Love? Please allow me to simulate it first!

This is probably a problem that only Kita Ikuyo, who focuses all her attention on Yamada Ryo during the performance, could notice. Because Yamada Ryo usually has an expressionless face, it is difficult to read any emotional fluctuations from her unless she tries hard. However, Kita Ikuyo could more or less sense that there seemed to be some kind of gap between Yamada Ryo and the other members of her band.

And this feeling is not something that has only appeared recently, but it has become more and more obvious recently. The most obvious thing is that after the performance, Yamada Ryo would always chat and laugh with other members of her band, probably about music, but now it is completely different. After the performance, Yamada Ryo will quickly leave from the backstage with her bass on her back, and every time her expression makes Kita Ikuyo feel extremely alienated.

Chapter 131 Fans Leader Xiduo

Although she was worried, as a fan who had never dared to approach and talk to her, she couldn't do anything.

The eyelids of Nakamura Mine, who was following Kita Ikuyo, began to tremble. He had already stayed up all night with Hiroi Kikuri, and now he was following this girl Kita Ikuyo around everywhere. If he hadn't thought that if he missed this opportunity, he would miss it, he would have wanted to find a place to lie down and take a nap.

Especially for Nakamura Mine, who doesn't even have anything to check the time, this makes it even more torturous.

(I'll ask Pochi to teach Kita how to play the F chord when we get back.)

Nakamura Mine decided to take back the suffering he had endured here from the future Kita Ikuyo, which was for her own good.

Finally, Nakamura Mine followed Kita Ikuyo to a store that looked very much like a "live house" store, especially the posters of Yamada Ryo and other members of her band on the door.

"It looks like this is the right place..." Having said that, if one wants to get in, the first hurdle is the ticket, and Mr. Nakamura Mine can't just force his way in.

"Oh... there's no other way, this is the only way..." Touching the brand new coat on his body, Nakamura Mine apologized in his heart to Akiyama Mio who chose the clothes, and then he ran to a used clothing store to sell the clothes.

"I don't know if I can get my clothes back when I go back..." Nakamura Feng still felt a little distressed, you know, that coat was not cheap.

But thanks to this, he was finally able to buy a ticket and walk into this "Live House".

After entering and looking around, I didn't see Yamada Ryo, but Kita Ikuyo's red hair was quite eye-catching.

"It's quite different from STARRY's style." The layout of this store is indeed much larger than Fanxing, and the setting is also darker. However, for "Live House", it's not the case that the bigger the better. Everyone has professional-grade equipment, and in the final analysis, it's about whose band is more attractive.

Many very small stores have become famous because they have produced some very famous bands, so it is not too presumptuous to say that Ijichi Hongxia wants to form an excellent band to help her sister's store increase its fame.

"Huh?" Nakamura Mine suddenly saw from the corner of his eye that two young men with permed hair and earrings were approaching from the direction of Kita Ikuyo, holding drinks.

Nakamura Mine was not too surprised. After all, it was normal for a girl dressed so cutely like Kita Ikuyo to be approached in such a place. The other party would probably just ask for her contact information at most. She was not a drunkard and would not do anything out of line in such a public place.

"but......"

Although he said that, Nakamura Mine still felt unhappy when he saw his lead singer looking troubled and cowering.

"Are there a lot of people nowadays who are into lolita? They won't even let a junior high school student go." Nakamura Mine walked up to them and deliberately said to a man who was playing with his cell phone next to him. The man had a confused look on his face and looked at Nakamura Mine in confusion.

"Eh? Well, well, probably..." Although he had no idea why the strange boy in front of him wanted to talk to him, he still agreed out of politeness. Although he felt puzzled as he was immersed in his mobile phone before, the two young men who approached Kita Ikuyo were still somewhat self-conscious. At the same time, they didn't know if it was because they felt guilty, but they always felt that the other people around them seemed to be secretly looking at them. They felt embarrassed immediately, said a few words casually and returned to their original place.

Seeing that his goal was successfully achieved, Nakamura Mine breathed a sigh of relief and returned to his original corner, drinking the drink in his hand while waiting for the performance to begin.

(I don’t know which order Yamada Ryo and the others will appear in.)

At the same time, Kita Ikuyo was secretly observing the situation of Nakamura Mine. She knew very well that she was helped by this boy just now. She was indeed a little flustered by the two people's approaching. Logically, she should at least step forward to say thank you, but the problem was that when she saw the other person's face clearly, she was completely stunned. She remembered this face. This was the face that she almost bumped into in the morning, and then added a dark history to her almost positive life.

After struggling for a long time, Kita Ikuyo finally decided to go up and say thank you. Even if she was impressed by the other person, the other person might not know who she was. When she responded, the other person ignored her. Yes, that's right...

Kita Ikuyo, who had finally convinced herself, walked in front of Nakamura Mine.

"Um..." Kita Ikuyo mustered up the courage to express her gratitude.

"You blocked it."

"Huh?" Kita Ikuyo, who had just prepared herself mentally, was interrupted and looked at the other party in confusion.

"I said, you're blocking the direction to the stage and the show is about to begin." Nakamura Mine felt that Kita Ikuyo really hadn't changed at all. She still looked not very smart. Maybe part of her IQ was transferred to EQ when she was born.

"Ah, yes." When Kita Ikuyo heard this, she immediately forgot about thanking him. You know, she had looked at the performance list again, and the first person to appear today was her Lord Ryo.

"The first one is that guy..." Nakamura Mine couldn't help but mutter to himself when he saw the indifferent girl who was adjusting the effects pedal with various colors reflected on her body under the colorful spotlight. Although he thought his voice was very low, Kita Ikuyo who was very close to him still heard it clearly.

"Um...are you here to see this band too?" Kita Ikuyo looked over with anticipation, an anticipation of meeting people with the same interests, but at the same time a little conflicted.

On the one hand, she hopes to meet a friend who can share the good qualities of Lord Liang, but on the other hand, she hopes that she is the only one who discovers these shining points of Lord Liang.

"I guess so. To be precise, I just came to see Liang." Feeling that there was nothing to hide, Nakamura Mine said frankly.

"Sure enough!" Kita Ikuyo was a little surprised at first, but soon a look of doubt appeared in her eyes.

(He actually called Ryo-sama by his name? Could he be Ryo-sama's friend, or even...)

Kita Ikuyo's expression, which was originally full of youthful vitality, gradually became dangerous.

Chapter 132 Liang's Band

"Hello everyone, thank you so much for coming to support us! But speaking of which..."

Ignoring Kita's suspicious look and the guitarist who was warming up on the stage, Nakamura Mine's attention was basically focused on the guy who was looking at his bass with his head down.

(Really, he looks unhappy.)

Although Yamada Ryo usually has no expression, but at this moment... should we say it's the atmosphere? At this moment, Yamada Ryo gave Nakamura a very closed state. Simply put, he seemed to be completely in his own world. This reminded Nakamura of the first time he met Goto Ichiri, but there were still some differences.

At that time, Goto Ichiri was afraid of communicating with people, and if Nakamura Mine was right, Yamada Ryo at this period should have felt a considerable degree of fatigue or even boredom with interpersonal relationships.

However, after the performance began, what Nakamura Mine didn't expect was that Yamada Ryo was actually the lead singer before, and his singing skills were much better than Kita's. As the bass singer, he was similar to Hiroi Kikuri. The only difference was that Yamada Ryo was not the leader of the band. The leader of the band should be...

Nakamura Mine looked at the guitarist girl who was playing and trying to interact with the audience. Objectively speaking, her skills were not bad. Although he was not sure, she should be one of the top amateurs like Yamada Ryo. The same was true for the other drummer. She had a steady grasp of the rhythm and her cooperation with Yamada Ryo was also good. It could be said that her level was much higher than that of Ijichi Kouka.

But from these aspects, it seems like a good band, but...

The guitarist's desire to perform was too strong, as if he was trying to outdo Yamada Ryo. The guitarist's hard work made Nakamura Mine frown slightly. It was not because he was standing up for Yamada Ryo, but he thought about it and realized that if he were to play with a keyboard on the stage as well, he would definitely be very annoyed. To exaggerate a little, if the guitarist played like this, he felt that he could just let go and perform a street dance on the stage, as the audience would only hear the sound of the guitar anyway.

However, some audiences seemed to be quite fond of it, like a classmate named Kita Ikuyo next to me who didn't understand anything but was still applauding.

A total of five songs were played, four of which seemed to be the most popular songs at the moment. Yamada Ryo's performance was very standard from beginning to end, just like an office worker's daily tasks at night, without expectations or desires, performing his duties like a machine.

This was the feeling that Nakamura Mine had throughout the entire process.

"What an amazing performance! Right!?" Kita Ikuyo blinked her big eyes, expecting recognition, towards Nakamura Mine.

"Eh? Ah, yes, that's true." There was no way. Although Nakamura Mine thought the performance was extremely boring, he really couldn't say it facing Kita Ikuyo's look.

"Do you really think so?" The familiar voice made Nakamura Mine and Kita Ikuyo freeze. When they looked at the voice, they saw that the person standing in front of them with a bass bag on his back was none other than Yamada Ryo who had been performing on the stage before.

"Liang, Liang, Liang, Liang-sama...!" The object of her admiration was standing less than a meter in front of her. Kita Ikuyo began to stutter and the name for Yamada Ryo that she had been calling in her heart was almost about to come out. Fortunately, she reacted in time and covered her mouth with her hands, and did not say the embarrassing name "Liang-sama" directly. In fact, repairing the shame was secondary. The main thing was that she did not want to give the other person the impression that she was a weird person.

"Hello, you have been coming to see performances often, right?" Yamada Ryo said to the nervous Kita Ikuyo.

"Do you, do you remember me?" Kita Ikuyo looked flattered, as if she would have no regrets if she were allowed to die right now.

Yamada Ryo nodded and continued:

"Because she's very eye-catching." Yamada said while staring at Kita Ikuyo's bright red hair. Of course, it's not just that. After all, in a place like a "live house", it's rare to see a girl who is dressed as youthfully and beautifully as Kita Ikuyo. The youthful aura she exudes is enough to be eye-catching.

"My name is Kita... Ikuyo, but please just call me Kita." Although she was very conflicted, Kita Ikuyo still introduced her name to Yamada Ryo. After she finished speaking, she secretly observed the reactions of Yamada Ryo and Nakamura Mine with a vague look. She felt relieved when she saw that the two of them didn't show any strange expressions or were trying to hold back their laughter.

"Um, Kita, I'm Yamada Ryo." Although the two people in front of her obviously knew her name, she still introduced herself briefly. After that, without paying any attention to Kita Ikuyo who was in a happy state because of being called by her name, Yamada Ryo turned her gaze in the direction of Nakamura Mine.

"Nakamura-mine."

Yamada Ryo frowned slightly. She felt like she had heard this name somewhere recently, but since she couldn't remember where it was at the moment, she didn't think about it too deeply.

"Just now, I noticed you. You seemed to be very sleepy in the middle of the conversation. Are you feeling bored..." Yamada Ryo stared at Nakamura Mine, not knowing whether he wanted to get a negative or positive answer.

"Ah! No, I'm sorry, senior, this is my friend. I forced him to come here today. He didn't mean that." Seeing that the atmosphere seemed to be a little wrong, Kita Ikuyo quickly told a little lie to help explain.

"......" Nakamura Mine and Yamada Ryo both ignored Kita Ikuyo's words. Looking at Yamada Ryo's determined look, Nakamura Mine did not give his answer immediately, but asked back:

"Don't you have the answer in your heart?" Nakamura Mine's words slightly relaxed Yamada Ryo's calm expression. She pursed her lips but did not speak again.

"This is the first time I've seen you play in such a formulaic way. Do you find such a performance interesting?" After a moment, when Kita Ikuyo was anxiously tugging at his clothes, Nakamura Mine spoke again. However, after he finished speaking, Kita Ikuyo pulled even harder, as if she was about to cry. His words made Yamada Ryo's expression dim, but he also seemed a little happy, perhaps because he was happy that finally an audience paid attention to this.

"A friend of mine once told me, 'Once a band loses its identity, it's as good as dead.'"

Chapter 133 Proposal

In fact, the one who said this to him was Yamada Ryo herself, but in the future.

"..."

"The friend you are talking about...could it be you?" After a long silence, Yamada Ryo spoke this sentence.

"No." Nakamura Mine denied it immediately. After all, it wasn't true. However, the look in the other person's eyes showed that he didn't want to believe it at all.

"Oh...Heh~"

"You guy..." Looking at Yamada Ryo's expression that looked like he deserved a beating as usual, Nakamura Mine felt a little annoyed and relieved.

(This is your normal self.)

Kita Ikuyo looked at Yamada Ryo, then at Nakamura Mine, and always felt as if she was completely excluded. She couldn't help feeling a little depressed, but there was nothing she could do. The most she had ever come into contact with music was just a little singing practice at home in order to not embarrass herself when going to KTV with friends. But as for the conversation between Nakamura Mine and Yamada Ryo just now, she couldn't understand the meaning at all. The only thing she knew was that her senior Ryo didn't seem to be angry about the words of the boy named Nakamura Mine.

Even... a little relaxed?

This is what puzzled Kita Ikuyo the most, because she didn't feel that what Nakamura Mine said just now was anything positive.

"I'm going to quit this band." Yamada Ryo suddenly said something shocking, leaving both Nakamura Mine and Kita Ikuyo stunned for a moment, and then the latter's expression became visibly flustered.

"Why is it so sudden! If it's because of what this guy just said, then you don't need to worry about it at all! I think your performance was excellent!"

(You just said I was your friend, but now I’ve become “that guy”...) Nakamura Mine thought speechlessly in his heart, but he was not surprised by what Yamada Ryo said, because he had known that Yamada Ryo would withdraw, but the timing was so perfect that it was beyond her expectation.

Yamada Ryo shook his head and told Kita Ikuyo, who had always supported him, that this was not the case.

"I had already asked the band to quit, but I hadn't found a suitable bassist to replace me, so I kept putting it off until now. But just now it seems that someone has been chosen..."

"Really? That's good." Nakamura Mine's inappropriate words made Yamada Ryo nod, but Kita Ikuyo could not agree with such a casual statement at all.

"Not good at all!" Kita Ikuyo was so excited that she couldn't control her voice, which attracted some dissatisfied looks from people nearby. Noticing this, she quickly bowed and apologized to those people, and then lowered her voice and continued to speak to Yamada Ryo:

"I like the way you are on stage, so please don't..."

"Even if she will feel uncomfortable staying there, do you still want her to stay?" Nakamura Mine interrupted Kita Ikuyo directly. He knew very well what Kita Ikuyo wanted to say, and the same went for Yamada Ryo.

"This..." Kita Ikuyo clenched her fists, but when she saw that Yamada Ryo did not refute Nakamura Mine's words, she didn't know what to say, but she didn't want to miss the future with Ryo-senpai.

"Then, then have you ever thought about joining another band, senior?" Kita Ikuyo said with her last hope. Originally, she didn't like the band that Yamada Ryo was in, but only Yamada Ryo himself.

Shaking his head slightly, Yamada Ryo spoke with a slightly tired tone:

"For now... I won't be joining the band again."

"Well, then, senior, if you ever join a new band, please! Be sure to notify me! I will be the first to come and support you no matter what!" Kita Ikuyo said with hope.

Yamada Ryo just nodded slightly and didn't respond much.

"Have you... joined a band too?" Ryo Yamada asked this question for some unknown reason.

"Yep."

(Not only joined the band, but also was in the same band as you.)

However, Nakamura Mine could only think about this in his heart. If he said it out loud, he would probably be considered crazy.

"Although it's just a small band that can't even make it through a rehearsal, it's still a great band to me." There was no falseness in Nakamura Mine's tone when he said this, because this was his true thought. Not only him, but also Goto Ichiri, Ijichi Kouka, or the two people in front of him in the future, he believed that they also had the same opinion. Although they were still an unknown band that had never performed a single performance, just like the name of the band, they were held together by the mere fact.

And he also had the opportunity for Goto Ichiri to join at the beginning, which was the girl in front of him named Yamada Ryo. Although it was just a coincidence, isn’t this the so-called fate?

"Really... We were once like this, too."

There is no need for further explanation, both Nakamura Mine and Kita Ikuyo could understand that the "we" mentioned by Yamada Ryo refers to her and the members of the band.

"I have a proposal." Nakamura Mine suddenly thought of a good idea, which might be able to help Yamada Ryo get out of the trough while also giving himself some training.

"?"

Yamada Ryo and Kita Ikuyo on the other side both looked at him with puzzled looks.

"STARRY..."

Looking at this familiar storefront, Yamada Ryo's eyes gradually became strange. She seemed to remember why she felt that the name Nakamura Mine was familiar. Wasn't this the name of the guy who claimed to be her friend on the phone yesterday? Although Ichichi Hongxia said that the other party didn't look like a bad person, it was a bit too suspicious anyway, wasn't it? And he even showed up at her performance today.

This guy isn't some dangerous fanboy or anything like that...

Yamada Ryo's thought did not last long, because she could see that Nakamura Mine was definitely not her fan or anything. Compared to him, Kita Ikuyo, who had followed her for some reason, had more potential for development.

But if this is not the case, then what is Nakamura Feng's purpose? She is very sure that she has never met him before today.

At this time, Fanxing was still in the middle of a performance, and the band that was performing was surprisingly familiar to Nakamura Mine, it was the "Giant Squid" band, but they didn't look much different from a year later, so Nakamura Mine didn't pay too much attention to it.