Anon, Who Always Believed in Riki

"It's been so long since I've seen Riki!" Nagasaki Sose exclaimed excitedly.

"No need to get so excited, your classmates are still here watching." Riki patted her hip... back.

I almost took a picture from the wrong spot.

Nagasaki Sose nodded repeatedly.

"Riki ..."

Riki turned his head and saw Wakaba Mutsuki standing next to him, gently hugging him before letting go and softly saying, "Long time no see."

If you don't look closely, you won't even notice that she's smiling.

I still can't figure out what Mu is thinking. But did she hug me like that before?

"Hey, stop hugging Riki!" Shiina Riki walked over and pulled Nagasaki Sose away in an annoyed tone, saying to Nagasaki Sose, "We're here today to discuss the band."

"A band? I'm open to it. I'll join any band as long as Riki is around," Nagasaki Sose said curiously.

"... ha?"

Shiina Riki was taken aback, not expecting the problem to be solved so easily.

Now that Suze has agreed, the only remaining question is Aine, right?

But is it really that simple?

"Anyway, let's go to Ring and sit down to talk," Riki said, Wakaba Mutsuki tugged at his sleeve.

"I need to go home now. Later, I'd like to bring Riki to meet my parents and introduce you as my friend, is that alright?"

Of course we can, we're sneaking around!

Mutsuya has started to express her thoughts more proactively, which is great.

But he said even more to me.

Ring's Cafe.

"I'll ask you one more time, can you really go back to the band?" Shiina Riki asked Nagasaki Sose.

"Sure, after all, Riki is back." Nagasaki Sose said casually, sipping her coffee. "The problem you should be worrying about is Anon-chan, right?"

Shiina Riki finally realized why something felt off.

She looked at Nagasaki Sose, "For you, Riki is the key to the band, right? As long as he's there, it doesn't matter whether the band is Mygo or not, right?"

Shiina Riki was very unhappy.

Nagasaki Sose frowned slightly. "Is there a problem with that? Rikki, aren't you the same... because of Riki, you suddenly thought of calling everyone back? Aren't we the same?"

Shiina Riki's body trembled.

It's like having your deepest secret discovered.

"I didn't think that at all!" Shiina Riki stood up excitedly, looking at Riki beside her, biting her trembling lips.

"I just..."

She couldn't refute it, because that's what she thought.

This despicable idea of placing all the blame on Riki made her despise herself.

Nagasaki Sose lowered her eyes and said, "Isn't this better? Before, in Crychic, it was Sakiko, and now in Mygo, it's Riki... Haven't Rikki and I always been around them? I'm satisfied with that. I like Sakiko, and I like Riki. So what exactly is Rikki dissatisfied with?"

Shiina Riki clenched her hands, unable to speak.

She couldn't refute it.

Suddenly she heard Nagasaki Sose cry out in pain. Looking up, she saw Nagasaki Sose clutching her head. Riki gently withdrew her fist and smiled at Shiina Riki:

"Rikki, you don't need to listen to Su Shi... because Rikki is very capable, and I trust you completely."

Chapter 124 Always Believing in Riki's Aine

Nagasaki Sose looked at Riki with displeasure and said, "Shouldn't you be on my side?"

"I'm only on the right side," Riki said, shaking her head.

Unless the other party is Sakiko and Mai-senpai.

Shiina Riki pursed her lips upon hearing Riki's words, then regained her usual assertive demeanor and said calmly, "Of course, I know this without you telling me. How could I possibly be like Su Shi?"

"It would be terrible to become like Su Shi." Riki nodded in agreement.

"You two, I'm still here." Nagasaki Sose's eye twitched, and she smiled.

Looking at the smiling Nagasaki Sose and the unhappy Shiina Riki, Riki felt that the powder keg with Aine hadn't even exploded yet, but these two former Crychic members were about to explode first.

Rikki's dissatisfaction with Su Shi stemmed from the fact that Su Shi didn't take the band seriously, and neither did Takamatsu Akari.

Because the two were at loggerheads, Riki had no choice but to temporarily end the game and go to the counter to pay the money.

"Rinrin-senpai, why do you seem a little unhappy with me?" Riki asked Rinrin-senpai was all smiles.

No, guest.

She actually called me a guest! What did I do to make you so disrespectful?

Riki was deeply shocked, but Rinrin-senpai still wore a smiling mask, and her forced smile frightened Riki.

Cheng Lu, stop laughing, this trainer is genuinely scared.

The golden ship is coming to our rescue!

Riki sighed. He hadn't seen anyone for a month, so in Rinrin-senpai he must have left without saying goodbye, and hadn't even spoken a word to her, or mentioned the band members. He was a complete scumbag, so it was normal for him to be treated like this.

But Riki,

He's the kind of man who turns the impossible into the possible!

"Rinrin-senpai, how much?"

"Sincerity is 1,200 yen, guest."

"Rinrin-senpai, please take the money."

"Payment received, customer."

"Rinrin-senpai, please give me an invoice."

"The invoice is here, guest."

"Rinrin-senpai, please go out with me!"

"Okay, customer... wait?!"

Rinrin-senpai froze for a moment, her face instantly turning red with panic. She took two steps back, waving her hands frantically, leaving afterimages in her wake. "W-what are you saying?! Dating or something like that?! Idiot?!"

Were you serious about taking half a step back?

Rinrinzi, actually, I really want to date you.

However, Rinrin-senpai's classic Tsundere tone and perfect rosy cheeks deserve full marks; she's divine.

Seeing the smile on Riki's face, Rinrin-senpai knew he was teasing her, and immediately pouted and glared at Riki: "Why haven't you shown up for a month? Do you know how angry and sad Rikki- chan is?"

"I've explained it to Rikki, and she said she's not angry for now. Actually, the reason is quite complicated. Would you like to hear it, Rinrin-senpai?" Riki said.

"I don't want to. Besides, you and I are just a shop assistant and a customer. Don't expect me to care about you, you know?" Rinrin-senpai said, hands on her hips and pouting.

"Okay, but it's good to see that Rinrin-senpai is still healthy. I'll be going now," Riki said with a smile.

Rinrin-senpai suddenly called out to Riki, who turned around in Riki.

Rinrin-senpai sighed and said, "Since Rikki isn't angry anymore, I don't have anything to be awkward about. But you should have a good talk with Rikki's band members. They were arguing fiercely here the day after their live performance failed, especially that girl named Aine."

"Aine?" Riki asked.

"Yeah, she's been speaking up for you the whole time, but the atmosphere is really bad. Even Rikki got angry. Only she kept saying good things about you," Rinrin-senpai whispered.

Aine.

Do you really want to become a saint?!

Riki's hand trembled.

It's understandable that Aine Chihaya Anon angry. She was the member who took the band very seriously. Although she had a little desire to be the glamorous protagonist, she was actually the one who cared the most about the band members in Mygo. That's why she was so angry with Riki because the Riki left.

Riki recalled Chihaya Anon's cold attitude when she saw her at Haneoka and understood.

"I see, thank you so much, Rinrin-senpai," Riki said.

"Stop calling me 'senior,' I'm the same age as you, okay?" Rinrin-senpai said irritably.

Ah?

No, you have one too?!

Oh, so you meant age.

"And welcome back," Rinrin-senpai said to Riki with a smile.

The entrance to Ring Cafe.

Nagasaki Sose waited with her arms crossed for Riki to pay inside. Several steps away on the other side stood Shiina Riki. Nagasaki Sose glanced at Rikki a few times, then suddenly said, "Sorry."

"What?" Shiina Riki didn't even blink, speaking calmly.

"I shouldn't have said you're like me," Nagasaki Sose said softly. "Rikki is different from me; she's a very ambitious person, which is why you're unhappy that Sakiko and her sister are better than you."

"Are you here to cause trouble?" Shiina Riki clicked his tongue in surprise.

Nagasaki Sose chuckled, "No, I was praising Rikki- chan. Because you and I are different. I'm a timid person, so I only want to be where I like. Before, it was everyone in Crychic, and now it's Riki and you guys... Rikki- chan, I really value you and Akari. You're my only remaining good friends. If there's a new band, I won't abandon you."

Shiina Riki frowned. "Don't talk like the band is breaking up."

"But isn't that the reality?" Nagasaki Sose, "Wouldn't it be better to let Aine form a band centered around her? Everyone would be happy that way."

"You really only think about yourself," Shiina Riki couldn't help but say.

Nagasaki Sose tilted her head and chuckled, "Because I'm a coward. When something happens, all I think about is going back to a familiar place."

Shiina Riki frowned as she looked at her, while Nagasaki Sose looked back at her calmly.

"I won't let the band end," Shiina Riki said, turning her gaze away.

"Why?" Nagasaki Sose.

"Light said he wants to be in a band for life, so Riki and Aine are both indispensable," Shiina Riki said.

Nagasaki Sose paused for a moment.

Riki pushed open the door and came out, saying, "Are you talking about me again?"

You're always praising me behind my back, aren't you?

Praise General Lu more, and your eyes will shine too.

"No, no, Rikki- chan, you should go home first. Riki and I still have things to do," Nagasaki Sose said, looking at Riki.

Let's go.

"No, where to?"

"Of course, it's to bring Kuma-chan back from the tailor shop," Nagasaki Sose said, puzzled. "She's my precious little darling."

So you strangled the baby to death, right?

Riki and Nagasaki Sose walked out of the tailor shop.

Nagasaki Sose looked at the mended Kuma-chan in her hands with heartache and said, "The shopkeeper said the wound was big, and he stitched it up for a while, stuffing it with a lot of cotton. It must have been in a lot of pain."

"Didn't you strangle it?" Riki asked.

Nagasaki Sose quickly replied, "Of course not, it was Kuma-chan who fell off the bed by herself in the middle of the night. I was surprised too."

Riki looked at the Kuma-chan in her hand; its eyes were shining.