Teacher Daxiang, please teach me how to play Kasuga Shadow!

And it was at this time that Aine realized that Ayano had not lied to her. Sometimes it was not that she was incapable, but that she was unwilling to try.

Of course, in addition to the main guitar and the auxiliary keyboard, this time there is a new part:

"What are 'normal' and 'taken for granted'?"

"Even if we use what we have in our hands, we still can't estimate it properly."

Ayano's voice was very soft and gentle, very different from the way she usually spoke, as if she was gently telling them a story in their ears.

Deng's eyes lit up as she heard the lyrics she and Ayano had written together being sung.

Lenai, who had been sitting nearby eating the matcha ice cream that Suye had bought, also turned around and looked at Ayano and Aine with a look of deep interest in her eyes.

Su Shi was a little dazed. She looked at Ayano who seemed to be a decathlon athlete, and then looked at the hateful pink-haired girl who was full of lies and told her that Ayano was a music idiot.

The last drummer, Riki, was completely frozen in place. She had just been laughing at Aine in her heart...

I feel like I'm the joke.

Chapter 51 Ayano, you plotted against me! (2 in 1)

In fact, by the end, Aine was completely unable to keep up.

After all, Ayano was singing, so there was no way to continue to report the chords for her. However, Aine didn't feel embarrassed at all because she was useless. After all... it seemed that she was not the only one with a weird look on her face among the people present.

Compared with others, she felt that she had found someone with "similar interests". While feeling relaxed, she tilted her head and listened quietly to Ayano's beautiful singing.

After all these years, she rarely had the opportunity to hear Ayano sing, although it was a pity that she was not singing for her alone.

However, at this moment, the melody of the piano slowly changed from harmony to main tone, and the pleasant melody gradually became obvious and natural. When it came to the chorus part, Ayano's singing voice went up all the way, as if rising to the sky.

At this moment, Ayano is her only star.

However, the song didn't seem quite complete. After singing the chorus, Ayano stopped. A confused Aine asked directly:

"Ayano, why don't you sing?"

"The latter part actually doesn't change much. It's just a repetition of the previous part. And I'm not very good at arranging it..."

Having said that, Ayano looked in the direction of Riki, but found that the other person's expression seemed a little wrong.

In fact, Li Xi's mood at the moment was indeed very complicated, or it could be said that various negative emotions had accumulated together and had not yet erupted.

But she also understood that Ayano actually used part of her version.

The chorus part, for example, can be considered a variation and expansion of her main song. Although some shadows of her version can be heard, Riki cannot deny Ayano's terrifying creative talent.

No, it's okay for a guitar monster named Lenai to join in halfway, but why are you, Ayano, joining in the fun?

Moreover, they only re-arranged the music based on a glance at the score. At most, it is a variation of the same song, and the core part is still the same.

But what about you?

"Lixi

, can you help me finish the rest of the part?"

"..." Hearing Ayano calling her name at this time, Riki didn't feel needed at all. She just felt... like she was being provoked. "You don't need me, right? You can finish the rest by yourself. And... I'm not your arranging tool."

"Ritsuki... Ayano didn't mean that." Although Su Shi still had many questions in her mind, she had to mediate the friction in the recording studio at this moment.

But this time her words didn't seem to have the desired effect.

Riki favors Ayano again and again, and she is not stupid. She can clearly feel Su Shi's bias.

"That's enough. Why do you always speak for her?"

"Li Xi?" Su Shi's face froze for a moment, and she regretted not taking Li Xi's feelings into consideration this time.

But once words are out, it is difficult to take them back. Just like Li Xi felt that it was extremely embarrassing to lose his temper in front of so many people.

At this moment, she didn't even have the courage to look at the light.

"I know... I can't be as good as you guys, I just can't do it... I..."

There were both tears and smiles on Shiina Riki's face, but the tears were real tears and the smiles were bitter smiles.

She hated herself for being so emotionally unstable, but she just felt an indescribable grievance.

She could not reach the heights her sister had reached, nor her understanding and talent for music; she could not learn Toyokawa Shoko's musical talent or the charisma she had when she practiced with everyone she once knew.

She couldn't even match Lenai's sensitivity to music, her superb memory, and her guitar skills; and now she couldn't match Mizushima Ayano's terrifying creative ability and musical sense either.

So what is the value of her efforts?

She read books and watched videos day and night to learn how to compose music. She kept trying tutorials to understand the differences between the various effects in the composing software and the effects in reality, as well as various shortcut keys and various tips to improve efficiency. These were the experiences she had summed up after spending countless nights.

But now it seems that all of this has lost its meaning.

“Aine?!”

Just when Li Xi was lost in self-doubt, Ai Yin suddenly rushed up and grabbed Li Xi's collar.

This scene made Su Shi and Deng a little panicked, only Ayano was teasing the cute little Rinna as if nothing had happened.

"what are you doing?!"

"What do you think? Rikki!"

"...Rikki? What kind of weird name is that?" Lixi felt as if he was being mocked by this pink-haired girl. His already irritated emotions suddenly exploded, and it looked like a physical conflict was about to break out.

But just as Riki was about to fight back, Aine's next words made her stop what she was doing.

"Rikki, aren't you amazing? You can play drums and come up with the melody of a new song in such a short time." When Aine rushed over, she had already noticed the music score on the tablet computer next to Riki, but she didn't know that it was actually partially related to Ayano's melody.

"…So what?"

“Huh?” Aine let go of her hand, put her hands on her hips, and opened her mouth wide, “Do you want to listen to what you’re saying?

I can't even play the guitar well, and I know nothing about composing music. Aren't you much better than me? I really don't understand you."

"what?"

Ms. Ha was not to be outdone, and her "Ha" was even more skillful than Aine's, sounding more like a master who had practiced this art for many years.

"What does your lack of skills have to do with me? And why do you sound so proud of it? And..."

"And what? So you have to compete with someone like Ayano who's not even human?"

Aine said this with a wry smile on her face, "Comparing everything to people who are much better than you is very tiring."

When she was little, her family compared her to Ayano. At that time, she hated the brown-haired girl very much, and wanted to give her a cold shoulder every time she saw her.

But she was always easily led astray by Ayano, who was good at making her happy, and the cold war thoughts in her heart disappeared without a trace within less than ten minutes of meeting.

But a temporary disappearance doesn't mean that she really doesn't care in her heart.

Following someone who is too outstanding, she always feels that her existence is meaningless. She... doesn't want to be seen as Ayano's vassal, nor does she want to be seen as Ayano's pet.

So since she entered junior high school, she has tried every possible way to find a sense of presence in school.

She became vain and began to habitually show off in various places, but all of this... was just to get closer to Ayano.

She joined the student union, formed a band, and devoted her energy to improving her academic performance. All of this was to make others think that Aine was actually a very popular figure who was not inferior to Ayano.

Later, he left Ayano behind to study abroad in London alone. It was also because when he graduated, he failed to get Ayano's support and company for the first time because of this decision, so he ran away from her in anger.

But now thinking about it, she was really too naive back then.

“It is normal and a very good mentality to be around outstanding people and want to become outstanding yourself.

But if you start to give up on yourself because you can't see the gap clearly,

Not only will you not get sympathy from others, but you will only be laughed at by more people.

But even if you do a little worse, as long as you run hard enough, you can always catch up with those geniuses."

After all, the genius next to her would stop, turn around, stretch out his hand, and wait for her to come forward with a smile.

Of course, Aine didn't dare to say this, because if she did, Li Xi would definitely go crazy.

“…” Li Xi was silent for a moment.

She glanced at Ayano who was touching Lenna's head in the corner, and found that she was also looking at Aine in front of her with a gratified look.

"Rikki, how about...you write a new song? I believe you can definitely defeat that damn Ayano."

"I……"

Li Xi didn't know what to complain about anymore, but when Aiyin proposed this idea, she actually had this idea in her mind when the other party showed the same bitter smile as hers.

"Ayano."

"Hmm?" Ayano stood up in the distance and walked to Riki with a smile.

She just looked at the fighting spirit in Lixi's eyes as he stared at her, and at Lixi's right hand hanging by his side with a tightly clenched fist.

It seems that Aine has indeed grown a lot, although she is still a little immature at times, but... this should be regarded as a case of long illness making a good doctor?

"This song belongs to you. I can help you with the interlude, bridge, and outro, and I can also help with the arrangement.

But... I won't lose to you either."

"Is Lixi planning to write another new song?"

"Well, I can sing two songs for the live performance, but time is a bit tight, and I'd like to hear your opinions..."

"I'm OK."

"Me too."

After Aine and Ayano finished speaking, Deng smiled slightly and held Riki's hand, "I'm looking forward to Riki's song."

"Eh? I, I..."

Ms. Lixi suddenly felt a little embarrassed, but she did not pull out her hand that was held by the lamp. Her eyes were just wandering, as if she wanted to crawl into the ground.

"Ayano, I want to play guitar."

Su Shi found it a little funny to see Lenai, who would just eat when she was not speaking, and pester Ayano to play music when she spoke.

But at this moment she really didn't think so far into the future. After all, she was really happy right now.

Looking at the somewhat shy Li Xi with a smile on his face, Su Shi was the last to speak, but he also completed the joint thoughts of the temporary band on future plans:

"I've been looking forward to it. Although time is a bit tight, as long as everyone works hard, it will be fine."

When Su Shi heard that two songs could be used for LIVE, how could she, who was originally very nervous, raise any objections?

She couldn't wait to agree.

And if that's the case, then Kasuga Kage can just be put aside, right?

Looking at Ayano's beautiful profile, Su Shi remembered that as the only person who could contact Xiangzi now, she couldn't be unaware of the significance of Kasuga Kage to Xiangzi.

Sometimes, if you want to make something happen, you should not reject it directly, but use an indirect approach so that everyone can willingly achieve their true inner wishes based on finding a common goal.

As expected of Ayano... She even took this into account?!

"Ayano, play together."

"Okay, okay, let's go together then."

Su Shi was still immersed in the excitement of her so-called "plan accomplished", and did not notice that Rakuna, who was completely attracted by Ayano's music, had already plugged in the amplifier for her guitar.

She didn't even realize that, as a new member who had just joined, Lenai hadn't actually heard the entire new song. So, the only song Lenai could play now was...

As the guitar sounded, the electronic keyboard sounded from Ayano's side.

The musical notation starts with 32123432. The dotted piano tones and the slightly distorted guitar music dance together, giving Su Shi the illusion of going back to the past.

No... didn't we agree that we don't need this?!

But before Su Shi could come up with any reasonable excuse to stop them, she found that everyone except herself was watching the two people playing together with an immersed look on their faces, as if they were enjoying a limited LIVE performance.

Deng's eyes were burning, and Aine looked at Ayano with deep admiration and enthusiasm. Riki smiled and even hummed the lyrics quietly!

While watching the performance, Le Nai was completely immersed in it. She was trying to enjoy herself with music, and she played with great devotion, which was completely different from Xiao Mu's style.

Ayano's cooperation was extremely smooth because she had practiced many times in advance, but the gentle piano music at the beginning made Su Shi tremble all over.

Ayano even took the time to turn sideways and adjust the effects of another electronic keyboard next to her, simulating the bass sound that originally belonged to Suyo.

Even though it's very difficult to balance both, and the bass of the electronic keyboard isn't as natural as a bass, why...does it have to be a bass?!

On the other side, Lenai seemed to sense Ayano's concentration, and unwilling to be outdone, she cooperated with Ayano's tacit understanding.

Then they put together an impromptu guitar solo.