Tokyo Girlfriend Guide

Although it was still early and not the busiest time for places like karaoke bars, because of the Golden Week, when Hojo Kyosuke and his group arrived at a restaurant they usually frequented, there were not many private rooms left.

The karaoke in Neon is not as convenient as Internet cafes but it is not bad either. Many shops even use "delicious food" as a means to attract customers. For example, the signature dish of the Gokyo Karaoke Hall that Hojo Kyosuke is visiting now is that its chicken burgers are super large and cheap, so it is very popular among his stupid subordinates.

The shop is a normal shop, and you can't find any special services. Because there are so many people, you can choose to pay for unlimited singing. If you come alone, you can choose to pay per person. It is very suitable for you to come and sing alone after a breakup, and cry while eating and singing.

Although it was lunchtime, the charge was higher than usual because it was a holiday. The private room was not big, and since Hojo Kyousuke did not plan to sing with other subordinates, it was just him and the five beautiful girls.

“This is great~”

Leaning against the leather backrest, Yamauchi Sakura sighed.

Hojo Kyosuke nodded: "Yes, it's totally at the concert level."

Standing in front of the two were all the members of the "Icy Tail" band who had already entered combat mode.

The two microphones were in the hands of Michiru Hyodo and Tokino Himekawa respectively. Before Michiru joined the band, Curly was the guitarist and lead singer of the band.

"The next song I'm going to present is my must-order karaoke song, enjoy it~"

Michiru Hyodo shouted playfully into the microphone, her eyes full of coolness.

"Hoho~~"

Lord Sakura was very considerate and clapped his handbells and cheered. With this guy around, he would never be bored no matter what he did.

The sound of accompaniment soon sounded from the speakers, and what made Hojo Kyosuke shudder was that these people were all terrorists who did not want to sing the original song but only the accompaniment. What was even more terrifying was that after the perfect performance of Hyodo Michiru and others, Sakura, who had mastered the microphone, also sang very well, and gave him the feeling that she was no better than those professionals.

Seeing Yamauchi Sakura swaying her body and singing with great ecstasy, Himekawa Tokino was a little dumbfounded and said, "It turns out that Sakura really can't sing."

"It's exactly the same as the original." Aiko Morioka was shocked.

Michiru Hyodo laughed heartily and said excitedly, "In a sense, this is quite impressive. This can be considered original, right?"

"..."

Listening to the discussion of several people, Hojo Kyosuke's smile gradually became warmer. Sure enough, this was his girl.

When Yamauchi Sakura got over her emotions from the song, Hyodo Michiru and others who were eating French fries and other snacks quickly applauded.

"sounds amazing!"

"High season!"

"One more song!"

Lady Sakura lifted up the hem of her skirt and bowed in the air, looking proud and graceful.

"My performance is over for now. Next, I will sing for everyone the savior of Sobu High School's baseball team, the forgotten swordsman who controls memories and the magic eye, the handless devil... the emperor who reigns at the top of Neon Kendo, the greatest literary giant of the Heisei era, Hojo Kyousuke!"

The girl shouted passionately and waved her arm towards Hojo Kyosuke.

"Huh! Where's the applause!"

Michiru Hyodo and the others, who were stunned by the two-minute-long title, finally came to their senses and applauded vigorously.

If it was Osaka Tsuyoshi or those idiots from Zaimokuza who said his nickname like this, Hojo Kyosuke would definitely kick them, but if it was Yamauchi Sakura who said it, he just smiled indulgently and reached out to take the microphone.

"You remember it so clearly?" he said with a smile.

Yingliang grinned and said, what a joke, many of them were obtained by her!
Hojo Kyousuke came to the song request machine and began to struggle painfully, while Hyodo Michiru and others could not wait to ask Sakura what those nicknames meant. No matter how much news about Hojo Kyousuke appeared in the newspaper, there were still many secrets that were unknown to the public. Not everyone was called "Hojo Kyousuke Encyclopedia".

After watching it again and again, Hojo Kyosuke even wanted to choose the song that he had played for Mitsuha in the music test at Itomori, but then he thought about it and came up with a new idea.

Let's sing a German song!
If you turn off the original singer's voice, no one will be able to understand whether he sings well or not. He is simply a genius!
As for when he learned German, Hojo Kyosuke could only say that in front of someone with extraordinary memory, learning a language is as easy as drinking water.

This karaoke bar has a good music collection, and he quickly found a German song he had heard before.

The accompaniment slowly sounded, and girls such as Hyodo Michiru and Himekawa Tokino immediately stared at Hojo Kyosuke expectantly.

After watching "Guren no Yumiya", they no longer have any doubts about Hojo's musical accomplishment, and now they even look forward to Hojo's performance with a learning attitude.

A low tone came out of Hojo Kyosuke's mouth, and Michiru Hyodo, who was concentrating, immediately widened her eyes in surprise.

This, this...what is this?

Although I couldn't understand what language he was singing, the sound of Hojo-sensei's singing was totally out of sync with the accompaniment!

It is said that music has no borders. This is why, even if you don’t understand the lyrics, the melody is the same.

Michiru Hyodo was confused and turned to look at her companions, only to see that they also looked shocked and puzzled.

Then he looked at Yamauchi Sakura next to him.

"Ohhh!! Great! Kyousuke is the best singer in the world!"

The girl cheered loudly and raised her hands high, swaying like a reed.

Hojo Kyosuke in front also turned 90 degrees on the spot, swung his arm and pointed at Yamauchi Sakura, giving a cool look. The latter immediately withdrew his hands and held them in front of his chest, looking as if she was dizzy.

"..."

Looking at the two people who were having so much fun, Michiru Hyodo realized that she and Xiaolan and the others should not have been in this box at all.

But Sakura would not make her new friend feel uncomfortable, and she immediately grabbed Hyodo Michiru with one hand and Himekawa Tokino with the other, and stood up with the two of them, shaking her body to dance with Kyosuke.

All of them were young and lively girls. The four girls immediately integrated into the atmosphere and began to cheer for Hojo Kyosuke who was chanting the spell in front of them.

The singer was clearly not even as good as a kindergarten kid, but the five beautiful girls in the audience cheered louder and louder, with more excited expressions on their faces. A swaying feeling arose in Michiru Hyodo's heart, and she immediately understood Yamauchi Sakura's happiness.

"Ahh~ Teacher Hojo is so great!" She put her hands in front of her mouth like a trumpet and cheered loudly.

Finally, Hojo Kyosuke put down the microphone and bowed to the five audience members. But what surprised him was that Sakura and Michiru did not yell for another song, but stared at the screen behind them in shock.

He smiled and asked, "What are you looking at..."

Before he finished speaking, his hands were already rapidly pressing the song selector.

The content on the screen disappeared, and Michiru Hyodo shifted her gaze from the screen to Hojo Kyosuke. Her expression became even more shocked.

"1 points?"

The girl murmured in disbelief.

"Am I seeing this correctly? Is it really possible that the score is so low?"

Curly-haired Himekawa Tokino could no longer hold back, her expression was completely ruined and her eyes were wide open.

"…Although it's unbelievable, the score just now shows that it is indeed one point." Morioka Aiko said rationally.

Hojo Kyosuke turned his head stiffly and said calmly:

"There is no way there is a score of 1. It must be a mistake made by the machine."

Since he was best at talking nonsense in a serious manner, these sincere words immediately deceived the simple-minded Michiru Hyodo.

"Haha, I was wondering, how could someone get 1 point for singing? That's too much. Even if I borrowed a cat from the cat cafe next door, it would still get dozens of points."

The girl laughed heartily.

"Yes." Hojo Kyosuke smiled kindly.

Himekawa Tokino and Morioka Aiko also laughed, thinking it was hilarious. Just when Hyodo Michiru was regretting not being able to take a photo, Yamauchi Sakura next to her suddenly burst into laughter.

"Hahahahahaha, as expected of my Kyousuke, he can actually sing a point!!"

The girl's eyes widened, she stepped around the bar, grabbed Hojo Kyosuke's head in her arms and shook it wildly.

"so amazing!"

She continued laughing and took out her cell phone to show it to Michiru Hyodo and others next to her. On it was the score sheet for Hojo Kyosuke's singing just now.

The interval, sense of stability, intonation... all the data are clearly written on it. Compared with other people's scoring charts, Hojo Kyosuke's is too simple, because there is no number before the decimal point, and the total of the five items is barely enough for one point.

Full score is 100.
"No, I'm going to find the store manager and ask him to give Kyousuke a prize!"

Yingliang released the head from his arms, his expression excited.

"Huh? But isn't there a prize for breaking the record?"

Michiru Hyodo asked in confusion. The karaoke bar they came to was a large chain store. In order to attract customers, there would be prizes for breaking the score, and karaoke competitions were held regularly.

"nonono~"

Master Yingliang shook his head and said seriously:

"It's easy to sing a song well, but not everyone can sing as hard as my Kyousuke and still get such a low score. I believe no one will be able to surpass him in the future!"

"Yeah, I definitely couldn't do it if it were me." Michiru Hyodo nodded in agreement.

"Ahem, I think I'd better forget it. It's embarrassing."

Hojo Kyousuke said in a low voice, but it was obvious that Lord Sakura would not miss any opportunity to show off his boy to others, and immediately ran out to call the store manager.

Looking at the one point in the record, the store manager was also shocked.

In the end, Sakura-sama got the small gift he wished for, which was a microphone puppet, because the store manager recognized Hojo Kyosuke, not because he was a famous writer, but because he was the boss of the group of regular customers in the store. Well, Hojo Kyosuke occasionally came to pay the bills for Hatagoro and others who forgot to bring money. Sometimes those guys directly used the karaoke bar as a restaurant.

After the little episode, Michiru Hyodo and others curiously sat next to Hojo Kyosuke and asked him why he could compose such excellent songs even though he sang so badly.

Do I need to know how to raise cattle if I like eating steak?

Hojo Kyosuke complained in his heart and pretended to be arrogant and told Michiru that it was because he was too outstanding, so she deliberately left this flaw for himself so that he could have room for improvement.

This complete nonsense was actually agreed by Himekawa Tokino, because while speaking, Hojo Kyosuke easily commented on Morioka Aiko who was singing, pointing out where her voice was too high and where her breathing was wrong.

Finally, when Michiru Hyodo's belly was bloated from eating so much, everyone happily decided to leave.

"Xiaoying, why don't you eat it? Don't you like it? I think the fried chicken wings just now tasted very good."

Michiru wondered as she reached the door.

Yingliang giggled, gently touched her belly, and explained: "Because Kyousuke is cooking tonight, I want to save my stomach for a big meal."

"..."

I'm such a bad mouth!

Before leaving, Michiru Hyodo ate some dog food and twitched her lips. They agreed to contact each other by phone and then separated at the door of the store. After eating and drinking, the band members seemed to be planning to go back to school to continue rocking, while Hojo Kyousuke took Sakura to the subway station.

The driver was sent to Shuimon City to pick up Kyoko Takimoto. Although there were other cars, Hojo Kyosuke wanted to be alone with Sakura now.

The number of people in Ikebukuro on holidays is no less than that in Shibuya on ordinary days. Young people wearing fashionable clothes come and go, and people are taking pictures everywhere. Hojo Kyosuke had already put on a baseball cap to slightly cover his handsome face, otherwise if he was recognized here, he would be surrounded again.

"It's just like what Miss Natori said. It's like a festival everywhere."

Sakura sighed, thinking that Mitsuha's friend was a wise man.

"…But now is the holiday season."

Hojo Kyosuke finally said what he had been holding back for a day.

Yamauchi Sakura was stunned for a moment, then she burst into laughter. She felt that Natori Sayaka was more and more intelligent.

The two of them walked slowly, and would go into any store they saw that interested them. Sakura also followed the others and stood under some signs to let Hojo Kyosuke take pictures for her, but rather than the buildings, she was more interested in the background, the surging flow of people.

But less than two minutes after entering the subway station, the two fled because there were too many people.

After leading Sakura out of the encirclement, even with Hojo Kyosuke's physical strength, he was exhausted and sweating.

"Hey, Xisaki, send a car to pick me up, I'm at..."

It's so sad that Lord Hojo, who tried to be close to the people for once, was stabbed in the back.

The last person to arrive was Hojo Kyosuke's most loyal driver, Sobu High School's coach, Mihara Shozo. After Zha and the fake stopped the car, they even honked the horn twice, risking a fine, which was quite coquettish.

"Hahaha, I knew you wouldn't want to part with this golden chair, Hojo!"

Ryota Tsuchiya, a fixed decoration on the car, laughed.

"..."

The corner of Hojo Kyosuke's mouth twitched, and then he explained to the curious Sakura what the golden chair was.

When the girl heard that there was such a high-end chair, she sat on it immediately.

"Ohhh! It feels really good!" Sakura said in surprise.

Tsuchiya Ryota's expression changed, he wanted to say something but didn't, he just looked at dear ticket owner with grievance. (End of this chapter)