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

Chapter 23: Transition to daily life, the next chapter is Kita's home game

“Why did the big sister spray wine at the audience?”

"Ahaha, that, that is... to relieve the heat of the audience in the front row. Yes, that's right, they were too hot, their faces were covered with sweat, so I handed them the water and let them enjoy the temporary coolness. Yeah, yes, that's what I thought." Hiroi Kikuri babbled nonsense.

After saying that, she secretly glanced at the girl out of the corner of her eye and saw Goto Ichiri with an expression of 'so that's how it is', stroking his chin thoughtfully, as if he was thinking seriously.

Hiroi Kikuri blinked blankly.

Oh no, she wouldn't really believe it, would she?

On the other side, Mochizuki Saku was surrounded and blocked by Shimizu Elisa and Iwashita Shima, who forced him to hand over the 200-word oral review manuscript. Finally, under the pincer attack from the two, he had no choice but to raise the small white chess piece - "I surrender."

"Hey, leniency to those who confess, severity to those who resist."

Eliza's proud bosom locked Wang Yueshuo tightly.

"Ah this..."

Mochizuki Saku thought about it and said what he thought: "The overall performance was wonderful, smooth and natural, showing the distinctive characteristics of your band to the fullest. Sister Shima perfectly interpreted the easily confused beats, letting the rhythm of the song follow your movements and keeping a firm control."

"The guitar is rich in emotion, yet logical. Even though it is the most 'strange' psychedelic rock, it can still drive the ups and downs of the whole song. Especially Eliza's solo part, the skill and climax of the string bending and vibrato greatly exceeded my expectations."

"Ah, there's no need to say more about Sister Kikuri. She's the king on the stage, the true leader of the band. Little Pochi must have also felt her invincible kingly demeanor when she was performing."

Iwashita Shima nodded with satisfaction, signaling to Officer Eliza that she could release the 'prisoner'.

"Wouldn't it have been better if you said this earlier? Or do you just like this kind of playing hard to get feeling?" She blinked and asked thoughtfully.

"It's okay. I suggest you increase the efforts." Wang Yueshuo nodded seriously.

"Pfft~"

"Okay, okay, I won't make it difficult for you. We haven't seen each other for a long time. Let's have dinner together tonight?" Iwashita Shima suggested.

"Maybe next time. Let's make an appointment next time. It's getting late and I have to take little Pochi home."

Mochizuki Saku glanced at Goto Ichiri who was still chatting with big sister Kikuri, shook his head, and declined the invitation to dinner. "I'll treat you guys to dinner some other day."

"Great! Then shall we go eat barbecue, hotpot, or Japanese food?" Eliza cheered, her joy visibly evident.

"I'm fine with either. Let me know what you want to eat and I'll make a reservation at the restaurant." Wang Yueshuo thought about it and agreed readily.

He has never cared about eating, except for fresh food.

"Ichiri, it's time to go home~" The boy waved to Goto Ichiri, and then the girl, like a swarm of insects that had received the queen's signal, said goodbye to the big sister beside her in a very low voice, and trotted to Mochizuki Saku without hesitation.

"Sister Juli, we're leaving first."

"Come and play more often when you have time. Hey, I'm always here~" Suddenly, Hiroi Kikuri seemed to have thought of something and quickly added, "Hey, Pochi-chan, your band is called the Ending Band, and we're from Shimokitazawa, right?"

"Oh, yeah, yes." Goto Ichiri nodded repeatedly.

"Hehe, I'll go there to play with you later. Bye, Pochi-chan and Saku-chan~"

"See you next time, everyone in the band."

It was a little after nine when we came out of Shinjuku FOLT. Mochizuki Saku glanced at the fastest train and said, "Don't worry, curfew is in an hour, we still have plenty of time. I'll take you home first so as not to worry Uncle Goto."

"Ah, thank you, Brother Shuo."

The shy Goto Ichiri glanced around. There was a lot of traffic and all he saw were strangers. It was nine o'clock in the night and the colorful neon lights were emitting a variety of colors, reflecting on the walls and concrete roads. It seemed to have turned into a colorful river, and as the crowd moved, it created one curved ripple after another.

"Next time there is a large-scale live like this, bring Liang-san and Hong-xia along." Mochizuki Saku breathed in the fresh air and rubbed his cold hands. "Such performances will be very beneficial to your growth. Not only will they allow you to understand what a real rock band should be like, but they will also allow you to reflect on your own shortcomings and realize where you should improve."

"You should have seen the communication and cooperation between Sister Kikuri and the others, right?" Mochizuki Shuo tilted his head.

"Ah, yes, I saw it." Goto Ichiri recalled that even though there were dazzling lights on the stage, the older sister and the drummer sister only made eye contact for a moment, and the two of them seemed to have telepathic connection and quickened the tempo at the same time.

"This is where the coordination between bands is particularly important. Remember the first time the band performed on stage? The drums and guitars seemed to be on different channels. Although you already had the level of a professional guitarist, you only played one percent of it in the last performance."

Mochizuki Shuo spoke eloquently, like an enthusiastic senior brother giving guidance to the new band members.

"Your problem right now is that you don't dare to communicate with others. When you can perform at the standard level of Guitar Hero on stage, you and the Ending Band can stand on a higher stage, like Giuri-san and SICKHACK, and have your own fans and die-hard fans."

"Come on, the future belongs to you." Wang Yueshuo seemed like a wise man who had experienced many vicissitudes of life and returned to nature, silently encouraging newcomers on the road of music.

"It's obvious that Brother Shuo is only two years older than me." Goto Ichiri puffed his lips and said dissatisfiedly.

"Hey, it seems that my young and immature face has caused you to hallucinate. It's not your fault." Wang Yueshuo lowered his eyebrows and shook his head as if he was a little sad, with a hint of sadness in his eyes. "To be honest, I am actually forty years old."

"Eh!!! Red bean paste?!"

Goto Ichiri believed it, widened his eyes, and took two steps back.

"certainly......"

The moonlight was bright. In Goto Ichiri's sight, half of Mochizuki Saku's face was shrouded in the moonlight. His expression was hazy and could not be seen clearly.

He was wearing a grayish-white T-shirt with artistic words printed on it and a thin red and black baseball jacket. His clothes fluttered gently in the cool night breeze.

"Of course I'm lying to you! Have you ever seen a 40-year-old man who would play house games with you?" The boy rolled his eyes and tapped the girl's forehead speechlessly, "You're the only one who would believe my lies..."

There seemed to be some helplessness in his words.

ps: Just to add a setting, in the previous life, Mochizuki Saku only lived to be 22 years old. On the day after graduating from university, he traveled to the parallel world of Neon, so he is not an 18-year-old boy with the heart of a 40-year-old uncle.

PPS: It’s not finished yet, so it will be a little slow.

Chapter 24: The Third Person in the Two-Person Team

The bell had just rang when the girl's jade-like arm reached out to quickly turn it off. Her tender face with some baby fat was full of energy, without the slightest hint of sleepiness.

Kita Ikuyo kicked the quilt away, took out the clean clothes she had prepared, dressed herself neatly, looked at the sweet girl in the mirror, smelled the faint scent of lavender, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of the girl's mouth.

The yawning mother heard the noise outside the door and asked in surprise: "Why did you get up so early? Is there something wrong?" The woman was very puzzled. As a mother, she couldn't say that she knew her daughter very well, but she knew her daughter very well. She had never gotten up so early.

"Yeah, I'm going to LiveHouse with my classmate. I asked her to teach me guitar!" Kita Yuyo grabbed the toast with strawberry jam on it and gobbled it up.

Kita's mother held her face with her hand and looked at her precious daughter with an ambiguous smile. Her flawless face was filled with unconscious excitement, and her long red hair, as blazing as the sun, was dyed by the morning light.

A black musical instrument box, which looked exceptionally large compared to her petite body, was placed on the chair next to her.

A light melody came from the TV, and the lead singer's sweet voice quickly filled the living room.

"Is it still the one from Shimokitazawa?"

"Eh...um...I don't know, it's a new classmate."

"Okay, girl or boy?"

"Girls!"

Hidden beneath her red hair, the girl's snow-white cheeks were inexplicably blushing.

"I thought it would be the senior you talk about every day, but it turns out he's not. Oh, look at my memory. He's a graduate, so he probably doesn't have time." Kita's mother seemed a little regretful and added, "Remember to come back early. If anything happens, call me and let me know."

"I know~" Kita Ikuyo gulped down the hot milk and said solemnly, "I'm already a high school student. I don't need my mother to nag me anymore."

Seeing her daughter's serious expression, Xiduo's mother couldn't help feeling a little lonely. She smiled and said, "I just said a few words to you, and you got annoyed? Have you forgotten that tomorrow is your birthday? Hehe, to your mother, you will always be a cute little baby."

"No...I just have to say it every time I go out, and I'm tired of hearing it." Kita Ikuyo snorted.

"Is there any gift you would like?"

"No need, I'm already very happy that my parents agreed to let me spend so much money on a guitar!"

Kita Ikuyo carried the heavy "guitar case" on her back and waved to her mother.

"I'm leaving now, bye--"

"Have a nice trip and stay safe."

......

......

The two girls agreed to meet at nine o'clock in the morning.

As a result, when Kita Ikuyo arrived at Shimokitazawa Station by bus, the hands of her watch just pointed to eight o'clock.

The sunny and cheerful girl with social phobia was so nervous when going out for the first time. She sat stiffly on the wooden chair at the station, staring blankly at her own shadow reflected in the floor-to-ceiling glass window.

Just as she was about to lower her head to check Line, her natural sixth sense guided her and she subconsciously glanced at the street light, and then she keenly discovered Goto-san wearing his signature pink sportswear.

Phew, luckily I’m not the only one who arrived so early.

Kita Ikuyo patted her chest with some relief, feeling inexplicably happy.

"Goto-san!" Kita Ikuyo maintained a normal pace and walked slowly and calmly to Goto Ichiri's side. She tilted her head slightly and put her arm around the socially phobic girl with a smile on her face.

"Thank you very much! I thought I was the only one stupid enough to come so early." Kita stuck out his tongue sheepishly.

"Ah... Good morning, Kita-san. Long time no see."

"Hey, now that we're here, why don't we leave early?"

Kita Ikuyo is a little impatient.

"Ah... that, uh, we still have to wait a moment, there is still one person who hasn't arrived..." Goto Ichiri seemed a little shy, and didn't dare to look directly into the girl's energetic, bright and cheerful eyes in front of him, and spoke in a voice as thin as a mosquito.

"Hey, did Goto-san make plans with anyone else?"

"Ah, um."

"Emmmm, do I know that person?"

Kita Ikuyo frowned slightly.

"Yeah, you know Kita-san too."

Goto Ichiri nodded hurriedly like a chick pecking at rice.

Okay then - just as Kita finished speaking, she saw a familiar figure waving at her. There was no surprise on her face, and she was calm, as if she had known she would come.

Kita Ikuyo watched the young man getting closer and closer to her, and the smile on the corner of her mouth, as warm as spring breeze, proved that the person coming was indeed her, and her eyes lit up.

His neat and tidy black short hair melted in the warm morning light, and even his handsome face seemed to be bathed in the sun.

He wore a pure white T-shirt under a sky blue denim jacket, showing his youthful freshness. He wore a pair of worn gray American jeans on the lower body, which made his already straight legs look even more slender.

Xiuhua High School does not have a fixed and strict standard for student uniforms. Students can choose to wear them or not. Of course, the habitually lazy Mochizuki Saku naturally wore a standard black and red school uniform during school.

So, this was the first time that Kita saw Mochizuki Saku's outfit outside of school.

The strands of hair on his forehead fluttered in the wind, revealing the boy's eyes which were as clear as a pool of clear water, and the girl seemed to be able to see her own reflection in those eyes which were as calm as a lake.

"...Senior Mochizuki?" Kita Ikuyo was stunned, then opened her mouth in surprise.

Can't believe it!

How can it be!

The person Goto-san was waiting for turned out to be the 'unfeminine' Mochizuki Saku!

"Hey~ Long time no see, Kita-chan." Mochizuki Saku grinned, revealing his white teeth.

"Hello...long time no see...what the hell, we just saw each other yesterday at noon?" The smile on Kita's face froze instantly, and he hurriedly took a few steps closer, a misty light in his big eyes, and looked him up and down in disbelief.

"Besides, when we were chatting last night, didn't you say that you were going to tackle difficult math problems today and immerse yourself in the ocean of geometry, functions, and calculus?"

Kita Ikuyo finished speaking in one breath and took several deep breaths before the look of astonishment slowly faded from her pretty little face.

"Plans cannot keep up with changes... Well, actually I just want to see this expression of yours, this dumbfounded and cute expression." Wang Yueshuo smiled evilly.

"Let's go, let's talk while we walk."

Kita Ikuyo snorted and turned her head away, indicating that she didn't want to talk to you for the time being.

Chapter 25: The Escaped Guitarist, Kita-chan's Doomsday (Please collect it~

"By the way, why do I feel like you, Kita, seem very familiar with Shimokitazawa?" Mochizuki Saku asked thoughtfully when he saw Kita Ikuyo greeting the uncles and aunts in the shops on both sides with a sweet smile.

"Ah... this is because the band I was in before is also performing in Shimokitazawa, haha, what a coincidence." Kita answered somewhat stiffly, and his dry tone gradually revived the hidden thoughts in Mochizuki Saku's heart.

What if, I mean what if...the guitarist who ran away that Hongxia mentioned is Kita?

Combining the information revealed by Hongxia and Liang during their chat, as well as Kita's embarrassment when he revisited his old place, Mochizuki Saku felt that he had guessed the truth.

I really want to see what kind of cute expression Kita will make when he sees his former 'band members'?

A smirk flashed across the boy's face, and he quickly put on a serious look, nodding his head, "So that's what I mean. It's a coincidence indeed, because the other members of the Pochi band all live here, so the venue is in Shimokitazawa."