At 3.05 p.m. on Thursday, the air inside the livehouse lounge was a little dull, and the three girls sat on the sofa and listened to the chatter of the audience outside, and their hearts were beating faster and faster.

The show is about to begin.

However... Saionji Akino has not yet arrived.

"Saionji Senpai..."Rika Shinohara stared at the minute hand on the clock and couldn't help but whisper his name.

Saionji Akino told them yesterday that even if it is a midterm exam, they will definitely be able to arrive on time.

They also trust Saionji Akino's words, but now there are still five minutes before the official performance.

"Everyone who finished the band, are you ready to go on stage to debug the equipment and introduce yourself?" The clerk of the female college student reminded.

As soon as these words came out, the bodies of the three girls trembled, even including Yue Shandong, she just couldn't see it on the surface, but she was actually very nervous inside.

Rika Shinohara, looked up and asked softly, "Well, that, we still haven't come, can we wait?" ”

The female college student clerk shook her head, "Then we have to go on stage to debug the equipment, we have a time limit, and we can't affect the performance of the next band because of you." ”

"Well... I know..."Rika Shinohara forcibly plucked up her courage, stretched out her hand, and took Asaba Ichiri and Tsukiyama Dong, "It's okay, the senior of Saionji Temple will definitely be able to arrive, he won't break his promise, let's go out and introduce ourselves, and say some funny MC to stir up the atmosphere, that's enough...!" ”

Yueshan Dong: "Lixiang, your palms are full of sweat..."

Rika Shinohara: "Hello, verbose! ”

Ichiri Asaba still had her head down, she looked at the guitar she was hanging on, and remembered what Akino had said to her last night.

This song is for me, this is my song, can I really deserve this song?

Is today's show really okay?

With inner anxiety, the three girls stepped onto the stage.

After adjusting their respective instruments, Rika Shinohara's opening remarks were the first to appear, "Hello everyone, we are the end band!" It's a pleasure to be here at LiveHouse today to meet you all – beep! - "I accidentally bumped into the microphone, so much so that it made a sharp noise, which immediately made the audience frown.

"Ah, I'm sorry, I'm sorry... I didn't mean to..."Rika Shinohara's prepared draft was suddenly forgotten, but she still tried to introduce herself, and also tried to interact with Tsukiyama Dong and Asa Yu Ichiri, and used the MC of cold jokes to stir up the atmosphere.

However, the audience in the audience didn't buy it, after all, in fact, MC or something is an add-on, and no one will spend money to listen to Ling's performance because your band says that cross talk is particularly slippery, what you really want to listen to is the musical strength of the band itself.

Time passed second by second, but the person who should have come still didn't come, the haze in the hearts of the three girls was deeper, without the support of Saionji Akino, could their performance really pass? Can it satisfy these listeners, who are more professional than the general public? Will it receive a lot of boos?

It's as if the stage is shrouded in an invisible layer of dark clouds, ready to rain at any moment...

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Looking at the end of the band talking about the embarrassing double comedy on stage, his former friends, Sakuraba Chiyuki also felt anxious for them, and couldn't wait to rush up to grab the microphone to help them.

She's still very good at some cold jokes or something.

Are they waiting for the master guitarist? Speaking of which, who is this master guitarist?

Why so irresponsible? Can't make it to the day's performances?

Chiyuki Sakuraba hides in the crowd and begins to condemn the lead guitarist, who he doesn't know who it is.

"Haven't you started yet?"

"Sure enough, the junior high school girls' band is not crisp enough, mother-in-law's..."

As time passed, the audience began to be a little restless, and the negative voices gradually increased.

"I've bought all the tickets, why don't you start playing quickly, what are you waiting for?"

"You can't forget how to play...?"

Sakuraba Chiyuki listened to these people's comments and wanted to refute them, while she also stared down at her guitar strap.

She also brought a guitar today, and if the main guitarist isn't there, let her go up and save the scene...

Although I don't play as well now, I can at least make sure that the show is on track.

And... Is it really okay to be the lead singer for a mile? Do you feel too stressed?

Looking closely, Yili's hands are shaking...

No, I have to do something.

Sakuraba Chiyuki struggled to squeeze through the crowd, apologizing to others as she squeezed back.

…

When the time came, Saionji Akino didn't come, and they had to start performing.

The three girls who lost their backbone were all in a trance, they obviously didn't expect that Saionji Akino would really not come, without Saionji Akino's superb guitar skills as a cover, would their performance really be okay?

Ichiri Asaba clenched his guitar tightly and aimed at the microphone, his eyes under his bangs still firm...

"Then please listen, the first song is "Youth Syndrome", which is our original song."

Just as Rika Shinohara's words fell, the lights on the stage dimmed.

"Wait!"

"Sorry to let me!"

Sakuraba Chiyuki and Saionji Akino, who arrived, spoke at the same time.

Of course, it was Saionji Akino's voice that was louder.

The road that Saionji Akino walked on was quickly cleared, nothing else, except that his current condition was a bit miserable.

The uniform's school pants were worn out, and his arms were badly bruised by hitting the ground, and although they were wrapped in paper towels so that they wouldn't drip down, they still looked oozing.

No one wants to approach blood.

Saionji Akino smiled at the audience who gave way to the surrounding audience, and then walked forward quickly with his guitar bag on his back, just in time to meet Sakuraniwa Chiyuki in the middle of the stage, but Saionji Akino didn't notice her at all.

But Sakuraba Chiyuki was stunned.

"I'm sorry, everyone, I encountered a little thing on the way, so I was delayed, and now it's just in time, let's start the show, right?" Saionji Akino quickly opened the guitar bag, took out the guitar and hung it on his body, and began to tune it regardless of whether he had a bad image.

"Senior, why don't you go and bandage it...?"

Ichiri Asaba and Tsukiyama Dong also looked at him at the same time, their eyes full of concern and no blame.

Saionji Akino shook his head, "Compared to this, the performance is more important, right?" This is your first time performing at a livehouse, and everyone has put so much effort into it, hasn't it? ”

"Let's get started." The boy's calm voice had a powerful power, just like himself, and when he saw it, he immediately found that stable sense of reassurance, even if he was a little embarrassed now, but it didn't affect it in the slightest.

In the eyes of others, he may be embarrassed, funny, and miserable, but in the eyes of Asaba Ichiri.

He suddenly appeared just now, and he walked out of the crowd, just like the "hero" he pursued in his dreams.

Incomparably powerful, incomparably gentle...

This time, I didn't introduce what the repertoire was going to play, but after Saionji Akino gave Rika Shinohara a look, the music officially began!

It begins with the sound of drums, followed by guitar sounds, and the notes shine like stars piercing the night.

When he was about to enter the main song, Saionji Akino looked at Asaba Ichiri.

After Isori Asaba glanced at him, he immediately sang into the microphone.

[Prefer dark and narrow places, such as in a hood that is deeply hidden]

This song is tailor-made for me, and that's what Saionji seniors said...

[I hate the ruthless world in my eyes but hopelessly want to be loved]

I used to have some negative thoughts like this, but after meeting my seniors, everything changed...

[I like to get wet in the rain because this fits my gloomy face]

While I don't like getting wet, but... Since my predecessor wrote so, maybe I can try it? Maybe I actually like it?

[Pretending to be afraid of the storm and waiting for the sky to break]

It always feels so heavy, but it seems like it's me... I'm dark inside...

But...

Even if it is a dark me, a dull me, with the help of my predecessors, step by step, I have done a lot of things that I couldn't think of before, and I have seen many scenery that I have never seen before.

On the stage, in the practice room, at the oden shop where I worked, in the shopping street...

Before I knew it, my range of movement was no longer school, home, two points and one line...

I'm not the same person I used to be...

Now I...

When the bass is ready to foreshadow, and the lead guitarist, Saionji Akino, hooks up the first note, which is the moment when the emotional outburst of the chorus!

[Let's play!] With the Faz of light, let the thunder roar! 】

I'm not the same now!

As if roaring in her heart, a powerful energy erupted from Asa Yu's delicate body, and her voice and lyrics were completely integrated, and all the voices became an outlet for her feelings.

[Knock it!] What lies ahead of the pain! Respond with this furious and ferocious heartbeat! 】

In just a minute and a half, the combined performance of singing, playing, and combining made the audience stunned.

This is different from what they imagined, originally thought that the band formed by this junior high school student was just a ticket nature, and it was a relative of the store manager who was eligible to participate in this livehouse performance.

After all, this is the last performance of the livehouse, and its commemorative value is very large, which is why so many bands come to audition and review, even if they pay out of their own pockets.

Immediately afterward, Ichiri Asaba completely captures that feeling of immersion, singing about herself while working with the rest of the band while searching for herself in the lyrics.

Only a performance that puts everything into it can be considered a performance!

…

Sakuraba Chiyuki, who originally wanted to go up to help in the audience, listened to the song and watched this almost perfect performance in her opinion, and was stunned for a while.

She thought of their performance when they auditioned for the review before, and the coordination at that time was not skilled, the heart was not aligned, and more importantly, the playing level was not at a grade at all.

But in just one week, they have made such progress, and now they are not inferior to the previous band they saw in the audition stage at that time.

Everyone is improving, but is it just standing still?

She originally thought that she had the attribute bonus of the lead singer, and it was relatively important in this band, but if she went up to save the scene temporarily, maybe she would be able to join everyone again...

It's just that now it seems...

My own existence is completely dispensable...

For Sakuraba Chiyuki, the meaning of her existence in the band may be regarded as her last straw for herself, but now reality tells her once again that she has hit her again when she is in a relaxed mood.

Ending the band, without her, can perform better, her existence, her so-called efforts, in fact, are of no use at all.

Compared to Saionji Akino, who is playing to her heart's content on stage, she is nothing at all...

Sakuraba Qianxue slowly lowered her head, and her expression was once again overcast.

…

After the end of the adolescent syndrome, it is the second song, if it turns into a constellation.

This song is sung by Rika Shinohara, and her sweet voice and this extraordinarily ambiguous lyrics make many listeners in the audience smile.

And the return to the guitarist Asa Ha Ichiri, in the hearing.

["It's so good that you're loved by everyone"]

["No, I've always been alone."]

When she was in these two sentences, she could think of the original Xiyuan Temple Akino telling her that the two of them were actually the same picture.

Is this a metaphor for something?

[If I can meet with you and become a constellation]

【A wish for a moment in the night when the stars fall】

[Promise to the flickering signal that swayed and trembled in the air]

Become a constellation together... While playing, Asaba Ichiri turned his head to peek at Saionji Akino.

[If I can meet with you and become a constellation]

If you really can...

[I want to be the constellation that others point to when they look up at the starry sky]

I want to be a constellation that you can see...

[Please don't untie the thread that connects you and me]

[No matter how dazzling I am]

Hearing this, Asaba Ichiri couldn't help but turn his head and look directly at Saionji Akino, and Saionji Akino happened to raise his head to look at her.

Just the intersection of the eyes made Asaba Ichiri's heartbeat flutter and keep accelerating...

Just like you as dazzling as a hero, can I also look at you directly and get close to you?

As soon as the ten seconds arrived, Asa Yu Yili quickly retracted her gaze, she had been confused by the thoughts that exploded in her mind at this time, and the follow-up playing could only come directly, but even so, there was still no mistake.

The last song, I will never forget, this song is relatively not so touching, because it is completely Yangjiao's personal perception, and it does not correspond to Asa Yu Yili at all, so she sings very generally, and can only be said to be barely passing, but under the song foreshadowing of the first two songs, to the end of now, everyone is quite satisfied.

When the audience, who were originally not optimistic, finished singing the last sentence in Asaba Ichi, and the guitar bass drum stopped playing, they immediately burst into thunderous applause and applause!

"Excellent! Great gig! End the band, I'll remember your names! ”

"I'm going to participate in more livehouse performances in the future! It's really great! ”

"Pink-haired girl, you sing very well!"

"That handsome guy who bleeds! You're playing pretty well, too! ”

"Blue-haired sister, I'm going completely crazy about you!!"

"Rika !!"

Looking at the enthusiastic reaction of the audience, the three girls in the band all felt like they were in a different world.

The last time they performed, the one in the commercial street, they performed so badly that no one would spontaneously applaud and admire them, except for the encouragement of some acquaintances.

But now...

Now everything is different!

It turns out that being loved and praised by others is such a feeling...

Rika Shinohara, who was panting, looked at Tsukiyama Dong and smiled with great happiness and satisfaction.

Yueshan Dong also pulled the corners of his mouth coolly.

And Asaba Ichiri continued to peek at Saionji Akino, and whenever Saionji Akino responded with a smile, she turned her head at the speed of light and didn't dare to look.

Ichiri Asaba couldn't hear the applause and cheers from the outside world at all, and she could only hear her own ever-increasing heartbeat and the feeling of becoming more and more difficult to breathe...

What's going on...

I... Why is it so far away from the predecessors of Xiyuan Temple, I can't stand it anymore?

I'm so weird...

Saionji Akino also breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the performance ended smoothly, and then followed the three girls who finished the band back to the rest room.

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There are additions, and the next chapter ends, exactly one hundred chapters.

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