(Aiko Sato's perspective)

Yes...... It's been a long time since I've seen Mr. Kawakami appear at FOLT, and I don't seem to see him at SICK HACK's recent performances, so what's going on?

I was following a guitarist, and I was thrown out again by the school. Squatting on the dirty street outside the school and scratching your head, has the workload been too much lately, and you will mistake the time of school and vacation...... Although I regret missing out on her again, I am more concerned about Mr. Kawakami's unexpected disappearance from the public eye.

Well...... Hey? SICK HACK has an impromptu show tonight?

As always, checking the tweets of the bands I follow on my phone, I frowned and flipped through the somewhat unusual message. I've already inquired about their pomp and circumstance, maybe because of the difference of one person, they only arranged two performances this month, so this time the extra ones are more intriguing, after all, the last temporary arrangement seems to be when Mr. Kawakami joined.

"Hey—"

I patted the dust on my buttocks, stretched my waist unconsciously, and waited for the evening to find a cute boss and go to an izakaya to eat and drink! When the time comes, just find a reason to run away, anyway, the boss lady will definitely not care......

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"Miss Poison? It's been a long time."

I honestly followed the crowd and lined up to buy tickets, and the moment it was my turn, the store manager recognized it...... How to say it, although it feels pretty good to be recognized in an instant, but it's a bit too much to call me my own black history as soon as I come up! Though it is a sin of my own making.

"Store manager Xiaoyin, long time no see, please call me Aiko......

"Since Miss Poison said so...... Then please allow me to call you that, today's admission fee is 2,400 yen, is it okay for Miss Aiko?"

"Uh-huh......

After handing the money to the store manager of Xiaoyin, I pretended to be unintentional and asked:

"I haven't seen Mr. Kawakami much lately, is something going on?"

"Ah...... He's ah."

The store manager scratched his head in embarrassment for some reason, and handed me the ticket with a laugh:

"You'll see him today, just...... How to say it, I'm still too embarrassed to say it."

It's suspicious......

Seeing that the store manager didn't want to say anything, and because someone was already impatiently probing out, I had to give up, and it was really difficult to put something out of the mouth of this old fritter~

"If the store manager doesn't want to say anything, forget it, then I'll go in first."

"I hope Miss Aiko has a good time inside~"

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It's as hot as ever......

I ordered a glass of juice at the bar and sat boredly in a chair watching all kinds of bands perform, and I can't say that I like rock and roll much, but this is the latest fashion trend, and then again, why did you decide to join a music magazine writer...... It's been too long since it's been forgotten.

"Poof——! You bunch of miscellaneous @#%——! All *&#准备好了吗!"

After listening to so many SICK HACK performances, I could recognize Miss Hiroi's foul mouth with my eyes closed. What to say about this band, the more you learn more about it, the more incredible it feels, the undisciplined team, the four people with very different personalities, and even the recruitment is so arbitrary. Add to that the unique '80s psychedelic rock, and it's definitely a rock band that stands out from the crowd in a place like Shinjuku.

「…… Huh?"

When I heard the SICK HACK come to the scene, I looked up to look for Mr. Kawakami, and I came here to ask him why he had disappeared for so long, but I couldn't forget my original purpose...... It's just that, why is it not the familiar Mr. Kawakami who sits in the keyboard player's position, but a JK beautiful girl with eyebrow bangs and long hair over the waist!?

As if realizing that many people were staring at her, the black long straight beautiful girl showed a very unnatural expression, and quickly lowered her head to concentrate on the performance. It's so strange.,Is this beautiful girl who appeared out of thin air a keyboardist with a new trick of SICK HACK? Has Mr. Kawakami left the band...... It's not right, generally speaking, the departure of normal band personnel must be informed to the media, which is also a mandatory requirement of the audio media company, so where did this strange girl come from......

"Hey...... I said, "It doesn't seem to match the keyboardist you were talking about."

"Huh? It's strange, but the keyboardist before the SICK HACK was indeed a handsome guy, is it a temporary replacement?"

It seems that I am not the only one who has doubts about this, and many other guests seem to be confused. But my intuition tells me that things don't seem so simple, and if it's really just a temporary substitution, the keyboard player will definitely not be able to keep up with Miss Hiroi. Although it is not ruled out that there are rehearsals in the audience, it has only been a little more than a month since Mr. Kawakami disappeared, so how could Miss Hiroi find so many freaks......

"Uh......"

When I think that Miss Hiroi is also a freak herself, it doesn't seem impossible, after all, there is an attraction between freaks and freaks.

Shaking off all the strange thoughts in my head, I looked at the girl again: long silky black hair, with a slightly melancholy look, and pink lips pursed for some reason. The JK school uniform on the body, I remember it seems to be Mr. Kawakami's school, right? Whether it's the face or the lazy aura that emanates, I inexplicably feel the same as Mr. Kawakami, is it possible——?!

It's worthy of being my poison lord - combined with the materials I secretly tracked Mr. Kawakami before, there is no suspense about who this person's identity is, hehehehehe......

"Huh?! Why did this man suddenly become so scary?"

"I think ...... too It's better to stay away from her......

The two people who were drinking milk tea next to me and suspected of being a couple quickly ran away...... Is my expression really that scary?

Hawkers, no matter these inconsequential things, the most important thing now is to wait for the end of the show and question her face to face, I don't know what her expression will be at that time...... I'm really looking forward to it.