Joker's Band Game Story

However... because Ah Qi has been in Shibuya for a bit too long, only tourists come to see him. The locals have gotten used to it and even ignore him when they're busy.

In some ways, Ah Qi is quite pitiful.

"Here, here, Dad, scattered: ⊙ kicking and slurping {ultimate dance Dad!"

After Liu Qi finished changing her clothes, she walked over somewhat shyly.

Faced with Subaru's enthusiasm, Ryuichi blushed deeply.

She was afraid that someone would mention that she was one of Ah Qi's people.

"Come on, take a picture of me and Rencai."

"Hey, can't you guys do this yourselves..."

Subaru grinned, holding up his phone and demanding Ryuichi's help: "If you don't help, I'm going to say something..."

"Don't say it! Don't say it! I'll help, I'll help."

Ryuichi quickly took the phone and started taking pictures of Subaru and Nina, with the statue of Hachiko standing behind them.

Hachiko remained seated on the rock as always, gazing into the distance, as if waiting for someone.

And it waited here for nearly a century.

The Hachiko statue has been standing here since 1934, and Hachiko has been waiting here for his master, Ueno. The story of Hachiko is quite famous in Japan and is still being told today.

Naturally, Ren Amamiya was also telling the story of Hachiko, while looking at Sase, who had fallen asleep on top of him.

Although there was a blanket between them, they were still being a little too intimate.

Amamiya didn't push Sōse away. Looking at her peaceful sleeping face, he reached out and pressed the switch not far away, and the lights in the room went out.

Hachiko, the loyal dog, waited for his master Ueno all along. So what about people like Hachiko? What are they waiting for?

Like Hachiko, they probably all wait for the person they love to go to their cozy home together.

"Hey! Teacher Lian has sent a message to Wu Yiqi (8) and stopped Lin Qi Lu Yilin's dream!"

In RiNG's coffee shop, Ai-yin, who was resting and scrolling through her phone, suddenly said something in surprise, which made Li-xi grunt in confusion.

"What message did he send this time?"

"It's about the performance, news about the performance."

Ai-yin pointed her phone at Li-xi and told her about the upcoming performance: "Teacher Lian said there's a new performance tomorrow, at the Shibuya Music Festival."

"Oh~ Shibuya Music Festival."

We all lived not far from Shibuya, so we knew a bit about the Shibuya Music Festival.

The program schedule for this performance should have been released by now. I didn't expect Amamiya to be participating in it.

"Yes, he said this is their band's last performance and he hopes everyone will come and support them."

Aine pouted as she looked at the message Amamiya sent: "The last performance, huh? That sounds so sad."

"He's supported so many bands, this kind of situation is all too common. Bands usually don't need backup musicians unless there's a major problem."

Lixi's attention returned to her score. She wasn't quite satisfied with her previous version of the poem and planned to readjust it.

The main reason is that Aine's skill level is even better than she expected, so she needs to appropriately increase the difficulty for Aine's part to make the music more complete. Previously, in order to accommodate Aine, she deliberately weakened Aine's rhythm guitar part quite a bit, but as a trade-off, the sound naturally doesn't sound full enough.

"Really? Then this Say Sad band is really pitiful."

"Which band are you talking about?!"

Of all the things Ai Yin had said, none of them caught Li Xi's attention as much as this one sentence. She immediately looked at Ai Yin, waiting for her to repeat which band she was referring to.

"Say sad, what's wrong with this band?"

Ai Yin's question startled Li Xi, who froze on the spot.

This strange behavior made Ai Yin ask in confusion. She walked up to Li Xi and waved her hand in front of her eyes twice: "Li Xi? Li Xi! Why are you spacing out?"

"Say Sad is... Ren and Hailing's band. How did it become their last performance?"

Li Xi never expected to hear about this. She had only been away from there for a week, so how could they be disbanding so soon?

Coming to her senses, she immediately grabbed Ai-yin's phone and quickly looked at the message.

"Huh? Is it a very important band? Should we go check them out tomorrow, Deng?"

Aine turned her head and asked the lamp a question. The lamp was still doodling in her notebook. After hearing Aine's words, she raised her little head in confusion.

Just now, her attention was not on Aine at all, but on drawing very seriously. After Aine recounted what she had discovered, Akari finally understood what was going on.

I want to go see it.

Deng immediately said she wanted to go and see.

She wanted to hear what kind of songs Amamiya sang.

She was too nervous to listen to the previous live performance, but this time, she wanted to listen.

"Let's go check it out together~ Let's go together~ Ah, Shuangshi, you're here! We're planning to go see Teacher Lian's performance tomorrow, do you want to come along?"

Aine noticed that Sōse had also come over, and immediately asked him about it with great joy.

Having just come from the Moon Forest to RiNG, Sosei was still not in a good mood, and her face still showed some awkwardness.

She came in shyly without saying a word, but Ai-yin clung to her like a big, sunny puppy.

"Don't go."

Sōse gave a straightforward reply: she had other things to do tomorrow and didn't plan to go see Amamiya Ren's performance.

"Hey~ But that's Ms. Lian's band's last performance, we're all planning to go see it."

"The last performance?"

Upon hearing this important word, Shuangshi realized something was amiss: "Why is it the last match?"

"Ah...it must be because Hailing joined another band...no wonder she's been acting so strange lately."

Li Xi muttered to herself. In the classroom, she noticed that Hai Ling and Chu Hua's relationship had become quite good recently. She hadn't thought much about it at first, but now she couldn't help but find it strange.

Her answer immediately sharpened Shuang Shi's eyes: "Tell me in detail, what exactly happened?"

If it were just a regular Amamiya concert, she wouldn't really want to go; she's never really been interested in band performances.

But if you're saying this performance is important to Amamiya, that's another matter; she needs to understand exactly what's going on.

Li Xi's words not only made Shuang Shi feel concerned, but also Ai Yin next to Shuang Shi, the lamp in the corner drawing, and Le Nai sitting in the chair being forced to accept the candy given by Ai Yin. They all looked at Li Xi, hoping that she could give an answer.

What could possibly have driven this band to put on their final performance?

Even when his own band was about to disband, Amamiya still came to help them?

"Ah, I don't know much about this either. I've only played with their band twice. All I know is that Ren, Hailing, and Mu formed a band together."

"What about Xiao Mu?"

Shuang Shi felt even more confused at this moment. Why was Xiao Mu involved? How come she didn't know anything about it?

Suddenly, she felt she needed to understand what was going on even more. She put her bass aside, sat down in a chair, and listened attentively as Lixi recounted what she knew.

Lixi suddenly realized that she was surrounded by them. Why were they all so concerned about Amamiya's affairs?

(PS: After watching episode 8 today, my assessment is... if episode 7 hadn't been there to set things up, episode 8 wouldn't have been any better. The first six episodes never showed Mortis being unable to beat Xiao Mu. Didn't you bury Xiao Mu with a doll and gouge out her eyes before? And then you give me this in episode 8? If Mortis wasn't lying, this transition is too abrupt. It's like you just presented the outline to everyone, without any polish.)

(PS2: Good news, the draft I'm currently writing about Hailing hasn't gone out of character (OOC), and I know how to write it now. Bad news, I'm stuck on Xiaomu's storyline. I'm looking at the outline and thinking, "This isn't just a split personality anymore, how the hell am I supposed to handle this?! If you can't wrap things up later, I'm going to treat this as a fan fiction.")

Chapter Seventeen: The drummer Xiangzi wanted to recruit was currently preparing for a live performance.

Today was rehearsal day. Momoka was looking at the sheet music, thinking about how to play it later, Amamiya was adjusting the keyboard, and Nina was doing some mental preparation.

That's right, it was her first time singing in front of everyone, which made her extremely nervous. Even though it was just a rehearsal and not an actual performance, she was incredibly nervous.

"By the way... hasn't our bassist arrived yet?"

Subaru, standing to the side in her school uniform, asked questions. Of the people present, she was the only one still wearing her school uniform.

According to her, school uniforms are the most convenient! Not only do you not have to worry about what to wear, but people will also mistake you for a high school girl and give you a lot of discounts!

So Amamiya was a little curious whether Subaru would continue wearing the school uniform after graduation.

"No, she has something to do today and can't come, but with her skills, there won't be any problems with tomorrow's live performance. She's a band mercenary like me, so she's used to how to cooperate with others."

"熘ling二⒉彡N泗罢吧寺qun," Amamiya said casually, glancing at his phone. Indeed, there were no replies.

In the chat log, Hailin did apologize to Amamiya, saying that she couldn't attend the rehearsal that day.

"So I hope to hear something important, not that we've all been called here for some trivial reason. I turned down something very important to come here."

Meanwhile, in a certain office, Hailin crossed her arms and spoke to Toyokawa Shoko, who was sitting in her seat. She didn't want Toyokawa Shoko to gather everyone together for some trivial matter.

Xiangzi glanced at Hailing coldly. She didn't take Hailing's words to heart, because this matter was indeed quite important, and besides, she didn't think Hailing could have anything important to do.

It's nothing more than supporting other bands; they're just band mercenaries. But speaking of the bands, their most important thing right now is "ave mujica," which was something they always said when they signed the contract.

They're a commercial band now, unlike those playful, childish bands.

Mu stood between Hailing and Xiangzi. She knew the situation best and understood how important today was for Hailing, but she was not good with words and ultimately could not say a word.

I could only sit here, staring blankly at them.

"Ah, I believe Xiangzi must have something important to say, otherwise the firm wouldn't have told me to put my work aside for now."

Chu Hua stepped in to smooth things over, as she didn't want the team relationships to deteriorate before everyone had even gathered.

But what she said did indeed prove the important reason why Xiangzi held this meeting. The fact that Chu Hua was sitting here was enough to prove how important it was.

After all, Chu Hua also has an idol group called Sumimi to manage, so she's running around between the two and is probably the most tired.

"Alright, enough of the small talk, let's get to the important stuff."

Xiangzi gestured for Chuhua to be quiet. She was about to announce some important arrangements: "Regarding this meeting, we have three things to deal with: the selection of the drummer, the practice plan after the team is assembled, and the arrangements for the fastest possible assault on the martial arts dojo."

Indeed, the three matters concerning Xiangzi were all important enough to warrant a meeting of the entire team. Even though Hailing felt there was something wrong with the meeting, she didn't ask about it directly at this point.

In Hailing's view, the latter two matters should have been discussed at a meeting after the drummers were all found. Why were they being discussed so early? As for the selection of the drummers, what did it have to do with Hailing herself? She was just a mercenary.

With this mindset, Hailing calmly looked at Xiangzi, waiting for her to say what she would say next.