Lonely Rock: Love Songs Dedicated to the Stars

"This guy is beyond saving," Hoshika commented on Hiroi.

Fortunately, the opening performance went relatively smoothly, although Hiroi vomited all over Shima and Eliza, who were supporting her, when she came off the stage at the end.

Hiroi, with a large bump on his head, sat between Yuma and Gin, while Shima and Eliza changed clothes in the lounge.

"You need to calm down a bit," Xingge said helplessly, looking at her. "Why were you drinking before going on stage?"

"I forgot I had a performance."

Hiroi's answer made the three people next to her facepalm; they were at their wits' end with this guy.

Sick Hack wasn't planning on watching the rest of the show, so Shima dragged Hiroi away, even making the usually good-natured Eliza a little angry. The three of them went to Shima's house for a little meeting.

"Will Hiroi be alright?" Xiaoyin asked uncertainly.

"It's good for her to learn a lesson." Yuzhen looked at him. "Why do you spoil her like this?"

Xiao Yin said helplessly, "Because they are our local celebrities, there's nothing we can do about it."

……

After the opening performance, the performance review began.

The first to appear was the Wild Beasts Lyria band.

"So they were the first to perform?" Xingge remembered that their rehearsal was after the band finished, and she thought they would be the ones to perform later.

Xiao Yin answered her question: "The rehearsals were not in order; those who arrived first rehearsed first, so the order was messed up."

"Their performance was quite good." Yuzhen remembered that two members of their band had caused quite a stir before because of the round fan joke, but when they were on stage, they were very united and serious, which was completely different from before.

Moreover, it's rare for Yu to see a band with a keyboardist; it's a feeling that's been missing for a long time.

"Sure enough, a band needs a keyboardist."

Xingge looked at Youzhen beside her, who seemed to have arrived at some absolute truth: "What kind of strange theory is this?"

Otsuki's SIDEROS was the second to appear.

"No, are they really that unlucky?" Yuzhen never expected that both dark horse bands would draw such unfavorable positions.

SIDEROS' heavy metal sound was not overshadowed by the band members' sweet appearance, igniting the entire venue.

"That's amazing." Xingge had never heard SIDEROS play before, but she was immediately captivated when she heard it this time.

Hearing her muttering to herself, Yuzhen deliberately moved closer to her and teased her, "Which is better, your band or mine?"

"Well, it seems your old band was a bit better." She said, gesturing with two fingers to indicate to Yuuma that they were indeed a bit better.

Chapter 136 Did you try your best?

SIDEROS's singing instantly transformed the previously relaxed atmosphere into a vibrant one.

The Goto family, who were holding up a banner to support the band's end, started to get nervous for their daughter after seeing the band's performance on stage.

“She’ll be fine.” Yuzhen noticed them. “Pochi is the guitarist who has saved the band several times. I believe she’ll be okay.”

"Indeed! Rest assured, father!"

When Pochi's family and Yuzhen and the others heard the noise, they turned around and saw a group of high school girls wearing support outfits and holding banners.

"We are Kita and Goto's classmates!" the girl in the lead continued. "I am Sasaki, the representative of the executive committee for the band support project."

Even if the band doesn't make it to the finals, the fan support award is still ours.

Yuuma was so overwhelmed by their imposing presence that he couldn't speak for a while. After regaining his composure, he turned to Gin and asked, "Are there any more support prizes?"

"I don't want to dampen their enthusiasm..." Xiao Yin scratched his face, "but there aren't those kinds of awards here."

"Eh?"

The students of Pochikitaka paused in their cheering.

"It's okay, we're just here to cheer them on." Sasaki's second son wasn't dampened by the award. "We won't lose to the fans of other bands!"

"Oh!"

"They're so full of energy," Xiaoyin said with a smile as she looked at the children.

Yuma nudged Hoshika: "Just like when we were in high school."

"Really?" Xingge thought for a moment, "It seems like my former classmates were really like that."

The audience was still cheering and completely oblivious to what was happening here. SIDEROS and his group left the stage after their performance.

The third and fourth bands that followed were also good, but the Beasts and Sideros who came before them were too strong, and the audience clearly favored those two bands.

While Yuma was watching the show at the bar, she noticed Miss Poison walking towards them.

She's here as a reporter today, and she's looking for Xiao Yin, who's sitting at the bar.

"You lost your work ID?" Yuzhen looked at her helplessly. "No wonder you've been lingering here."

"There's no other way, I'll take her backstage." Xiao Yin got up and walked backstage with Miss Poison.

After the two of them left, Yuzhen and Xingge were still enjoying the song, but Xingge suddenly noticed that Yuzhen seemed to have a rope hanging around his neck, and the thing below was stuffed into his clothes, so they couldn't see what it was.

"What is this?" she said, reaching directly into Yuzhen's collar to take the thing out and take a look.

"What are you doing?" Yuzhen quickly covered her collar, grabbed her wrist and pulled her hand away. "Can't you just pull the rope?"

I'm afraid I'll scratch your neck.

"This rope is quite soft; it shouldn't cause any scratches."

He pulled the thing out as he spoke, and then the two of them discovered that it was Xiao Yin's work ID.

"You forgot to return it to him?"

"Oh no, I forgot." Yuzhen quickly walked towards the backstage entrance. "I'll be back in a bit."

Xiao Yin and the poisoner were stopped at the backstage entrance. Even though Xiao Yin was the store manager, he couldn't get in without a work ID. He was currently rummaging through his pockets.

The three of them were only able to enter the backstage area after Yuzhen came over and gave him his work pass.

The three of them happened to run into Nijika and Kita, who were carrying Bochi. The two of them looked very alert.

Yuma noticed their puzzling behavior, which must be related to Pochi again: "What are they doing?"

“Poch-chan needed to use the restroom,” Hongxia replied. “But we were worried she wouldn’t come out, so we went with her.”

It seems they've completely figured out Boqi's habits; it seems Boqi's reputation within the band is now as bad as Liang's.

"Oh, right. This is the reporter for this event." Xiao Yin thought the band wouldn't recognize the Poisonous One, so she introduced her. "She even helped you guys before, like when she released... umm..."

However, before Xiao Yin could finish speaking, the Poisonous Man stuffed a tissue into his mouth with a tissue he had brought in from outside, and he was unable to say anything more.

Yuma quickly separated the two of them, and then the poisonous creature ran away.

Hongxia and the others looked completely bewildered.

"What did Miss Poison do?"

Xiao Yin took the tissue out of her mouth: "She wrote a lot about you guys online and did a lot of publicity."

Since Xiaoyin has already said it, Youzhen doesn't need to hide it from them anymore: "Indeed, the articles she wrote helped you get a lot of votes. You should find some time to thank her properly."

"We will."

"Then we'll be leaving now." Yuzhen waved and turned to leave with Xiaoyin. "Good luck with your upcoming performances!"

……

Before the band finished their performance and came on stage, the audience didn't recognize the band's name.

After all, they didn't do much promotion, and their vote count was barely above average. To be honest, luck played a big part, so it's quite normal that they weren't taken seriously.

Yuma noticed that Hoshika's expression was not good, and she was also nervous for Nijika and the others.

"Are you nervous?" Yuma asked, taking her hand.

Xingge didn't pull her hand away as usual, but instead adjusted the angle to hold his hand: "I don't need to go on stage, what's there to be nervous about?"

"You're lying, your hands are clearly shaking."

"I'm just excited. It's normal to feel this way after listening to so many different styles of music, right?"

"Still being stubborn." Yuzhen squeezed her hand, which was soft. "Don't worry, they'll be fine."

"Of course I know."

"Hello everyone, we are the End Band." The End Band was already on stage, and Kita began his opening remarks, "We are an unknown band from Shimokitazawa, completely unknown online. Please take good care of us."

Their self-deprecating introduction did pique the interest of the audience.

But then, Yuuma and Hoshika watched as Kita handed the microphone to Pochi.

Should they let Poch speak in this setting? The two of them began to pray that nothing went wrong.

However, this time Pochi was surprisingly normal. Although she still kept her head down and spoke very softly, making it difficult to hear clearly even with a microphone, her eyes were very good and firm.

"The end of the band's power?" Yuma repeated Pochi's words softly.

"You actually heard that?" Xingge looked at him in disbelief.

"Judging from her lip movements, that's probably what she meant, right?" Yuzhen didn't actually hear it very clearly; he deduced it by combining it with the lip movements of Boqi that he had been trying to see.

Pochi's guitar solo stunned the audience; they had truly given it their all this time.

Chapter 137 I tried my best

Boqi's guitar solo set the stage well, and the band's first song immediately took off. The girls, working together, have grown to this level without anyone realizing it.

"Guitar Hero has grown again. No, it's not just Guitar Hero alone, the entire End Band is growing."

Yuma heard the voices and looked to the side, where she saw the poisoner sitting next to Xiaoyin.

"Did you notice?" Yuma leaned in, her gaze passing over Little Silver to look at the poisonous creature. "The growth potential of all the members of the End Band is A! If they are Stand users, they are the most difficult type to deal with."

"Why are you suddenly using anime as an example?" Miss Poison looked at him speechlessly. "However, you're right, they are definitely one of the most difficult bands to deal with among all the bands here."

Today's band was going all out, and the audience was really hyped.

"This is wonderful!" Little Silver was already in tears.