Tokyo: The evil god doesn't want to be the top star

He typed quickly on the keyboard, and while his memory was still clear, he entered the poem that Kana Manshima recited in his dream into the search engine.

"Found it... the lyrics... finally found it..."

Looking at the displayed search results, Xia Fan excitedly pounded the table.

"Finish the lyrics now, we'll definitely be in time for the finals!"

He opened the music synthesis software with familiarity, his hands turned into afterimages, and he quickly wrote...

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Chapter 176 Final Day

2024-07-13

a few days later.

When the cherry blossoms were almost gone, the Tokyo University of the Arts campus singing competition finally arrived at the final day.

After the last round of eliminations, individual matches and team matches, only three groups of players advanced each.

Therefore, there will be a total of six performances on the day of the final, and the total duration will not exceed two hours. In addition, without the "relatives and friends" of the eliminated contestants watching, the number of spectators at this time of year in previous years would be less than the previous round.

But this year, thanks to the publicity and careful preparation of "a certain official organization", the performances of the contestants in the first two rounds were also very exciting, and even the guest singers rose to the level of "top girl group" and "popular newcomer"...

This annual competition has become a popular event among Tokyo university students.

As soon as the designated entry time arrived, the audience who had been queuing outside the stadium began to enter one after another.

"Xia Jun, have you thought of the name of this song?"

In the waiting area, Horie Tsubasa took out a makeup mirror and carefully applied lipstick.

She was wearing a standard long skirt school uniform today, but the S-shaped curve outlined by her broad chest and slender waist was still very tempting.

"The name... I don't have the right to name it, so let's just call it "Song"."

Xia Fan, who entered the venue pushing an electronic keyboard, hesitated for a moment and confirmed with her.

It took him several days to translate the foreign poem and finish writing the lyrics for Kana Manshima's song. He didn't even have the time to think of, nor was he qualified to name the song.

Fortunately, this foreign poem has a simple translation that can be borrowed...

"Song".

"As expected of a genius music producer, the naming is really random..."

"How do you like my makeup today?"

Horie Tsubasa walked up to Xia Fan naturally and asked softly.

"Yeah, it's big... No, I mean, it's beautiful."

His eyes swept across the other person's exaggerated body curves, and Xia Fan nodded sincerely.

"Hehe, although it's not very polite, I'll take it as a compliment."

"I didn't expect that after becoming famous for playing the villain in a BL drama, you would still show up and participate in such a low-brow campus competition."

"Aren't you afraid that those drama fans will come to the scene and eat you alive?"

Glancing at Xia Fan with a reproachful look, Horie Tsubasa said softly with a teasing tone.

"It's just a small cameo role, it's not that exaggerated."

"I've registered and made it to the finals..."

"I promised to participate in the competition with you before, so I can't break my promise."

As he spoke, Xia Fan looked towards the outfield...

He breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that no one in the packed auditorium was holding up their own light sign.

Since the final episode of the web drama "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword" was released, the role he played, Kazama Manye, has received great attention.

The basic information of the actor Xia Fan himself also began to spread on the Internet, and even many "paid face-swapping videos" of him, Shirakawa Rika, and Sakamoto Shu were circulated through gray channels...

There may be a few fans of the original novel coming to support today’s finals, but there shouldn’t be anything too exaggerated.

"Dear audience, next is the group competition. For the first group of contestants, let us invite the handsome men and beautiful women who will rock the whole place, the Cheng Band! ! ! ! "

From the outside, the host's deliberately drawn-out shout was heard.

"Oh, is it time for Senior Hatchet to take the stage?"

Xia Fan looked towards the stage curiously.

"Ivy Batty, this is the Makoto Band, I'm the lead singer Makoto Shibata..."

"Would you please let me see your hands!!!"

Carrying a guitar and dressed in rock clothes, Makoto Shibata and his band "Makoto Band" stood passionately in the center of the stage.

Compared with the previous round, his stage presence was more relaxed, his words were more powerful, and his sunny appearance immediately drew applause from the audience.

"What we bring today is the classic rock song, 'Never Stop Rain'!"

"I am walking in the rain, with no destination..."

"The rain wets my wounded body, entangles the frozen noise, until I can forget your love..."

Perhaps, the money invested in Horikoshi Academy had an effect...

Or maybe it was the finals that triggered the crazy secretion of adrenaline...

Makoto Shibata was in exceptionally good form today.

As the lead singer, not only has his singing skills improved significantly, but the emotions in his singing are also very much on point, which has also boosted the performance of other members of "Cheng Band".

When the song reached its climax, many audience members in the entire stadium couldn't help but sing along with him to this popular classic rock song.

"The audience response to today's performance was quite good."

"Looking at the judges' reactions, the score shouldn't be low, it's a sure thing!"

After the performance, the members of "Cheng Band" left the stage with excitement on their faces and warm applause.

Unlike the previous rounds, the scores for the final will not be given immediately, but will be announced after the three groups of contestants have completed their performances.

"It feels pretty good... Champion, it's ok, no problem..."

Walking in the exit passage, the excitement on Shibata Makoto's face had not yet faded.

For this performance, we asked a teacher from Horikoshi Gakuen to help us design and practice every word, every movement, and even the guitar playing.

It just so happened that he was in very good shape today, and his performance on the stage just now was exceptional, with the results being better than any of his rehearsals.

Outside the passage, the next two groups of contestants were already waiting backstage.

"Hey……"

When he noticed two of them, the joy in Shibata Makoto's eyes disappeared.

It was Horie Tsubasa and Xia Fan who were wearing the same school uniform as the promotional poster.

It's obviously just an ordinary school uniform, but when set off by a bunch of exaggerated performance costumes, it achieves the effect of a couple's outfit.

"Senior Chaidao, the performance just now sounded great!"

Noticing that the other person was looking at him, Xia Fan made a "ROCK" gesture from a distance.

Of course, he also heard the reactions and singing from the outside field just now in the backfield.

"You guys will be the next ones to appear, right?"

Shibata Makoto clenched his back teeth and forced out a warm smile.

“Good luck with the show.”

After giving an insincere "blessing", he left the backstage with the members of "Cheng Band".

"It's really rare that Senior Chai Dao didn't correct me or say anything harsh..."

"On the contrary, it makes people feel that they are not used to it."

Xia Fan stared blankly in the direction where Shibata Makoto left.

"You keep calling people by the wrong names on purpose. You really have a bad heart..."

"Don't worry about that kind of people. It's our turn to wait."

Horie Tsubasa tugged at the corner of his clothes and walked towards the waiting passage.

"...Next, we welcome the very popular and extremely sweet group, the "Broken Wings Descending to Earth"!"

After the host made the announcement, the audience began to get excited.

"Broken wings and descending to the earth! Broken wings and descending to the earth! Broken wings and descending to the earth!"

Many audience members who looked like students shouted excitedly.

The duo's first two stage performances have already been viewed over a million times, and they are already quite popular among college students in Tokyo.

Many of today's audiences, in addition to students from Tokyo University of the Arts, include college students who traveled an hour or two to come and see the live performance.

Chapter 177 Manshima Kana's Song

2024-07-13

"Come on! I came here hungry today, so I'm going to eat some food!"

"Come on, I've been abused twice, and now I'm a qualified single dog!"

Amidst all kinds of meaningless shouts, Xia Fan and Horie Tsubasa walked onto the stage.

“Thanks to everyone’s support, we were able to make it to the finals.”

"I'm the lead singer, Horie Tsubasa."

Horie Tsubasa walked to the center of the stage and bowed.

"Keyboard player, Xia Fan..."

During this period, Xia Fan quickly adjusted the electronic keyboard and turned the microphone towards himself.

"Today, we bring you..."

Unlike the previous programs, he was responsible for the opening remarks in the latter part this time.

But before Xia Fan could finish his words, dozens of light boards suddenly stood up in unison below the stage.

"Xia Fan! Xia Fan! Xia Fan!"

"Brother Xia Fan, I love you!!!"

"Master Fengjian, please take me away!"

Dozens of women of different ages held up signs with unclear meanings such as "Xia Fan is extremely handsome", "Young Master Feng Jian is beautiful, strong and miserable", "A beautiful boy once in four thousand years", and screamed...

"Hey, where did these women come from..."

"I heard that Xia Fan recently made a guest appearance in a web drama. These should be... fans?"

"But it's not too much of an exaggeration that fans of the drama would follow the show to a campus singing competition..."

This sudden and overly enthusiastic support caused the students of Tokyo University of the Arts and nearby universities who were cheering for "Broken Wings" to fall into silence.

"No matter where they come from, the opportunity to meet big sister is urgent..."

"Xia Fan, come on, Xia Fan, I love you!"

While they were discussing, the boys who were quicker to react had already shouted the same slogan and squeezed into the group of girls with blushing faces...

"Miss, are you also a fan of Xia Fan? What a coincidence, I am too. Can you add my contact information?"

"Wait, I... look at me... Not only have I always been a fan of Xia Fan's dad, but I'm also in the same department as him. We often meet in the cafeteria, and I know a lot of secrets!"

"These shameless bastards... didn't even wait for me... Xia Fan, Xia Fan, my beautiful boy!"

The rest of the male students who realized what was happening could no longer sit still. They shouted slogans and struggled to squeeze towards the girls.

Due to various reasons, the entire stadium was filled with the name "Xia Fan" for a while, and the flow of people in the audience seats began to become extremely chaotic.

“This…what’s going on…”