Joker's Band Game Story

"Song?"

"That's right, the band's songs are the band's cry, and the lead singer's songs are the lead singer's cry. Since you can't say it out loud, you might as well write it down."

A song is one's own cry...

These words made Xiangzi momentarily lost in thought; she had once said the same thing to Gao Songdeng.

She saw the lyrics in the notebook, heard her silent cry, and knew what she was thinking, which is why she decided to invite her to be the lead singer of the band.

Now this scene is happening to her, and Ren Amamiya suggests that she write lyrics.

"I've said it before, don't give up on music. Life is already heavy enough, music can actually make you feel a little lighter."

Ren Amamiya then touched Shoko's head: "So... sing out your innermost thoughts, your feelings of injustice towards the world, and all of this as music. If you don't sing out your emotions, they will just stay inside and you'll never be able to process them."

He knew that Xiangzi was very suited to music, or rather, she was absolutely inseparable from music.

The calluses on her fingers meant she was still playing, but that wasn't enough, far from enough.

She had a lot of emotions inside, and she needed to vent them all out.

That's how people are; emotions need to be released. If you keep them bottled up and refuse to say anything, the end result will only be complete collapse.

"But... do I still have the right to create?"

Why not?

Ren Amamiya retorted to Shoko, "You only gave up the band, not the music. If not having a band means you can't make music, then too many people wouldn't qualify."

"Including you?"

"Including me."

Ren Amamiya replied with a smile, ruffling Xiangzi's hair: "Alright, drink your water and get back to work, otherwise Sister Xingge will be unhappy again. Remember, no matter how bad life is, no matter how bumpy it is, you have the right to play music and vent your emotions through music."

After saying these words, Ren Amamiya left the room, leaving Shoko Toyokawa to calm down by herself.

He used this song to judge Toyokawa Shoko's thoughts, to see if she still had her own ideas about music and crychic.

"Honestly, I kind of regret taking this order in the first place."

Rubbing his head, Ren Amamiya was referring to the order he had taken from Riki about Crychic. He never expected to get involved in it himself.

It's not bad, though. We can at least follow the drama unfold and see how the new band members fared.

He didn't mention the new band to Xiangzi, since the formation of the new band was also related to her. He could tell that Shuangshi was definitely planning to bring Xiangzi back, which was why he did this.

But she was destined to fail; Xiangzi no longer had the energy to play house with them.

"I'm really looking forward to it. What will she do next?"

Amamiya, carrying his guitar and bass bags, was about to leave when Hoshika, hands on her hips, looked at him and asked, "Aren't you planning to stay a little longer?"

"No, I think there won't be any problems with today's performance. I think I'll go home first."

This afternoon I taught Nyanmu how to play the drums, and now Amamiya Ren is feeling a bit tired again, so he plans to go home and laze around.

"Alright then, you can go back now. I'll call you if anything comes up."

"Hi~"

Amamiya waved his hand and went home to readjust the melody of "You and Memories" before sending it to Nijika.

Although he didn't ask, he could tell that Hongxia was very satisfied with the piece.

Moreover, the piece isn't particularly difficult, so it's perfectly fine for them to practice on.

When it comes to difficulty, Ren Amamiya has to complain about this world (2??) What on earth is going on?

It seems that after the general public's musical literacy improved, the level of music also became more impressive. Ren Amamiya did not expect that the difficulty of rock songs in this world was extraordinary, and that many people were geniuses to the point of being monstrous.

"It must be so wonderful to live in a world like this."

Amamiya Ren couldn't help but sigh as she recalled the scene.

As he got off the tram and was heading home, he suddenly encountered a black-haired girl with two braids looking around with a troubled expression.

Upon seeing this, Ren Amamiya walked over and asked her, "Are you in any trouble?"

"Ah, um (in Chinese)... I'm so sorry, may I ask (in Japanese)... um..."

Upon hearing the familiar "that" as the other person started their move, Ren Amamiya knew that the other person was Chinese.

Moreover, her Japanese was quite sparse, so Ren Amamiya smiled and said to her, "It's okay, you can speak Chinese, I can understand it."

"Ah~ Is it someone from my hometown? That's great!"

Hearing the familiar Chinese, the girl immediately relaxed. She patted her chest and began to explain her predicament: "I just arrived in Japan and I don't know where to buy groceries."

"Here? I happen to be going that way, let me take you there."

Upon hearing Ren Amamiya's words, the girl immediately grabbed his hand excitedly: "Really? That's great! Thank you!"

"It's okay, you're planning to go grocery shopping, right? I'm going home anyway, so I'll just buy some on the way."

At this moment, Ren Amamiya also thought about her refrigerator at home and realized that there was indeed not much food left. She would have to buy some to take home and cook.

Amamiya can cook, since he's always home alone. Although he can order takeout, he prefers to cook for himself.

Upon arriving at the supermarket entrance, the girl looked at the various vegetables displayed on the stalls and said, "They seem a bit expensive."

"It's alright. Although it looks expensive, you can actually earn quite a bit of money if you work here. At least you won't have any problem supporting yourself."

Ren Amamiya casually remarked as he picked up a plastic bag and began packing the vegetables.

He didn't even check the prices of the vegetables. As a regular seller, he had a certain estimate of these prices, and they generally didn't fluctuate much.

His years of experience buying groceries have made him an expert at selecting vegetables, and he quickly bought enough groceries for two days.

"Well……"

At that moment, he glanced at the vegetables in the girl's bag and couldn't help but make a sound of surprise.

Why are all the vegetables the other person bought so...?

"Don't you have any experience buying groceries?"

Ren Amamiya's question made her involuntarily stand at attention.

"Yes, I haven't bought groceries much..."

"Oh, is that so? What would you like to eat? I'll pick it for you. Aren't these choices a bit too casual?"

Amamiya could tell the quality of vegetables at a glance, based on his long-standing experience. The girl in front of him clearly had never bought groceries back in her home country; now that she was in Japan alone, she seemed completely clueless.

"I'm so sorry to have bothered you."

"It's alright, it's nothing."

Ren Amamiya waved his hand, completely unconcerned about the matter. As he walked with the girl, he asked her about her preferences and soon picked out a bag of vegetables for her.

Incidentally, while we were selecting vegetables, I also shared various tips with her about choosing produce. However, judging from her bewildered and confused expression, she probably didn't remember much of it.

"Oh, it's Koamenomiya! Why is the performance over so soon today?"

The shop owner was weighing the items while chatting with Ren Amamiya, and the girl next to them was trying hard to listen to their conversation in Japanese.

Clearly, she was not fluent in Japanese, which meant she could only understand a portion of their rapid conversation.

"Who is this?"

"She's a new Chinese person who moved nearby, probably an international student. She asked me where I bought groceries, so I brought her to the store."

"Oh, that's wonderful! Please give this to the little girl."

The proprietress casually picked up some candies from the table, took a few, and handed them to the girl.

“Hmm…Arigato Liuba#_JiuwubaOdeqiu⑤?.”

Seeing her awkwardly expressing her gratitude, both Amamiya and the proprietress couldn't help but laugh.

The two walked out of the shop, and the girl thanked Ren Amamiya: "Thank you so much... But your Japanese is so fluent, you must have been in Japan for a long time, right?"

"Yes, I've been here for seventeen years."

Ren Amamiya replied with a smile, and the girl understood from his words that he was a Chinese man who had been living in Japan for many years.

"I see. My name is Li Yaoling. Thank you very much."

"It's alright, my name is Ren Amamiya."

"Amamiya... Ren?"

Upon hearing the name, which sounded more like a Japanese name than a Chinese name, Li Yaoling looked at Amamiya Ren with a puzzled expression.

So Ren Amamiya added, "She's seventeen this year."

"Oh! Sorry! I thought you were Chinese!"

Only then did Li Yaoling understand why Amamiya Ren had stayed in Japan for seventeen years; he was Japanese, having grown up there!

Ren Amamiya smiled and waved his hand without saying anything. He simply continued to ask, "Where do you live? You shouldn't get lost, right?"

"Lost...uh...um..."

Upon hearing this, Li Yaoling felt a little guilty again.

This area is a rather old residential area, so finding the way home shouldn't be too... difficult... right?

"I have navigation, so there shouldn't be any problems... right?"

Her guilty answer convinced Amamiya Ren that she knew absolutely nothing.

Ren Amamiya sighed helplessly, "Alright, where do you live? I'll take you there."

I don't know what these girl's parents were thinking, that they dared to let her come to Japan alone.

Girls like her are easily preyed upon in Japan.

"Wow, your house is so close to mine."

Ren Amamiya glanced silently at Li Yaoling's front door, then at her own house diagonally opposite: "I didn't expect Mrs. Suzutani to rent her house to you."

"Mrs. Suzutani?"

"Oh, don't worry about it. She's a neighbor. She moved to another place because of her child's schooling, so this house became vacant. I heard her say before that she would rent it to someone else, but I didn't expect it to be rented to you."