Joker's Band Game Story

Of course, Ren Amamiya refused; he played rock music and couldn't handle something as sophisticated as orchestral music.

　So the orchestra has to settle for second best this time, taking a roundabout approach, hoping that Ren Amamiya can cooperate with them at this school festival.

"Do you need my help to compose the score?"

Ren Amamiya rubbed his chin, having gained a general understanding of the orchestra's ideas.

It wasn't too difficult to help with the composition, and the orchestra also explained their ideas in detail.

First and foremost, the compositions must be original, and they hope to capitalize on this opportunity for fame. However, the original music still belongs to Ren Amamiya; they only have the first right to use it.

This made Amamiya Ren feel that there was no problem. The other party came to borrow the music, and he did indeed have a few pieces that the other party could use.

However, it would be quite troublesome to write that out separately.

"That's right, but Amamiya-san, there's no need to jump to conclusions. Why don't you listen to the last thing first?"

Makoto Niijima gestured to Ren Amamiya not to be in such a hurry, and instead began to talk about the third thing—Diamond Dust.

The school plans to invite the Diamond Stardust band to perform on campus. Although they are not a very famous band, their appearance fee is cheap.

Ren Amamiya knew about this band; he had helped them before when he had to fill in for their drummer once.

"Does the artist need me to help invite them?"

"No, the invitation has already been extended. It's just that they might need you, Amamiya-kun, to act as their 'guide' and show them around the school festival. After all, it's said that you're quite familiar with them."

"I wouldn't call myself familiar with them; I've only taken one order from them."

Ren Amamiya doesn't seem to mind, so there shouldn't have been any problems with that collaboration.

Makoto Niijima, who had been paying close attention to Amamiya's attitude, started talking about the payment at this point.

That's right, payment. Inviting Ren Amamiya over to discuss business certainly wouldn't be about having him work for love; after all, Amamiya isn't just a student, he's practically a working adult, already earning money in the music industry at a young age.

So with a kid like him, you have to use something real, which is—money.

Shujin School wasn't short of money, or rather, they weren't short of the money to hire Ren Amamiya. After hearing the school's attitude, Ren Amamiya became much more at ease, agreeing to all three requests and even accepting a discounted fee.

"So, regarding the orchestra, I hope you can perform with me..."

"This is the only one I must refuse."

Ren Amamiya made this clear: he didn't want to get too close to the orchestra.

He couldn't see the orchestra's gradual plan, so he directly refused the offer.

"Alright then, I'll leave these matters to Amamiya-san. Can you hand in the music this Friday? They need time to rehearse as well."

"No problem, I'll hand it in to the president once I've finished writing it."

That's right. Even when submitting a piece of music, Ren Amamiya doesn't hand it directly to the orchestra but instead gives it to the chairman to pass on.

After all, the person she was trading with was the student council president, so it wasn't unreasonable for her to pass it on.

Shinjima understood Ren Amamiya's attitude, but she didn't say anything more, only nodding to indicate that there was no problem.

After finishing his business, Ren Amamiya took his leave and returned to the classroom alone, where he ate his meal while pondering which piece of music to write.

For some reason, a melody gradually formed in his mind—"King, Queen, and Slaves."

Suddenly inspired, he immediately began to write.

Compared to rock bands, orchestras have a much more complex instrumentation, with several sections—strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, and color instruments. Simply put, these include violins, flutes, horns, drums, and piano. Therefore, composing music for this section is much more challenging.

But he still prepared seriously, after all, this piece of music was not cheap, and the fact that the other party dared to offer this amount of money meant that they really wanted a good piece of music.

Ren Amamiya could probably guess the reason: some important person would be visiting the performance the next day, so the orchestra needed to showcase its full potential.

However, this has nothing to do with Amamiya; he just needs to do his job.

'Beep beep~'

The phone suddenly rang, and Amamiya glanced at the message notification.

'RUPA: Our band... disbanded.'

Rupa was a friend of mine. I remember she excitedly told me that she had formed a new band in Kawasaki and went there in high spirits. Has it disbanded in less than two months?

Ren Amamiya, having put down his pen, picked up his phone and started texting the other person.

"So what are your plans next? Go back to Tokyo?"

He didn't comfort the other person because they didn't need his comfort. He also didn't ask why, as it was a private matter he couldn't be bothered to know.

So he was just guessing whether the other person planned to return to Tokyo. After all, Kawasaki isn't that far from Tokyo; it's only a few hours' train ride away.

"No, even though the group has disbanded, there's still a teammate I need to worry about. I just wanted to talk to you about this."

'Do you need help finding new teammates for yourselves?'

"Hmm...maybe not for now. Zhizhi was seriously injured during this disbandment; she needs some time to recover."

Chichi, if Ren Amamiya remembers correctly, when he chatted with Rupa before, he learned about some of her teammates. Chichi seems to be a girl who dropped out of school, right?

Well, unlike Rupa who didn't go to university, she was a 16-year-old dropout who gave up her studies and family to devote herself to music, but she encountered setbacks, so it's inevitable that she would be a little sad.

"I understand. If you need any help, just let me know. I'll come see you in Kawasaki as soon as I'm free."

'Okay, no problem.'

As they were talking, the other person sent an "OK" emoji, which looked quite cute.

It seems that Rupa was not greatly affected by the disbandment, but her companions were deeply hurt.

Indeed, compared to her past, the band's disbandment is nothing.

Ren Amamiya put down his phone and continued composing music.

He gets very busy after school, so he has to finish composing at school. This isn't the first time he's done this, and the teachers usually don't bother to interfere.

After all, the child's grades aren't that bad, so who would want to interfere with the other party's studies?

While academic studies are important, music is also very important in this world. Since the other person has already made some achievements in the field of music, why force him to study?

It would be better to ask Ren Amamiya for a couple more autographs, so that when he becomes famous, you can brag about having taught him.

Chapter Twenty-Five: You must be clear when talking to a cat!

Is there a performance today?

Rinrinko noticed that Ren Amamiya had arrived at RiNG and couldn't help but ask him a question, to which Ren Amamiya simply shook his head.

"No, I just wanted to come here and take a look."

Just as Ren Amamiya was standing at the door, about to sit down at the bar, he noticed something very interesting.

At a table not far away, a gray-haired girl with ear-length hair noticed her.

Then... she crouched down under the table like an ostrich.

Isn't this a Takamatsu lamp?

Ren Amamiya recognized her immediately, and found it somewhat amusing to see her crouching under the table pretending not to see anything.

As a former member of Crychic, Ren Amamiya does have some knowledge of Takamatsu Akari.

A very timid little animal, introverted, eccentric, and with a few strange quirks.

Ren Amamiya strongly suspects that Akari Takamatsu may have Asperger's syndrome.

After all, she does fit some of the characteristics of Asperger's syndrome—social and nonverbal communication difficulties (overly eccentric speech), strong mood swings (easily influenced by the emotions of others and causing self-harm), and narrow interests (collecting penguin band-aids, peculiar pebbles, etc.).

However, the proportion is a bit too small, perhaps it's just a mild syndrome. After all, these symptoms are relatively mild, and they are usually congenital, unrelated to family factors.

But this didn't stop Ren Amamiya from curiously observing her, wondering how long she would stay there.

Does she really not want to see me?

Yes, he admitted that what he said a few months ago was a bit too harsh. He deliberately made it sound serious in the hopes of waking everyone up, but it probably hurt the young girl's feelings.

"Really, come out now!"

"Wait a minute, I'm working!"

At this moment, Aine pushed Riki out of the kitchen, and this push also made the two of them notice that Amamiya Ren was standing at the door.

"Amemiya..."

Upon seeing Amamiya, Riki raised an eyebrow. She crossed her arms, about to say something, but was interrupted by Aine.

"Hey! Where's the light?!"

"He's squatting there."

Ren Amamiya pointed to a table not far away, where Zero was squatting and pretending to be dead, looking as if he had seen some natural enemy and dared not come out of his hole.

Seeing the lantern's strange state, Aine quickly ran over: "Lantern! What's wrong with you?"

As he spoke, he reached out and grabbed the lamp's hand, trying to pull her up, but she was like a stone, completely unresponsive, not uttering a sound and remaining motionless.

"Hey~ How could this happen..."

Seeing the lamp's reaction, Aine turned to Riki and said, "Come help me!"

"Tsk."

Seemingly sensing that Amamiya's presence frightened Akari, Riki glared at Amamiya before walking to Akari's other side to pull her away.

Unlike Ai Yin's delicate appearance, Li Xi easily turned on the light with a single pull.

Although she was still timid and hesitant.

Seeing that her friend had arrived, Ren Amamiya sat down at the bar and stopped blocking the doorway.

He had a feeling that if he had moved aside earlier, the light would have run away. Although he didn't know why she was there, it was highly likely that someone had invited her.

If the other party discovers that the light has disappeared, they will probably be quite troubled.

So he deliberately lingered at the door for a long time before finally sitting down at the bar.

He watched Aine comforting the light while chatting with Rinrinko.

"Is it the same old routine?"