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The performance by the Red Pepper Band and Kagura Hikaru ended amid applause.

It seemed the audience was quite satisfied.

"I'm dead tired~~" Back in the dressing room, Ai Cheng Hua Lian raised her hands and stretched like a cat, then wiped her neck with the back of her hand, "Ugh, all sweaty, I want to go home and take a shower."

"After we remove our makeup, let's all go to Karen-chan's house for a party!" Ruzaki Mami suggested.

"Sorry, count me out of the party, I want to go back and rest....." Hoshimi Nana said with a pale face.

Sitting in the dressing room waiting had apparently made her menstrual pain worse, visibly weakening her.

"I'll take her back," the bassist of the Red Pepper Band said reluctantly, pointing at Hoshimi Nana with his thumb, "The three of you go ahead."

"Eh~ it can't be called a celebration without you guys!"

"That can't be helped."

Amid the argument between Ruzaki Mami and the bassist, Kagura Hikaru quietly came over and returned the guitar to Hoshimi Nana: "Thanks for your guitar."

"I should be the one thanking you." Hoshimi Nana asked him to help put the guitar back into its case, weakly smiling, "I didn't expect you truly could pull it off, Mr. Kagura truly is something."

"Eh, did you think I would mess it up at the start?"

"Oh, don't mind me, I'm a bit of a pessimist. I just thought, if it were you, Mr. Kagura, even if you screwed up, the audience wouldn't hate you because everyone knows you."

"Am I that famous?" Kagura Hikaru was surprised.

"In the livehouse scene, yes, very famous." Hoshimi Nana teased, "So, how about it? Why not seize this opportunity to join our Red Pepper Band? You can choose from four beauties~~"

"No way! Don't joke with Mr. Kagura like that!"

Ai Cheng Hua Lian flushed and smacked her on the head, then said to Kagura Hikaru, "Kagura, thank you for today, without you, we would have had to cancel the performance."

"It's me who should be thanking you."

"Eh? What did I do?"

"Thanks to this performance, I've started to remember some things."

""Really?!""

Ai Cheng Hua Lian, along with the other three who perked up their ears to listen, shouted simultaneously.

"Yes." Kagura Hikaru gave a peculiar smile and looked deeply at Ai Cheng Hua Lian, "About you, just a little."

Ai Cheng Hua Lian appeared not to understand and stared blankly for a few seconds before reacting, her face slowly turning red, "You mean, you are....."

"Ahem, let's set aside that kind of talk." Kagura Hikaru quickly changed the subject, "Actually, when I was outside watching the performance earlier, I bumped into a talent scout."

"A talent scout?"

"Yes, he claimed to be from a music company and said you guys have the potential to become a professional band."

Ai Cheng Hua Lian and the others exchanged glances.

"Um, which company was it?"

"I didn't ask, and he didn't give me a business card," Kagura Hikaru shrugged.

"I see....." Ai Cheng Hua Lian looked at the band members, "Actually, we've been approaching the performances with an amateur mindset up until now, not considering the band's future."

"A professional musician, huh, I hadn't even thought about it." Hoshimi Nana said, supporting her chin.

The bassist and Ruzaki Mami were silent, probably thinking about it as well.

Learning about this suddenly, it was inevitable to be at a loss.

It's like telling a student who is about to graduate that they will soon step into society to fend for themselves; anyone would struggle to grasp the reality of it.

Half an hour later, Kagura Hikaru and Ruzaki Mami arrived at the Ai Cheng family's place as guests.

Carrying two big bags of snacks.

Since it was a celebration, how could it be without some delicious treats.

"Ah, Zhen Chun, and Mr. Kagura, welcome."

The door was opened by Karen Ai Cheng's mother, who looked very young. Kagura Hikaru almost thought she was her older sister, but he realized who she was when he heard Ruzaki Mami call her 'aunt' and quickly corrected himself.

She seemed quite familiar with him, so Kagura Hikaru tried his best to act close to avoid suspicion.

He didn't want to make a big deal about his amnesia.

The two were welcomed into the house, and Ruzaki Mami confidently found her way to Karen Ai Cheng's room and opened the door.

It was a very tidy room, filled with a girlish atmosphere and a fragrant scent.

Karen Ai Cheng had already come home earlier after they had gone to buy snacks, and apparently, she had taken a bath and changed clothes.

Seeing her smelling all fresh, Ruzaki Mami felt envious.

After all, she was the drummer in the band, and if anyone sweated the most in the room, it was definitely her!

So she let Kagura Hikaru and others start without her, then borrowed some clothes from Karen Ai Cheng and went to take a bath.

"You guys are really close," Kagura Hikaru said, watching Ruzaki Mami leaving with the clothes and then turning his head back.

Ordinary friends wouldn't usually take a bath at someone else's place.

"Yeah," Karen Ai Cheng said with a shy smile, "Let's watch a movie."

"Eh, aren't we waiting for Ruzaki?"

"She doesn't like horror movies, I think it's fine."

So you were planning to watch a horror movie…

Karen Ai Cheng pulled out a disc, put it in the player, and even deliberately drew the curtains, giving Kagura Hikaru an ominous feeling.

He was the type who completely avoided horror movies. Good horror movies were too scary, and those that weren't scary were not interesting, and so he had blacklisted all thriller films.

As a result, Kagura Hikaru had zero tolerance for horror films.

"Doesn't it feel like a movie theater when you watch the screen in the dark?" Karen Ai Cheng said with a smile.

Under the light of the screen, her smile seemed eerily uncanny.

Kagura Hikaru was setting out snacks while barely managing a smile back, "Ai Cheng, are you one of those who are not afraid of ghosts...?"

"I think I'm okay with them," she replied.

While trying to adjust the volume with the remote control, Karen accidentally hit the fast-forward button. A fearsome, bloody monster suddenly appeared close up, as if it was about to jump out of the TV, emitting a sharp scream.

Kagura Hikaru was so startled that he froze for a moment, grateful he didn't scream out loud, which would have been utterly embarrassing.

He instinctively looked away to catch Karen Ai Cheng's reaction.
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To his surprise, her eyes brightened, glued to the screen intently.

Kagura Hikaru's gaze shifted back just as the film showed a monster devouring someone's abdomen, blood spurting everywhere like a fountain.

He turned again to confirm.

Far from being scared by such a scene, Karen Ai Cheng leaned in closer, put down the remote control, and watched attentively.

Kagura Hikaru's impression of Karen Ai Cheng was completely revised.

The girl who seemed soft and frail turned out to be a hardcore horror movie fan!

And whether she forgot or was too lazy to rewind, she showed no intention of starting over. Kagura Hikaru had no choice but to reluctantly continue watching with her.

He reached out to grab the tomato-flavored chips placed next to him, only to grasp at air.

Strange, they were missing. Did he forget to put them out?

Never mind.

Kagura Hikaru simply gave up on figuring it out and grabbed another pack from the bag to share with Karen Ai Cheng.

As for when Ruzaki Mami came back from her bath later, just in time to run into a shadowy room and a monstrous massacre on the screen, screaming so loudly that it was heard outside, that was a different story altogether.