"Ugh..."

Taki covered her mouth with one hand and propped herself up on the washbasin with the other, dry heaving several times before finally suppressing the feeling of discomfort in her chest and abdomen.

"Strange..."

Taki pursed her lips, her delicate eyebrows tightly furrowed.

"Did I eat something bad, food poisoning?"

"Doesn’t feel like it..."

"Food poisoning should involve dizziness, nausea, and cold sweats, right? I just feel nauseous and want to vomit, without any dizziness at all... I’ll go out and ask Soyo later."

"I ate with Soyo tonight. If it’s food poisoning, Soyo should also have symptoms..."

While she was thinking, the feeling of nausea and wanting to vomit struck again.

"Ugh..."

Taki covered her mouth, dry heaved twice more, then helplessly bit her lower lip, turned on the faucet, and continuously rinsed her mouth.

Unfortunately, it was useless.

"Still nauseous and uncomfortable..."

That feeling of nausea and wanting to vomit lingered, causing a stuffiness in her chest.

Taki could only take a deep breath, bite her lower lip, and walk out of the bathroom.

"Soyo, are you alright?" Sakiko happened to come over and asked with concern, "Why do you look so pale?"

"I’m fine, I ate something bad, so I’m a little uncomfortable..."

Taki gave a perfunctory reply, then found an excuse to end the conversation and quickly slipped away.

The more she said, the more mistakes she’d make; the less she said, the fewer mistakes.

Sakiko was quite smart. If she said the wrong thing, she might be suspected... The secret of swapping bodies, no matter what, couldn’t be let out!

"Strange..."

Watching Soyo quickly walk away, as if feeling very guilty, Sakiko’s eyes flashed with a hint of doubt:

"Soyo seems a bit off today..."

At the same time.

Taki had already come before ’Taki’ and asked in a low voice:

"Soyo, are you feeling unwell?"

"Eh?" Soyo was slightly startled, "Why is Taki asking such a question?"

Taki frowned slightly, and said softly:

"I don’t know what’s going on, but I suddenly felt nauseous and wanted to vomit just now, and the feeling just won’t go away. I suspect it might be food poisoning... Soyo, don’t you feel uncomfortable?"

"I feel perfectly fine, not uncomfortable at all."

Soyo blinked, her expression subtly changing, and said casually:

"If it were food poisoning, you should have felt it shortly after eating, right? We ate around six in the evening, and it’s already past nine... Taki, you were fine before, did you just start feeling unwell?"

"That’s right."

Taki frowned slightly and said, "So that means it shouldn’t be food poisoning."

Soyo’s face showed an expectant expression: "Taki, do you want to go to the hospital for a check-up?"

(According to Taki, she was fine before, but suddenly started feeling unwell... So the adhesive bandage worked?)

(That was fast!)

(Because of unexplained physical discomfort, Taki couldn’t bear it and had to proactively suggest swapping bodies back... The way the wish was fulfilled was surprisingly reasonable.)

"Forget it." Taki shook her head lightly, covered her mouth, dry heaved twice more, then frowned and said, "I’ll rest for a while and see if I feel better."

"Alright then..." Soyo’s voice was full of concern, "Taki, if you can’t hold on, remember to tell me anytime."

"..."

Walking over to the sofa, Taki sat down in the corner, her gaze involuntarily drawn to the oranges in the fruit bowl. She felt her mouth salivate rapidly, and even the nauseous feeling dissipated considerably.

After hesitating for a few seconds, Taki couldn’t help but reach out her right hand and pick up an orange.

"Soyo, do you want an orange?" Anon tilted her head and looked over, reminding her, "These oranges are super sour. I just ate one and almost lost my teeth from the sourness."

Anon wasn’t aware of the body-swapping secret, so she naturally still called her ’Soyo’.

"Hmm..."

Taki looked hesitant upon hearing that.

She had been afraid of sour foods and drinks since she was little, but at this moment, for some reason, after hearing that the oranges were very sour, a strange sense of anticipation arose in her heart.

"I’ll try it first... If it’s too sour, I won’t eat it."

Gently peeling the orange, Taki broke off a segment and, with anticipation, put it into her mouth.

The next second.

Taki’s eyes lit up slightly.

"So sour... but inexplicably delicious!"

Swallowing the orange in her mouth, Taki impatiently broke off another segment and ate it again.

Seeing Taki eating so happily, Anon cast a curious glance: "Soyo is actually eating so happily. Is it only the oranges I eat that are sour? But Mutsumi-chan also said they were very sour just now..."

As she spoke, she extended her right hand and asked curiously, "Soyo, give me a segment. I want to try it."

"...Okay."

Taki naturally wouldn’t just give her a little, directly handing over half an orange.

"Let me try..."

Anon curiously broke off a segment and put it into her mouth.

The next second.

The pink-haired girl involuntarily covered her throat with both hands, a pained expression on her pretty face.

"Ahhh! My teeth are going to fall out from the sourness!"

"I... I was tricked! This orange is even more sour than the last one!"

"Ptui, ptui, ptui~"

Anon quickly spat out the orange in her mouth, letting out a long sigh as if she had survived a disaster:

"I survived..."

"Isn’t that a bit exaggerated?" Taki looked over speechlessly, "I think it tastes great."

"But it’s really super sour..."

Anon quickly broke open the orange and handed it to Mutsumi:

"Mutsumi-chan, try if the orange is sour."

"..."

Mutsumi silently opened her mouth and ate the orange. Under the gaze of the two girls, her usually expressionless face gradually wrinkled up.

"See, Mutsumi-chan also thinks it’s super sour." Anon couldn’t help but exclaim, "Mutsumi-chan isn’t a child who lies... It seems the truth is that Soyo is exceptionally gifted to be able to eat such sour oranges without changing her expression!"

Taki: "..."

(When did I become exceptionally gifted?)

(Is Soyo’s physique special?)

Taki felt puzzled, her right hand unconsciously reaching for the fruit bowl again, picking up another super sour orange.

For some reason.

Even though the oranges were very sour, the more she ate, the more she wanted to eat...

By the time Taki reacted, a whole plate of super sour oranges had been eaten without her realizing it.

"What’s going on?"

Taki instinctively felt that something was wrong.

(I don’t have taste disorder; I can indeed feel that the oranges are very sour. If it were before, I wouldn’t be able to eat a single bite. Why did I eat them all today?)

The sense of unease quietly intensified.

(No, I need to go ask Soyo to clarify!)

Taki quietly got up, found Soyo, and then whispered, "Soyo, do you really like eating sour things?"

"Eh?" Soyo tilted her head in confusion and softly replied, "I’ve never liked sour things since I was little."

"How could this be..."

Upon hearing Soyo’s answer, the sense of unease in Taki’s heart grew even stronger.

(What exactly is wrong with Soyo’s body?)

(First, she was nauseous and wanted to vomit, now she keeps eating sour things... Is it some strange illness?)

(Maybe I should search online with my phone?)

Driven by unease, Taki quietly took out her phone and asked the omniscient netizens online.

"Suddenly nauseous and wanting to vomit, feeling chest tightness, weak all over, and liking sour foods I used to hate. What kind of illness could this be?"

A moment later, someone commented:

"Are you male or female?"

"Female."

"Then congratulations, according to your description, it’s very likely morning sickness."

"..."

Seeing the answer given by the netizen, Taki’s eyes widened in disbelief, feeling as if a lightning bolt had struck her head, leaving her completely stunned.

"Mor... Morning sickness?!"

Taki wasn’t a primary school student; she naturally knew what morning sickness was.

"Could it be that I’m pregnant with a baby?!"

"Impossible!"

Taki subconsciously denied it.

"Kitahara and I only kissed at most. Kissing can’t make you pregnant..."

However, the next second, Taki suddenly held her breath, remembering the reality that sent chills down her spine.

"This is Soyo’s body, not my body!"

"Soyo has already eaten the forbidden fruit with the scumbag Kitahara, so... Soyo is entirely capable of being pregnant..."

Remembering that the two of them were still in a state of body swapping, Taki was utterly panicked, her right hand holding the phone trembling.

"Stay calm, don’t panic... Search again, maybe it’s a misunderstanding..."

The more Taki searched, the more her heart sank to the bottom.

All the symptoms matched... Damn, damn, damn! I haven’t even officially started dating the scumbag Kitahara, and I’m already going to be pregnant with his baby?!

"Soyo, don’t zone out, hurry up and go to the onsen..."

A familiar voice came from her ear, sounding hazy and unreal.

"Ah?"

It wasn’t until a hand waved in front of her that Taki realized they were calling ’her’. Dizzily, she stood up and followed everyone to the Onsen Village to take a bath.

"Don’t panic, the possibility of a misunderstanding cannot be completely ruled out... Tomorrow morning, I’ll go to the convenience store and buy professional testing tools..."

At the same time.

On the other side.

"Ryo, you borrowed my bracelet last night. Can you tell me what you used it for now?"

Nijika asked quietly.

To activate the bracelet’s effect, at least two bracelets were needed, so Ryo not only generously lent her bracelet yesterday but also sent Nijika’s bracelet along with it.

"Eh heh~"

Ryo made a fist with her right hand and lightly tapped her forehead:

"Sorry, my brain memory is insufficient. I’ve forgotten everything from yesterday."

"That’s not insufficient memory, that’s a direct crash!" Nijika couldn’t help but retort, then sighed helplessly and lowered her voice, "Kita and Hitori both have bracelets, they don’t need to borrow yours... So, it was for someone else, right?"

Ryo tilted her head and looked over:

"Nijika, are you jealous?"

Nijika snorted softly:

"Out of sight, out of mind. If I got jealous every day, I would have died of anger long ago."

Although she said that, Nijika’s cheeks still involuntarily puffed out slightly.

To say she didn’t care at all was, of course, impossible.

The thought that besides herself and Ryo, Kitahara might have eaten the forbidden fruit with others, naturally made her unhappy.

However, since she had implicitly agreed to Kitahara having a harem, such things were unavoidable.

And... even if she and Ryo played together in a duo, their bodies still couldn’t handle it. Others helping to share the burden was actually a good thing.

"Nijika, you can rest assured." Ryo gave a thumbs-up and guaranteed, "I will handle everything."

Lending the bracelet to Mutsumi was just a casual act, but after learning what happened to Tomori and Taki last night, Ryo suddenly became interested... What if she put a note next to the bracelet saying [Do not wear it], would the manager be able to resist?

If the manager and Nijika swapped bodies... that would definitely be interesting, right?

After soaking in the onsen before bed, the girls left one after another, but Nijika, Ryo, Kita, and Hitori all stayed behind... Tomorrow was the day of the stage performance, so they had to practice well tonight, and Hitori naturally wouldn’t be absent.

As for the practice location, at Ryo’s suggestion, it was chosen to be the Dream World. Firstly, it was more convenient, and secondly, their bodies wouldn’t feel hunger or fatigue, making it an excellent place for practice.

"Hitori, what scene do you want to set for the Dream World tonight?"

Kitahara asked, his gaze fixed on Hitori.

Hitori, who had just finished bathing, had her hair simply wrapped in a towel. Her fair and smooth forehead was finally not covered by her long bangs, allowing her cute appearance, which Kita praised, to finally be unsealed, making it impossible to look away.

Especially her skin, which was fair with a rosy glow after soaking in the onsen, delicate and seemingly breakable, making one intensely want to pinch it. With Hitori’s timid personality, even if she felt pain from being pinched, she would definitely not dare to refuse, only tearfully cooperate by tilting her small face upwards, right?

"I... I can do anything..." Facing Kitahara’s burning gaze, Hitori shyly lowered her head to look at her toes, stammering her response.

Kitahara smiled: "Then let’s set the venue as Tokyo Budokan."

"Eh?" Hitori looked up in surprise.

"Ta... Tokyo Budokan?" Hitori’s voice was nervous, "Won’t that be too big?"

"I think it’s perfectly fine." A clear voice sounded from behind them. Kita, who had been eavesdropping, couldn’t help but reveal herself, her voice clear and charming: "Let’s choose Tokyo Budokan! Nijika-senpai, Ryo, and Hitori are all so amazing. With everyone here, our Kessoku Band will definitely be able to perform at Tokyo Budokan!"

Kitahara turned his head: "What do Nijika-senpai and Ryo-senpai think?"

"Well, I haven’t performed at Tokyo Budokan yet." Ryo’s expression was indifferent, "Tonight, I can experience it."

"I can do anything..." Nijika was slightly worried, "Is Hitori really okay?"

"By doing adaptive training now, you’ll be able to smoothly step onto the Tokyo Budokan stage in the future." Kitahara said softly, "Regarding the audience in Tokyo Budokan, Hitori, do you want real people or potato people?"

"Potato people are weird." Kita complained, "The glow stick people in ’It Takes Two’ are pretty good. How about choosing glow sticks?"

Hitori stammered, as usual, without her own opinion: "Listen to Kita..."