Gravity Girl Shining

Toyokawa Shoko smiled proudly.

"Looks like there's one more reason for the band showdown a year from now."

"I will defeat the light and become the first in your heart, the only one in your heart."

Chapter 59: Shiina Riki is not afraid of fear... right?

"It's done, Bi Tian will go with you."

In the practice room, Shiina Tatsuki, with a fairy-like look on her face, handed Deng's notebook and the complete music score to Uehara Hibiki.

"It was indeed completed within a week, but Lixi, are you okay?"

"Lixi, you feel even more haggard than yesterday."

Even Chihaya Aine, who had the worst relationship with her, felt a little uneasy. After all, Shiina Riki's condition was visibly bad.

Uehara Hibiki couldn't help but sigh. It seemed that the previous exhortation... was of little use, and might even have had a counter-effect, igniting Shiina Riki's fighting spirit.

It was clear that Shiina Riki had been working herself to the bone these past two days. Given her personality, the score should have been finished long ago, but whenever she felt unsatisfied, or if she got new inspiration from Hibiki and Rakuna's daily improvisations, she would revise it over and over again, until she was convinced she had truly given it her all and could find no further room for improvement.

From a few barely noticeable dark circles to the point where they are difficult to cover even with makeup, I yawn constantly during practice.

It is obvious that in the band, compared to the eldest lady Su Shi and the fashion guru Aine, Li Xi is the one who wears makeup every day and pays attention to her appearance, but now she has messed herself up like this.

Even Uehara Hibiki admired her a little.

Moreover, today, Tatsuki Shiina came in casual clothes, which means she didn't go to school at all.

What's going on with Hanasakigawa's school culture and discipline? Can students just skip classes like this?

Considering how ethereal she looks now, could it be that she has been staying up late since last night?

Although he had a lot of things he wanted to say in his head, looking at Shiina Riki's nervous and expectant expression, Uehara Hibiki still couldn't say it.

Since you work so hard, let the results speak for themselves.

Flipping through the music score in his hand and writing down the running melodies, Uehara Hibiki immediately began to try playing this piece of music that was the result of the hard work of Shiina Riki.

It's really good. It's a song that is not inferior to "Cry of the Lost Star and Night of the Wolf". Tatsuki Shiina almost burned her life and created this song of hard work through hard work.

If I really have to say the problem, it's worthy of being a song arranged by Li Xi. The drummer is a real drummer, and coupled with the self-pressure, he wants to catch up with himself and Lenai, so the rhythm is going to skyrocket.

Thanks to her extraordinary strength, if an ordinary girl band drummer were asked to play this set of music, it would probably be a bit difficult.

After the song ended, Uehara Hibiki stopped playing.

"How about it?"

Shiina Riki changed from his usual straightforward attitude and asked for everyone's opinions stiffly, like a poor student waiting for test results.

"It's a very good song, Lixi, you are amazing."

The haze dissipated, the sun shone through the dark clouds, and illuminated Shiina Riki's heart, as if this week's persistence had finally paid off.

“It feels very warm and sounds very nice.”

Gao Songdeng also gave his own evaluation in time.

"lamp……"

Joy filled his heart, and Shiina Riki wanted to say something, but in the end he was too embarrassed to speak it out loud.

"Then I'll upload the sheet music to the group. Everyone can take a look at the part they're responsible for and try playing it. In twenty minutes, we'll officially start practicing together."

Don’t be impatient, don’t be impatient. There is one last step. We need to see the results after the joint training.

Shiina Riki kept reminding himself that some problems could not be seen by playing a single instrument and could only be discovered through joint practice.

I'm still not completely reassured.

However, in contrast to her, Chihaya Aine screamed without any tension.

"Lixi, what's the music you sent me? I can't understand it!"

Shiina Riki's face suddenly darkened. Could it be that he was in too much of a hurry to leave and made a mistake with the documents?

"Aine, this is the musical notation."

Nagasaki Suyo saw the problem at a glance.

She and Shiina Tatsuki both had a background in classical music, and Hibiki and Stray Cat were professional-level masters. Understanding musical notation was fundamental, but for a beginner like Chihaya Aine, it was indeed a bit of a challenge.

"Lixi, do you have tablature?"

"Huh? Where do I have the time?"

Upon hearing that it wasn't his problem, Shiina Riki immediately returned to his usual stress mode.

"Isn't there a chord written on it? You can't even understand that."

I really don’t understand! So what?

Just when Chihaya Aine was about to refute, Uehara Hibiki had already taken a step ahead and took out a pen and paper from his schoolbag.

"Forget it, Aine, I'll just write you a temporary solution."

"As expected of Hibiki, that's great!"

……

(lyrics)

Try hard and breathe hard.

Not a single second.

It should be wasted.

Keep working hard all the way, because it's just standing here.

It's like a fight to the death.

It’s better to escape, even if the road ahead is long and uncertain.

Even if I am confused, I still want to run side by side with you.

Let's go together.

……

The joint practice was perfect. Apart from Suyo who was still unfamiliar with the game and made a few mistakes, and Aine who made continuous mistakes, Uehara Hibiki could not find any fault with them.

Okay, the rehearsal wasn't perfect. But in other words, the piece "Bitian Banzou" is perfect, it's just that everyone isn't very familiar with it yet.

Uehara Hibiki could hear and feel that Shiina Riki had taken into account the individual voices, fine-tuning the piece until it was perfectly suited. The practice session only reflected proficiency, not the need for further revisions to the piece itself.

In other words, she had already practiced together countless times in her mind.

"Perfect."

Uehara Hibiki was the first to applaud.

"Lixi, I really like this song. You are amazing."

Soon, others followed suit and applauded.

Applause enveloped Shiina Riki.

Her efforts paid off.

The lyrics of "Lamp" express her inner desire.

Xiang's recognition gave her the opportunity to compose independently.

Everyone's applause allowed her to gain the joy of self-identity.

Tears blurred vision.

"Thank you."

No longer in the shadow of her sister, no longer in the shadow of Toyokawa Shoko, no longer in the shadow of Uehara Hibiki.

At this moment, Shiina Riki briefly overcame his sense of inferiority.

[Shiina Riki's strategy progress +10, now 60/100, reaching the second stage threshold, get an additional reward: Pure Love Heart × 20. ]

[Shiina Riki's awakening progress +1, now 1/3. ]

[Congratulations to the host for helping Shiina Riki awaken his shining star and obtain the special reward - Shining Star.]

"Ah, Lixi is crying."

Chihaya Aine never misses an opportunity to tease Riki.

"You're so long-winded."

"Ano."

Takamatsu Deng pulled Aine's sleeve, as if trying to reconcile them.

Tomorin really doesn't understand that bickering every day is also a good way to get along with others.

However, looking at Takamatsu Deng's cute appearance, Chihaya Aine couldn't help but hug her, and this time she let Riki go.

After all, those lyrics completely touched Chihaya Aine's heart.

This is exactly what I am singing.

Tomorin, stick it on!

……

The practice time flew by, and everyone was satisfied except for Aiyin who complained about the new song.

as well as……

"He fell asleep."

"Even though it's just a lixiong, its sleeping face is quite cute."

"Lixi must be very tired."

After practice, everyone prepared for their usual tea party, but while waiting for orders, Shiina Riki leaned on his head, squinted his eyes, and finally staggered and collapsed on the table.

"Li Xi, come on, you must be exhausted from staying up late again."

Ms. Rinrinko, who was holding the menu, couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"I should have given her the day off yesterday. What are you going to do?"

We can't really drink tea while admiring Lixi's sleeping face, but waking her up would be a bit cruel.

"Although it's a shame to miss the tea party, Li Xi still worked hard to compose the music after all."

Chihaya Aine looked at Takamatsu Touma.

"Tomorin, are you going to take Lixi back later?"

"Huh? But I don't know where Lixi's home is?"

During the days of forming the band, after practice, if Uehara Hibiki needed to stay at RING to continue his mercenary work, Shiina Riki would volunteer to take Takamatsu Tou home.

Takamatsu Deng roughly knew that Shiina Riki had to get off the train at Omogei Bridge Station to go home, but he had no idea of ​​the exact location.

"No way."

Chihaya Aine was a little surprised. According to Toyokawa Shoko's description, they were good friends who had formed a band before. How could they not even know the location of their home?

Shifting her gaze, Nagasaki Suyo also shook her head.

"I do not know either."

Chihaya Aine was immediately discouraged. How come her two former teammates didn't know about this? From this perspective, the band that Xiangzi and the others had formed back then didn't actually have a very close relationship.

It seemed like the only option was to wake Shiina Riki up. As for the stray cat, Aine hadn't counted on it from the beginning.

"Actually, I know."

In the silence, Uehara Hibiki was forced to raise his hand. He had really been to Riki's house, even to his bedroom.

"Why do you know that?"

Chihaya Aine was shocked. None of the girls here knew Riki's home, so how could you, a man, know it?