Girls' Wishing Tree

"She's a young lady, but I have to admit she's amazing." Zhi sighed, "Sometimes I think it's quite unfair. Music is all I have left, but for a young lady like her, music is just entertainment. Alas, she has such a great musical talent."

Rupa put a hand on Satoshi's shoulder, "It's okay, we can do this. Isn't Sakura helping us?"

"I'm just remembering... the days before my parents divorced." Zhi laughed self-deprecatingly. "Six years ago, at the National Piano Competition for under 12s, the gold medal went to Toyokawa Shoko, the silver medal went to me, and the bronze medal went to Ichigaya Yusaki. I still remember the scene of us going on stage to receive the awards. At that time, I felt that the future of each of us was bright. Alas..."

"I know Yusaki Ichigaya. She's the keyboardist of Popipa and also plays in a band, but she's not a full-time musician." Sakura Takagi mentioned Yusaki's current situation.

"Everyone has their own destiny. Maybe Zhi will have an opportunity even greater than Toyokawa Shoko's in the future." Rupa pointed to the entrance of the Live House. "Tickets are being checked over there. Let's go in and take a look."

Zhi tugged at Rupa's sleeve. "I don't envy Toyokawa Shoko. She's a daughter of a wealthy family. Her life is different from that of an outcast like me!"

Sakura wanted to comfort Zhi, but she didn't know how to start - if Zhi hadn't been "abandoned", he probably wouldn't have gone to Tokyo at this age to work and make music at the same time.

Children of her age should be enjoying a carefree high school life. Even if they want to play in a band, they should play in a "sister band" like Popipa or Afterglow that values ​​friendship.

Rupa took the initiative to explain to Ying: "After Zhi's parents divorced, neither of them wanted to raise her. After considering it, she came to Tokyo and formed a band, but the band disbanded due to some problems. After the band disbanded, we formed the music group Red Ginger in the first period, while doing online activities and working part-time to make a living."

"Rupa, stop talking and go in." Zhi adjusted his mood in a short time.

"Zhi, I will help you find a suitable band." Takagi Sakura made a serious promise to Zhi.

The system pops up options at this time:

[Under your guidance, the girl is on the path of "identifying teammates." Please select the specific direction of guidance:]

[A. The girl will find a suitable teammate, but will be separated from Rupa.]

[B. The girl will find a suitable teammate, but will have to give up the keyboard player position.]

[C. The girl will find suitable teammates, but sometimes she will encounter unfortunate events that will affect her business performance.]

"Choose C." Takagi Sakura knew Zhi's love for keyboard and her relationship with Rupa, so she directly chose the last one.

As long as the band's performance was solid, even if its commercial value couldn't be fully realized, it could still lead a good life. Fortunately, this option, while it would have an impact on Zhi's future, was not too drastic.

Sakura Takagi followed the crowd into RAS's first live performance, but she was still thinking about Zhi.

Now I still have two tasks related to the Zhi band that have not been completed. One is to help Momoka and Nina find teammates online, and the other is to help their band perform its first live.

So far, the task of helping Momoka and Nina find teammates online has not been completed, and the coordination of this makeshift band is not ideal.

Combined with today's task of helping Zhi find teammates, she was almost certain that she didn't have the right five people.

But are these five people going to split into two bands, or just replace one member?

Takagi Sakura is not sure about who is suitable to form a band. She can communicate with the girls through dialogue boxes, but she doesn't have the ability to read their minds.

Girls who play music are usually delicate at heart. Even if they develop a good relationship with them, they may not necessarily hear the complete truth.

Chapter 84 Shrines, Festivals, and Monsters: 42. The Late Guitarist

The free tickets RAS gave to Sakura Takagi were in very front row seats, and as soon as the performance started, Sakura Takagi was shocked twice.

The first time was when I saw Popipa's guitarist, Taehyung Hanazono, become a member of RAS and perform on stage; the second time was when I was shocked by the quality of RAS's music.

When CHU^2 said they wanted to redefine the era of big girl bands, it wasn't a joke.

With RAS as the benchmark for musical quality, most girl bands wouldn't even be qualified to touch it. Only the best girl bands like Roselia could possibly compete with RAS.

Looking back at CHU^2’s “declaration of war”, it went from “arrogant” to “unbridled”.

Sometimes, it depends on one's ability.

If someone wrote "Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng" after drinking, that was Wang Bo; if someone wrote "Song of the Wine" after drinking, that was Li Bai; if someone couldn't write anything and had to have relatives go to the police station to pick him up... that was simply a drunkard.

CHU^2 is definitely well-qualified to be "blasting" everywhere. As a producer, she has indeed created a super-powerful girl band.

She is very good at selecting members, and each member is very capable. The lead singer Layer's voice is impactful and can mobilize the audience's emotions as soon as she opens her mouth. Her bass is also very powerful. Together with Masking's rhythm section, it supports the performance and gives people the feeling of "appropriate details and omissions".

A problem that many bands have is that members with superb playing skills will involuntarily start showing off their skills on stage, and this kind of showmanship sometimes affects the expression of the music.

CHU^2 was able to suppress the musicians' excessive desire to express themselves on stage, and as a producer, he has done a great job.

The high-pitched part composed of keyboards and guitars of PAREO and HANAZONO also serves the overall expression effect, and their music passed through CHU^2's DJ booth and "ignited" the entire scene with the sound waves.

Even if you don't listen to RAS's music, you can still see the success of this live performance just by looking at the grand scene in the audience.

Sakura listened for about 40 minutes, sent a message to Rupa, and left early - she had to take a taxi back to the school festival to catch the Miko Club's performance.

On the way back, she was still thinking about helping Taoxiang form a band. It was not possible for Taoxiang's band to reach the level of expressiveness of RAS yet.

In terms of personal strength, Momoka, Chi and Rupa have no problem, but the two girls from Kumamoto are a little weaker. Nina has a good voice, but the time for professional training is too short, and Miaomeng only practices drums in the gaps between studying and being a beauty UP. These two people work very hard, but they both have a long way to go to reach professional level.

But in fact, personal strength is a relatively easy part to make up for. The biggest gap lies in the atmosphere of the entire band.

In the band RAS, CHU^2 sits high on the throne, directing the other four members to follow her intentions and make expressions that break conventions but conform to musical aesthetics.

But the band Momoka is like a clumsy warrior in an RPG game without a proper set of equipment.

He wears a large metal helmet that covers his face, furry armor with cute animal prints, suspenders on his lower body, and a pair of greaves. The shield in his hand is made of skulls, and his weapon is a small hammer in the shape of a cat's claw.

There's nothing wrong with the art design of each piece of equipment, but taken together, it's like they're deliberately trying to steal the spotlight from the boss in the cutscenes.

"Guest, we're here." The taxi driver's words interrupted Sakura's thoughts.

"Oh, okay, thank you." Sakura paid the bill, got out of the car, and ran into the school festival.

"You're finally here! It'll be our turn in two shows!" Wakamiya Eve came forward and said, "If Sakura hadn't come, we wouldn't know what we would do!"

"I said I'd come, and I'll come." Takagi Sakura went into the dressing room and started changing into her miko costume as quickly as possible: "Eve, please help me touch up my makeup."

Takagi Sakura packed up everything she needed to before going on stage, but on her way up, she saw the other four members of Popipa who had already changed into their performance costumes.

Will Hanazono Tae still be able to perform at the school festival, or have they decided to perform without their lead guitar?

Sakura looked at the members of Popipa several times while performing the Kagura dance.

Confused, Ying walked off the stage and deliberately made a detour to the four members of Popipa. "I saw Duohui at the RAS performance. If she can't make it, do you need me to take over as guitarist?"

Arisaki glanced at Sakura and was about to say something when Toyama Kasumi spoke first. She clenched her fist and said in a firm tone, "No, only the five of us Popipa are the most Kirakira Popipa!"

"You guys prepared a lot for this performance." Sakura pointed at the stage. "Arisaki even sent me the prepared arrangement so we could discuss it. As for RAS—"

"Wait for Tae to come back." Kasumi suddenly bowed to Sakura: "If you don't wait until she comes back, please help me delay it for a while!"

"I'll go find Maruyama Aya and try to figure out how to delay it for you for a while. If you need me to take over, feel free to contact me. I'm the only guitarist here who has seen your music." Sakura left immediately without finishing her words and went straight to Maruyama Aya's temporary band, which was listed after Popipa on the program, and asked them to switch the performance order with Popipa.

The school festival itself wasn't a formal occasion, and since everyone was friends, changing the order of performances wasn't a big deal. However, Kanon, who was performing in both the shrine maiden performance and Maruyama Aya's makeshift band, had to change out of her shrine maiden outfit into her school uniform as quickly as possible.

However, according to the program list of RAS, it would be difficult to catch the school festival if we wait until RAS ends before rushing over.

I hope Duohui can get a taxi when the show is over.

Maruyama Aya did a good job of delaying time. In addition to changing the order of performance, she also helped Popipa gain two more minutes. In the end, Maruyama Aya walked off the stage because she bit her tongue while spitting nonsense.

Toyama Kasumi has already run out to look for Tae, and the remaining Popipa is now a tumor zero emu locust (three) hiss (eight). There are only three of the four members left, and there is no lead singer and no guitar.

If we go on stage in this situation, it will become Arisaki's keyboard solo.

While Sakura was still trying to figure it out, Asahi Rikka suddenly rushed onto the stage with a headless guitar. "Um... I'm Asahi Rikka from Hanaoka High School! I'll show you an impromptu guitar riff!"

This program was not on the program list. In other words, Rikka had just decided to go on stage to help Popipa buy time.

Today, Sakura was shocked once again.

Rika took off her glasses and hairband, and simply shook her hair, and her whole temperament became completely different.

It's like turning on the "overclocking" mode.

And her subsequent guitar solo did not disappoint this feeling.

With less than a minute of performance, Liuhua announced to everyone the existence of another talented guitarist.

The headless guitar emits a defiant chirp, just like a dormant fledgling announcing with a shocking cry that its wings have grown full.

Chapter 85 Shrines, Festivals, and Monsters: 43, Magical Girl Takagi Sakura

After Rikka finished playing, Roselia, who had not originally planned to go on stage, also performed two songs after being persuaded by Hinayana. In order to buy Popipa more time, Takagi Sakura made a final effort - she also went on stage like Rikka.

Currently, her only advanced instrument is the pipa, which is obviously impossible to borrow on-site. If she can't achieve the same level of performance as Rokka on guitar, she'll literally be making a fool of herself.

As for the bass, it is not suitable for solo performances, at least with her level between professional musicians and senior amateurs, it is not suitable for solo performances.

The only option left was the violin, but she did not choose to play a song directly. Instead, she chose a method that could delay time more effectively - performing a violin magic trick.

Sakura walked onto the stage and spoke into the microphone, "Um... finally, I'll take up a moment of your time. Many of you probably know me. I'm not a student of Hanasakigawa or Hanaoka, but a shrine maiden of Sakura Shrine. At the school festival, I'm considered an outsider."

There was laughter from the audience, and someone urged Sakura to perform a guitar solo like Rikka.

"I was very touched by the relaxed atmosphere at the school festival today, and I want to bring more joy to everyone." Sakura shook her shrine maiden costume. "As you can see, there's nothing hidden inside. If anyone doesn't believe me, you can come up and take a pat or touch it to confirm that there's nothing hidden inside!"

Xianjuanxin jumped onto the stage, which was more than one meter high, and actually took a picture along the curve of Sakura's back. She pulled Sakura's hand and raised it up: "There is indeed nothing hidden in the shrine maiden costume!"

Looking at Genmaki's smile that was as bright as the sun, Gao Muying suddenly had an idea: "Can I ask Miss Genmaki to be my assistant?"

"Yeah! That's what we want to do. Bring smiles to everyone!" Genjumaki agreed readily. "So, how do you want me to cooperate, Ying?"

Ying didn't know how to perform magic, but she had a portable storage space with some things in it, and with some tree demon spells, that was the confidence she had to perform magic. She raised one hand, shook it twice, and took out a pack of napkins, stuffing it into Xian Juanxin's hand: "See if it's real?"

Xian Juanxin pulled out a napkin and let it float down on the stage: "Wow! It's really a napkin!"

Hiding a pack of napkins on your person is something most people can do as long as they prepare in advance.

However, what Ying did next was not something that ordinary people could do - she shook her hands and a scarf appeared.

Creating a thin silk scarf is a common magic trick, but creating a whole scarf with just a shake of the hand is really difficult.

Xian Juanxin pinched the thick scarf, her eyes lighting up. "Wow! Amazing! The scarf just appeared out of thin air! It really is the kind you use in winter!"

"The cherry trees have all lost their leaves now." Takagi Sakura walked to the front of the stage: "Then please take a look at my fresh leaves -"

"Bang--" A large number of leaves sprayed out from Sakura's body. These leaves were as fresh as if they had just been picked from the tree, covering half of the stage with leaves.

There was a burst of cheers from the audience.

Even if you need a sack to clean up these leaves, it is almost impossible to hide them on your body without time to prepare. What is even more amazing is that they are all fresh leaves and there is no sign of folding.

In the corner of the school festival audience seats, Shiina Riki did not cheer with the crowd.

She looked at Sakura on the stage and remembered asking her sister Maki to go to the Sakura Festival with her. At that time, she watched with a critical attitude, just wanting to expose Sakura's "pretense" on behalf of Deng.

But later, some things happened between her and Sakura, and now she can no longer tell which one is the real Sakura and which one is Sakura's "alternative personality".

According to her analysis, Sakura has two personalities. One is gentle, loves the whole world, and is willing to give love to those in need; the other is good at playing music and tends to be a histrionic personality, but is too sharp in dealing with interpersonal relationships.

"Deng, look at Ying--" At this time, Li Xi subconsciously asked for help from Deng beside him.

Deng usually looks like a silly little penguin, but in some aspects, she is more sensitive than ordinary people.

There are many people in Tokyo who are good at "reading the air" and can judge the appropriate scale for social interaction based on the details in other people's actions and words.

But Deng Ba Ming is not good at reading the air, what she is good at is - reading people's mentality.

It sounds a bit mysterious, but Lixi believes that the lamp has some kind of mysterious power that can see things that others cannot see.

But Deng didn't answer Li Xi, instead he continued to talk to himself: "Those leaves...are alive."

"Huh?" Li Xi glanced at the stage and just saw Ying produce another wooden stick.

Xian Juanxin took the wooden stick and swung it vigorously twice, making a "whoosh" sound that broke through the air.

Ying had already been dragging it out for ten minutes, and she couldn't stay on the stage alone for too long - her personal space was mostly filled with daily necessities, and there weren't many that were suitable for use as magic props. Now she had even conjured up chopsticks.

The only thing left that was suitable to be taken out was the violin.

The last five minutes.

She could also help Popipa delay for five minutes.

Takagi Sakura called out to Hinata in the audience, "Hina, can you also be a guest performer? This is the last part of the show!"

Instead of jumping onto the stage like Genmakikoro, Hinata came up via the stairs.

When she was halfway there, Sakura lifted the hem of her shrine maiden's uniform, showing her knees. "Look everyone, there's nothing tied to my legs. One last thing, Miss Genmaki, please hold my hands and fold them behind my back."

Xian Juanxin smiled and did as she was told: "Ying, I hope I didn't hurt you?"

Sakura looked up at Hina who had come to her side and said, "Then please reach under the hem of my miko uniform and take out the things you need!"

Hinata asked quietly, "Is it really okay?"

Now Sakura's hands were held behind her back by Genmaki Shin, and her feet were just shown to the audience.

"Then please help me lift the hem of my shrine maiden costume, to the knee level." Sakura said loudly to the audience.

Hinata slowly lifted the hem of Sakura's shrine maiden costume, and the audience immediately erupted in cheers.

After helping Sakura lift the hem of her shrine maiden uniform to her knees, Hina bent down to take a look. He immediately understood why the cheers were almost blowing the roof off - Sakura's knees, leaning on her violin.