Faced with Sakiko-sensei's rebuttal, the classroom instantly filled with cheerful laughter.
Seeing this, someone else couldn't help stepping forward.
"Please don't do this!"
That girl spoke with a completely serious expression.
"You'll destroy Ave Mujica's worldview otherwise!"
No, are you really trying to help me out here?
Sakiko-sensei couldn't help puffing her cheeks slightly.
"It's mainly because Lady Oblivionis's band is just way too unique,"
At last, one girl couldn't help voicing her complaint.
"It's not that it's bad, it's just… compared to before, the contrast is way too huge. It's too rock!"
After all, they had already gotten used to MyGO's pure and youthful style.
Then Ave Mujica suddenly came out with that—who could possibly withstand it?
Especially since, because it was MyGO's final episode, she had even specifically gathered her family together to watch it.
And then Sakiko-sensei suddenly pulled that stunt.
At the time, she'd been so embarrassed her scalp went numb!
Thinking of this, the girl's gaze toward Sakiko-sensei unconsciously became slightly resentful.
"I already told you not to call me that…"
However, Sakiko cared far more about that unbearably embarrassing title they kept using.
"Sakiko, Sakiko,"
At that moment, another girl suddenly tugged at her sleeve.
"Can you perform that thing for us again?"
"That thing?"
Sakiko-sensei suddenly had a very bad feeling.
"You know, that…"
This girl suddenly put on a solemn expression.
"I do not fear death!"
The girl beside her immediately cooperated.
"I do not fear fear!"
"I do not fear love!"
"I do not fear sorrow!"
The last girl was especially dedicated, even pulling out a black triangular lace cloth and putting it over her head.
Not the decorative kind used by Ave Mujica either, but actual black lace.
"I do not fear oblivion!"
Most fatal of all, this girl had the exact same blue hair as Sakiko, even the same hairstyle.
"That's enough already!"
The girl couldn't help shouting in embarrassment and indignation.
Still, after going through all this, Sakiko's relationship with her classmates unexpectedly became much closer.
And regarding her current circumstances, as well as her alcoholic scumbag father, the girls in class all acted as though they had forgotten that part of the story entirely.
Not a single person brought it up with Sakiko-sensei.
Afterward, as the uproar caused by the anime gradually died down, several days unknowingly passed by.
And because MyGO had ended, the girls had actually been quite relaxed recently.
However, trouble soon found them again.
"A Live?"
Inside Houbun Animation's lounge, Anon tilted her head slightly at Kamijou Mutsuki's words, surprised yet also feeling it was only natural.
After all, since MyGO's debut, they had only held two Lives. Even in the anime, they'd already held three!
Having a new Live only now was already a pretty low performance frequency.
"This time, is it together with the previous music festival again?"
Beside her, Soyo asked gently.
"No."
"Then where's the venue this time…?"
"Budokan."
The moment Kamijou Mutsuki spoke, the girls around him instantly fell silent.
After all, this was the Budokan—the shared dream of practically every band musician!
It could be said that every band capable of performing at the Budokan was famous.
The level of prestige was completely different from the previous music festival!
"Rikki, did you hear that? We're going to perform at Budokan!"
Even though their popularity was already no worse than those famous bands, they still couldn't help feeling excited at this moment.
"I already told you not to call me that…"
Although Taki said this, her mood was pretty much the same as Anon's.
After all, when they first formed the band, who could've guessed they'd make it this far—and so smoothly at that?
Still, the Budokan performance also brought them a long-lost sense of pressure.
And since tomorrow just happened to be the weekend, they decided to hold a training camp together to prepare for the upcoming Budokan performance.
"Um, this time, why don't we go to my house?"
Soyo suddenly proposed this with a smile.
"I'll properly treat everyone!"
Naturally, nobody had any reason to refuse.
In fact, when it came to choosing a location for the training camp, aside from Kamijou Mutsuki's place, only Soyo's house was suitable.
After all, only their homes had enough space to avoid a repeat of what happened last time at Taki's house.
Besides, everyone was already used to going to Kamijou Mutsuki's place—it practically felt like going home at this point.
But Soyo's house? They'd only been there a few times!
And seeing her proposal accepted, Soyo couldn't help slightly curling the corners of her lips in secret.
Recently, that inconsiderate junior, Mutsumi, had been guarding against her at every turn. This time, she'd finally managed to seize an opportunity.
This time, the advantage was hers. Victory was guaranteed!
And because Mutsumi wasn't present, nobody noticed Soyo's little scheme.
However, once Mutsumi later learned about this from Kamijou Mutsuki, she immediately guessed Great Teacher Soyo's sinister intentions.
Still, since this was ultimately a MyGO training camp, it wouldn't really be appropriate for her to suddenly insert herself there.
"Mutsuki, when you're outside, boys need to protect themselves too. Don't let bad women bully you!"
In the end, this was all she could do: give Kamijou Mutsuki such a warning.
After all, could she really just chase Soyo away from Kamijou Mutsuki's side?
If she actually did that, then she'd truly have to worry whether Soyo would turn into "Soyo-chan" by the next day.
She could only hope Soyo wouldn't do something like forcing herself on Kamijou Mutsuki again like last time.
Otherwise…her cucumber would not be dull either!
Time quickly arrived at the agreed time, and Soyo had already begun preparing early in the morning.
Makeup…
Although Kamijou Mutsuki seemed to prefer girls without makeup, during the school festival his gaze had lingered on her longer than usual, so perhaps a light makeup look would still be better.
Clothes…
Since they weren't going out today anyway, she could wear something a little more alluring.
Most importantly, it had to be the mature motherly style Kamijou Mutsuki liked.
Very quickly, Soyo finished preparing herself.
Looking at the girl in the mirror, even Soyo herself couldn't help but sigh at how perfect she looked.
Especially the faint trace of resentment in her eyes—it vividly brought the aura of a divorced noblewoman to life.
One could say that even a real wealthy madam wouldn't be able to match Soyo's current temperament.
This was truly a precision strike against Kamijou Mutsuki's tastes.
Oh no, she'd really mastered it!
And at that moment, the doorbell rang right on cue. The girl immediately trotted excitedly toward the entrance.
"Mutsuki—"
However, when she opened the door, the person standing there wasn't the figure she had been longing for, but rather a big pink-haired girl carrying a guitar case and a Persian cat.
"…So it's Anon and Rana."
The disappointment on the girl's face was visible to the naked eye.
"Are you really that disappointed it's us?"
Seeing this, Anon couldn't help twitching the corner of her mouth.
Wasn't this girl's tendency to value boys over friends a little too obvious?
"Are we really that unwelcome?"
"How could that be?"
Soyo immediately put a smile back onto her face.
"Ano-chan, Rana-chan, come in quickly~"
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