Joker's Band Game Story

Although the price is a bit higher, he feels more at ease. Now he is worried that his daughter may have found some unreliable teachers.

Regarding this, Aine's mother spoke up for Amamiya Ren: "I saw that child today, and he's quite good-looking. I think his name is... Amamiya Ren, right?"

"I see. Will you continue practicing at home?"

"No, it was just an accident today, just an accident, hehe..."

Aine answered shyly, not telling her parents that she had switched to practicing at home because she had run away from home.

As Aine's father listened to her talking about Ren Amamiya, he could tell that his daughter cared deeply for him.

He felt he might still need to meet with Ren Amamiya.

This is something a father should do; at least by talking to each other, he can understand his thoughts. He is also worried that Ren Amamiya is not a good person and that his daughter has been deceived without his knowledge.

"I'm sorry to bother you. My father asked if he could meet with you later."

Ren Amamiya, who was staying in the starry sky, received a message from Aine. He saw that after Aine sent the message, she also sent an emoji, and he directly replied with an 'ok' emoji.

Ren Amamiya had expected that the other party's father would want to meet him. He didn't think there was anything wrong with it. If the other party didn't want him to teach Aine, it didn't matter. He could just meet him once.

When will the '轳|覇}韭wu⑧冷私林五' be?

"Anytime in the next few days is fine."

Chapter Thirty-Eight: Xiangzi is completely under his control

"Hey~ Brother Lian, you're here again~"

Noticing that Ren Amamiya had returned to the Starry Sky, Nijika greeted him warmly.

Ren Amamiya watched as the four members of their small band seemed to be playing something, with a huge die placed on the table.

"What are you doing?"

Ren Amamiya looked at Shoko Toyokawa, who was sitting next to Nijika looking embarrassed, and felt even more puzzled.

He remembered Xiangzi; logically, she should be working diligently here, not sitting there.

And the reason for this... stems from the time before Ren Amamiya arrived...

Thirty minutes ago~

"Ah~ Xiangzi, want to come play together~"

Hongxia sat in a chair and greeted Fengchuan Xiangzi warmly, but Xiangzi calmly packed her things: "No, I still have to work."

"Oh, it's not that important. We can do it later anyway~ I'll help~"

Hongxia blinked cutely, trying to look adorable at Xiangzi who was preparing for work.

But Xiangzi remained calm and focused on getting ready for work, saying, "No, you guys have fun."

"Ha! I'm the shop manager's sister, and I order you to play with us!"

Seeing that Xiangzi wouldn't listen to reason, Hongxia took a hard line and brought up her identity as the 'shop manager's sister' to get Xiangzi to come and play with her.

"Hmph~ Miss Xiangzi, you don't want to lose your job, do you?"

"Please calm down."

Liang, standing next to her, pinched her nose and smelled something, seemingly sensing something unpleasant about Hongxia.

However, Xiangzi remained unmoved by Hongxia's tough stance. She calmly went to change her clothes, saying, "I believe Sister Xingge will make the right choice..."

She pulled on the door, but found it wouldn't open.

The door to this small hut, which is usually used for changing clothes and storing mops, was locked!

Unconvinced, she pulled the lock a couple more times and, through her senses, confirmed that the room was indeed locked.

She stiffly turned her head to look at Hongxia, only to find her smiling smugly, fiddling with a key in her hand.

Clearly, she had no choice but to play along with Hongxia.

"I will tell the store manager."

"Ah~ It's okay, it's okay~ As long as everything is sorted out before the audience enters~ I'll help you then~"

Hongxia giggled, brought over a chair and placed it beside her. After confirming everyone was seated, she clapped her hands and said, "Alright~ let's begin the first band members' meeting~ applause~"

"What does this kind of meeting have to do with me..."

Xiangzi was increasingly confused about why Hongxia had dragged her here, and she was quite unwilling to sit there.

She watched helplessly as Kita clapped enthusiastically in agreement with Nijika, Ryo gave a perfunctory clap, and Pochi, sitting next to her, clapped nervously. Their reactions were all quite different.

"Ah, actually we're all not very familiar with each other yet, so this is just a way for us to get to know each other. And you, Xiangzi, we're all the same age, don't be so aloof~ Look, Boqi-chan has already come over, hasn't she?"

Hongxia pointed to Boqi sitting next to Xiangzi. She was already sitting there, so what was there to be shy about?

But these are not actually the same thing, are they?

This must be the first time Xiangzi has ever seen such a shameless and persistent character.

So she was quite helpless, sitting there watching what Hongxia was going to do.

　(VII) Two (III) Leng Sijiuqi deleted the matter "Ah~ But thinking about it carefully, I don't really know how to say it~"

However, Hongxia's words the next second gave Xiangzi the urge to go to work again.

I don't even know what to say. What did you call me here for?

"It's okay, I'm already prepared."

At this point, Liang took out a giant die, suggesting that they could consider the topic by rolling the die.

However, she happened to reveal a sign with the word 'bungee jumping' on it, which made Kita and Pochi shudder.

Why are there such strange words on this hexahedron?

Aside from bungee jumping, the others seemed relatively normal—campus, music, performances, indicators, and anecdotes.

After picking up the die, Hongxia threw it on the ground, and the first topic quickly came up—the campus!

"It's about school, huh?"

Upon seeing this word, Kita showed considerable interest. She was quite outgoing at school and was naturally not afraid of this kind of topic.

However, Poch noticed another point: "But it seems that the five of us are from two different schools, right?"

"That makes sense~ Ryo and I are from Jigaku Academy, and the three of you are from Haneoka Girls' School. It seems we've been having quite a few conversations~ I remember Shoko and Pochi-chan were in the same class, right?"

As Hongxia spoke casually, her gaze fell upon Boqi and Xiangzi. Boqi nodded in agreement, saying, "That's right, we're both students in Class 1-B."

"Hey~ Do you usually hang out together?"

Hongxia looked at the two people with bright eyes, but soon she noticed their very unfamiliar attitude.

Great, confirmed, these two definitely don't know each other.

That's true. When these two get together, they seem unable to say a word. One is aloof, and the other is so introverted, it's quite rare.

Noticing the awkwardness of the situation, Kita asked, "So, Ryo-senpai and Nijika, are you two in the same class?"

"No, it's just the class next door."

Hongxia waved her hand and quickly explained that her and Liang's classes were very close and they often visited each other's classrooms.

However, when this was mentioned, Hongxia clapped her hands and said, "There are a lot of interesting people in Liang's class~ For example, that introverted red-haired girl."

"She's just not talkative, not introverted. The girl in your class who works part-time is more introverted."

Liang casually explained from the side that she knew her classmates quite well; after all, they had known each other for a year and she knew everything that needed to be known.

"A young female worker?"

Hearing the strange description only made Kita more curious.

Upon hearing the name "migrant worker," her gaze involuntarily turned to Xiangzi. Was he like her?

"It seems like you can see her everywhere—Shibuya, Shinjuku, Kichijoji, Shimokitazawa, Akihabara… she's everywhere. She's always working part-time in different places, and she seems to know all the places she works in very well."

Upon hearing this, Xiangzi swayed slightly; she had become somewhat interested in this girl.

Perhaps I can get some information about part-time jobs from them? Maybe I can find more work myself.

But then she thought about her family situation and figured that not many places would be willing to take her in.

Places like Starry Night are truly rare and precious.

However, Starry Night is only open on days other than Mondays, so she still wants to look for other shops to do part-time work during the day on Mondays and weekends.

After a brief chat, the school talk ended when Pochi was lost in dark memories again.

Hongxia then threw the dice again.

"Next up is the topic of your favorite music~"

When the topic turned to music, she began asking about everyone's interests: "I actually prefer hardcore melodies, what you call Japanese punk. Brother Lian has made quite a bit of music like that~"

"I like electronic music and the like, and lately I've been following the Saudi Arabian music charts..." "Hey, don't lie."

Leaving aside the first half of the sentence, Hongxia doesn't think the second half is correct.

Next up was Kita, who answered directly, "I like songs about school romance!"

It's clear that she doesn't know much about music, and her answer is obviously different from the previous two.

But clearly, her answer provoked Pochi, since Pochi disliked the type of person who could trigger her adolescent insecurities, but was not picky about anything else.

The two of them actually got into a conflict.

As Xiangzi watched Hongxia comfort Boqi, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. She really didn't want to say that she liked operatic metal music, which was associated with dark, mysterious gothic classical music.

That's right, although she seems normal on the surface, in reality...

Xiangzi is a chuunibyou (a person with delusions of grandeur).

"Poch-chan~ Hey~ Hey~ Don't hide away in your own world~"

Hongxia is currently calling out to Boqi, but it seems that Boqi is not responding at the moment.

All you could hear was her muttering to herself.