Chapter 346

Noticing the open door, the four strange men all looked over.

"Hello~" ×2.

"Sorry to bother you~" ×2.

"Wow, I'm so touched! I never Hitori I'd be able to bring friends back to visit."

After everyone returned downstairs, a young-looking man whose eyes were covered by bangs spoke.

He is the father of the Gotoh sisters, Gotou Naoki.

Eat more!

Gotou Michiyo served the group a homemade lunch.

"OK!"

"You guys helped Hitori form a band, right?"

Gotou Naoki inquired.

"Yes!"

Ichiji Nijika scratched the back of her head and pointed to Kanau, who was training the dog to play with a frisbee with Sakurakoji Talent, and said, "Ah~ but Mr. Talent isn't a member of our band, he's the head chef at my sister's livehouse."

"He's also an incredibly talented person! He's the one who discovered Bocchi-chan!"

"Hi! Talent-senpai is an incredibly talented person!"

"Um?"

Upon hearing her name called, the crouching silver-haired "beauty" turned around and looked at the group.

"Oh, oh~ I see..."

Gotou Michiyo glanced at him Kokoro from time to time, her heart still reeling from the shock of learning he was a boy.

"I've always believed that music can connect people!"

Gotou Naoki, who was cooking, said with emotion, "Right, Jimi Hen!"

"..."

Jimi Hen, who was being trained, kept panting but did not respond.

Gotou Naoki turned to look at the group of people who had averted their gazes to hide their embarrassment, his face slightly flushed.

"Right, right! This child didn't wander into his own world and cause you any trouble, did he?"

Gotou Michiyo changed the subject to ease the tension for her husband.

"Ah~ but it's not troublesome at all!"

"Yes, yes, it's very interesting!"

Kita Ikuyo and Ichiji Nijika each looked at Gotou Hitori, who was still lost in thought in the middle, and said with a grin.

"I see."

Gotou Michiyo slightly relieved, walked to the kitchen to take the fried chicken nuggets her husband had made, and then waved them in front of Gotou Hitori's nose.

Freshly made fried chicken~

"Wow~ It looks delicious!"

X 2.

"Inside is garlic soy sauce, in front is salt and pepper, and lemon and shichimi togarashi can be added according to taste."

Gotou Naoki placed another dish on the table and introduced several seasonings.

Attracted by the fragrance, Gotou Hitori exaggerated facial expressions gradually returned to normal.

After exchanging a glance with her mother, who was beaming with a warm smile, her cheeks flushed slightly, and she felt a warmth in her heart.

"Hey~ Could it be that the snacks my sister brings back every time are made by my older sister... my older brother?"

Sometime later, she found herself nestled in Sakurakoji Talent, playing with a plastic frisbee under his patient guidance. Gotou Twin had joined the dog-teasing group, looked at him with watery eyes and asked a question.

"Oh, right~"

"Wow, that's amazing! The snacks that big brother made are so delicious!"

Gotou Twin hugged his shoulders, filled with admiration and adoration.

He gently stroked her hair with a peaceful look in his eyes, as if he were seeing Ashiri ten years ago.

Well, even my own younger sister wasn't as cheerful as her back then.

Humans just can't resist cute babies!

Speaking of siblings like Ichiji Nijika and Ichiji Hoshika, Gotou Hitori and Gotou Twin... what are their parents thinking?

I feel like I've ruined my Tuba child, so I'm thinking of getting another one?

Oh, right, Okura Family are not included in this discussion.

"Ugh! I feel like Hitori and I have dropped another place in the family hierarchy of Souichi's heart!"

Gotou Naoki, who was secretly observing all of this, knelt down and lay prone on the ground.

"If I'm not mistaken, the current hierarchy of the Gotoh family, from top to bottom, is: Michiyo (Mr. Talent), Futaba, Hitori, Jimi Hen, and me!"

Just as he was feeling sad about his position, another remark from his daughter reignited the tension in the Gotoh family.

"Hey! Will brother and sister get married?"

Gotou Twin's clear voice echoed throughout the living room.

"Um?"

"Huh?"

"Ha?"

"..."

Chapter 367 The Most Realistic Answer.

A good ten seconds later.

"Wouldn't it be possible~?"

Seeing that he didn't get a reply, Gotou Twin shook his shoulder and spoke again.

"Shuang, Shuang! What are you saying?!"

Gotou Hitori shakily stood up from the sofa, his facial features contorted and distorted, his limbs trembling as he tried to stop his younger sister.

"It's not good to be so naughty and tease adults!"

"Pfft! I wasn't being naughty! They always say on TV that the older members of bands get married!"

Gotou Twin pouted in dissatisfaction.

'No, stop talking! I can already feel the murderous aura emanating from Nijika and Kita!'

As if sensing the palpable killing intent emanating from behind him Gotou Hitori roared inwardly.

"But, Mr. Talent isn't a member of the Kessoku Band, so he's not included here, okay?"

"Huh? Really?"

Gotou Twin was extremely disappointed, "But Sou wants Talent Brother to be my older brother~"

"This isn't a matter of whether I want to or not! This is very complicated!"

"But if you keep going like this, no one will want you, right?"

"Puff!"

Gotou Hitori knelt on the ground in the same posture as his father, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, "Although, although that may be the case..."

'Rather than saying that, it's highly likely, but being told that by my 5-year-old sister is really hurting my pride as the older sister...'

'A lonely Bocchi, a lonely me, unable to work outside of music, I became a shut-in after growing up, was kicked out of my home by my parents after their death, and then died alone outside--'

Please listen, the song is called: Gotou Hitori's Last Stand...

She pulled out her guitar and began an impromptu rap performance with a melancholic melody.

Kanau knelt down beside her and poked her cheek with her hand, but Gotou Hitori didn't move at all, only strumming the strings of her koto with a purplish-green expression.

"Ah, my sister's starting again..."

"Eh? Marriage? In Hitori?"

Gotou Michiyo rested her chin on her hand and looked over, her gaze shifting to Sakurakoji Talent, her expression hesitant. "No, that can't be..."

"It's too early for that kind of thing!"

Gotou Naoki got up to object.

"..."

"I wonder what the shrimp tastes like?"

Ichiji Nijika ate her fried chicken nuggets and said to Kita Ikuyo.

"Yes, wouldn't it be better to sprinkle some salt and pepper on it?"

Kita Ikuyo handed her the spice bottle.

"Thanks."

"..."

After the farce.

Because there were too many people, they ate separately at the dining table and the coffee table on the sofa.

"When I heard that her friend was coming, I thought it was probably just wishful thinking or fantasy! But after all, there was a photo!"

Gotou Michiyo Goto recounted this with a smile.

"Fantasy..."

Kita Ikuyo.

"But nowadays photos can be easily photoshopped—by the way, you're not renting out friends for a day or something, are you?"

Gotou Naoki was also skeptical.

"We are genuine bandmates!"

Ichiji Nijika was shocked and quickly interrupted.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh~ Because it's her first time bringing a friend here to play!"

"Ah..."

Gotou Hitori paused in his action of picking up the fried chicken, his face covered in black lines.

'Yes, indeed, this is something I'm capable of doing, but my parents' impression of me is just too...'

'Is this all the credit I've accumulated over the years...?'

"This child has been restless for days. He keeps saying he wants to practice decorating his room, decorating, tidying up, decorating over and over again."

"Also, she said she might play it, so she's doing some imaginative training with Twister!"

The Gotoh couple were digging into their daughter's past.

"Dad, Dad! Mom! Don't tell everyone about this!"

Gotou Hitori Music University considerably (but at a normal volume) to stop him.

"Luckily, just in case, we went shopping!"

"Yosh! Let's make today our family's anniversary! Our friends' anniversary!"

"Anniversary! Anniversary!"

"Woof woof!"

"Stop talking! Mo~!"