Love? Please allow me to simulate it first!

Nakamura Mine chuckled. Lately he had been increasingly feeling that this might be what it felt like to have a younger brother. But how long could he stay here?

Although Goto Ichiri still looks the same recently, sometimes when I go to their class, she is no longer alone. The two girls in her class seem to be very interested in teasing Goto Ichiri and always take the initiative to pull me to play with her.

(Maybe it won’t be long before it’s over.)

He looked at Xiao Zhongcun Feng, who was sweeping the floor in angrily, with complicated eyes, thinking that perhaps he should not have barged in in the first place.

......

Looking at the extra photos on her phone, Goto Ichiri hid in the closet and smiled foolishly. She felt that she seemed to have the feeling of a junior high school girl recently. Sometimes classmates would come up to talk to her in class, and she was not always left alone in the team during physical education class. The most important thing was that she would go out with her classmates on holidays, although she could not remember what happened at that time.

She was thinking, have I made friends yet? But what kind of people can be called friends?

She thought about it for a long time but couldn't find the answer, but she felt that if there was anyone who would be her first friend, she hoped it would be the person named Nakamura Kiri who suddenly broke into her world.

Although she was very afraid of him at first, she later found that, apart from forcing her to do things that she thought were impossible, he was not as scary as she had imagined. And for some reason, Nakamura Kiri seemed to be very popular with animals, not just cats and dogs, but sometimes even wild birds would fly to him. Isn't there a saying that people who like small animals have purer hearts?

But that's not right. It seems that Nakamura Kiri is only liked by the animals, but he always has a look of disgust on his face. However, Goto Ichiri noticed that he never drove them away.

Nakamura Mine was teaching her guitar. At first, she only learned because she was asked to. But ever since Nakamura Kiri told her a story about a socially anxious girl who made many like-minded friends through guitar, she became more and more fascinated by it. In addition, she saw an interview with a band on TV not long ago, in which someone said that even a lonely person can shine in a band.

She wanted to be that person, too.

So recently, whenever she has time, Goto Ichiri will practice guitar on her own. Her father seems to be very happy about this because her father also played in a band.

However, she secretly asked her mother, and it seemed that her father had no fame at all at the beginning. In the end, it was her mother who threatened to break up with her father to work seriously.

Goto Ichiri still couldn't help but ask Nakamura Kiri if they could be called friends. She was very nervous when she asked, and she regretted it and wanted to apologize directly. However, Nakamura Kiri gave her a song after being stunned for a moment, and said that they would be friends after she could sing it completely on the guitar.

After taking it with some bewilderment, Goto Ichiri looked at the lyrics and music score at home. She didn't know why she always felt that the lyrics of the song were very familiar, as if they were tailor-made for her, or it would not be an exaggeration to say that they were written by her herself.

This made her feel happy but also a little troubled, because Nakamura Kiri asked her to be able to play and sing on her own. She was practicing playing the instrument hard, and as long as she could complete the performance, it didn't matter if she didn't play it well. However, singing was somewhat difficult for her. Not to mention singing in front of people, even when she was alone, she felt ashamed because singing sounded like she was talking about her own business.

But in order to truly get out of the lonely world where she was alone, she still tried very hard to overcome it.

She said before that she practiced in her free time, but in fact, unless Nakamura Kiri called her, she was basically free at home except for eating and sleeping, so she seemed to be improving very quickly.

But this is what she thinks. Nakamura Kiri said that after practicing for such a long time, he can already play many songs easily. I don't know whether it is true or not.

Chapter 156 The First

Goto Ichiri secretly thought that the other party must be bragging, but in the end he was caught on the spot and "punished".

"Then take your time and have fun. Just treat this place as your own room, hehe~" Goto Michiyo smiled as she walked out of the room and slowly closed the door. The expression on her face always made people wonder if there was any deeper meaning in her words.

"Well, um, then I'll start?" Seeing his mother leaving, Goto Ichiri said nervously while holding the electric guitar.

"Wait a moment." Nakamura Mine stopped Goto Ichiri who had just finished getting ready. Instead, he slowly stood up and walked to the door and opened it. Sure enough, as he suspected, Goto Michiyo had not left at all and was eavesdropping outside the door.

"Auntie, why don't you come in and listen? You can't hear clearly if you stay outside."

"No, no, no, ahaha~ I just had a cramp in my leg, so I squatted here for a while. Well, it's okay now. You guys continue, you guys continue..." Goto Michiyo, who was caught eavesdropping, naturally didn't have the face to stay any longer, so she ran downstairs smiling.

Nakamura Mine then closed the door again, although he sincerely wanted to invite the other party to listen to his daughter's first performance in public.

"Okay, please start your performance."

Sitting cross-legged on the tatami, Nakamura Mine signaled Goto Ichiri that he could begin.

Goto Ichiri, whose rhythm was disrupted, was unable to recover her state for a while. After hearing Nakamura Mine's voice, she seemed a little flustered. Seeing her like this, Nakamura Mine asked a question that was off topic for no reason.

"Let me ask you, Yili, is loneliness a terrible thing?"

"Eh?"

"Yeah." After hearing the question, Goto Ichiri couldn't help but tighten her hands around the guitar, and finally gave an affirmative answer. She didn't know why Nakamura Kiri suddenly asked her this, but she believed that she knew the answer to this question.

"..."

“I used to think that I wasn’t afraid of loneliness, and that I could live better than anyone else even if I was alone. But now I know that it was only because I never had those things before.”

After meeting the End Band and the light music club, and after meeting Goto Ichiri, Nakamura Mine has unknowingly become a guy who is afraid of loneliness.

But he suddenly asked this question, not knowing it was because of himself, and of course, not because of Goto Ichiri, but because of the "brother" who was still waiting for him to return home.

But he was not going back, and he had no intention of saying goodbye, because he didn't know what to say. However, he had already taken the identification gift away without permission.

After hearing what Nakamura Mine said, Goto Ichiri was no longer as nervous as before, because she knew that even someone like Nakamura Mine who seemed omnipotent had the same fears as her. Just thinking about this, it seemed that courage continued to surge from her heart.

"Then please listen."

The fingers that had been wounded many times in these days began to pluck the strings. The sound was immature and not smooth enough, and was completely not on the same level as her future self. However, Nakamura Mine found it very interesting. His clumsy and hard-working appearance made him want to record it as a souvenir.

[Dreaming of standing in the center of the stage]

【Winner flowers oops oops】

[Waking up is just a dream, loneliness has not changed]

[Struggling with socializing and dressing up in four seasons]

【Try to give up the desire gap】

......

With a trembling voice, to be honest, except for the little songs that Goto Ichiri made up, this was the first time that Nakamura Mine heard him sing seriously.

Although I was nervous and had to check my singing skills, it surprisingly sounded pretty good.

[Independent on the surface of the blue planet]

[All kinds of sounds are ringing in my ears]

[The Earth has been rotating alone for billions of years]

[Even just for a moment]

So listen.

[Here, here, I am alone here]

......

Nakamura Mine clapped his hands on the tatami to help Goto Ichiri keep the rhythm and thought that if Goto Ichiri knew that the lyrics were originally written by her, she probably wouldn't be able to sing a single word.

[I am clumsy and ignorant and just want to sing out loud]

【Take up the courage to tell your dreams to the stars】

"hu~hu~"

"Well!"

When she was singing, her whole concentration was focused on playing and singing, so she had no time to think too much. Now that it was over, Goto Ichiri's face quickly turned red, and she huddled up into a ball, not daring to raise her head.

(It’s over, it’s over. This must be terrible. I’m so embarrassed. I really want to disappear…)

Bang bang bang~

Hearing the applause, Goto Ichiri finally raised his head, only to see a warm smile he had never seen on the other person's face before.

"Isn't this well done? Is he a genius?" Nakamura Mine praised, but in his heart he still felt regretful for not recording it to use as a threat.

"..."

"Hey~hehe~actually not......"

(Say more! Praise me more!)

"One mile." Nakamura Mine suddenly became serious again

"Oh, yes! I'm sorry, I was so happy that I forgot..."

"Can I be your first friend?"

Goto Ichiri opened her eyes wide, her brain didn't understand what Nakamura Mine had just said. She just stared at him blankly, a little afraid that she might be hallucinating.

"What?"

"I was wondering if Goto Ichiri's first friend's position could be given to me?"

"C-can it?"

"It's really strange. I'm the one asking you, but you're asking me instead?" Nakamura Mine said with a smile.

"You just have to say yes."

"Of course! Of course!"

(Friends...I...)

[Goto Ichiri's past simulation is about to end. Will the host choose to leave immediately? 】

"Well, as a reward to congratulate you on making your first friend, I'll give you a surprise." Nakamura Mine suddenly spoke and brought Goto Ichiri, who was immersed in joy, back to reality.

"surprise?"

"Well, close your eyes and count down ten seconds."

Although he was still a little overwhelmed, Goto Ichiri still obediently closed his eyes and started counting down.

"Ten, nine, eight, seven..."

When Goto Ichiri counted to three, Nakamura Mine slowly placed his hand on the other person's head and said in a somewhat blaming tone:

"Don't believe everything others say immediately."

"Two, one."

(So ​​beautiful.)

When Goto Ichiri opened his eyes again, he saw the dots of light that appeared as Nakamura-mine disappeared.

Chapter 157 Return

"Pochi-chan, you can already open your eyes and play, that's amazing!" Hiroi Kikuri put down the bass in her hand and put her arm around Goto Ichiri's shoulder in a very familiar manner. If the latter hadn't shown that frightened rabbit-like reaction, others might have really thought that these two people with completely different styles had a very good relationship.

“Thank you very much for the compliment…”

"Ahaha, why are you so polite? Aren't we friends?"

(friend......)

Speaking of friends, Goto Ichiri couldn't help but think of the long dream she had last night. The dream was so real that when she opened her eyes, she was a little unsure which world was reality.

She has been feeling very uncomfortable recently. When she goes to school in the morning, she can't help but open the door of Nakamura Mine's house first, but in the end she still has to get on the train alone.

In the past, the time on the way to and from school was the time she looked forward to the most, because Nakamura Mine would always bring up many topics to share with her, but now it has become a torment. At school, during extracurricular time, Kita Ikuyo would sometimes come to her to learn guitar, which made her somewhat happy, but she was also concerned about whether Kita Ikuyo’s friends would have prejudices against her, such as whether they would say something like “Who is that guy? How can he play with the great Kita-sama?” in private.

If it was just her, it would be fine, but Goto Ichiri was very afraid that Kita Ikuyo's reputation would be affected because of her. Although Kita Ikuyo herself said that there was no such thing, she still couldn't help but think about it.

She didn't have this worry when she was in junior high school with Nakamura Mine, because the other party's reputation was about the same as hers, and when put together, it was a positive thing.

Although the time spent working and practicing at Fanxing after school was enjoyable, she also felt more uneasy without Nakamura Mine. She understood that this was the result of her over-dependence on him in daily life. She had vaguely sensed it before, but it was never as obvious as it was now.

So, she mustered up her courage and ran to Shinjuku alone to find the drunkard who could fully express himself on the stage.

After she told the other party what happened, Hiroi Kikuri seemed to understand her unexpectedly, and then she grabbed her and ran to the street to play. However, she didn't quite understand what she said, such as "Nakamura Mine is the alcohol of Bochi-chan".

But the result is good after all. Now she is a woman who can open one eye in public. She is very satisfied with the result of her practice, even a little proud of it. She has already started thinking about how to show off to Nakamura Feng when he comes back.

However, the dream she had last night really concerned her. In the dream, she spent a junior high school life that was completely different from her memory. However, the person who claimed to be Nakamura Kiri in the dream, no matter from the personality or appearance, was definitely Afeng, right?

(Could it be that I had this dream because we haven’t seen each other for several days…)

Thinking of this, Goto Ichiri instantly felt a sense of shame that was a hundred times stronger than when he was being watched while performing. He didn't even bother to get hot on his face and fainted.

"Eh? Little Pochi? Ehhhhh!!!???"

Hiroi Kikuri was so frightened by Goto Ichiri's sudden collapse that she sobered up and hurriedly sent her back to Fanxing. However, she was severely scolded by Ijichi Hoshika. She had never been scolded so unfairly before, because she basically deserved the scolding in the past, but this time she was really wronged.

[This simulation is over, the total score is 426, evaluation: Your mission seems to be going quite smoothly, but did you also escape from something? ]

[Obtained 3400 points, obtained the skill: Guitar lv5. ]

"Phew~ It's finally over."

Fell headfirst onto the familiar little bed, but Nakamura Mine didn't feel like he was back to reality. Perhaps it was because the simulated world was too real, or perhaps no matter which world it was, it was just a simulation to him.

He took out Yamada Ryo's pick and the photo of the Nakamura family from his pocket, looked at them for a long time, sighed softly, and put them under his pillow.