Song about you

The workload of photography that day was not small, and it was already afternoon when it was over.Lan still seemed to be preoccupied with saying goodbye and leaving. Quan looked at the sky and thought for a while, then returned to school by car.

It was already dark when he arrived at the training room regularly used by the Knights, and it wasn't too late, but the night in winter always falls earlier.He pushed on the door, which was unlocked, but the room was dark.Quan frowned, and fumbled to turn on the light.

Leo wasn't there, but the jersey jacket that was left in the middle of the room looked like it belonged to him, and the owner of the jersey seemed to have left in a hurry, so that he didn't even have time to complete such a small thing as putting the jersey away.And there was actually another person in the room.Linyue, who was lying on the floor by the wall, seemed to be awakened by the sudden brightening of the light—but it was indeed the time for him to wake up, rubbing his eyes and sitting up reluctantly: "Xose? Aren't you busy today..."

"I..." Quan paused for a while. It's not that he didn't want to say it, but there were some more important things to ask before explaining in detail. In the end, he gave up explaining to Linyue and said bluntly. Out of his own intention, "Let's not talk about this, where is that guy?"

"My lord was called away," Linyue didn't misunderstand the pronoun, he thought about it for a while, "It seems that there is some kind of fantasy festival...ah, there is a new duel, and in the afternoon, it was rushed I took it away."

When he heard the word "duel", for some reason, Izumi felt a vague chill rising from his back.He hesitated for a moment, then took out his mobile phone and swiped the special section of the combination.

No new messages.

This is not surprising, Leo is not the type to use message boards in a regular manner. Generally speaking, Quan will record and notify on it. He has the same detached temperament as himself.Even if there is any important schedule, he can't be expected to write it on the message board immediately.

But looking at the moment, the development of the matter made Quan somewhat irritated because he was unable to control it.He pressed hard to turn off the screen of the mobile phone, and looked up, only to find that Linyue was sitting on a chair opposite him, looking at this side with almost scrutinizing eyes.

"Did Xiaose already know?" Before Quan opened his mouth to ask, Linyue opened his mouth first. His voice, which has never been energetic, sounded a little cold now. I don't know if it was because of the content of what he said. "What happened two days ago..."

"Ah." Quan nodded, "Mingshang told me when we were taking pictures together, so, what happened? It was just a performance failure? Does it have anything to do with the previous Venus Cup?"

"No—probably, someone asked me not to interfere with the Venus Cup, but it did end smoothly." Linyue hesitated for a while before answering slowly, without sleepiness in her voice.He paused for a while, then suddenly asked again, "...So, does Ose feel surprised by Valkyrie's failure?"

"It's more annoying..." Quan frowned, and once again recalled the performances he had seen before.Although that combination and Knights have no experience of cooperating, their strongest position in Yumenosaki is enough to make everyone impressed by the name.Izumi once watched their perfect performance as a spectator, and had no intention of questioning the strength of this combination, "But Valkyrie is indeed quite strong, that's right, I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen, obviously that Zhai Gong is still a 'five One of the Odd Men'..."

"——Kose."

Lin Yue suddenly interrupted him.The black-haired boy stood up, walked over unsteadily, and walked out of the practice room from Quan's side.As they passed each other, he left a question that made Quan stunned.

"Since when did the term 'Five Wonders' be used... It's hard to hear."

"Well...that's right, I was challenged."

The tone of Leo's words on the phone was a bit strange. Quan had already been lying on the bed, but sat up involuntarily.It was he who took the initiative to call, after all, he wanted to know what happened today anyway.What was said in this sentence should have been a very common thing, but he actually heard a strange resistance from Leo's tone.

"Although the time is a bit urgent this time, this kind of thing is not unheard of," Quan thought for a while and said, "Then, who is the opponent?"

"A temporary combination," came the sound of flipping papers on the other end of the phone. Leo probably rummaged through it before reading out a few names.The first few Renquan didn't have a deep impression, somewhere between "not knowing at all" and "probably heard of", but he knew the last name.

"This person..." Quan hesitated suddenly, not sure if he should continue.

"Ah, it's our former member—Sena, don't you remember? The one who was kicked out in the 'Judgment' in the spring."

Of course he did.

To say the least, another person who was once side by side with this name and was crossed out from the group's personnel list left a deeper impression on them-that is, the former member who did something to Ruka.

Although those who committed evil deeds have received due sanctions, this does not mean that the impact of the incident will be easily eliminated.Quan probably knows better than anyone that Leo has shown some tendency to overprotect Ruka after that incident.Because of his own reasons, he put his sister in a dangerous situation, and the shadow of this incident on Leo may be much greater than what he has shown.And such a shadow cannot be dispelled by reason.

Therefore, Quan understands better than anyone else why Leo, who has always been unafraid of challenges from other groups, was so nervous when he received the notice this time.

"...In short, put this aside, there is not much time to prepare, let's rehearse together tomorrow." Quan said after a moment of silence, this is probably the only way he can think of to comfort, although the effect Still unsatisfactory. The voice of Leo's agreement was a little light, and Quan didn't know what he was thinking.

Thinking about it carefully, Quan suddenly realized that most of the time he also didn't know exactly what Leo was thinking.But at those times he didn't feel faintly panicked by it. ... even fear.

That showdown ended with - like every one before it - Knights' victory, but instead of the relief after every show, the three of them returned to the dressing room that doubled as a lounge. The atmosphere between is quite dignified.

The old acquaintance who emerged as an opponent was much different from what they remembered, and he seemed to have undergone some fairly effective training, with his temporary teammates, making a specific Knights style. Performance.It's probably too early for a win, but enough to cause some definite pressure.

On the other hand, Quan could vaguely feel that Leo felt somewhat restrained when performing.Maybe it's not to the extent that the audience can feel it, but as a teammate and... as a teammate, he is well aware of this, but he can't do anything about it.

"Well, are all the Knights there?"

The staff of the school suddenly knocked on the door of the room, and they had some dealings with them before coming here, and it is clear who to negotiate with is the most efficient: "Ah, Sena-san, please come out, some materials need to be handed over to you .”

After a while, Quan returned to the room, with a stack of notices that met the school's requirements in his hand, but he rarely knew how to explain to others.Just like the battle they experienced just now, each part is a duel request made to them by a temporary group, and in these subsequent arrangements, each temporary group has a familiar Lingquan Shocking name.There is only one exception -

The combination on the last notice was made up of all the ex-members exiled by the Knights.Only one person was missing, but under the circumstances, I am afraid everyone will remind them of that person.

——There is no doubt that this is a "gift" specially planned by someone for their combination.

Leo didn't wait for him to make another introduction, he took the initiative to get up and walked over, took those notices, and flipped through them one by one.With the process of flipping through, his expression gradually solidified into a hard blank after being visibly shaken, as if he was angry with something.But Linyue simply didn't take the initiative to show interest in those pages at all. He seemed to have expected something. He sat there and watched Leo throw the notice heavily on the table after finishing reading, watching Quan and Leo each He returned to his seat and sat down, and there was an eerie silence in the dressing room.

"My brother suddenly asked someone to send me two sentences last night."

It was at this time that Linyue suddenly spoke—the other two people sitting here knew that the relationship between the Shuojian brothers seemed to be quite delicate. Linyue seldom mentioned that person, and Quan and Leo hardly talked about it to this topic.They have always reserved a lot of space for each other in this matter, let alone after Zero left school.But now that he said it abruptly, he knew without thinking that it must have something to do with the matter in front of him

Leo sat in front of the mirror, looking at himself in the mirror expressionlessly, and Quan did the same.They were all waiting for Linyue to finish speaking.This scene is almost like waiting for a verdict.

"...He said something big was going to happen at the school, Knights could be targeted, let's be careful."

... This reminder came too late, too late.

Quan thought so, but still didn't say what was in his heart.He glanced at the stack of notifications on the corner of the table again, because he had just flipped through the page, the last one appeared on the top, and a row of familiar names fell into the spring. Averted his gaze.

It is inevitable.