Joker's Band Game Story

Momoka turned to look at the girl behind Amamiya Ren: "You haven't been home for the past two days because of her?"

"Eh?"

Upon hearing this, Ann Takamaki let out an even more surprised cry. What had she just heard?

Haven't been home for the past two days? Has Amamiya stayed at another girl's house?

And how did Momoka know all this?! What exactly happened between you two?

Why do I have this feeling that I know nothing?

"Ah, let's talk about this later... Shuangshi, why don't you sit here for a while? I'll go and rehearse with them on stage."

Ren Amamiya, carrying the keyboard, greeted Sōse and then prepared to go on stage with Ann Takamaki to practice.

Can't you see that Ryuji Sakamoto on stage is already impatiently waiting?

"Hey! Stop chatting! Hurry up! This way, this way! It'll be our turn soon!"

After experiencing some embarrassing singing in the game, Ryuji is now moved to tears when he can sing a song properly.

He never imagined that simply wanting to support Mr. Kamoshida, who had once helped the track and field club, would lead to such humiliation. Why did he have to sing a sweet song in the game?!

Fortunately, the song that Ren Amamiya prepared was normal, a song that would make him happy and get his blood pumping.

As for the songs in the game... those are a sealed memory.

After all, it was Skull who sang those songs, not Ryuji Sakamoto.

Ryuji is absolutely self-deceiving.

(P.S.: I have a urge to remove the nouns from the chapter titles, but I feel like I'd be in trouble if I actually did it.)

Chapter 81 An Expected Meeting

"Thank you everyone! Thank you!"

On stage, Momoka was happily greeting the audience as she left the stage; her performance was over.

Although not all members of Diamond Dust were present, with only Momoka in attendance, it was enough to make the students in the audience happy. In addition, the performance today was also very good, and everyone cheered loudly.

Ren Amamiya followed Momoka off the stage, where he prepared for the next performance.

As soon as he stepped off the stage, he saw Ryuji nervously shaking his leg backstage. Clearly, like Anzu, it was his first time on stage, so it was understandable that he was a little nervous.

"What's wrong? You're starting to tremble?"

"No way!"

Upon hearing Amamiya's words, Ryuji immediately retorted that he was not intimidated.

But his contradictory words made the others laugh out loud. His words and actions were completely different, and even made Takamaki Ann laugh so hard that she forgot her fear.

"Alright, since you're not trembling, come and help me carry the drum upstairs."

Ren Amamiya gestured to Ryuji to stop making a scene and come help move the instruments.

If we're talking about the most troublesome instrument in the band, it's undoubtedly the drum. It takes a lot of time to move this instrument up and down the stage each time, and it's not exactly lightweight either. If Amamiya were to move it alone, he would probably have to go on stage immediately after moving it.

The two of them, along with several other students who were helping, set up the drum set on stage. The stage was covered by curtains, so the audience below could not see what was on stage.

This was all prepared intentionally, since the drama club also has plays to perform, and without curtains, the stage would be impossible to manage.

Listening to the discussions among the audience, Ren Amamiya glanced at Ryuji again: "Aren't you afraid?"

"What's there to be afraid of? I'm not afraid."

"Alright, remember to give your opening remarks later. Chairman, did you call Mr. Kamoshida yet?"

Ren Amamiya asked Makoto Niijima about inviting the teacher over. This performance was mainly for Kamoshida, and it would be troublesome if he didn't come.

"They've called, and the volleyball club members are all ready."

Shinya Niijima told Ren Amamiya about the volleyball club's preparations. Now that everything was ready, they could start preparing for the performance.

Meanwhile, in the audience, the head of student affairs looked at the restless Taku Kamoshida beside him and asked, "What's wrong, Mr. Kamoshida? You keep looking around. Is something the matter?"

"No, no, I just... nothing. It's nothing."

Kamoshida quickly shook his head; he didn't really understand why the head of the teaching department insisted on calling him over to watch the show.

It seems to be related to the students in the volleyball club.

He didn't know why, but he hadn't heard anything about this from the group of children.

Kamoshida felt something was off, but even if he asked the dean, he felt that the dean wouldn't tell him. His mysterious demeanor left Kamoshida only able to mutter to himself.

But no matter how much he muttered to himself, he could only sit there and wait for the curtain to rise.

When the time came, the curtain slowly rose, revealing four people on stage ready to perform.

"Hello everyone, today we are going to play the song for you - Until the End of the World."

That's right, the song that Ren Amamiya prepared for Kamoshida is the famous ending theme of Slam Dunk.

The ending theme of the sports anime, combined with the entire club's chorus, was enough to move Kamoshida to tears.

Ren Amamiya calmly played the drums, leaving everything else to the others.

Unlike his previous performances, this time he was completely relegated to a supporting role.

Many people like Mr. Kamoshida, but Ren Amamiya happens to be one of them. He's not a member of the sports club, so he doesn't understand the thoughts of those passionate people.

'I will never be separated from you, even at the ends of the earth; I have made this wish on countless nights.'

After Ryuji Sakamoto finished singing the first verse on stage, all the members of the volleyball club came up from both sides and stood behind Ren Amamiya, singing the second verse together.

The chorus has always been a moment that moves many people. Even when Ren Amamiya was not around, they rehearsed again and again, just to express their innermost thoughts to Kamoshida.

They didn't know why Mr. Kamoshida had been in such a bad state lately, and even considered resigning, but they couldn't bear to part with him, so they encouraged him.

"Look, the students are all encouraging you."

The head of student affairs smiled as he watched the performance on stage, and softly asked Kamoshida beside him, "Are you really going to admit defeat like this? Give up on these students who have always supported you?"

Meanwhile, Kamoshida, who was standing next to the head of student affairs, was already in tears. He covered his face and tried hard not to cry.

But he couldn't do it; the children's sincerity made him feel guilty and sad.

He found himself unable to bring himself to resign, even though that guy was coming to cause him trouble today, he wanted to fight him to the bitter end.

He had to do something for these lovely children.

"The performance was fantastic! It was amazing!"

Ryuji Sakamoto, who had just stepped off the stage, frantically patted his chest; he had been so nervous on stage that he was almost dying of tension.

Even his constant practice offstage couldn't withstand the anxiety of being on stage under the watchful eyes of so many people. If it weren't for Ren Amamiya's drumming reminding him that he should get ready to sing, he probably would have forgotten to start singing altogether.

"We did it! We did it!"

"Yeah, it worked."

Ann Takamaki excitedly hugged Makoto Niijima and jumped around, while Makoto helplessly rubbed her head. She was just too excited and needed to calm down.

Amamiya was the last to leave the stage. He was the least affected by the performance. Having performed live many times, he was already experienced and did not feel nervous about going on stage.

He watched as Ryuji chatted happily with the volleyball club members, calling them brothers, and then watched Ann Takamaki and Makoto Niijima hug each other to congratulate each other. He then quietly left the scene alone.

"You're coming out so soon?"

Momoka leaned against the wall next to the backstage exit, with Sōse standing beside her, his hands unconsciously entwined together.

She had just heard the students singing on stage from below the stage, and she also learned that the song was specially written by Ren Amamiya.

But while everyone else was celebrating, Ren Amamiya calmly walked out of the room by himself.

"Let them celebrate slowly. Come on, it's a rare school festival, let's explore the area some more. There should be some different shops in the afternoon than in the morning."

The performance on stage had ended, and Ren Amamiya felt a sense of relief.

He's been a bit too busy lately, but hopefully he'll be able to relax soon.

"Ah... I don't find it very interesting. I just took a quick walk around, and it's not much different from when I was in school."

“You didn’t even spend many years in high school.”

"What did you say!"

Momoka was surprised that Ren Amamiya would use this to argue with her. Her expression immediately became complicated, and she reached out to pinch Ren Amamiya's face: "Why bring up something you shouldn't say! I'll tear your mouth apart."

"That's all you can do."

Ren Amamiya retorted, and the two of them started playfully fighting.

Seeing the intimacy between the two of them, Shuang Shi felt a strange emptiness in his heart.

She also longed for someone to play and have fun with without a care in the world, just like this.

Although it's difficult for her to let loose and have so much fun given her personality, it doesn't mean she doesn't want a lively and cheerful person around her.

At that moment, the image of a pink-haired little Tang man flashed through her mind.

No, that's not right. Why am I thinking about her?

Clearly, I was the one who cared least about her...

Touching his chest, Shuangshi couldn't believe it no matter how hard he tried.

She clearly only wanted to rebuild Crychic, and she clearly intended to kick Aine out of the band, so why was Aine the first person she thought of?

Images flashed through her mind of the first time she met Aine, the first time Aine called her to RiNG and talk to Akari, and the first time she took care of Aine, a complete novice, during rehearsals.

First times, all sorts of first times, why does she always involuntarily think of so many things?

Why is she already so worried about this band after only spending less than a month with them...?

She clearly hated the band so much; it was clearly their performance of "Spring Shadow" that made Xiangzi unwilling to go back; it was clearly they had forgotten Xiangzi, forgotten that beautiful memory.

Clearly… up^2 cold shrimp_cover thoughts V)QI dad neon ⑦… but why…

Shuangshi was lost in her memories; she couldn't let go of them, nor could she forget this new band.

She didn't understand why. Was it because of the song Amamiya had just sung? Or was it something else?