At the center of Water 7's most fashionable street stood a six-story building with a rock-inspired design.
This was Shining Studio's headquarters.
By now, it was late at night.
The lights on the first through fifth floors were all off.
The studio had now grown into a full-fledged music company.
The regular employees worked in their respective departmental offices.
Shining himself and the other four core members of Kessoku Band used the sixth floor as their exclusive space.
Private bedrooms, a living room, a small dining room, a shared lounge, a recreation room, a conference room, a rehearsal room-it had everything.
At that moment, everyone in Kessoku Band was doing something terribly sinful in the shared lounge.
Warm yellow wall lamps illuminated a long solid-wood table. An old-fashioned jukebox in the corner was playing upbeat rock music. The table was covered with food.
"Yohohohoho! A late-night snack is such a sin. It'll make you fat... but I'm a skeleton-I have no fat!"
The fried rice in front of Brook was piled high.
Though he was a skeleton, the way he ate was mysterious-the food fell through his jaw, then vanished to who knew where.
He was spooning fried rice into his mouth, occasionally picking up the milk beside him for a sip.
But as he ate, he made a remark that was practically asking for trouble.
Perona was curled up in the chair beside Shining, taking small bites of her favorite bagel sandwich. The cup in front of her held pale pink strawberry milk tea.
"You pervy skeleton!"
After swallowing her food, Perona shot Brook a hostile look.
She had already reassured herself that one occasional late-night snack wouldn't hurt.
"Negative Hollow!"
Brook dropped instantly, slumping into an OTZ pose beside the table.
"...In my next life... I hope I