Joker's Band Game Story

After getting up, Ren Amamiya walked around the area and he could indeed feel the weight of his clothes... The outfit he had chosen didn't seem to be very light after all.

"Okay, please open the door to your room and come to the living room."

Not a hotel? Or is it home?

While guessing, I followed the beginner's tutorial, opened the room door, and walked out step by step until I reached the downstairs.

The room wasn't big; compared to my own home, it was indeed a bit simple.

There is a bedroom, a living room, and a bathroom. The door is on the other side of the living room.

On the living room table, there was a shiny object.

"Please pick up the map."

Following the instructions, Ren Amamiya picked up the map from the table, at which point he noticed something else in his field of vision.

It's like a game, with an extra mini-map.

"Simply say 'map' in your mind to open the game map. You can use the map to quickly teleport within the safe zone. Please open the map."

Safe zone? So there's also a danger zone?

So what kind of game is this? How come there are unsafe parts?

Ren Amamiya silently recited the map in his mind and began to look at some information about it. A large area of ​​the map was black, seemingly not yet unlocked, with only a small portion being lit up.

With his conscious control, the bright areas were enlarged to make it easier for Amamiya to make selections.

He saw 'home' as an option, but there were other options besides that, such as 'shopping street', 'performance hall', and many other places.

"Please select 'Commercial Street'. Since you are a 'Musician', I will now teach you how to perform in the game."

It seems the tutorials for musicians and tourists are different? That's interesting.

Surprisingly, Ren Amamiya seems to be a bit addicted to this game.

Chapter 8, I'll tap it; you can fight against the enemy in the game!

Regarding the game, Ren Amamiya has already reviewed it extensively.

It took him about three hours to figure out how the game works for musicians. He learned how to form a band, how to perform, how to create works, and how to apply for copyrights, among other things.

That's right, you can create works in the game and apply for copyright directly in the game, without having to apply in the real world, which is quite convenient.

Amamiya also tried creating some music and found that the creation efficiency in the game was much faster than in reality. After all, the score would come out as soon as he thought of it, instead of having to manually process it bit by bit.

But if I had to point out a flaw... it's too fast. Maybe this is a better place to leave inspiration and piece it together later.

However, when it comes to inspiration... he felt it was more appropriate for him to copy some of the good works from his previous life.

This life's history is completely different from the previous one, so he doesn't have any outstanding works. Therefore, if he wanted to break out of the mainstream, he could become a well-known figure simply by writing lyrics and composing music. But he is still quite restrained and doesn't want to profit from it in this way—he's not that poor yet.

Even when he copied works from his past life, he handled the copyright protection by making it free for non-commercial use after applying for copyright.

"But the most fun one is this."

Walking through a livehouse he'd never been to before, he watched an event being held there.

Since it's a game, it naturally needs game elements. For musicians, one of the game elements is to perform in a 'random team', which is a relatively challenging gameplay.

He had also read the explanations from the tourists. For players who couldn't play instruments, performing was more like playing a rhythm game, while musicians were much more formal and their performances were real performances.

"There's less than an hour left, let's give it a try." ⑦鸸删玲泗玖⒎三丝

Ren Amamiya thought it would be better to try out a random team match, and on the team match page, he selected his role as a guitarist.

On the team formation page, players can also choose their own instruments. Naturally, guitar, bass, and drums are the most common instruments in a band, especially guitar, which is further divided into lead guitar and rhythm guitar. In addition to these, there are also keyboards, DJ instruments, and even less common instruments like the saxophone. Wait, it seems like even the suona is available here.

But I doubt anyone would use a suona... right? Is it really okay for a band to use this instrument?

"Okay! Wait a minute."

Ren Amamiya suddenly remembered something: he seemed to have made a promise with the person in front of him to add each other as friends.

"I almost forgot, thank goodness I remembered... I remember the game was connected to my phone..."

The phone can be connected to the game via a data cable, allowing you to view LINE messages on your phone while playing the game, easily preventing you from missing other people's messages while engrossed in the game.

He opened his phone and glanced at it, quickly finding that someone had replied to his message.

"Um... have you already started playing the game?"

Upon seeing this, Ren Amamiya couldn't help but smile. He quickly replied, "I'm already playing. What about you? Want to add each other as friends?"

After seeing the text message marked as read, the next moment the other party sent their nickname: "wonder".

Wonder?

Upon seeing the name, Ren Amamiya reached out and tapped the friend list in the game, entering the nicknames 'Panther' and 'wonder'.

Panther is Ann Takamaki, who is probably still busy and hasn't accepted the friend request yet. Wonder, on the other hand, immediately accepted the friend request.

It seems the other party was also waiting for me.

Now that we've added each other as friends, let's just choose to team up.

After inviting Wonder to join the team, she immediately agreed. Soon, Ren Amamiya saw Wonder appear in the rest room.

She wore the same black trench coat, but this one completely concealed her figure, and she also wore dark red sunglasses, which looked quite novel.

"..."

But when the other person stood in front of her, she didn't say anything, but just turned her head to look to the side, a little embarrassed.

Her reddish-brown center-parted hairstyle looked somewhat handsome in this outfit, and her face, hidden by sunglasses, appeared quite feminine. Amamiya knew her personality; she was the type who wouldn't utter a single word upon meeting her.

"Want to play a couple of rounds? Or should we go for a walk around the neighborhood?"

Ren Amamiya was used to her personality, and he always had to take the initiative to guide her in making choices when they were together.

The other person didn't say a word, but simply mentioned the bass she was carrying on her back; clearly, she wanted to play it.

"Do you have any other friends coming to play? If not, let's team up randomly. Do you have any preferred sheet music?"

Ren Amamiya knew that the other girl didn't have many friends at school, but she might have arrived in the game a few days earlier than him, so she might have some friends.

After hearing this, Wonder was silent for a moment, then nodded slightly, as if another friend was coming.

So Ren Amamiya waited there, watching Wonder stand there in a daze.

Or rather, it should be that in the friends interface, Qi Er is sending messages to other friends.

"Wow! I didn't expect you, Wonder, to invite me to play with you~ Eh? And who is this?"

A moment later, a beautiful girl who looked full of energy suddenly appeared in the room. As soon as she appeared, she pounced on Wonder and greeted her happily.

But seriously, is this appearance for real?

Ren Amamiya looked at the other person with some skepticism. Her hair was tied in pigtails with hair clips resembling rabbit ears, but these pigtails didn't hang down naturally; instead, they spiraled upwards, and the hair color changed from light green to dark blue. She wore a futuristic white outfit paired with roller skates… Could this really be a performance?

But this outfit must have been purchased from the in-game store, right? Special services like this naturally exist in the game, and they're not cheap if they're paid for. Even if the clothes were given away for free initially, the hairstyle doesn't seem like something you could get for free.

Will I encounter other strangers with afros in the future...?

"Is this the Joker? Hello, I'm BUI, Wonder's friend~"

This Ms. BUI seemed a little too proactive and enthusiastic; she greeted Amamiya happily. As for how she knew Amamiya's name... obviously, Wonder had just messaged her to tell her.

That's right, that's the kind of girl she is. Even if she's standing right in front of you, she'll choose to communicate with you through writing rather than speaking. She's only spoken to Amamiya a handful of times, let alone to outsiders.

"Hello, Ms. Bui, what position are you good at?"

"The drummer~"

BUI was very excited, her eyes shining: "I know Wonder is really good at bass~ Ah, I've always wanted a bass friend, but you know what? Bassists are so hard to find."

Once the topic turned to this, she started rambling on and on, which made Ren Amamiya smile and nod in response helplessly. He really hadn't expected Wonder to find such a friend.

One of them can't utter a single word in an hour, while the other can talk nonstop once he starts. In some ways, you could say they complement each other.

However, upon hearing this, Ren Amamiya noticed that BUI did indeed have a bunch of drumsticks hanging from her waist, but those drumsticks looked more like glow sticks than skins.

"Alright, alright, so what's your position, buddy?"

After rambling on for a while, BUI looked at Ren Amamiya curiously: "I haven't seen any musical instruments yet~"

Yes, BUI looked Ren Amamiya up and down, but couldn't find any musical instruments on him.

Ren Amamiya casually selected a guitar from the interface, and the guitar appeared in his hand the next second: "I know a little bit about everything. Since there's already a bassist and a drummer in the team, I'll choose the guitar."

Bass, drums, and guitar – they're practically the band's core trio.

"Hey! That's great! Let's get started!"

Upon hearing that there were no conflicting instruments in the group, BUI was quite pleased. If there had been a conflict, it would have been a bit troublesome, as she would have had to proactively change them.

That's right, BUI isn't a musician, but a tourist. So, in her view, using different instruments is just about experiencing different rhythm games, and the difficulty isn't that high. However, she just bought a drum skin and definitely wants to have some fun with it.

"So, what piece of music should we choose?"

When this was brought up, Bui looked at the two of them with a bit of a dilemma: "Do you have any preferences for certain types of music?"

Wonder naturally shook her head; she had no inclination whatsoever. Ren Amamiya also had no particular thoughts.

"How about we choose Afterglow's READY STEADY GO?"

BUI's eyes lit up; she did have an idea. Amamiya Ren naturally had no objections, but he still reminded BUI, "No problem, but we might need to take a look at the sheet music."

"Sheet music? Oh, you're musicians, right? No problem, no problem, I was planning to take a look at it myself first."

For musicians to take the initiative to perform, they naturally need to first look at the score and do some simple practice. Ren Amamiya had heard this piece of music before, but only vaguely; he still needed to specifically look at the score.

Actually, this song should have been a cover, but since there is no Fullmetal Alchemist in this world, it became an original work by Afterglow.

The piece isn't very long, only less than two minutes long, and it seems to be an abridged version, but that's fine, at least Ren Amamiya has already seen it.

"I'm all set."

As Ren Amamiya spoke, he looked at Wonder, who nodded in agreement.

Instead, BUI exclaimed in surprise, "No way, is this the skill level of musicians? I can't keep up with you guys at all!"