Reborn Girl, Journey to All Worlds

Chapter 361 Joint Live Part 2 (Part )

With the end of Poppin'Party's LIVE session, the second half of Arknights began as scheduled, but...

"Linkage song!"

Xue, who went on stage alone, changed her usual icy beauty persona and entered a sunny and beautiful girl mode that was somewhat similar to Kasumi.

"イントロダクション (Overture)!!!"

Seeing the completely different snow from before, the audience was stunned for a moment before showing extremely excited expressions. It was the long-lost sweet girl Alicia!!!

"Xuexue, the final stage will be handed over to you~"

After the collaboration song ended, before leaving the stage, Kasumi made a cheering gesture to Yuki, and Yuki naturally responded with a smile.

"Just rest assured and watch us~"

As the other members of Arknights returned to the stage, Xue took a deep breath and transformed back into her ice beauty form.

"Everyone, let's start the second half of today's song, the new song... 榫ノ奇奇."

The whole audience cheered, and it was time for my favorite new song again.

"This song... double lead vocals?"

Feng Mingyi immediately realized the difference between this new song and the previous songs in the first half - it was a true dual-lead song.

"Yeah, and Xue and Nana..."

Maria discovered another difference, or detail - when the position of the lead singer was exchanged, the positions of the lead guitar and the rhythm guitar were also exchanged, without any lag, and it was extremely smooth.

"Xue and the others are really amazing..."

"Yeah~"

"Arknights!!!"

Our Tachibana Hibiki is still excitedly obsessed with the girl.

"Next is the last song of the day..."

Under the audience's expectant gaze, Xue did not read out the song title immediately.

The band's logo on the high-definition screen behind them disappeared, and was replaced by a video of the "Fate/stay night HF" movie that was released in early April.

"…花の呗."

The movie's images faded away like a blooming flower, and the song title "Hana no Uta" appeared in white on the black screen.

"This is…?!"

Nana's violin sounded first, and a girl in white with purple hair and purple eyes and a red hairband on her left side was surrounded by flowers, sleeping quietly on the ground like Sleeping Beauty.

"Ms. Alicia?!"

When the audience saw the face of Sleeping Beauty clearly, they all shut their mouths in tacit understanding after a brief moment of surprise. While listening quietly to "Hana no Uta", they also quietly watched the MV with Snow as the protagonist.

"花びらが色った…"

It started with the violin and ended with the violin. The six people leaned over and bowed before returning to the backstage. The audience woke up as if from a dream, and then burst into cheers.

"Thank you for your hard work, everyone~!"

Not long after the six Arknights members returned to the lounge, Kasumi and Ran pushed the door open together.

"Kasumi, Ran~"

"As expected of you guys, you don't look tired at all."

Lan often complained about the ridiculous physical fitness of the six members of Arknights, saying that they performed several songs at full strength without even breaking a sweat.

"Haha, thank you for the compliment~"

"Oh, by the way, Xuexue, come out with me for a moment."

"…Um."

Xue was slightly stunned, and she and Kasumi came to the passage outside.

"What's wrong, Kasumi?"

"It's nothing, actually. It's just..."

Listening to Kasumi's story, Xue couldn't help but frown subconsciously.

Well, Lixi and the others have some communication problems again.

"...I understand. I'll go find them tomorrow and ask what happened. Thank you, Kasumi, for telling me this."

"No need to thank me~"

……

The next day, at noon, after quickly having lunch, Xue went alone to the floor where the first-year high school classes were located.

As a result, as soon as I went down the stairs, I saw from afar that Xiangzi ignored Deng and Aine who came to look for her, and walked into the classroom on her own.

"..."

Seeing this scene, Xue had a little guess. Could it be that Xiangzi was also at the LIVE yesterday?

"Ah, Tennouji-senpai!"

As if noticing someone approaching, Aine turned around and saw that it was her senpai.

After hearing what Aine said, the three first-year high school girls, including Deng, also turned their heads.

"Senior sister..."

"Good afternoon, fellow students~"

Xue smiled and greeted him. Deng and Aine didn't react much. As for the two girls who were in Xiangzi's class...

"that…"

Seeing the girl's shy look, Xue knew that she had been recognized again.

"…Excuse me, are you Miss Alicia, the lead singer of the super famous girl band, Arknights?"

"I've been recognized again. It's definitely me."

Xue took off her glasses and the two girls immediately became excited.

"Xiao Kui, it's me, the living Alicia!!!"

"Yes! It's her in person. The rumors are actually true. Miss Alicia is really in our school!"

"Well... the whole "alive" thing is a bit exaggerated. Tennouji Yuki, that's my name. You can just call me Tennouji-senpai."

Xue was a little embarrassed.

"Yes!" The girl answered loudly in excitement.

"Chihaya-chan, Takamatsu-chan, come with me."

"Ah...yes..."

Although they didn't know why their senior called them, they still followed her.

Before leaving, Xue glanced at the classroom, or rather, at Xiangzi in the classroom. She must have heard the noise at the door.

……

The three of them came to an empty window in the corridor, and Xue did not act as a riddler.

"After the LIVE last night, did anything unpleasant happen between you guys?"

"this…"

"..."

Aine hesitated, and the light remained silent.

"...It seems so. Tell me, what happened?"

A vague sense of pressure began to emanate from Xue's body.

"Okay, senior, after the LIVE yesterday..."

Listening to Aine's story, Xue's head suddenly started to hurt a little.

Last night, my godsister was actually at the LIVE and even witnessed Deng and the others’ new Kasuga Shadow, which did not belong to CRYCHIC, to the point that she completely lost control of her emotions in the end.

Su Shi also had a conflict with Deng and the others because of this incident, and he hasn't spoken a word to them in the group until now.

"…I see."

Xue sighed softly, a helpless expression on her face.

"…It seems that Nagasaki-kun has not yet gotten over her Crychic past."

"Senior..." Deng looked at Xue, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

"Takamatsu-san... no, can I call you Deng?"

“…Yes.” Deng did not refuse Xue calling her name directly.

"This isn't your fault. Anyway, CRYCHIC is a thing of the past."

"Well, I'll ask your Saijo-senpai to keep an eye on Nagasaki-san."

As for talking to Xiangzi? Looking at the current troublesome situation, even as her godsister, she probably couldn't help.