They returned to the topic of the runaway guitarist.
Nijika spoke first.
“You said earlier that you have some information about Kita.
I’m curious — can you tell us more?” Ryo also leaned in, not saying anything, but her meaning was very clear.
Kakeru agreed to explain, though he still hid part of the truth.
He couldn’t exactly say he planned to wait outside her school to block her.
So he said, “I have a friend…” Ryo’s expression immediately turned strange.
“This friend of yours… is it actually you?” Kakeru only gave her a slow side glance, as if to say, I’ll let you figure that one out yourself.
Ryo was smart enough to make a zipping motion over her mouth, promising not to interrupt again.
Kakeru continued.
“I have a friend who’s been working part-time at a karaoke place recently.
We chat often, so we’ve talked about bands too.
It just so happens that there’s a girl at that karaoke place who looks a lot like Kita.
She often comes with different friends to sing.” Ryo’s eyes instantly filled with resentment.
She was already so nervous about the upcoming performance that she was practically smoking!
Even though Nijika was the one worrying the most, Ryo was nervous too, okay?
In such a tense situation, the girl was still going to karaoke with different friends all the time?
As expected, this junior really needed more prayers offered for her.
Even the kind and gentle angel Nijika felt a trace of displeasure.
No matter how gentle someone was, they would still get angry when faced with something like this.
Seeing how full of resentment the two of them were, Kakeru quickly tried to calm them down.
“Don’t get so worked up.
I already said it’s only someone who looks similar.
We don’t actually know if it’s really her.
That’s also why I told you two to keep looking for a guitarist.
If the person my friend mentioned really isn’t her, then we’d still be short one guitarist!” Hearing this, the two girls regained some rationality.
After sighing, they wished Kakeru success.
Kakeru said he would definitely complete the mission, but he would need Ryo’s help.
Ryo tilted her head in confusion.
The next second, Kakeru wrote something on a piece of paper and placed it in front of her, asking her to read it.
Yamada Ryo slowly turned her head.
“Embarrassing…” Then she said, “I didn’t expect you to be into this kind of thing…” Nijika was also surprised and quickly looked at the paper.
She couldn’t help but admire Ryo’s ability to cause chaos.
She thought it was going to be something serious, but it turned out to be this.
Still, she asked curiously, “What do you need Ryo to record this for?” Kakeru felt a bit awkward.
This was actually something he came up with on the spot after learning that the runaway young lady had escaped.
He definitely couldn’t tell the truth to the angel.
After all, he didn’t want to ruin his righteous and noble image.
So he said: “Mainly because Kita looks at Ryo differently than she looks at us.
So I want Ryo to record this line.
If she really is our runaway guitarist, then I can try using this sentence to awaken the kindness in her heart…” As Kakeru said this, he felt not only guilty but also extremely embarrassed… He was so embarrassed that his toes were practically digging into the floor, like he was trying to carve out a three-bedroom apartment.
After all, this excuse was really quite fake… Ryo sneered and slowly spoke.
“You’re lying.
You went through all this trouble to get a recording.
You’re definitely planning to make her kneel and then drag her home to become your personal star slave!
You think you can—” Before she could finish, Nijika directly gave her a hard knock on the head and complained, “Don’t joke about things like that!
Also, that’s clearly already a forbidden word!” In Nijika’s eyes, Ryo was just messing around.
And in truth, Ryo really was just joking.
After all, they had seen Kakeru’s character with their own eyes.
But only Kakeru knew the truth.
Even though Ryo was joking and talking nonsense, her words were crude but the meaning was accurate.
He really was planning to do exactly that… He didn’t expect that even after he had worked so hard to build his image, Ryo-senpai could still see through his true nature.
Although she was only joking, her intuition was terrifyingly sharp… This girl must not be allowed to stay!
Also… watching Nijika speak up for him made him feel a little guilty.
‘Ah, whatever.
I’ll just be gentler with her in the future.
That’ll count as repayment.’ …