For the peace of the Lonely Band, please sacrifice yourself!

She was extremely yearning...

Goto Ichiri was a little surprised. Not only was he surprised that Kita Ikuyo could complete the solo fluently and without disorder after only a few months of learning, but he was also surprised by the trusting look the girl gave her when she lowered her head to pluck the strings.

Kita-san's voice seemed to echo in my ears:

"Show them your skills, let everyone know that you are actually very handsome and powerful, Goto-kun!"

Ah!

Tears of emotion welled up in Goto Ichiri's eyes, and the emotions in his heart were surging like boiling water.

The long, smooth cherry-pink hair swayed gently in the air as the girl moved. She pursed her lips, and her pretty face, which had been pale just now, was now dyed a pitiful red. Her beautiful, watery eyes did not show any trace of her previous fear and panic.

She picked up an empty can from her feet and used it as a pick to slide across the six guitar strings.

The girl's movements attracted the audience's attention.

"That guitar player...what is she doing?"

“I don’t understand it, but it’s so cool and handsome!”

"Showing off your slide guitar at such a critical moment?!"

The manager Ijichi Xingge's tense spirit relaxed when he saw the string break. He exhaled slowly as if a heavy burden had been lifted off his shoulders. His hands, which had been clenched tightly around the hem of his clothes, dropped to the sides of his trousers. His blood-red eyes, like rubies, flashed with relief and gladness.

"But since this is the method, then being off-tune won't have any impact."

A smile appeared on Hiroi Kikuri's face again, and her body swayed gently to the rhythm of the music.

They have really grown into a team that can rely on each other.

Ichichi Xingge also pursed the corners of her lips slightly, revealing a satisfied smile.

"If I could gather with you and become a constellation"

"Just draw out your wild fantasies under the vast night sky"

"Even if I can't be the full moon that illuminates the night"

“So let’s gather together and form a constellation.”

"Colorful Lights"

"Don't untie the strings that bind you"

"No matter how dazzling you become"

.......

The audience below cheered even more enthusiastically, and crackling applause rang out one after another.

Listening to the endless cheers, Goto Ichiri saw the bright smiles and admiring glances on the faces of his classmates in the front row. The dark stage was dyed a colorful ocean by the waving glow sticks.

She breathed slowly and stretched out her arm to wipe the cold sweat from her cheek.

Fortunately... the performance went smoothly. Otherwise, if it was because of her that the entire band had an accident and made a fool of themselves at the campus festival, the self-abased and self-blaming girl would definitely have planned to kneel down and kowtow to beg for forgiveness or commit suicide at any moment.

Thinking of this, Goto Ichiri shuddered all over, and then cast a subtle look of gratitude at Kita-san beside him.

Arigado, Kita-san!

You are the god sent by God to save me who is lost!

“Ah, that…”

"I really want to continue playing the last song, but please let me say something first!"

Ijichi Kouka looked at the sea of ​​people waving light sticks, temporarily suppressed the emotions in her heart that had been lingering for a long time, and continued to speak with a slightly heavy breath:

“Thank you very much for coming today!!!”

“We will continue to grow so that everyone can be proud to have seen this show in the future!!!”

The audience responded enthusiastically:

"Great!"

"You must go to the Budokan!"

“We are looking forward to that day!”

"My dear classmate, you are also great."

"The slide guitar in the middle is so cool! It's so cool to watch!"②5伍5⑨㈤ろ０○

"Even when the string is broken, I still won't give up!"

Goto Ichiri thought back over his 16 years of life and had never encountered anything like this before. He stood there in a daze, feeling a little overwhelmed.

"Come on, Goto-san, say something in response to everyone!" Kita Ikuyo seemed very happy to see this. She grabbed the microphone and put it in front of Goto Ichiri, and said with a smile.

"A? Eh?"

Goto Ichiri's face froze instantly.

For example, someone like me who has social disabilities can't speak without looking at the script, and suddenly I have to answer the microphone...

Goto Ichiri felt like his heart was about to jump out.

Come up with some interesting topics quickly....Come up with some interesting topics quickly!

Smart brains, come out!

"Ah, Wanwan, good evening... Ah, it's only afternoon, I'm sorry, hello everyone. This is the first time I've done this. I'm really sorry that I suddenly became like this... Today... is such a wonderful day. I'm able to stay... healthy... Ah, anong... I'm able to welcome the first day of performance, I'm really happy! Thank you very much!"

Goto Ichiri spoke rapidly and fluently, then looked around helplessly, hoping that this segment would end quickly.

"Anything else, Goto-san?"

Goto Ichiri:?

What else is there? Nothing at all!

If I really can't do it, how about I jump off the stage in mid-air? Like a legendary rock star... No, that's too social. Just thinking about it makes me so embarrassed that I want to cover my face and tap my toes.

My life in school will definitely be ruined if I do that, right?! Absolutely!

At this moment, a familiar voice came from his ear. Goto Ichiri turned around and saw it was Mochizuki Saku.

Unconsciously, Mochizuki Saku left his seat and stood between Goto Ichiri and Kita Ikuyo. Facing Goto Ichiri's dull gaze, Mochizuki Saku took the microphone from Kita-san and took over the topic.

"In short, we hope that everyone can enjoy watching our performance, and then the purpose of our performance will be achieved. We are very happy that everyone likes the songs we write and recognizes our performance. Well, to be honest, it is still very exciting to hear so many cheers and applause, right?"

After saying that, he smiled and winked at the girl who was suffering from social anxiety disorder.

“Finally, thank you again for being able to watch our band’s performance live. Thank you!”

"Eh? Senior, it seems like the performance is over." Kita Ikuyo frowned her beautiful eyebrows, tilted her head in confusion, and complained in dissatisfaction.

"Oh my god, the performance was so intense that my brain wasn't enough," Mochizuki Saku apologized with a smile.

"So next up is the last song to end the band - 'That Band'!"

“Stay tuned!”

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Chapter 104 From now on, just call me Ichiri

The 31st ended with the band's performance going exceptionally well.

At the celebration party, the five members of the band, the store manager of Fanxing, Ijichi Hoshika, the tuner Hayase Hazuki who came in a hurry, and a shameless person named Hiroi Kiku who came along happily to eat and drink, a total of eight people sat together happily.

"cheers!"

"Cheers."

"Hey, Ryo, stop showing off your English at this time~"

"Ha ha ha ha."

"Oh, I didn't expect that our first performance in front of so many people would go so smoothly!" Yidi Chi Hongxia gulped down a large glass of orange juice, her little face flushed.

As expected, Hongxia is still a seventeen-year-old girl. The mature side of the girl in the past faded away under the joy, revealing the green fruit inside, flowing out the raw, sour and sweet juice. Wang Yueshuo drank half a cup of Coke, and a slight curve appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Great! We won't go home until we're drunk tonight!" Hiroi Kikuri cooperated and raised the draft beer cup high.

"Why is this drunkard here?" Yidi Chi Hongxia was speechless.

"Hey, why are you so strict with me that you don't even call me sister. You drunkard or something? I'm so sad, wuwuwuwu~" Hiroi Kikuri's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she seemed like she was about to cry out loud. She picked up the wine glass with a lost look on her face and gulped down the wine.

Bitter wine makes my heart ache when it goes down my throat.JPG

"Huh? People who come to other people's houses to eat, sleep and use the bathtub on their own initiative don't have the right to act so arrogantly, right? Are you rebelling?"

Ijichi Hoshika chopped the drunken junior Kikuri on the head with a knife, with a gloomy face, staring coldly into the drunken eyes of the woman, which made Hiroi Kikuri shudder all over, as if she was being stared at by a devil.

"You bastard——" Hiroi Kikuri, who knew she was in the wrong but did not want to repent, was physically suppressed and had to apologize.

At this moment, Yamada Ryo was still eating lavishly: "Waiter, give me another twenty skewers of grilled chicken and ten skewers of grilled pig offal!"

"Hey, hey, hey, you foodie, leave one string for me!" Yidizhi Hongxia couldn't help but shout.

Yamada Ryo rejected him sternly and mercilessly: "Haha, whoever gets it first gets it. The weak ones are only worthy of crying while looking at the grease stains on the plate!" After that, she ate a piece of beef that Mochizuki Saku had just grilled.

Wang Yueshuo: “???”

You seem to be seriously ill.

"Are you the reincarnation of a starving ghost? You eat so fast, aren't you afraid that you'll get a stomach disease someday?" Mochizuki Shuo sighed, and when he saw the few dishes left on the table, he glanced at the others who hadn't eaten much except Yamada Ryo, and stood up and went to the front desk to order more dishes.

"The room is a bit stuffy, I'm going outside to get some fresh air."

After Mochizuki Saku left, Kita Ikuyo explained and turned to leave.

.......

Pushing open the door of the barbecue restaurant, Goto Ichiri saw Kita's figure reflected under the table lamp.

"Oh, it's Goto-san. Are you out here to get some fresh air too?" It seemed like she was asking, but Kita Ikuyo didn't turn her head to look at Goto Ichiri. She just jumped left and right with graceful steps.

The evening breeze blew by, and a few yellow leaves fell, just passing by the girl.

"Ah...um...thank you, Kita-san." Goto Ichiri didn't dare to say that he was here to see her, and he couldn't think of any excuse for a while. He thought about it for a long time, but the words came out of his mouth.

"Huh? Why do you want to apologize?" Kita Ikuyo turned her head in confusion and asked with her head tilted.

"Ah, because...because Kita-san took over and completed the guitar solo when my strings broke, so the performance could go on smoothly." Goto Ichiri lowered his head embarrassedly and scratched his slightly red cheeks with his slender nails.

"So that's what it is. Goto-san doesn't need to worry about it at all~" Kita Ikuyo suddenly realized.

"But I never expected that Kita-san's guitar skills have improved so much without me noticing."

Hearing this, the red-haired girl seemed to be stunned, and her steps stopped. She was silent for two seconds, and said: "After all, I have had the careful and patient guidance of Senior Liang and Senior Mochizuki in the past few weeks. If I just want to complete the accompaniment, I can still do it." Kita Ikuyo blinked her amber eyes, which were clear enough to see Ichiri's appearance, and replied with a smile:

"Well, it's just an accompaniment."

"I can't play that kind of touching music."

A dark light flashed in the girl's eyes.

He continued, "But he seems to be quite good at coordinating with others in their performances."

"Huh?" Goto Ichiri didn't quite understand.

"It's okay." Kita Ikuyo shook her head and put on her usual lively and cheerful smile: "I'm so happy to hear Goto-san's praise, hehe~ I will also work hard to practice playing the guitar in the future, Goto-san, please continue to guide me————"

"Is it okay, Goto-chan... no, Ichiri-chan?"

"Huh? Ah, yes, of course!"

"Well, I'll go back first. Ichiri-chan, do you want to come with me? It's a bit cold outside." Kita Ikuyo seemed to be really chilled by the cool autumn night wind outside. She shrank her neck and crossed her arms.

"Oh, okay, let's go back together."

Goto Ichiri watched Kita Ikuyo turn around, her movements as light as an elf girl out for a night out. He glanced at her and saw that she was only wearing a plain black T-shirt with the band's logo printed on it. He also felt the coldness in his body and nodded quickly.

"Hey, Ichiri, I'm going to call you Ichiri-chan from now on, is that okay?" Kita Ikuyo quickened her pace and walked to Goto Ichiri's side.

"Ah, then...I'll call you Kita-chan from now on...is that okay?"

"Of course you can! Hehe~" Kita Ikuyo was immediately in a good mood. She took the pink-haired girl's arm affectionately and repeated "Pochi-chan" in her ear several times, which made the socially-challenged little Pochi's shy little face blush, and even her cute earlobes were covered with a layer of crimson.

"so cute!!!"