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

This made Akimoto Manjiro not know for a moment whether he should pray for the international trainee team to win or lose.

"Why are you hesitating? It's not something I can intervene in now. Let God decide."

He suddenly smiled with relief.

In less than three minutes, the performance will be over and the scoring phase will begin.

Without any prior arrangements and no time for "on-site intervention", Manjiro Akimoto could only wait for the outcome of this game.

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Chapter 262 Relay Chorus

2024-07-13

In the studio, Xia Fan's team was in a stable state and performed well. The melody of the song accelerated from the deep affection of reluctance to the prayer of exhaustion...

"The chorus that will decide the outcome is about to begin..."

"Will you lower the key this time, like in the rehearsal?"

The moment Xia Fan walked to the center of the stage, the four mentors couldn't help but straighten their backs and their eyes became focused...

"I will be your man, never let you go, never leave you again, just whisper my name, I can't live without you..."

However, the one who sang the first sentence of the climax was not Xia Fan in the middle, but Ken on the other side.

“No key down…”

"Did you watch your opponent's rehearsal and temporarily change to the original key out of a desire to win?"

Listening carefully, Oda Zheng showed a surprised look.

"If the key is not lowered, with the level of those trainees, they won't be able to sing the highest two lines."

Goro Kimura secretly sweated.

"It's a stupid decision. Instead of forcing the notes to break, it's better to just lower the key and keep the integrity of the performance."

Yayoi Tsuki shook her head indifferently.

During yesterday's rehearsal, everyone saw the vocal range and singing skills of several people. It is simply impossible to overcome the limitations of physiological structure in less than 24 hours.

In this sentence, it can be seen that Ken is singing very reluctantly, and his vocal cords are squeezed.

According to the instructors' prediction, as the tone of the next sentence rises, his voice will break...

Unexpectedly, Ken, who had just sung the first half of the song, suddenly put down the microphone.

"... Let me hold you in my arms once more. I won't leave you alone again, darling. I just pray!"

Xia Fan, who was standing in the middle, lowered his head and sang with force, a high note like a mountain breeze passing through a valley coming out of his throat, and then he sang the second half of the sentence.

His high-pitched voice, which was filled with strong desire and regret, seemed to have transformed into a pair of invisible ghost hands, sweeping through the air...

"What, take over the singing?!"

"The key seems to be slightly higher than the original key... the emotions are stronger..."

The instructors closest to the scene felt as if their scalps were scratched and got goose bumps all over their bodies!

"Wow...what an amazing high note..."

"Who said our Xia Fan is 'all emotion and no technique'? Is this high note fake?!"

It was the first time to hear Xia Fan sing high notes on a live stage at such a close distance, and the audience exclaimed in amazement.

"They knew Ken couldn't sing it, so they gave the highest line in this section to Xia Fan?"

"But what about the other people's parts? Sid and Ahmed can't even sing."

The expressions of the mentors in front of the stage were even more incredulous than those of the audience.

Having watched the rehearsal, they were not surprised by Xia Fan's high notes...

"Wait, this way of singing, does Xia Fan want to..."

Rather, it was because his unreasonable and overly fragmented way of singing at this moment made the mentors come up with some even more unreasonable guesses.

"You're always in my heart, in my mind, that girl is always in my mind."

"Almighty Lord, listen to me. I cry for her every night. I promise you that I am a good man and will never let her leave again..."

Amid the rapping that was so fast that sparks flew everywhere, Sid picked up the microphone under the anxious looks of his mentors...

"Please, give me one last chance..."

He used all his life's skills from "ten years of practice" to sing the first half of this paragraph in a roaring voice...

"Not lowering the key is really too much of a stretch..."

Oda sighed in disappointment.

Although this state is still in the original key, the breath is exhausted, the vocal cords are stiff, and the high-pitched resonance channel has completely collapsed...

"No, it's not over yet!"

Noticing that Sid put down the microphone without any panic, Yayoi Tsuki's mouth trembled slightly and her eyes became surprised and happy.

“…Please, come back to me again!!!”

Because, Xia Fan, who was beside him, raised the scale again and sang the second half of the sentence with a touching dolphin sound.

"He looks so relaxed even though it's such a high note. I remember the guy named An Ziyao from the previous team lost control of his facial expression when he was singing the high notes before?"

"I feel like Kazama-sama's high notes touched my soul!"

"Xia Fan, I'm not leaving. I'm always by your side!"

The audience didn’t think there was anything wrong with this kind of “relay singing” and continued to be impressed by Xia Fan’s gorgeous high notes.

"Don't leave me alone, I can't breathe anymore. I will hold you tight and I will pray to the sky."

"The Almighty Lord heard my prayer and gave her back to me, a weak lost lamb, until I heard the sad words."

"If God really exists, I will change everything about me, including your negative attitude, and correct my bad habit of praying only at this time."

In between choruses, Martin and his two companions took advantage of the situation to intersperse rap, leaving the lead singers some breathing space.

"They deceived the audience by singing in seemingly identical harmony, and used Xia Fan's high notes to make up for his teammates' shortcomings. Although it was a trick, it was a very spirited collaboration..."

Coming back to his senses from the frequent but extremely amazing high notes just now, Goro Kimura's eyes were slightly moist.

For him, who has been in boy bands for many years, the way of singing along just now was not unexpected, but it was almost impossible to perform.

Because, whether it is a temporary team of trainees in front of us or a formally debuted boy group, the members are competing internally all the time.

For Xia Fan, singing high notes to fill in for his teammates was a thankless task, and it would waste his breath and affect his original part.

From the perspective of several other people, they are unwilling to let others fill in this part, which would expose the shortcomings of their own vocal range in disguise.

This kind of relay-race-like chorus can only occur when all members are selfless and trust each other.

"I will be your man, I will never let you go, I will never leave you, please call my name!"

"I can't live without you. Let me hold you in my arms once again. I won't leave you alone again!"

With the attention of the people on and off the stage focused, Ken started the second cycle of the chorus with his magnetic voice.

The vocal range in this section is just within his baritone comfort zone, and it looks quite good.

"Honey, I just prayed!"

"I always pray from the bottom of my heart, sincerely..."

"In that dark sky, I don't know, I can only say my prayers for you!"

The song changed from low to high, and Xia Fan once again walked out from the crowd of dancers, and as usual, he performed a large part of the high notes by himself.

"This pervert... not only has his high notes improved... his vocal skills have also improved significantly..."

"I just finished dancing for a while, and I'm still breathing hard... Don't you have endless energy?"

Listening to Xia Fan's rich and heartfelt singing, Yayoi Yue couldn't help but be moved.

As she was experienced on stage, she could naturally see that although the other people sang less than Xia Fan and were responsible for simpler parts, they were still slightly out of breath when dancing together.

On the contrary, Xia Fan, who was responsible for the high notes alone, can still contribute such a stable singing voice with ease. The difference in physical strength is extremely large.

Chapter 263 Xia Fan took a deep breath

2024-07-13

The moment Xia Fan finished singing, the stage went from bright to dark, and white smoke gushed out of the dry ice machine...

When the lights came on again, the four singers were already half-kneeling, forming a circle in the center of the stage filled with white mist.

“So handsome!!!!”

“Here it comes, the most classic part!!!”

This immediately caused the commotion that the audience was expecting.

"The little climax just now can rely on Xia Fan's personal ability to cover up the truth by singing..."

"However, Xia Fan will definitely not be able to make it in time for the last section, and he will not be able to help them pick up the pieces."

Oda was standing with his arms folded across his chest, looking like he was enjoying a good show.

In this section, there are four lead singers, and each of them has only one long high note, and they must sing in turns without a break.

In his opinion, no matter how good Xia Fan's high notes were, he would have no chance to take over for his teammates in terms of breath, timing and word segmentation.

"Dear, I pray!"

Half-kneeling on one knee in the middle, Xia Fan, with eyes like bright stars, faced the stage, picked up the microphone, and sang a long high note that lasted for a full six seconds.

The passionate song is filled with sincere prayers, just like a believer who is shouting at the top of his lungs to exchange his life for his lover...

"What a strong high note, at least E6, higher than the original... Too bad, it's a mistake to be too high..."

Immersed in this shocking high note, Oda Masaru's eyes were full of complexity.

"This idiot who's showing off his skills started singing higher than the original in the first line. How are the people who come after him supposed to sing?"

Yayoi Tsuki also looked anxious, and secretly grabbed the hem of her clothes with both hands under the table.

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The waiting area for local trainees.

After the first performance was over, the local trainees were gathered in front of the TV, watching this last performance in the studio.

"You must be kidding, this is at least ten shots of E6!"

Listening to Xia Fan's penetrating high notes on TV, a trainee who opened a scale test app and tuned in to the TV had an expression of disbelief on his face.

"How is this possible? Xia Fan is too exaggerated. His vocal range is so high and his aura is so strong?!"

"Hey, hey, you just said you were going to shut out these foreigners, what are you saying now?"

Everyone's eyes subconsciously fell on An Ziyao who was sitting in the corner.

"What are you looking at? Do you think our team will lose?"

"Can't you tell that he's singing in a higher pitch? Those rubbish teammates behind him either forced the pitch down or broke. This climax has been ruined!"

An Ziyao stared at Xia Fan in the close-up shot, who was still producing high notes and looking radiant, and said unyieldingly.

"I no longer expect you to come back, but I still shamelessly can't let go. This is my only instinct left. My eyes can't help but follow you..."

As Xia Fan's breath-taking high notes were terrifyingly long, the rap group led by Martin also began to output like a machine gun...

"Wait, this is..."

"What's going on? Why are you rapping..."

“…It’s become six people?!”

The local trainees were surprised to find that the three lead singers, who were originally judged to be "finished" by Kishi, also knelt down and lowered their heads to join in the rap.

However, amidst Xia Fan's stunning high notes, the rap of the six RAP members completely became background noise.

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