"It's going to rain again?"

"Really, I hate it to death, didn't I just do it once a few days ago?"

"In other words, it's not the rainy season yet."

"Hurry up, lest you get wet again later!"

As soon as Ichiri Asaba walked out of the station with his bandmates, he heard the complaints of a junior high school girl wearing a uniform from another school.

Is it raining?

Originally, as an indoor faction, she didn't care much about the weather, and sometimes she actually liked the feeling of rain. Watching the transparent raindrops fall from the glass, and being able to stay in the room and play the guitar alone is a sense of peace of mind.

But now...

Ichiri Asaba would subconsciously think of Saionji Akino, who was drenched in heavy rain that day and then ran in the rain.

Thinking of that day in the rain, his lonely figure...

I always feel like I hate the rain...

"Ichiri-chan?" Sakuraba Chiyuki looked at the lone Asaba Ichiri and smiled, "What's wrong?" Are you nervous? ”

"No, no... It's just..."

"Ahh It's raining, and it's really annoying when it's raining. ”

"Hmm."

"However, I really didn't expect you to be so powerful in Dong, and you can make such a great three songs from the tunes you wrote before in one day~" Sakuraba Chiyuki turned to look at Tsukiyama Dong, who was walking on the far left, and said with a smile.

Yueshan Dong was stunned for a moment and did not reply.

Rika Shinohara's smile was also a little reluctant: "Okay, let's stop talking about this, let's go over quickly, the time is about the same." ”

"Okay..."Looking at the figures of the three of them, Sakuraba Chiyuki always felt that something was strange, not only now, but also during the rehearsal yesterday, the atmosphere was very strange, a little heavy, or dull?

Why?

Everyone's scared and nervous?

yes... After all, the last joint practice performance was so bad, I guess I'm afraid that this official audition review will repeat the mistakes of the past, right?

But it doesn't matter, I'm not the same today as before, so I'll let me lead the band and let everyone pass the audition review perfectly!

Sakuraba Qianxue thought so, and stepped forward to talk to a few people with a smile, wanting to raise their emotions, even if it didn't go well, she was not discouraged.

——

livehouse。

As they walked in, they happened to see another band auditioning for the audition, so the girls stopped in the corner and began to listen to the songs of other bands.

With a refreshing and high-pitched voice and mature performance, even if there are only the managers and staff of the livehouse in the audience, they can easily tell some jokes to try to stir up the atmosphere as if there are many people in the audience.

Moreover, the connection between songs and songs is very well done, and the emotions of each song are also progressive, and they will not appear abrupt in terms of hearing.

This... Apparently a full-fledged band.

The four girls who ended the band were all stunned after listening, they had actually been practicing by themselves all along, and they hadn't practiced much often, and they hadn't really compared themselves with others.

So I didn't really have any idea of a "real" band all along.

But now...

"Hmm... Normally, drummer, you made a big mistake on the second song, and you almost got the guitarist on the wrong beat, you know? ”

"And bass, don't always think about showing off your skills with slap, you have to play with the song, and the bass itself is the pad of the song, what do you want to do with such a strong desire to perform?"

"But... It's okay, barely qualified! After criticizing the store manager, he finally gave the band a pass.

Several boys in the band couldn't help but smile lightly: "Thank you, store manager!" ”

"Alright, let's go, there are other bands to audition." The store manager waved his hand and sent the band away, before turning his head to look at the four honest junior high school girls standing in the corner.

The store manager looked at Rika Shinohara, who was inside, and sighed softly, "Is it the end of the band?" Are all three of your original songs ready? ”

"Ready!" Rika Shinohara's response was immediate, but it was clear that her voice trembled slightly.

Maybe it was because I felt the oppressive force of the store manager, or maybe because I didn't have confidence in the next audition, and the expressions of the four girls who ended the band at this time were not very good.

The main reason is that they didn't expect that in their opinion, they were already extremely good, and the band just now could be picked out so many by the store manager...

Then their performance is not 100%... No chance?

A trace of anxiety, a trace of despair, made the girls unconsciously tremble again.

It's a completely different feeling from the last time I performed on stage.

Last time it was okay to be casual and it was okay to make mistakes, but this time... No.

"Hmm... Then go up. The manager's voice was flat, as if he didn't care about their band.

In fact, when the store manager talked to Rika Shinohara, he was indeed joking. After all, the band that was Rika Shinohara's was not fully formed, and it didn't even have a name.

And Rika Shinohara, a cute, talkative little girl, so he jokingly said that he could let them come to his side for audition and participate in the last performance of the livehouse.

The last performance is real, but in fact, his livehouse is not closed, it just has to be renovated and then changed its name, of course, if you have to say it, it is actually no different from going out of business.

After all, the name has changed, and it really isn't the same as the previous livehouse.

All in all, the manager never thought that they could participate in the performance at the same level as a junior high school band, so they just put on that strict attitude towards the band that was good enough.

In order to put pressure on these four junior high school girls from the side, if they can retreat on their own, it is the best, and they don't have to hurt them when they comment seriously.

The store manager sat down slowly, looking at the end of the band, which had already come to the stage to start debugging the equipment, his eyes narrowed slightly.

Young people's dreams certainly need to be supported, but if they just say the word dream with a playful mentality without putting in any substantive effort and action, then such "dreams" do not deserve support.

The store manager has seen too many young and vigorous people who ask for help everywhere under the banner of dreams, but don't work hard.

Are these four junior high school girls such people?

He didn't know.

There is no need to know.

Because their concert told him everything.

"Let's get started." After seeing that Sakuraba Chiyuki had already adjusted the microphone, the store manager spoke.

Sakuraba Chiyuki took a deep breath and said into the microphone, "We're the end band, and the next track to play is..."

"Adolescent Syndrome."

Rika Shinohara, and Tsukiyama Dong glanced at each other, and then started with the sound of drums.

Begin!

——

In the first song, it was obvious that each of them was very nervous, and they couldn't play at a normal level at all, so the store manager felt that he could get the answer when he heard this.

But after listening to this whole song, he unexpectedly felt... Seems to be a little interesting?

Let's not talk about how well it is played, but the quality of the song is good, and the lyrics are also very tasteful.

The second song, if it can be turned into a constellation, because this song has a guitar solo in Ichiri Asaba, and Ichiri Asaba himself can be said to be the highest level of the four of them, so he successfully covered up the mistakes of others with an excellent solo bridge.

The third song, never forget, this song may be because it is particularly suitable for the timbre of Sakuraba Qianxue, plus she has slowly found the kind of relaxed state of singing, this song is the best she sang among the three, and at the same time, when the song was about to end, several of them finally found the most correct ensemble state, showing a good ending.

At the end of the three songs, the voice dispersed, leaving only the silent store manager and the clerk, a female college student dressed in hip-hop style, who couldn't help but applaud at this time. Although she can also hear that the end of the band's playing is not ideal, and it can even be said that it is a little bad, but this is a junior high school girl!

What's more, their music is still so complete, and in the performance just now, the lead singer and guitarist also have their own highlight performances, overall, it is already very good, and it is worth encouraging!

The store manager took a serious look at the girls who were standing on the stage, panting, and was silent for a long time, and said, "Give you a week, can you show a performance level ten times better than just now?" ”

“…”

"Huh?" The girls were a little confused.

"If you answer yes, then I'll pass it for you, if not, then forget it." After the store manager said this, he breathed a long sigh of relief.

Although they are very young, very immature, and play very poorly, but those three tunes are really good, not to mention anything else, just with these three songs, they should be allowed to stay.

Although, he didn't think that these three pieces were created by them, but... It doesn't matter.

What matters is the music itself.

Let's support the dreams of young people. At least for now, they have the potential value to support themselves.

The girls looked at each other, and Sakuraba Chiyuki couldn't help but ask, "So the store manager, you mean, I, we passed?!" ”

"No, to be precise, your tunes have passed, and your current level of playing is far from worthy of your tunes."

"The closing time is at 3 p.m. next Thursday, and I'll be the first to show you at that time, and if you can't play ten times better than you are now, I don't need to say, the audience will be disappointed with you."

"Do you have the courage to bear this pressure?"

“… Of course! Sakuraba Chiyuki was the first to smile: "Anyway, this time we will pass the test!" ”

“… You can understand it that way..."

Hearing the last sentence, everyone's tense bodies instantly relaxed, and Rika Shinohara, Tsukiyama Dong, and Ichiri Asaba all showed relieved smiles.

But there was no surprise on their smiles.

Sakuraba Chiyuki is the only one who is very interested, and she has been bouncing on the stage.

——

In the livehouse lounge, after drinking a few sips of mineral water, Sakuraba Chiyuki smiled happily: "It's really good, we actually passed the audition review, ahhh~ It feels good that the effort was not in vain!" ”

"yes..."

"Why aren't you happy? We have a week to go, and we're sure we'll be able to reach the level the manager said. ”

"Hmm... I guess it's okay. Rika Shinohara, smiled and replied, but her tone was a little perfunctory.

"But sure enough, it's still the most powerful winter, this time it's all thanks to winter's songs that we can pass the test smoothly, winter you are the biggest hero of our band this time!" Sakuraba Qianxue looked at Yueshan Dong, who was in a daze beside her, and praised with a smile.

In other words, Yueshan Dong would definitely say something like "Of course, I'm a genius after all" at this time, but she didn't say it at this time, just quietly looked at Sakuraba Qianxue.

Sakuraba Chiyuki finally realized that something was wrong, the main reason why the atmosphere of their band was not right, was herself?

But you didn't do anything, did you?

And if it doesn't pass the censorship now, should everyone be happy? Why is it such a strange atmosphere?

At this moment, Sakuraba Chiyuki's mobile phone made a vibrating sound.

She took it out and looked at it, and her eyebrows immediately furrowed, "...... Why do you have dinner with that disgusting guy again... There's no end to it..."

Hearing the five words of the disgusting guy, Asa Yu Yili, who was sitting in the corner on the other side, immediately raised his head.

At this time, Rika Shinohara, who was the first to ask, couldn't help but ask, "Qianxue, what did you say... Who is it......? ”

"Who else could it be, isn't it that guy from Saionji Akino? It's annoying... When will that guy completely disappear from my eyes..."Sakuraba Chiyuki subconsciously complained, but it made the atmosphere in the lounge even colder.

Rika Shinohara, who wanted to say that she would continue to endure and not say anything.

But I couldn't help it at this moment.

"Chiyuki... Last time you said it, you will tell us what kind of contradiction you have with the predecessors of Xiyuan Temple..."

"Ahh Do you have to say it? Sakuraba Qianxue's brows furrowed even tighter, "Did that guy say something to you again, I told you not to trust him... I don't know my heart..."

“… The seniors of Xiyuan Temple didn't say anything to us, but we just wanted to know and understand the contradictions between you. Rika Shinohara, put down the drum stick and slowly stood up.

“… I don't really want to say. Sakuraba Chiyuki clenched her hands and didn't look over.

"Why?" This time it was Yueshan Dong who asked, and her always cold tone had a temperature at this moment.

"There's no why, why do you have to ask so clearly, I just hate him so much, and today isn't it a good day for our band, why do you want to bother with that disgusting guy!?" Sakuraba Chiyuki's voice became louder, and she looked at the other three with puzzled eyes.

Ichiri Asaba still had his head down.

"Disgusting guy"

This is the second time.

“… Do you know why our band was able to pass this audition? Rika Shinohara, too, clenched her fists and stared at Sakuraba Chiyuki very seriously.

After saying this, she also apologized to Saionji Akino in her heart.

I'm sorry, Saionji senior, I may be breaking my agreement with you.

"It's because of the tune... The tune is good, it's all the credit of Dong, so what do you want to say, Rika? Have you really been brainwashed by him? ”

"The tunes were all given to me by Akino." Yueshandong interrupted her words.

"Akino...? Why do you call him that... Wait, how could it be that he gave it to us? He can only recognize a simple sheet music, and he plays the guitar in a mess, how can he possibly write songs? Sakuraba Chiyuki is convinced of this, after all, she has been teaching Saionji Akino to play guitar at the beginning, and she knows very well how bad Saionji Akino's level is.

"Video of Akino playing guitar, I have it here." Yueshandong took out his mobile phone and began to play the video he took at the musical instrument shop last time.

Sakuraba Qianxue was stunned for a while, looking at the video in which the playing skills were extremely skillful, and it could even be said that it was no worse than her private teacher...

Wait a minute? What do you mean?

This, is this really him?

Then why did he deliberately play so badly at that time?

What was he thinking?

Sakuraba Qianxue's brain was buzzing, she pursed her lips and looked at Yueshan Dong: "So what, even if these three songs are him, we still have a week, and we have a week left to rewrite the lyrics and songs, and we can catch up, his three songs are just temporary replacements for us..."

"Do you think you can do it?" Yueshan Dong asked calmly.

"If you can do it, you can try, but I can't, I don't have the talent for it."

"It's not just the songs, even the last time we couldn't find a suitable place to practice together, the stage on the commercial street was also provided to us by the seniors of Xiyuan Temple, otherwise we would have to wait until Monday to start the first group practice, and at that time it would definitely not be at the current level." Rika Shinohara's tone slowed down, "So, can you tell us, what is the conflict between you and your senior, senior is a very good person, I don't want you to continue to make such a fuss because of misunderstandings..."

"Now our band can get to this point, and it's all because of our predecessors." Rika Shinohara, said.

"Even the name of the end band, it was Akino who came up with it at the beginning." Yueshandong added.

"......" Sakuraba Qianxue listened to the amount of information about the explosion, and the whole person took a few steps back, she bowed her head slightly, her eyes were full of anger: "How many times have I told you... Don't go near him... Don't trust him... Why is it..."

"Chiyuki?" Rika Shinohara, seeing that Sakuraba Chiyuki's body was constantly trembling, she couldn't help but call her name with some worry.

"Good! Don't you want to know, what the hell did that disgusting guy do to make me do this to him! Good! I'll tell you all! There was a slight cry in Sakurabi's voice, and she stared at the three people present and began to talk about her experience a year ago.

In the process, Tsukiyama Dong, Rika Shinohara, and Ichiri Asaba were all stunned.

Looking at Sakuraba Qianxue's lips opening and closing, as well as her tone and expression that became more and more intense as she spoke, in the end, Sakuraba Qianxue even shed two lines of tears.

"So, can you understand me? Why should I do this to him, because he is a disgusting guy himself! ”

Hearing this, Asa Yu Yili slowly stood up.

The third time.

Rika Shinohara and Tsukiyama Dong were a little confused, and they didn't expect such a secret to happen.

"Maybe it's a misunderstanding..."

"How can there be such a coincidental misunderstanding, and what kind of person he used to be, gloomy and silent, others will not respond when they talk to him, he has been doing his own thing, and he doesn't know what he is thinking in his head, but in the past two weeks, he has begun to change."

"However, it's often such sudden changes that are the most terrifying, don't you know?!"

As soon as these words came out, Tsukiyama Dong and Rika Shinohara, both fell silent, they looked at the pear blossoms with the rain Sakuraba Chiyuki, and they were also very sympathetic in their hearts, if they had experienced such a thing... It's no wonder it's so extreme... But, but, is that really the truth?

Saionji Akino's kindness to them, is it really all disguise?

If yes, then it wouldn't be like...

I don't know much about Saionji Akino, and the two girls who have only been in contact with it a few times are hesitant at this moment, and they don't believe in Saionji Akino so firmly.

But only the shallow feather is different.

"That's... Sakuraba-san... Have you asked the Saionji seniors? ”

"Ask what? How do I ask this kind of thing, and do I still need to ask? Just look at his obscene and disgusting appearance and know that he's not a good thing! I hate him so much! ”

Lewd and disgusting?

Saionji Akino, who taught me how to play the guitar at the roadshow and made me close my eyes when I met for the first time, is a lewd and disgusting guy?

Akino of Saionji Temple, who taught me how to receive guests when I was working, always encouraged me, and also said that he used to give me courage like me, but he was a nasty and disgusting guy?

When I was not confident in writing lyrics and self-denying many times, he specially sent me a long paragraph, is he a lewd and disgusting guy?

And then he gave the umbrella to the child in the rain, and then ran in the heavy rain, took the kitten to the hospital, and finally learned that after the kitten died, he showed a sad expression, is he a lewd and disgusting guy?

And also... He has always shown me a gentle smile, so kind, strong, and he has also faced so much malice at school and is trying to change.

Is it a lewd and disgusting guy?

… No wonder, Fukuzawa-senpai told me.

Only what I see with my own eyes is real...

That's what it means...

"I wish he was going to die now! Get caught in jail now! Every moment I spent under the same roof with him made me feel sick, disgusting!! ”

"Smack!" Suddenly, he walked quickly to Asaba Ichiri in front of Sakuraba Chiyuki and slapped her the side of the face.

At this moment, everyone was stunned.

Sakuraba Chiyuki looked incredulous.

And Rika Shinohara and Tsukiyama Dong were even more shocked and speechless.

Only Ichiri Asaba made a sound.

Beneath her slender pink bangs, tears flowed from her eyes as clear as the sky.

"The predecessors of Xiyuan Temple are not the kind of people you say."

"You don't know anything at all."

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