Love? Please allow me to simulate it first!

"Nonsense, I'm still full of energy." The store manager gave a terrifying smile that could increase his danger level dramatically.

"It's too cold. I'm too lazy to complain, uncle." Nakamura Mine rubbed his arms with both hands as if he was really cold again.

"Here's this, try it." The store manager unexpectedly took out a guitar bag from under the table.

Chapter 207: One Person

Looking at the acoustic guitar in his hand, Nakamura Mine looked at the store manager with a gradually strange expression.

(You look so big and strong, but you have this hobby? I am really blind.)

"What are you looking at? My daughter said, 'I want to see my dad playing guitar like the guy on TV!' So I tried to buy it, but I really don't understand it."

The store manager didn't feel ashamed at all. He imitated the daughter's voice and spoke those lines. His face showed that he wanted to show off. I don't know what the point of showing off his daughter to a high school student is.

(Well, he is still a daughter slave... No, this guy can actually find a wife?)

Looking at the wanted criminal-like face of the uncle in front of him, Nakamura Mine couldn't help but admire the other's wife in his heart. This is definitely true love.

"Okay, okay, anyway, it has come to this. If I really can't attract a customer, I will be embarrassed. Just leave it to me."

Nakamura Mine did not hesitate. He picked up his guitar and started playing and singing in front of the store. In order to attract customers, he chose songs that were popular ten years ago. We can only say that he really has to thank his memory after his intelligence has been improved.

“You can also order songs when you buy fruit!”

Nakamura Mine's guitar skills naturally attracted the attention of many passers-by. Coupled with his decent singing skills and young and handsome appearance, he really attracted many people to approach him. Although there were not many people who bought fruits just to order songs, there were still a few.

"Hehe, I've helped you attract more than one customer, uncle. I'll take this." Nakamura Mine proudly returned the guitar to the store manager, then walked to the door, picked up the cardboard box and prepared to leave without saying a word. However, after taking two steps, he felt the box in his hand sink. He looked down and saw a few more bags of fruits such as bananas and apples in the box.

"Consider this as your wages. I don't have any money." The store manager said with a frown.

"Tsundere...Tsundere is too inappropriate for you, isn't it?!"

"Get out of here!"

Nakamura Mine munched on bananas, which were the most susceptible to spoilage, and carried a box of fruit back to the downstairs of Ijichi's house. He chose a corner where few people would pass by and slowly fell asleep while thinking about his plan.

When he woke up in the morning, he felt sore all over, and his body started to crackle when he moved around a little.

In the morning, Nakamura Mine caught a handful of insects, and then used them as bribes to subdue a few sparrows as his accomplices. He first let them fly up and observe from the windows. The result of the observation was that there was only one child, Ijichi Hongxia, in the whole house. Although he didn't know the specific reason, this was good news for Nakamura Mine, but it was really bad news for little Hongxia who had just lost her mother. Of course, it did not rule out the possibility that Ijichi Xingge and their father just happened to be away. But after a few days of observation, Nakamura Mine only saw the man suspected to be Hongxia's father come hurriedly once, and then ran away in a hurry not long after staying.

Ichichi Hoshige never came back once.

(The store manager should still be in college at this time. Could he be renting a house outside?)

Nakamura Mine thought about it, but no matter what the reason was, the result was that Xiao Hongxia was now alone at home with no one caring about her.

"please."

He tore off a page with a few lines written on it from the notebook "borrowed" from the store manager, folded it, and let the little sparrow carry it to Xiao Hongxia's window. Speaking of which, he would go to the store manager's place to eat and drink whenever he had nothing to do these days, but he didn't eat for nothing. On the one hand, he helped to attract customers, and he also taught him the basics of guitar, although the progress was very slow.

The little sparrow kept knocking on the glass with its tiny beak, making a tapping sound, just like a woodpecker mistaking the glass for a tree hole. After a while, Nakamura Mine, who was watching downstairs, saw a pair of small hands gently push open the window, and then reached out to take the small note from the little sparrow's mouth. Nakamura Mine could still see the familiar golden hair.

Nine-year-old Ichichi Hongxia was awakened this morning by the sound of knocking on the glass. She rubbed her red and swollen eyes. This was because when she ate the many supermarket lunch boxes that her father had put in the refrigerator last night, she thought of her mother who would cook hot and delicious meals for her every day. She couldn't help crying for a long time alone. When she was tired of crying, she just lay on the bed and fell asleep.

Since her mother passed away, she seemed to have really become a different person. She was already nine years old and knew very well what death meant. Perhaps she would not think too much about it, but she knew that her beloved mother would never cook for her, sleep with her, or have someone tie her beautiful hair before going to school.

Her father was always at work, and her sister had completely ignored her since she went out to play some annoying rock music. She never came home, let alone play with her. But she could have tolerated all this because her mother was always with her, but now, she was truly alone.

Xiao Hongxia had just woken up and her consciousness was still a little unclear. After getting the note from Little Sparrow, she rubbed her eyes, opened it, and then looked at the two lines of words on it.

[Little girl, I am the legendary superhero, Durian Mask! I feel that you need help. Tell me your troubles and Durian Mask will help you! ]

"..."

After reading the words on the note, Xiao Hongxia fell into a brief silence. She was nine years old, not three or four. How could she be fooled by such a thing?

(But......)

Xiao Hongxia looked at the little sparrow who was still by the window and seemed to be waiting for her to hand her a note. She hesitated again. She secretly poked half of her head out of the window and looked down. Then she saw a person with a cardboard box on his head and making a strange pose.

(So ​​suspicious...)

Xiao Hongxia took out her phone and wanted to call the police, but after thinking it over, she gave up. Although it was suspicious, as long as she didn't go out and didn't open the door for the other party, there shouldn't be any danger. Besides, she was tired of being alone, which would only make her more paranoid. Although the person downstairs was a very suspicious person, if he just handed over a note...

Xiao Hongxia took out a pencil and wrote on her note paper.

【Is this little bird your pet? 】

He tore off the note and handed it to the little sparrow.

Chapter 208 Crybaby

"Huh? The focus is on this?" Nakamura Mine opened the note that Xiao Hongxia wrote to him. He thought he would see her confession or at least ask who she was, but he never thought that he would be outdone by a sparrow that only knew how to eat insects.

Nakamura Mine took out his pen and wrote again.

【This is my partner, Sparrow-kun. 】

After waiting for a while, Xiao Hongxia passed down another note.

[Is my older brother (uncle) a chuunibyou? 】

(I was mocked by elementary school students!)

【It's a superhero! 】

[The boys in our class sometimes say things like this.]

"..."

Nakamura Mine felt that there was no point in chatting today. How come the Hongxia when she was a child was completely different from the one he knew and was not cooperative at all?

【You are a child without dreams! 】

【Hongxia's dream is to become a civil servant and live a stable life. 】

[Good, good realistic kid... Don't you want to form a band or something? ]

[I hate bands!!! Hong Xia will never be interested in that kind of thing in her life!!!]

"Ha~"

Nakamura Mine couldn't help but chuckle. Well, it's true that nothing can escape the law of true fragrance.

For several days in a row, Nakamura Feng used this method of passing notes to get closer to Xiao Hongxia. Hongxia, who had been staying at home alone, seemed to have found her only fun. Waiting for the notes every day was what she looked forward to most.

Since Ijichi Kouka had been staying at home the whole time, Nakamura Mine thought it was a holiday or she had taken a long vacation. However, after he saw Kouka's father coming, he lay outside the door and eavesdropped and found that it was not the case. Kouka just didn't want to leave the house without permission, so the school had been in contact with her father, but they were too busy before, so as soon as he had time, he, the only parent now, rushed over.

"I don't want to!! I won't go to school! I don't want to go anywhere!! I will stay at home from now on!! I don't want to do anything!! Wuwu..."

"Hong, Hongxia..."

The man was in a panic and had no idea how to deal with the current situation. His wife had always been the one managing the household and raising the children on her own. As a father, he didn't even understand his daughters, let alone know how to comfort them.

Just as the situation was becoming more chaotic, a little sparrow flew over with a note in its beak. When Xiao Hongxia saw it, she sniffed, wiped away her tears with her sleeve, then carefully took the note and opened it. This had almost become her muscle memory.

[Ahaha! It turns out that Hongxia is a crybaby! ]

After seeing the contents of the note, Xiao Hongxia stopped crying immediately. Her face showed sadness and anger at the same time, which seemed very weird. However, her father was stunned.

Hmm? What happened? A sparrow flew over and gave his daughter a note, and then his daughter stopped crying? Is this a normal phenomenon when raising a child? He can't do this question!

Xiao Hongxia was just about to puff up her cheeks when she discovered there was a very small line of words at the bottom of the note.

[I'm going to teach your stupid sister a lesson, and then bring her back. ]

In fact, through the notes he exchanged with Xiao Hongxia in the past few days, Nakamura Mine had already obtained the information he wanted, such as the university that Ijichi Hoshika attended and the "live house" he mentioned. The reason why he has been waiting here all the time is that he is a little worried about Hongxia at this time, but now that her father is back, he doesn't have to worry too much for the time being.

He wanted to bring the cardboard box into the school, but was stopped by the security guard. Nakamura Mine held the box and entered the school under the strange look of the security guard. Fortunately, this university did not have any rules that required identity registration or a letter of introduction to enter.

Of course, it is not an easy task to find someone who is not too famous in a university. Nakamura Mine has asked several people about the name "Ijichi Hoshika", but no one has any impression of it. However, when it comes to classmates who play in bands, two people have some impression of him, but that's just an impression, nothing more.

As a result, after going around in a circle, Nakamura Feng found nothing. He had no choice but to turn his attention to some "live houses" around. Although he heard the names of two "live houses" from Xiao Hongxia, unfortunately, Xiao Hongxia was not sure whether she was right.

Nakamura Mine kept asking and searching, however, as if it was a curse, he met that guy again in the simulation, but what surprised Nakamura Mine was that his temperament was completely different from what he remembered.

The one who appeared in front of Nakamura Mine at this moment was the drunken angel of the future Shinjuku legend, Lady Hiroi Kikuri!

However, although Nakamura Mine could recognize at first glance that this person was undoubtedly Hiroi Kikuri from her appearance, it was really difficult for him to acknowledge the identity of the girl in front of him who was neatly dressed in a high school uniform, had two rustic pigtails, and looked timid.

(In just eight years, what on earth have you been through...)

Hiroi Kikuri, who was dressed as a high school student, was staring at the bass that looked very familiar to Nakamura Mine and was displayed behind the glass of the music store. She looked like she wanted it very much but was hesitant.

Nakamura Mine is very familiar with this kind of performance. This image is almost identical to Goto Ichiri. He definitely wants to go in and buy, but is hesitant because he doesn't want to be talked to by the clerk.

Seeing Hiroi Kikuri like this, Nakamura Mine finally understood why she was so optimistic about Goto Ichiri in the future. It was not just because of Goto Ichiri's own strength, but perhaps more because she saw her former self in Goto Ichiri.

(Wait, wait a minute... So, if things continue like this, Ichiri might become a drunkard in the future?)

Nakamura Mine imagined Goto Ichiri drinking all day and acting crazy in the future, and he suddenly felt an instinctive resistance. He decided in his heart that if Goto Ichiri showed any interest in alcohol in the future, he would nip it in the bud. You know, he used to be able to drink a thousand cups without getting drunk... Well, just pretend he didn't say anything.

"I say, if you want it so badly, just go in and buy it. Standing at the door all the time is not a good idea, right?"

"Ah! Huh?"

When she was in high school, Hiroi Kikuri seemed very flustered and her eyes were wandering around because a stranger suddenly spoke to her.

Chapter 209: Anyway, let’s try it first?

Seeing the boy suddenly talking to her while holding an empty cardboard box, Hiroi Kikuri, who was still thinking about whether to buy the bass she had always dreamed of in order to change herself, subconsciously wanted to find a place to hide. However, the geographical conditions did not allow it, and it would be too rude to run away directly, so she had to suppress her embarrassment and stuttered:

"Um, well, I haven't made up my mind yet."

"Hmm~?"

Looking at the young and shy Hiroi Kikuri in front of him, Nakamura Mine felt so excited that he forgot about his mission to find Ijichi Hoshika for a moment and instead wanted to play with Hiroi Kikuri first.

"What about determination... Even without that, you can still pick up a musical instrument, right?"

"Eh? But...if you keep that careless attitude, you'll definitely give up in the end..."

"Don't worry, who doesn't have a guitar that's gathering dust at home?"

"Forehead......"

Hiroi Kikuri was speechless for a moment. She thought the other party was going to say something to encourage her, but who would have thought that what the other party said was even more negative than her own.

"I'm just kidding, but compared to thinking about the future, current thoughts are obviously more valuable, right? Besides, how can you be sure of the future without even trying it out?" Nakamura Mine was not talking nonsense, he really thought so. After all, when he came to this world, he decided to focus on enjoying the present, even if it was not necessarily correct.

Hearing Nakamura Mine's serious words, Hiroi Kikuri was obviously shaken. Although the very strange person in front of her was really suspicious, she really couldn't help but agree with what he said. She even envied him for being so open-minded even though he looked younger than her.

(If I learn to play bass or even join a band, will I be able to become like this?)

"Then...I-I want it!"

"Ahhh!!!"

Just when she made up her mind and wanted to say that she wanted to give it a try, when the words were about to come out of her mouth, Nakamura Mine looked in a direction behind her and screamed strangely, then left her alone and ran away.

"Ah... um... ran away..."

Hiroi Kikuri raised her right hand towards the direction where Nakamura Mine left, unable to understand why the other party came and left so suddenly, but she soon turned her attention back to the bass.

(Okay! You can do it! Hiroi Kikuri!)

Hiroi Kikuri walked into the music store with what she thought was a calm but actually extremely stiff gait.

"Hello, is there anything you would like to recommend?"

“Wow wow wow wow!!!”

After leaving this guy who was about to go on the road of training his liver and never return, Nakamura Mine went first and screamed and left Hiroi Kikuri behind because he saw someone who looked very much like Ijichi Hoshika.

In other words, it was definitely her, except that she looked much younger and her hair wasn't as long as Future's. However, with her iconic golden ahoge and red eyes, Nakamura Mine was sure that he wouldn't make a mistake. Although the other person got on the bus with other people who looked like they were in a band just a moment later, he was very confident in his eyesight. It must be Ijichi Hoshika when she was still a college student.

What concerned Nakamura Mine was that he saw that Ijichi Hoshika was clearly chatting and laughing with her friends, but Nakamura Mine felt an unnatural and strange feeling. It was not the kind of unnaturalness that came from deliberately suppressing one's true feelings, but a more hazy feeling.

Nakamura Mine didn't know what it was, but he was very curious. He wanted to figure out under what circumstances a person could have such an expression.

"Well... there's nothing else to do... I can only continue looking in this direction."

Standing in front of the platform where Ijichi Hoshika got on the bus, Nakamura Mine knew that it was probably unrealistic to catch up with her, but fortunately he could look for the "live house" in the direction of the bus route, which at least allowed him to greatly reduce the scope.

After searching for more than two hours, Nakamura Mine finally arrived at the door of a "live house" called "Rainy". He had an impression of this name. If it was not a duplicate, then this should be the music bar that had produced many well-known bands and often had newcomers from large record companies come here.

"I think I heard from Sister Kikuri that the manager's previous band was very popular?"