On the other side, as soon as Hashimoto put down his phone, Shiraishi asked:

"How's it going? How's Little Bird feeling?"

"...She died." Hashimoto said in a daze, "I didn't even have time to ask."

"Huh? What's going on?"

"I still want to know." Hashimoto sighed.

Shiraishi held the side of his cheek with his hand, biting the straw in the cup, and looked at Hashimoto's rather embarrassed expression on the phone with some amusement.

It's almost nine o'clock now. In a drink shop in Shibuya, Shiraishi and Hashimoto, who have just finished work, are sitting across from each other.

Just now, Shiraishi was checking his cell phone when he saw a netizen on Twitter reporting that he encountered a little bird in a video game store near Akihabara, and also attached a photo. It was just taken in a hurry and the image was blurry, but it was indeed visible.

In the photo, a girl who looks like a little flying bird is running outside the store.

Even though she was wearing that unfamiliar coat, Hashimoto still recognized the girl as Little Asuka.

"The skirt underneath was worn by Little Asuka when shaking hands. I still remember it," Hashimoto said.

Hashimoto would occasionally show a rather helpless expression towards Asuka who often pestered him. If he was disturbed, he would be cruel enough to criticize him harshly.

But at times like this, the concern is also sincere.

"Call me again?" Shiraishi suggested.

"Well..." Hashimoto hesitated again and again, then breathed out softly, "Forget it."

"Aren't you worried?"

"Hmm... I don't seem to want anything to happen, and even if I didn't say anything in the tweet, I saw Shiyao-chan there, so it should be fine." Thinking of Xiao Asuka's conclusive assertion, Hashimoto covered his mouth in amusement.

"What are you laughing at?"

"No, I just think it's quite interesting."

Shiraishi shook his head, somewhat used to Hashimoto's neurotic behavior.

At this time, Fukawa, who came back from the bathroom, wiped his hands with a tissue and sat down next to Shiraishi.

"What are you talking about?"

Fukawa smiled tamely. In fact, he didn't work today. He just got a call from Shiraishi and asked him to come out for a meal. The work of the two of them was slightly delayed. Fukawa waited here for a long time, but he didn't complain at all when he saw the two of them.

But, he smiled and said to the two of them, "Thank you for your hard work."

With such a personality, Shiraishi always feels a little detached from the world. Even though several people in Nianshang's group play close, she rarely sees Fukawa with anger on his face. No, she probably never saw it once. On the contrary, it makes people suspicious.

Will he get angry or not?

Occasionally, I would cooperate with Hashimoto and play a little trick.

Shiraishi and Hashimoto looked at each other, "It's nothing."

Fukawa was slightly frightened by the two people's overlapping answers, "Huh?" Then he noticed the corners of the two people's lips that were gradually turning up, and realized that he was being teased by the two of them. He pretended to be angry and lightly hit Shiraishi on the shoulder.

"Don't be like this."

The three of them played around for a while before giving up.

The original plan was to go to a nearby barbecue restaurant with a few free people today, book a private room, and talk while eating. It was nothing big, just a simple chat and gathering, but there were only three of them present.

"Sayuri seems to have been unable to come because she has a stomachache." Fukawa looked at the phone and said, "Misa has work to do temporarily, so let's go first without waiting for her."

"I couldn't get it all together..." Bai Shi's tone was a little disappointed.

"It's a good thing to be busy at work," Hashimoto said.

Compared with last year, apart from work, the members got together much less often, and most of them were squeezed out of time outside of work, so it was inevitable that they would not have enough fun. It was like taking a few days off and thinking about where to go for fun and travel opportunities.

It's getting less and less, but I miss it a little bit. Last year, they went to Kamakura. They talked and laughed during the trip, and they were very happy.

Now that I recall it, it is still vivid in my mind, as if it was the next day. The fact is that almost half of this year has passed, and the members have not gone out to eat together in private more than five times.

Wei Teng even went out for two dates, and Matsumura had a meal together at the beginning of the year.

"I always feel like Sayuri..."

"Hmm? What does it feel like?"

Hashimoto's fingers gently rubbed the drink cup in her hand. She ordered hot milk tea. After pressing her fingertips for a long time, she raised her fingers to avoid the scalding temperature.

"It's nothing." Hashimoto avoided his gaze and looked out the window, saying, "I just feel that I have been working so far this year and have had very few vacations, and I am a little tired. It would be great if we could all travel together again when we have time."

"Yes," Shiraishi sighed, "I'm really busy this year."

Fukawa lowered his head and stared at the surface of the glass. A drop of condensed water fell on the table in a meandering way.

She curled her lips with a wry smile.

——

"Nogizaka".

Today, Nishino Takayama and Wan Lihua participated in the collection. After work ended in the evening, Ikuta had nothing to do. After receiving the news from Zhongyuan, he hurriedly ran to Inoue's house to visit.

This radio program started airing in early April last year, and it has been a year now. Even if the members take turns, Nishino has recorded it many times, but the members around her are constantly changing. Unfortunately, she has not yet joined Wu.

We even recorded this show together.

"Then the next step is the audience connection session. Please help STAFF-san to connect the connection." Nishino said, looking at the staff outside the glass window, and the other party made an OK gesture.

The listeners who can connect have been screened by STAFF and are guaranteed to be fans of Nogizaka, so that the conversation will not be difficult to proceed, and they will not be asked embarrassing and difficult questions.

The one on the line was a boy from Gunma Prefecture who was in the second grade of junior high school. His voice was weak, and he was more nervous and shy than excited. Nishino and the others, who had already had several experiences, responded while encouraging him to continue talking.

"Just now, I saw the news on Twitter... Xiaoxiao and Asuka-chan seemed to have a conflict at the video game store, and Asuka-chan ran away alone... Is it okay?"

Nishino and Gao Shan looked at each other and smiled easily.

"It's no problem," Nishino said, "Xiaoxiao and Asuka-chan are often like this, and the lounge is often noisy. This time, they probably had a conflict over some trivial matter. They will make up soon. Don't worry.

."

"Asuka has a very bad memory when it comes to being angry," Wan Lihua said with a smile. "In the previous location program of "Nogizaka Here", Asuka kept reciting his nickname when he was not recording the program. Chiharu

I imitated her accent and ran away with my cheeks puffed up. Later, when I formed a team in the game, I quickly forgot all about it and ran to look for my companions.”

Xiao Feiniao is a willful and venomous person in the group, but unexpectedly, he is very popular and can play with anyone.

Calculating the time, today is the recording of the "Study Tour" program. We should have gone out to play when we came back together. Gao Shan thought.

However, she thought that the two of them would go to visit Inoue with Zhongyuan.

"I'm Asuka-chan's fan. I really like watching Asuka-chan interact with Xiaoxiao and Nanasai, so I'm worried about conflicts among the members."

"Ah, it's Asuka's food. Asuka-chan will be very happy to hear that." Nishino said with a smile, "However, it is inevitable that everyone will have disputes over various things when they get together. However, the awareness of companions must be

It is much higher than these, so there will be no conflicts that are difficult to resolve."

"After all - we are all members of Nogizaka."

"We will always be friendly with each other."
Chapter completed!