["Please don't blame Mutsumi,"
The moment Soyo spoke, she immediately began to speak up for Mutsumi.
"It was me who insisted,"
"who asked her to bring me to your house."]
In fact, if they hadn't just watched the previous scene in the anime, everyone might really have believed Soyo's words.
["We shouldn't have played Haruhikage in the first place!"
Soyo fell silent for a moment, then finally spoke the words she had been brewing in her heart for days.
"The original plan for that day only had one song."
"I didn't want to play it either!"
"But the performance suddenly started, so I had no choice!"
"I'm sorry—I must have made you sad, right?"
"It's only natural if you don't want to forgive me!"
"It's true that I played our important song on my own."
"I'm really, really sorry!"]
So in the end… was it her fault?
Hearing Soyo's lines in the anime, Tomori couldn't help but lower her head.
Anon and the others, seeing how Soyo was completely shifting the responsibility away, also felt somewhat uncomfortable. However, they all understood Soyo's obsession with Sakiko, so they didn't dwell on it too much.
But for some reason, Anon felt an inexplicable sense of unease in her heart.
["Acting like it's all for my sake,"
Sakiko showed absolutely no mercy toward Soyo.
"If you want to perform, that's your freedom—do as you like!"
"But Haruhikage is CRYCHIC's important—"
Even now, Soyo still hadn't realized that she had completely gone in the wrong direction.
"You keep clinging to it—it's really unbecoming!"
"Ah…"
Soyo's eyes widened.
"You should about be ready to forget it by now, shouldn't you?"
Mutsumi, standing nearby, couldn't help but show a worried expression.
"Why… why are you telling me to forget??"
Forcing a smile, Soyo unconsciously softened her voice.
"Weren't we so harmonious back then??"
"Every day was so happy, all of us together…"
"And then suddenly we just went our separate ways—isn't that too strange?"
"It was you who said it, Saki—that a band is a community bound by fate!"
"Fate…"
Struck by her own words like a boomerang, even Black Sakiko wavered slightly.]
In fact, it wasn't just the Sakiko in the anime—even maid Sakiko in reality couldn't help but feel a sting on her face.
Back then, she was the one who told everyone they were a community bound by fate, yet she was also the one who caused the band to disband.
[However, unlike maid Sakiko—who had already softened quite a bit—the Black Sakiko in the anime quickly found the flaw in Soyo's words.
"Then what about your current band?"
She turned around and questioned Soyo like this.
"That's different!"
Soyo instinctively retorted.]
However, that single sentence from Soyo hurt nearly all of the remaining members of MyGO!!!!!.
"This girl…"
Taki's expression looked somewhat gritted with anger.
"Soyo…"
Tomori also looked a bit hurt.
"What do you mean… different…?"
Yet the one who reacted the most was actually Anon, who usually had the best mentality.
The light in her eyes wavered slightly, as if Soyo's words had led her to some kind of realization.
Only Raana showed no change in her expression at all.
"Boring woman."
She gave her sharp critique.
["What's different?"
In the anime, Sakiko pressed Soyo step by step.
"Your actions contradict your words!"
Soyo avoided her gaze.
"CRYCHIC is already destroyed!"
Sakiko declared this decisively.
"There is absolutely no possibility of revival!"
"Ah…"
Soyo's eyes widened again.
"Why?"
Taking a step forward, Soyo finally voiced the thoughts she had kept buried in her heart for so long.
"Please, I want CRYCHIC to start again!"
"I want to go back to how happy we were before!"
"Tomori and Taki want that too."
"I'm planning to call Mutsumi, and then Saki—you come back as well!"
"Really?"
Hearing this, Sakiko directly looked past Soyo toward Mutsumi.
"I…"
Mutsumi lowered her head and fell silent once again.
"Huh?"
Soyo hadn't expected to be backstabbed by Mutsumi again.
Then, the camera rapidly switched between the expressions on the girls' faces.
"Why?"
Soyo's voice sounded like she couldn't accept reality.
"Am I the only one who feels this way?"]
"So that's how it is…?"
In the anime, Soyo had clearly already broken down—but in reality, there was someone in a similar state.
Only, this person wasn't the real-life Soyo—it was Anon.
Although, due to Kamijou Mutsuki's interference, she hadn't experienced the same encounter with Soyo as in the anime, she still had a good impression of this gentle, motherly figure.
But she hadn't expected that the reason Soyo joined MyGO!!!!! so easily was actually to use it to revive CRYCHIC.
She understood Soyo's obsession with CRYCHIC, but…
What about her? And what about Raana?
There's no place for you in this band.
It was as if Anon could hear Soyo saying that to her.
"Am I… not needed?"
To Soyo, was she merely a tool to revive CRYCHIC?
In fact, there had already been signs of this.
It was just that before, she hadn't been willing to doubt Soyo.
"I'm such an idiot…"
Anon tilted her head up at a 45-degree angle, feeling tears slide down her cheeks as she murmured softly. Meanwhile, Tomori and Taki were also extremely shocked by Soyo's desire to revive CRYCHIC.
In truth, the real Soyo had already shown signs of this.
The anime had merely laid her thoughts completely bare.
But at this moment, what they were more concerned about were Anon and Raana's feelings.
After all, being treated like a mere tool didn't feel good at all.
They didn't want this newly formed band to fall apart because of Soyo.
And the girls at Tsukinomori who had received promises from Soyo were even more confused upon seeing this scene.
Wait—wasn't this what you said wouldn't cause the band to fall apart?
You're already planning to rebuild CRYCHIC!
Of course, it wasn't that CRYCHIC was bad.
But if it came at the cost of destroying MyGO!!!!!, then they absolutely couldn't accept it.
["But CRYCHIC was originally formed by you, Saki, wasn't it?"
Even so, Soyo still tried to make one final struggle.
"So I personally brought it to an end!"
However, Sakiko did not respond in the way she hoped.
"It hasn't ended!"
Soyo completely broke down, losing her rationality as her emotions took control.
"I've worked hard all this time for the sake of CRYCHIC!"
Overwhelmed with emotion, Soyo had to pause briefly to catch her breath.
"No one asked you to do that!"
Even in the face of Soyo like this, Sakiko still did not soften.
"This is the final ultimatum,"
she said.
"From now on, don't have anything to do with me ever again!"
After saying that, Sakiko walked straight past Soyo, preparing to leave.
"Wait!"
However, Soyo couldn't accept this outcome.
"Don't go!"
"This isn't right—I really cherish everyone!"
"I really like everyone!"
"Please, don't!"
Seeing that Sakiko didn't stop because of her words, she rushed forward and grabbed her arm.
"Please!"
"If I don't have you, I…"
"Let go of me!"
Seeing Sakiko's rejection, Soyo made a choice that no one had expected.
Right before the disbelieving eyes of all the viewers, she directly knelt down.]
["What do I have to do for you to come back?"
The girl knelt on the ground, clutching Sakiko's arm, crying as she spoke.
"As long as it's something I can do, I'll do anything!"]
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