Girls' Wishing Tree

Adding gain and bass creates a raspy quality, making the sound more in line with the Lich King's image. She only has a rough idea of ​​the direction, so she doesn't make any detailed adjustments. As for the effects pedal, she adds a little delay.

Saya played again, and this time her brows furrowed as she played.

Because the gain was too high, she was having trouble controlling the guitar's tone—the higher the gain, the harder it was to play accurately. Generally, high gain is more often used to handle rhythm guitar in heavy music.

"I understand what Sakura means." Saya suddenly slapped her forehead and said, "I will be here on time for the recording tomorrow morning. Thank you for your advice."

Could Sayo be able to control such an exaggerated electric guitar setting in just one night?

Takagi Sakura thought for a while but didn't ask. She watched Saya walk out of the shrine.

Chapter 73 Shrines, Festivals and Monsters: 32, Playing the Piano, and Picking Up JK

After Sayo left, Sakura video-called Goto Ichiri.

Ying was very familiar with the scene in the video.

Tatami, a storage rack, two guitars, a THR5 small home speaker, and a girl in sportswear.

"Yili, can you control the details of the guitar sound when the gain is turned up very high?" Ying asked directly.

After spending some time with Goto Ichiri, Sakura already understood very well - when talking to this girl who could turn into a Nozuchi snake at any time, don't be roundabout, just ask directly.

Ichiri Goto simply turned up the gain of the speaker and performed a solo.

Although she was a high school girl, her guitar playing skills were no less impressive than those of a professional guitarist. Sakura couldn't compare Ichiri's playing to Saya's, but from Ichiri's performance, she could at least understand if she had dug a hole for Saya to fall into that she couldn't fill.

"The greater the gain, the harder it is to control the details of the tone. Because in the case of high gain, some small details that have a subtle impact on the tone will be swallowed up, and at the same time, some sounds will be overloaded and explode, which is difficult to explain clearly. For example, the rhythm guitar in heavy music is deliberately made to explode, which will ignite the emotions of the entire audience on the stage..." When it comes to guitar, Kazuchi Goto can still say a lot to his friends.

After listening to Ichiri for more than ten minutes, Ying understood her point - no matter how good a guitarist is, controlling high gain is not an easy task, and using high gain to perform narratively is even more of a challenge.

Takagi Sakura didn't talk much about this topic. She just practiced guitar for more than an hour under the guidance of Goto Ichiri and then prepared to rest like a tree.

Because she has a lot of friends now, Takagi Sakura generally doesn't put her body directly into the tree. Instead, she changes into pajamas and places her body on a bed in the shrine or in a small shop outside the shrine, allowing her consciousness to return to the cherry tree.

Just as she was about to return to the tree, a girl suddenly walked into the shrine.

This girl is very cute, but there is something a bit out of place about her.

The clothes should be school uniforms, but there are many female middle school students coming to the shrine, but Takagi Sakura has never seen the same clothes; there is some hairspray on her hair, which seems to have a more fixed hairstyle, but it still can't hide the feeling of not washing; she is carrying a backpack, but it doesn't look like the things in the bag are books.

"Um... could I stay here for one night?" The girl clasped her hands together and said to Sakura, "Please."

There is also a dialog box next to this girl.

Ying glanced at the girl and asked, "Why, did you have a quarrel with your family and run away from home?"

"Oh, just stay with me for one night. I can do anything." The girl rubbed her hands and said, "If you like girls, that's also possible."

Takagi Sakura pointed at the shrine expressionlessly: "I am the shrine maiden of this shrine and the person in charge here. Are you sure it is appropriate to say such a thing?"

"Oh, I'm so sorry. I can't find a place to stay, and I thought that at least the eaves of the shrine can protect me from the wind and rain. Just take me in for one night, and I will leave by myself tomorrow morning." The girl made another request.

"You said you'd do anything. Can you show me your ID?" Gao Muying had a bad impression of this girl. She felt that she didn't tell the truth, and her request to stay overnight was very suspicious. At least looking at her ID would confirm her identity.

"Here." The girl took out a student ID card very straightforwardly.

Takagi Sakura took a look and felt overwhelmed.

With her skill in forging documents, she could tell at a glance that this was a document with obvious signs of use, at least it was not forged in the past few days to deceive her.

The ID shows that the girl's name is Ogihara Sayu, and she is a student at Asahikawa No. 6 Junior High School in Hokkaido.

It’s JK, who also ran away from home, but... this time he ran a little too far.

Just when Ying wanted to ask for more clarification, an option box popped up.

[Under your guidance, the girl continues to "run away from home." Please select the specific direction of guidance:]

[A. The girl will wander around, using her body as payment, and will eventually be picked up by a man about 10 years older than her. However, she will be able to live a relatively stable life.]

[B. The girl will be taken in by Sakura Takagi and become a drummer in a band, but she will never forgive her family for the rest of her life.]

[C. The girl will be deceived into an international criminal gang, but her suffering will not last long.]

Takagi Sakura clenched her fists and her eyes seemed to be spitting fire.

The options provided by the system are becoming increasingly excessive.

If I didn't take this girl in, would her ending be so bad?

Is this the "possibility" provided by the system?

"System, are you going too far? Can you manipulate other people's lives like this?" Takagi Sakura muttered to herself.

The system quickly responded: "This is her possibility. If you don't believe me, ask her how she came to Tokyo."

Looking at the angry Takagi Sakura, Sayu took two steps back: "No... If not, I'll leave first. Can you give me back my student ID?"

"How did you get from Asahikawa to Tokyo? Tell me the truth, and I'll take you in for a few days."

"I have a little money for the trip. I bought a loaf of bread and a bottle of water today, but I've used it up." Sayu turned her face to the side, as if she didn't want to say it in front of the miko, but she still gritted her teeth and said, "It's just that... I don't even have a five-yen coin anymore. If it really doesn't work out, I plan to be a divine maiden for a while. Anyway... I don't want to go back."

Of course, Gao Muying knew what the term "God's Maiden" meant. Girls who used their bodies in exchange for resources would be given this name.

Her face turned green, and she threw her student ID to Sayu: "I can take you in for a month, but you have to help me clean the shrine yard every morning and help the girls who come here to rehearse to adjust the equipment - have you ever learned to play an instrument?"

"I played drums in junior high school."

Takagi Sakura's hands were shaking - and she matched the options provided by the system again.

She stole a glance at the option box next to Sayu and selected "B." Then, evasively, she opened the door to the rehearsal room for Sayu and said in a stiff voice, "There's a blanket in the closet. You can rest here first."

The floor of the rehearsal room is tatami, so it’s no problem to take a break, but it’s not very comfortable.

Sayu walked into the rehearsal room cautiously, looking at the equipment inside with a bit of curiosity.

"Don't touch equipment you don't understand. If someone comes, don't talk to them too much. Come to me directly. Also, don't talk about things like divine maidens here." Takagi Sakura closed the door of the rehearsal room: "If you can't do it, get out."

Saya nodded, but the door had already been closed by Sakura.

Ying walked into the yard and said quietly but solemnly, "System, I want to be unbound. Even if I can't become a senior tree demon, I don't want to see you again. Is it fun to let me bear the responsibility of someone else's life like this?"

"The host does not have permission to unbind." The system's response was swift and cold.

Gao Muying held the tree trunk with one hand and said her speculation: "As long as I make others happy and sad, ups and downs, you can draw some energy from it, right?"

"The system must correct the host on two points. First, not everyone is useful. It must be a young girl with rich emotions. Second, most of the energy absorbed by the system is used to help the main host become a stronger tree demon."

"Can't you just stop doing this kind of stuff? If I want to inspire everyone's emotions, I can form a band and perform more live shows. Don't let me bear the burden of other people's lives anymore! I'm not qualified! And neither are you!"

"The system simply lists all the possibilities—" the system began to repeat itself.

Takagi Sakura didn't say any useless words. She stood in the night wind for nearly half an hour before she controlled her emotions, went back to the room and lay down. Her consciousness returned to the tree demon's space and she played the violin.

Chapter 74 Shrines, Festivals and Monsters: 33. This is a guitar talk show

Rupa, Chi and Sayu.

The number of girls working at the shrine has risen to three.

Although Sayu didn't discuss compensation with Sakura, Sakura wasn't prepared to refuse to pay her a penny.

In order to pay the wages, Ying can no longer stay at home like this. Instead, she plans to do some network operations and help Miao Meng gain some popularity so that she will be willing to stay in the band before the live performance.

So for today's program recording, she invited Miao Meng to come over to play the rhythm for Saye, and planned to do a live broadcast with Miao Meng after the performance.

Sayo arrived at the recording site on time and brought another member of Roselia, Hina Minato.

"Takagi Miko, I've read your song 'Invincible'. It's truly an excellent piece. Saya and I spent the entire night yesterday discussing replacing some of the piece with vocals or brass instruments. That way, the overall effect should be better."

"When I wrote it the first time, the main melody was indeed based on vocals," Sakura admitted generously. "Ms. Minato, I'm glad you cared about recording it. I asked Sayo to perform this track on guitar because it's a guitar interview program."

Saya spoke up, "Can we do the interview first and then record the tracks later? I discussed it with Yuhina yesterday, and we feel that if we make some adjustments to the arrangement, we can bring out the best of both the vocals and the guitar. We've made some preliminary adjustments, but it's not completely finalized yet."

Takagi Sakura thought that Sayo would explode and control the high-gain version, and she also thought about her regressing to a low-gain version. She never thought that she would seek external help and let Yuhina take on part of the soundtrack.

"Okay, let me take a look at the score." Takagi Sakura nodded - if Yuhina was willing to participate in the recording, it would definitely be good for her popularity. Miao Meng's eyes were already shining.

"By the way, let me introduce to you all. This is the drummer Meow Meng whom I invited for the recording, and this is the part-time shrine maiden Sayu." Sakura introduced Sayu while opening her phone to look at the music score.

"Hello, Roselia! I have always been a fan of your Yi[异7飼久玖! I am very happy to have the opportunity to work with you all!" Miao Meng said happily.

Yushina nodded slightly, indicating that she understood.

Gao Muying took the music score and looked at it for a while. "How about this, let's just enrich the parts a little bit. I'll call a keyboardist and a bassist to come in as a makeshift band. I'll make some minor adjustments to the score. It'll take up a little more of your time, is that okay?"

Yushina didn't show any dissatisfaction: "No problem, music should be constantly improved."

"How about this, I'll write out the music sheet first, and call the keyboardist and bassist over. They're more knowledgeable about arranging music, and Miss Minato can discuss it with them. I'll do the interview with Saya first, and Sayu will come over to help us film it."

Takagi Sakura quickly made some changes to the score. "My changes are rather rough. If it's okay, could you please take a look at it for me, Miss Minato?"

"Just call me Yushina." Yushina took Saya's tablet and began to check the music score carefully.

"Sayu, why are you still standing there? Let's go shoot the interview under the cherry tree. Please get us two stools." Takagi Sakura took Sayo out.

"Oh, okay..." Sayu picked up two stools and walked into the yard.

Under the cherry tree whose leaves had already fallen, Sayo and Sakura sat opposite each other. Sakura started talking about Roselia's work and quickly helped Sayo get into the mood.

But Sayu was a little confused.

She had already made up her mind, even if it meant wandering around as a maiden, she would never go home. But when her money ran out and she was about to take this step, she was taken in by a strange shrine.

The shrine has a practice room similar to a live house, and it's also where young musicians gather for activities. Today is her first day on the job, and she's filming an interview with a guitarist. From the looks of it, it sounds like this guitarist's band, Roselia, is a very successful one.

In this confused state, she helped Sakura and Sayo finish filming the interview video.

"Okay, solved." Sakura clapped her hands twice: "Saya, let's go see if Yushina and Xiaozhi have corrected the music."

Zhi and Yuhina sat in front of the keyboard, making the final changes to the music score.

Takagi Sakura was worried that Zhi's difficult-to-talk-about personality when it came to music would make it difficult for her and Yuhina to get along well. However, she didn't expect that they would have a very harmonious discussion in front of the music score, seriously discussing how each note should be played based on the music.

Miao Meng was taking pictures and didn't disturb the two of them, while Rupa stood quietly behind Zhi.

"I was in a hurry to record an interview with Sayo, so the music score I modified might be a bit crude." Ying leaned over and said apologetically.

"It's okay, we've almost finished the changes. Sakura, you're the original author, come and take a look?" Yuhina waved at Sakura.

"Here, Miss Minato and I have a slightly different opinion. I think we should downplay the guitar in this section and use the keyboard to support the vocals." Zhi pointed to a section in the score.

"It's not a disagreement, this is a guitar talk show, so we have to leave the highlights to Sayo—"

Takagi Sakura looked at the score carefully again. These two guys were really amazing. They could even pick out the vocals.

"Indeed, these parts were originally vocals." Takagi Sakura nodded, "But I didn't write the vocals in Japanese or English. I wrote them in a fictional language so I could write the lyrics."

Zhi smiled and said, "Since the original song is a human voice, why not use the human voice?"

Rupa tugged at Zhi's sleeve: "It's a guitar talk show—"

Sakura continued, "But we also have to consider the nature of the show. So if Yushina is willing, we can record two versions of the song. The one at the end of the guitar interview, without the lyrics, I'll sing the vocals. It's just to complement the guitar sound. I'd like to ask Yushina to sing the vocals. Is that okay with that?"

"Okay." Yushina looked up: "Please write the lyrics for me. I can sing this song."

"Well, as for compensation, I'll do it based on the price I'd pay Saya." Sakura turned her gaze to Tomo and Rupa, "You three will also be paid based on the price of professional support musicians."

“We’ve already taken the money—” Rupa’s eyes widened.

"Your job doesn't include supporting performances. Support performances are charged separately." Ying said this, becoming more serious. "But you also have to give your best."

"Okay!" Rupa clapped her hands. "Do you want to continue playing today?"

"Use the sheet music that highlights the guitar. I'll sing the vocals, Sayo will play guitar, and the three of you will be the rhythm section and keyboards. Sayu, you'll shoot the video, and I'll teach you the recording part once, and you can follow along."

Chapter 75 Shrines, Festivals and Monsters: 34. She is the Fool

Yushina had heard of the name of this shrine before coming here, and she was still pleasantly surprised to come here with Sayo.

Sakura Takagi has also practiced singing vocals and can reach the threshold of professional level.

Not only does she have good vocal conditions, but her voice is also accurate and stable. She will have no problem being the lead singer of an ordinary band. Considering that she can also play musical instruments, if she joins a band, her popularity can be compared to Roselia.

The three supporting musicians she found were all of high quality. Through brief communication, Youshina also learned that these people were currently forming a band.

Yuhina suggested that she not be invited to sing the vocal-based version, but Sakura directly said that her voice was not suitable and still insisted on inviting Yuhina to participate.

Sakura says her voice is too sweet and that Yuhina's voice fits the mood of the piece better.

This reason made it impossible for Youshina to refuse.

"Meow Meng, are we still doing the live broadcast today? It's a little later than the scheduled time. If we do it live, we'll have to be here all day."

Miao Meng nodded firmly: "I want to do a live broadcast. I just posted a dynamic today. Because it is related to Roselia, it has already received hundreds of likes. It is just right to use the live broadcast to communicate with fans."

"The live broadcast I'm talking about is not on the platform commonly used by Tokyo people, but a live broadcast in Chinese."