PS1: According to episodes 6 and 7 of "April Is Your Lies", May 18 is a baseball game, May 25 is a football game, on June 1, Arima Kosei faints due to low blood sugar in physical education class, and comes to the park with Kaoru Miyazono after school, on June 2, there is a piano competition (the arena seems to be a fictional building), and according to episode 12, June 31 is a celebration concert.

(Monday, June 2, 2014, AM; Takahoki Kaikan, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo)

The blue sky is as clear as a calm blue sea, and the square changes dimly with the passing of clouds, just like the microwave on the surface of the sea. Standing on a pedestal high above the road, the glass façade that reflects sunlight is not dazzling, and it is said that a black light-absorbing material is pasted on the inside.

"It seems like it's just the two of you coming this time!" Mitsuya Senjo said in a spiritual connection.

There are only two people in the virtual world, Sora Akiyama and Tomoon Nanamiya, and the others are not very interested in this piano competition. Just as they walked into the gate of the Gao Sui Guild Hall, another figure appeared behind them, and the mental fluctuations indicated that it was Xu Mingshan.

"It's boring on the plane. The other party smiled, "I'm here to join in the fun." ”

"Why don't you do your simulation?"

"I'm not in a hurry, anyway, I'll go back to the lab in more than a week, and I'll be busy at that time. ”

Akiyama already knew that Xu Mingshan was going to return to China to visit relatives and friends this summer. The mechanism of "short nucleotide repeat-expansion" leading to neurological diseases such as Kaoru Miyazono's case has not yet been fully understood, and the translation of repetitive sequences in the coding region produces abnormal proteins, while the RNA transcribed from the repetitive sequences in the non-coding region forms gelatinous clusters that remain in the nucleus and isolate splicing factors. Neurological diseases caused by the two mechanisms will have different therapeutic targets, and the clear path pointed out by Mitsuya Seki belongs to the former.

"That's ...... Got horses?"

"Long time no see...... Right, Arima?"

Sora Akiyama's attention was drawn to the conversation at the end of the stairs. Arima is still wearing that casual outfit, wearing black-rimmed glasses that make people want to complain. Standing next to him were a boy with a Saiyan hairstyle and a girl with long hair and a shawl, and an automatic database search showed that both of them were today's contestants, named Samurai Aiza and Ikawa Emi.

"That ......" Arima Gongsheng scratched his face slightly, his puzzled look not fake, "who are you here?"

The Samurai Aiza and Ikawa Emi were both stunned when they heard this, while Arima Gongsheng walked into the next passage as if he was wandering into the world. By the time the two of them reacted, the figure of Arima Gongsheng had long since disappeared.

"Who are these two? Seems to know Arima?"

Although he could also find the answer from the database, Sora Akiyama decided to ask Mitsuya Seki about it.

"You probably know the name. The two of them have been competitors to Arima since they were children, but every time Arima won the first place, and they could only compete for the second and third places. Mitsuya Senki unconsciously touched his chin and followed Tsubaki Sawabe to the audience, "Arima hasn't been in the right state lately, it seems to be immersed in the score, and I haven't participated in the competition for more than two years, so I guess I haven't remembered it for a while." ”

Arriving at the auditorium, Sora Akiyama looked around and saw that most of the seats were empty.

"So few spectators?"

Tsubaki Sawabe asked with some confusion, which was also what he was talking to in his heart.

"It's okay, it's not bad as far as the qualifiers are concerned, maybe it's because of Ma Jun's relationship. ”

"When I went to the toilet just now, there was a lot of talk about public life. That's amazing, that guy ......."

Sora Akiyama noticed the short-haired woman in the last row at this time. Hiroko Seto didn't know when she entered the venue, and there was a well-behaved and cute daughter sitting next to her, and she was checking the list of appearances repeatedly. He flashed to Hiroko Seto, and the list in the other party's hand happened to turn to the page of Arima Gongsheng.

Being in the virtual world, Sora Akiyama couldn't greet her, so he returned to his original seat to watch the game. Nanamiya Tomoon was bored listening to it, and followed the contestants into the backstage after the second song.

"A lot of players are shaking with nervousness!"

"There are a lot of people who cramle and frantically watch the sheet music and practice, but Arima Gongsheng just squats in the corner with his legs in his hands. ”

"Oh yes, he has 'No Life Is Enough' written on the front of his clothes, and it's better to eat with black-rimmed glasses. ”

Tomoon Nanamiya's last sentence made Sora Akiyama laugh on the spot, but fortunately, none of the audience present noticed what was going on in the virtual world. It didn't take long for Samurai Aiza to take to the stage in formal attire, and last year's champion caught the attention of the judges and the audience as soon as he appeared on the stage. Sora Akiyama couldn't help but glance at the introduction, and the music played by the Samurai Aiza was Chopin's Etude OP10, No. 4.

The samurai played like a rushing river, and the playing technique was as unrestrained as a river. Akiyama could see the opponent's large leaping left hand, and the rhythm of the ten fingers tapping and paddling was smooth, extremely fast but not frivolous at all.

is worthy of the previous champion, and he can't help but sigh that this level is not at all comparable to the previous players.

After the samurai played the samurai, the audience burst into unprecedented applause. To Akiyama's surprise, the group of girls on the left side of the audience all had their eyes shining, some waving colorful flags, some holding up cardboard, and the crazy energy was not inferior to the fans in the star concert.

"What's going on?"

"The Samurai Guard, that is, the fan group of the Samurai of Aiza. ”

This is not surprising, after all, the appearance of the samurai is still quite high, and the skills are climaxing, and it is common sense to win many girl fans.

Fifteen minutes of the break passed quickly, and the half-time game kicked off. Sora Akiyama listened to the music in front of him boredly, and finally waited for Ikawa Emi to perform on stage.

"Have you been a competitor since you were a child?" Akiyama subconsciously rubbed his fingers and set his eyes on the girl in a long red dress, "If you look at the history of the competition, it seems that it is far inferior to the samurai of Aiza." ”

Ikawa Emi plays Chopin's Etude OP25, No. 11 "Winter Wind". The beginning of the introduction seems calm and soothing, but there is a turbulent undercurrent hidden beneath the surface of the sea. Then the sound of the song suddenly changed, like the furious sea waves when a hurricane hit, solemn and tragic, resolute and indignant. Listening to her performance, Akiyama Sky seemed to see the wind sweeping in winter, and the dead leaves everywhere fluttered in the air.

"Integrating emotions into the performance, this skill is not inferior to that of the Samurai of the Throne, how could it be silent before?"

The girl's dexterous fingers brought out the rich timbre of the music to the fullest, and the whole venue was completely immersed in her music. The music slowly fell from Ikawa Emi's raised right hand, and then the audience erupted in applause and cheers that were not inferior to those of the previous Samurai Aizai. The girl's upright figure is as beautiful as a blooming red lotus under the outline of the red dress.

"Now into the fifteen-minute break. ”

Sora Akiyama and Tomoon Nanamiya left their seats and wandered around the hall before returning to the hall at the end of the break. There were two other competitors in front of him, but Tsubaki Tatsumi Tashiwabe looked even more nervous than he was in the lounge.

"It's not Xiaochun that you go to compare, don't be like this, take it easy!"

That being said...... But he's okay, right? After such a great performance, will he have stage fright?"

"It's nothing!" "I kept looking left and right for Du Liangtai to turn around, "That guy is a man!"

The competition kicked off with the voice of the host. The two pianists took the stage one after another, and their respective skills were solid, but compared to Aiza Samurai and Ikawa Emi, it can only be said that they are average. After they stepped down, it was finally Arima's turn to appear.

"Arima chose Chopin's Etude OP25, No. 5 in e minor, which is not as difficult as No. 4 and No. 11, and focuses more on emotion than showmanship. Mitsuya Sejo's commentary is still the same lazy look, "Well, anyway, I heard them say that this song was set by Kaoru Miyazono throwing a pencil, and even the registration was reported by her." ”

"I sat down in front of the piano...... Cold sweat broke out!" Akiyama Sora gave himself and Nanamiya a buff to strengthen his eyesight, "Sure enough, I haven't participated in the competition for more than two years, and I don't have the calm state I used to have before." ”

He improvised a model of music analysis in a mental network. The melodious sound of the piano sounds, the rhythm jumps rapidly, and the melody is distinct, just like CTRL+C perfectly fits the score. He had to admire the other party's skills, and he could still maintain such a superb level after more than two years of hiding.

To Akiyama's surprise, just halfway through the song, Arima's piano began to mess up. It seems that just as Mitsuya Senki told him, the other party can't hear his own piano because of a functional disorder caused by some reason. He recalled the scene when Ma Gongsheng accompanied Kaoru Miyazono before, and this guy's piano sound also began to mess up halfway, and he played faster and faster because of nervousness.

The pace of the play slowed down again...... Does he want to give up halfway like last time?" Nanamiya Tomoin looked worried and gently bumped his shoulder, "This is a kind of inner demon, right?

"Yes, yes, the research of the Xiuzhen civilization in the previous life in the field of inner demons can be called the peak. Akiyama sighed as he thought about it, stretched out his hand and interlocked his fingers with the girl, "It's a pity that until I left, they didn't cultivate the true spirit to jump out of the world." ”

As soon as he finished saying this, the sound of Arima Gongsheng's piano stopped, his hands lowered to his sides, and he looked up at the light.

"Arima really gave up...... "Sora Akiyama felt a little disappointed, leaning lazily on the back of his chair, "It seems that in the end, I have to let the technique ...... Hey, it's back played!"

Regardless of the reason, if you stop playing halfway, the contestant will be disqualified. But it's not the first time that Arima Gongsheng has done this, he thought to himself, last time with the encouragement of Kaoru Miyazono, it would be good to be able to overcome the obstacles in his heart this time.

The rhythm was still chaotic at the beginning, but as the music progressed, it miraculously got back on track. No, it's not back on track, the style of re-playing is completely different from the mechanical precision that it started with, and it should be said that it is more in line with the emotional theme of this piece.

Each note seems to radiate light, evoking memories of the past in Akiyama's mind. Dandelions flutter in the wind in the sun, and girls with long pink hair smile like flowers, running and playing happily on the lawn. The style of the music changes halfway through, smooth as water, warm as a girl quietly resting on his lap, and the afterglow of the setting sun dyes the houses on the opposite bank red.

At the end of the song, the jump at the beginning is rapid, but it has a little more humor, just like the tangled emotions of both playfulness and fear of being discovered when he and Nanamiya Tomoin were following Du Mu in the grassland. The knee-high grass undulated like waves in the wind, and the sound of birdsong came from among the trees.

Until the sound of Arima Gongsheng's piano slowly fell, he still felt a little unfinished. The entire audience was silent, and it took a moment before anyone reacted, and the applause was sparse.

How to say it, Arima's performance is like three different people, who start out with the same precision as ever, then like a crying child, and finally a colorful interpretation of a classic piece that surpasses the previous and is not inferior to the other seeded players. Judging by the rules of the game, there is no doubt that he is out. But this is just a competition, and more importantly, Arima Gongsheng has come out of the shadows and regained his ability to play the piano.

"It doesn't seem like you need transcranial magnetic stimulation anymore. ”

A smile appeared on Sora Akiyama's face. Developments in neuroscience have not destroyed the profession of psychotherapy, and relatively rigorous modeling analysis and neurophysiological adjustments are not always the most appropriate. Now that Arima Gongsheng has stepped out of the psychological shadow, it is likely that Hiroko Seto will not consider this aspect.

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(It's been a busy time, so it's been a long time, so I'm sorry.) "April Is Your Lie" is definitely an aestheticist masterpiece, and in this regard, I feel that my text will only pull down the level, so I will just take the technical route as always, and it is better to listen to the music in person. ）