For the next two or three days, Miwa Yoshida did not show up at the club again, but followed the agent, looking for shiny fragments through the cracks - possible opportunities.

Shinichi Iwahashi continued to live his life, an ordinary life.

Since the last "piano sound incident", the escort ladies in the store have not asked him to dance again. In the end, he didn't dance because he liked to dance with the wine lady, but just a way to go with the crowd.

But gradually, he began to vaguely feel that something had quietly changed in the atmosphere around him in the club. Not only did the bartenders stop dancing with him, but they also began to show a faint hostility towards him. Together with the waiter's colleagues, his attitude towards him has become subtle and detached.

The atmosphere is a good thing when you don't notice it, but once you are conscious, even if it is only a little, the strong feeling of discomfort can no longer be seen normally.

Iwahashi Shinichi was a little confused and didn't understand what was going on. After thinking about it, the only source that may be related is probably the "piano sound incident". It was the only thing he had done in the three months he had traveled.

But it was hard for him to understand that such a little thing would develop like this.

On this day, he went to work at the club again, and as a result, Miwa Yoshida, who hadn't been at the club for a few days, also came tonight.

After taking a look backstage, Shinichi Iwahashi didn't have time to ask her if there were any results from her running around in the past few days, Miwa Yoshida spoke first, "Iwahashi-san, are you free after work tonight?"

"If you may," she said, "how about another drink?"

She was obviously not in a high mood, and Iwahashi Shinichi stared at her face and said bluntly, "This expression doesn't seem like there's anything good to say to me." ”

Miwa Yoshida sighed, "Please, at least you can say a few nice things to me." ”

Looking at her like this, I can guess that my efforts in the past few days have not received good results, and she is 100% deflated again.

"Judging by the way you talk so much, you might miss the last train. "Iwahashi Shinichi is not without concern.

"In that case," Miwa Yoshida said in a self-defeating tone, "let's go to the hotel together." ”

Shinichi Iwahashi's expression was like a stick, "Don't play me off." ”

Seeing his reaction, Miwa Yoshida finally showed his first smile since tonight and comforted: "Don't worry." "I don't know what it's reassuring him.

"Oh well. He agreed.

After getting off work, the two went to the small bar "Bacchus" last time to get together. When Shinichi Iwahashi entered, Miwa Yoshida arrived one step ahead of him, and he was already drinking alone at the bar.

Shinichi Iwahashi sat down next to her and ordered a whiskey soda. Before he could speak, she snatched him again, "Iwahashi-san, I went to the club tonight and found out something about you." Lately, you seem to have become a public enemy of the club. ”

Obviously, just now he pretended to be ready to vomit at him, but in the blink of an eye, he focused on other things.

A woman's fickleness.

"Really?" Iwahashi Shin's heart moved, remembering the strange atmosphere that had surrounded him these days.

Obviously, just now he looked like he was going to be a confidant and ready to listen to her pour bitter water at any time, but in a blink of an eye, he paid attention to his own affairs.

Men are fickle.

......

Human fickleness.

Miwa Yoshida said "um", "Didn't Kawamoto-san give you a bonus before?"

"Yes. That night, he also said to Miwa Yoshida, "I just gave out a bonus, so I can always do it if I have a drink."

"I heard from the people who accompanied the band tonight that after Kawamoto-san gave you a bonus, he found another reason to deduct Mitsuko's salary. Although I can't say that there must be any connection, however, Mitsuko hates you very much now, and the escort ladies also think it's a problem to have something to do with you. The waiter in the shop was also ......"

"You think I'm the kind of person who will step on others and climb up?" Iwahashi understood.

"Bingo, that's it. Miwa Yoshida looked at him, "Anyway, because I happened to hear something wrong with the piano pitch, you are now the public enemy of the store." ...... Nor is it a public enemy. ”

"Huh?"

She blinked, "And I trust you." Also, the people who accompany the band don't hate you either. ”

"It's a choking. Shinichi Iwahashi made her laugh and cry with her cold jokes, but she was moved by this trust in her heart. After thinking about it, he said, "It's to make Kawa Moto-san dissatisfied." ”

If Kawamoto hadn't given him a bonus first, then turned around and deducted Mitsuko's salary, making it look like Mitsuko was unlucky because of him, and intensifying the conflict, he wouldn't have pushed him to the cusp.

I just don't know why Kawamoto is so dissatisfied with him. Is it to hate that he didn't talk about the problem of hearing the piano pitch at the beginning, but he couldn't keep it a secret until the end, or did he just hate this talent?

However, has it become his fault to have an absolute sense of tone?

Now that the conflict has been intensified, he may not be able to stay in the club anymore. He carefully went with the crowd to live, but in the end, just because he exposed a little difference from others, he was maliciously squeezed out.

Thinking of this, Iwahashi Shinichi felt awkward in his heart, like eating a fly.

So, he diverted the topic, "Let's talk about you again, about the past few days." ”

Miwa Yoshida was also very cooperative, putting aside the topic just now, and getting straight to the point like when they met here for the first time, "In short, I can see from my expression that I was rejected again this time." ”

"I've heard things like 'this kind of thing can't be sold' or 'there's no need to launch a singer with zero sales,' and I've heard things like 'I can't sell this kind of thing' or 'there's no need to launch a singer with zero sales.' ”

"What's going on?"

"First of all, it's the attitude of the agent who is not happy. After being rejected, he said to me, 'If you can't write a popular song, this kind of creativity is about the same as if you didn't have it.'" ”

"It's a bit excessive. Iwahashi nodded cautiously.

"It's even more excessive, but it's still to come," Miwa Yoshida drank all the wine in the cup, and the posture of drinking fast made Iwahashi Shinichi a little worried that if she knocked herself down, "it would be bad if she vomited quickly".

"The agent pretended to be kind and belittled me. Miwa Yoshida said, "If only Yoshida-san could be more beautiful and make his idol debut, and now is the era when you can sell records if you dress up beautifully, so that it can only be an added value for women...... What a nonsense!"

Miwa Yoshida huffed, "It's a waste to think that I've prepared so seriously for that kind of person." ”

"Relax," Shinichi Iwahashi could only comfort her with the same words, "at least see what kind of person he is." ”

"Yes, so that's the end of it, OVER!" Miwa Yoshida declared categorically, "Even if I sing to death in the club, I will no longer listen to these charlatans." ”

"The second point is about you, Iwahashi-san. Miwa Yoshida got angry and suddenly became lost, "It's a shame that you have done so much for me, but I haven't been able to give your results the respect they deserve." I'm sorry. ”

Such a solemn apology made Iwahashi Shinichi feel a trace of sadness.

Her talents could not be understood by the world, so much so that she was subjected to such insults. At the same time, he remembered that because of a little difference, he was inexplicably ostracized.

His own loss overlapped with that of Miwa Yoshida.

In his mind, he suddenly remembered what Mineshima said to him on the night he went to perform with Mimi Club, "Sell excellent".

In his heart, there was a small window that could not be called a door, but perhaps just a small window, and suddenly a crack was pushed open.

"Yoshida-san," Iwahashi said in surprise, "if you can be trusted, how about I be your agent?"