Living with a magical girl, but a weirdo cadre

　"Hmph! Of course, what's wrong with playing guitar?!"

　This is the sound coming from a guitar. It seems their voices are gradually returning to normal, probably because they've been talking to real humans for a while.

　Her voice gradually shed its obviously inhuman hoarseness, high-pitchedness, and sharpness, and began to sound like that of a normal human woman.

　"Anyway, it's better than bass."

　"really."

　"..." Ah, bass... I can suddenly understand that rain now.

　To this, Lan Tianzhu immediately couldn't understand, and she protested expressionlessly: "What? What's wrong with bass?!"

　Are you crazy? Aren't you completely clueless about bands? A tone-deaf kid suddenly starts pleading for the instrument...

　Have you connected with someone from another world?

　As Cong Yu was internally complaining like this, Xiao Cui looked in the direction from which the piano spirit's voice came: "So, do you want to devour them, or do they want to devour you?"

　Upon hearing Xiao Cui's words, the Piano Soul's voice hesitated slightly before replying, "Actually, neither is true..."

　"They approached me and said they wanted to form a band with me. They threatened to devour me if I didn't agree."

　“I have a job at the company, so I don’t have time to form a band with them. After I refused, I was pestered.”

　"The conflict must be resolved through fighting."

　"..." Yao Chuanguang: "..."

　Blue Sky Nagisa: "..."

　Xiao Cui: "..."

　Cong Yu: "..."

　Oh dear, this is a mess.

　……

　After all that, it all comes down to forming a band, doesn't it?

　Your art style is completely out of place on our set... We suggest you go live on the set of another music and animation studio.

　They'd anthropomorphize each of the characters into beautiful girls who are human musical instruments, create some yuri (lesbian) elements, and generate some kind of gimmicky music anthropomorphic competition.

　Add in things like "I don't feel happy" or "I'll be in a band for life," and maybe you'll become popular.

　Then we'll make a mobile game or something.

　They could develop attributes like speed, stamina, strength, resilience, and intelligence, and release card pools containing musical instrument cards and support cards.

　Then, you can train your musical instrument's stats to compete in tournaments and such.

　It will definitely generate a lot of revenue.

　……

　Amidst the silence and awkward atmosphere, the leader of the guitarists couldn't help but speak up: "Um... can you leave us alone? Also, are you really not going to form a band?"

　Their attitude suddenly became humble!

　But it seems like he still really wants to form a band.

　Although Cong Yu really wanted to say something like, "Just kill yourself (without mercy)," she still looked in the direction of the piano spirit and asked, "What are you thinking?"

　To this, Piano Soul's voice sounded slightly helpless: "Although I'm very tempted, the group is still more important to me..."

　From this perspective, the personality of the piano spirit is still far removed from that of humans, or rather, not smooth enough.

　If Rabbit Man were here, since Cong Yu, as the superior cadre, would be standing here, she definitely wouldn't say the first half of the sentence.

　Instead, he immediately spoke up to express his unwavering loyalty.

　But who is Cong Yu? He's the most eccentric person in the world with a kind heart! He's all about bribing people... cough cough.

　It's all about doing good deeds!

　"Piano soul, and you all... let's call it [Guitar]"

　"Soul," I say, Guitar Soul #1, #2, and #3.

　As Cong Yu spoke, he, as a group executive and someone who no longer wanted to come out in the middle of the night to solve similar problems, announced the solution.

　“Guitar Souls, if you join the group, I'll approve your formation of a band within the group, so you won't be fighting and disturbing the peace in Fengdu.”

　As she said this, Cong Yu sighed softly, took her hand out of her pocket, and patted the head of the piano soul.

　Cong Yu originally intended to pat his shoulder, but because he couldn't see, he could only sense the general problem and patted his head instead.

　"Piano Soul, you don't need to do fieldwork anymore. Just go to the economics group and work on music... If you're interested in bands, then you need to go for it."

　"Fengdu is a free city. In the free wind, seek your true self, piano soul..."

　"..."

　"Yes, Lord Congyu."

　You can hear the gratitude in the voice of the piano enthusiast.

　Chapter 645 Little Blue Maintained Her Standing Posture Even in Death

　[Soul Band is recruiting!]

　[We are hiring: one bassist, one drummer, one band coach (keyboarding experience preferred), and one band manager.]

　Contact number: XXXXX

　[Currently active at XX Bar in Fengdu, main members...]

　"..."

　"A modern band?"

　Sitting on the sofa, Cong Yu couldn't help but complain aloud, attracting the attention of Yao Chuan Guang beside her: "What what?"

　In response, Cong Yu directly showed the "Recruitment" interface displayed on the group's sub-page on his phone.

　With a look of deep emotion, Cong Yu complained about Piano Soul and the others' actions: "I thought they were going to form a classical music band..."

　Guitar Soul No. 1, in fact, had previously taken in Violin Soul, he has both cello and violin.

　With both piano and violin, forming a classical, symphony, or orchestral band seems much easier than forming a modern band.

　Yaochuan Guang, who knew very little about the band, tilted his head, not understanding what Congyu was referring to.

　Lan Tianzhu was very clear about this, so she began to explain: "A modern band, at its most streamlined, needs four members..."

　“One guitarist, one bassist, one keyboardist, one drummer… then the bassist will be responsible for singing.”

　"If we're going to add more people, we'll add a guitarist, we can call him a rhythm guitarist... that way the rhythm guitarist can also take on the responsibility of singing."

　"Only then will we consider other instruments to add complexity to the band's music. But this will also increase the cost of training... Adding one more person will significantly increase the cost, to an unimaginable degree."

　Although Lan Tianzhu has never played in a band, he sometimes sings off-key... He was a little off-key when he was at the beach before.

　Fortunately, the song she sang was one that Cong Yu was very familiar with. So in the end, she managed to persuade her to come back, and Cong Yu had never heard that song before, so she didn't notice anything unusual.

　However, the era of Nagisa Azumi seems to have been a time when bands and singers were active and very popular.

　In those days, many cartoonists would even draw their favorite song titles or band names into their comics and incorporate them into the characters' abilities.

　Quite trendy and cool.

　Therefore, one might know something about Lantianzhu to some extent.

　However, Hikari Yokawa didn't suddenly realize what was going on after Azuma Nagisa's explanation. Like a well-behaved student, she raised her hand and said, "Um..."

　Yao Chuanguang asked this question with the innocent naiveté of someone completely out of the loop: "What is bass?"

　What is...

　This question is a little difficult to answer.

　"The bass is the low-pitched guitar,"

　Cong Yu explained it this way, and Yao Chuan Guang immediately exclaimed "Oh—" as if he had just realized something, and then said something terrible.

　"I've actually seen concerts on TV and stuff, but I didn't notice that... bassist or anything."

　sad……

　Bassists all over the world are overwhelmed with sorrow.

　"..." Just as the two people who knew a little about music were trying to laugh with heavy hearts, Hong came out of the bathroom, drying her hair.

　"Children, I'm back."

　As she said this, Red, who had just washed her hair, had long, crimson hair that looked wet... Magical girls have very good hair quality.

　Of all the people Congyu knew, apart from Takemikazuchi, he had never heard of any magical girl or freak with bad hair quality.

　Takemikazuchi's shedding is probably due to his own unique characteristics... It's normal for small animals to shed fur if they have an unbalanced diet!

　Hong hadn't completely dried her hair, but instead sat down excitedly on the sofa next to Cong Yu: "Let's continue!"

　Hong, in high spirits, invited Cong Yu to continue the video game they had been playing.

　Yaochuan Guang was also very happy. She sat on the other side of Congyu and happily hugged Congyu's arm: "Keep going! Game Start!"

　Yaochuan Guang prefers watching Congyu play games to playing them himself.

　It might be a similar mindset to watching your favorite streamer play games?

　Lan Tianzhu speculated, looking at the long legs that were pressed tightly against Cong Yu's... These belonged to Senior Hong.

　Then, Lan Tianzhu looked at the person in front of him.

　Television screen.

　"What's so fun about this game?"

　Lan Tianzhu posed this profound question as she watched Cong Yu and Hong choose one of the three cards in front of them, not quite understanding the fun of this game.

　This is roughly a war strategy game. The basic gameplay is... well, it's all about civilization, you know what I mean?

　Start with a small city, build structures to expand your territory, then conquer other factions and form alliances with them.

　However, it includes a choice of three options and roguelike elements.

　"Farmland (can be placed in plains, sparse forests, and grasslands): Consumes 2 units of water and increases food by 6 units per turn."

　"Friendly Waterworks (can be placed on rivers, seas, or water-bearing tiles): Gives all allies that have built friendly buildings an additional 1 unit of water per turn."

　After reading out two of the three options, Lan Tianzhu tilted her head as she prepared to read out the third option. She saw that Cong Yu and Hong had used up their refresh attempts and changed the three options to three new options.

　So, what's so fun about this game?

　They seem really infatuated...

　"The fun of a three-choice game lies in choosing one of three options, and there are many types of games. Even old games can be used to develop new tracks."

　"Anyway, as long as there are three options on the screen, one refresh in the bottom left corner and one skip in the bottom right corner... then players will be satisfied."

　Cong Yu offered this explanation, but it clearly failed to convince Lan Tianzhu…

　She wasn't a big fan of video games and didn't have a deep understanding of them. So she didn't even understand where this logic came from.

　However, she also has her own way of understanding it.

　So, is it about "choice"? Multiple, continuous choices, and the sense of accomplishment from tangible improvements?

　Lan Tianzhu, summarized in this way, can only be described as quite intelligent... Judging from this, she has indeed deducted very little these days.

　He seems to be getting smarter and smarter.

　Cong Yu glanced at her in surprise... This instantly satisfied Lan Tianzhu's pride, causing it to swell up.

　"Am I smart?"

　Lan Tianzhu spoke with a blank expression and a flat tone. It was impossible to tell whether it was a question or a statement.

　However, in the next second, Nagisa Blue Sky, who was destined not to become a cautious hero, spoke rather carelessly.

　It could be said that he is ten or even nine out of ten unsteady.

　"Because I feel a great sense of accomplishment every time I successfully murder Xiaoguang, it's probably because we're similar."

　Hikaru Yokawa: "Huh?"