Joker's Band Game Story

Momoka suddenly remembered something, immediately stood up, and grabbed Ren Amamiya's shoulders with both hands: "Don't let me go! If you let me go, Watashi..."

"Alright, stop acting. We don't plan to let you leave anytime soon."

What about the long term?

"You're planning to live in my house long-term?!"

Ren Amamiya leaned back strategically, not expecting that Momoka was actually planning this.

"Having stayed in nice places, I don't really want to stay in other places... How about... I become your girlfriend? That way I can stay here, right?"

"There's no need for that. If you want to stay for a long time, that's fine too. But if you still haven't found a place next month, you'll have to pay me the rent."

Ren Amamiya heard Momoka talking nonsense after drinking too much, so he told her to shut up.

Saying I'd be your girlfriend? Seriously, that's enough.

However, Ren Amamiya did not notice the fleeting disappointment in Momoka's eyes after hearing his answer.

She might have had this thought, and speaking at this moment was just a private test.

But it's clear that Ren Amamiya hasn't realized this yet, hmm...

Turning over, Momoka no longer wanted to talk about this kind of thing with Ren Amamiya. She was afraid that if she said any more, she would accidentally reveal her thoughts and make things even more awkward for both of them.

"Okay then~"

As Tao Xiang spoke, she casually twisted her body, as if she wanted to take over the entire sofa.

Ren Amamiya didn't ask any more questions, but instead kept his head down, scrolling through his phone: "What about that girl? How's it going with your inquiry? Has she agreed yet?"

"No rush, no rush. Why are you so concerned about that girl? Do you like her?"

Momoka, on the other hand, seemed unconcerned. Seeing her reaction, Ren Amamiya simply shrugged and said, "Isn't it because you want to pull a kid who wants to go to university over here? Fine, then I won't ask anymore."

Seeing the other party's confident expression, Ren Amamiya didn't bother asking any more questions; she already knew what was going on.

He remembered that she had mentioned before that she wanted to find a drummer, but as for how things were going now... he didn't plan to ask anymore.

Anyway, Tao Xiang was quite willful after drinking too much, so he simply went upstairs.

What are you going to do?

"I'll play some games, my classmate told me that before."

Anzu did ask him to play the game these past two days. Anyway, Amamiya treats the game as a practice ground and enjoys playing various musical instruments.

When Ren Amamiya logged back into the game, he discovered that a new event had started.

As his consciousness entered the game, he saw a huge animation unfolding before him.

It felt like a live performance, and I was sitting in the drummer's seat watching two beautiful girls playing guitar and singing in front of me.

"We are sumimi~ Thank you everyone for your support~"

The animation ended quickly, but those short, less than twenty seconds were enough for Ren Amamiya to understand what this game was all about.

They actually collaborated with Sumimi?

It's unclear who benefited from whom.

He also knows Sumimi Ren very well, and has even written songs for them.

At the time, Sumimi wasn't very popular, so they didn't have a dedicated teacher to prepare songs for them. Although Misumi Hatsuka had some ideas, the agency didn't accept them as a precaution, and instead directly applied to Akira Kurusu, a rising star in songwriting and composing at the time.

They all assumed that Akira Kurusu should be a middle-aged man in his thirties or forties, but when Ren Amamiya arrived, they were all greatly surprised, not expecting that the legendary Akira Kurusu was actually so young.

Ren Amamiya rejected the offer from the agency, preferring more freedom rather than being tied down by work too early.

Once a creator joins a company, their creative content can no longer truly belong to them. This is true in every industry, and Ren Amamiya would prefer that his songs belong to everyone, not just to the company.

However, he also said at the time that he would first see how good Sumimi's skills were. If the two of them could not meet Ren Amamiya's requirements, Ren Amamiya would refuse the collaboration—he was unwilling to give good songs to bad people to play.

It turns out that sumimi is a very good and popular idol group. Although they were still very young at the time, Ren Amamiya still agreed to help them and wrote sumimi's debut and representative work - I'm so sorry for being so cute.

After all, Hatsuka and Mana are undeniably cute, and this popular idol group is all about the cute style.

Mana, in particular, is innocent, cheerful, and full of energy, making her the most suitable person to be the lead singer of this song.

That's a bit of a tangent, but Ren Amamiya does actually know these two people, so he was quite surprised to see that the game actually has some connection with them.

But his surprise was short-lived; he quickly accepted Xing's invitation to join her team and perform with her.

However, he didn't see Miss BUI today; instead, he saw a female bassist codenamed Queen.

Wait, if he hasn't admitted his mistake...

"President?"

"Ah, have you been discovered?"

Bassist Queen is none other than Niijima Makoto, the student council president of Shujin, and she looks a little embarrassed at this moment.

She was wearing a steel mask and a tight-fitting bodysuit, looking quite cool.

As for why she dressed like that... she had always fantasized about being a superhero fighting evil, so as a hero, she had to have a bodysuit that fit her and a mask to cover her face.

How should I put it? It was quite...unexpected.

Ren Amamiya looked as if he had been struck by lightning. He paused for two seconds before coming to his senses. Instead of looking at Makoto Niijima, he asked Ann Takamaki, "Are there only three of us?"

"There's also a lead singer, hehe, the president specially found this person."

"Oh? Lead singer? That's really good."

It was mentioned before that a lead singer would be brought in, so Ren Amamiya was quite curious about who it would be.

At this point, Makoto Niijima simply began to explain how she found the lead singer—her approach was to directly recruit the lead singer within the school.

Ms. Kamoshida is very popular at school, especially in the sports club, so many people wanted to participate in this performance. However, there are more girls among the lead singers, and Makoto Niijima felt that this song might be more suitable for a boy to sing, so she chose a member of the track and field club to participate in this event.

This student's name is Ryuji Sakamoto.

While they were explaining, Ryuji also logged on and was pulled into the team by Makoto Niijima.

"Oh, sorry, sorry, the track and field club had extra practice today, I just got home."

With blond hair, a skull mask, and a stylish trench coat, he exudes the aura of a male high school student.

Ren Amamiya immediately understood the other person's situation; he seemed to be a very impulsive sports student.

"It's alright. Now that everyone's here, let's get ready to start the game. I think since we're going to be on stage, we need to practice our teamwork first. Everyone can practice a bit beforehand."

Niijima Makoto shook his head, not criticizing Ryuji—in fact, there were still a few minutes left before the agreed time, and he wasn't late, so there was no need to say anything bad about him.

This is also why they gather here to play games. On weekends, everyone is off school, and Ren Amamiya is busy during the day, so they take advantage of the evenings to practice their teamwork in the game. This way, when they watch the new song, they will be able to play it with better coordination.

No one seemed to have any objections to this. Ren Amamiya didn't choose the drummer position this time; instead, he chose the guitarist.

He planned to take this opportunity to teach Xing some guitar skills. As for teamwork and such... there's not much a drummer can do at that point, so it would be more appropriate to practice in school first.

So they started matching, with a random random drummer starting a match.

They quickly found some random people and prepared to start fighting the brigade.

Ren Amamiya glanced at the passerby's ID—Pleia.

It's a bit strange, but compared to that, what's even stranger is the other person's clothing.

He was dressed in thick clothes and looked more like a soldier than a band member.

Well, it's only because it's a game that I feel so hot wearing such thick clothes.

Although it seemed strange no matter how you looked at it, Ren Amamiya was just a passerby, so he didn't pay much attention to it and waited for the countdown to end. Meanwhile, everyone was watching the piece that was about to be played.

This team is very interesting. All five members are musicians, which means that everyone is seriously performing rather than just playing games to get points.

The game's matchmaking feature is one-on-one. If your team has two tourists and three musicians, your opponents will also be two tourists and three musicians. This is because tourists are more likely to score points, but their maximum score is lower than that of musicians, which is a kind of protection for musicians.

Otherwise, if you don't play well and don't get a high score, you might as well be a tourist; that's not suitable for promoting music practice.

Because the proportions are the same, it's relatively fair. If the tourists aren't satisfied... well, then go become a musician!

"Have you looked at everything?"

When Ren Amamiya saw the countdown above his head turn into a ten-second countdown, his gaze involuntarily fell on Ryuji Sakamoto, who was standing in the center with an embarrassed expression.

His role is lead vocalist, but this song... is a girly song.

That's right, because of the collaboration with Sumi, this song is as cute as mentioned before. I'm sorry, everyone's expression when looking at Ryuji is quite amusing.

I wish him success.

Ren Amamiya could only think this way, while silently turning down the volume on Ryuji's end to avoid assaulting his ears.

This song sounds really strange to Ryuji, and it's really putting him in a difficult position to sing it.

So Ryuji's expression at this moment was like he had eaten something disgusting, and it was quite ugly.

But on stage, he still sang his heart out, trying his best to get a high enough score to avoid defeat for the team.

Chapter Sixty-Eight: Is This Love?

"You guys are really... so interesting!"

After the match ended, everyone naturally won.

All five musicians are quite talented, including lead vocalist Ryuji Sakamoto.

Although it was indeed very difficult for Ryuji to sing such a sweet song, and it almost drove him to the brink of collapse, the score was judged not by the real person but by the system, and the system's score was more objective.

Even though Ryuji's singing was abstract, it was definitely in tune, and he sang loudly with his eyes closed, which was much better than the shy girl opposite him who couldn't let loose.

Or perhaps his actions were so successful that the girl opposite him laughed so hard she almost couldn't sing.

Of course, Ryuji's loud singing after abandoning his sense of shame also successfully affected the other nine people. Among them, Ren Amamiya was the least affected, while the others only performed at about six-tenths of their original strength.

So in the end, Ryuji's team won, with Ren Amamiya scoring first and Ryuji second.

Well, in some ways, this kind of alliance is quite rare.

Does singing have to sound good? Can't it be funny?

So after the performance, drummer Pleia was clutching her stomach, laughing uncontrollably, while Ryuji was leaning against the wall, looking like he didn't want to be bothered.