There are always girls in bands who want to date me

"Wow...but I've only heard that song once~"

The pink-haired girl, who was ruthlessly rejected by Sakuragawa Aki, let out a small whine, holding the guitar in her hands and lowering her head in disappointment.

Qiuqiu, this idiot, what should I do if I make a fool of myself during performance practice?

"Don't worry, Aine. I've only heard this song once." Sakuragawa Akira smiled at the pink-haired girl and shook her head. "Looks like I'll have to start with just one measure and practice slowly. It's okay. I think I'll definitely play it worse than you."

Although his current electronic keyboard skills are higher than Aine's guitar skills, there are some differences in difficulty between the keyboard and rhythm guitar parts of "Kasuga Shadow". After all, the keyboard version of "Kasuga Shadow" has the electronic keyboard responsible for the lead vocal stage, which is much more difficult than the rhythm guitar part.

But I guess after Maomao comes, he won't have to be responsible for the lead part anymore, but will be responsible for the accompaniment together with Aine-chan to further enrich the timbre of the music.

Sakuragawa Aki did not want to play the keyboard version of "Haruhi Shadow" completely. Since Crychic can no longer go back, it would be better to make some changes to this song.

——After all, this is not Crychic's "Haruhi Shadow".

Well, the main reason is that I’m afraid that Teacher Daxiang’s defense will be too broken.

Are you also qualified to play the Sora no Bako (crossed out)...Haruhi Kage?

"Ugh...okay."

With his comfort, the pink-haired Aine-chan who was holding a guitar beside her gradually recovered. After all, with someone at the bottom, her mentality would become much different.

For the pink-haired girl who loves to show off and be the focus of others' attention, she is still a little resistant to such things that will expose her weaknesses and bad sides. However, since Sakuragawa Aki can encourage and support her, she can grit her teeth and persevere.

At this moment, the crisp sound of a door opening suddenly rang out.

Everyone in the practice room was slightly stunned, and then turned to look at the door.

A petite and slender girl with short silver-white hair, blue and yellow eyes, was seen walking in leisurely from outside, pulling a large black suitcase and a guitar case.

The girl was wearing Dr. Martens high boots and a loose black casual long shirt with the hem dragging down to her thighs. Because she was not wearing pants, her white and slender thighs were exposed, which was very cute and charming.

Well, with such a punk style of dress, she really deserves to be a cat.

"By the way, who was the last person to come in? Why didn't he lock the door?" Sakuragawa Aki looked around, trying to find the traitor.

“…Ahahaha~”

The pink-haired Aine-chan reached out and touched her pink bangs on the side, smiling somewhat guiltily.

It turns out to be you!

After the stray cat asked Lenai to come in, he glanced around and then walked directly to the speaker on the wall as if no one was around. He squatted down and opened the black suitcase he was pulling.

Power supplies, wired controls, jumper boxes, tuners, pedals, overdrives, distortions, vibrato chorus, delays...all kinds of professional equipment accessories are included.

"Wow, so hardcore..."

The pink-haired Aine-chan hugged her guitar and couldn't help but sigh softly.

This is nonsense. This set of cat and mouse equipment costs tens or even hundreds of millions of yen, which is considered the full equipment of a professional musician.

Sakuragawa Aki gave her a blank look.

It's a world of difference from you, a pure newbie who rents a practice room board.

Ask Lenai to plug in the power cord, then take out a very old electric guitar from the guitar case above, put it on his back, and turned to look at everyone in the practice room.

“…Aren’t you coming?”

The stray cat tilted its head, its short silver-white hair floating slightly.

Everyone looked at her in amazement.

Seeing that no one paid attention to her, Maomao walked over to the drum set as if no one was around, bent down and took a look at the music score that Lixi had placed on the side.

"No~"

After just a moment, she looked away, stood up and took two steps to adjust the pitch of her electric guitar.

Absolute sound.

Sakuragawa Aki narrowed his eyes slightly.

Piano sense is a pure talent and cannot be improved through any acquired efforts. He has seen it many times with Miss PA, so he naturally understands it very well.

After all, Miss PA is a professional sound engineer, and her sense of sound is terrifyingly strong.

Everyone present was stunned by the sudden appearance of the mysterious girl. They stared at Maomao in a daze for a moment, speechless.

"Qiuqiu, this kid is the one who ate your ice cream before..." Chihaya Aine turned her head slightly and whispered to Sakuragawa Aki beside her.

"Well, her name is Yaolena, and she likes matcha ice cream."

Sakuragawa Aki nodded slightly, then turned his gaze to Brother Lixi who was standing beside him.

Naturally, only Li Xige can make the decision at the moment. After all, she is the band's official "leader". I wonder what the girl will do about this cat that suddenly breaks in.

"Hey...you."

Shiina Riki also said something to the girl hesitantly.

“…Aren’t you going to start?”

Yao Lenai just tilted her head again, blinked her heterochromic eyes slightly, and had no expression on her delicate little face, like a cute girl with nothing.

"Well...um, when you say starting, what do you mean..." Nagasaki Suyo asked with a little confusion.

"Band, aren't you going to start?"

Yao Lenai lowered her head, gently plucked the strings of the guitar, and then hummed a soft tune.

"Hmph~Hmph~Hmph~Hmph~"

The white and tender little hands hold the guitar, and the slender fingers smoothly tap the fretboard. The silky chords and tapping strings, coordinated with the pick of the other hand, move freely, and a beautiful melody gradually emerges.

The girl hummed the notes softly while accompanying herself on the guitar, and finished the first measure very smoothly.

"……real or fake."

The beautiful lavender eyes widened slightly, and the slightly sharp eyes were full of disbelief at this time. Shiina Riki murmured again.

But this time it was not because of any funny reason like before, but because of surprise at the girl's unparalleled attainments and heights in music.

She was humming "Haruhi Shadow".

Chapter 72 Chihaya Aine’s uneasiness

The score of "Spring Shadow" only has the keyboard prelude melody, but this stray cat directly matched it with broken chords.

What surprised Shiina Riki was not only the guitar level of Lenai, but also the fact that Maomao hummed the rhythm of the keyboard, but played the guitar in a new arrangement of his own.

What a genius of musical accomplishment!

With just a brief glance, he was able to grasp the piece and even add his own improvisational style to it.

Sakuragawa Aki on the side shook his head slightly.

To be honest, this is what can truly be called musical high martial arts.

To be honest, this kind of talent and ability is probably infinitely close to "Music Theory LV5".

This is what is called "genius", this is what is called "art". Ordinary people work hard and do their best in their entire lives, but they cannot compare to those true geniuses. A small spark of thought flashes in their minds.

This huge gap makes people feel extremely desperate.

Effort is not worth mentioning.

Nagasaki Suyo pursed her lips, and a slightly bitter and sad expression appeared on her delicate face.

What she cared about at the moment was not the mysterious girl's miraculous performance, but...

The 'Haruhi Shadow' that carried the memories of those close to her, that should have belonged only to Crychic, was changed by someone else at that moment, polluted by an outsider...

Compared to the little penguin who clasped his hands in front of his chest, was just a little dazed, and was simply admiring the other person's beautiful singing and melody.

The expression on Chihaya Aine's face beside her was much more complicated.

The pink-haired girl still held the guitar with both hands, but this time she held the guitar with a little more force, her cherry lips were tightly pursed, and a hint of nervousness appeared on her cute little face. Her light gray eyes looked at the girl with short silver hair with a little uneasiness.

She was worried about the position of her guitar and also worried that she was not needed by the band.

Chihaya Aine secretly turned her head and looked at the reactions of the people around her. Seeing that everyone was watching the girl playing attentively, she involuntarily shrank her shoulders and leaned towards Sakuragawa Aki beside her.

Her deep sense of security was now in jeopardy.

…………

Yao Lenai gently played the last note, then moved her little hand slightly, pressed lightly on the strings, and stopped playing.

She raised her head slightly, her eyes, a mixture of azure and gold, filled with happiness and satisfaction, and her little mouth was slightly raised, like a cute cat smiling comfortably.

Refreshing~

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Then, the stray cat looked at Gao Songdeng beside him again and tilted his head slightly.

"?"

The little penguin was naturally a little confused. Facing the cat's direct, undisguised gaze, he shrank slightly with a little uneasiness, and even took a small step back.

"you……"

Shiina Riki immediately stood up and stepped forward, blocking Takamatsu Deng's sight and preventing the girl from being stared at like this any longer.

She had now recognized that the person in front of her was the famous stray cat.

Not being able to see Takamatsu Touma's figure, Kaname Rakuna blinked slightly, then looked away and looked at Sakuragawa Aki who was standing next to Chihaya Aine.

The girl tilted her head, her short silver-white hair fluttering slightly, her beautiful heterochromatic eyes sparkling, and her voice was childish and cute.

"...The band, is it over?"

"No, don't say such unlucky words." Sakuragawa Akira sighed helplessly and shook his head. "Lena-chan, right? We... meet again."

He lowered his eyes, glanced at the pink-haired girl beside him who looked a little uneasy, then looked at the confused people around him, and then smiled at the stray cat in front of him.

"Come on, I'll treat you to a matcha parfait. After all... that's what we agreed on last time we met."

Sakuragawa Aki blinked lightly, paused for a moment, and then spoke in a soft tone.

"Let's talk for a bit, Lenai-chan."

"Well, good guy~"

Yao Lenai's eyes lit up slightly, and then she nodded vigorously, her little mouth slightly raised, revealing a cute cat-like smile.

^>??<^

…………

——Inside the "RiNG" coffee shop.

“Ah~”

Kaname Lenai ate the matcha parfait bite by bite with a spoon, a rare happy smile on her face. A faint blush appeared on her fair and tender face, and her light pink tongue licked her cherry lips from time to time, which was very cute.

Several people gathered around her, watching her eat the parfait quietly.

"...Everyone, do you know this child?"

Nagasaki Suyo turned her head slightly and asked everyone in a low voice.

"Well, the stray cats from 'RiNG' often hang out in the practice room and coffee shop..."

Shiina Riki sighed slightly.

Yao Lenai would often visit the practice room and occasionally come to the small stage in the coffee shop to perform. He would leave as soon as he was satisfied with the performance, which caused a lot of trouble for some bands.

However, because she is very young and has excellent skills in playing musical instruments, most bands will not bother with her. Instead, they will pamper her and play with her.

As for "RiNG", Ms. Rinrinko, the branch manager, is very tolerant of cats' behavior and even dotes on them because she was taken care of by Grandma Kaname Rakuna in the past.

At least here at "RiNG", Maomao is still a little famous.

"So that's how it is~ Then... it seems that Sakuragawa-kun also knows her?" Nagasaki Suyo turned her head again and looked at Sakuragawa Aki behind her.

Huh? You want to get the information so soon? Sakuragawa Aki blinked lightly.

This is not surprising. After all, the observant Aiyin-chan has already vaguely realized that this stray cat should want to join the band. The long-term vegetarian lady who is also good at observing people's words and expressions will naturally not be so dull.

Therefore, in Ms. Nagasaki Motoyo's mind, stray cats are objects that must be strictly guarded against.