Girls' Wishing Tree

She had already promised Sakura Takagi to sing an encore, so she had to return to the LiveHouse. But in her heart, she already had plans for the next step for the band.

Taoxiang adjusted herself outside the LiveHouse before returning to the main hall. Inside, Popipa was singing "StarBeat" and the atmosphere in the audience was still high.

Popipa sang very well and the song was good, which was in line with the beautiful emotions between JK.

But Taoxiang has found the voice she wanted, even if it was just a cappella performance at the door of LiveHouse. Now when she listens to other girls' songs, she has a feeling of "once you have seen the sea, nothing else can compare to it".

Chapter 64 Shrines, Festivals, and Monsters: 24. The Wild Boar Girl's Rescue

CHU^2 is at the Harvest Festival, enjoying the performance.

She was very satisfied with this performance.

Hanazono Tahui was the guitarist she was able to recruit, and she performed very well in PoppinParty's performance.

Next, the shrine maiden Sakura Takagi came on stage with her bass and played a duet with the two young guitarists.

The performances of these two guitarists were great, which made CHU^2 feel itchy and complained in his heart why there were so many great female guitarists around Sakura Takagi.

However, since the playing difficulty of these two people was not high, and Guitar Hero had even rejected her online, she did not think of recruiting them into the band.

After a Kagura dance, HalloHappyWorld came on stage.

The band's appearance was indeed joyful - four people ran onto the stage carrying a pink bear, introduced themselves, and placed the bear named "Michelle" in front of the DJ booth.

The instrumentation of HHW is very similar to that of CHU^2's own band, but the musical styles of the two bands are completely different.

The finale performance was provided by PasPale, who, like DiamondDust, are also an idol-style band, but their style is even sweeter than DiamondDust.

PasPale's performance ended, and the audience was shouting "Encore". Maruyama Aya said into the microphone: "Um... PasPale's performance ends here! Let's return the stage to Takagi Sakura Miko... um... and Popipa's mushroom hand... oh, no, it's the drummer Yamabuki Saya!"

Shiragi Maesagi walked over to the microphone and helped Maruyama Aya, who had bitten her tongue. "The final encore song will be handed over to the shrine's makeshift band!"

The five members of PasPale walked off the stage and the lights went out.

When the spotlights came back on, there were only two people on the stage.

Sakura Takagi, wearing a shrine maiden costume, stood in front holding a bass, while Saya Yamabuki sat in front of the drum set.

"Today I'm also going to invite a musician to sing the lead guitar." Takagi Sakura waved to Momoka in the audience: "Momoka, can you come up and help me sing this song?"

Momoka slowly walked onto the stage and adjusted her guitar strap, "Ying, are you sure you don't want to sing this song yourself?"

"You sang during the interview, and of course you should sing now." Ying gave up the seat in front of the microphone.

Shiina Riki in the audience bit her lip. During the interview recording, she and Hailing were in charge of the rhythm section of this song. Now, it was Sakura Takagi and Saya Yamabuki who were in charge of the rhythm section on stage.

Deng and Maki sat on either side of Riki, while Hailing sat a little further away.

The Takagi Sakura holding the bass is the gentler Takagi Sakura. Whether it is with the silver-haired girl, the girl wearing the boar headgear or Momoka, she can cooperate well.

Moreover, he did not make any excessive demands on his teammates and smiled brightly throughout the whole process.

The performance of the last song went very smoothly.

Taoxiang's playing and singing were almost perfect, and the excellent quality of the song caused waves of cheers from the audience.

"Encore! Encore!" the audience continued to shout.

Takagi Sakura didn't prepare any more programs, so she just stood in front of the microphone and shouted, "Well... everyone... please look forward to next year's Sakura Festival! I'll be giving you a live performance then!"

"Play some guitar!"

"Rock Canon!"

Some people in the audience who had seen Sakura Takagi play the guitar began to urge her to give another guitar performance.

Takagi Sakura was a little embarrassed - without the Stage Manifestation Card, she would not be able to play the guitar at a professional level.

Just when Takagi Sakura was about to get away with it, Goto Ichiri, wearing a wild boar mask, rushed onto the stage: "Um... please let me do it!"

Ichiri Goto quickly plugged the guitar cable into the input port of the speaker, put one foot on the small speaker in front of the stage, and began to play "Rock Canon".

Because Sakura Takagi had been learning guitar from her, she knew that Sakura Takagi could not perform particularly well on the guitar.

In that case, let her come.

Seeing the boar-headed girl on the stage playing the guitar so quickly, both the audience and the stagegoers were stunned.

Sakura Takagi did not expect that the introverted Ichiri Goto would run onto the stage to respond to the audience for her, and the audience did not expect that the girl would suddenly rush up to perform guitar.

Goto Ichiri's playing was still very solid, and the silence caused by surprise was soon broken by cheers.

After playing this song, Goto Ichiri bowed suddenly to the audience.

The audience had not let go of the people on the stage and hoped for another performance, but Li Xi in the audience was becoming more and more nervous - in her mind, if she continued to force it, Takagi Sakura's inner personality would come out.

Takagi Sakura waved to the audience: "Today's performance really ends here! Next time we will arrange a more exciting program for everyone, so stay tuned!"

Li Xi breathed a sigh of relief - it seemed that the appearance of the girl wearing a hood had barely suppressed Takagi Sakura's second personality.

When the show ended, she didn't leave immediately. Instead, she walked over to Hailing and said, "Hailing, how do you feel about Gao Muying's bass?"

"I play very well." Hailing's answer was brief.

“It’s different from what you play.”

"How can two different people play the same music?" Hailing walked straight out.

Lixi had no way to say anything in this environment, so he had to talk to his sister and walked out of the LiveHouse with Deng.

Because she was delayed for a while, she happened to see the scene outside LiveHouse.

A short girl wearing cat-ear headphones and a girl with highlighted hair stopped Momoka.

"We hope you can join our band as the lead guitarist. Our goal is to become the strongest girl band of the new era!"

"Not interested." Taoxiang refused directly.

"You should listen to our music before you make a decision! Our band is only missing a guitarist!"

"Not interested." Taoxiang did not change her statement at all.

"Come and give it a try. I know you were the original lead singer of DiamondDust, and now you don't have a band!" CHU^2 still didn't give up.

"DiamondDust, it's over for me." Taoxiang turned and left.

CHU^2 seemed to want to vent her anger on something, but there was no trash can nearby. She glanced at the telephone pole and decided to give up.

"Master CHU^2, we can let HANAZONO try first! Don't be angry!"

"Hmph, I'll make sure those who rejected us know what they've been missing! PAREO, whether it's Roselia, Takagi Sakura, Guitar Hero, or this Kawaharaki Momoka, they'll all see how powerful we are!"

"Of course, Master CHU^2's music is the best! These guitarists are so ungrateful!"

Li Xi had no interest in listening any further, so he turned around and flicked the light: "Let's go, I'll take you home."

Chapter 65 Shrines, Festivals, and Monsters: 25. Find teammates online

When the performance ended, Takagi Sakura heard a system prompt, rewarding her with 600 shining points and two random skills of intermediate or lower level.

[The host obtains the simple-level dryad spell: Off-season cherry blossoms.]

[The host may produce a small amount of cherry blossoms on its branches or body during non-cherry blossom season.]

[Host obtains skill: Vocal Music (Intermediate).]

[The host has acquired vocal skills that surpass those of most amateur singers, barely reaching the threshold of professional level.]

The skills the system had given her this time were quite useful. Perhaps it was an attempt to mend their relationship, in some way. But Takagi Sakura wasn't particularly excited. Her positive emotions stemmed more from the girls with dialog boxes above their heads today, who hadn't given her any more pop-up options.

When Sakura Takagi returned to the shrine and just put down her bass box, she found that two people followed her into the shrine.

She turned around and saw that it was Kawahara Momoka and Isen Rina.

Taoxiang was carrying her guitar on her back, looking very tired, but her eyes were shining with hope. Jingqin Rencai followed behind her, and it was obvious that she had just cried. Her hair, which was originally tied in two small buns, was now a mess.

"Sakura, sorry to bother you tonight." Momoka took a few steps towards Sakura, "Nina and I are planning to form a new band."

Takagi Sakura nodded. She didn't know what to say at this point. Something must have happened between Momoka and Nina. She didn't have the ability to read minds, so she couldn't figure it out in a short time.

Now, I can only say some words of blessing.

Takagi Sakura put on a smile and said, "I hope to be able to invite your band to perform at next year's Sakura Festival. If there's anything I can do for you, just let me know."

Taoxiang seemed a little hesitant, but still spoke: "Ying, can you help us form a band?"

"Well...how do you want me to help you?" As soon as Takagi Sakura asked, she realized that she had asked a not very smart question.

Because the option box popped up again.

[Under your guidance, the girls are on the path to forming a band. Kawahara Momoka and Isen Jinna will serve as the core of this band. Please select the specific direction of your guidance:]

[A. Use the identity of a popular music shrine maiden on the Internet to recruit teammates for Momoka and Nina.]

[B. Searches for talented musical girls at Tokyo's LiveHouse and becomes a teammate of Momoka and Nina.]

[C. Find music industry veterans like Tsuzuki Shifune to recommend teammates for Momoka and Nina.]

[D. joined the band as a bassist and searched for teammates through street live performances.]

After seeing the options, Takagi Sakura continued to follow the instructions: "Most of the people I know here are guitarists. If we want to find other members, how about recruiting online? Or I can go to the nearby LiveHouses with you..."

Momoka and Nina looked at each other, then smiled awkwardly together.

Renai was a complete novice in bands and had never thought about forming a band. She only knew that a band needed several people, each playing a different instrument. It was just that her idol asked her to form a band, and she agreed on a whim.

Momoka formed a band with the members of DiamandDust in high school. Her social circle in Tokyo was very limited. After leaving the band, she encountered many setbacks and was ready to go home.

"As long as we have the determination to form a band, we will definitely be able to form the strongest band!" After thinking for a while, Rencai chose to remain optimistic.

"Wait." Gao Muying held her forehead and said, "Can you tell me more about your idea of ​​forming a band? I want to help you, but I need an idea."

Momoka explained, "During the time since I left DiamondDust, I've been looking for jobs with several record companies and even performed at bars, but I haven't gotten any good opportunities. I'm planning to go home, borrow some money from my family, and try to open a music bar. But... now I feel that Nina's voice is particularly suitable for my musical expression, so I want to get Nina to form a band together."

"So, Nina will be the lead singer?" Takagi Sakura glanced at Nina, then turned her gaze to Momoka: "You will be the guitarist?"

"Yeah." Momoka nodded in agreement with Takagi Sakura's statement.

Sakura frowned and thought for a moment.

Lead singer and guitarist are the two easiest positions to fill in a band. Guitarists are everywhere, and lead singers are even more common. Anyone with a basic musical background can sing a few lines on stage. A small band of three to seven people, down to KTV standards, can almost anyone be the lead singer.

Yes, Nina has a voice that Momoka recognizes, and Momoka has certain creative abilities, but if they were to form a band in LiveHouse, it might not be that easy.

"We need to find at least a bassist and a drummer... We might also consider hiring a keyboardist or a special instrument player. Taoxiang, my guitarist interviews have been very popular lately. Why don't you use my online popularity to see if I can help you find teammates?"

Taoxiang nodded: "That is indeed a solution."

"Your band should have a basic plan for building a team, right? If not, it would be difficult for me to help you find teammates." Takagi Sakura said, counting on her fingers. "Whether you're a professional band aiming for a quick debut, a part-time band with a certain commercial nature, or an online band primarily focused on online activities, the strategies for finding members are completely different."

"Nina is still in cram school, so a full-time band might not be possible. Hmm... let's just make it a part-time band that aims to make a profit. Online rehearsals aren't an option either, so we have to practice two or three times a week in the Tokyo area, and try to have a commercial live this year." Momoka shared her thoughts according to Sakura's guidance.

Ying chose "A" with confidence and prepared to help them find suitable teammates online. "Okay, I'll edit a part of the Harvest Festival performance and post it on my social media account tomorrow. You guys can clarify the situation of looking for teammates, and I'll help you send out the recruitment."

As for Ying's own band, she wants to wait until she has accumulated some experience before attracting stronger teammates.

This accumulation can be divided into two aspects. The first is that although she has four skills in vocal, bass, violin and guitar, three of them are intermediate and one is elementary. She has not reached advanced performance skills and is temporarily unable to determine which position she should play in the band.

After she finishes the five interviews with guitarists, she will acquire an advanced playing skill, which will make it easier for her to choose a band. During this period, she also has to practice her guitar playing to an intermediate level, otherwise she really won't be able to withstand a group of guitarists coming to peel the bark to make picks. If a cherry tree is stripped of a circle of bark, it will be doomed. Even if it is not a circle but a large area that is peeled off, it will look very ugly.

Another accumulation is that she wants to carry out the renovation project of the Music Shrine and accumulate some popularity through writing songs on the Internet, so that those musicians with a little popularity will be more likely to consider joining her band.

Chapter 66: Shrines, Festivals, and Monsters: Remarks on the Release

If everything goes well with the setup, the book will be on the shelves tomorrow.

Thank you to all the friends who have read this far, supported me and gave me suggestions.

This volume will continue with the stories of Momoka, Nina, and CHU^2 forming their own bands, laying the groundwork for the Crychic story. The next volume will focus on the protagonist's shrine construction and Crychic's journey. Of course, aside from the main bands, other bands will also have a role to play.

At the end of the second volume, there will no longer be a separate concluding statement.

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Thank you all again.

Chapter 67: Shrines, Festivals, and Monsters: 26, Offices and Applicants

For the next period of time, Takagi Sakura slowed down her pace of life a little.

She insists on practicing guitar and violin every day. While practicing, she would also encourage Goto Ichiri to be brave and communicate with others more often, and encourage Miyazono Kaoru to believe that the future will get better and better.

Online, she posted a band recruitment for Momoka and Nina, and received some private messages, but most of them were not suitable after just a few words.

Some of them had very poor playing skills and had only learned their instruments for less than half a year; some were sent by record companies, who said they were willing to complete their teammates if they signed a contract; and some had huge differences in their opinions on the band's musical style from Momoka, and they couldn't talk to each other at all.

In addition, several record companies found Sakura Takagi, hoping to obtain the distribution and cover rights of her songs.