Chapter 614

"Since you've come here, just go in and don't wait at the door. Besides, you're dressed a little too weird, so there's no need to do this."

Gao Hai, who was complaining like this, took Yili's little hand and led the still confused girl towards the stars.

As a small privately owned vehouse, Fanxing is located in the basement of Hongxia's home in Ijichi, and can be reached directly through a staircase extending underground from one side of the street. It can be said that even though the store is small, it has all the necessary features, including a performance stage with various equipment, a bar equipped with various drinks, seats for the audience to sit, and even a recording studio for band practice.

Starry Entrance

Inside the stars

At this moment, it was past seven o'clock in the afternoon, and many customers had already gathered in the store. As soon as Gao Hai led Yili down the stairs and entered the store, he immediately saw a petite girl with long blond hair, red eyes, and a long side ponytail standing at the bar.

There is no doubt that that is Hijika Itichi, the legendary Archangel Shimokitazawa, a well-known character among the petite mom group who injects the charm of a cute two-dimensional girl into the place that was originally occupied by the stinking power of the beast ancestors.

Today's Hongxia is obviously also helping her sister Ichi Hingge run the store. At this moment, she is smiling at every customer who buys a drink, collecting and changing money very skillfully.

And soon, Gao Hai found another girl next to Hong Xia who was full of energy. She was about 1.6 meters tall and had a tear mole at the corner of her left eye. Her face was expressionless and she didn't say a word. A girl with blue hair and yellow eyes is serving drinks to the guests. Well, obviously that's Ryo Yamada.

If Ikuyo Kita was here, then the end of the band would mean that all the members were gathered together.

Gao Hai couldn't help but think so in his heart.

However, due to the previous copy of [School Rumors], the band has ended in a real sense. Even Hongxia and Ryo have lost their memories of Kita. The reason why Ichiri quit the band is because he can't bear it. The pain of a friend being forgotten. Alas, I don’t know if it is possible for them to recall that memory now that Kita is back. If possible, Gao Hai actually hopes that these four girls can get back together and move forward together as a band again. After all, they are a team that has established a sincere friendship. If they are really separated from each other due to external force destruction, , he felt it was still a bit too cruel.

Yeah, but it's not the right time to bring up this topic right now, after all, it's obviously almost reaching its limit right now.

"Hongxia ... There are still cold ... Why are both people be there? Wow, this ... If you are recognized ... No, no, no no, Mr. Hai, I, we really leave first? Let’s find another store..."

Even without turning around to look at Yili's expression, Gao Hai could still imagine the girl's panic at the moment.

"Now that you've come this far, don't give up. Don't worry, they won't recognize you. Aren't you wearing something that can hide your identity?"

Gao Hai held Yili's little hand tightly, causing the other party's attempt to escape to fail. So in a miserable state, Gao Hai dragged him to the bar. After seeing the store regulations written next to the bar that guests must consume a glass of juice before staying to attend the concert, Gao Hai So I ordered two glasses of juice, but Yili kept his head down the whole time and didn't dare to say a word.

"Okay, two glasses of juice, two guests please go inside."

Hongxia, who showed a gentle smile, said to Gao Hai and Yili, while Ryo beside her stretched out her hand to drain two glasses of juice with an expressionless expression.

It seems like these two are in pretty good shape.

At least for Gao Hai, who met face to face for the first time and ended the band's last two-person communication, he didn't feel anything from this first meeting. If anything, he just remembered the apron Hongxia Xuehua had transformed into for him when he saw Hongxia. To be honest, Gao Hai still feels a little bit unhappy about this incident. After all, because of this incident, Kita directly began to doubt whether Gao Hai had any special hobbies, which really made him unhappy.

Yili's expression on the side became much darker. Although she did not look up to see these two former friends, she could clearly feel the two people in the bar because of her enhanced perception and mental power after the blessing. Inner emotional depression.

It was obviously Hong Xia's dream to end the band... but I ended up...

For a moment, Yili wanted to lift his hood and take off the disguised obsession. But such an idea was suppressed by the girl just after it sprouted. In the end, even if we get to know each other again and come back, what can be changed? I chose to leave the band when Kita disappeared, and chose to cause harm to Hongxia and Ryo. Even if I go back now, can I really pretend that nothing happened? What's more, Kita has no intention of coming back at all. Even though there is a reason to track down the whereabouts of Nanami-senpai, Kita has not even gone home to see her parents in the past few days. It is obvious that she has planned to completely sever the original interpersonal relationship. , if I choose to go back to ending the band at this time, I will definitely only embarrass Kita.

"Why are you thinking so much? You are not here to sentimentalize your youth today."

Then Gao Hai hit Yili on the head with a knife, causing Yili, who was about to degenerate into a wild hammer snake from Shimokitazawa, to let out a lovely scream.

"Don't worry about getting back together with the band members now. I will find a way. Now, all you need to consider is dating me. You don't need to care about anything else. Do you understand?"

Then, as Gao Hai showed a tough attitude, Yili quickly lost his ability to think. He could only follow Gao Hai in a daze, and was led by him to the stage.

Dating or something, ugh, yes, I am dating Mr. Hai now. It's the kind of date between boyfriend and girlfriend, right? In this case, will we have to kiss next, and then go to the hotel in the evening, just... just...

The girl's brain was quickly covered by various disharmonious scenes. Thanks to Goto Kazuri's thinking ability that is different from ordinary people, the pictures she imagined were more and more imaginative, and they were all things that could never pass the review. .

"The couple just now seemed a bit familiar."

However, after Gao Hai and Yili left, Yamada Ryo, who had always had a cold face, suddenly turned to look in the direction they left, frowned and spoke.

"Familiar? Is he someone you know?"

Hong Xia, who felt her cheeks were a little sore from smiling for a long time, blinked and didn't quite understand what her friend was talking about.

"Probably not, but there is a very subtle sense of familiarity, as if I have met someone who I can borrow money from at will."

Yamada Ryo leaned against the bar and thought for a long time, and finally gave this answer.

"You, it's better to have a little plan for your expenses. You obviously have a lot more pocket money than me, so don't always eat grass and ask people to borrow money."

Hongxia couldn't help but sigh deeply when she heard this, and then, when the lights in the store were turned off and the music started to play. Hong Xia subconsciously raised her head and looked towards the stage. The expression on her face gradually faded, and finally turned into a sigh that only she could hear.

Ryo Yamada didn't speak either. The two of them just stood in front of the bar in silence, watching the figures on the stage quietly.

And it was only then that Gao Hai understood what Yili was bringing him to listen to.

"You cannot kill me! I am Omega!!!"

The band's lead singer knelt on the stage and let out a heart-rending roar at this moment.

"You cannot kill me! I am subhuman!!!"

The band's guitarist, bassist, and drummer also went crazy together, playing the music to an extremely explosive death heavy metal effect.

Gao Hai must say that this thing sounded quite exciting. It was so exciting that he thought he had run to the Devil May Cry set. When he turned around, he could see a hot man standing up from the plastic chair of the food stall and stabbing himself with a knife. Chest.

The one next to him had bright eyes, and he was obviously really enjoying the music seriously.

Speaking of which, this girl is indeed a master of guitar. I really didn't know that she liked this style of singing. Wait, if I remember correctly, there seems to be an abstract behavior in the original comic about asking for death metal rock songs on the school radio station in order to build a good relationship with classmates.

As for Gao Hai himself, although he can't say that he really likes this kind of song, since he has come, he has no choice but to stand here and continue listening.

"Ahhhhhhhh-"

The roar on the stage vibrated with the tearing music.

Gao Hai closed his eyes and found that he seemed to be gradually able to appreciate this kind of music.

This feeling does not seem to come from him, but from the music theory skills brought about by the power of blessing, and comes from part of Eriko Asamoto's own aesthetic tendencies. The girl who is now saved by Gao Hai and has a normal life seems to have been a guitarist. Now her aesthetics seems to have influenced Gao Hai to a certain extent, making him start to appreciate her. This style of music is gone.

Wait, why did I clearly feel this power at this moment?

Realizing a key issue, Gao Hai concentrated his attention and soon discovered that the guitarist of this band was actually Eriko Asamoto herself. It's just that she wore a wig and glasses, and deliberately wore strange clothes that were one size too big for her body, so Gao Hai didn't realize it was her at first.

After emerging from the nightmare of Yeluoshan Middle School and regaining life, did you choose to join a band to pursue your dream?

For a moment, Gao Hai felt a feeling of relief spreading in his heart, like an existence that had died and only left its remains, conveying a little warmth at this moment.

An hour later, after listening to the performances of several bands, Gao Hai and Yili turned around and left with the other guests, and then walked hand in hand up the stairs back to the street.

The fact that Hongxia and Liang discovered the disguise that Yili had worried about for a long time did not happen. The power of the obsession is insurmountable for ordinary people. Even though Ryo Yamada seemed to have some kind of strange intuition, under the influence of the power of the obsession, she was still unable to realize the true identity of Goto Ichiri.

There is nothing that can be done about it. After all, even high-level players must treat obsessive objects with caution, let alone two ordinary people with no special abilities. How can they resist this kind of power? ?

Wait, it seems that this point cannot be concluded. After all, both Hongxia and Liang have received the blessing of the blood flower because of their relationship with Yili. Although the main manifestation of this blessing power is to extend life, it also truly gave the two people true extraordinary power, giving them the possibility to transcend mortals. In this case, if there really is some kind of mysterious and mysterious inspiration, who knows what they can really detect?

At the same time Gao Hai realized this possibility, a breath approached from behind.

From the other party's hesitant steps, Gao Hai could confirm that the other party was actually still a little unsure, and was still wondering whether to really come forward.

If you choose not to look back and continue walking forward at this time, the footsteps will probably retreat in the face of difficulty and will not really follow. However, Yili, who was slightly slower than Gao Hai and realized the footsteps, stopped in an instant, his whole body stiffened with an expression of bewilderment. And her violent reaction undoubtedly gave sufficient information to the people coming from behind, so Gao Hai immediately heard the footsteps approaching less than five meters away from her.

"Excuse me, um, I'm very sorry, but I always feel that this lady looks familiar..."

Hong Xia, who had paid attention to Gao Hai and Yili because of what Ryo said not long ago, and gradually realized that something was wrong, called out to Gao Hai and Yili while slowly walking toward Yili.

Chapter 40 Hong Xia and Liang’s talents and the arrival of uninvited guests

At the end of the date trip between Gao Hai and Goto Kazuri at the starry vehouse, it ended with the guitarist's escape.

After Yijichi Hongxia said that Yili looked familiar, it only took about 0.3 seconds for Yili to run directly to the end of the street and then disappear at the end of the street, without any trace at all.

In a sense, this can be regarded as the end of the band. Now it can be said that the two guitarists who ended the band have escaped one after another.

"Hey? Where is the person? Why did he disappear all of a sudden?"

Because he disappeared so quickly, Hongxia didn't even realize that Yili had escaped. She was also stunned by the instant disappearance of the other party, and her brain lost the ability to think.

So, am I left here to explain the problem?

Gao Hai, who did not escape and used his mental power to counteract the airflow caused by his one-mile escape, couldn't help but think in his heart when facing Hong Xia's confused expression.

Speaking of which, has the power of blessing really begun to take effect? The obsessive object that Yili wore to hide his own existence should be of dusk level, and the strength was indeed not too high, but it should be impossible for ordinary people without extraordinary power to see through this disguise. No, it's not just that. In the final analysis, even if the power of blessing does give Hongxia a certain degree of strengthening, it is impossible to directly see through the player's disguise, unless... he is naturally talented?

Realizing a certain possibility, Gao Hai looked at Hong Xia, and the petite girl also turned to look at Gao Hai.

From Hong Xia's crimson pupils with a confused look, Gao Hai faintly felt the almost undetectable fluctuations. There is no doubt that this is a fluctuation of spiritual power. Although it is so weak that it is meaningless in Gao Hai's eyes, such power does illustrate the problem.

Should we say that in the COC world view, those who engage in art are more or less dangerous? It seems that before she received the blessing of the blood flower, she should have had stronger perception than the average person. But compared to Jianzi's unreasonable talent, Hongxia probably only has some abilities like telepathy at most. And after this weak talent was strengthened by the blessing of the blood flower, it was possible to break through the blockade of the dusk-level obsession and find something wrong.

It's really amazing. I don't know if this kind of sensory talent is more or less common among people who engage in art.

"Well, sir, do you know the lady who just followed you?"

While Gao Hai was thinking, Hong Xia hesitated for a moment, then walked up to Gao Hai with her little hands clasped and raised her head and asked.

She actually didn't quite know what she was doing. After the woman who had covered her appearance disappeared out of thin air, Hong Xia's first reaction when she came back to her senses was that she might have hallucinated, otherwise she would not have seen such a weird thing. One scene. But for some reason, she felt that she had finally grasped the edge of something, and was finally close to the edge of something that was originally difficult to reach, so she decided to continue asking Gao Hai and try to grasp this weird thing. Feel.

"She is Ichisato Goto."

Then, Gao Hai gave an answer that made Hongxia's eyes widen.

"Huh? Is it really Pochi-chan?!"

Hongxia, who didn't expect that her vague feelings would come true, was stunned on the spot. After being stunned for a while, she opened her mouth again, eager to ask Gao Hai again.

"I am Yili's boyfriend, my name is Gao Hai."

Then her brain shut down again because of the next words Gao Hai said.

Porchi-chan, do you have a boyfriend?

So, did she come here with her boyfriend to listen to the band tonight?

The Porchi-chan, who has always been autistic and depressed, turns out to have a boyfriend. Is this why she gave up the band? This...this doesn't seem like something Porchi-chan would do. What on earth is going on? Boy friend? Wow, she actually has a boyfriend...

Hongxia felt that her mind was a little confused.

A few months ago, Goto Ichiri, who had been getting along well with everyone after forming the [Ending Band], suddenly began to miss activities, and later directly stated through a chat software that he wanted to quit the band, and then disappeared from the scene. Whether going to Ichiri's school or his home, Hongxia couldn't find him, as if he had made up his mind to break up with her and Liang. As a result, when he finally showed up today, he came with his boyfriend, which really made Hongxia unable to calm down.

Shouldn't... be lying?

The girl who was somewhat shocked took a step back, and her expression became complicated.

She remembered clearly that Ichiri and this man named Gao Hai held hands no matter whether they entered or left the store. Men and women with ordinary relationships would not do such things. Even if they were relatives such as brothers and sisters, they would only hold hands for a long time when they were children.

But why?

Is the matter of the band really like this...

"I can see that you have something on your mind. Don't worry, Ichiri didn't really give up music, let alone ending the band. She just had to temporarily withdraw because of some very important things, and she couldn't explain it to you clearly, so she made that choice."

Takahashi looked very calm.

He didn't think there was anything wrong with telling the truth. After all, as the companions recognized by Ichiri, both Hongxia and Liang had received the blessing of the blood flower and had escaped the limitations of ordinary human identities. In other words, they could be regarded as the same kind. Especially after confessing the situation to Hayasaka Ai's parents and testing that ordinary people who received the blessing were no longer affected by the information shielding effect, Takahashi didn't think there was anything wrong with telling the truth.

And the reason why Goto Ichiri chose to escape was that she was too socially anxious and couldn't communicate with her former friends face to face. If she really objected strongly, she would probably rush back as soon as Takahashi said the first sentence. After all, every word Gao Hai said at this moment, as well as Hong Xia's reaction, he passed it to Yili through the mental link, so that she could know the situation here anytime and anywhere, instead of just making decisions behind her back.

"Very...important things?"

Hong Xia felt that she might have been stunned a little too many times tonight, but she really couldn't keep calm at this time. Every word Gao Hai said would make her head confused for a while.

"Kita Ikuyo, do you still remember this person?"

The next moment, with the spread of mental power, Gao Hai's voice caused some pain in the girl's head.

Who is that?

Hong Xia covered her head and lowered her head in confusion.

I can't remember it. The first reaction to hearing this name was pure unfamiliarity.

But after coming back to my senses, I have a strange feeling, as if I am actually very familiar with this name, and I actually know someone with this name.

Kita Ikuyo... Woo, I can't remember who it is, but this feeling... It must be someone I know!

"Can't remember it for the time being?"

Looking at Hongxia's somewhat painful look, Gao Hai sighed and gave up the idea of ​​reminding her further.

In other words, after the player dies in the dungeon and the relevant information is erased in the real world, even if the dead player is resurrected, it is difficult for the person who has lost his memory to recover. Judging from Hongxia's reaction, she probably only has some vague impressions left. If she wants to truly restore her memory, it is estimated that further and longer-term stimulation may be necessary.

In this case, it is no wonder that Kita refused to go home to visit her parents after her resurrection. It's okay for like-minded friends, but if even close relatives lose relevant memories, the so-called "home" is just a stranger's house.

It's really a troublesome situation. It seems that after the date with Ichiri is over, I have to spend time with Kita and find a way to restore her family's memory.

Gao Hai can't accept the idea that he has close relatives who care about him, but he chooses to give up because of the problem of memory loss. For him, abandoning family affection seems too extravagant and wasteful.

Well, but let's stop now. It's one thing to talk about it, but if you really want to try to restore your memory, it's better to try it with Ichiri and Kita present. I can't do everything for them.

"That's all for today. I should visit again tomorrow. Don't worry, everything will be back to normal."

Takahashi said this and turned around to leave, but then he noticed another look.