Rock Girl Arrives By My Side!

The two looked at each other, and Nagasaki Sose's face instantly turned red, her ears also flushing.

"Of course not!!"

"But I saw you give him a gift, and you didn't even give me the one I prepared."

Nagasaki Sose's face stiffened. The gift she had just given Riki to make him leave quickly had been misunderstood by Mother!

That bastard, it's all his fault!

Just you wait!

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Do you have a ticket? If not, I'll ask again later.

Chapter 20: You're doing academic work and didn't call me?

Riki walked out of the luxury apartment with the gift bag. Upon opening it, he found it contained unopened chocolates, beautifully packaged and heavy in his hand, suggesting they were not cheap.

Riki frowned.

Little Sose, do you think I can't buy chocolate myself?

She knows me so well, I'll gladly accept.

Riki took out his phone and sent a message: [Thank you for the bounty of nature.]

Nagasaki Sose didn't reply. After a while, she sent a cat meme with the caption "I don't want to talk to you."

Riki smiled and continued walking. Sakiko was cooking tonight, should I buy something too? But traveling between two worlds is indeed troublesome. No matter how long I stay in one, only three hours pass in the other. Sometimes I sleep soundly in the Real World, only to return here and find it's still dark.

Riki is getting too much sleep.

You want ample sleep now, I don't even dare to imagine what you'll want later.

While Riki was rambling in his mind, he suddenly saw a familiar figure at the traffic light ahead. It was Shiina Riki.

If the gravity of a black hole is caused by its immense mass, then a significant portion of the immense pressure that collapses matter into a black hole must have come from Shiina Riki.

She's the woman who can pressure someone into their rebellious phase, even if I'm not going through mine!

Shiina Riki turned and noticed Riki, nodding in greeting. "Hello."

"Good afternoon, are you heading home?" Riki greeted back. After two practice sessions, he had gotten to know Shiina Riki a bit better. Although everyone said she was a pressure monster, Riki thought she was just a rather impatient high school girl.

--Riki definitely didn't say that because during a university rehearsal, he had angered the drummer so much that the drummer grabbed a drumstick and threatened to fight him.

I just tried to make the drummer's sheet music a little denser. Can't you just grow four arms? Why get so angry?

Riki always felt that the relationship between the bassist and the drummer had improved significantly after that, and they often looked at him with murderous eyes from behind.

"Yes, the concert is next month, and I want to finish writing the songs," Shiina Riki said meticulously. She paused. "If it's okay, could you take a look at the score? I remember you're a top student from the mainland."

"Sure, I can."

When did you finish writing the score?

You're doing academic work and didn't call me?

"Are we going to your place?" Riki asked.

"Yes," Shiina Riki replied, leading Riki to her home. Unlike the luxury apartment where Nagasaki Sose lived, Shiina Riki's house was a typical two-story detached house. Such a building, which would be a small villa in China, is considered a common dwelling in Japan.

"Do you live with your sister?" Riki asked, looking at the shoes of different sizes in the shoe cabinet.

Proper etiquette.

"My sister is already in college and only comes back on weekends," Shiina Riki seemed reluctant to talk more about her sister. "Come up with me, my room is on the second floor."

Shiina Riki's room wasn't large, only about twenty square meters, but the window faced the sun, offering a beautiful view. She could wake up in the morning sun every day. Her computer was placed by the bed.

And it contained the legendary item that could make people look younger--APTX4090.

By the way, have all the holy maidens from the Goblin Cave been sold yet?

"Sit down," Shiina Riki said.

Unlike the other members of Mygo, Shiina Riki was straightforward, which was also why she tended to clash with others.

"This is the score I wrote, what do you think?" Shiina Riki opened the music composition software on her computer and asked Riki with some trepidation.

When it came to professional matters, Riki became serious. He carefully examined the music and pointed to a spot. "The transition here is too abrupt and stiff, adjust it slightly."

"Huh? But I think I've handled this part very well," Shiina Riki frowned.

Putting pressure on me, huh?

Believe it or not, I'll show you my red temperature?

"That's because you're only focused on handling this part and haven't considered the coordination with the rest of the song," Riki explained patiently.

"Oh, I see." Shiina Riki's brow immediately relaxed, and she smiled.

After all, she's just a young girl, straightforward and quick to reflect.

"But it's not just here, there are many other things to pay attention to. I'll point them out to you one by one," Riki said. He spent two hours explaining the points that needed attention to Shiina Riki, who listened very attentively but also felt some pressure.

His serious demeanor is quite intimidating... Shiina Riki thought, looking at Riki's profile.

Her skill level is so high. I thought she was just an ordinary music college student, but now it seems her skill level is about the same as my sister's university professor.

Are all college students in China monsters?

She's two years younger than my sister, but her skill level is higher than hers.

"Let's leave it at that for now," Riki let out a breath.

It's been two whole hours without any abstract discussions, I'm about to burst.

"Thank you. Without you, I wouldn't have known the direction for improvement so quickly," Shiina Riki said quickly. "Is there anything I can help you with?"

Riki thought for a moment and asked, "Do you know what comes after 'People who don't study' in the Three Character Classic?"

Shiina Riki was stunned and asked confusedly, "No."

If you don't know...

Shiina Riki thought for a long time, and only realized when she saw Riki's teasing expression that she became a little angry and embarrassed.

What kind of dad joke is this?

"I don't need any reward. Just make sure the performance goes well," Riki said with a smile.

Shiina Riki suddenly said, "Riki, you're helping us this much because of Sakiko, right? I could tell a little from Sose's reaction. You know Sakiko, right?"

"Forget it, I don't want to know either. Right now, I just want to do what Akari wants to do."

Shiina Riki propped her chin on her hand, her silky black hair falling through her fingers. The beauty mark at the corner of her eye added a hint of allure.

Just keep revolving around her.

"Riki, who do you think is better, me or Sakiko, musically?" Shiina Riki asked, her eyes a little nervous, as if she already knew the answer but didn't want to hear it directly.

But just as she put pressure on others, she treated herself the same way.

Shiina Riki had always felt admiration and a subtle sense of inferiority towards Sakiko and her sister.

Riki looked at her nervous eyes and thought for a moment, then said, "I don't know. We're all mortals born in my era. There's no need to compare. I am a god."

"Huh?"

Shiina Riki felt that her tension was wasted and showed an expression of disbelief.

Then she couldn't help but laugh.

In Riki's eyes, they were all the same, so there was indeed no need to compare.

She didn't know if this was good or bad.

However, Shiina Riki's mood did become cheerful.

"But if you make a move on Akari, I won't forgive you!"

Hanasakigawa Academy.

"You seem to be in a good mood today?"

A voice came from beside Shiina Riki, and something was placed on her head.

Shiina Riki took off her headphones and looked at the cool beauty Hachiman Mairin standing next to her, saying casually, "So-so."

"You don't look like you're just so-so. I heard you joined a band?"

"Mhm."

"...Is that so."

"You seem disappointed?"

"No," Hachiman Mairin smiled.

Shiina Riki watched Hachiman Mairin walk over to Mikumura Shioka in the back seat and start chatting. When did they become so close?

"This is a photo my manager sent me. He said he found a gem of the new generation." Mikumura Shioka showed the photo to Hachiman Mairin.

The photo showed a young man holding a guitar in the rain. His handsome features could be seen through the blurry rain, and a pink-haired girl was standing next to him.

"What kind of person could they be?" Mikumura Shioka asked with a curious smile.

Chapter 21: Sharing a Bottle of Water with Sakiko

Tokyo was bathed in bright sunlight. The sunlight streaming through the window illuminated the dust particles in the room, making them sparkle due to the Darwin effect.

Isn't it the Da Vinci effect?

Riki took a photo of the cherry blossoms outside the window with his phone. He finally came to Tokyo. Although it was Tokyo in another world, he should at least take some beautiful photos to take back. Can my friends teach me how to edit photos? I'm waiting.

Today is the weekend, so Toyokawa Sakiko doesn't have school. And her workplace doesn't let her work part-time because she's still a student. Although Japan was proud of "buying the entire United States" during its golden age, it stagnated for decades after its spine was broken by the Plaza Accord. Nowadays, even though they work a lot of overtime, they don't dare to oppress minors too much.

Having gained a precious holiday, Riki planned to go cherry blossom viewing with Toyokawa Sakiko today.

The Cherry Blossom Front is a phenomenon in Japan where cherry blossoms gradually bloom as the weather warms from south to north. From a latitudinal perspective, it looks like a line from south to north, hence the name Cherry Blossom Front. That line has now reached Tokyo.

Tokyo is so beautiful.

Isn't that Tokyo Tower?

Let's just look at Mount Fuji in the distance, family.

"Riki, are you ready?" Toyokawa Sakiko asked from the doorway.

"Almost there."

Riki adjusted his hairstyle with some hairspray in front of the mirror. He was already handsome, and now he looked even more so.

The ancestral ways must not be changed.

Riki walked out of the room and saw that Toyokawa Sakiko had also changed into a short skirt. Her hair ribbon was tied to the side of her head, her smooth blue hair cascading down, her cheeks fair and her eyes bright.

"You look very handsome today," Toyokawa Sakiko praised.

"Haven't I always been handsome?"

"Well, have you?" Toyokawa Sakiko giggled, covering her mouth and tilting her head playfully as she winked, "But you really do look handsome today."

"Did your father do anything afterwards?" Riki asked Toyokawa Sakiko.

Toyokawa Sakiko shook her head. "No, he doesn't even know I know you. He thought you were just a young robber passing by. Besides, it was raining heavily, which washed away any traces, so the police couldn't continue the investigation."

Japan doesn't install too much surveillance in public areas for the privacy of its residents. If this were China, the first thing any detective would do is check the recordings.

"Let's go to Chidorigafuchi Park to see the cherry blossoms today," Toyokawa Sakiko said with a smile.

Of course, Sakiko-bao, you are free.

"You took me to your place before, now it's my turn to show you the fun things in Tokyo," Toyokawa Sakiko chuckled.

She's really something, I'm so touched.