Teacher Daxiang, let’s form a lifelong band!

[Because the previous four performances went well overall, the agency is very confident about this official performance. The agency has arranged a very good venue for you and invested a large amount of publicity funds. They are looking forward to your performance.]

【However...this time you disappointed them.】

Less than 5% of the tickets were sold, and the entire venue was completely deserted during the live performance. Standing on the stage, you were stunned by this scene. This situation was completely different from what you expected.

“Why is this happening?”

After the show, you're stunned. You have no idea why this happened.

[The previous four performances had huge crowds and everyone was very enthusiastic, but this time, even though tickets were only a few hundred yen, almost no one was willing to come.]

[You know, compared to other idols, the ticket prices for this time were very low, but I didn't expect that even so, not many people would come.]

"Ms. Yutenji, we underestimated the extent of your fans' support for your idol's actions..."

“They are indeed willing to support you, but this is just psychological support. As your former fans, they are willing to watch your performances when they are free, but once you charge, they will remove your fan filter and compare you with other idols, but this comparison…”

"Alas... Miss Yutenji, you really aren't cut out to be an idol."

The words of the head of the firm pierced your chest like a sharp knife.

[You really aren't cut out to be an idol.]

【"I......"】

"Ms. Yutenji, let's terminate the contract." The responsible person sighed. They've already lost a lot of money on you, and they want to cut their losses.

"Is there no other possibility? A team, is a team okay? I don't need to be the center of attention, I can just be a supporting role!" Seeing that the other party wants to terminate your contract, you panic. If the idol path is also blocked, then you really can only do the physical labor you don't want to do. If you don't want to do it, you must think of other ways.

"Ms. Yutenji... you really aren't cut out to be an idol." He felt a little awkward taking responsibility. He didn't really want to terminate your contract. After all, the agency had invested a lot of money in you, but you really weren't worth much.

[After thinking for a while, the person in charge finally gave you a chance.]

"Alright, since you've asked so much, Miss Yutenji, let's give it a try. I'll arrange for you to join an idol group, and you can work hard as a member of that group."

[At your repeated request, you were placed in a small idol group.]

[Unlike your previous role as the center, you are somewhat marginalized in this team because the agency has realized that you have little value and they have actually given up on you.]

[But even if you were marginalized, you at least managed to stay in the team.]

[Since you're not the center of attention, your lack of dreams is minimized, so by joining this lesser-known small team, you've managed to stabilize your position.]

【So, you continue to live as a marginal idol. 】

[When you first joined the team, you still wanted to give it a try, but the team itself was very weak, at the bottom of the firm. With your joining, the team had even less hope.]

【One year, two years, three years.】

Your team has always been at the bottom of the firm. It's not like your team is losing money for the firm, but it's not making much profit either. They're just there to pay your salaries, so they're dispensable.

Your income is getting lower and lower.

[Occasionally you guys want to compete for resources, but you're truly too inexperienced. As a group, the agency's new group, Backstreet Girls, became incredibly popular in just a few months. In comparison, your group is like a bloodsucker feeding off the agency.]

[A few more years have passed, your team's situation has not improved, and you are getting older.]

Finally, on a sunny day, your team disbanded because all members were too old.

The team disbanded, and you naturally received the termination letter from the agency. This time, you didn't struggle, but calmly accepted the termination.

After the contract was terminated, you returned to your cheap rental apartment, which had been downgraded several notches. You stood in front of the mirror and looked at yourself now. The wrinkles, the skin color, the appearance that you were once proud of was no longer outstanding. Now you are just an ordinary person.

Looking at yourself like this, you think about your future life. You don't have any choice now. From tomorrow on, you will probably become one of the countless low-income people in Tokyo. You may be a restaurant waiter, a bakery salesperson, or something else. But no matter what, you will never live a good life again.

【Thinking of this, you finally broke down. 】

You went to the supermarket and bought a ton of alcohol. You drank in your rental apartment and vented your frustrations. You felt the world was unfair, and you felt your fans had no taste. They only liked pretty girls from years ago, and they didn't support you at all. You vented your frustrations at your fans, feeling they had no appreciation for what they were doing!

[“They are all a bunch of ignorant idiots, ridiculous…”]

You cursed loudly, your voice penetrating your cheap apartment as you vented your frustration.

Ding Dong, Ding Dong.

[Just as you started to curse your fans, suddenly, your doorbell rang.]

You stagger to the door, open it, and see a middle-aged man. You remember he seems to be your neighbor.

"Teacher Miao Meng, it turns out you don't love us at all. You liar! I spent all my money supporting you, and yet you think this of us!"

[As you finished speaking, you felt something pierce your abdomen. You felt a little pain and wanted to run, but you were paralyzed by alcohol and couldn't do anything.]

["You liar woman, go to hell..."]

Volume 4: Chapter : The Most Cowardly Episode (K)

[You were attacked by a fanatical fan from nowhere.]

[Looking at the fruit knife inserted into your abdomen, your consciousness gradually becomes blurred.]

["Miss Youtianji, Miss Youtianji, Miss Youtianji Ruomai..."]

[When you open your eyes again, you see a strange face. The person is wearing a white coat and is talking to you.]

"Ms. Yutenji, that's great! You've finally woken up."

You looked at each other, then looked around.

[“Where… am I?” You asked in a hoarse voice.]

"Ms. Yutenji, this is a hospital. You have been attacked by a knife-wielding assailant."

"The gangster..."

[You remember that you were attacked by fans, but luck was still on your side. Fortunately, you did not die.]

[Your memory gradually returns, and you look towards your abdomen. In an instant, an uncontrollable pain ensues.]

"Ms. Yutenji, please calm down. The operation has just ended and you are no longer in danger. It is normal to feel pain. Please be patient..."

You couldn't listen to the doctor's words at all. You only felt excruciating pain. You had lived for over thirty years, and this was the first time you had experienced such pain.

[There was no other way, so the doctor injected you with a dose of painkiller, and under the effect of the painkiller, you slowly fell asleep.]

A few days later, you were discharged from the hospital.

[Actually, you wanted to stay in the hospital for a while longer, but because the cost of hospitalization was too staggering, you chose to be discharged early.]

However, being discharged early does not mean you are fully recovered. You still need to recuperate at home, but unlike the hospital environment and the care of nurses, you are alone at home.

[You need to eat, you need to go to the toilet, you need someone to help you change your dressings, but for you now, no one can help you with these things, you can only do these things by yourself.]

[Eating is barely okay, as you still have some savings and can get takeout, but going to the bathroom and changing the dressings have become a major problem. Every time you get up to use the bathroom or change the dressing on your wound, you're in excruciating pain.]

You endured this life for nearly a month. After a month, your wounds finally healed, and you were finally able to work normally again.

After you recovered, you immediately moved out of here. You went to a place where no one knew you and started over. Although your life was in tatters, you didn't want to give up. You felt that you could still struggle a little longer.

So you moved to a new place, rented a studio apartment, and started looking for a job.

[But finding a job is not easy for you now. You have been searching for many days but still can't find a job that suits you, or in other words, a job that you want.]

As your savings gradually run out, you have no other choice but to work as a cashier at a convenience store.

[You absolutely don't want to be a cashier. You used to be so prosperous, but it's hard to live frugally. You really don't like this job, but what can you do? You have to live, you have to survive. No matter how much you dislike it, you have no choice but to hold your nose and do it.]

[Cashier, waiter, various odd jobs with little security, this is what you can do nowadays, you have no choice.]

[This is probably how your life will be.]

You are very disappointed, and you have been traveling around Tokyo, but in the end, this is the result.

Back home, you drink the cheap beer from the store and eat the rice balls you're actually familiar with but once considered junk food. You feel like a failure.

But then you think it's okay. At least you're still alive, at least you're still in Tokyo. It doesn't matter if life is a little hard and tiring.

So, you turn on the TV to change your mood, but what you don't expect is that the first thing you see is a piece of entertainment news.

"Lu Li, a member of the legendary band Ave Mujica, held a lavish and grand wedding at a Tokyo hotel yesterday. It's reported that Mr. Lu Li's wife, Gao Songdeng, is a fan of his..."

[The pupils dilated instantly.]

【You saw the news about Lu Li's marriage.】

【Takamatsu lamp. 】

This is a name you have never heard before.

The scene shifts, and you see the appearance of the woman named Takamatsu Deng. After seeing her face clearly, you are stunned.

【“…”】

[With a clang, the can of beer in his hand fell to the ground.]

"Mr. Lu Li, may I ask why you married Ms. Gao Songdeng?"

“Well, it’s a little embarrassing to say this, but it’s because she looks a lot like my first love.”

"Ah?! Is that the reason? Mr. Lu Li, aren't you afraid your wife will get angry if you say that?"

“No, because I’ve already told my wife about this, and now I love my wife. As for that first love, it’s already a thing of the past.”

You stared blankly at the TV, listening to Lu Li's words on the screen. You watched a woman who looked a bit like you walk down the red carpet in a luxurious hotel, smiling while wearing a wedding dress that you could never afford or even dream of buying nowadays.

There were countless guests at the wedding, and you saw many familiar faces, including Toyokawa Shoko and Wakaba Mutsu. They all looked so well-dressed on TV, their expensive jewelry making your eyes tingle.

[Watching all this on TV, the last bit of defense in your heart finally collapsed.]

You madly throw the beer cans around you onto the ground. Cheap beer, cheap rice balls, cheap clothes, a failed life.

“Those are all mine!”

[Your eyes were red. The luxurious wedding, the wonderful future life, including Lu Li, all of these should have been yours, but you chose to give them up, which gave others the opportunity to take advantage.]

[Just as you were going crazy, you accidentally stepped on empty air because of the beer that just spilled.]

[But this time, luck is not on your side. The moment you fall, all you see is the corner of the table getting magnified...]

【you are dead. 】

[Simulation ends. 】

[This simulation has ended, and the evaluation of this simulation is E]

[You received the evaluation given by the system: Ding Zhen was identified as the most cowardly episode.]

[You have received the reward for this simulation: ten nori rice balls (finely crafted, retail price 120 yen each. Although the taste is bland, the quality is actually quite good.)]

"..."

"Withdraw the reward for me."

[Okay, Ms. Yutenji, please wait.]

Following the voice in his mind, the next second, a bag of rice balls appeared in front of Yutenji Wakamu.

"..."

After taking a look at the big bag of rice balls in front of him, Yutenji Wakamushi picked up the rice balls without hesitation and threw them into the trash can beside him.

What a joke.

How could she possibly eat something like this?

Picking up her phone, Yutenji Wakamu ordered another serving of sushi at the sushi restaurant she had just been to. She not only wanted to have a good meal at noon today, but also tonight!

No, not only tonight, but also tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, she wants to eat well!

How can it be repaired?

Why in her future, after leaving the band and Lu Li, would she be stabbed by fans and live a miserable life?

"Hey, Simulator, is it true that there's really no way I can change my life for the better on my own? I really can't make a living in Tokyo?"

After a few seconds, the voice in my mind emerged.

[Ms. Yutenji, you know the answer to this question very well, don't you?]

"..."

[Why did you become famous? Why do you have the life you have today? Don't you know what kind of person you are?]