Joker's Band Game Story

As for Anzu and Shin... Anzu was already clutching her stomach and leaning against the wall, trying her best not to laugh too loudly.

Our president, Masahiro, covered her mouth, trying her best not to laugh. She would remember this contrast for the rest of her life.

"I feel like it's all the fault of a certain guild leader. It seems like she selected the event, which is why this happened. The probability of getting sweet songs has increased."

Ren Amamiya calmed down relatively quickly, since he had sung this song himself, so he could understand Ryuji's situation.

"Ah... sorry, sorry."

Makoto Niijima was standing next to her and quickly apologized, but her apology was clearly not sincere enough, since she was almost dying of laughter.

After everyone had calmed down enough, they decided to continue playing the game.

But drummer Pleia doesn't seem to have any intention of leaving the band.

"Are you planning to continue?"

"Of course, isn't it interesting? And you're all very strong, I quite like that."

Pleia's voice came from under the helmet in a muffled tone. The other party also directly explained why they planned to continue playing with everyone—because the Da Liu (8) jiu Wu ⑻ Mio si Mio V family is very strong.

Since that's the case... let's continue arranging.

As the team leader, Makoto Niijima pressed the start button again, but it was clear that she had forgotten to remove the event option again.

So our friend Ryuji will have to wail in despair again.

Amidst this joyful atmosphere, everyone concluded their game for the day.

"Ah...this is so much fun, so much fun."

In a room, a beautiful girl with long, straight black hair took off her gaming helmet.

She lived in a rather large house, and she lived alone in it.

"Those people are really strong. I don't know why they're specifically missing a drummer."

He got up, took a bottle of drink from the refrigerator, and gulped it down. Then he exhaled, looking quite comfortable.

When you drink a beverage, you should gulp it down; it feels so good!

She placed the drink on the table, glanced at the time and realized it was still early, so she decided to take a shower and then rest.

But her phone suddenly rang, and when she picked it up, her expression became somewhat subtle.

She was exasperated by the other person's persistence in inviting her to join the band again.

Oh well, he's still a friend, so I'll help him out when the time comes.

As for whether she should continue playing in the band long-term... she still needs to think about it.

After all, she also has her own things to deal with.

Compared to a relaxing Saturday, Ren Amamiya is much busier on Sundays.

"Today is the first time the bands have met, so let me introduce ourselves."

Ren Amamiya introduced the two to each other: "Hachiman Kairin, bassist, quite skilled. Wakaba Mutsumi, guitarist, very well-prepared."

Ren Amamiya's words were quite interesting; he praised Mutsuko for having "sufficient homework" rather than for the specific intensity of it.

So Xiao Mu's strength made Hai Ling raise an eyebrow slightly, wondering what Amamiya Ren meant by those words.

However, he will bring the other person into the band, so their skills should not be too bad, right?

"So what piece will we play today?"

Hailing did ask this question, but she had no idea what new tricks Ren Amamiya was planning. Her strong desire to form a band with Amamiya had faded considerably, and she now seemed much calmer.

Well, it's no wonder that people always say Hailing acts like a cool girl.

"Today... let's practice the piece that Li Xi wrote first. We'll be playing it together with Li Xi later."

Ren Amamiya hadn't forgotten her promise to Riki to play "Oni," but Riki was too busy to come and rehearse; her mind was entirely on her band.

"Mu probably hasn't looked at the sheet music yet, right? You can take a look first, and if there are no problems, I think you can start practicing."

Li Xi's modification style for the song "Oni" is completely different from that of Nogaku, which is a completely new experience.

Singing the lyrics calmly amidst the noisy music is also a kind of contrasting technique. This kind of use of movement to highlight stillness is not easy, which is why Amamiya thinks Ritsuki is quite a genius.

If the background noise is too loud, it will overshadow the music. Her compositions did not attract everyone's attention; instead, it made people listen to the lyrics more easily. They were gorgeous but not noisy. This is Amamiya's evaluation of her compositions.

"But we don't have enough manpower, do we? Her compositions are based on the arrangement of a 5-piece band, and if it's just the three of us..."

Hailing was more rational. Although she also liked the songs written by Lixi, there was only one guitarist and one bassist present. Amamiya could be a freelancer and do either one, but basically his role was drummer.

Moreover, the song even includes a keyboard, and with an additional lead singer, the three of them are indeed a bit short-handed.

"Ah...you're right, let's change it then."

Ren Amamiya did not refute Hailin's words, but instead put away the sheet music he had just taken out.

He brought his music score collection again today, which contains many songs.

Mu stood quietly to the side, unlike the band members who would come over curiously to see what songs were playing.

"I did write a piece about ghosts, you could say I played it based on my own feelings first... What's Mutsu's thought?"

Ren Amamiya found the song he had written about an oni (demon) and asked Mutsu what she thought of it.

"I do not mind."

Mu had no plans; she was open to doing anything.

Since that's the case... let's leave it at that for now and try this piece first.

"Then there's another question: who will be the lead singer?"

Hailing looked at Amamiya Ren: "Are you planning to be the lead singer? The lead singer and drummer?"

Lead vocalist and drummer—a position Ren Amamiya had never heard of before. As everyone knows, drummers are very busy, extremely busy, so they can only do backing vocals at most, and can't be lead vocalists.

But that was in his past life. In this world, he found that he had the capacity to do so, but only for one song. He didn't have the energy to sing it a second time.

He can sing while playing drums, but it's very stressful. So, in his previous live performances, he only sang one song, and he didn't have the energy for a second one.

Since everyone came to play in a band this time, it couldn't just be a simple song performance and that was it, right? That's why Hailing asked Amamiya, the lead singer, what to do.

Or are we going to just drop the lead singer altogether?

"Lead singer... Hailing, can you come?"

Amamiya handed the sheet music to Mutsu and told her to take a good look, while she asked Hailin for her opinion.

Mu obediently took the sheet music and looked at the melody on it.

The tune wasn't too difficult, and the difficulty level that Ren Amamiya prepared wasn't too high, or rather... it was a bit too easy.

Compared to the pieces she practiced at Crychic before, this song has a much lower bpm and isn't very difficult, so she'll definitely be able to play it well.

"Me? I don't think I'm that good at singing."

Because the music wasn't too difficult, Mu glanced at the score once and then looked at the lyrics, wanting to see what they were about.

From what I just overheard their conversation, the music was composed by Li Xi, but what about the lyrics?

It must have been written by Amamiya.

Amamiya is really amazing.

"Eh~ But Mu's personality isn't good at singing, and besides, I want to hear you sing~"

Mu quickly skimmed through the lyrics, reading them softly as her body involuntarily trembled.

Yes, that's the feeling... This song can be sung by a guitar, right? It definitely can!

Mu was once again captivated by the lyrics. Her eyes remained fixed on those few lines. She didn't sing them many times, but she just couldn't take her eyes off them.

"Really? Then I'll reluctantly give it a try... but don't have too high expectations, I'm quite aware of my own voice."

I never intended to hurt anyone...

So I killed them all...

Because no one can kill a demon...

Staring blankly at the lyrics, Mu felt a desire for the first time—a desire to play the guitar.

She joined Crychic before mainly because of Xiangzi's invitation, but now she wants to join this nameless band purely because she wants to play.

She wanted to play, she wanted to play, she wanted to play, she wanted to play, she wanted to play, she wanted to play!

"Mu? Mu!"

Mutsu suddenly snapped out of her daze and looked up at Ren Amamiya, who was standing in front of her. Ren had been calling her for a while.

"Come back to your senses? How about you play a piece? You've probably seen enough, right?"

As Ren Amamiya spoke, he sat down in the drummer's seat, picked up his drumsticks, and looked at Mutsu. Mutsu immediately snapped out of his daze and said, "Okay."

"In that case... let's get ready to begin. Hailing, it's all up to you."

Ren Amamiya smiled as he looked at Hailin, who nodded and tried out the bass.

"I never intended to hurt anyone, and I feel sorry for everything."

Hai Ling's cool voice began to sing the song, and Mu lowered her head and played the guitar. At this moment, her hands were trembling slightly, but it seemed as if she was holding the guitar tightly in her hands.

Play it once, twice, three times.

When she came to her senses, she found herself back home, sitting in the basement.

She was still holding her guitar, and she had been playing it for who knows how long.

"Mu, are you still playing the '72-04' tune?"

Mu heard someone talking to her. She looked down and saw a doll standing on the ground, craning its neck to look at her.

"Ah."

"So, do you feel happy?"

The doll stood with its hands on its hips, looking at Mu and asking her what she was thinking.

Mu lowered his head, unconsciously clutching his guitar in his hands: "I don't know."

She didn't know what liking someone meant; it seemed as if she lacked that emotion.