A band simulator, but all girl-heavy!

"It seems that everyone's opinions have finally reached a consensus..."

Su Shi wore a dejected smile, her hands pressed against her chest, clutching the fabric at her collar. As if warning herself, or perhaps admonishing others, she murmured softly, "As long as we can prove that we're better than that band, as long as we can prove that we're far better than that band, and have more potential... Xiao Kui will definitely come back."

It doesn't matter even if the previous speculations are just self-touching and over-interpretation. As long as they can crush that band in terms of band strength and show unparalleled strength, then even if Aoi doesn't come back, they will have the value and qualifications to negotiate.

Just as Aoi had said before when comforting them, the more confused they were, the more they could not stop. The most important thing they needed to do now was to continue the performance, and to do it in the best possible condition.

"Looks like it's decided! So, should we try ensemble practice again? How long until we go on stage..."

Aiyin breathed a sigh of relief, then frantically took out her phone to check the time. In an instant, she returned to her original nervous state, anxious like an ant on a hot pan.

"There's no time for that! Oh, right... I don't know where the little wild cat has run off to!"

Li Xi covered his face in a frenzy, grabbed his phone and rushed out the door, telling them, "I'll go get her! Call me if you have any emergencies!"

"Eh?! Where are you going to find her? Can't you just call the little wildcat?"

Aine glanced around the lounge area in confusion before spotting Lenna's phone lying on the table in front of her.

……

Yao Lenai finally gave up the headless search and stopped in front of a supply cart provided to the band outside the band's rest area. He held a donut in his hand, his eyes still fixed on the matcha biscuits on the shelf.

She hated useless work and didn't like doing things that were too energy-consuming. She soon felt tired and bored because her search for Aoi was fruitless.

For Lenai, who has been wandering around RING, interesting things, playing guitar happily, and matcha parfait are all equally important things, and when these three things are combined, it will become a happy home.

She has been wandering around RING for a long time, but she has never found a real home. Either it is just a bunch of boring women, or she can't play the guitar happily, and no one is willing to feed her matcha parfait.

Now he finally met an interesting woman and an interesting destination, but everything seemed to be just a dream, a dream that seemed to predict the future and showed her those real yet non-existent memories.

However, it doesn’t matter whether this is a dream or reality. What matters is that the people in the dream also exist in reality, and their personalities are exactly the same as in reality. This means that the destination and memories shown in the dream can be realized.

Aoi and Tomo are both interesting women. One has a unique musical perspective and technique that Lenai admires, while the other has interesting ideas and sings with great feeling. Of course, the most important thing they have in common is that they both believe that the band is their home, a home that should exist forever.

As for the rest, as long as the band can continue to perform smoothly, she can keep playing happily. If she uses some tricks, she can get matcha parfait or other delicious food from Li Xi or Aoi.

There was no way she would let go of such a perfect destination.

However, something seems to have gone wrong in the reality today. The most important part of this destination has gone to another band. I thought that as long as I played happily with everyone, I would be able to find Aoi sooner or later, but I didn't expect that someone had already got there first.

She would not be willing to switch to another band. After all, she regarded this place as her home. Moreover, the lead guitarist of the band that Aoi was in now made her feel a sense of threat to her territory.

Although his technique had declined for unknown reasons during the performance, Lenai could tell that the man's guitar playing skills were definitely exceptional.

We have to catch Aoi back.

But not now, she is hungry.

"...Matcha cookie, one more."

Lenai nodded to herself, muttering to herself as she reached out to grab a few more cookies from the free shelf.

"Little wildcat! Wait a minute!"

The call from not far away quickly interrupted her movements. Li Xi ran over with sweat all over his forehead. He stopped in front of her, gasping for breath, and spoke almost out of breath.

"Each band... each band is only allowed a limited amount of snacks! What you ate in the lounge before was our share! No more!"

"Really? Obviously no one is eating it."

Lenai tilted her head, her gaze still fixed on the biscuits.

"Let's not talk about that, there are more important things now!"

Li Xi gently grabbed Lenai's wrist and said with an almost excited expression, "Deng...now we have to go on stage and sing at our best! You want to play guitar, right? Let's go back and prepare for the performance!"

"Where's that woman?"

Lenai finally looked away, staring intently at Riki.

"That guy ran away! He ran away to another band."

Li Xi frowned. "We need to use our absolute strength to show that guy which band is the best! How about it? Do you want to play?"

Lenai was silent for a moment, and finally a happy smile appeared on her delicate little face, with a cute curve at the corner of her mouth.

"I want to play it."

She looked at Li Xi, her delicate eyes of different colors full of spirit.

Sure enough, she was not wrong, this band was really interesting.

80

Chapter 80 The band in a mess.

In a hurry.

Lixi had just stepped out of the door and everyone was still caught off guard when the festival staff gently pushed open the door and asked them with a worried look on their faces whether the preparations for the performance were complete.

The time for performance is just around the corner, but they have hardly made any preparations. They were even immersed in a desperate atmosphere a few minutes ago, hesitating whether to participate in today's performance.

"Ahhh! Oh no! Oh no! Everyone, let's get to the stage!"

Aine frantically picked up her guitar and other equipment, then looked back at her two companions who were still stunned and the pile of instruments in the lounge area. Suddenly, she felt overwhelmed. "What should I do with Riki? And Lenai! Ahhhh~! This is bad, this is bad! What if no one is on stage together!?"

"Don't think too much about it now. Just call Li Xi and ask her to take Lenai directly to the stage."

Su Shi sighed softly and took the initiative to help everyone pack up the musical instruments and equipment, but left Lenai's heavy guitar case and small trailer to Aine.

After a series of hurried actions, they finally prepared the instruments. Aiyin carried Lenai's heavy instrument while holding the phone between her shoulder and cheek, anxiously calling Riki.

Everyone rushed out of the door in a mess. The anxious Aiyin almost bumped into a passerby who stopped at the door. After screaming, she almost dropped her phone to the ground.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, are you guys going to a performance?"

The strange woman at the door had a formal smile on her face, but for some reason, when she saw Aine and the others, her eyes sparkled with a very bright light. “I wonder if we’re in a hurry now? Ah, even if we’re in a hurry, please agree to a request! Can I take a picture of you? Not everyone, just a random one right now!”

"Eh? Eh? Excuse me, are you...?"

Aiyin opened her eyes wide in a daze. It was obvious that she was not very good at dealing with this kind of situation. She didn't know what to say or what to do.

"Just think of me as a passing interviewer, always paying attention to all the interesting things happening between girl bands."

The stranger smiled and raised her camera. "Compared to professional bands, girl bands in school undoubtedly have a richer sense of youth and dreams, and these two qualities are what make bands shine the most these days. Thanks to you, I just saw something interesting. Let me take a picture. It won't waste time."

"Eh? Um..."

A trace of cold sweat slid down Aiyin's face. She glanced anxiously at the exit of the corridor, then glanced at the strange woman in front of her with a sincere expression. She looked obviously at a loss.

"Um, sorry..."

Sushi sighed softly, walked over to Aine, and offered a formal smile to the strange woman. "If it's not something that will affect the band's image, please hurry up. We have a performance coming up."

"Ok!"

The woman who called herself the 'source person' gave a thumbs-up, picked up her camera, and clicked the shutter button at the three bewildered girls.

Then, before they could say anything else, he checked the photos in his camera, waved his hand, and walked away gracefully, saying, "Well, I wish you success! Thank you for the material!"

"Su, Sushi-san! Is that okay? We don't even know what she's going to use as material!"

After the strange adult disappeared at the end of the corridor, Aiyin turned around anxiously and looked at Su Shi beside her.

"Is this the time to worry about that? Let's get to the stage. We don't have time to waste with her, and we don't have the popularity to discredit her right now."

Su Shi just sighed softly, with no smile on her face, and her tone sounded like a tired mother taking care of an ignorant child, "Deng, let's go."

"Ah, yeah, sure! Aine-chan...I can help get some."

Deng nodded softly, turning his apologetic gaze towards Aine.

"Ahh~ Performance! No, no, no! Give the lights a rest! I have good stamina, okay?"

Aine showed a confident smile on her face and waved her slender arms pretentiously.

“Aine-chan…”

Under the adoring gazes of the lights, Aine endured the pain in her arms, gritted her teeth, and followed the girls' footsteps, rushing to the stage for today's performance.

The closer you get to the stage, the more you can feel the cheers and noise pouring in from all directions, as if the air is filled with the breath and expectations of countless people. Although the rest area heading towards the stage is very spacious, just listening to the sounds around you makes you feel crowded, as if these sounds are about to burst the air.

The feeling of my heart pounding rushed to my chest again, and my brain gradually became hot, as if my whole body began to enter a special state of excitement. Tension, fear, worry, excitement, unwillingness, determination, all these emotions converged at this moment.

The atmosphere they felt after rushing to the stage area this time was completely different from the atmosphere they had experienced when visiting other bands' performances in the past. At that time, they were only filled with pressure and anxiety. Now, they truly realized that some of these cheers were waiting for them.

However, it didn't matter even if these cheers had nothing to do with them, because someone had just told them... that they would cheer for them in the most conspicuous place.

"lamp!"

When they reached the edge of the stage, their eyes caught sight of Lixi and Lenai waiting there, and at this time, the previous band was about to finish their performance.

"Lixi... Lenai!"

Because he had been running all the way here, there were still a few beads of sweat on Deng's face and he was breathing slightly, but his amber eyes were ignited with a hot flame, and it looked like his soul was burning, waiting to explode at any moment.

"...Today's performance must...express the cry of the heart."

"Well, if the lights can sing, it will definitely be the best performance today..."

There were crystal drops of water in the corners of Li Xi's eyes. He looked at the excited lights at this moment, his expression full of emotion.

"Well, I'm having trouble lifting this box! Rikki, come and give me a hand!"

Aine's voice floated over at an inopportune time. She was already lying on Lenai's oversized guitar case, panting, looking like she had just finished a marathon.

Li Xi sighed helplessly, walked forward with an irritated look on his face, grabbed the guitar case cart and moved it to the stage, muttering, "What a mess again! Don't let me drag you down today! We only have one chance to succeed at this performance!"

"I know~!"

Aine grumbled unconvincedly.

"Ah... I hope it really works. It's our turn to go on stage."

Su Shi sighed helplessly and followed Li Xi up.

"Any more cookies? I'm hungry."

Lenai took small steps towards Lixi who was carrying something heavy and asked in a low voice.

At this moment, on the stage, bathed in the brightest sunshine of this spring, in the eyes of the lamp, it is like the most dazzling light projected on that world.

Everyone stepped into the light and into that spring day.

This was the band's first real-life performance, and it was a complete mess, with hectic and rushed performances.

but……

Today, she wanted to relive the mottled wins and losses of that spring day.

Thinking this, Takamatsu Deng strode up the stairs to the stage.

81

Chapter 81 The only way is singing.

The scale of the stage in front of me far exceeds that of "Spring Shadow".

The two most important people who made up their two bands were not around. At this time, even the band name was temporarily given by the official "Ikebukuro Student Band". Since its formation, they have always been confused and wavering.

Compared with other bands, they are like a pile of loose sand, wandering on the road ahead, not knowing whether to move forward, hesitating only for their own selfish desires.

Even after standing on the stage, they still remain in that state.

In a panic and panic.

Amid the host's energetic words, the girls stood on the stage somewhat at a loss, tuning their instruments awkwardly. Only the one who needed to test the microphone volume stood in the center of the stage, looking at today's stage.

When she sang "Haruhi Shadow", it was unlike the performances she remembered clearly in her dreams. It was as if she could seriously look out at the world of the stage for the first time. She never thought that the world after leaving the Livehouse would be so open.

Looking around, it was as if they were standing at the commanding heights of the city, overlooking the faces of every stranger under the stage, as if all people were separated from them, an ocean of faces, and they were the lighthouses standing in the ocean.

At this moment, everyone is looking up to their brilliance.

But the person who shines the brightest is not by their side.

Deng's hand, which was holding the microphone tightly, began to tremble. The spring breeze was warm, but when it blew on her body, she felt cold and drenched in sweat. There was even a drop of sweat that slid down her cheek to her chin and dripped onto her palm.

The feeling of fear once again climbed up her thin back and onto her shoulders, extending the trembling pain to every corner of her body.

Before she went on stage for the first time, before she received Xiangzi's encouragement, the feeling of helplessness and fear came over her again, and the accusations made by Xiangzi when he decided to quit the band filled her mind over and over again.

She is the one who needs the most practice. She is the most vulnerable member of the entire band. Every attempt she has made so far has been like fragile porcelain, and ultimately ended in pieces.