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

"I'm the bassist of the band that finished, Ryo Yamada."

"What a coincidence! I'm also the bassist of our band. Let's talk more when we have time~"

"Horrible... When did Mio-chan become so socially competent?"

Mochizuki Saku, who was sitting on the sofa, had cold sweat running down his forehead. He quickly took a sip of Fat Otaku's Happy Water to calm himself down, and chatted with Kotobuki Tsumugi and Ritsu team beside him in disbelief.

"You ask me? I don't know." Tian Zhongli scratched her head stupidly. She was also confused by the drastic change in her childhood friend's personality.

"This is also the first time I've seen this side of Mio. It's hard not to suspect that it's because of you, Mochizuki-kun."

Kotobuki Tsumugi held the iced kola in her hands, savoring the stimulation of the carbonic acid bubbles bursting in her tongue and mouth. She narrowed her eyes, which were shining with stars, and thought for a moment, then said earnestly, as if to remind the boy:

"Maybe it's because they are all members of the same band as you, and Mio-chan and you are very good friends. You will see each other every day in the future, so you want to make friends with them in advance to make it easier for you to get along in the future?"

"Is it......"

Of course Mochizuki Saku understood the deep meaning of Miss Kotobuki's words. The corners of his lips curled up. The little girl in his memory who was holding sunflowers against the sunlight was wearing a pure white dress. She turned her head and smiled at the little boy who was stepping in the puddle.

The clear wind gently blew through her long black hair. The little girl lowered her head a little embarrassedly, hooked the hair by her ear, and said something softly.

The sound of the wind easily drowned out the girl's whisper, although I couldn't hear what she said specifically.

But the boy made a vow for his life at that moment - I will definitely make the girl in front of me live a happy and carefree life.

Kotobuki Tsumugi looked at Mochizuki Saku in surprise, who seemed relieved instantly, and raised her eyebrows in confusion.

Mochizuki Saku didn't say anything else. In the blink of an eye, he ran to Hirasawa Yui and snatched the mousse cake from her. Seeing that he looked no different from usual, Kotobuki Tsumugi couldn't help but become very curious about the relationship and secret between them.

Holding up the ice cola, Miss Kotobuki smiled thoughtfully.

......

An unknown barbecue restaurant.

Ijichi Hoshika waved her hand and took PA-san to the reserved barbecue restaurant after the band ended. The K-ON Girls naturally followed. Originally, the manager Hoshika was going to treat them, but after Kotobuki Tsumugi and others solemnly refused, she had to give up.

"Socializing is really tiring w~" Akiyama Mio sat next to Mochizuki Saku exhausted, took the cut barbecue handed over by the boy, and said jokingly:

"Shuo, you are so popular with women. Not only do you have a band full of girls around you, but you also have young and cute female fans who stop to look at you. It's really enviable."

Why does this sound so sarcastic?

"I can't help it, it's just too charming."

Wang Yueshuo sighed, spread his hands and said innocently.

"Hehe... You're putting a lot of pressure on me." Akiyama Mio sighed, dipped the still sizzling beef ribs in the sweet and salty soy sauce, put it in her mouth, feeling the wonderful taste of the beef in her mouth, and praised it highly.

“The meat is of high quality, soft and chewy, very good.”

"Do you want to eat beef tongue?" Akiyama Mio blinked and glanced at Mochizuki Saku who had been helping with the grilling. After getting his affirmative answer, she dipped the thinly sliced ​​beef tongue that was slightly curled up on the grill grid in some pepper and salt and put it on Mochizuki Saku's plate.

"Speaking of which, how does it feel, wrapping up your first show as a band?"

Mochizuki Saku tasted the tender beef tongue and looked at Akiyama Mio with some curiosity.

"Well, for a newcomer's first LIVE, it was pretty good. Although we didn't arrive for the first song so we didn't hear it, but I heard from the people next to me that it looked terrible. Did the drummer and lead singer perform poorly?"

"Well, they were too nervous because they attached great importance to this LIVE," Mochizuki Saku shoveled a mouthful of rice into his mouth and continued, "Hongxia's drum beat was a few beats faster at the beginning, which messed up the rhythm, and Kita was a real newbie, so she was a little overwhelmed."

"But the second song was amazing. When I first heard it, I thought you were deliberately trying to suppress the previous song before raising it. The high-intensity sixteenth notes, the seven consecutive strums, and the guitar solo that was like a show of skill, it's really hard to imagine that this is a newly established band."

Akiyama Mio glanced at Goto Ichiri, who was eating barbecue on the right of Mochizuki Saku, and smiled as she put a thick piece of beef tongue from the grill into the girl's plate.

Chapter 67: One day, this place will be full (Part 2)

The air indoors is filled with the enticing aroma of all kinds of barbecue, making people salivate. Tender beef, pork and chicken are slowly roasted on the grill grates that are laid out in a network. The woody fragrance emitted by the flickering charcoal fire and the fragrant mist produced by the melted meat fat dripping onto the charcoal fire are in the air.

Yamada Ryo, Hirasawa Yui, and Tiananaka Ritsu were enjoying the meal. Their nimble fingers manipulated the chopsticks to quickly scoop up the sizzling and fragrant meat slices from the grill onto the plates. They didn't even dip them in dry ingredients such as chili powder. They put the meat into their mouths and chewed it after a short pause, revealing happy expressions on their faces.

Hiroi Kikuri, Hayase Hazuki, and Ijichi Hoshika were toasting each other, drinking cup after cup of the clear yellow wheat juice that was about to overflow from the cups. The cheeks of the adult ladies couldn't help but turn a blush that was more beautiful than the sunset.

"Ichiri-chan, long time no see~" Akiyama Mio quickly stretched out her chopsticks and, amid the smoke and fire, picked up the thinly sliced ​​beef tongue that had been roasted on the grid with crispy skin and tender meat, sizzling with oil, and put it on Goto Ichiri's plate.

"Ah, Mio...Mio-sister, thank you. It's been...long time."

Goto Ichiri was flattered. He raised his eyes, glanced quickly at Akiyama Mio's pretty face, and said thank you timidly.

"Why are you so distant with me? We are elementary school classmates after all," Akiyama Mio looked at the pink-haired girl with a bit of amusement as she lowered her head shyly and ate barbecue quietly. "The performance was great. The gorgeous and cool guitar solo not only ignited the enthusiasm of the audience, but also pulled the teammates out of the quagmire of doubt."

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that this opening performance was a terrible failure.

The bassist Liang was in a low mood and had dull eyes throughout the performance. The lead singer Kita kept talking to reduce his tension. The drummer Hongxia even spoke in a much higher pitch. The keyboardist Mochizuki Shuo remained silent, and the keyboard sounded steady, supporting the rhythm and melody of the guitar and drummer, but it was not outstanding and seemed mediocre.

Then Goto Ichiri appeared like a hero, he took a step forward with gritted teeth, overcoming his inferiority and cowardice, the trembling guitar in his hand was like a peerless sword, piercing through the vast night, roaring and screaming unwillingly.

A socially anxious girl who longed for recognition and applause finally took her first step from the shadows to the spotlight of the livehouse stage, roaring wildly with her guitar as her voice.

She really admired him.

Yili has also grown a lot.

As an 'older sister' who is two years older than her, Akiyama Mio is quite relieved to see that her younger sister, who has been shy since childhood and afraid to go out and socialize, has grown into a 'hero' who can bravely stand up when the band is in crisis.

Is it because of him?

Akiyama Mio glanced at Mochizuki Saku, who was eating so fast that he almost choked, and felt at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

She quickly pushed the glass of lemonade at hand to him.

"Goooooooooooo-"

The boy gave a look of great gratitude, and then continued to join the ranks of grabbing meat with Dai Weilu's team.

"By the way, when did Sister Juli come?"

Mochizuki Saku, who was addicted to the barbecue, widened his eyes belatedly. In his sight, Hiroi Kikusato and Hayase Hazuki were happily playing finger-guessing games and shouting, mumbling incoherently, "Three stars shining, four happy fortunes, five top leaders, six six six~", while drinking wine without a care in the world.

"Sister Kikuri? Is she someone senior knows?" Kita Ikuyo wiped the oil stains from the corners of her mouth and blinked her big eyes with curiosity.

"Hi, hi, hi, I'm the most talented bassist in the world, Hiroi Kikuri~"

Hearing her name, Hiroi Kikuri, holding a draft beer in her hand, smiled brightly and introduced herself, and made a "yeah" gesture to the girls.

"What about your bass?"

"Good question! Um, where is my bass? Ah! I left my bass in a pub yesterday, but I can’t remember which pub it was, hehehe~"

"It's immediately contradictory..." Kita was confused.

"To love bass means to go to a bar and drink and forget your bass in the bar."

Wang Yueshuo complained silently.

“I often go to your shows.”

Yamada Ryo came closer, his eyes shining.

"Really? Hahaha, you have good taste~"

Hiroi Kikuri scratched her head in surprise, then grinned and laughed out loud with some pride.

"You sprayed wine at the audience from time to time and raised your middle finger. Your performance was great when you were drunk, even though you often forgot your lines and complained about the audience without realizing it. Now, the time you stepped on my face has gradually become a beautiful memory QWQ..."

The innocent Kita Ikuyo opened her mouth wide, and the figure of Hiroi Kikuri in her mind became more and more terrifying. She raised her bass with her slender white arms and shouted to the audience: "Shinjuku, thank you so much! Thank you for the money, you scumbags, go to hell~"

"It seems that I still don't understand rock music at all." Kita looked down at the bubbling Coke and blinked in confusion.

Kita: Ah, this world is so beautiful (selective amnesia)

Rock Stereotype +1

"I don't think it's a big deal if I don't understand," Ichichi Hongxia covered her forehead and said loudly:

"Kita-chan, not every rocker is like this!!!"

"Indeed, indeed. After all, compared to those guys in the history of rock and roll who smoked, drank and XXXX, it's quite normal that she simply had some alcohol... right?" Mochizuki Shuo nodded.

Hong Xia: “….”

The blonde girl had nothing to say so she scooped up the juice and drank it all in one gulp.

"Oh my, the atmosphere was so lively at the end, it's great~!"

"It's a pity that there are only about ten people in the audience."

"But the audiences are very satisfied, right? Look, after Saku-chan finished her performance, the man named Akita Inu Yuta grabbed her hand and said that she would rather be a professional pianist and become famous than stay here as a keyboard player. They asked for her contact information and frantically wanted Saku-chan to join them in their great cause of dedicating themselves to the piano."

Hiroi Kikuri glanced at Mochizuki Saku, whose face was filled with gloom, with a smile and laughed.

"At first I thought Mochizuki-senpai was being harassed by a pervert...haha."

"As long as you keep going, you will get more and more fans. Ah, work harder in the next competition, and complete the targets." Ijichi Xingge picked up a piece of crispy roasted pork belly and reminded.

"Oh, if it weren't for that last sentence, I would have been moved. Sister is such an idiot." Ijichi Hongxia pouted.

"Pochi-chan worked very hard today too~" The manager pretended not to hear his sister's complaints and turned to look at Goto Ichiri who was huddled next to Mochizuki Saku. Before he could finish praising her, he saw Pochi-chan visibly wilting.

"Ha, why does it look like this? Has it been burned to snow-white ash?"

Goto Ichiri stopped thinking for a moment, and opened his cherry lips slightly. The human-machine automatically uttered the set words from his mouth:

"Ah... I'm so sorry. I'm a little tired."

"Well, then order more of your favorite dishes to replenish your energy."

"Oh, ok, I'm so sorry..."

"???"

Chapter 68: The Dangers of Society and the Renewed Ichi

Society is so scary...

I want to go home...

Goto Ichiri, who was trying hard to find a way to survive in the barbecue restaurant, looked blankly at Mochizuki Saku who quickly ticked off her favorite snacks such as fried chicken on the menu, then snatched the empty Coke in her hand, filled it up, and put it back in her palm, leaving little Pochi stunned.

"Shuo...Brother Shuo?"

"Don't you really like eating fried chicken nuggets, or did you get tired of them after growing up?"

Wang Yueshuo was startled, glanced at the menu suspiciously, and asked somewhat embarrassedly:

"Then how about changing to other dishes? What do you like to eat?"

"Ah, no, no, no, I really like eating fried chicken nuggets. I'm just surprised that Brother Shuo still remembers what I like to eat... Hey..."

Goto Ichiri suddenly changed from a dark and damp pink Nozuchi snake back into the form of a shy little girl. She shyly grasped the hem of her clothes with both hands, raised her eyelids slightly, her big watery eyes were clear enough to see her own reflection, her lips were lightly pursed, and her slight smile was as soft as water.

"Thank you, Brother Shuo~"

Goto Ichiri recovered his spirit and curled up beside the boy with a radiant look.

"Kacha kacha——"

Ichichi Hoshika looked at Kita Ikuyo in surprise as she raised her phone to take a photo of the green orange lemon tea. She frowned and asked in confusion, "What are you doing?"

"Put it on [Instagram], I'm the minister in charge of this."

Kita explained it naturally, and took a few photos of the charcoal grill and the gravy flowing before switching to the Instagram interface and showing it to the "unsocial" manager Xingge.

"...Minister?" Xingge was stunned and blurted out:

"Who is the emperor then?"

"Ah, it should be... Hongxia-senpai, right? After all, she is the captain."

Ijichi Hoshige glanced at the photo wall full of attractions, food, and selfies, picked up the skewers and took a bite, and then became curious:

"What's the point of doing this?"

"Emm... It's like sharing the joy... If my friends are happy, I will be happy too."

"And take photos of the delicious food, interesting things and places you find, and share them online to share your harvest and joy? Speaking of meaning, it's not a big deal, ah! Take photos as souvenirs, and when you grow up and look through these photos and recall every little bit of that time, you will be very happy."

Kita-chan used the sun angle light on the store manager, and the effect was outstanding!

Wow, so enthusiastic and cheerful. My eyes are blinded by the light emanating from her whole body.

"Well done, Kita-chan, use your sunshine energy to purify my sister's weird personality~"

Hongxia looked at her sister who subconsciously squinted her eyes because of Kita's sun halo, and urged her excitedly.