Shinomiya Kaguya Unable to Participate

"There, you should be able to see it as long as you keep walking along this street."

Pointing to the street next to the booth where Mafuyu had just played a shooting game, Miharu explained.

"Oh, thank you."

Since Ren hadn't been there yet, it was worth seeing.

After waiting for a while and making sure there was nothing else they wanted to say, he bid farewell: "Well then, I'll go first."

"Goodbye."

Mafuyu responded calmly.

Miharu echoed softly: "Goodbye."

Following the instructions, Ren walked along the street and re-entered the festival.

Seeing his figure retreating, Miharu said with emotion, "He's alone. He clearly said that someone came with him to attend the fireworks show, but he's still alone now."

"Do you sympathize with him?" Mafuyu turned and looked at her sister.

"I think he looks a bit pitiful when he's alone."

There was a lively festival everywhere, but Ren was alone.

But when Miharu thought about the fact that Ren had arranged to attend the fireworks show with so many girls, the pity in her heart suddenly dropped a few levels.

"No need. Maybe it's better for him to be alone." Mafuyu said casually, then continued, "Let's go, let's shop elsewhere."

"Um."

Miharu immediately forgot about this issue, put on her mask with a bright smile, and walked away with her bag in hand.

"It should be here, right?"

Remembering Miharu's words, Ren continued walking along the street, but he almost reached the end and still hadn't found it.

As he wondered if he remembered the location wrong, he finally saw the stall selling masks.

Various masks hung on the stall, including the Kamen Rider mask worn by Mafuyu and Miharu, as well as ordinary animal masks.

Ren could recognize the Kamen Rider mask thanks to Hayasaka.

"Sorry, which mask is the most popular?"

After carefully observing the masks for a moment, Ren really didn't know which one to buy, so he asked the stall owner.

The most popular one represents the choice of most people.

"Many people buy this fox mask."

The stall owner looked at him and replied casually.

"Um."

After receiving this answer, Ren carefully chose a fox mask.

Although they were all fox masks, the types of fox masks were different.

For example, there were white ones with red eyes, white ones with black eyes, and the patterns on the masks were different, even the sizes were different.

In the end, Ren chose a mask with red eyes on a white background and red patterns on the rest of the mask, which could cover his entire face.

Initially, he wanted to choose a white background with black eyes, but because that type was too few, he wondered if this type of mask was less popular.

Of course, the most important reason influencing his decision was because the expression of the fox mask seemed to be smiling.

He couldn't smile normally now, so he could only experience it with a mask.

The reason he chose a mask that could cover his entire face was because he felt that a mask that could only cover the top was just as effective as glasses.

Therefore, it was better to let others not see his face at all.

After paying, Ren took the fox mask and planned to find a place with few people to wear it.

Wearing a mask eliminated the need for both glasses and masks, but removing glasses could be difficult.

Especially because there were people around here. If he took off his glasses in this situation, it would be very noticeable.

Fortunately, the location of this mask stall was somewhat secluded. Ren quickly moved away from the crowd and reached an open space.

When he arrived here, his phone suddenly vibrated.

But he didn't care for now. Instead, he took off his glasses and put on the fox mask he had just bought.

He took out his phone, and when he wanted to see who had sent him a message and what he looked like now, two figures he knew also walked towards him.

"It feels great to get a signal here."

Seeing the phone signal network, Chika happily said to Itsuki beside her.

Itsuki smiled and replied, "Well, now, Fujiwara-san, you should be able to find out if Shinomiya-san has arrived."

But as soon as she finished speaking, Chika screamed sadly.

"Eh?! W-what happened?!"

"What's wrong?"

Her big reaction certainly caught Itsuki's attention.

"Kaguya-san can't come."

Showing the email she received to Itsuki, Chika said sadly and angrily.

"Did something unexpected happen?" Itsuki asked with concern.

"I have no idea."

Chika shook her head, then suddenly remembered something: "Wait a minute, Kamikawa-kun must know something, I'll call him now."

"It's no use. We only got a signal when we arrived here. Kamikawa-kun should still be wandering around the festival right now. Even if you call him, you won't be able to get through because of signal problems."

"What should we do?"

After thinking about it carefully, Chika could only give up.

The next moment, a boy in a fox mask appeared in front of them, and a innocent voice was heard:

"Are you looking for me?"

"Kamikawa-kun? Why are you here?"

Although still wearing a mask, Itsuki immediately recognized him.

Because Ren's clothes hadn't changed.

Moreover, Nino complained about his tacky outfit, so she had paid attention to it several times.

Plus his words and his very familiar voice.

It wasn't difficult to recognize him.

"Kamikawa-kun, do you know that Kaguya-san can't come to the fireworks show?"

At the moment, Chika didn't want to complain about why he suddenly appeared, and hurriedly asked the most important thing now.

"Just found out."

Ren had just seen an email from Kaguya as well.

"Do you know why Kaguya-san suddenly said she can't come to the fireworks show?" Chika asked.

"Don't know."

Ren also didn't know the reason.

"What should we do? Kaguya-san can't come to the fireworks show." Chika said with a sad mood, "I was still thinking of inviting her to play at the festival."