Problem Girls Strategy

Not to mention that this boyfriend likes guitar just like her, and he would cooperate with her and say some very cool conversations from time to time. He is also a great cook and has an impeccable appearance. He has a more stable personality than the boys in the class, and when chatting, his sky blue eyes always look at her with a gentle expression.

Sitting on the swing in the park, Goto Ichiri felt that Jiang Zao was simply the model of a perfect boyfriend. He opened his phone and habitually checked the number of subscribers to his "Guitar Hero" account: "Ah... the number of subscribers has exceeded 30,000."

"Let's go back. What should I talk about with Jiang Zao tomorrow?" Goto Ichiri racked her brains to think about what topic to talk about with Jiang Zao tomorrow to improve her boyfriend's favorability. She couldn't help but look forward to meeting him tomorrow at noon.

"Ah! Guitar!" A scream came from the roadside. A blond girl with a side ponytail and a red ribbon tied into a bow and a school bag on her back hurriedly crossed the railing and ran to Goto Ichiri and asked in an excited tone: "Is that a guitar on your back? Can you play it?"

"Um..." Goto Ichiri stood stiffly in place. Although during this period of time she was gradually able to talk normally with Jiang Zao and Gabriel who always came to the Countermeasures Department for lunch, that was only limited to these two people she was more familiar with. Now, when faced with a stranger talking to her, her brain immediately crashed and she was so nervous that she couldn't even speak.

"Ah, sorry to scare you." The girl smiled and introduced herself, "I'm Ichichi Hinikaka, a sophomore at Shimokitazawa High School."

"Ah... Goto Ichiri, a first-year student at Muten High School." Not daring to look the person in front of him in the face, Goto Ichiri tilted his head and spoke timidly.

"By the way, Ichiri-chan, how good are you at playing the guitar?"

Calling him by his name right away? Goto Ichiri was shocked. This person was the kind of social phobia that he was least good at dealing with.

"Well... just barely." Goto Ichiri, who was not good at lying, answered guiltily. Her intuition told her that if she answered truthfully, she would get into trouble.

"I see. Actually, I'm in a bit of trouble right now. It's okay if you don't want to..." Ichichi Hongxia said tangledly: "It's okay, but I'm still in trouble."

"It definitely doesn't look like there's no problem." Goto Ichiri thought to herself, and wanted to leave this place even more. However, she had social disabilities and was not good at rejecting others. Her legs seemed to be rooted in the ground beneath her feet and she couldn't lift them at all.

"Please!" Ijichi Hongxia put her hands together and bent over to beg, "Can you be our band's temporary guitarist for a day? We're about to perform, but the guy in charge of the guitar suddenly quit. As long as you can play, you can quickly master it. Please help!"

"Huh? Huh!" Goto Ichiri was stunned when she heard the word "band". The girl in front of her who looked shorter than her had actually formed a band, while she didn't even have a single person like her except Jiang Zao.

Seeing that the other party did not answer, Ijichi Hongxia assumed that he had agreed, and directly took Goto Ichiri's hand and said, "Thank you! We will go to the performance space right away."

I haven't said anything yet! Goto Ichiri was screaming inwardly when he was forcibly pulled away by Ijichi Kouka, whom he had just met.

Goto Ichiri, who was brought all the way to Shimokitazawa, had no choice but to follow behind Ijichi Kouka. Looking at the energetic back of the person walking in front of her, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

Hongxia is such a pretty girl. This is what a band girl looks like. In comparison, I'm wearing tacky sportswear, have a hunched back, and dark circles under my eyes...

The more Goto Ichiri thought about it, the less confident he became, and he began to have thoughts of backing out again.

"The performance space we are going to today is called STARRY, and my sister is the manager there." Ijichi Hongxia introduced to her temporary companion as they walked.

Goto Ichiri had already fallen into her daily fantasy of her first performance. In her fantasy, she was a rock star who could fill up the martial arts hall. When she thought of the packed martial arts hall, a gloomy and strange smile appeared on her face.

When Ijichi Hongxia saw her like this, she began to doubt whether she had found the wrong person, but since she had already brought the person here, she had no choice but to go ahead with it.

The two soon arrived at the stairs leading to STARRY. Looking at the flashing colorful sign with the store name and the dark passage leading down step by step, Goto Ichiri swallowed hard.

Is this... the path to the demon world?

"Save me!" Finally remembering that she also had a boyfriend, she sent a message to Jiang Zao and attached the address.

"Huh?" Jiang Zao, who returned home, saw this message and the attached address of Shimokitazawa, and realized that Goto Ichiri must have been pulled into the band by the archangel of Shimokitazawa - Ijichi Kouka.

This is a rare opportunity, and I must go and see the band's first performance and support them. Thinking of this, Jiang Zao immediately set off for STARRY.

Gabriel next door heard Jiang Zao go out and thought he was going out to buy groceries, so she continued playing her game, still thinking about waiting for him to have a meal at his house. Although this month's living expenses have been transferred, it is much less than at the beginning, so of course she would save wherever she can. Anyway, the takeout she ordered is not as delicious as Jiang Zao's, so why bother to spend money on it? Wouldn't it be better to eat at his house and save money to buy gold?

Goto Ichiri, who was a little at a loss when he arrived in a strange place, also met another member of the band, the bassist Yamada Ryo, through the introduction of Ijichi Kouka. She was an expressionless girl with short blue hair, a teardrop mole at the corner of her yellow left eye, and dressed in a more neutral style.

"Don't be fooled by the fact that Ryo isn't good at showing her facial expressions. If you tell me she's a weirdo, she'll be very happy."

"I won't be happy." Yamada Ryo smiled shyly.

No no, you look already very happy, Goto Ichiri complained in his heart.

After the three of them got to know each other a little, they walked into the recording studio together to practice well before the official performance. Goto Ichiri was also ready to perform well in front of the two of them. This time it was a pure music performance without a lead singer so the performance became even more important. She looked at the song and found it was not too difficult. As a guitar hero with 30,000 fans on the Internet, she was full of confidence at this moment.

Reality is always cruel. When the last piece of music ended, Ijichi Hongxia and Yamada Ryo looked at each other in silence. In the end, Hongxia complained: "You played it so badly."

"Poof" Yamada Ryo couldn't help but laughed out loud with his hands covering his mouth.

Goto Ichiri was hit hard and even began to doubt her own ability. She suddenly remembered that the band needed to cooperate with each other. She had always played alone in the closet, so naturally she had no habit and ability to cooperate with others. After realizing this, she said dejectedly: "Hello, I am a guitarist who is not even as good as Daphnia."

"Goto-san, please come out quickly. The official performance is about to begin." Ijichi Kouka said anxiously to Goto Ichisato who was curled up in a large barrel with the words "combustible waste" written on it.

"I...I can't do it!" Feeling that he could not cooperate with the two of them, Goto Ichiri was unwilling to come out.

"It's okay. We are a temporary band after all, and I'm not very proficient at playing the drums!"

"Hehe, I play the bass pretty well." Yamada Ryo said proudly.

“Is this the time to be proud?”

With Hongxia's comfort and Yamada Ryo's jokes, Goto Ichiri gradually calmed down, and received a message from Jiang Zao on his mobile phone: "I'm here, looking forward to your performance." Attached to it was a photo of STARRY's stage.

"I...I have decided to participate in the performance." Holding the hem of his clothes tightly with both hands, Goto Ichiri mustered up the courage to stand up and said in front of the two people's surprised eyes, and then changed the subject and became timid again: "But...but I am still afraid to perform in front of others and dare not face the eyes of the audience."

"If you're scared, how about playing in here?" Yamada Ryo took out a cardboard box with "Ripe Mango" written on it.

"Oh!" Goto Ichiri exclaimed as he swiftly crawled into the cardboard box. "It's exactly the same environment as when I usually perform. If this is the case, I can do it!"

When Jiang Zao, who had been waiting for a long time, saw the large cardboard box standing out of place on the stage, he just chuckled as he had expected it. It seemed that even if Goto Ichiri was with him and Gabriel during this period of time, he would not be able to face the audience's gaze for the time being.

"Hello everyone, we are the Ending Band! Today we are going to perform some familiar songs, please listen to our performance!" Ijichi Hongxia greeted the audience below the stage with a vibrant voice, then looked at Yamada Ryo and waved the drumsticks in his hand.

Although the three chose popular songs for their first performance, they made frequent mistakes due to lack of mutual understanding. The absence of a lead singer further magnified this shortcoming, causing many in the audience to shake their heads.

After the performance, Jiang Zao finally saw Goto Ichiri, who was slumped in a cardboard box and burned out, in the preparation room.

Chapter 8 Vinate: Eat My Trident

"Pochi-chan, congratulations on the successful completion of your first performance." Jiang Zao's voice made Goto Ichiri, who was sitting slumped in a cardboard box, shudder and crawl out of it.

"Wow, Goto-kun was resurrected." Ijichi Nichina showed an expression of disbelief. Who on earth is this boy?

"Hello, I'm Pochi...Ichiri's friend."

"I'm the drummer, Ichichi Hongxia."

"Bass, Yamada Ryo."

"By the way, Pochi-chan... is surprisingly suitable to be used to address Goto-san. Can we call him that, too?"

"Then you have to ask the person himself."

“Hehehe…” Goto Ichiri was immersed in happiness when he heard more people calling him by his nickname.

"It looks like he agrees." Ijichi Hongxia didn't understand why she was so happy to be called a nickname. Could it be the same principle as why Ryo was happy when others called him a weirdo?

"This is the cake I bought on the way. Congratulations on your successful performance on stage." Jiang Zao put the cake on the table and touched Goto Ichiri's little head: "Pochi-chan has worked very hard. Try to perform without hiding in a mango box next time."

"Okay." Goto Ichiri was a little depressed because she had to perform in the image of a cardboard box in front of her boyfriend and made many mistakes. But when Jiang Zao touched her head, her bad mood immediately disappeared without a trace.

"This guy is so amazing. He's using his superb skills to train Pochi-chan like a beast tamer." Yamada Ryo turned sideways and whispered to Hongxia.

"Don't talk so weirdly." Although Hongxia agreed with Liang's statement, she still had some opinions about her wording.

After the four of them finished eating the cake, Hongxia originally wanted to strike while the iron was hot and continue practicing for a while, but Pochi-chan's HP bar had reached the bottom and she just wanted to go home, and Yamada Ryo was also dozing off, so she had to give up and could only make an appointment with them to meet at STARRY after school tomorrow.

Jiang Zao sent Bochi-chan home and took out his phone to check the video of the band's first performance that he had recorded under the stage: "Hey, I can use this video to tease them in the future."

Jiang Zao returned to his apartment and looked at the unknown creature lying in front of his door. He pressed his aching head and said, "Gabriel, why are you lying at my door?"

"I'm starving to death." Gabriel said in a long tone full of resentment.

"I remember that your living expenses for this month have been transferred to me. Didn't you spend all the money on the game again?"

"I originally wanted to come to your house for a meal, but I didn't know you would come back so late."

"So you've been lying outside my house like this until now?"

"Yes, because you were not at home for unknown reasons, and I didn't have dinner, so I was too hungry to have any strength." Gabriel said righteously, as if she had done nothing wrong.

"Hey, just consider it my fault." Jiang Zao couldn't argue with Gabriel who had completely given up on saving face, so he bent down and picked her up: "The ground is so dirty, and you can still lie down. You don't act like a girl at all."

"Hmph, I'm an angel. I'm a beautiful being no matter what." Gabriel said proudly with his chest puffed out.

"Hmm?" Gabriel leaned in Jiang Zao's arms and sniffed, frowning and asking, "Why do you smell like perfume?"

You smell of her perfume, it's my nose that's guilty~

Jiang Zao almost sang it out loud, and then thought that it was probably because there were too many people watching the performance and he accidentally bumped into her: "I went to see Bochi-chan's first performance."

"Pochi-chan? Oh, the guy who plays the guitar."

"His name is Goto Ichiri. You've been in the Countermeasures Department watching us practice guitar. How come you can't even remember his name?"

If the atmosphere wasn't so suspicious when you were with her, why would I go to the Countermeasures Department every day to watch you practice!

Gabriel puffed up his cheeks and got a little angry: "It's too troublesome. I'd rather remember the names of the equipment in the game."

Throwing Gabriel onto the bed, Jiang Zao planned to cook noodles for this fallen angel.

"Be gentle to the angel, you guy." Gabriel muttered, turned over and lay on the bed, crossing her legs, feeling particularly comfortable.

Seeing Gabriel wearing only a sports jacket, her dazzling legs as smooth and flawless as white jade swaying back and forth, and the rolled-up hem of her clothes revealing an eye-catching curve as she swayed, Jiang Zao almost forgot that he was going to cook noodles. He bit the tip of his tongue lightly, and the pain brought him back to his senses, and he hurried into the kitchen.

What he didn't know was that after running into the kitchen, Gabriel, who seemed unaware, had a hint of pink on the tips of her fair ears. As an angel, how could she not notice Jiang Zao's burning eyes, like a big bad wolf staring at a little rabbit?

Gabriel, who has always regarded Jiang Zao as a good friend and recently even as a close friend who can support herself, also clearly realized at this moment that he is also a normal boy.

A trace of joy rose in her heart that she was not even aware of. Gabriel pretended to be calm, sat up and straightened her rolled-up hem.

"There's not much food left at home, so let's just have some noodles first." Although there was food in STARRY, those snacks and cakes were still not enough to fill a boy's stomach, so Jiang Zao also cooked a bowl of noodles for himself.

Gabriel kept a calm expression on her face and sat down at the dining table. Her rumbling stomach and the steaming, fragrant noodles made her quickly put what had just happened behind her. She picked up her chopsticks and slurped the noodles.

Seeing Gabriel start eating, Jiang Zao, who always helped her eat with rice, smiled, picked up his chopsticks and started eating noodles.

……

The next morning, curious about her friend's recent abnormal school behavior, Vinate arrived outside Gabriel's house early and happened to meet Jiang Zao who was pulling Gabriel out of her house with a resisting look on her face.

"Huh?" Vinate, who had never expected that Gabriel would be held by a boy's hand, had a confused look in her eyes, as if asking, "Who am I?"

"Vinate?!" Gabriel's voice suddenly rose several decibels. She didn't expect that Vinate would come to her for some reason.

"Gia ga ga... Gabriel..." A flash of lightning flashed through Vinate's mind. Thinking of a possibility, she raised her hand tremblingly and pointed at Jiang Zao: "You are not living with a boy, are you?"

"No way! Don't vilify someone's innocence out of thin air." Gabriel denied it immediately.

Are you kidding me? Living with Jiang Zao? Hmm...if you think about it carefully, it doesn't seem so bad.

Thinking that if they lived together, Jiang Zao would be able to help her with laundry, cooking, and cleaning, while she would just have to sit around and play games every day, Gabriel had to admit that she was a little moved.

"Then..." Vinate wanted to say something when a black, multi-legged creature with tentacles came into her sight and rushed towards her from Gabriel's room at an astonishing speed.

"Don't come over here!" Vinate, who was frightened by the cockroaches, screamed and raised the trident in her hand. The black lightning turned Gabriel's room and Xiaoqiang into ashes as the weapon was swung.

"Ah..." Gabriel didn't expect that Vinate suddenly used the power of the devil in front of Jiang Zao, and for a moment she didn't know how to explain to him.

After coming back to her senses, Vinate, with the devil's unique double horns on her head and a trident in her hand, looked at Jiang Zao with a dull look.

"Angel and devil, it's a wonder you two can be friends." Jiang Zao wiped the cold sweat from his head. Although he knew that Gabriel was too lazy to clean her room, he didn't expect that the room had become so crowded that cockroaches could grow in it. Fortunately, he didn't subconsciously include himself in the attack just now, otherwise he would have died.

"Huh?" Gabriel and Vinate were both confused. Why did Jiang Zao know their true identities?

"Didn't I tell you?" Jiang Zao pointed to his eyes and said, "I can vaguely see your hidden wings. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone."

"You should have told me about this at the beginning!" Gabriel thought about how she often took advantage of the fact that he didn't know she was an angel and used the angel's name to get him to do things for her. She was so embarrassed that she couldn't even look Jiang Zao in the face.

"You don't really think that anyone would believe your requests in the name of an angel?" Jiang Zao looked at Gabriel, who was extremely embarrassed. You always make random requests in the name of an angel, and now you are getting your retribution.

Great, it looks like this person is a good person.

Vinate patted her chest with relief. Since she was a special person who could see through their identities, she didn't have to worry about being punished, and she wouldn't have to cut down on her pitiful living expenses again.

Chapter 9 is way ahead!

After school, according to yesterday's agreement, Goto Ichiri had to come to STARRY. She was wandering at the door of the store with an uneasy mood. She regretted not asking Jiang Zao to accompany her.

Although it's a small gathering between bands, there's no problem with me bringing my boyfriend along, right?

Ijichi Kouka and Yamada Ryo, who arrived late, stood at the stairs above and stared at Goto Ichisato who was spinning in circles.

"What is she doing?" Hong Xia was confused and was about to go over to say hello to her when Liang reached out and pulled her back. She frowned in confusion and looked at Liang who was trying to stop her.

"Let's watch here for a while, it seems quite interesting." Liang looked like he wanted to watch it for a while longer.

"Can you please stop watching the fun?" Hong Xia said this but did not take any action.

Goto Ichiri noticed the gaze and looked up, seeing two people standing at the stairs looking down at him. The three people's gazes intertwined in the air.

Hongxia and Liang: "Ah..."