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

“This is my first time watching a band perform!”

"Hmm, Kita-chan, if you like, let's go listen together next time. There's a performance by a band I really like next month!"

"Oh, then let's go together!"

Just as Kita Ikuyo was about to agree, the singing was like a sharp knife piercing her heart. She looked towards the stage suddenly, her big eyes blinking, looking for the source of the sound.

Perhaps there is no need to look for him, because he is standing in the center, standing in the center. His singing voice is like winter snow, clear but with a slight chill. His voice is transmitted to the audience's ears through the microphone at his mouth, and then transformed into a galloping iron cavalry rushing straight into the heart.

The girl stared at the guitarist blankly. His short black hair and delicate facial features could be compared with those of the artists in idol dramas. His clean and clear school uniform and youthful face gave him a sense of immaturity that was unique to teenagers.

The light above his head enveloped him in warm orange light, and his clear eyes seemed to hide a hint of confusion and madness. His straight body was not sturdy, but it could support the guitar, which seemed heavy to the girl, and his fair and slender hand was now holding a black pick and sliding on the six strings.

Is this... the charm of music? The girl whispered.

Chapter 3 Shocking and entangled Kita Kita

Real music will not only enter your ears, but also penetrate your body and even shake your soul!

Kita Ikuyo had never felt this way before.

The girl, who had never seen the true face of music in the past, now opened her eyes wide and enjoyed the impact of the music with her body. The sound waves overlapped and echoed in the activity classroom, shaking the girl's soul and devouring her spirit.

By the time the song ended, Kita Ikuyo had lost track of how many times her body and mind had been disconnected. She was in a daze and took deep breaths.

"Kita-chan, this song is really great!"

"Yeah, that's right." The girl, who had not yet come to her senses, replied mechanically.

"Well... it's over now. Are you still in a daze? Kita-chan, are you feeling unwell?"

"No, nothing, it's just... maybe it's the first time I was shocked by music." Kita Ikuyo patted her cheeks, blinked her eyes, and turned her head: "Do you know that guitarist?"

"Eh? Kita-chan, are you confused? I'm a freshman too."

"Oh, sorry." The girl scratched her face awkwardly and looked towards the stage. The band was packing up and retreating to the backstage.

The friend keenly noticed that something was wrong with Kita Ikuyo: "What's wrong?"

“I want to learn guitar.”

"Eh?!!"

Without waiting for her friends to express their doubts, Kita Ikuyo strode to the backstage and pushed open the curtain.

Wang Yueshuo, who was drinking an ice drink alone, subconsciously squinted his eyes to avoid the glaring light. Immediately afterwards, a female "Ah--!" sounded like a bolt of thunder out of the blue, which frightened him so much that he trembled all over and almost dropped the drink in his hand with water droplets hanging on the wall.

" ?"

Mochizuki Shuo had a bewildered expression for a moment.

"Um, um..." Kita Ikuyo was so nervous that she didn't know how to speak. She secretly grabbed the tie on her chest with her left hand and took a deep breath.

"Senior, I watched the performance today! The performance was superb, especially your singing during the interludes, it was very clean, comfortable, and handsome! I could see your figure shining on the stage, so... uh... so..."

"So could you please teach me how to play guitar?"

"ha???!"

Originally thinking that a freshman girl was attracted by his handsomeness and wanted to confess her love to him, Mochizuki Saku was stunned for a moment.

"Um... to be honest, I don't think my guitar skills are high enough to teach you..." Mochizuki Shuo took two steps back and hesitantly declined the student's application to become his apprentice.

"Hey!"

Looking at Kita Ikuyo's somewhat surprised expression, Mochizuki Saku smiled in his heart, but there was still a hint of regret on his face: "This should be your first time listening to a band performance, right?"

"Um......"

"That's really how it is. Actually, my guitar playing is not that great. There are countless people who are better than me." Wang Yueshuo came up with an idea and explained patiently: "Maybe it's because this is your first experience that you have this illusion." The boy spread his hands and smiled bitterly.

Kita Ikuyo was silent.

Did you think wrong?

Could it be true, as the senior said, that it was because it was the first time I heard the band?

Kita Ikuyo exhaled slowly and her eyes became firm.

In her heart, she was denying the senior's words, because the heart that was struck by the music was still beating, because there were something brighter and more moving that was attracting me to enjoy the music.

The shock that touched the soul could not be easily summarized by the senior in just a few words.

Just as Mochizuki Saku was about to end this conversation——

“Senior’s music is different!”

Kita Ikuyo took a deep breath, walked in front of Mochizuki Saku, mustered up her courage, and looked directly into the boy's eyes.

The determination revealed in those eyes shocked him slightly, and at that moment he seemed to see an indomitable warrior launching the final charge, invincible.

Thus, the wall of Mochizuki Saku's heart (AT stance, full name is Absolute Territory Force Field) was easily broken by a new student who was one or two grades lower than him, swinging a hoe.

......

......

"So, I have to agree!"

In the evening, on the street when the sun was about to set, Mochizuki Saku narrated everything that had happened. The troubled look on his face and the helplessness in his tone made Mochizuki Rin, who was walking side by side with him, couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Hey, are you making fun of me?"

“That’s not the case—”

The younger sister dragged out the words, rolled her eyes at the stupid older sister, and sighed, "I never thought that my wise and powerful brother would be threatened, hehe~

When was the last time I got humiliated? Oh, it was when I was in junior high school and living at Mio-san’s house! "

Thinking of this, Mochizuki Rin suddenly felt a surge of joy in her heart. The corners of her lips curved up subtly, and she asked with a smile, "Are you going to teach her?"

"Since you've agreed, I have to teach you--" Then he changed the subject and showed a weird smile: "But I can't teach you for free. I have to pay tuition to find a guitar teacher outside." The boy took a big bite of the grilled squid, savoring the wonderful taste of the combination of chili powder and squid.

"I don't think that schoolgirl is short of money, so won't she get some money?"

Unfortunately, Wang Yueshuo's evil fantasy soon ended in failure.

"Hey, brother, our family is not short of money, why do you always think about making money from such small things?" Mochizuki Rin looked at the boy with an idiotic look.

“If you don’t make money, you’ll lose money…”

"I didn't mention it when I was teaching Xiao Yili..." Mochizuki Rin said, looking thoughtful: "Could it be, Masaka, brother, you really like big ones, right? Mio's are quite big... Well, you guys really can't understand~"

"Tell me, what kind of image do I have in your mind?" Wang Yueshuo was too tired to complain.

"The two people are completely different. You don't understand how difficult it is to teach a person from scratch..." Wang Yueshuo seemed to be recalling some unpleasant past, his eyes flickering.

Reluctantly, he added: "Goto and I can be considered as both a teacher and a friend. She mainly relies on self-study and has a very strong and solid foundation."

"But to be able to teach herself to that extent, her talent and hard work seem extraordinary."

Speaking of Xiaoyi, due to academic issues, Mochizuki Saku has indeed not seen her much recently. I hope she can get rid of her social phobia and return to normal life as soon as possible, Amen.

He took out his cell phone from his pocket and glanced at Goto Ichiri's YouTube account. After seeing that the updates and videos were still in that unique style, he sighed.

Well, she still is.

The timid image of the pink-haired little girl who was afraid to see people, very shy, and whose presence was mysterious appeared in Wang Yueshuo's mind. With his earnest blessings and hopes for her, the boy decided to take time to visit her.

After all, she is old enough to go to high school.

But if I'm not mistaken, with her personality, she might come to Xiuhua's school where no one knows her dark history...ah, she definitely will.

Just by putting himself in Goto Ichiri's situation, Mochizuki Saku got goosebumps and shook his head with a wry smile.

"I hope everyone is okay."

Intending to go back to school tomorrow to check the new student list to see if there was any familiar name, Mochizuki Saku took aim and then made a standing jump shot, perfectly throwing the bamboo stick in his hand into the trash can.

"Ah, unnie, you are so childish!"

"Damn it, now that you've seen this hidden side of me, then... I can't let you leave alive, hehehe~"

"Hey, Yadada!"

The two high school students who thought they were mature began to chase each other as if no one was around, and trotted towards Mio's house.

Chapter 4: What, you have no interest in teasing Mio-chan?

The girl in front of him that Mochizuki Rin affectionately called Sister Mio was actually this girl.

Akiyama Mio, that's her name.

From her eyes and eyebrows, it is not difficult to see that the girl has an outstanding appearance.

A set of jet-black hair as black as crow feathers cascaded down to the waist. Under the princess-style bangs were a pair of clear eyes, vaguely reflecting the shadow of the lyricist. Her nose was straight and the scarlet lip gloss looked quite moist.

A real black-haired beauty. Mochizuki Shuo once praised her like this.

The Akiyama and Mochizuki families are old friends, and their parents' relationship became even closer. They went to the same university from kindergarten, and the four of them once formed a punk band together, which was very popular. Thanks to this, both Akiyama Mio and Mochizuki Saku have musical talents, but compared with the time-traveling Mochizuki Saku, Akiyama Mio was defeated.

Therefore, for a period of time, Mochizuki Saku served as Akiyama Mio's guitar and bass teacher, leading her into this wonderful, magnificent yet extremely cruel world of music, and could be called the "guide" of the lost girl's life.

However, it is difficult for people to associate Mochizuki Saku's chaotic music style with Akiyama Mio's fresh music style, which also led to Akiyama Mio stubbornly denying Mochizuki Saku's self-proclaimed "teacher". She would never say this kind of title that would suddenly lower her status in front of her "childhood sweetheart" for ten thousand years!

"Oh my, the lyrics are so cute, so corny, and so sweet." Mochizuki Saku came closer with a smile, stood beside her, and admired Mio-chan's lyrics: "It feels like it really fits the flavor of 'After School Tea Time'."

"Ah! Are you walking without making any sound?" Akiyama Mio was startled by Mochizuki Saku's sudden voice, and shyly raised the notebook to half cover her cheek.

"Good evening, Sister Mio~" Mochizuki Rin, who had been watching the interaction between the two, popped out at the right moment and explained, "I saw Sister Mio was too serious about writing lyrics, so I didn't disturb you."

"That's right. You see, I was waiting for you to finish writing before I said that." Wang Yueshuo nodded in agreement.

"..." Akiyama Mio was speechless for a moment.

Fortunately, the awkward atmosphere soon disappeared. Akiyama Mio paused the music, took off her white headphones, and then got together with the two little girls, Mochizuki Rin, to chat about girls' night talk.

Wang Yueshuo knelt obediently beside him, eating the fruits on the table with his dirty little hands.

The top songs on the YouTube music channel were playing on the mobile phone screen. The serious look on his face as if he was listening attentively caused Akiyama Mio to roll her eyes.

"Your brother sometimes really acts like a child who hasn't grown up." Mio muttered.

"Hehe, boys of this age are all like this. Doesn't the elementary school boy Mochizuki Saku sound very appropriate?" Mochizuki Rin pretended to be very experienced and said with a sigh: "In fact, after so many years, Sister Mio should have gotten used to my brother's presence."

"...That's true."

If it wasn't for Mochizuki Shuo, if another boy dared to suddenly exhale or speak loudly when he was so close to her, the timid girl would have hit him on the head with the bass to let him feel the power of the bassist.

"After all, Mio-sister's singing skills and lyric writing are very strong, so brother burst into praise after seeing the lyrics? Yeah, that's right, sister performed super well during your last live!" Thinking of that scene, Mochizuki Rin's eyes were about to sparkle with stars, she has long wanted a handsome and reliable sister.

“Hey, hey, not that great.” Akiyama Mio smiled and waved her hands: “Compared to me, your brother is more powerful.”

"I can't compare to a pervert like him..." Mochizuki Rin took a big sip of juice and sighed helplessly. "Speaking of which, I still prefer to watch Mio-san who is determined to compete with her brother. I can't wait to see her being beaten to the ground by her sister and crying." She glanced at Mochizuki Saku who was putting grapes in his mouth and laughed.

"That day? It will be very far away."

“I think it’s not far away.”

"Okay, okay, I know."

Akiyama Mio smiled gently, picked up the cup and took a sip of water, then glanced at the boy who was slumped over at the wooden table, squinting his eyes and listening to music for a nap, and the smile on her lips widened a little more.

"Our bet still has a long time to go on, Saku." Akiyama Mio said secretly in her heart.

"mio~ Can you lend me your Elizabeth? I didn't bring my bass when I went out." Mochizuki Saku's cold voice blew into Mio's ears along with the night breeze.

"I'll get it for you, be careful not to break it!"

"Okay, okay, don't you know what kind of person I am? I will definitely take good care of your Elizabeth and let her experience my gentle touch, gently twisting her -"

“…It would be better if you didn’t say that… Oh, forget it.” The girl comforted herself a little in her heart, and calmly and gently handed the bass to Mochizuki Shuo who was watching eagerly at the side.

Fender Japan Vintage Jazz Bass JB62, this is Mio Akiyama's cherished bass - "Elizabeth", the ST sunset gradient body of the guitar reflects the figures of the two people under the light.

Because Mio himself is left-handed, this guitar is for the left hand. Mochizuki Saku, who has been using the right-handed guitar for many years, hasn't played it for a long time, so he needs some time to get used to it.

"Which song do you want to play?" Akiyama Mio blinked and asked curiously.

"It's the song 'Lady's Life' that topped the monthly chart." Wang Yueshuo answered as he lowered his head to connect the speakers.

Soon, a gentle melody like a spring stream sounded in the girl's boudoir. The warm and harmonious notes were like dancing water spirits, as Mochizuki plucked the strings. The boy used a variety of techniques such as finger-picking, tapping, and harmonics. His emotions rose and fell in the melody, and at the same time, he also attracted Akiyama Mio's mood.

After the song was over, Akiyama's mother knocked on the door, reminding them that the meal was ready and they should go wash their hands and eat.