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

One of the trainees raised his hand first, took out the lyrics, and started rapping without even waiting for the accompaniment.

Maybe he was too nervous to be stared at by Yayoi Tsuki so closely, maybe he was not good at rapping, or maybe he was not familiar with the lyrics and melody...

Compared with the original singer, the overall rap effect he presented can only be described as "awkward".

"This guy is a real warrior."

“It’s much harder to actually sing than it sounds.”

"I can't sing any more. Can I apply to sing the chorus with Teacher Yayoi..."

Listening to their teammate's lagging performance, the other trainees felt relieved, but at the same time, like office workers lining up for a job interview, they dispersed to corners and started to sharpen their swords before the battle by referring to the lyrics.

Most of the rap in "Villain" is spoken at a relatively fast pace, so in terms of the lyrics division, the faster the speaking speed, the more lyrics the person can get and the more opportunities to perform.

Therefore, regardless of whether they can grab a spot to dance with Yayoi Tsuki, they must show their best rap level.

"Are all rap songs filled with such ridiculous lyrics? It's like reading a light novel by a writer who habitually waters down the word count."

Like everyone else, Xia Fan squatted on the ground and read the lyrics carefully.

"Even if my tongue gets tied up from practicing, I have to keep doing it..."

Rap, an imported music, is a completely unfamiliar field for him.

"Forget about the rhythm for now, just treat it as reciting a text..."

Trying to imitate OG Kato's tone, Xia Fan spoke silently, trying to practice...

"I'm a person who speaks my mind. If I can't say what I want to say, my face will itch. Those troubles that have been following me since I was a child, maybe I can't do anything about it. This is me..."

Unlike the obscure and tongue-twisting lyrics he had imagined, as soon as he glanced at the lyrics, the words on it shot out of his mouth clearly and fluently at a terrifying speed...

In less than three seconds, he completed the opening rap "overspeed".

"Wait a minute...what's going on..."

"When did my mouth become so clever?"

Xia Fan was so scared that he covered his mouth.

At that moment, he felt that his mouth had turned into a Gatling machine gun with out-of-control fire, and without any brain control, it directly fired bullets called "language" madly.

"Could it be that this is the work of that [High Speed ​​Divine Word]?"

After a few seconds of silence, he thought he had found the answer.

As a gifted Dragon, he has been able to recite fluently since elementary school, but his speaking speed has not surpassed that of ordinary people.

Therefore, the only possibility is that one's mouth has been "blessed" by some god.

Because the description of [High-speed Divine Words] is "Your high-speed chanting can activate all the spells of the Age of Gods and the Human World", Xia Fan originally planned to "get" some spells from Jinguji Aoi after the program recording to test privately...

"Hey, why are rap lyrics also considered as 'spells'?!"

Unexpectedly, this protection activated itself during the show rehearsal.

"Except for reciting it a little faster than usual, it doesn't seem to have any 'supernatural effect'. Don't be nervous, even if the rap lyrics are judged as 'spells', they should be invalid spells..."

"Focus on the present and continue practicing."

Concentrating his mind, Xia Fan looked at the lyrics carefully, his lips moving silently...

With the blessing of [High-Speed ​​Divine Words], he found that he could accurately control his speech speed, intonation, syllables, ending sounds and breath. No matter how fast or slow he spoke, his pronunciation could remain exceptionally clear...

While deliberately controlling the speed, he recited the long, complex and difficult-to-read lyrics of "Villain" smoothly and fluently in less than a minute.

"No, there's nothing to be surprised about... After all, chanting a spell is a demanding task..."

But when he thought of some magicians in the animation, whose spells could turn from being effective against people into forbidden spells of destruction with just one wrong syllable, he suddenly felt that the abnormal language control ability of [High-Speech Divine Words] was extremely reasonable.

Xia Fan simply put on his headphones and listened to the original version, reciting the lyrics silently without distraction...

What he didn't notice was that with the speaking speed granted by [High-Speed ​​Divine Words], he had silently practiced five times in the time it took other trainees to "go through it once".

"Tsk tsk tsk, these guys' rap skills are even more embarrassing than expected..."

"Rather than calling it a singing audition, it's better to call it a 'primary school student text recitation competition'."

While Xia Fan was squatting in the corner practicing, Yayoi Tsuki, who was listening to the trainees lining up for audition, had veins bulging on his forehead.

According to her standards, the two trainees who auditioned earlier didn't even pass...

What they presented could only be considered "recitation" at best, and it was not even close to rap.

However, rap has a unique cultural atmosphere and is not in the same field as talent shows. We cannot expect trainees participating in idol talent shows to be proficient in this type of music.

Therefore, even though her ears were polluted by "low-quality rap", Yayoi Tsuki could only frown and continue to endure it.

"Yo, Watts-a-poo, has it started yet?"

At the same time, a short, fat man with a beard walked in carelessly...

Chapter 323 OG Kato

2024-07-13

"You are late..."

"Kato-san."

Seeing that man, Yayoi Tsuki, who was taking the test, greeted him seemingly indifferently, but the fox ears on top of her head began to move excitedly, as if she had seen reinforcements.

"What do you mean by late? I was called out of the blue to come to the rescue. I turned down several brand cooperation talks and rushed here immediately..."

Being accused first by Yayoi Tsuki, the man spread his hands helplessly in grievance.

He was wearing loose sportswear, a printed baseball cap, a few strings of metal ornaments around his neck, and his exposed left arm was tattooed with fish scales. He exuded a strong "hip-hop" vibe.

Behind the man, there were two photographers holding cameras and filming him carefully.

"Kato..."

"Is that OG Kato?!"

"Why is the original singer of "Villain" here?"

After hearing the conversation between the two and seeing the familiar man, the trainees looked at each other and exclaimed in surprise.

This man who exudes the atmosphere of hip-hop is another original singer and creator of "Villain", the top OG in the rap circle of District 11, Kato.

"Don't make a fuss. I invited Kato here."

"My ears have never been well, and I'm afraid that after being tortured by your low-quality rap, my hearing will be damaged again..."

"So, the word division, rehearsal and guidance of the rap part were completely handed over to him."

Without caring about the trainees' self-esteem, Yayoi Tsuki spoke the truth without any concealment.

But what she didn't say was that she was willing to owe a favor to the rapper for a collaborative song and temporarily invited the rapper to give her guidance. In fact, it was to maximize the stage effect and avoid dragging down someone's popularity ranking.

Although Kato was invited over on a whim and the program team was not informed in advance, having this rap mogul guest star on the show has great benefits in terms of increasing the professionalism of the stage and breaking the circle to attract traffic. The program team was naturally very happy to have him and even assigned a special photographer to follow the filming.

"What, OG Kato, come and teach us rap?"

"That is to say, the two original singers and writers of "Villain" are here to guide us in rehearsal. What kind of legendary lineup is this?"

"Although what you said was very hurtful, I have no problem accepting your personal guidance, even if your criticism is even more vicious!"

At this moment, all the trainees were so overjoyed at Kato's arrival that they had forgotten all about their self-esteem.

You know, Kato is a top rap artist, his status is not inferior to the four mentors of the show, and he is also very influential in the international rap world...

Moreover, he has always adhered to the "black cannon spirit" and has been active under the name of his own MCN. He is one of the very few top artists who is not controlled by capital consortiums. He usually ignores this kind of "sissy talent show".

Being able to receive his personal guidance is not only a very valuable life experience, but also ensures that the camera time in the final episode is absolutely guaranteed.

"Teacher Kato!!!"

"Hey, little brother Hirai..."

Outside the practice room, Shota Hirai ran in excitedly.

"I heard from the production team that you were coming to guest star, so my group's rehearsal was suspended, so I hurried over to say hello..."

"The last time we met was at a rap show, right? I heard you're doing pretty well lately?"

Shota Hirai, a rising star in the rap world, instantly turned into a little fanboy when facing Kato. He came up to him with crazy bows and then smoothly performed a series of handshakes and hugs.

You know, Kato was one of the mentors in the rap show where he made his debut.

"I'm so happy. I also want to be taught by Mr. Kato himself..."

"Since you've been paid to be a tutor, go back and do your job properly!"

After the two exchanged greetings for a while, under the urging of the teaching assistant, Hirai Shota reluctantly left the rehearsal room...

If he keeps skipping work, his team won't be able to rehearse.

"Ahem, let me make it clear in advance that I don't have time to stay here the whole time and waste your time..."

"I will get a general idea of ​​everyone's situation and decide on the participle."

"After each of you has been instructed individually, you can practice on your own. I will come back for inspection tomorrow afternoon."

After the "little incident" of driving away Shota Hirai, Kato consciously took over Yayoi Tsuki's job.

"Now, one by one, come to me and try singing individually. First, go through all the rap lyrics and get a feel for your level..."

He picked up the lyric sheet, cleared his throat, and pragmatically began to get straight to the point.

“It feels like the difficulty has increased.”

"What should I do? I'm even more nervous than before..."

The trainees finally woke up from the joy of Kato's "accidental joining" and realized the crueler truth...

Kato's standards for rap are countless levels higher than Yayoi Tsuki's, and the effort they need to put in to be "qualified" has also increased countless times.

"Then, I'll go first?"

"come on!"

In any case, in order to get guidance from Mr. Kato and to compete for the C position to dance with Yayoi Tsuki, they had no choice but to bite the bullet, rush to line up, and start singing awkwardly.

"No way at all. I don't know the lyrics and music. Let's go down and practice it first..."

"Well, the FLOW is OK, but the emotions and attitude are far from it."

"The pronunciation is too muddy. You can't just pursue speed!"

As the trainees came forward to sing one by one, OG Kato stared at the lyrics, his face gradually darkened...

"If this group of guys were a rap competition, they would have been eliminated in the auditions..."

He stole a glance at Yayoi Tsukishiro who was sitting by the wall...

The other person made a "rock" gesture to him, lowered his head and continued to write in his notebook.

"Why do I feel like I've been tricked by Yayoi?"

Jia Teng finally understood that this favor from Yayoi Tsuki was not something he could earn by just "showing up on the show" as he had thought before coming here.

"You're talking like a tractor? Faster!"

"This is just the beginning. Why do you have to add moans to your rap? Don't you exercise regularly?"

"Don't scream like a ghost at the top of your lungs. The stress and punctuation are all marked on the lyrics. Just take note of them."

But since he had already decided to guest-star on the show, Kato had to bring out 100% of his professionalism in order to prevent the performance, which he personally directed, from being so bad that it would damage his own label.

……

"Finally, is it almost over? This is really excruciating..."

"The last one, hurry up."

Half an hour later, Kato seemed to have gone through a mental torture. From being energetic when he first came, his face became full of fatigue.

"My name is Xia Fan. Please give me some advice, Mr. Kato..."

Xia Fan took the lyrics and came to Kato respectfully.

"The name doesn't matter, just start singing, SHOT ME!"

Rubbing his battered ears, Kato asked the teaching assistant to play the music again and signaled Xia Fan to "follow the procedure" quickly.