Tokyo: The evil god doesn't want to be the top star

Chapter 261 Tangled
"Xia Fan! Xia Fan! Xia Fan!"

"It's good for eating! It's good for eating! It's good for eating!"

Although the program production team had requested in advance that no noise should be made during the performance, many female audience members could not hold back and shouted Xia Fan's name in unison.

These women, of course, are the "Summer Disease" from "Midsummer Shrine". After working hard to campaign, a small number of them were lucky enough to draw tickets for the event.

The lights changed and the prelude started.

"Girl, I don't know where you are, but if you can hear me praying, give me one last chance..."

The figure melted into the dark corner, and Martin opened the curtain of the whole performance with a slow rap with a deep, magnetic and charming tone...

"What a smooth flow! This non-Chinese player must be an old OG..."

Shota Hirai's rapper blood was awakened, and he couldn't help but shake his head to the rhythm.

In the center of the stage, Ken and Sid turned their backs to the audience and put their arms around Xia Fan's shoulders, one on the left and one on the right.

Under the spotlight, Xia Fan seemed to be glowing.

"I always pray from the bottom of my heart, sincerely..."

He picked up the microphone with an indifferent look, but his bright eyes were filled with sadness like the sea...

This sentence is no longer the loud, hoarse voice of the first stage. One can hear that a lot of techniques such as breath control and cavity resonance were used.

A deep sadness slowly seeped into people's hearts from Xia Fan's seemingly plain singing, and began to ferment with the stage as the center.

Inside the studio, the mood in the originally excited and noisy audience suddenly became low.

Whether it was Yayoi Tsuki who was closest to him, or the female audience in the audience, they all inexplicably felt a desire to step forward and comfort the sadness in his heart.

The singing and emotions were still lingering in the room, but Xia Fan had already stepped back neatly and was dancing with everyone else...

"In that dark sky, I don't know, I can only say my prayers for you."

Ken, who was beside him, tacitly took over the next line of the lyrics.

"Please give me a chance, don't leave me alone, I can't live without breathing!"

The positions were rotated again, and Sid continued the soulful, curry-flavored singing with great affection.

In order to ensure that the lyrics were pronounced correctly and the transitions between songs were precise and natural, they had gone through countless "special training" sessions in the past three days.

At this time, infected by Xia Fan's singing, several teammates were in a good mood.

"Please come back to me, I will hold you tightly, I pray to the sky."

"In my dreams I can also stop the raging fire. I am willing to walk in. Where you stand is my glory!"

"You took away my last plea from the sky. If you can hear it, please come to my dream..."

Then, three people including Martin sang a long and violent rap with astonishing speed and explosive rhythm.

"The opening rap was very touching, and Xia Fan's first line also stimulated the emotions of his companions very well. It seemed to be an impeccable start, right?"

On the stage, the neat group dance, the tacit singing, the appropriate emotions, and the steadily interspersed rap made Shota Hirai in the mentor seat couldn't help but exclaim in praise.

"Yeah, that's really good. For an international trainee to be able to perform at this level, it seems like they've been rehearsing very hard."

Even though the international trainees had lost six games in a row, Goro Kimura was still willing to give them praise and echoed them.

To be fair, up to this point, Xia Fan's team's performance is slightly better than An Ziyao's team.

Among them, Xia Fan's emotionally infectious solo and Martin's super-standard rap, which can be called "blood talent", are naturally the biggest highlights.

"The rap, singing, and dancing are all very good..." "The foreign accent singing this song seems to have a unique flavor as well?"

This wonderful opening made the audience, who had just heard the song once and should have been "aesthetically fatigued", excited.

"Am I blind? Why can I only see Xia Fan on the stage..."

"Am I deaf? Why can I only hear Xia Fan's singing?"

"Lord Kazama looks so sad and cold. I really want to comfort him!!!"

Those who had the opportunity to be present at the event, all of them, entered a state of power generation.

"The opening was good in every way, but..."

Oda was frowning slightly, ready to speak up to defend the previous team's performance...

“But the decisive point of this song is still the climax.”

However, Yayoi Tsuki took the lead and spoke out what was in his mind.

"As expected of Miss Yayoi."

Oda Zheng, who originally thought that she would favor Xia Fan, couldn't help but look at her with some admiration.

The design of the song "Prayer", the slow lyrical opening, and the gradually increasing rhythm with rap as a catalyst in the middle, are actually all foreshadowing...

In preparation for the climax, the four lead singers took turns presenting ethereal high notes that rose step by step, creating a strong sense of contrast.

It can be said that without the stunning climax at the end, the whole song would be just a cliché boy band song that is full of sadness and melancholy.

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"Xia Fan, for some reason, was put in the last group..."

At the same time, in the recording room, Manjiro Akimoto was watching Xia Fan's team's performance through the monitor with a confused look on his face.

According to the original plan of the program team, among the seven competitions, the international trainees should win one or two games "just for the sake of their performance".

He also didn't expect that due to various unexpected factors such as the overflowing national pride in the venue, a team suffering from collective diarrhea, and a team's unauthorized remake of the song, the international trainee team would actually lose six games in a row...

If we lose seven games in a row, the competitiveness, viewing experience and value of the performance stage will definitely be greatly reduced!
If the international trainees left the audience with the impression of being "vulnerable" in this episode, the local trainees would lose out on an excellent channel to gain recognition by "working hard and defeating strong opponents."

Without the driving force of "national pride", the audience's desire to spend gold coins to vote in the subsequent performances will naturally be much lower than expected.

Therefore, this last stage, where the outcome has not yet been decided, has become his life-saving straw.

However, Xia Fan, who gave him the most headache, happened to be in this team...

If all the international trainees fail, it will affect the overall plan of the entire program...

If this team wins, he is worried that Xia Fan's popularity, which is far ahead of others, will become even more difficult to surpass...

This made Akimoto Manjiro not know for a moment whether he should pray for the international trainee team to win or lose.

"Why are you hesitating? It's not something I can intervene in now. Let God decide."

He suddenly smiled with relief.

In less than three minutes, the performance will be over and the scoring phase will begin.

Without any prior arrangements and no time for "on-site intervention", Manjiro Akimoto could only wait for the outcome of this game.

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(End of this chapter)