Chapter 48: Chapter 48
"What?"
However, the on-screen Anon's complaints were met with a counterattack from the real-life Miss Taki.
"You have a problem with me?"
"...No."
This girl is so fierce!
The smile on Anon's face was a bit stiff.
"This is all just the plot of the anime. It has nothing to do with me, right?"
What does the Anon in the anime have to do with the real her?
"Is that so,"
In the anime, faced with Anon's complaints, the smile on Soyo's face remained unchanged.
"But Rikki probably didn't mean to be mean to you."
"Oh no, so the two of them know each other."
This time, it was the on-screen Anon's turn to be embarrassed.
"Ah... should I not have said that about your friend?"
"It's okay!"
"She was so harsh to you all of a sudden, so it's not entirely your fault."
And then followed a friendly exchange between the two girls.
Finally, at Soyo's suggestion, they sat down inside to chat, and on her recommendation, Anon even ordered the same hot Earl Grey tea as her.
Come to think of it, that's what I ordered when I first met Kamijo Mutsumi, too.
Soyo didn't know why she recalled this memory, but then she noticed a blind spot she hadn't paid attention to at the time.
Wait, how did he know she liked hot Earl Grey tea?
But soon, Soyo stopped dwelling on it.
For someone who could produce an anime like this, such a small detail was not worth worrying about.
Soon, the two of them were talking about bands.
Just then, a certain white Persian cat happened to walk in, pushing a guitar case. As she plugged her guitar into the amp, the sudden burst of noise made Anon cover her ears.
And after tuning, this cat began to play without a care in the world.
"So noisy,"
However, due to certain thoughts in her heart, even after the cat's "noise," Anon persisted in speaking to Soyo.
"So I was saying,"
"I'm looking for a band where I can be the lead vocalist and guitarist."
"You mean a singing guitarist?"
"That's right!"
And then, right in front of the pink-haired girl, the cat performed a spectacular, professional-level guitar solo.
"..."
Anon stared blankly at the cat, falling into a stunned silence.
"She's so good!" Soyo exclaimed from across the table.
"If it doesn't work out, it's fine if someone else is the guitarist," Anon said, having witnessed the cat's skill, feeling a little less confident.
"But I still want to be the lead singer!"
"Heh~"
Seeing Anon trying to snatch Tomori's position, Taki couldn't hold it in.
She didn't say anything, but that single sound was more powerful than a thousand words. Anon's cheeks burned red.
Looking back now, she also found it incredible. Where did she, someone who could barely play the guitar, get the courage to want to be the lead guitarist and vocalist?
But on second thought, it was actually normal. Back then, she had simply wanted to be in the center position. She had even rejected the traffic light trio for that reason. She hadn't thought about it that much.
So, am I in the center position now?
Oh, I'm playing guitar and standing in the corner!
And I have to worry about getting pressured by Taki...
So I rejected them back then for nothing!
Isn't it all the same in the end?
However, if she had to do it all over again, Anon would probably make the same choice.
Although there wasn't a single normal person in this band, she found that she didn't dislike it for some strange reason.
"Why were you two arguing?"
In the anime, after Anon had endured Miss Taki's death glare, Soyo asked about the reason for their conflict.
"I don't know either," Anon replied, adding sugar cubes to her tea. "I was just chatting with my friend when she suddenly appeared and demanded to know what I was doing."
"She even questioned my relationship with my friend."
"And she asked me, 'You're inviting Tomori to form a band?'"
Keyword discovered!
Soyo, who had been smiling and sipping her tea, paused slightly.
"And then she suddenly got angry. It was really weird."
Soyo put down her cup, her gaze on the pink-haired girl turning serious for the first time.
"The Tomori you mentioned, are you referring to Takamatsu Tomori?"
"Uh, yes, my classmate."
Anon seemed a bit surprised by Soyo's question.
"Um, do you know her?"
"She's my friend too."
Soyo clasped her hands, propped her chin on them in a classic pose reminiscent of Commander Ikari, her voice so gentle it could make one's body go limp.
Soyo's plan brings a world-shaking change, and the ghost of CRYCHIC sees the light again.
"I see."
The anime gave a close-up of Soyo glancing at the school uniform Anon was wearing.
"So she's at Haneoka now."
And so, Soyo, who had just been casually dealing with Anon, suddenly became proactive, subtly guiding the pink-haired girl before her.
Theoretically, the two of them should have been on the same level, but since Anon was completely unaware that she had walked into a trap and had no guard up, she was completely led by the nose.
"Do you want to form a band together?"
And so, Anon issued the invitation.
"Okay."
Soyo agreed without any hesitation, as if she were answering a question about what to have for dinner.
"Really?"
Seeing this, Anon was in disbelief.
After all, her previous invitations had been met with nothing but rejection. And Soyo had agreed so easily?
"But I'm really not that good, you know~"
"That's good enough!"
And so, in her excitement, Miss Anon contributed one of the most famous scenes of the show.
"Soyo-san, I love you!"
Watching the on-screen Anon with hearts in her eyes for Soyo, the other girls all had strange expressions.
And you say you're not a lesbian? Taki discreetly shielded Tomori behind her.
It's over. I can never wash myself clean of this!
At the same time, the screen changed, and the scene shifted to nighttime.
Anon was sitting on the sofa at home, happily sending a message to Miss Soyo, the bassist she had just recruited today.
And as the camera focused on Soyo, the screen instantly became dark and gloomy.
She was sitting on her bed in her bedroom, not even having turned on the lights.
Soyo looked at the message from Anon in her notification bar, with no interest in even opening it.
She swiped away the notification, and the CRYCHIC homepage appeared.
Soyo stared at the homepage, her gaze fixed for a long time.
The powerful gravity she emitted during this time was almost on par with Tomori's.
"Soyo-chan, you..."
The on-screen Anon, being in the thick of it, was understandably unaware of Soyo's true motives.
But from a God's-eye view, Soyo's flaws were all too apparent.
The real Anon watched Soyo, her expression becoming complicated.
And although Miss Soyo was also an "emotionally heavy" contender, after Tomori, Anon's highest affection was for her.
After all, who wouldn't like such a gentle and considerate young lady from Tsukinomori?
But now she discovers that Soyo seems to have had ill intentions towards her?
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