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Chapter 17 Isn’t This Too Almighty?
For the same song, the audio-visual experience of listening to it through a mobile phone, computer, or even a disc is far inferior to that of a live performance.

After listening to Ryuichi Sugawara's cover, Miyagi Wakaba was completely impressed.

It is no exaggeration to say that this is the best version of "March 3th" she has ever heard.

Because of this, even though the scoring machine gave her a score of 97, an extremely high score that she would never dare to imagine, she was still dissatisfied with the result given by the judges.

"Indeed, it's unreasonable that Kamiya-san only scored 97 points when he sang so well."

Asai Mai, who was still immersed in the afterglow of the song, agreed with her opinion very much.

"See which part has deducted points."

Risa Minamida took the karaoke machine on the table and started operating it.

In order to encourage customers to challenge themselves and sing better, the karaoke scoring machine will also point out certain shortcomings.

"I found it. They said the lyrics were wrong, so I deducted 1 point. Another point was deducted for the rhythm, and another point was unknown... What is unknown? Is this reasonable?"

After Risa Minamida found the scoring criteria, she read out the deduction points one by one, but she felt confused.

"It makes sense. I changed a line in the lyrics, and I wasn't in the right mood at first."

Following her suggestion, Ryuichi Sugawara thought about it and agreed with the result.

When he first started singing, he wasn't fully into the mood, after all, it was his first time singing that day.

"Kamiya-san, did you change the lyrics?"

Miyagi Wakaba was very surprised when she heard this.

"I know. It's the line 'In the days to come, I hope you can always be by my side, smiling softly', with the word 'always' added to the middle part."

Before Sugawara Ryuichi could respond, Asai Mai quickly found the answer.

"Yes... the original sentence doesn't have the word 'always'."

Miyagi Wakaba listened to this word and nodded as if she understood something.

They had sung the song "March 3th" when they graduated from high school, and although she had never sung it again after that, she roughly remembered the lyrics.

"I don't think the original lyrics are bad, it's just that this is more suitable for us."

Sugawara Ryuichi nodded slightly and explained why he wanted to change the lyrics.

He has great respect for this song and its original author and has no intention of looking down on them.

But there is nothing absolutely perfect in this world. Only what suits you is the best.

"Indeed, this is more suitable for you."

Miyagi Wakaba nodded slightly and also felt that this was better.

"What exactly does this 1 point deduction for unknown mean? It's really strange. Doesn't the DAM grading system just refuse to give full marks?"

Risa Minamida, who was standing by, was holding a karaoke machine and looking at the words on the scoring criteria, feeling completely confused.

"I saw an urban legend online that the karaoke instrumental wasn't the original, but was recorded by someone else. It was ultimately no match for the original, so the unknown 1 point was a tribute to the original song."

Faced with this doubt, Mai Asai has something to say.

In order to practice the song "Dear Baby" well, she came to karaoke alone many times, and also made self-corrections based on the scoring criteria many times after singing.

Because of this, she had already seen the unknown deduction items and had checked them online.

"Urban legend? Is it true or not?"

Although Minamida Risa hadn't specifically studied the standards of scoring machines, she had always been skeptical of urban legends. "It should be true. I think this theory makes sense... Kamiya-san, I didn't expect your singing to be so good. Did you study music?"

Faced with her questioning, Asai Mai was just hearsay after all, and had no basis for her doubts. After dealing with it, she decisively changed the subject, turned around and looked at Sugawara Ryuichi with shining eyes.

The audio-visual experience just now seemed to her like watching a surprise performance for free.

"No, it's just that I performed exceptionally well this time. I don't sing all the songs this well."

Facing her admiring eyes, Sugawara Ryuichi shook his head and waved his hands in denial.

"Tsuki-chan, you're such a fool. Kamiya-san sings so beautifully, and you didn't tell everyone earlier. If Mai hadn't suggested going to karaoke, we don't know when we would have known about it."

At this moment, Miyagi Wakaba came to her senses, ran to sit next to Yamabukizuki, and complained.

Although her personality is straightforward and lively, it does not mean that she is not thoughtful.

It would be better to say that as the livelier of the four-member group, she is the best at reading the atmosphere and will never neglect or ignore anyone.

"Uh... I didn't expect him to sing so well."

Yamabuki Tsuki had not yet recovered from the afterglow of the song just now. Facing her best friend's complaints, she paused and then looked at Sugawara Ryuichi, feeling that she couldn't put into words.

This guy just said that he had only been to karaoke once before. Who would have thought that his singing skills were so good?
In her opinion, it was an excellent performance for Ryuichi Sugawara to have the courage to sing in front of so many girls.

As a result, his performance in both the high and low notes was perfect, his voice was full and steady, without any sign of being out of tune.

Not only is he always at the top of his class in academics, but he can also sing. Isn't he incredibly versatile? Is there anything he isn't good at?
"You didn't expect that? Didn't Kamiya-san sing this well before? It shouldn't be like that. As soon as he opened his mouth just now, I could tell he must have studied singing professionally. He's not even on the same level as amateurs like us."

Asai Mai, who was standing by, was very confused when she heard this.

Although she has never studied music, she has seen pigs run even if she has never eaten pork.

Music is the most easily understood language in the world. Anyone can tell whether a song is good or bad... unless they are deaf.

"He sang well before, but this time it was unbelievable."

Yamabukizuki realized that he had said the wrong thing and hurried to make amends.

"I see."

As everyone nodded and pestered Yamabukizuki, Sugawara Ryuichi took the opportunity to return to sit next to her.

When he was about to put the microphone on the table, he actually felt reluctant to do so.

Frankly speaking, he wanted to continue singing because it felt good, but for the sake of fairness in taking turns singing, he had to give it up.

After putting down the microphone, he looked at the 97 points on the screen thoughtfully, and then looked at the excited girls.

Given everyone's response and the scores from the scoring machine, he now knows what the level of professional talent is, which is to completely break away from the level of an amateur and reach the level of a professional.

This discovery made him feel a little excited, and he couldn't help but look forward to other talents.

"Okay, it's Yue-chan's turn to sing."

At the same time, the three best friends pestered Yamabuki Tsuki for a while, and Asai Mai thought of the important matter.

"Yes, yes, Yue-chan, hurry up and sing. Warm up and sing a duet with Kamiya-san later."

Miyagi Wakaba also reacted after hearing this.

After witnessing Ryuichi Sugawara's singing skills, she became more and more looking forward to the scheduled program "Couple Duet".

(End of this chapter)