Chapter 1858 - Missing?
"Hah... the heat is too extreme..." Suzune sighed, even though she had to admit that the number of the people who came to the festival wasn't as much as the one that came to watch Haru's concert, this number was numerous and added the fact that the temperature was hot, she felt very uncomfortable. She was, after all, an indoor type of girl, but then something was put on the top of her head.
"Wear it," Haru said.
"Um." Suzune nodded with a smile. Somehow all her worries disappeared at this moment.
Walking inside the festival, they could see a lot of people inside, and somehow, they started to imagine how Iwasawa felt when she performed in front of many people.
"Somehow, I get nervous," Yuri said.
Shiina didn't say anything, but she frowned, wondering about Iwasawa.
"Let's enter first to see where Iwasawa will perform," Haru said.
They nodded and continued to walk inside.
Haru had to admit that he was quite excited about this Fuji Rock Festival since there were a lot of singers and bands that would perform at the festival. If he was able to see someone or some bands with a lot of potentials, he might as well try to invite them to his agency, but at the same time, he was quite worried. He didn't feel worried toward Shiina, Megumi, Suzune, or even Iwasawa, but rather he was worried about Yuri.
Haru looked at Yuri, and somehow, he felt quite worried about her. It wasn't that he was worried that she would cause trouble, but among the girls that he knew, the amount of luck on Yuri was too small, which caused her to be unlucky almost all the time.
Yuri's home was being robbed by the robbers, and her little siblings passed away because of that incident. When she was at the underground concert, she was almost raped by someone. Also, if Haru remembered it well, she also lost her life at the teen after being hit by a bus or truck, if he wasn't wrong, according to the original story.
'Now that you mention it, all the characters on the Angel Beats don't have a good ending, huh?' Haru remembered that even though "Angel Beats" was a good story with a lot of laughter and fun, all the characters had a lot of tragedy in their lives. The boys were one thing, but the girls, he should help them if he met them in the future.
"Please help us to keep the area clean."
"We're handing out trash bags."
"Thank you for your cooperation."
With all of the sounds in the background, Haru gathered everyone and let Ritsu explain the layout inside the Fuji Rock Festival.
"Now, I'll explain to everyone the layout of the festival," Ritsu said.
"Yes."
Ritsu spread the map in her hand so everyone could see it while explaining each of the stages inside the festival.
"First, we have the main Fire Stage. It's one of the two main stages, and it can hold 40 thousand people. It's on a mild slope, so one could still get a clear view from the back." Ritsu pointed her finger at the stage picture on the map. Then her hand moved to the stage on the map. "This is the other main stage, Thunder Stage. It fits around 10 thousand people, and bands that stand at the top of the music world play there."
Suzune looked at Ritsu and asked, "So it is common for people to walk back forth between two stages, right?"
"Yeah." Ritsu nodded and said, "They're about 700 meters apart."
They nodded and didn't overthink since all of them were athletic. After all, seven hundred meters of distance was just a child's play for all of them.
Ritsu continued with her explanation since there were a lot of interesting stages at this festival. "This is the indoor stage where many new bands perform. Further stages feature jazz bands and other unique bands. There's also a small stage for acoustic musicians."
"This is truly a music festival," Megumi said in surprise, but her face was as calm as ever.
"....." Haru looked at Megumi and thought that the face of this girl would only change during sex with him, which somehow made him a bit speechless. Well, there were many times when her expression changed, but personally, he really loved that every moment. "What about the food?" He was wondering where the food stalls were at this festival.
They talked for a while until...
"Where is Iwasawa going to perform?" Shiina asked.
"She's going to perform on the Thunder Stage," Ritsu said without hesitation.
Yuri was surprised, then asked, "Is it because of Haru?"
Ritsu shook her head and said, "Iwasawa's popularity with her band was quite huge. Even though she is just a newcomer, her first single has sold 500 thousand copies, which is pretty rare for a female band."
"As long as they are popular, it isn't that hard to perform on the Thunder Stage," Haru said.
"Wait, if she's going to perform on the Thunder Stage, then she's going to perform with various international bands?" Yuri suddenly asked.
"That's the case." Haru nodded. He remembered that the Fuji Rock Festival also invited an international popular rock band to perform. Japan was one of the wealthiest countries in the world, and it was normal for them to be able to invite popular international bands.
Japan was a unique country. If someone said that the number one market for music, then Japan would be the number two.
"Somehow, I feel that Iwasawa is going to have a lot of pressure to perform under the same stage as those popular international bands," Yuri said with a sigh.
"You're wrong, Yuri." Haru shook his head said.
"Am I wrong?" Yuri was dumbfounded.
Haru nodded and said, "I'm sure that Iwasawa will be excited to be able to perform under the same stage as those famous singers and bands. That's the place where she has been longing to be, and soon, she's going to fly higher." He believed in Iwasawa's potential, and he also knew Iwasawa's personality, so he believed in her, but he wasn't sure why, he felt that he had raised the flag for some reason, and his instinct told him that something was going to happen, which made him sigh somehow.
Hearing Haru's words, there was a smile on their faces at that moment.
"Let's go to the Fire Stage. If I'm not wrong, the band that Megumi wants to watch on that stage soon, right?" Haru said. Looking at their smiles, somehow, he couldn't bear to tell them about the predicament that might happen at the festival.
"Oh, right!"
They almost forgot that the band that Megumi wanted to watch was about to perform, so they quickly hurried their steps there. Though Megumi felt weird when Haru said those words, it was as if she had a gate of hell.
If Haru knew what Megumi was thinking, then he could only smile. Megumi might not have a gate of hell, but she had a gate of pleasure on her body, right?
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When they arrived at the Fire Stage, they were greeted by the thousands of people that watched the performance on some band.
Haru also watched and listened to the song, and he felt that the quality was so-so, but he could see that everyone was excited. 'Well, it might be because of the atmosphere.' He knew that the atmosphere could affect people. He kept watching until he felt his phone vibrate. He took his smartphone and saw the one who had called him was Iwasawa's bandmate and friend, Hisako.
"What's wrong, Hisako?"
"Haru, Masami is missing!"
"......."
Somehow, Haru really wanted to punch himself, who had raised the flag before.