516 The Junior Student Has Been Watching All Along

Mai felt a pang of envy; her relationship with her younger sister was, to put it mildly, complicated...

Haruno smiled and said, "Of course, Yukino- chan likes me a lot."

No.

Yukino immediately retorted.

At this moment, the Little Senior Sister smiled and said, "Actually, Mai- chan can also act cute towards me."

"Real?"

"Wait a minute, I clearly went first."

Shuya couldn't sit still any longer.

Mai snorted in dissatisfaction, "Hmph, selfish person."

Hyakka retorted, "Your Little Senior Sister isn't yours, so what right do you have to stop her?"

Motoko nodded repeatedly.

Seeing that they were about to start arguing, the Little Senior Sister weakly advised, "Please don't fight..."

Haruno, on the other hand, was very energetic, shouting and cheering, "Go for it! Beat him up! Start fighting!"

Yukino had a bit of a headache. "Sister, please don't always do this."

Everyone ate, drank, and chatted, then started playing games, including singing karaoke on the TV.

After they sang in turn for a while, Shuya asked to perform a new song, but the karaoke software didn't have his new song available so quickly.

He wanted to use this as an excuse to slack off.

But the Little Senior Sister stepped forward; it turned out she had kept some common musical instruments in the room assigned to her by the firm.

She immediately pulled out her guitar and enthusiastically began to play accompaniment.

Shuya could only perform helplessly, but thinking that he couldn't be the only one suffering, he said to them:

"You all take turns coming up here to sing with me, or I won't do it."

"What the heck? We're not even familiar with your new song, how are we supposed to sing it?"

The Hyakka were astonished.

"You guys have already gotten hold of the audio source and listened to it many times, you must be able to hum a few lines by now."

Shuya said, "Since you have so many opinions, you should go first."

What kind of logic is that?

Hyakka was Shuya forcibly dragged up to sing a chorus.

"Then I'll begin."

The Little Senior Sister gave a reminder, then plucked the strings.

"Wait"

Before Hyakka could finish speaking, Shuya had already belted out a song. "In the metropolis, I am but one person ---"

"Hmph hmph hmph, umm---what was next---Ugh! Lyrics, who gave me the lyrics!"

Hyakka tried her best to sing along to the rhythm, but her mind was a complete mess.

She hummed a tuneless, off-key song while quickly opening the album, taking out the lyric booklet, and then began to sing along.

Not only has Hyakka never practiced, but she doesn't even remember the lyrics. You can imagine how badly she'll sing it.

As the song ended, Shuya said with a comical expression, "I heard that you, Ms. Sonou, are a famous new generation female voice actress and singer? Is this all you've got? No way, no way? Is this really all you've got in terms of singing ability?"

"Waaah!"

Hyakka was driven crazy by Shuya's sarcastic remarks. She threw the lyric book at his face and was about to pounce on him.

Should we take care of it...?

This is troublesome. Although there's no limit to the number of votes, this is no way to vote...

Section 555, 516: Little Senior Sister has been observing.

Hyakka wanted to pounce on Shuya to take revenge, but Motoko stepped in and stopped her. "Calm down, calm down, don't do this."

How could an ordinary person like her break free? She could only be carried away by Motoko.

Shuya didn't care about her reaction and continued, "Alright, then Yukino- chan is next to embarrass herself!"

"Varied?!"

Yukino was stunned.

"Yay, Yukino- chan, do your best!"

Haruno happily pushed his younger sister forward, completely exposing her.

"Huh?!"

Yukino stared blankly at the microphone and lyric book that had been shoved into her hands, looking unusually bewildered.

She struggled to finish a song, and after Shuya made a mocking face at her, she sat back down and sulked.

Hyakka patted her on the shoulder and said with a grin, "What? Didn't I sing pretty well?"

(Manual sarcasm)

"!"

Yukino silently reached out and pinched and pulled Hyakka's cheek.

"Woo-woo-gu!"

Hyakka flailed her arms wildly, completely unable to escape her clutches.

Following Yukino, Haruno, Motoko, and Mai all went up to perform.

Motoko sang terribly, Mai did alright, Haruno was a little better.

Whether I sing well or not doesn't matter; it's just for fun.

Shuya felt that when it came to truly singing, one had to look to his Little Senior Sister.

The Little Senior Sister sang a duet with Shuya at the end, and she sang the most perfectly among everyone.

This way, each person sang one song, which completed a round of all six songs on the album.

Then we returned to the option to choose our own songs.

When Hyakka sang familiar songs, she sang them beautifully, finally regaining her dignity.

Shuya and the others had been fooling around in the office for a long time. After they got tired of playing, they rested on the sofa, eating the remaining desserts.

"Ugh---I'm so tired after playing all day!"

Hyakka stretched and sprawled on the sofa with satisfaction, displaying a style somewhat Shuya attitude.

"That's true~ We don't usually have much time to get together like this."

Haruno agreed; she and Hyakka had always been very busy.

Hyakka replied, "There's no way around it, I'm currently in the prime of my career, I need to boost my popularity while the JK (high school girl) buff is still active!"

"Haha, jdbuff is actually pretty good too."

Haruno replied with a smile.

Hyakka waved her hand dismissively. "Hahaha, you're joking. How can JD be compared to JK?"

Haruno said with a smile, "Indeed, there's a huge demand for cute, pink-haired high school girls like Hyakka -chan~"

"Mmm? Haruno, don't laugh like that, it's terrifying."

The Hyakka trembled.

Seeking a sense of security, she hugged Motoko, who was much taller than her, as a shield.

Shuya stepped in to smooth things over. "Don't be like that, JK and JD are pretty much the same, it's mostly about looks."

"Poor."

"Lowest."

He successfully earned the contempt of Hyakka and Yukino.

Mai didn't join the conversation. She looked at her silent Little Senior Sister beside her and asked, "Little Senior Sister doesn't seem to like these lively gatherings? You've been relatively quiet today."

The Little Senior Sister shook her head. "It's not that I dislike it, it's just that I personally prefer to observe from the sidelines, and besides..."

"And?"

Mai was a little curious about the reason for her hesitation.

"At these gatherings, when I see Shuya- kun, I can't help but think of the Quintuplets from back then, and then it all comes to mind, so I don't really want to participate..."

Oh... Quintuplets.

Mai instinctively clutched her stomach.

Hearing that address triggers her PTSD.

Stomachache.

Even after she became a superhuman, she remained like this; it's clearly a psychological trauma.

... Poor child.

Mai forced a smile and said, "Little, Little Senior Sister, you're too kind. You're still bothered by this kind of thing after all this time, even though we haven't seen them in ages."

The Little Senior Sister tilted her head and said, "But they send New Year's greetings every year, or occasionally send blessing messages on special holidays... Although I haven't seen them for a long time, I can't just pretend they don't exist..."

"What?"

Mai said doubtfully, "I thought we had completely cut off contact with them. Anyway, I haven't received any New Year's greetings or messages, Shuya certainly hasn't either."

"I wouldn't say I've had any contact with them, since we've never spoken..."

The Little Senior Sister was a little unsure.

"Anyway... they only contacted you, Little Senior Sister, right?"

Mai was quite surprised at first, but after thinking about it, she could accept it.

My Little Senior Sister is the kind of person who is... well... trustworthy?

In short, she couldn't explain it clearly.

She had recently learned a bit about the extraordinary world and felt that her Little Senior Sister might have some special constitution, which was why she was so amazing.

Mai recalled how her Little Senior Sister had been strangely unaffected during her previous Puberty Syndrome.

Thinking about it carefully, my Little Senior Sister is actually quite mysterious.

Mai couldn't help but glance at Shuya, who was chatting and laughing with the others. A question arose in her mind: Had Shuya noticed anything unusual about his Little Senior Sister?

I think so...

Mai's thoughts drifted far away, but her Little Senior Sister continued talking, drawing her attention back.

"Seeing Shuya- kun now, I feel a little more at ease."

The Little Senior Sister suddenly blurted out.

Mai was slightly taken aback, and she turned around to examine her Little Senior Sister's face.

The Little Senior Sister's gaze at Shuya seemed to carry an indescribable meaning.

"Ah, that..."

The Little Senior Sister noticed Mai's probing gaze and explained, "Ever since Rena passed away, my junior brother seems to have quickly recovered and thrown himself into his work, but those were the days I worried about him the most."

"When he later said he wanted to temporarily retire from the entertainment industry, I supported him. I hoped he could take a good rest. And that's exactly what he did."