Joker's Band Game Story

Lixi, on the contrary, seemed very serious; she seemed determined to get something from Ren Amamiya.

"But this is your music, it contains your soul, and I do not wish to touch it."

This really disappointed Riki; Amamiya Ren had absolutely no intention of changing the song.

After all, in his eyes, this piece of music was already quite good.

Although Li Xi is still a beginner and hasn't been learning music arrangement for very long, she is already very skilled.

She was always looking at people who were more capable, but little did she know that she had already surpassed more than 90% of them.

He's amazing, truly amazing—that's something Ren Amamiya has to admit.

Therefore, he was unwilling to comment on this piece. The other person's arrangement skills had already developed their own unique style. If they wanted to improve, they would need to think for themselves. She had already moved beyond the realm of a novice and did not need Ren Amamiya's guidance.

"Really...?"

"if not."

Ren Amamiya countered with a question from Riki, genuinely feeling there was no need for further modifications.

"But……"

You should have more confidence in yourself.

Ren Amamiya's calm words silenced Ritsuki. She lowered her head, wondering if she had realized that she was also a genius.

Perhaps she hasn't realized it yet, but what exactly is she thinking?

Ren Amamiya was also very curious about what Riki was thinking all by herself.

Noticing that she had been spacing out for a while, she immediately snapped out of it and looked at the others: "Ahem, let's start practicing then."

She realized that too much time had been wasted and this couldn't continue. Everyone needed to focus on improving their skills instead of just standing around doing nothing.

As the temporary leader, Lixi spoke, and everyone naturally began today's practice.

However, there were still many practice sessions. When Ren Amamiya put away all the instruments, he heard Riki criticizing everyone's practice in a very unhappy manner.

"Shuangshi, have you been practicing properly?"

Li Xi's unhappy question made Shuang Shi smile and look at her: "Of course!"

Of course not, her mind wasn't on the band at all, how could she possibly practice properly?

But it wasn't so easy for her to get away with it, since she was the only one among those present who could be pressured by Li Xi.

Ren Amamiya naturally felt no pressure. Everyone could see that Ren Amamiya's skill level was the best among the group present. He was even imitating Rakuna's skill level. When Rakuna came to rehearse, the others wouldn't feel uncomfortable.

She couldn't possibly talk about the lamp, even though the lamp's problem was serious. She still didn't dare to speak loudly, but Li Xi believed that she could sing out her inner thoughts on stage.

That's right, that's how Tamamo-no-ko is. She firmly believes in Tamamo-no-ko's performance on stage, so naturally she won't say anything about her.

As for Aine... it's not that she said Aine doesn't have many problems, but at least she has made progress. Moreover, she can talk to Ren Amamiya directly about any problems. Pressure is useless to her, so it's better to let Ren Amamiya talk to her.

As for the cat... if you want to put pressure on her, you have to wait until she's there first. If you can't even see her, then putting pressure on her is pointless.

Naturally, her gaze fell upon the last and only person, Nagasaki Sase.

This is a very reasonable behavior, but Shuang Shi felt somewhat dissatisfied with it.

She was trying to smile, but it was clear she was unhappy.

She was clearly not the worst among the people present, but she was the only one being talked about, so naturally she couldn't feel good.

So she naturally echoed Li Xi's words, replying directly, "Of course!"

"But you've regressed far too much compared to before."

"Oh dear~ It must be an illusion."

Frustrated, extremely frustrated; this tone alone is quite unpleasant to hear.

This made Lixi purse her lips involuntarily; she was also very unhappy with Shuangshi's attitude.

What does this guy mean? How can he be so disgusting?

Ugh, so annoying! How awful, so incredibly awful!

Lixi glared fiercely at Shuangshi, her gaze even more unpleasant than before.

But Shuangshi just continued to smile at Lixi without saying a word, but the mockery in his eyes became even more obvious.

Yes, she did it on purpose; she was trying to anger Lixi.

If someone causes trouble for you, then it's perfectly normal for you to cause trouble for them in return, right?

Li Xi glared fiercely at Shuang Shi, while Shuang Shi looked at Li Xi with a smile. The two's reactions made Amamiya Ren, who was watching from the side, unable to suppress the corners of his mouth. He wanted to see this scene.

Deng, who was standing nearby, noticed something was off. She looked at the two of them and said, "Um..."

"Why aren't you practicing properly? We don't have much time left."

"But I've already started practicing. It's you who's been causing trouble, Li Xi, isn't it?"

Shuangshi's answer made Lixi's fists clench involuntarily. She hadn't expected Shuangshi to be so... disgusting.

Yes, it's disgusting. Her current attitude is like a stubborn mule, which is driving Lixi crazy.

When Lixi takes everything very seriously, encountering a stubborn person like Shuangshi naturally makes her very unhappy, but she can't say anything about it.

Are we supposed to just point our fingers at her and criticize her? Criticizing is fine, but this band is basically clueless.

So she held back, trying her best not to look at Shuangshi, and only replied, "Since you think it's okay, then it's best to do it this way. Don't end up being the one dragging the team down." Then she left the practice room first.

Sosei smiled but didn't respond, and left the practice room with his bass bag.

She didn't say anything, but her attitude made it clear that she was in a bad mood.

"What...what are they doing...?"

As Aine watched the two leave angrily one after the other, her gaze unconsciously drifted to Ren Amamiya, hoping he could offer some assistance.

But Ren Amamiya was powerless to help. The two were inherently incompatible, so there was no point in trying to persuade them.

"Is the band going to break up again...?"

The lamp was looking down, and she seemed to realize something. She squatted down and hugged her legs with both hands: "That's why I hate live performances..."

"Ah! No, no, that can't be right, Ms. Ren."

Aine noticed that Akari had started to withdraw again, so she immediately tried to persuade Akari not to think so much, and also called on Ren Amamiya to help persuade Akari.

To this, Ren Amamiya simply replied, "Don't worry, I won't let Sase leave the band so easily."

Chapter Sixty-Seven: The game seems to have overlooked the fact that the lead singer might be male.

The conflict between Riki and Souse was indeed unexpected by Amamiya Ren, but it was also quite reasonable.

After all, Riki is under equal pressure from everyone except for the lamp. There aren't many people she can pressure. Aine has Ren Amamiya protecting her, so she can only pressure herself and Souse. This is also one of the reasons why Souse is unhappy.

"Ugh... more practice time."

Aine couldn't help but feel a little dejected; she hadn't expected that Ren Amamiya would actually continue practicing with her.

"You should be content. You only need to hang in there for about another week. The live performance is coming up soon. Do you want to make a mistake on stage?"

"So it was too early to go on stage..."

Aine muttered to herself, this was the situation she hated the most.

If things were to proceed slowly and gradually, it would be much easier, but the pace was so fast that she was finding it hard to keep up.

Overall, it was too rushed.

"It's okay, take it slow. You'll improve quite quickly after your first live performance, you can believe that."

Ren Amamiya comforted Aine, telling her not to worry so much.

Aine's extra practice made her progress very quickly, so Riki didn't put pressure on her. After all, pressure was useless; whether you felt pressure or not, Amamiya would still teach Aine.

After today's lessons, Ren Amamiya took his leave. With Aine waving goodbye, Ren left Chihaya's house and went back to his own home.

As for what happened later, when Aine's mother subtly inquired about Aine's relationship with Amamiya... let's leave that aside for now.

When Ren Amamiya returned home, he saw Momoka drinking again. She seemed to enjoy drinking, but her alcohol tolerance was terrible.

All I can say is that he's bad at the game but has a huge addiction.

"If you keep drinking, you'll lose all the money you earn from working."

"Oh well, whatever! We haven't even formed a band yet, what's the point of keeping so much money?"

Momoka muttered to herself, and her "live for today" attitude made Amamiya Ren scoff.

"What are you doing here?"

"It's nothing, haha."

Ren Amamiya's words seemed to have a hidden meaning, and his attitude made Momoka mutter, "If you don't want to say it, then don't."

"By the way, how's the house search going?"

Ren Amamiya abruptly changed the subject; he didn't want to continue discussing Momoka's daily life with her.

This is the mindset of most people in Japan now, and Momoka is one of them. Ren Amamiya felt that if he asked her any more questions, she might get impatient.

So he asked about another matter that made Momoka anxious.

"Ah... I couldn't find a suitable one."

Tao Xiang couldn't help but lie down on the sofa. Wearing only a thin T-shirt in the room, her figure was now on full display: "I looked at several places, but they were either too remote and far from the tram station, or the rooms were too small, or too expensive, or someone had died there. In general, none of them were suitable."

"So picky."

Ren Amamiya sat on the other side of the sofa and casually pushed Momoka's legs to the side, making her curl up.

But soon, Momoka, quite unruly, kicked her leg over and placed her foot next to Ren Amamiya's leg.

Ren Amamiya didn't notice this; he could tell that Momoka looked like she had just taken a bath.

Drinking right after taking a shower... is that really okay?

"After all, I'm planning to stay here long-term... so I need to pick a good place. But I can't find a good one... You're not thinking of kicking me out, are you?"