Why play in a band if you don't form one for life?

"That band? What is that?" Although it didn't feel right, Kita still asked.

This is enough. Shizi closed her eyes and then slowly opened them. Her face was expressionless. She handed the notebook back to Yili and turned to leave.

"Shizi?" Yili took the notebook, didn't read it, and stared blankly in the direction where Shizi left.

Yili put the notebook back on the table and chased after him. On the open page of the notebook was written the title: "Guitar, Loneliness and the Blue Planet".

Shizi was just walking, she didn't know where to stop. When she came to her senses, she was standing in the rocky beach.

There are meteors falling in the night sky.

ps: There is another chapter in the evening~Please comment and read~

Chapter 27: Long-lost Tears

2022, October.

"The most impressive thing about this film is the portrayal of the female protagonist's social phobia, which is the essence..."

The laptop screen was playing a new anime review by the UP host. The last recommended anime was a music anime called "Lonely Rock". Shizi - she wasn't called that at the time - was sitting in front of the computer.

"Social phobia...why don't you take a look?" she said to herself.

After entering her third year of high school, she didn’t have much time to watch anime anymore. She only paid attention to one or two new anime in October, which were not "Lonely Rock".

"I haven't watched many music anime before..." Shizi found the resources, downloaded them, and then played them.

She fell in love with Yili within the first five minutes of the first episode. Like most other viewers who like BTR, "This is simply another me!"

Excellent painting, a cute and real girl, and some crazy things.

She joined the army of fans. On this day, it was already the fifth episode.

"It's time to eat," my mother shouted from the kitchen. It's okay to eat later, I can finish watching first. "Wait a minute," she shouted.

Ah, Pochi-chan is so cute when she's sweating, and Nijiya is so cute when she's angry...

After the band's audition for Starry, they began to play their first original song.

"Guitar, Loneliness and the Blue Planet".

"The sky's mood is nothing to do with me."

"It's time to eat..." Mom kept pestering.

"『『ありのまま』なんて人见に见せるんだ” ("True self" is for others to see)

Eh……

「って空を打るよ」 (Holding the air tightly and hitting it into the sky)

what happened……

"Nothing happened, I was so powerless"

There were powerful footsteps in the distance. The computer screen was shut with a snap.

"I called you to eat! Did you hear me?" As usual, my mother was furious and yelled angrily for no apparent reason.

Shizi was still staring blankly at the computer screen and the blank wall.

When he came to his senses, Shizi had already bought the same short-sleeved shirt that the band ended up wearing.

When I came back to my senses, Shizi was waving her cheering stick excitedly, cheering for different girls in front of the screen. She was devoted to various band and idol shows with a completely different enthusiasm than before. The room was unconsciously filled with colorful peripherals.

One day, when Shizi was playing music in his room, his mother passed by. "It's so awful, like chanting a sutra," she frowned.

Shizi didn't care. Rather, she was used to such comments.

As long as the girls' songs are perfect in her heart, that's enough.

That's right.

"End the band... It was already perfect..." Shizi waved her hands, and the disordered metal stuck in the ground. She kicked them hard, not feeling any pain at all, "Originally... It was perfect... Why...!"

"Why!" She screamed into the deserted wilderness, but there was no echo.

Shizi squatted down and curled up his body.

When was the last time I was like this? Ten years ago? Not that long ago, but at least eight or nine years, right?

Why, it clearly wasn’t like this in my previous life, but now here, with the ones I love the most, it’s like this...!

After a long time, she heard a voice.

"Shizi." She raised her head. In front of her eyes, there was a pink blurry shadow swaying, and soon, the shadows overlapped to form a person.

"Yili..." She saw Yili standing in front of her, shrinking timidly.

Ichiri wanted to ask Shizi what happened, why she suddenly became like this, and whether the lyrics he wrote made her unhappy...

But she couldn't get anything out of him. Shizi stood up and said nothing.

Shizi just walked past her. "Go back." Without any emotion.

On the way back, the two of them said nothing. Shizi kept looking at the gravel road under his feet to prevent himself from falling.

Shizi pushed open the CiRCLE door. Yili hurried to catch up, and Shizi stopped to leave the door open for Yili. At this distance, Yili noticed Shizi's red eyes.

"Is...my lyrics making you unhappy?" Yili finally asked cautiously.

“……”Shi Zi ignored him, but stopped.

The air was filled with a heavy atmosphere.

"No." Shizi finally answered and continued walking inside.

Her sleeve was pulled by Yili.

"Why are you running away, Shizi? You suddenly become so strange... If it's my fault..."

"If it's you, will you change the lyrics to what I want?"

Shizi interrupted Yili rudely. She finally turned around and faced Yili.

Faced with this question, Yili hesitated.

Shizi walked to the window with his back to Yili.

She made a decision.

"Yili, do you know the box theory?" she asked. Yili was a little surprised by this strange question.

"Suppose we have a computer with infinite computing power, we can create a world in it that is similar to ours but different. In that world, there will be humans like us, they will live like us, and take the existence of this world for granted. In their lives, stories are created, and the stories are recorded by people outside the computer and turned into animations, novels, and movies."

She turned to Yili: "I am from outside the computer."

Shizi suddenly started talking about science fiction, but I didn't understand anything at all.

"Box? Computer? What..." Yili tried to understand carefully and finally understood what Shizi meant.

"You mean you're a time traveler?"

Shizi looked into Ichiri's eyes and said, "Yes. The Ending Band is a band in the world view of "Lonely Rock", and CiRCLE is a livehouse in the world view of Bang Dream Project. Do you believe it?"

Yili nodded trustingly: "Shizi won't lie to me." She didn't hesitate at all.

Shizi turned her head away so that Yili wouldn't see her self-loathing expression. The more Yili trusted her, the more she regretted it.

"Originally, the second song to end the band was called 'That Band'. The song you wrote didn't exist. At the band's first live, everyone was nervous and didn't perform well on the first song. It was you who came to the rescue in time and showed off a wonderful solo with the prelude of 'That Band', making that live a great success." Recalling the eighth episode of "Lonely Rock", Shizi's mouth corners unconsciously curled up a little.

"I don't like changes. Changes mean the disappearance of old things. Stage Girls always have new stages, but what about the old ones? Where did the old ones go?" Her tone gradually became intense, as if she was questioning fate.

She didn't care whether Yili could understand or not, and poured out her words: "Originally, this world would not exist, and you would have been living in reality all along. Because of my arrival, this world appeared in the computer, and that's why I dragged you into it. Now it's probably been a long time in reality, and you may have missed the opportunity for your first live performance. If you delay it any further, you may not be able to have the cultural festival live performance at all."

"Guitar, Loneliness and the Blue Planet is a little different from what I remember. I could still tolerate that, but now, now, that band no longer exists..."

Shizi wiped his face hard with his sleeve.

“I don’t know this band…”

ps: Please comment and read the story~ The plot has gradually entered its climax. Will you win if you read the data? You will win!

ps: I changed the label slightly in the past two days, I hope the results will be better qwq

Chapter 28: New Stage, New Tears and Songs

After saying the last sentence, she no longer cared about Yili and ran straight back to the backstage, locked the door, and no matter how much others knocked on the door, she did not respond.

The next day, Shizi came out. She didn't explain anything to the others, just apologized, and then joined the daily routine. Hunting, doing housework, sometimes helping with cooking, as if nothing happened.

But everyone noticed that Shiko had been talking less recently. Shiko was still working hard on the hunt, and Marina still saw her going out at night. But the rest of the time, she locked herself in the backstage and watched the live video repeatedly. Of course, she liked to watch it before, but now almost all of her personal time is spent in the backstage, and she rarely does anything with others.

"Mr. Wu has absolutely no expression lately..." Kita lamented.

"I do not have either."

"She's different from you, Ryo-senpai." Kita said, "And she's been showing up less often in front of us." She chose her words carefully, "Even when we're together, I feel like her attitude towards us is different from before - it's not cold! But... it's different. I can't really tell."

"Xiao Shizi must be holding something in his mind!" Hongxia turned to Yili, "Xiao Boqi, do you have any information?"

Yili weighed the matter in her mind for a long time, and under the gaze of everyone, she finally raised her head.

"I, I do know a little bit..."

The day was almost over. Shiko finished her meal and washed the dishes with Marina.

"Shiko-san." Araki called out from the door. She winked at Marina, who immediately understood, wiped her hands, and pushed Shiko's shoulders from behind.

"Ms. Marina?" Shizi was a little surprised.

Neither Marina nor Araki said anything and mysteriously took her to the dormitory.

No, this is the stage now.

Shizi saw that the four members of the band were already standing on the stage. Seeing the three people coming in, Hongxia raised her hand and introduced herself energetically: "Nice to meet you, we are the Ending Band!"

"Listen, Guitar, Loneliness and the Blue Planet!"

Shizi's familiar prelude sounded.

live?

Shizi was a little slow to react. She turned around, and the two people behind her were already concentrating on appreciating the performance. She had no choice but to turn around. The people on the stage were performing seriously, as if the audience was standing in the audience. As she listened, she straightened her back and her eyes widened: This is not the version played in the previous audition, this is-

This is the version she was familiar with in her previous life!

She looked at Liang in shock. Liang noticed her gaze and winked at her in a cool way.

Shizi listened carefully. Memories of ending the band came to his mind, whether in his past life or in this life. Unconsciously, tears flowed from his eyes.

This time, everyone performed better than last time.

When the song was over, Shizi wanted to applaud, but Yili stepped down, interrupting her.

The violent guitar sound rang out, shocking Shizi's soul. This was what Shizi saw in her previous life, ending the band's first live solo!

Shiko was controlled by the guitar. Her voice was the only thing in her mind. It was Goto Ichiri's guitar solo that ended the band.

Kita took the microphone and handed it to Shiko.

"That Band, will it?"

Shizi understood what she meant. She wiped her tears, stepped onto the stage, took the microphone, and faced the two audience members.

This was her first time standing on the stage, except for the podium in her previous life.

However, at this moment, there was no fear in her heart.

The prelude was about to end. Relying on muscle memory, Shizi sang it out.

「あのバンドの歌がわたしには」

"The sound of the sound is high, the laughter is loud, the sound is heard, the sound is heard"

……

"わたしが put out the sound"

It's over. The guitar ends the song.

Applause from the audience broke out at the right time.

"Ha...ha..." Shizi put down the microphone.