Girls' Wishing Tree

Yes, it was her. The girl who used to play with Sakura in the training room. Now, she was the guitarist in another band.

The stage lights shone on them. Lenai closed her eyes and began her impromptu solo. Her fingers glided across the strings of her old guitar, as if she wanted to vent all her passion and anxiety. Unfortunately, except for the bassist who could barely keep up, no one else could keep up.

This band called TinySwan is totally unworthy of Lenai's performance.

The audience in the audience also noticed this, and some people began to pay attention, but Su Shi was fascinated by the show.

Is this the guitarist that Sakura approves of?

Mu would never try to make the band's performance more intense in such a forceful way. She would rather follow the rhythm of the music like a puppet spinning on a music box.

But Lenai is completely different. His playing is very aggressive, and he seems to be trying hard to add his own color to the band.

Although the BPM of this song is not fast, Lenai cut his part into sixteenth notes and played it with fast string strikes to create a somewhat psychedelic sound.

This performance even stole the limelight from the lead singer.

When the song ended, Lenai plucked the strings sharply, making a piercing sound. She grabbed her guitar and walked off the stage without looking back, not even taking a bow with her bandmates.

Su Shi looked at her back, lost in thought. He suddenly realized that this short girl seemed to be using this method to draw a line between herself and the band.

"Next is FogBand! This band performed very well in the last show and got hundreds of tickets! The lead singer, Momoka Kawahara, is the former lead singer of DiamondDust, and the bassist and keyboardist are the very famous Red Ginger duo on the Internet. They are also the band signed by the music miko Takagi Sakura!" The announcer called out the name of the next band and gave a brief introduction to them.

FogBand, this is the temporary band name that Taoxiang has chosen.

Because they had not decided on a formal team name, they temporarily used the name "Mist" to participate in the BangDream competition.

The stage lights dimmed, and the audience erupted in cheers. A band called "FogBand" was about to take the stage. As the announcer finished speaking, brisk footsteps echoed from behind the stage. As the first member of the band took the stage, many in the audience began waving their light sticks.

She was a very cool-looking girl - Kawahara Momoka.

Her fair skin contrasted sharply against the Jazzmaster electric guitar under the stage lights. A lazy smile lingered on her face, as she continuously greeted the audience. Behind her were four teammates, the lead singer and drummer being the most eye-catching. They appeared smaller than the others. One had short hair, exuding a sense of explosive energy, while the other wore twin ponytails. Her hair resembled the halo of sunlight on water, and her expression was that of a lively little sun.

She held the drumsticks in her hands like two magic wands, ready to perform a magical performance at any time.

The unique clarity of a girl is not obvious in the voice of lead singer Nina, but with the seamless cooperation of the bassist and keyboardist, this passionate and slightly rebellious voice highlights the presence of this band on the stage.

The drummer's sense of rhythm is extremely precise, sometimes passionate and sometimes gentle, which perfectly provides the rhythmic foundation for the entire band. Not to mention Taoxiang's guitar. The five of them together give people a sense of "right" even if you just look at them.

Watching the performance on stage, Sushi suddenly realized why Sakura had chosen to sign this band. Musically, FogBand completely crushed Crychic. Their performances weren't about showcasing individual skills, nor were they about forcing a young woman's voice through immature performances. Instead, they were truly collaborating to create an intoxicating sound.

What made Su Shi even more speechless was that the members of this band seemed to have a very special relationship with each other. The eye contact between the keyboardist and bassist when they interacted showed that they were very good friends. The guitarist would occasionally wink at the lead singer, and the drummer was like a little sun, lighting up the entire stage with her bright smile.

Some audience members were waving glow sticks, others were taking photos with their phones, but for Su Shi tonight, there was only endless silence. Takagi Sakura chose this band, perhaps not just because of their talent, but also because of the pure and warm relationship between them.

When he saw the drummer and lead singer high-fiving each other, the scene in Crychic's rehearsal room emerged in his mind - that rainy night, all the members felt alienated from each other. In comparison, FogBand was like a flame full of warmth, making people want to get closer.

Su Shi did not watch the rest of the performance. She quietly left the LiveHouse and walked towards the station to go home.

But what’s the difference between Home and Ring?

It’s just that Ring uses a group of people’s revelry to highlight her loneliness.

Chapter 174 Harvest, Band and BangDream:22, Tokyo Aine Visit

Sakura didn't go to see Momoka's performance.

She stayed in the shrine and happened to meet a girl who hadn't been to the shrine for a long time. The only difference was that she came with a guitar the previous times, but this time, she came with crutches.

The girl who came to the shrine was Chihaya Aine.

"I'm so unlucky! At the school soccer game, they said I was fast and wanted me to play left wing. The last time I played soccer was in second grade, and the defender I was facing was like the Tokyo Tower!" Aine stretched out her arms and gestured, "She stood in front of me like a door panel!"

"And then you got hit?"

“No!” Aine clenched her fist and punched the cherry tree. “I had a good position to get the ball, and I controlled it well with my chest. I was about to cross the ball, and she just tackled me! Sakurara, you know what? It was like a door panel flying towards me! With just a bang, I was tackled!”

Why did you hit me when she tackled you?

Sakura looked at Aine who was holding the cherry tree speechlessly, and looked at her bandaged ankle, so she didn't give Aine a cold look.

"If you're injured, you should just rest at home. Why did you come to the shrine?" Sakura's gaze finally stopped on Aine's crutch and she asked in a low voice.

"Come and wash away the bad luck. The gods here are very effective." Aiyin walked around the cherry blossoms with her cane and came to the shrine. "God, please let me get better soon! I want to go surfing at the beach in the summer!"

Sakura looked at Aine's figure, which required less fabric than others even in a swimsuit, and shook her head slightly.

Why is this guy so obsessed with going out and having fun? He really can't sit still...

"Aine, even God can't change the speed of your recovery. How long it will take depends on what the doctor says. The doctor should be able to give you a relatively accurate diagnosis for your reference."

“But the student council organized a trip to the beach.” Aine lowered her head. “I’m the student council president. If I can’t go, they’ll make a mess…”

This is not true.

After all, Aiyin was still a junior high student. Even if the school was very generous, they wouldn't completely let students organize activities like this. There would definitely be a life teacher accompanying them, and someone would take care of the itinerary planning, hotel reservations, and so on.

So whether a student union president goes or not is not that important.

Considering Aine's personality, she probably wanted to be in the spotlight, such as taking the center position in the commemorative photo. Forming a band and joining a team without a solid foundation is also consistent with her personality.

"Even the gods can't help you heal your leg," Sakura said from behind Aine, "but if I can help you become famous again, I do have a plan."

Aiyin turned around immediately, but because one of her feet couldn't touch the ground, she turned by jumping on one leg. In the end, she almost fell down, and she barely managed to stand with the help of a crutch.

Sakura withdrew her hand that was about to help Aine up - even she, a dryad, had to admit Aine's athletic ability.

At least she was not sure about doing this aerial turn jump with an injured leg.

"What method?" Aine blinked fiercely at Sakura.

"This is a music shrine, so there's nothing special about it. I'm just reminding you to take advantage of this time to practice your guitar. If the training is good, I can arrange a performance for you."

Aine frowned - she was quick to learn a certain skill, but she wasn't very persistent.

For her, the most cost-effective option is to learn everything in a short period of time using a "crash course" approach and "shock" outsiders.

If compared with real experts, it feels a bit like "self-humiliation" to some extent.

For example, she played the guitar. She studied hard for several weeks and was able to complete chord changes in simple pop music freely. She showed off her identity as a "guitarist" in front of all the students in the school. People who really understood guitar could see that Aiyin was awkward, but considering that she had not practiced guitar for a long time, they would not choose to point it out.

But if I continue to play guitar, it's different.

She needed to understand the coordination between pickups and effects, figure out the impact of finger pressure on tone, overcome chords with strange postures, and play a steady and fast lead melody...

If she continues like this, Aiyin doesn't know how much she will have to pay to make some progress, and even if she spends a lot of energy, she may not be appreciated by people in the industry.

Faced with the "mountain" that lay before her, she chose to walk to the foot of the mountain and carve "Tokyo Aine was here" instead of climbing the mountain with the determination to never return until she had conquered Loulan.

"Ahahaha... Sakurara, do you think I'm suitable for playing guitar? I feel like I've reached a plateau—"

"Did you see the performance at the Sakura Festival?" Sakura interrupted Aine. (II) (IX) Cage Umbrella 1 Delete.

Of course she did. Whether it was because of the cherry blossoms at the Sakura Shrine or the beauty anchor Miao Meng she often watched, she wanted to watch the Sakura Festival performance online.

More importantly, that performance was the hot topic among the girls for some time to come, and she didn't want to fall behind the trend.

"I saw it! Sakura's performance was really amazing—"

Sakura interrupted Aine again, "That live broadcast on multiple language platforms had over 100,000 viewers."

“Hiss——” Aine gasped.

One hundred thousand people is enough to fill up several martial arts halls.

There is currently no stadium on Earth that can accommodate so many people.

Ying continued, "If you just want to impress your classmates, you can do it casually. But if you really want to show off, you have to sweat every penny."

Chapter 175 Harvest, Band and BangDream: 23. Not today, but every day

More than ten days passed after Aine came to the shrine.

Because Aine kept asking herself questions about the guitar every day, Sakura directly pushed Aine to Goto Ichiri.

The high school students at Yili don’t plan to go on to higher education after graduating, so you can take it easy in high school studies, as long as you can pass the graduation exam.

Teachers are often willing to give such students a break and will not hold up their graduation certificates as long as their behavior is not too outrageous.

So there was plenty of time to hone his guitar skills and... teach Aine.

According to Chinese customs, when a new house is built, friends will be invited to liven it up.

Sakura invited more than ten girls from the band and officially moved into the new building of the shrine.

Needless to say, Sayu, Tomoka and Rupa who work at the shrine, Momoka Kawahara, Ichiri Goto, Aya Maruyama, Hina Hikawa and Sayo Hikawa also rushed to the scene, and Sakura Takagi also decided to put one of her skills to use - she took out the iron plate used for making pancakes, ready to let everyone taste her cooking skills.

"This panda scarf is perfect for Sakura!" Maruyama Aya put the furry scarf around Sakura's neck from behind. "The clerk said it's the latest style of the season! Sakura speaks Chinese, so she must really like pandas, right?"

What a stereotype...

Ying glanced at the panda scarf hanging around her neck and suddenly felt that one of the drummers in the band might like it. Unfortunately, Li Xi and Deng were not present today.

Hikawa Risai also came over, holding up a bag of cold French fries: "These are the French fries I bought from a long distance. The French fries from this shop are definitely the best--" Before she could finish her words, her sister grabbed her collar and dragged her away.

Half a minute later, Sayo returned, looking nothing like she had just dragged her twin sister away. "This building is very well built. It doesn't ruin the overall atmosphere of the shrine, and it's very functional too. Here, this is a gift from me and my sister."

Saya opened the box and found a blue crystal bracelet.

"Thank you very much. I really like your gifts! Please wait a moment. I'll make you something you probably haven't tried before!" Ying expertly scooped up the pancakes with eggs and eggs onto the iron plate. "By the way, what kind of sauce are you two going for? Ketchup or sweet and spicy sauce?"

The sizzling sound of the iron plate, mixed with the unique aroma of pancakes, filled the courtyard. Some girls weren't gathered around Sakura, but were chatting about topics of mutual interest to the band—for example, Kaname Rakuna munched on a buckwheat pancake while discussing guitar with Ichiri.

Not far from them, Rupa and Eve Wakamiya were talking about the BangDream competition.

"Roselia is still overwhelmingly in first place. PasPale's current performance model, which requires agency approval, will make it impossible for them to catch up." Eve shook her head helplessly. "But fortunately, the agency doesn't intend to let us win the championship. They just want us to maintain a certain level of popularity through a few competitions."

Rupa felt a surge of gratitude towards Sakura in his heart.

If it weren't for Ying's tolerance, her FogBand would have disbanded long ago, from Miaomeng's withdrawal, to temporary commercial failure, to Taoxiang's "inner demons".

It was Ying who helped the band gradually get back on the right track, and she did not make too many demands on them in terms of performance content and financial benefits.

What's more valuable is that Sakura provided them with some original songs. These songs, written and composed by Sakura Takagi, also made it easier for the band to accumulate some initial fans.

After chatting for a while, Rupa wanted to see where Zhi was, but found that Lenai was not in a good state.

Yamamoto curled up like a sated cat, chatting with Ichiri. Her belly, bulging with her sixth buckwheat pancake, was now round and round. Rupa walked over and poked her belly with a smile. "Be careful, or you'll turn into a lucky cat."

Lenai glared at Rupa and tried to suck in her stomach, realizing she'd been showing off a bit too much. She rubbed her stomach awkwardly and picked up her guitar to try and hide her embarrassment.

As dusk deepened, the girls who had made the shrine a bit noisy began to prepare to go home. Satoshi, who worked at the shrine, was already preparing to collect the empty drink cans. Sakura packed the last of the prepared pancakes into a takeaway box for Ichiri to take away. At this moment, Lenai suddenly sat up, her eyes widening as she scanned the crowd. She hugged her guitar and said, "I'm staying here tonight."

The air froze for a moment.

"Lena occasionally stays here. She and I are in the same band. It's not safe to go back home after practicing late, so she sleeps in the training room here." Sakura explained for Lena.

But Lenai didn't follow the steps Sakura gave her. Instead, she raised her hand and said, "Not today, every day!"

A gust of wind blew by, and the only sound in the shrine was the rustling of leaves disturbed by the wind.

"Could it be that little Lenai is attracted by Sakura's unlimited refills on pancakes?" Momoka shook her beer glass, trying to explain for Lenai.

"The pancakes are indeed delicious..." Le Nai patted her belly. "But it's because of Sakura that I wanted to stay here! We didn't have any rooms before, but now we do!"

"Haha... Lenai wants to practice piano with me." Ying's mouth twitched twice, and she was still trying to find a way to make up for Lenai.

But among those present, there was no fool.

Everyone could see that Lenai's feelings for Sakura were a little more complicated.

It's not a lesbian relationship, but at least it goes beyond the scope of being a bandmate.

"We'll take our leave now." Hinata pulled Sayo's wrist and waved to Sakura with her other hand: "Sakura, Eve is coming with us too."

Ying immediately changed the subject by saying goodbye: "Well, I'll walk you a little way to the shrine entrance."

Soon, the girls left the shrine one by one, except for Lena, and the slightly tipsy Momoka also stayed.

This guy just needs to be put in the guest room to sleep for one night. It’s not the first time he’s drunk.

What surprised Ying was that Ichiri, who was hiding in the corner, did not leave with the others.

"Ichiri, are you staying at the shrine tonight as well?"

Ichiri, who had transformed into a pink nomaru snake, replied softly, "My home... is a bit far away. It seems the last bus has already left."

"Tell your family to stay at my place. We have a guest room." Sakura waved at Sayu, "Sayu, help Momoka and Ichiri prepare a room."

"Okay... okay." Yili stood up slowly. "Sleep here, the monster won't eat me, right? I... don't have much meat, so I won't taste good!"

Do you want to see what you are talking about?

You have a pair of treasures that can't be hidden even by sportswear, and you say you don't have any fat?

Sakura laughed, "It's okay, Ichiri won't be eaten. If a monster appears, just play the guitar."

This sentence was obviously meant to tease Yili, but Yili hugged the guitar tightly, as if it were a one-meter-long amulet.