Chapter 53: Chapter 53
"Even if that's the truth, it's still hard to believe."
Although she felt it was wrong, Anon still couldn't help but mutter.
"That they're actually the same person..."
Are you fcking done yet?*
Great God Saki was on the verge of snapping.
I know you all prefer the old me, but there's no need to keep emphasizing it, right?
After the on-screen comforting of Tomori on the bridge, the anime's scene shifted back to the recording studio.
"Want to become a real..."
"Hey, do you want to sing or not?"
The moment I walk in, I see Taki pressuring Tomori.
Clearly, at this stage, Miss Taki wasn't feeling very "filial."
"Rikki! It's already progress that she can sing out loud now!"
Although it was only surface-level gentleness, the Soyo of this time was a true "mom," not yet competing with Mutsumi Wakaba's father for his job.
"Ehh~"
Life is hard. Taki sighed.
"But she was able to sing on the footbridge." This was White Sakiko.
"The footbridge?"
"Do you get nervous in a recording studio?"
"I see."
Soyo: ???Ah~
The Tsukinomori King of Ideas began to employ her world-shocking wisdom.
And so, the group moved to a karaoke box.
"This place is..."
"It's a karaoke box. Have you never been here before?"
"I've only heard about it from my classmates." This was White Sakiko.
"I have one at my house." This was Mutsumi Wakaba, exuding the aura of a rich girl with her first sentence.
"Is Mutsumi-chan's family that rich too?"
Anon suddenly felt like she was poor.
But then she remembered that Mutsumi's father was a senior figure to Soyo's family, so it seemed natural.
"Are all these drinks included?"
In the anime, White Sakiko was now standing in front of the drink machine, her eyes filled with the clear-headed foolishness of a university student.
"Just get whatever you want to drink."
"Rikki-san, you're so used to this."
"Not really."
Just then, Tomori lightly pressed a button on the drink machine, and two different colored drinks flowed out.
"The drink came out! Did you see that just now?"
"Pfft~"
Miss Anon, watching this scene, finally couldn't hold it in and burst out laughing, drawing the attention of the other girls.
"Um, I didn't mean to laugh at Sakiko," she said, immediately explaining herself awkwardly. "I just thought the Sakiko-chan in the anime was too cute. Did all of this really happen to you guys?"
"More or less," Taki replied.
"I see... What on earth happened to Sakiko-chan to make her change into the person she is now?"
What did she go through to turn that innocent and gentle young lady into the person she is today?
In fact, Soyo was also very curious.
Where did the gentle Sakiko of the past go?
"The me of today, do you all hate me that much?"
Sakiko finally couldn't help but speak, instantly ending the conversation.
"Ah, sorry, I didn't mean it like that."
Seeing Anon finally drop the subject, Sakiko withdrew her gaze.
However, when she looked at the anime again, her eyes were a little dark.
Their acknowledgment of her past was a denial of her present, making it impossible for her to continue to escape.
So, where did that gentle her of the past go?
After a moment's thought, Sakiko came up with the answer.
She sold her off, in exchange for firewood, rice, oil, salt, and beer.
That's right. The White Sakiko they admired was actually that cheap!
A sarcastic arc formed on the girl's lips, it was unclear if it was directed at them or at herself.
And in stark contrast to reality, the White Sakiko in the anime looked so happy and blissful.
Even the doll-like Mutsumi was smiling.
It made Anon wonder, That Mutsumi-chan can actually smile?
"So that was the former CRYCHIC? Everyone looks so happy!"
"That's right. Back then, everyone was so happy," Anon's unconscious muttering made Soyo smile, but thinking of what happened next, her expression turned sad again.
"But in the end..." Soyo unconsciously fiddled with her index finger, unable to stop herself from casting a resentful gaze at Great God Saki, like a divorced woman questioning her former unfaithful husband.
Back then, CRYCHIC was as united as they could be.
"CRYCHIC is over."
Great God Saki seemed unmoved by Soyo's gaze.
Sakiko: My heart is already as hard as a rock. Nothing can hurt me anymore! Anime: ??? Haruhikage. Sakiko: ??
「Kajikanda kokoro furueru manazashi.」 (A numb heart, a trembling gaze.)
Seriously, again?
Hearing the intro to "Haruhikage" slowly begin to play on the TV, Sakiko truly couldn't hold it together.
Why do they have to play "Haruhikage"?
But soon, she adjusted her mood.
So what if it's "Haruhikage"?
I'm not the same person I was that day.
「Sekai de boku wa hitoribocchi datta.」 (In this world, I was all alone.)
「Chiru koto shika shiranai haru wa.」 (The spring that only knows how to scatter.)
In fact, the expression on Sakiko's face did not change much after this.
After all, a person won't fall into the same pit twice.
A trick that has been used once, how could you expect it to work on her again?
Wrong. It absolutely could!
「Tada tada kotoba o kakinagutte.」 (Just, just scribbling down words.)
「Kitai suru dake munashii to wakatte ite mo.」 (Even though I know it's pointless to hope.)
The on-screen Tomori sang, slowly extending her hand towards White Sakiko.
Doesn't this scene look familiar?
That's right. She had seen a similar scene before at Houbun Animation.
Only that time, the person Tomori reached for was not her, but Kamijo Mutsumi.
Yes, she already knew.
But why?
Why do you have to emphasize, over and over, the fact that Tomori has been stolen away by a certain man?
The anime seemed to be saying: Look, look how much she cared about you, how much she liked you!
But this girl, whose heart was once filled with her, was pushed into someone else's arms by her own hands.
That's right. It was she who personally cut the bond between them.
Having left you, what right do I have to care now?
Sakiko tried to convince herself of this, but she couldn't stop the sorrow in her heart.
However, this time, she didn't burst into tears. Her eyes just turned red.
For Tomori to be happy, isn't that what she wanted?
Even if there is no place for her in that happiness.
"Crying?"
Just as the girl was about to hold back her tears, a certain boy had, at some point, leaned over, asking with what seemed like curiosity.
Sakiko: (?_?)
The tears instantly welled up in the girl's eyes.
She bit her lip and turned her head to the other side, not wanting to deal with him.
However, he moved his position and leaned in again.
"Yo, she's really crying!"
Sakiko: ε(┬┬﹏┬┬)3
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