At 3 a.m., the landmines in front of the station

This is a problem.

Xiao Xiao took out her phone, studied it for a moment, and said, "I checked Xiaomai.com and Member Shopping. They say there's a live event called 'Halloween Queen' being held tonight not far from here, and it's a special event."

"Really?" Su Che looked at her.

"Hmm, the tickets are selling fast. There are only 41 tickets left for pre-sale, and they'll be gone soon. Should we buy some?"

What style?

"It looks like...wait, it looks like gothic style."

"!"

"No, wait a minute."

Suddenly, Xiao Xiao frowned, as if she had seen a familiar face, staring intently at the promotional poster on the screen, repeatedly trying to confirm it—

"Styx, Echoes of the Dead, Blackwing, Final Beat... Wait, this concert... isn't this the one our defeated rivals put on before? Oh my god! Captain, look! It's them! 'Echoes of the Night'!"

She quickly handed over her phone so Su Che could confirm.

Upon hearing the team name, Su Che frowned deeply and immediately focused his gaze as if he had been stressed.

Sure enough, the so-called "Halloween" special event was held at the nearby "121Livehouse," which is no more than 800 meters away, making it a perfect match.

"This is unreasonable, this is unreasonable."

Su Che gasped.

Suddenly it occurred to me, "With such a huge situation going on in their team, how could they possibly seamlessly transition from the Mosse semi-finals to hosting a special event?"

So, after being eliminated, weren't they affected at all? They're back on stage in just a week?

"Besides, didn't they have a falling out? How can they make up like before?"

Su Che simply couldn't understand it, and felt that the strangeness of the matter was piling up.

"Xiaoxiao, generally speaking, when we book a performance venue with Brother Zhang, do we need to do so at least a month in advance?"

"A month? That's not enough. Sometimes you have to plan ahead for several months!"

After all, the venue and equipment need to be prepared, promotional posters need to be made on the spot, ticket sales on the platform need to go through a transparent process, and there are many other complicated details to handle. It's very troublesome.

"Hmm. So what I mean is, the team 'Echoes of the Night' most likely registered for this 'Halloween After' live performance a month ago, before the Mosse semi-finals, right?"

Su Che narrowed his eyes slightly.

Xiao Xiao was also slightly taken aback, and then looked at the ticket details page again.

"That should be it. The release date here is November, so... so they've been preparing for this for a long time."

"very good."

Su Che took a deep breath, his expression extremely grim, and said, "So that means if they win the live performance, they'll have to spend their energy completing the live performance within these six days, even though they'll immediately face an even tougher round of competition."

"Theoretically, yes. But in that case, the musicians definitely wouldn't have enough time and energy." Xiao Xiao seemed to have guessed something.

Jiang Nai also realized Su Che's thoughts—

"So, as long as they know in advance that they will lose in the Mosse tournament, they can confidently register and sell tickets without disappointing the audience or having any scheduling conflicts. Is that what you mean?"

She said what Su Che wanted to say.

"……Um."

The women exchanged glances, realizing the seriousness of the situation.

— There's something wrong with the "Echoes of Night" team.

“Cheche…”

Seeing his increasingly frightening expression, An Qing couldn't help but lean over and wrap her arms around his neck, soothingly saying, "How about... how about we go back to the hotel and rest first?"

She wanted to say that some things are better left unknown than known.

But she held back, afraid of making Su Che feel even worse.

"Do not."

He seemed to have made up his mind, and let out a soft breath, saying, "Whatever the situation, we need to see it for ourselves before we can draw a conclusion, don't we?"

"Um……"

"It's settled then, Xiaoxiao. Buy the tickets right away, eight tickets, we'll all go. I need to see them there in person, right after their defeat in the Mosse semi-finals, whether they'll act like nothing happened, or they'll be devastated, their musicians' playing will be distorted. I desperately need to know the answer; it's very important to me."

Su Che clenched his fist.

……

……

Chapter 283 Don't think about it anymore, go to sleep first.

That evening, the group arrived at the scene without incident.

Xiaoxiao bought the tickets, a total of 8 tickets, e-tickets, and entered by scanning the code.

The venue, called "121 LiveHouse," isn't very large, about two-thirds the size of Tianlai. The first and second floors combined can hold a maximum of 150 people.

There were about 50 audience members scattered around inside. After entering, they waited in the dark platform area on the first floor. The equipment on stage had been set up in advance, but the musicians had not yet come on stage.

Su Che led the group of women into the audience area.

I wanted to find a seat near the front in the middle to watch the game, but their huge entourage immediately attracted everyone's attention as soon as they entered—

"Holy crap, isn't that the 'Seven Colors' team?"

"Oh my, it really is!"

"I was watching their live stream online just a few days ago! Aren't they going to play the next round in a couple of days? How come they still have time to watch the live stream?"

"Who knows? Probably here to learn?"

Anyone who frequently attends live performances knows that at least half of the audience at a real live show are music lovers, or even band members.

Especially in a mixed live performance, it's common sense that while the bands on stage perform, other bands wait in the audience. Everyone knows this and supports each other.

As the handsome young man and beautiful young woman filed in, a man with long hair and wearing a punk leather jacket approached them and tried to strike up a conversation:

"Handsome, you must be Su Che, the captain of Seven Colors, right? We're also a team in Group A, but we got eliminated in the first round, first match, haha, isn't that ridiculous? By the way, are you guys here to watch Styx's team learn from them?"

"..."

Su Che glanced at the newcomer and said indifferently, "It's not really about studying, I'm just helping my teammates relax."

"Oh, that's great! Your team is the most eye-catching on the whole stage, haha. You're so lucky, bro."

The man looked at Su Che with envy, the meaning behind his words clear.

Looking across the entire Tianhai region, there are very few people like him who can participate in an all-female team and become its captain, especially since all members of the team are beautiful and have excellent skills. Without the support of a large company or enterprise, it would be virtually impossible to achieve this.

In fact, rumors about "seven colors" had already spread in other teams—

[A group of one man and five women must have a very lewd daily life, right?]

Will rehearsals be very troublesome? There will probably be quite a few conflicts, right?

[They're all so good-looking, do they use connections during the competition? It's hard to say they could win so many matches in a row without relying on favors.]

[If it's a minefield team, are all the members landmines? If they explode at the slightest touch, will their captain be stabbed to death the moment he leaves the team?]

[Was he already completely devoured? Look at him during every match, he looks so haggard, pale, clearly severely malnourished...]

There are countless similar rumors, and people's attitude towards the rainbow is more speculation than genuine appreciation.

Fortunately, Su Che didn't care about other people's opinions at all.

In his eyes, he believes he should be in control of his own life. No matter how harsh the rumors or gossip may be, as long as they don't affect his life, he can completely ignore them.

After all, mindset and emotions are the key elements in maintaining a person's mental state.

"Let's leave it at that for now."

Su Che didn't intend to chat with the strangers for long. Instead, he led the cats behind him to the center of the venue and patiently waited for the performance to begin.

From the perspective of "Echoes of the Night," the fact that the enemy team, who were just three days ago, suddenly came to watch their live performance has a sense of "taunting" no matter how you look at it.

But this is only the "general case".

The truth is, the group from Night Echoes didn't realize until they went on stage that a certain "master" had arrived, and that they had failed to give him a proper welcome.

Styx and Blackwing exchanged a glance and nodded to each other. The level of understanding between the four men was unimaginable. In an instant, their expressions changed!

The initial grand gesture, intended to showcase true skill, has completely reversed to the feeling of deep-seated conflicts between teammates right after the Mosse match...

Immediately, the second phase of the event "began".

"Ahem. Thank you all for taking time out of your busy schedules to attend the 'Halloween' event."

Lead singer Minghe stood in front of the keyboard, his hand on the microphone stand, and said with a regretful expression:

"Our die-hard fans should have heard that 'Echoes of the Night' unfortunately lost in the Mosse semi-finals a while ago, defeating the strong and charismatic Tianhai New Super Mine Team - 'Seven Colors'."

Sigh, even though it was our own fault, it still feels a bit upsetting...

We started preparing for the Mosse competition six months ago, hoping to test the market acceptance of gothic style and attempt to revive its glory. But unfortunately, the competition was just...too strong!

We weren't working together perfectly, and small problems kept popping up. We even messed up the basic construction work, which was really laughable..."

He vividly described the team's "suffering," as if this defeat would directly lead to the team's collapse, and he was extremely disheartened.

"But it's alright, everyone can rest assured. One defeat doesn't mean we'll lose confidence. Which team hasn't lost before? We've learned our lesson this time, and we'll fight again next year. I hope those guys from 'Seven Colors' can win in the end, and please don't let us down..."

The strange remarks made Su Che, who was sitting in the shadows below the stage, frown deeply.

I initially came to verify the situation with skepticism, but it turned out the other party was indeed deeply upset, even muttering to themselves before the performance started, making it seem like they were genuinely suffering. This slightly cleared my name a little...

Of course, that's not enough.

Su Che decided to continue observing.

At this moment, An Qing whispered in his ear, "Cheche, did you see that? It looks like some of his teammates are laughing."

"what?"

Since not all members of "Echoes of the Night" were wearing skull masks today, the musicians' expressions were noticed by the house cat. Reminded by her, Su Che immediately looked behind Minghe.