Heavy girl? I feel worse than Black Hole Trigger!

"Really, like, crazy..."

Lost Star Chapter 62 Summer Time Record: Episode Believe

……it's over.

Until the last note and Bao Dengzheli's singing drifted away together, Gao Songdeng was still unable to extricate himself from that emotion.

Did I finish singing successfully?

The girl's hazy vision could only vaguely see a tall figure with his arms raised high, waving to the front.

Then the pounding heartbeat gradually faded from his ears, and Takamatsu Deng could finally hear the passionate cheers that didn't seem like they could be heard at a street concert, as well as Bao Deng Zeli's words promoting his own band:

"Thank you, thank you... We'll be performing at RiNG in early June, so please come and support us."

After he finished speaking, he no longer paid attention to the crowd and turned around to focus on himself.

Gao Songdeng had just come to his senses when he found a pair of bright eyes staring at him from just a step away.

Yao Lenai held his guitar, looking at it with great interest as if he was looking at something rare.

Deng didn't know how to react. He stared at her in silence for a while. He saw her beautiful, heterochromatic eyes carefully scrutinizing his face several times before he heard her slowly speak:

"Interesting woman."

“Eh…?” I don’t understand.

After saying this, Le Nai giggled and skipped back to pack up her guitar. Deng looked at her cheerful figure, and although he was still full of questions, he couldn't help but smile...

"Light." At this time, Baodeng Zheli also came.

He seemed to be waiting for Lenai and Deng's "communication" to conclude before speaking. The man looked as if he had been waiting for a long time, and once Deng shifted his attention, his eyes widened, as if imitating Lenai's earlier expression of interest.

“Yes, yes…?”

Being stared at by such earnest eyes, the girl was flattered and lowered her head slightly, but she still did not take her eyes off the smiling face.

The man just stared at her for a moment and said in a deep voice, "You are really great."

"……Eh."

"It's exactly the harmony I imagined."

To be more precise, it's very similar to the version from THE FIRST TAKE, with Kayano Ai's backing vocals. This is also one of Hoto Oriri's personal favorites of "Blue Bookmark." When Takamatsu Touma tries to raise her pitch to match his vocals, a gentler voice, distinct from her usual style and even from her role as lead vocalist in CRYCHIC, comes through, perfectly fitting the mood of the song.

Although he is only a junior high school student, he sings out the feeling of lost "youth".

He smiled and said, "Deng, you might be very talented."

Even though the lyrics were not written by her, one can still read the lyricist's emotions from the text and immerse oneself in it.

It's not a talent like vocal cord function or musical sense that can be easily obtained with the Blood Star plug-in, but a talent that transcends the flesh and comes from the sensibility that is unique to human beings.

——The talent to conquer the audience with “absolute lyricism”.

"talent……?"

Gao Songdeng blinked blankly.

In the eyes of this girl, the word "talent" should be used to describe Toyokawa Shoko, who was able to improvise "The Song of Wanting to Be Human" in just one afternoon, to describe Kaname Rakuna, who was able to create a rich arrangement just by hearing a rough melody, and to describe the girl in front of her, Houden Zeri, who could sing a rich and stable high note just by standing there casually and tilting his head.

It is a noun that seems to be light years away from myself, a very ordinary and cowardly person named Takamatsu Deng.

but.

Even so, the universe is so vast and desolate.

In this tiny moment——

"Yes, you are a genius!"

...There was also a person as bright as a star, whose eyes met hers across countless light years.

I am invaded by loneliness. I am trapped by solitude.

Take courage. Reach out. Step forward. Reach for the stars. Step into the daylight.

It all started from that cry under the starry night—

"..."

Gao Songdeng tightened her grip on the microphone. Of course, this time she remembered to turn off the switch first.

She raised her head, looking at the smile in front of her that seemed to be so bright at all times, and tried to slowly pull up the corners of her mouth, trying her best to smile——

"Thank you."

"Hmm? ...Ahh, you're welcome."

Baodengzheli made a YEAH gesture to her and then opened his palms to her.

"Give me the microphone. It's time to pack up and go back."

The girl nodded slightly, "Yeah." She turned the microphone around and handed the tail end out.

Zheli took the microphone, glanced at it, then pointed the tip at Takamatsu Deng and said with a smile, "I hope today's experience can help you. I'm looking forward to your performance, good luck."

"Our performance..."

Gao Songdeng opened his amber eyes, as if he wanted to store that smile in amber forever.

——As expected. I want to sing out loud.

Not with harsh and unpleasant shouts, but with gentle and pleasant songs.

With courage borrowed from you. With determination shared from you.

Towards you, to tell...

"Yeah." She responded softly.

……

"'Lost Band', huh?"

In the crowd, a pink-haired girl stared at the man squatting in the center of the stage packing up his equipment and muttered softly.

●

After Zhe Li and the others—well, still just Zhe Li himself—had packed up their equipment, the crowd finally dispersed. Only then did the CRYCHIC team approach them and join them.

"Deng, you sing very well!"

Shiina Riki shouted at Takamatsu Deng with a smile on his face.

"Ritsuki-san...?" Toyokawa Shoko looked in Ritsuki's direction with surprise.

Is this still the same Tatsuki Shiina who always has a cold tone and a sour face as if someone stole the seasoning packet when she was making instant noodles?

"Ah. Uh, no..." Li Xi took a half step back, raised his hand to comb his bangs that didn't need combing, and looked at Deng with a vague gaze. "Well, Deng, you performed very well. Hmm."

“I also think Xiao Deng sings very well!”

Nagasaki Suyo smiled and clasped her hands together. Her gentle eyes rested gently on the lamp, causing her to raise her head with a sense of understanding, facing the smile that bore a striking resemblance to Baodeng Zheli's, a smile that could perhaps be described as one of relief.

"You managed to stay calm in front of so many guests! That's impressive."

Deng opened his mouth subconsciously, and it took a moment for him to think of speaking: "Hey. Ah, um... Thank you."

As the roadside concert ended, the clock ticked past 4. Normally, CRYCHIC would have been ready to wrap up their practice and head home by this time, but this was still a little early compared to usual.

So Zheli asked, "Ladies, shall we disband now?"

Xiangzi glanced at Deng and found that she was looking at him, so he simply turned around and asked with a smile: "Deng, do you still have the energy to continue?"

"Yeah!" Gao Songdeng nodded vigorously without any hesitation.

——The feeling of standing on the stage, bathed in the gaze is still vivid.

It's just a memory, or just imagination, but I can still feel the trembling all over my body, the stiff neck, the blurred vision... That kind of tangible pressure still exists quietly in the increasingly hot daytime, and is still hidden in the spring sunshine.

But compared to that confusion.

There is also the power of "being trusted" that is becoming increasingly clear along with the encouraging heartbeat.

So she wanted to believe.

"You must sing well."

She spoke as if in a low voice.

I want to believe in myself once, and be believed in by them...

Lost Star Chapter 63 Summer Time Record: Chapter Talent

the next day.

"It's done!"

"…What was accomplished?"

"song!"

Toyokawa Shoko suddenly came in front of Shiina Ritsuki, smiling so brightly that it seemed as if it would blind Ritsuki's eyes.

Li Xi had to take a few steps back. Fortunately, Xiangzi did not chase him. Instead, he turned to Gao Songdeng, clasping his hands tightly in front of his chest, as if trying to suppress his overly excited emotions.

"The song for 'Haruhi Shadow'! I've finished it!"

Li Xi's eyes widened, "So fast!"

It was last Sunday that Takamatsu Deng showed the lyrics to everyone at CRYCHIC. And today also happens to be Sunday.

That is to say, it only took Toyokawa Shoko a week to compose and arrange the music from scratch...?

Nagasaki Suyo glanced at Riki, then suddenly smiled and looked at Xiangzi: "Xiaoxiang, have you ever composed music before?"

"Huh? No, strictly speaking, "Song of Wanting to Be Human" is my first time composing a song? I did learn the composing software beforehand--" Su Shi's sudden question slightly overwhelmed Xiangzi's excitement.

She crossed her chest, tapping her chin with her fingers, and thought, "But last time, I just improvised the main melody on the piano, taking Mu's advice into account and incorporating some guitar sounds, supplemented by bass and drum rhythms. It can't be considered a serious composition."

Li Xi pursed his lips. "You clearly have no experience at all, yet you have the guts to say you'll compose the music?"

"This……"

Xiangzi paused, and his bright eyes took in Li Xi's slightly cold expression.

Then she abruptly curled up the corners of her mouth, revealing her usual confident smile.

"Words are powerless. Why not come and hear it for yourself, Li Xi-san?"

●

"……not bad."

Shiina Riki slowly opened his eyes and said something reluctantly.

Perhaps it is because the composer Shoko Toyokawa herself is a keyboardist that one can hear that the arrangement of "Spring Shadow" is mainly based on the piano, but it does not over-show its presence: the guitar joins the melody in the first few sections, and then in the more soothing part where the lyrics are obviously sung, there is a sufficiently thick bass tone intertwined with the drums.

The arrangement is not particularly outstanding, but it is quite harmonious.

This is a song that clearly gives you the feeling that “this is everyone’s song.”

Li Xi and everyone from CRYCHIC exchanged a glance, confirming that everyone agreed with this version. With a sigh of relief, he turned his attention back to Xiangzi and slowly said, "What about Kari Uta?"

Xiangzi blinked. "What is a guge?"

"..."

Li Xi's expression changed from "Hmph, I'll just acknowledge you for now" to "Huh?"

She quickly glanced at Nagasaki Suyo and Wakaba Mutsu, only to see Suyo also showing a puzzled expression, while Mutsu's face was as calm as usual - but there was no emotion in his eyes that could be called understanding.

"you……"

She almost couldn't breathe.

"Then, there must be the music sheet, right?"

"Of course!" Xiangzi nodded without hesitation this time, pulling a folder from his bag and taking out piano music from it, placing it on the table. "I've prepared everyone's music, and I'll give it to you all later... Mr. Zheli, could I borrow your recording studio today?"

The store manager, who was lying on the sofa like a corpse, raised his hand. "Oh! No problem. Do you want to practice today too?"

"That's exactly what I was planning. If you don't have other plans."