After that, the group played house a few more times, which nearly drove Fukawa Shoko crazy.

The reason was simple: every time, Duanmu Huai would try to steer the game’s process towards the unspeakable direction.

For instance, during the third round of playing house, Duanmu Huai was assigned the daughter role, and Fukawa Shoko got the role of the father. She intended to use this identity to give Duanmu Huai a good lesson, but ended up being tied to a chair by Duanmu Huai, who, with lifeless eyes, said, "Now Daddy belongs only to me alone..."

It totally bewildered Fukawa Shoko.

Then came the fourth game of house, where Duanmu Huai was the wife and Fukawa Shoko was the husband. Drawing from her previous experience, Fukawa Shoko was mentally prepared, thinking that Duanmu Huai was definitely going to play out some sort of wife’s temptation, and she just had to expose him.

Yet as soon as she entered, Duanmu Huai stabbed her to the ground with a kitchen knife, shouting something like "This is too much!" and "Only caring about happiness with Gui!"—who is Gui anyway! Why does she have to suffer this!

In the fifth round of playing house, Duanmu Huai drew the role of the father, and he surprisingly used this identity to try teaching Ruoya Mu "healthy education," speaking all sorts of nonsense like "Let me see if your development is normal" and "Obey, let me check...," which angered Fukawa Shoko so much that she wanted to call the police. What kind of house play is this, this is clearly a crime movie!

It’s said that he is very good at playing roles like murderers.

Meanwhile, Hei Chuan Chi Yin and Yahata Miru watched the spectacle from the side, obviously there for the fun.

Thus, Fukawa Shoko finally realized that professional actors really are professional actors—even if the other person intends something, you can’t pull them back no matter what...

Although playing house nearly gave Fukawa Shoko hypertension that day, it indeed brought the group closer. Especially Ruoya Mu—Fukawa Shoko was surprised to discover that when Duanmu Huai was goofing around, she actually seemed somewhat eager to join in, which is quite rare for Ruoya Mu.

While Fukawa Shoko knew Ruoya Mu was very talented in performance, due to a rebellious sentiment toward her parents, she hardly wanted to show this talent. This is one of the reasons why Mu, who used to laugh and talk as a child, gradually turned into her current expressionless self; however, after this game, Ruoya Mu seemed to regain some traces of her childhood self.

This is why Fukawa Shoko is both infuriated with Duanmu Huai yet helpless against him... No matter what, if the result is good, everything is good. Although Fukawa Shoko really wants to complain to Duanmu Huai, watching Ruoya Mu occasionally cover her mouth to stifle a laugh... well, forget it, it’s fine like this (laugh).

And so, after a day of indulging in play, the group welcomed their debut public performance.

That’s right, the day before the performance, this group of people did nothing but play board game house!

If the media found out, it could be explosively sensationalized.

Unfortunately, the media didn’t know anything.

Nor did the people queuing outside.

"If those audience members knew we did nothing yesterday, just played house, who knows what expressions they’d have."

Standing by the window, watching the long queue of people winding like a dragon below, Duanmu Huai laughed heartily, while Fukawa Shoko could only wear a speechless expression.

"So we really don’t need to practice again?"

"No worries, leave it to me. LIVE, what’s so hard about it, it’s just like a big-scale karaoke."

"This line would have countless band members wanting to strangle you."

At this point, even Yahata Miru couldn’t help but comment.

"It’s fine, let them come, I could handle them with one hand."

Duanmu Huai waved his hand.

"Anyway, even if they all teamed up, they wouldn’t stand a chance against me."

"............"

Duanmu Huai says it, truly asking for trouble.

The issue is, truly can’t beat him.

No matter from which aspect, it’s all like this.

"Alright, let’s tidy up and get ready to enter."

Duanmu Huai glanced at the crowd and spotted a striking pink hair, then shrugged and withdrew his gaze.

The debut public performance of Inquisitor was indeed notable, from all angles.

No one had dug up the true identity of this mysterious band yet, and the songs performed in their unique language were equally popular. Although these songs were not suitable for public broadcasting, they were perfect for private listening at home.

Many people even left comments online saying that after listening to these songs, they felt their souls had been cleansed.

Some even claimed that after listening to this song, their waist stopped aching, their legs stopped hurting, their limbs gained strength, and even nearly broken appliances regained vitality...

Moreover, Inquisitor’s performance had a unique feature: after the show ended, a recording was released online.

Meaning that audience members who spent big money on tickets could listen live two hours earlier! If one didn’t want to spend money, they could completely wait for the recorded broadcast later!

Yet despite these announcements, Inquisitor’s debut performance tickets were snatched up instantly upon release.

It can only be said that Japanese people love "limited edition" stuff, representing Chihaya Aion.