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Gotō Hitori probably wanted to bow in apology, but instead, she bonked her forehead against the back of the front seat.
Asakura subconsciously checked the Magic car's durability—it only had 5 durability. If it ran out, it would explode on them.
Even if the Scale Magic could protect them from the explosion and the fall from the sky, Asakura still didn't plan to experience such an unpleasant ordeal, no matter how he thought about it.
Fortunately, although Gotō Hitori's forehead seemed quite sturdy from all the training, it was still slightly inferior when up against a car. The car's durability on the system panel didn't decrease.
"I'm sorry, for being so arrogant online, not only pretending to be like the normie adults but also bragging that I had a boyfriend... I'm truly sorry!"
She closed her eyes, and as if giving up completely, extended her pinky finger, "If, if you want to cut it..."
"No, no, no, Asakura-kun isn't a Yakuza, how could he cut off your finger?"
Yuigahama Yui said with a wry smile, but then her crimson eyes (Note) looked at Gotō Hitori with curiosity, "But speaking of which, Hitori-chan, are you really Guitar Hero?"
"Yes... I'm truly sorry to disappoint you."
Gotō Hitori said timidly.
"No, no, on the contrary, I didn't expect Guitar Hero to be such a cute child like Hitori-chan. Not only did you not disappoint me, but I actually feel it far exceeded my expectations!"
Yuigahama Yui said happily, "I'll continue to support Guitar Hero in the future too~"
"Hehehe, is that so…?"
Gotō Hitori showed a subtle, somewhat disgusting smile for a beautiful girl, her whole body twisting like a reindeer that had eaten a commoner's fruit.
"But I just felt that when Hitori-chan played the Guitar at the Livehouse, it wasn't as… like dong bang pi ka as in the video!"
Yuigahama Yui, with a slightly limited vocabulary, tried hard to express her feelings with strange onomatopoeia: "Could it be that Hitori-chan deliberately held back so that others wouldn't know you're Guitar Hero?"
Exactly! To prevent the glorious image of Guitar Hero in the other party's mind from being tarnished, Gotō Hitori decisively decided to answer that way.
"No, no, no…"
"That's not it."
Before she could say it, Asakura had already stated decisively: "This child's skill level isn't high enough to hold back. She simply can't unleash her full potential due to extreme social anxiety."
"I see…"
Yuigahama Yui looked at Gotō Hitori, a look of understanding on her face.
Indeed, the constantly soft and squishy Gotō Hitori, like a blob of slime, really didn't seem like someone who would engage in cunning behavior like holding back.
"Awu…"
Gotō Hitori slumped onto her seat, sighing inwardly: It's over, completely over. My image as Guitar Hero is utterly ruined…
"But that also means, as long as Hitori-chan can get used to playing with Nijika-san and the others, and overcome her social anxiety, her playing level will skyrocket?"
Yuigahama Yui mumbled, pressing a finger to her lips.
"Exactly."
Asakura nodded seriously: "So now you know why, even though Kessoku Band's performance still hasn't reached the passing line, I still have so much confidence in Hitori and the others, right?"
"Indeed, after all, it's Guitar Hero."
Yuigahama Yui also agreed, but then looked at Gotō Hitori with some concern: "But won't this put too much pressure on Hitori-chan?"
After all, judging from Asakura's statement, the premise for Kessoku Band to perform Live on the Founders' Festival stage was for Gotō Hitori to showcase a certain level of Guitar Hero's true power as the main damage dealer on stage.
"Ugh…"
Gotō Hitori slumped in her seat, making a sound of stomach pain.
"That's right, if Hitori's performance in Kessoku Band doesn't meet the standard…"
Asakura looked back at Gotō Hitori, drawing out his words with a meaningful tone.
Gotō Hitori's little brain immediately followed Asakura's words and thought about it. Obviously, if they couldn't meet the standard, Kessoku Band would have to stop there, without the qualification to go on stage.
Although for her, who suffered from social anxiety, it would be a relief, it would definitely be a huge blow for both Ijichi Nijika, who highly valued the band and worked hard to encourage others to strive for improvement, and for Yamada Ryou, who always claimed not to care but was more serious than anyone when it came to Live performances. Not being able to perform Live on stage would be a huge blow.
Not only would finding another stage to perform Live be a distant dream, but all their hard work and practice during these days would also turn into nothing…
Even for Nijika-senpai and Ryou-senpai, I have to try harder.
That's right, I am Guitar Hero! Heroes always appear at the most difficult moments!
Burning… Although it hasn't reached the point of burning, at least there's a little spark!
The girl cheered herself up inwardly.
At this moment, Asakura also spoke the latter half of his sentence.
"If you don't meet the standard in the band, then I'll just have to drag you onto the stage alone, and have you play a Guitar Solo in a bunny girl outfit."
"…!"
Gotō Hitori, who had only shown a little resolve in her eyes, instantly truly ignited upon hearing this.
Her heart instantly reached a conclusion: "…I'll do my utmost to get Kessoku Band onto the Live stage!"
"If Hitori doesn't want to wear a bunny girl outfit, a string bikini is also an option."
Asakura added: "You know, the kind with very little fabric. I think it would be quite suitable."
"…I'll die before Nijika-senpai and Ryou-senpai don't get to perform Live on stage."
Gotō Hitori felt she had never been so motivated.
Yuigahama Yui, listening to Asakura, couldn't help but ask: "Is it really okay to do that on the Founders' Festival stage?"
Even though this year's Founders' Festival had Amakusa Shino introduce some new concept activities, it was still essentially a school festival dominated by traditional and conservative factions. In such a situation, letting students from other schools perform on stage in bunny girl outfits would be too challenging to the old alumni's outdated notions.
"It's fine,"
Asakura waved his hand, causing a bridge pillar in the windshield to immediately bend into an S-shape, allowing the magic car to pass safely, while he said aloud: "As a magician, my rights are limitless."
Riding in the Flight Magic car, Gotō Hitori felt an unexpected sense of reality to Asakura's words…
Note: Mochi's pupils in the original novel illustrations are blue, but in the anime they are red. Here, the anime version is used.
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