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Renna's eyes widened. This person could do what he wanted without wavering. Wasn't he afraid?
It's been like this from the very beginning. Is there a problem with telling the truth? No problem. Is there a problem with doing what the other person wants you to do? No problem either. But that's how the world is; even when you do the right thing, someone will get hurt.
There's nothing wrong with it, but it still makes people feel bad; this kind of thing is definitely wrong.
"You...you really came?" The petite shop assistant stared in disbelief as Taro walked in. "Rupa, stop him!"
The shop assistant, known as Rupa, smiled and replied, "Isn't it great? After all, it was Ash who took the initiative to invite us."
"This is terrible! You..." Ash stared dumbfounded at Taro, who had started making beef bowl: "You... how are you so skilled at this!"
Taro effortlessly prepared the ingredients, his movements even more precise than a tutorial, and quickly made a beef rice bowl before serving it: "Please."
The four of them, a little curious, took a pair of chopsticks, picked up a bowl of beef rice, and ate it.
"Delicious!" Rencai's eyes widened. Even a layman like herself could easily tell the difference between the two beef bowls.
"Wow, that's amazing! It's clearly the same material... How did you do that?" Momoka exclaimed in admiration.
Ash remained silent, while Rupa smiled gently, put his arm around Ash's shoulder, and pulled him into a hug.
Taro raised his arm, glanced at his watch, and saw it was already 3:30. "Well then, I'll be going now. I have band practice later."
"Um..." Nina suddenly spoke up, "Can I follow your band...?"
I still really want to hear, I want to hear what kind of music someone like this can sing...
"Ah, of course." Taro readily took out his phone, opened the LINE friend request QR code, and said, "Add me as a friend first, and I'll find out what Momoka is talking about."
"Oh!" Rencai took out her phone and scanned the code. She had a feeling that this person wasn't just being polite; he would definitely tell her the band's name after learning more about them.
"Then I'll do it too." Tao Xiang scanned the QR code, but her mind was on her own things.
Seeing this person makes me feel like I could try a little harder myself.
She glanced at Nina to the side and smiled.
Seeing such a miracle and encountering such fans, perhaps it's not impossible to give it a try.
To Momoka's surprise, the two shop assistants also added Taro as a friend. After doing all this, Taro turned around and prepared to leave.
Nina shouted, "Um! I'm so sorry, I'm really sorry about what happened at the intersection. You didn't do anything wrong, but I still blamed you. I'm so sorry."
Taro turned around and smiled: "No, we're also connected now. If you encounter any difficulties, feel free to discuss them with me."
Let's go back a little further.
A girl with long flaxen hair, Nagasaki Motoyo, seeks out her good friend, Wakaba Mutsumi.
This girl, as delicate as a doll, was supposed to be her good friend. Su Shi always felt she couldn't understand her; she couldn't see through her inner thoughts at all, including back then... why she said those things, she still didn't understand.
“I couldn’t see Riki yesterday.” Seeing Ruoye Mu’s reaction, she continued, “I’ll try going to Xiaoxiang’s house.”
She quickly took two steps forward, blocking Ruoye Mu's path: "Does Mu know where Xiangzi lives?"
But this was the only thing she knew: Ruoye Mutsu was a child who wasn't good at saying no to others.
Looking at the green-haired girl with her head bowed and her eyes wide open, Su Shi pressed, "I would be very happy if Xiao Mu could tell me."
"Hmm..." She lowered her head even further: "I'll try to contact her again."
*Liu Yi Qi Yi Er⑧ Shi Si Ba> "I see, thank you."
I'm sorry, Xiaomu. I'll use anything to revive CRYCHIC.
Even if it's my fault... I won't give up.
Her eyes revealed a resolute look.
Chapter 10, Progress Made
Taro pushed open the door to the practice room, and one of the three people inside stopped practicing and looked over along with the onlooker.
"Too late! Too late!" The pink-haired dog impatiently put down his guitar and stood in front of Taro, leaning forward and complaining, "Momo has absolutely no sense of time! Practicing like this is so lazy!"
Although Aine bent over, her body didn't have any curves, but Taro wasn't the type to care about such things.
So, facing the smug pink-haired dog, Taro first raised his left hand and placed it on the dog's head. Then, unhurriedly, he raised his right arm and shook his watch.
“The time is 5:34 PM now. From the moment you reacted to the moment you questioned me, it took you a total of 37 seconds. That means I stepped into this door at 4:59:57 PM. The agreed time was 5 PM. I am not late.”
Ai Yin was momentarily speechless, shaking her head to free it from the other person's fingers. She grinned and said, "Peach, a guy as petty as you won't win a girl's heart! And don't mess up my hair!"
"It makes no sense! Why do I have to try to please everyone?" Taro withdrew his hand, seemingly unconcerned. "Besides, I was just speaking the truth. Why wouldn't people like me?"
Meow Dream, standing to the side, scratched her cheek with her index and middle fingers, squinted her eyes and smiled, "Haha, that's what makes the general so infuriating."
"Why? I completely don't understand." Taro crossed his arms and glanced at everyone. "I just said the right thing, why are you angry? Instead of being angry, you should reflect on yourselves. You're the ones who are clearly in the wrong."
"Haha...it only makes me angrier." Miao Meng turned her face away, then turned back, and slowly began to familiarize herself with the rhythm of the new section on the drumhead again.
"Well... well..." Faced with Taro's serious attack, the pink-haired dog was speechless for a moment, and changed the subject: "If the other members of the band don't come, it will be difficult to practice, right?"
"Everyone needs to be present to practice the rules, and that doesn't happen anywhere," Taro quickly retorted.
But for some reason, Takamatsu Akari was trembling like a leaf, and tears were welling up in her eyes.
"Takamatsu-kun, what's wrong?" Taro asked when he saw this.
"Huh?" Upon hearing this, Aine quickly turned around and saw Xiaodeng's teary-eyed expression. She rushed over and asked, "Xiaodeng, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
"Um...no." She wiped her eyes with her sleeve. "It's nothing...it's just that I was thinking about things from the past."
"The old band?" Taro walked over and handed over a tissue. "But didn't you already decide to move forward and become stronger? So it's okay, right?"
Lamp paused for a moment... took the tissue from Taro's hand, wiped away her tears, and then nodded solemnly: "Yes!"
Yes, I've decided to move forward and shoulder everyone's responsibilities. There's no point in dwelling on past sorrows.
Although still a little hesitant, he still managed to say, "I understand... Master Taro?"
Then, somewhat nervously, she looked up at Taro. Taro paused for a moment, then said approvingly, "Not bad eyesight, not bad address. If you want to learn the secrets of power from me, calling me Master is fine. Not bad, lamp."
Since she was the master, she naturally had to change how she addressed her disciple. Aine then seemed to remember something and asked, "Um... Momo! How does Momo know Kodama?"
"I just happened to run into him yesterday," Taro said casually, then his aura changed: "Instead of all that, come on! Attendants! Practice! Practice!!"
When Aine heard Taro's powerful tone, her body trembled and she instinctively straightened up.
"First of all, Meow Dream, how familiar are you with the rhythm of the drumbeats?" Taro asked Meow Dream first. Meow Dream stopped what she was doing and replied with a smile, "I guess I'm pretty familiar with it. Probably."
"Then, hit it with all your might!" Taro gave the order.
"Understood, General~" Meow Dream saluted, then took a deep breath and began to play according to the score given by Taro.
The lamp was watching Taro intently, its ears also listening to the drumbeats. As for Aine… well, she was already sweating profusely. Seriously, is that how you curl your hair?
Taro watched Nyan's performance and waited until she stopped before commenting, "Not bad, 25 points, a big improvement. You can basically keep up with the rhythm now. The drumbeats in the middle were a little messed up, but you need to work harder."
"Yes, sir~ General, the general is really strict, Miaomeng will cry." She held the drumsticks in front of her eyes and pretended to wipe them.
"Don't say such foolish things, Aine, it's your turn." Taro shouted the words Aine least wanted to hear, but she couldn't run away now, so she could only pretend to be calm, sit back down in her chair, pick up her guitar, and start playing.
"15 points!" After listening to Aine's performance, Taro pointed out mercilessly, "This is far too little progress compared to when you left the practice room yesterday! There's practically no improvement! You haven't practiced at all at home! You've been completely lazy!"
"Eh... but it will be very late by the time we get back." Aine slumped her head, looking a little unhappy.
"After you got home, you didn't touch the guitar at all, did you?" Taro crossed his arms and looked at the other person with a very sharp gaze.
"Well... well, calm down. The general went a bit too far. Aiko will practice hard from now on, right?" Meowme winked at Aine, encouraging her with a smile.
She tried to smooth things over for her fans, as she didn't want the band to disband without even performing a single live. Yesterday's video garnered impressive viewership, proving Momoi Taro's immense popularity. While the reason for the dislike was ultimately due to Roselia's member liking her video—and the fact that five people from Roselia liked it—was rather unusual.
It seems our general has some unknown secrets.
"General, do you know someone from Roselia?" Meow Dream asked directly. Her general was surprisingly easy to understand, so instead of beating around the bush, she asked directly: "Yesterday, Meow Dream's video was liked by several of Roselia's personal accounts. The data is pretty good."
"Before Roselia was formed, I worked as a support keyboardist for their team for a while, helping with practice," Taro calmly answered Nyan's question. "Although Hina invited me to officially join, I declined. After the current keyboardist decided to join, I left. Now, we occasionally exchange music with each other."
"I see..." This is a real bombshell. If similar top-secret information were revealed in a video, it would definitely attract a lot of attention.
However, there's a possibility of offending Roselia... I'd better not, it's too much of a stretch for a low-level internet celebrity like myself to try and get on Roselia's good side.
She scratched her cheek, a hint of resentment in her eyes.
"By the way, Meow Dream. I have something to ask you." Taro's words interrupted Meow Dream's thoughts: "This morning I heard that bands need to manage social media or something. I haven't learned about this before. Your job seems to be something similar, right? Could you teach me?"
"SNS operation... a band's account?" Miao Meng scratched her head, a little confused. "I've never done anything like this before."
It was actually a lie, though I hadn't actually done it, but the underlying principle was similar. Managing a band's account was quite simple. It's just that deep down, she felt this band wouldn't last.
Well, it's probably best to avoid getting too involved.
"Yes! Yes! Yes! Me! Me! Me!" Ai Yin, who had been feeling down, instantly perked up: "I can help manage the band's social media accounts!"
The pink-haired dog started showing off again: "I follow a lot of idols and popular video streamers! Leave it to me, it'll be no problem!"
"Oh, speaking of which? You guys were just talking about Roselia, doesn't that sound familiar?" Aine tilted her head, trying to remember where she'd heard the band before: "Ah! The Astronomy Club! I think Akari's Astronomy Club has a Roselia poster!?"
Today, in order to find out the relationship between Kodama and Taro, I went to the Astronomy Club with Kodama and saw the poster there.
"Um... I really liked the previous minister," Xiaodeng replied timidly.
"What the previous minister said," Taro interjected, "was it Japanese food?"
"Hmm..." Lamp looked up at Taro: "Master Taro... knows someone?"
"I guess so. But let's get back to practicing." Taro didn't seem to care much about that and urged everyone to start practicing again.
Among them, the one under the most pressure must be Aine. Although Taro seemed to think that he didn't need to practice at all, he pointed out her mistakes in a very ordinary tone.
My idol, Meow Dream. She practices so diligently... and after only one day of practice, she can already play the drums quite well.
That's completely incomparable to my half-baked understanding. I probably practiced very late last night before getting home.
As usual, Taro pointed out their mistakes without reservation, then told them how to play properly. Taro's guidance was very effective. Aine felt she had improved quite a bit... but the reason might be that Kodama was around. After all, it always feels a bit inferior not to practice properly when classmates are around...?
That's right, it wouldn't be good if you didn't work hard...
The girl is practicing...
At eight o'clock sharp, Taro checked his watch and said, "That's all for today. If you want to practice, you can continue practicing here. Aine, you're the one who needs the most practice. You should also practice hard when you get home."
Upon hearing Taro's words, Akari's body trembled again, and the air pressure dropped even further.