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

Yamada Ryo seemed to be in a normal state, as calm as usual, but her golden eyes revealed an indescribable emotion. She leaned against the wall, and carefully put her beloved Fender American Professional Precision Bass, Polar White back into her bag.

"If Saku-nii comes on stage, he will definitely save this dying performance." Before Goto Ichiri could finish her muttering, the mango box that she used as a temporary shelter was opened by Mochizuki Saku-ni, revealing the lovely girl with tearful face inside.

"You...don't give up so easily," Mochizuki Saku rubbed his brows worriedly and said seriously, "Didn't you want to form a band a long time ago? Are you scared like this just because of a debut with few audiences? Then what you said about performing at the Tokyo Dome is nothing but empty talk."

"If you can't hold on to Hongxia and Liang's hands, your first band career might face a dismal end."

"Do you really want to remain negative and spend your life in darkness, Ichiri?" Mochizuki Saku stretched out his hand towards Goto Ichiri.

Xiao Yili, who was in despair, opened her tearful eyes. In the dim room, Wang Yueshuo, who gently reached out his hand to her, seemed to be covered with light, and his holy wings fluttered behind him, just like the angel in the scriptures who rescued people in trouble.

Deep down in her heart, it was as if someone gently brushed the dust off the girl's head, and solemnly and dignifiedly extended a helping hand to her, and slowly said to her: "Goto Ichiri, do you really not want to leave this dark quagmire with me? Don't you want to see with your own eyes the brilliant life that belongs to you and me?"

"Brother Shuo, are you an angel?" Goto Ichiri wiped away his tears and took the boy's hand.

"Ha, what kind of image have you created of me in your mind?"

"The omniscient and omnipotent Moon-Watching God..."

“STOP! STOP!”

Tips: Archangel Shimokitazawa!

Chapter 3 ends. The band is short of a lead singer and guitarist. Who wants to come? (k for collection

"Senior Mochizuki, can you play the guitar too?" After the storm subsided, Hongxia, who had also encouraged Goto, came up to the boy and asked curiously.

"Yes, but only a little." Wang Yueshuo smiled modestly.

"Oh! Can Senior Mochizuki sing?" asked Ijichi Hongxia excitedly.

Eh... do you want me to join the band too? Mochizuki Saku noticed the little joy in Hongxia's tone, and smiled bitterly in his heart. In the end, he declined Ichichi Hongxia's invitation, "Isn't your band a girl band? It would be bad for me to join suddenly."

"Well...actually, even we ourselves haven't figured out the positioning of our band yet."

"We still have time, how about we chat now?" Yamada Ryo poked his head in from the other side.

Ijichi Hongxia took four glasses of Coke from behind the bar and brought them to the table in front of everyone.

"...So sloppy, but inexplicably it suits you two." Mochizuki Saku complained speechlessly, and picked up Goto Ichiri who was trying to crawl under the table and put him on the chair beside him.

"Ah... Actually, I haven't asked what the name of the band is?" Goto Ichiri realized it belatedly and looked at the two surprised girls in confusion.

"End the band." Yamada Ryo answered without hesitation.

"Bond Band, Nylon Tie Band, uh... Shit, it turns out this is the band that ended up like this." Mochizuki Saku went from being puzzled to suddenly realizing, and he held up the Coke with a helpless look.

"Good vision! You understand a lot~" Liang Sang gave him a look that was like the hard-to-find true friend that Boya met Ziqi while they were apart in the mountains and flowing water.

"This pun is so lame! I will definitely change it next time!"

Mochizuki Saku was drinking Coke, his eyes passed over the fighting duo of Shimokitazawa, and fell on the ring-shaped light in the center of the stage. He sighed silently, and the melancholy and joyful emotions were swallowed into his throat along with the ice cubes and bubbling Coke. His amber eyes were stained with a blurred color.

This team name shows that everyone has a good relationship, and this feeling of family joy... It's been a long time since I last saw it. The boy drank the ice cola with some emotion.

Putting down the glass, Mochizuki Shuo was able to catch a glimpse of the pink-haired girl's eyes flickering faintly, and her gaze was fixed on Hongxia and Liang.

Come on, Yili, you still have a long way to go.

At this moment, Mochizuki Saku suddenly felt that he had really become Goto Ichiri's brother. He gently stroked the girl's cheek with his fingers, tucked her slightly covered long hair behind her ears, smiled gently at the girl's surprised eyes, and said nothing.

"Ah, what are you two siblings whispering about behind our backs? Let us listen. To cultivate a relationship, we must start with small things."

"That's right! We are not familiar with each other to begin with. If this continues, we will drift apart and the band will end up in a tragic end." Yamada Ryo said coldly, and then he took out a big dice from somewhere, his eyes shining with excitement. "In order to prevent this situation, I specially prepared this - the band topic dice!"

"Ohhh, great! That's what I needed."

Yamada Ryo was fiddling with the huge dice in front of him with great interest. With Mochizuki's eagle vision, he could easily see the words flashing on the dice - "Super interesting story", "Favorite music topic", "Favorite band", "Bungee jumping"... ?

Wait, I think there's something weird mixed in here...

Can bungee jumping be considered a band hobby?

This is really... rock and roll.

Wang Yueshuo could hardly hold back the desire to complain that was dormant in his heart.

“Twist, turn, turn—”

"Which one will it be? Which one will it be?"

"Ah, it's a school topic!" Ichichi Hongxia saw the words on the dice clearly when they just landed on the ground. She glanced at the boy and girl in front of her and spoke first: "Then let Liang and I start!"

"Since we both live in Shimokitazawa, we chose Shimokitazawa High School which is close to home."

"Is it the same reason why Xiao Yili and Senior Mochizuki are in Xiuhua High School?" Hongxia asked curiously.

"Ah... No, my home is outside the county, and it takes about two hours to get there one way." Goto Ichiri weakly retorted, but was met with even more surprised questions from the two girls, "Two hours, why is it so far!!!"

"Because she wants to go to a high school where no one knows what her past was like." Seeing Goto Ichiri's face gradually becoming distorted, Mochizuki Saku spoke for her first.

"No...it's okay. Ryo is just like you. She doesn't have many friends." Hongxia pointed at Yamada Ryo and comforted the fragile Xiao Yili.

"Yeah, there's only Hongxia."

It turns out... Liang and I are the same kind!

Ichiri's gloomy face brightened instantly, and he looked at Yamada Ryo who nodded with sympathy.

"When I'm resting, I occasionally go exploring ruins or go shopping in a used clothing store by myself. The rest of the time I practice the piano, eat and sleep."

Little Pochi felt like crying but had no tears left. It turned out that Liang just liked to be alone!

"What about Senior Mochizuki?" Hong Xia, who understood people's hearts, changed the subject.

"Because my father has been working here for many years, I chose the nearest school." Because his grandfather in Kyoto is still in good health, Mochizuki's father was sent to Tokyo to develop the market. By the way, he took the family of four away from their quaint hometown to experience the luxurious capital.

This was indeed one of the reasons why Mochizuki Saku applied to Shuhua High School, but the most important reason was that he was worried that Goto Ichiri, who was socially anxious and afraid to speak, would be bullied. However, it was enough for him to know this reason.

"I see, then what about the next topic?

————It’s the topic of favorite music!!!” After continuously throwing the huge dice, Ijichi Hongxia’s face was obviously covered with sweat.

"For me, it's probably melodic hardcore and Japanese punk, right?"

"I'm on the electronic music and Saudi Arabian record charts..."

"It's definitely a lie!" Hong Xia was the first to refute.

"Everything you said is true." Liang's pretending to be aggrieved look has a unique kind of cuteness.

"I listen to a lot of different things, I don't have a favorite, by the way."

"As for me, any song is fine as long as it doesn't trigger my teenage syndrome..."

"What is youth syndrome? Did you have any disease in grade one?" Ijichi Hongxia was so scared that she was sweating profusely. When she was about to find a topic to comfort her, she heard Mochizuki Saku's explanation and supplement: "Youth syndrome is the mental state of regret and difficulty in letting go of the fact that you did not fully enjoy your youth and sing praises to your youth during your youthful years in middle school."

"In short, you can understand it as a series of songs that sing the praises of youth, passion, sunshine and cheerfulness."

I have always wanted to ask, Mochizuki-senpai, how do you know so much? ! The kind-hearted Ichichi Kouka shouted loudly in her heart.

"Ah, I can't help it... Once I hear words like summer, blue sea, fireworks, etc., I will fall into depression." The girl pursed her pink lips, "After all, rock and roll can only resound through people's hearts because it is sung by losers. The songs sung by successful people can't be considered rock and roll at all."

"Hey, you AOEed me with your map cannon. Wasn't the song I sang at the Freshman Festival just ended a song praising youth?"

"Sumimasen! (I'm sorry), but... Immature heart means to vent the feelings of a middle school student, and depressed feelings are also included in it, so... so it doesn't count!"

"Has senior Mochizuki gone on stage to sing? Is there a video? I want to see it!" Hong Xia's eyes flashed with stars, and she acted coquettishly around Mochizuki Shuo. The boy had no choice but to raise the white flag and surrender to the golden flash, and obediently passed the video sent by the school girl in the audience to the girl who was begging for mercy.

"Great!" Ijichi Hongxia cheered, then sat next to Yamada Ryo and enjoyed the performance of the light music club (plus an outsider) with the bassist in the band.

After watching the performance, Yamada Ryo only made a slight move and instantly grabbed Mochizuki Saku's arm. His golden eyes seemed to flash with photos of Fukuzawa Yukichi. His greedy gaze made the latter feel a chill and he almost wanted to leave first.

"Senior Mochizuki, please join the ending band with us!" Hong Xia grabbed the arm on the other side. The passionate words coupled with the girl's sincere eyes made Mochizuki Shuo's heart pound, and he was almost scared to run away.

"Are you giving up on the original lead singer so soon?" Mochizuki Shuo just smiled bitterly.

"A band cannot live without a lead singer, just like the West cannot live without Jerusalem! I am terrible at singing, but Little Lonely doesn't dare to speak in front of a crowd, so I had to give up, and that super narcissistic Liang can no longer be relied on!"

"Saku-kun, please join us!" Yamada Ryo did not refute the captain's slanderous remarks. He glanced at Yue Shuo, then lowered his eyebrows and sobbed softly.

"Ah... this, I understand your difficulties, but please forgive me for rejecting you." Wang Yueshuo sighed. Why do two people want me to join their band these days? He gently opened the fingers of the two girls and said helplessly: "I am preparing for the exam. I have to prepare for the exam this year. I don't have time to join your band."

"Oh, I forgot about this." Hong Xia said dejectedly.

"Why don't you give up the exam? After you get into a good university, you will still have to work hard for money anyway. Why don't you stay by my side? I will pay you a high salary every month!" Yamada Ryo, who has the support of a wealthy family, pursued relentlessly.

“What?” The young man made a cross with his hands and said with empty eyes: “You are a toxic guy. Your method of recruiting employees is to only consider money? You are indeed a junior schoolmate. You are so naive!”

"Damn it..." Liang Sang reluctantly withdrew his hand.

"You guys should just find a rhythm guitarist to be the lead singer." Wang Yueshuo waved his hand and pushed open the door of the recording studio. "I'm going to go out for some fresh air. You guys can continue chatting."

Chapter 11: The long-lost Star Song Iron Fist! (Please collect and vote~

"Ah~" A familiar voice came from beside the boy, and then a slender arm gently hugged Wang Yueshuo's neck and asked teasingly: "How did you find this place?"

Wang Yueshuo secretly glanced at the store manager sitting at the bar who was looking at him with a complicated look, and lightly brushed away the woman's arm, "Do you work here?" He turned his head to look at the beautiful woman. She had some purple highlights under her long straight black hair that reached her hips. She had delicate features, clear and moving emerald green eyes, and a loose black dress that outlined her beautiful figure.

Although I want to ignore the fact, she is indeed a beauty.

"Hey, Shuo-kun is not a good boy. He actually tried to evade his sister with questions."

"I say, Miss Hayase Hazuki... I don't know you that well." Mochizuki Saku looked at the woman with lip studs and earrings, who looked completely different from the innocent girl he remembered when he first met her. He had just seen a familiar figure in the audience, and was about to come out to see if it was him, when he was caught by one of his former acquaintances.

"Tsk~ It's only been two years since we last saw each other, and that little brother is acting up. But that's okay, your sister Xingge likes cool and aloof boys. Let's go and reminisce about the past." Hayase Hazuki took Mochizuki Saku's hand and walked to the bar. She smiled as she looked at the two people who hadn't seen each other for a long time, staring at each other. The corners of her lips curved a little more.

"I should have thought of it earlier. Same blonde hair, same aho-go, same Ichichi, same band. Sister Xingge, long time no see." Mochizuki Saku was the first to break the stalemate and stared at the blonde with red eyes in front of him. "When you resolutely quit the band, I thought you would never touch music again."

After hesitating for a few seconds, Ichichi Xingge slowly said sorry.

"What's there to apologize for... You're also taking care of your sister, right?" Mochizuki Saku was confused. Looking at the serious-looking Ichichi Hoshika, he smiled and said, "When I saw your sad eyes, I knew that you didn't give up the band, but took on a heavier burden."

"Besides, the fact that you opened this livehouse called STARRY shows that you still love music and bands."

"You were just too reserved and couldn't express your opinions well, which led to the dispute at that time."

"Leave me alone..." Yidizhi Xingge turned her face away, not wanting to see Mochizuki Shuo, who was eleven years younger than her, pretending to be mature and talking in front of her.

"What a tsundere." Wang Yueshuo curled his lips.

"Do you believe I can beat you up? What's wrong? You've grown up and your skin is itchy again?" Xingge's face turned pale, her beautiful eyes were filled with anger, and her pink hands clenched involuntarily. Hard, my fists are hard! Little brat, I think you have forgotten how I beat you up!

"I just said a few words to you and you resorted to violence. They say people become more mature as they grow up, but I don't think you've changed much."

Still outputting, still outputting!

The PA lady who was watching happily on the side wished she was wearing 3D glasses. She held a bucket of popcorn and ice cola in her hands, and would add fuel to the fire from time to time. It was so entertaining.

"Okay, let's put an end to the memories and let the past go with the wind. We should talk about the present." After being punched by Sister Xingge, Wang Yueshuo awkwardly changed the subject.

"What do you think of their performance just now?" Xingge rested her head on her wrist and looked sideways at the recording studio. "I think it was terrible. It was a terrible performance. The girl you brought couldn't keep up with the rhythm when she was on stage. Although she played smoothly, she didn't even look up to communicate with her teammates."

"Liang's bass was very stable, but Hongxia was too nervous. When the rhythm was disrupted, she panicked and didn't know how to make up for it. She just kept playing and ended up disrupting the bass."

"Yili's technology is OK, but..."

"The main reason is the coordination between the bands." Mochizuki Shuo also noticed this, and took the water handed over by the PA lady with a wry smile and said thank you. "It was put together at the last minute, and they only rehearsed once or twice before rushing to perform. It would be more abnormal if such a team could perform smoothly and perfectly."

"That's the truth, but..."

"You're too concerned. You're thinking too far ahead. Is this your band or your sister's band? I don't think Hongxia formed this band just to play around. They also want to make a successful debut, release a CD, become a super popular band, and perform at the Tokyo Dome, right?"

"What you said... Which band member doesn't want to do this? Even rookies who haven't even got solid basic skills dream of this, let alone them."

"That's it. What they need right now is cooperation, more rehearsals, more attempts, and more performances. Let's figure this out first before we talk about other things. They are not yet adults, so why rush?" Wang Yueshuo shrugged nonchalantly.

"Aren't you just that kind of person?" Yidizhi Xingge pouted in dissatisfaction and stared at the boy with a fierce look.

"Me?" Wang Yueshuo scratched his face and said with a wry smile: "How many people like me have you seen?"

Wang Yueshuo knows what he is like. He has spent two lifetimes to improve his skills to the current level. The time and effort he has put in cannot be summed up by the simple phrase "gifted" that they say lightly.

Miss Xingge lay dejectedly on the table. The cold temperature stimulated her whole body and she shuddered. "I have never seen a monster like you. Sometimes we even wonder if you have been playing guitar since you were born. How can a person be so perverted?"

"Hey, hey, hey, I'm still here." Wang Yueshuo fiddled with the glass in his hand, "So what do you think their future path should be?" He raised his head curiously.

"First, they need to lay a solid foundation and build up their coordination, then accumulate popularity through daily performances and make a successful debut. After that, they can participate in music festivals in Shimokitazawa, Shibuya, and Shinjuku. There will also be unconfirmed music festivals in the second half of the year. There is so much time and opportunities left for them. It depends on whether they can seize them."

"Wow, you really think too far ahead. Hongxia is so lucky to have such a good sister who cares so much about her."

"You want to get beaten again?"

“Private Marseille!”