A comic book, but a librarian

"Ryo-senpai... so handsome!"

“Isn’t this difference in attitude too obvious?”

Hongxia wiped the sweat from her forehead.

……

"Is this the venue for tomorrow's performance?"

Under the guidance of the staff, Uesugi Cheng came to the venue for tomorrow's performance alone. The stage had been set up in the empty gymnasium. He roughly estimated that the venue could accommodate about four-digit people, but there would definitely not be so many people in reality. However, for the Bond Band, which had basically only performed LIVEs at Fanxing, it was also a big challenge.

"Senior! Why did you leave by yourself? We thought you were gone!"

Kita's voice came from behind Uesugi Sumika. She stopped behind Uesugi Sumika, looked at the stage in front of her, and was speechless for a moment.

"nervous?"

"..."

"It's time to rehearse, everyone. Tomorrow we'll officially go on stage."

Uesugi Cheng said this and walked into the gymnasium.

284

Chapter 284 [Leap Knowledge: Lost Ancient Tune]

Nothing went wrong on the last day's rehearsal. Although it was the first time for the four members of the Bond Band to stand on such a big stage and perform in front of so many people, for some reason, Uesugi Cheng accurately controlled their rhythm and resolved their worries and fears in a smooth way.

"Then everyone, let's do this tomorrow. You're doing very well."

Before disbanding, Uesugi Cheng once again stabilized the morale of the troops. He didn't want the band he had found with great difficulty to be devastated by failure. He was still waiting for the four of them to provide assistance.

"Um... Kita-san..."

Goto Ichiri seemed to want to say something, but Kita Ikuyo, who was sweating profusely, did not notice Goto Ichiri's slightly strange tone, and turned around and asked in confusion.

"What's wrong?"

"Ah...no, I hope our performance tomorrow will be a great success."

When Goto Ichiri met Kita Ikuyo's gaze, he instantly swallowed back what he was about to say and replaced it with a bland encouragement.

"Yeah! I'm sure everyone will like it!"

Kita Ikuyo was in high spirits and replied to Goto very happily.

"Pochi-chan, please behave well."

Hongxia also knew that Goto Ichiri had few friends in school. If this performance was successful, maybe she could make new friends in school.

"It's a good thing to be confident... Only with confidence can you get out of the most dangerous situations."

Uesugi Sumiko took a deep breath. After the five people finished the rehearsal, they dispersed on the spot at Goto Ichiri's high school and went back to their homes, except for Uesugi Sumiko.

"Welcome. Ah, hello. Is it still the same practice room?"

The short-haired waiter at the front desk still received Uesugi Cheng very warmly and handed him the key to the practice room. After all, Uesugi Cheng was a long-term big customer and a rare fat sheep for RiNG.

"By the way, are you alone today too?"

"Yes, please order a parfait as well. I'll take it in."

Uesugi Sumi took the key but did not go to the practice room immediately. Instead, he placed another order. Although it was already late, and it would even be completely dark soon, Uesugi Sumi was not in a hurry to go home. After all, he did not usually eat at home. After releasing the painting spirit of "Hell Transformation", there was nothing left in his house that he needed to keep an eye on. Although Himegami Sakura's tendency to stay at home was getting worse, she would definitely have no problem taking care of herself.

"Your original parfait. By the way, do you want to watch the show tonight?"

The waiter quickly brought the parfait, and it was a bit surprising that the waiter suddenly mentioned it at this time.

"Oh, no, thank you..."

Uesugi Cheng politely declined the invitation and walked into the practice room alone with the parfait.

"What a weird guy. He's not the kind of person who pretends to be working hard but then checks his phone in the practice room."

Shiina Ritsuki, the girl with long black hair and wearing a RiNG uniform, stared at Uesugi Sumire's back. She always felt that this person made her feel inexplicably irritated, and even made her make such malicious guesses.

Is it because she looks a bit like her sister? Shiina Riki immediately put this thought out of her mind, but she felt inexplicably depressed. No matter what she compared with her sister, she was always the loser. This even made her feel resistant to talking to her sister.

So somehow, she actually developed a resistance to Uesugi Sumire, a stranger whom she had only met a few times.

Of course, Uesugi Cheng didn't know all this. He walked into the practice room, put down his guitar bag, and took out the battle-hardened guitar. What he had to do today was the beginning of a huge project, the start of sorting out and recompiling the "Lost Ancient Tunes".

"The Turquoise Hand": A Ramsan calligraphy manual, using Farid al-Din's "The Gathering of Birds" as a model. (Read to obtain [Teachings: Remnants of Overpainting and Ancient Predecessors] and [Intercalary Knowledge: Lost Ancient Tunes])

This book, like that special version of the Book of the Prideful Sun, hosts an extremely powerful leap time, so powerful that it even believes itself to be the truth that can be realized.

[Leap Knowledge: Lost Ancient Tunes]: In the proper history, every ballad that has ever been sung still lingers in the wind and echoes, untroubled by the eternal demands... (5引5劉5箅)

Just the beginning, these lost songs and tunes are enough to make people feel tricky. The chirping sounds like a gathering of birds need to be presented in an orderly but lively way through musical instruments and singing. Uesugi Cheng feels that this kind of tune may be better handled by a choir or a larger band, but he is only one person, or one person and a few other impersonators.

Several beautiful girls walked out from the mirror in the practice room. They were of different heights. The only thing they had in common was that they all wore black masks. They looked like members of some mysterious organization.

This time, Uesugi Sumiya called out a total of three fakes, namely a female fake with waist-length gray hair, short black hair to the ears, and shoulder-length white hair. They were like puppets controlled by Uesugi Sumiya. They walked to the corresponding positions and picked up the practice guitars and basses that were originally placed in the practice room.

"Well, the first game, the compilation of The Turquoise Hand, begins."

Uesugi Cheng recited this sentence silently in his mind, and let his soul enter these fake bodies and began to control their behavior. Then he cleared his throat and activated his [Strings and Songs] with all his strength, trying his best to make his voice close to the sound that sounded like a bird's song.

……

"Did you hear any strange noises?"

When the customer walked into RiNG, he asked the waitress Shiina Riki curiously. Even Shiina Riki looked up with some confusion. She always felt as if she heard some sound, but when she listened carefully, she found that she heard nothing. However, as a drummer who was practicing drums, she didn't think that her ears would make such an obvious mistake.

"Maybe it's an illusion. What would you like to order?"

Seeing the winking expression from the waiter next to him, Shiina Riki finally remembered what he should do as a waiter and started to serve the guests.

Inside the practice room, Uesugi Cheng took a deep breath helplessly, coughed twice, and finally waved his hands helplessly. All the fake bodies put the guitars back and disappeared into the air.

"Still, it's too much of a stretch."

285

Chapter 285 The hero arrives.

Uesugi Cheng touched his throat, and the hoarse sound explained the result of this attempt. Neither his skills nor his physical fitness supported him to complete such a task. If he continued to sit down, he would probably have to spend more time repairing his throat.

After figuring this out, he took out a tissue and coughed out the bloody sputum, then put the tissue away and used the power of his soul to light a small fire without any smoke to clean it up.

Then he looked a little tired and picked up the guitar he brought with him. He felt that this somewhat old guitar was about to be retired. After all, it was time for him to equip himself with a set of equipment that completely suited his habits.

But before that, the guitar was still his most capable assistant. Uesugi Cheng carefully put the guitar back into the guitar bag and then carried the guitar on his back. Fortunately, he had eaten all the parfait before he started, otherwise he would have just wasted a portion of the parfait and let it melt.

When Uesugi Cheng walked out of the practice room, it was completely dark. The lights on the street outside the door were already on, and it seemed as if a long time had passed.

"Take care, and come back next time."

Uesugi Cheng handed the key back, then walked out of RiNG's door amid the clerk's farewell. What surprised him was that there seemed to be something wrong with his throat. At least he didn't think that he could make a sound like a bird singing half a day ago, nor did he think that speaking would be such a difficult thing.

"This is bad. I have to help them with the performance tomorrow. This is really troublesome. If something goes wrong when I can't talk, it will be difficult to remind them. I hope they won't really use some kind of illusion."

He was thinking whether he should bring a suitable mirror tomorrow and let a few members of the Bond Band look into the mirror for a light hypnosis at an appropriate time. Then he could let them put aside all their troubles and complete the performance safely and steadily.

"Welcome home...Sir can't you speak now?!"

As usual, Himegami Sakura opened the door and welcomed Uesugi Sumire's return, but the moment she saw that Uesugi Sumire had his mouth closed, she realized that something might have gone wrong with him.

Seeing Uesugi Cheng nodded, Himegami Sakura immediately took action. The fog instantly blocked the nearby entrances and exits to prevent anyone from seeing this scene. Then she drew the curtains and closed the door only after making sure that no one was following Uesugi Cheng and her problem had not been discovered.

"Don't be so nervous. Actually, no one is following me. Just help me get some soup. I'm going to rest for a while."

Uesugi Cheng was lying on the sofa with his guitar bag at his feet. He simply rested his head on the sofa pillow and adjusted his breathing.

When Himegami Sakura finished cooking the soup and put it on the coffee table in the living room, Uesugi Cheng's breathing had already stabilized, and he didn't know when he closed his eyes. He had fallen into a sound sleep, without dreams and without his soul leaving his body. That is what humans enjoy most when they are most tired, a sound, full sleep without being woken up by others.

"Good night, sir..."

Himegami Sakura thought about it, and finally put the soup into the refrigerator, waiting to cook it for Uesugi Cheng when he woke up the next morning.

……

Uesugi Cheng had a rare good sleep without any dreams that night. When he woke up, his throat had gotten much better. The power of [Lost Ancient Tune] was indeed not to be underestimated.

Uesugi Cheng had only conducted one test, and the failure due to lack of ability had already caused certain changes in his throat. At least yesterday, his throat and chest seemed to have begun to change into the vocal organs of birds. Fortunately, he stopped in time, and with the repair of his body last night, he was finally able to eliminate the effects of those mutations.

"Sir, the soup you ordered last night."

Himegami Sakura very considerately brought the soup to Uesugi Sumire. Of course, she didn't just sit there and watch Uesugi Sumire sleep on the sofa all night last night. At least she covered Uesugi Sumire with a blanket as a quilt.

"Thanks. Speaking of which, there's a performance today. Sakura, are you going to go?"

"Live performance?! I want to go!"

Himegami Sakura raised her hand with a somewhat excited look. She had seen many grand concerts on TV, but had never experienced going to see such a performance in person.

"Then follow me. I'll take you to see the band perform."

Uesugi Sumiko pointed at his own shadow, and Himegami Sakura instantly turned into a weapon and merged into the shadow, looking out. Then he picked up his guitar bag and walked out of the house.

The second day of the Xiuhua Festival is a day specifically for preparing for the performance, and they schedule almost all of the performances on the second day.

Uesugi Sumire saw many familiar faces as expected, such as Hongxia's sister, the drunkard Miss Hiroi Kikuri, and the pink-haired man who was obviously Goto Ichiri's father and his wife.

"It looks like most of the family members have arrived... I hope they can remember what I said yesterday and make the performance a success."

Uesugi Cheng was still a little worried standing in the audience, but when he saw the Bond Band successfully complete the performance of the first song, the nervousness in his heart gradually dissipated.

"Then, please listen to the second song, "If I Could Become a Constellation"

Kita Ikuyo's energetic voice caused cheers from the audience. It has to be said that Kita Ikuyo is simply a self-taught genius in controlling the situation, and looking at the bandages on her fingers, she must have practiced a lot.

Of course, Uesugi Cheng soon found out that she was too happy too soon. Although the band members had no problem with their mentality, their equipment did not seem to allow them to finish the performance perfectly.

Goto Ichiri's strings suddenly broke. Even she herself had not made any plans for such unexpected situations. However, her solo segment was about to begin, and it would probably be difficult for Kita to complete this segment independently. Was she going to become the culprit who ruined the performance?

Goto Ichiri's brain was instantly occupied by countless distracting thoughts. Fear once again crept onto her face, and her trembling hands could hardly hold the pick.

"Dong dong..."

The sound was not loud, but Goto Ichiri heard it. She raised her head slightly and saw Uesugi Sumiko waving at her, then took the guitar bag behind her in her hand.

"Wait, in this case..."

Goto Ichiri was stunned by this bold move and had no chance to speak up to stop it. Uesugi Sumiko's guitar bag had already started flying in the air, towards her direction.

Goto Ichiri subconsciously put down the guitar in his hand, and then steadily caught the guitar bag.

“If you really encounter a problem that you can’t solve, just silently pray in your heart three times that a hero will come to you.”

She remembered that now, the hero had appeared before her.

286

Chapter 286: The girl whose actions are unpredictable.

Goto Ichiri subconsciously put down the guitar in his hand and steadily caught the one in Uesugi Sumika's hand. Although the teammates next to him were startled, when they saw the guitar with broken strings, they instantly understood what had just happened, and immediately continued to play, reducing the sense of defect caused by the disappearance of the sound of Goto Ichiri's guitar.

"Heroes... do exist, but they are not good enough yet."

Goto Ichiri immediately took out her guitar. Holding this guitar, which was also a bit old, she felt touched. However, she also knew that she had no time to savor her emotions. She had to tune the guitar to her usual style. The song "If I Could Become a Constellation" had a solo section of hers. If she couldn't finish the tuning before that, then Kita Ikuyo alone would not be able to complete that solo...

Goto Ichiri looked up in surprise, and Kita Ikuyo's eyes, which seemed to be shining, looked at her. The strange aura that should have made her feel uncomfortable, now turned into a sense of security. Kita Ikuyo conveyed a message to her almost just with her eyes.

"Leave it to us, and do what needs to be done. Before that, we will cover your share."

Although it seemed a bit long, it only took Goto Ichiri about two seconds to understand this information, because then Kita Ikuyo completely immersed herself in what was originally her personal solo section. Although beads of sweat accompanied Kita Ikuyo's movements, making her look a little strenuous, she still played her improvisation for Goto Ichiri intact.

"Yeah... Kita-san, that's what I wanted to say... You really worked hard... You're really amazing."

Goto Ichiri thought so from the bottom of her heart, but did not say it out loud. She had no time to speak now. She had to race against time to adjust the strings and immediately continue with Kita Ikuyo's solo section before she really had no way to continue playing.

Yamada Ryo and Ijichi Kouka almost immediately shifted their focus over, ready to take over from Kita Ikuyo and continue the performance until Goto Ichiri's guitar was tuned.

"This is really... a completely unexpected development. I thought the child would be frightened."

Although Hiroi Kikuri's face still had a bit of drunken redness, her eyes suddenly became extremely clear. No matter whether it was Goto Ichiri's response, Uesugi Sumire's help or the emergency measures of the entire Bond Band, they could all be said to be extremely in place. To be honest, even [Pathological Hacker] might not be able to handle this kind of performance accident so perfectly if they encountered one.

"Rather, the most incredible thing is that Uesugi was able to think of such an emergency plan in such a short time and put it into practice. In addition, Goto really seized this opportunity, which is great."

Ichichi Xingge was clearly praising, but she sighed, as if she remembered something.