What?
Singing?!
Hearing Kamijou Mutsuki's words, Anon shuddered all over in an instant.
She suddenly felt that asking Kamijou Mutsuki for help had been a mistake—she'd been better off doing it herself!
Clearly, what happened last time had left a pretty serious psychological shadow on the girl.
"Maybe… let's not?"
A certain pink-haired girl said with an awkward smile.
"Singing and dancing while eating isn't very appropriate, is it?"
"Objection overruled!"
Since he had already spoken up, Kamijou Mutsuki naturally wasn't going to stop halfway. He directly called out to his personal go-to accompanist.
"Cat, you're doing the accompaniment!"
The cat, who had been frantically stealing fish chunks from Anon's bowl, immediately stood up upon hearing this, happily pulling out a guitar.
More guitar to play—yay!
At the same time, Wakaba Mutsumi at the side also very cooperatively took out the speakers she had prepared in advance.
As for Kamijou Mutsuki, he took advantage of this moment to hand the sheet music for this performance to the cat.
Mm, this time he didn't take the wrong one.
"Do you really have to sing…?"
Watching Kamijou Mutsuki pick up the mic, the unwilling Anon said pitifully.
"At this point, if I don't sing, wouldn't that totally kill the mood for everyone?"
No—I wouldn't be killing the mood?
Taki, watching Anon's reaction from the side, couldn't help feeling puzzled.
It's just a song—does it really warrant this kind of reaction?
"Then, a song called 'If One Day I Become Very Rich', dedicated to a lost girl!" (T/N: A chinese song.)
After saying this with a smile, Kamijou Mutsuki lightly cleared his throat. Once the cat's guitar accompaniment sounded, he opened his mouth and began to sing.
"If one day I become very rich~"
"My first choice wouldn't be to travel around the world~"
Although Kamijou Mutsuki always claimed he couldn't do anything, his singing was genuinely not bad—arguably not even worse than Tomori's.
On this point, even Taki had to admit it.
It was just that…
Once again, the lyrics were strange.
And besides—would a filthy rich guy like him really be short on money?
As for Anon, once she realized that this time he wasn't singing her song, she immediately let out a huge sigh of relief.
Only Sakiko lifted her head, her gaze showing a faint stir.
However, since she hadn't taken part in the previous music session, Sakiko-sensei still didn't yet realize how serious this was.
"Lying on the world's biggest, softest sofa~"
"Eat, sleep, wake up and eat again, just like that a year passes~"
The cat silently gave a thumbs-up.
"If one day I become very rich~"
"Then I could keep everyone by my side~"
Sakiko-sensei: This time I understand!
Listening to Kamijou Mutsuki's lyrics, Sakiko didn't react at first.
But by the time she came back to her senses, she realized that at some point her eyes had already filled with tears.
After all, this soul-piercing line alone was enough to make even some more sensitive BanG Dream! fans cry—let alone Sakiko-sensei herself.
It could be said that this line was a perfect critical hit on Sakiko.
"Every day happily eating, drinking, chatting~"
"Not worrying about tomorrow or parting~"
Sakiko-sensei finally couldn't hold it in anymore, and once again broke down in tears.
Because Kamijou Mutsuki's lyrics were just too vivid.
If she had money, she wouldn't have to live like this now, with her mind full of nothing but daily necessities.
If she had money, she could keep Tomori and the others by her side.
Just like in the lyrics—everyone eating and drinking happily every day, doing the occasional live, and when there was nothing going on, gathering at RiNG to drink tea and chat, without worrying that one day they'd separate and part ways.
If she had money, she wouldn't have had to quit CRYCHIC, wouldn't have had to cut ties with her former friends.
And she wouldn't have—unintentionally—hurt Tomori so deeply.
If she had money…
Sakiko had too many "ifs." In the end, all of that unwillingness could only turn into tears, soaking her clothes and her heart alike, leaving them cold and damp.
Wait—are you seriously crying?
Looking at Sakiko-sensei, whose tears were falling like rain, Anon couldn't help scratching her head.
She'd been pretty shaken last time too, but it hadn't been to the point of crying like this!
What was going on with Sakiko?
"Saki-chan…"
Seeing this, Tomori beside her also showed a worried expression.
"Become rich I'll become rich"
Kamijou Mutsuki's lyrics sounded in Sakiko's ears like her own cry from the heart.
"So many people waste time day and night~"
When he sang this line, Kamijou Mutsuki quietly glanced at Anon, causing a question mark to pop up on the girl's forehead.
Hey—sing if you're going to sing. Why are you looking at me?
What, do you have a problem with me?
"Become rich I'll become rich"
"And then pretend to be humble and say money isn't everything~"
After that came a stretch of instrumental accompaniment without any specific meaning. Once it ended, Kamijou Mutsuki continued.
"If one day I become very rich~"
"I'll buy all those rarely seen smiles~"
When she heard this line, the crying Sakiko, for some reason, subconsciously glanced at Wakaba Mutsumi.
But how could a doll's face ever show a smile?
And so, Sakiko-sensei cried even harder.
"Let all the pitiful children no longer be afraid~"
Sakiko-sensei—did you help the little penguin become human?
Or did you make her even sadder?
"Let all the evil people no longer hold the right to speak~"
But it seemed that the "evil" person hadn't attended this gathering.
Care to guess who's missing this time?
Soyo: ?
"If one day I become very rich~"
"I would do everything I could to make time flow backward~"
"Not to contribute to humanity's ideals~"
"Just to say one sentence to her…"
At this point, Kamijou Mutsuki paused for a moment—then Wakaba Mutsumi mode possessed him, landing a direct critical hit.
"I'm sorry~"
Wishing you happiness!
In that instant, Sakiko-sensei felt as if she had returned to the moment right after watching MyGO!!!!! episode 3.
Those words—
She had used them to completely shatter Tomori's heart.
But… were those really the words she truly wanted to say to Tomori?
In her heart, she held far too much guilt toward Tomori.
Yet she had never been able to express it honestly.
And now, Kamijou Mutsuki's lyrics had utterly pierced through her emotional defenses.
"I'm sorry!"
Sakiko could no longer restrain herself. She suddenly pulled Tomori into a tight hug, crying as she apologized.
"Tomori, I'm really sorry!"
"I never thought I'd make you that sad!"
"I'm sorry, Tomori…"
"Hey, you—"
Being squeezed off to the side, Taki instantly showed an annoyed expression.
But seeing Sakiko-sensei crying so hard her voice was nearly hoarse, she ultimately just snorted and didn't say anything more.
"It's okay…"
Faced with Sakiko clinging to her and crying, Tomori froze slightly at first, then awkwardly reached out to pat her head and comfort her.
"I… never blamed Saki-chan."
"Not once."
In that moment, Tomori felt that Sakiko's reason for leaving CRYCHIC no longer mattered.
Because Sakiko… was crying.
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