's a bit annoying...'

She wondered why Xu Dou was so patient with her. This guy seemed like someone who liked to talk nonsense and show off, and was unreliable... She felt a pang of sadness.

But the fact that she could attract Xu Dou's attention and was in the same class as Deng made her seem more valuable than she thought.

The biggest advantage is that Chihaya Aine has no prior record.

This is an advantage they don't have, and can't possibly have.

The chance to start all over again... that's something so many people yearn for, pursue their whole lives, yet can never attain.

"……Hey."

After a moment's consideration, Shiina Tatsuki decided to seize the opportunity before him.

"Since you've invited Xu Dou and the Light Group Band... you must know they had a band before, right?" She looked at Chihaya Aine with suspicion.

If the answer is "no," it means she did think about it to some extent and didn't make a decision on a whim.

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The girl answered without hesitation, "Of course! I also know you're in the band, and you're the drummer!"

However, this raises a new question.

"Knowing we've been in a band... why did you still invite Tatsuki?" Shiina Tatsuki's eyes held a hint of hostility again.

—What's the difference between this and blatantly reopening someone's wounds?

"It's not like you can't form a band again just because you've formed one once, there's no such logic to that, right?" Chihaya Aine clenched her pink fist and retorted defiantly.

"...Hmph, you don't understand anything."

“But I know Kyorarin and Tomorin are both very sad!” A soft grinding of teeth came from her mouth, and the girl immediately retorted, “Besides, if you know everything, why don’t you do anything?”

"And another thing, I'm telling you—it's really rude of you to keep calling me 'you bastard, you bastard' like that!"

"Tsk."

"You're still smacking your lips!"

Ignoring her protests, Shiina Tatsuki rested her arms on the counter and looked in the direction of the other two.

"It's not me who refused you." She said impatiently, sounding somewhat irritated. "Why don't you use your brain instead of wasting time on this pointless thing?"

"—So, you really don't understand anything."

"……Eh?"

Shiina Tatsuki's words seemed to have a hidden meaning, and Chihaya Aine, who noticed that the hostility from Shiina had suddenly lessened, was taken aback.

She hesitated, then tentatively asked, "You...you don't object to me?"

Shiina Tatsuki looked at Chihaya Aine with the same gaze one would give an idiot.

“That’s ridiculous.” The girl replied succinctly, “Why would I target you?”

The person who was just arguing with me about inviting Xiaodeng and Xu Douqin to form a band is now saying they're not targeting me and acting all high and mighty?!

Deeply aware of the treacherous nature of the world, Chihaya Aine's face puffed up with anger.

—Unable to take it anymore, he kicked Shiina Tatsuki away!

But after looking at the comparison of the two's leg shapes, Chihaya Aine, who was a bit taller than her, felt that she had no chance of winning against the well-trained drummer's slender and powerful legs, so she silently swallowed her anger.

"What exactly are you trying to say?" she retorted irritably, resorting to verbal attacks. "One minute it's like this, the next it's like that... Can't you just talk properly?"

Shiina Tatsuki was speechless for a moment.

She couldn't very well say directly that she supported Chihaya Aine in persuading Genji to form a band; she simply couldn't save face—after all, she had just argued with her for a long time, almost to the point of being sarcastic, and the girl was aware of that.

Finally, Shiina Tatsuki snorted coldly, crossed his arms, and turned his head away.

"I don't care what you do, and I'm too lazy to care... Inviting Xu Dou and the Dengzu Band is your own business."

"I just don't like your self-righteous attitude."

"If this continues... you'll never be able to do it."

These were sarcastic words again, but this time Chihaya Aine didn't get angry immediately. Instead, she narrowed her eyes and carefully looked at Shiina Tatsuki, who had turned her face to the side.

She seemed to understand something. (Part 2) "厁笼;肆就弃3思".

—An awkward guy.

It's like being excluded, wanting to fit in but too embarrassed to speak up, so you can only make sarcastic remarks to show your presence—full of contradictions.

If Xu Dou had come in person, he probably would have seen through it from the beginning... She still had some prejudice against Shiina Riki, and it wasn't until the other party hinted so obviously that she vaguely realized what was going on.

“I would never invite someone with such a terrible attitude like you to join the band,” Chihaya Aine retorted, tossing her hair. “You can just sit back and watch Kyorarin and I shine on stage.”

“Unless,” she changed the subject, “you have to tell me what exactly happened before—”

"Huh? Why should I?" Shiina Tatsuki refused without hesitation. "Go ask Xu Dou about that yourself."

"……Eh?"

Why is this different from the scenario I envisioned?

Shouldn't it be a story where she gives Shiina Tatsuki a way out, and Shiina Tatsuki, who secretly wants to join the band, immediately agrees and provides her with a lot of information, helping her easily persuade Xu Dou...?

Chihaya Aine, whose hopes had been dashed, was truly bewildered. "Then, you should at least help me out, right?"

Seeing her expression of being completely confused, Shiina Tatsuki wanted to sigh.

'Why does this girl think I need her permission to join the band?'

Even if they succeed, if they want to return to the band, they can only ask Xu Dou for help; there's absolutely no need for them to curry favor with her.

But she did have the intention to help. Relying solely on Chihaya Aine to try things out like a headless fly would result in a dismally low success rate.

However, there was one thing that happened in the past—something Xu Dou himself didn't want to talk about, so she couldn't possibly reveal a single word to Chihaya Aine. It was something that only a girl who had no "past" with Xu Dou could touch upon herself through him.

It is both her strength and her weakness.

"...For the sake of Xu Dou and Deng, I can give you a hint, so that you won't say anything you shouldn't have like you did today."

She eventually relented and agreed to give Chihaya Aine some assistance.

Chapter 41 Cats, Guitars, and a Lifetime in a Band (Two-in-One)

Under a gloomy sky, the night sky is obscured by dark clouds.

The faint stars were obscured by the dark and gloomy shadows, and the already dim starlight in the city was now reduced to just a few wisps swaying in the sky.

Inside the dwindling number of customers at RiNG, the four silent individuals harbored their own thoughts.

In the end, just as Shiina Tatsuki had predicted, Genji Koto didn't mention the band. He simply calmed Takamatsu Akari's agitated emotions and made a promise to meet her again in the future.

That's a temporary solution, not a permanent one.

Once a lamp sets her mind on something, she'll throw herself into it headfirst, completely ignoring outside opinions and obstacles; unfortunately, Xu Dou's stubbornness is no less than hers.

When two sides clash, someone always has to back down temporarily.

This time it was a girl who hadn't yet made up her mind, but what about next time?

Shiina Riki tried her best not to think about that possibility, placing a small part of her hope on Chihaya Aine, hoping that she would at least soften Genji's mind.

She herself... perhaps has to do something too.

'But...I'll go and persuade Xu Dou...'

A hint of confusion appeared in her once hard and clear purplish eyes. Shiina Ritsuki pressed her fingertips against the counter, the blood draining from her fingertips as she pressed them down, making them appear quite pale.

The familiar self-denial begins to climb out from the shadows of the heart.

'Can someone like me really do it...?'

"Zheng——"

The buzzing of the guitar strings pierced his eardrums, and Shiina Ritsuki looked up in surprise, only to find that the once empty bar area had suddenly been occupied by a mysterious figure.

"Ah, isn't that the white-haired girl who was with Xu Douqin before..." Chihaya Aine, who was standing next to her, also noticed her movements and exclaimed softly.

“…Stray cat?” Shiina Tatsuki recognized the other person and murmured in confusion, “Still in RiNG at this time…?”

Ignoring the various gazes cast from all around, Yoro Nai, who suddenly appeared out of nowhere, simply dragged her large suitcase to her seat and plugged in the effects pedal for her electric guitar.

"Hey, stray cat, don't cause trouble here at a time like this..." Shiina Tatsuki looked around and found that the other employees were either downstairs watching the store or resting in the back. It seemed that she was the only waitress left in the lobby, so she had no choice but to go up to the girl and shoo her away, "Shouldn't you be home by now?"

Before Rakuna could respond, Chihaya Aine noticed her words in the group chat: "Eh—? 'Wildcat'? What kind of name is that?"

"I never expected that you would like to give people strange nicknames."

Shiina Ritsuki clicked his tongue softly, not wanting to pay attention to her.

Chihaya Aine didn't press the matter further, lest the two of them start arguing and cause her further unhappiness. She simply placed her left hand on her right elbow and let out a few amused "humphs."

Despite the delay, Kaname Rakuna, who had completely ignored Shiina Tatsuki's attempts to stop her, had already adjusted her guitar and her fingertips slid down without hesitation—

"Om~"

The crisp glissando amplified by the effects pedal.

There was no set melody, no standard movement; the piano music was entirely composed of improvisation, yet the lively notes were so captivating.

Her fingers danced across the worn, chipped guitar, and her usually enigmatic face now wore an expression that could only be described as one of pure enjoyment.

"Amazing……"

Chihaya Aine, standing to the side, murmured involuntarily.