Guitar Hero also wants to play Kasuga Shadow!

"I just ran into some of my junior high school classmates, and they found out about my failed study abroad experience. My life has always been about avoiding... "

"Aine..." Pochi's meager social experience was not enough to deal with such a thing. He opened his mouth but didn't know what to say.

"I want to pick myself up, but... I'm done."

"No...it can't end." Pochi didn't know what to say, but he just knew he had to say something now. "Aine said, isn't it okay if we just try to avoid repeating the same mistakes?"

“Pochi…” Aine’s eyes widened when she heard what she had said at that time. She was surprised that Pochi still remembered it. “That…that was just something I said to comfort Deng…”

"That won't work either. I've already said it... I've already said it, just like the promise to keep forming a band. It's already out loud!"

"That's really Pochi's style... Once he's decided on something, he'll stick with it..."

"Yeah." Pochi said as he stood up and extended his hand to Aine who was still sitting on the bench, "So, Aine, come too."

"..." Looking up at Pochi, the afterglow of the setting sun hid in the ends of her hair, dyeing her pink hair red.

"Ahh~" As if accepting his fate, he held onto that hand and used the force to stand up. "I've really been defeated by Pochi. Then, I can only continue the band..."

"Ah."

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"I don't know where they went." Nagasaki Suyo and the other two sat on the stairs in front of the planetarium, with Pochi's guitar and the two's school bags next to them.

"Just now...I should have chased after him." Gao Songdeng lowered his head and muttered to himself.

"..." Li Xi looked at the lamp beside him and said nothing.

Then two figures appeared in the field of vision, holding hands, and stood in front of the three people. The overly serious atmosphere reminded the three people of some bad memories on a rainy day.

"I..." Pochi started to speak, but was interrupted by the strength coming from Aine's hand, and turned to look at Aine.

"We...are going to have a live show."

“Really?!” After a brief silence, Deng stood up and walked over to them, glancing at their tightly clasped hands. “Has Aine decided to hold a live performance too?”

"Well, it's just like Riki said, if you don't have a goal, you can't do anything..." Aine said as she looked at Riki who was still sitting there with a wandering look and a blushing face.

"Really? Then we can all move forward together." Su Shi said as he stood up and pulled Li Xi beside him up as well.

"Hey! I can get up by myself..."

"Puchi..." Seeing Li Xi's embarrassed look, Aine couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Huh?! What are you laughing at?"

"As expected, Riki can be cute sometimes, right, Pochi?"

"Yeah. Li Xi, that's cute too."

"Huh?!!! But... cuteness... doesn't suit me at all!"

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After saying goodbye to the rest of the band, Pochi walked home alone with his guitar on his back.

I'm going to be performing at a live show this weekend...I have to work harder.

However, if I don't use the 'Fully Ripe Mango' form...it's still a bit of a stretch. How can I solve this? Time is running out...

I don't think we're really going to have to go to the streets for live training like Xiangzi said...

"Meow~"

The sudden meow of a cat interrupted Pochi's wandering thoughts. He looked around and found the white cat he had seen once before not far away.

"Ah~ It's a kitten that looks exactly like Lenai."

I walked towards it cautiously, afraid that it would run away like last time. However, this time it seemed to be in a good mood and did not run away. Instead, it squatted there licking its fur.

I reached out my hand and this time I actually touched it.

“!” So ​​furry and cute.

"Meow."

While still touching it, it suddenly let out a strange cry and ran away.

"Eh..." Why don't you let me touch you again?

But unlike last time, this time he just ran to a short distance away, then squatted there licking his fur, and looked back at Pochi behind him.

"This...are you waiting for me?"

I followed him slowly and found that he didn't run away. When he got closer, he ran forward for a distance.

"Where are you taking me?" I looked around. The road, which should have been crowded with people, was deserted. It felt a bit dangerous. But after thinking it over, I decided to follow.

I followed it around a few corners and heard the sound of a guitar.

"Wait, guitar? Here?"

Looking in the direction of the sound, I saw a group of people gathered around one place. No wonder there was no one on the road, it turned out they all came here.

I walked over slowly and realized it was a street live.

"Street live? Here?"

As I walked closer and looked over the crowd, I realized that the person standing there was someone I knew.

"Lena?"

Lenai, who was performing, seemed to have noticed something and looked down at the stage, meeting Pochi's gaze.

"Hehe~" Lenai immediately stopped playing, unplugged the guitar and ran to Pochi, "You're here~"

"I...I heard a sound..."

Then Lenai grabbed Pochi's hands and pulled her towards the crowd, "Come on, live."

"Eh?! Wait a minute, I'm here..."

"live!"

Chapter 45: Not bad

As usual, after supporting a band that was not her own, Hachiman Kailing declined other people's invitations to a celebration party and walked home alone.

Actually, I really want to have my own band, and I have received countless invitations.

But...it's just not quite right.

Hachiman Kailing herself didn't understand what was almost going on, but every time she thought of this, a figure always appeared in front of her.

Shiina Tachibana.

I first met Hachiman Kairei when I saw their live performance in junior high. It was just one song, but it was perfect in every way. Perfect lyrics, perfect melody, perfect performance, perfect vocals, perfect five people.

At that time, Yawata Kairei had been doing bass support for a while, but I had never heard of this band. Crychic, what a weird name.

But what interested Hachiman Kailing even more was the drummer at the back of the stage. He couldn't stop crying while playing the drums. What was going on? Why could playing the drums make him cry like this?

However, it was also because of these tears that Hachiman Kailing noticed more of the suppressed emotions in her heart, as if all of them were vented in this song.

What had she been through? Or, in other words, what kind of environment did she live in? Hachiman Hailing wanted to know more.

But after the live performance, everything about crychic vanished into thin air. The social media profile remained stuck on the day of the live performance.

Did they disband? Or something else? Hachiman Kailing didn't know, and she never saw her at that live house again.

It was not until she entered high school that the first thing Hachiman Kailing saw when she walked into the classroom was Riki, who was leaning against the wall with his head propped up, doing nothing and daydreaming.

Everyone else was trying hard to socialize and build their own high school social circle, but she seemed out of place here.

So Hachiman Hailing walked up and sat behind her, "What are you looking at?"

"Clam?"

As if she hadn't expected to be spoken to, she let out a surprised "huh". It seemed to be her catchphrase, which was quite interesting.

"I said, what are you looking at?"

"No... I didn't see anything." What's wrong with this guy? He came up to me in a daze and asked me what I was looking at?

"Why not join them?"

"You mean like that, introduce yourself first and then make friends?"

"That's it."

"Not interested. If you are interested, why don't you go?"

"I'm more interested in you."

"Clam?!"

Okay, now this is confirmed to be her catchphrase, "I've seen your live performance."

"Really... Is there anything else?"

His mood was visibly down. So, what happened after the live? "Also, I want to be friends with Shiina-san."

"...did anyone say you were very approachable?"

"Not yet."

"Really? Then you are very familiar."

"So Shiina-san agreed to be friends, right?"

"I..."

"Here." No matter whether she agrees or refuses, interrupt her first.

"What is this?" Shiina Riki took the drink with a panda-printed package from her.

"Custard."

"Why give it to me."

“Celebrate the gift of being a friend.”

"you..."

“It tastes better after shaking.”

"Really."

[Buzz]

The phone in my pocket vibrated, interrupting my recollections.

Could it be Li Xi? With this question in mind, I took out my phone, and the moment the screen lit up, I was disappointed.

"photo

Hachiman-san really should have come to the celebration party."

This is a photo of the celebration party for the support band just now.

"Maybe next time. I do have something to do today."

"All right.

By the way, Hachiman-san, are you really not going to join our band? Everyone agrees."

"I really don't have any plans to join a band for now."

“Well, that’s a shame.

But with Hachiman-san's skill level, it shouldn't be a problem for him to join any band he wants."

"Thank you for the compliment. I hope you enjoy the celebration party."

After the pleasantries were over, he put away his phone and reflected on the previous conversation. "Whatever band you want to join...it shouldn't be a problem...right?"

Then, the sound of a guitar drifted into my ears on the evening breeze. Guitar? Here? I looked in the direction of the sound. Was it a street live performance?

I remembered the message I saw on the Ring notice board before.

"I can sometimes see him performing live on the streets at night. He's just one person, and he looks like a middle school student, but it's really great. Don't miss it!!!"

"Don't want to miss it? Then go check it out."

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