People in Zongman are masters of copying romance novels

[Kita Kita: He asked me for my autograph and asked me when I would release new songs.]

[Kita Kita: Wow... I never thought I'd become so famous one day...]

Looking at the messages sent by Kita on his phone, Aokisuke blinked and hesitated for a few seconds, then temporarily put the phone aside, picked up the light novel he was reading upside down, put a bookmark on it, closed the book and put it away, then he picked up the phone again and replied.

[After all, it was trending on Twitter for several days straight, so it's normal for it to be a bit more well-known.]

【Kitakita: Yeah, I need to get used to it from now on! 】

【Kita Kita: Kumamon clenches his fist and fights.jpg】

【Kitakita: And then, Senior Jie, please listen to me——】

[Kita Kita: This afternoon, while practicing at the livehouse, I discovered a really cool vocal technique. I'm not sure if it's correct, but after using it, both Pochi and the manager of Xingge praised me for how much better I sounded.]

[Kita Kita: That should be the right way to pronounce it... It's a little trick I found myself!]

When Xiduo sends messages, he always uses some modal particles and punctuation marks that can really show his emotions.

After reading it, I inexplicably felt like "Kito was right next to me chatting with me."

Looking at the messages sent one after another by the other party, Aokisuke put his finger on the screen but did not reply for a long time.

How should I respond to this kind of girl sharing messages about her daily life?

It’s not just this—

The homemade lunch I brought myself a few days ago, the name I changed to when autumn arrived that day...

How to respond to these things?

Aoki Jie was silent, looking at the word "read" following the last message, hesitating for a moment, and finally tapping the screen, he only replied with a single sentence "very impressive."

Then, news continued to come from Line.

Kita didn't seem to care much about Aokisuke's reply.

Or rather, as long as Aokisuke responded, she seemed to be motivated to continue talking—

【Kitakita: Hehe, that's awesome, Senior! 】

【KitaKita: Oh, yeah, I also practiced the music that Pochi-chan and Ryo-senpai made super hard!】

[KitaKita: I feel a little embarrassed to brag like this, but I feel like my guitar skills have improved a bit!]

[Kita Kita: Senior, do you want to listen to my singing?]

The message was read, and Aoki was stunned for a moment.

He hesitated slightly and subconsciously wanted to refuse, but before he had time to react, a call notification popped up on his phone screen.

Next to Aokisuke, Hikigaya, who was wearing headphones, looked up after hearing the ringing.

He noticed that Aokisuke received a call, and after accidentally glancing at who the caller was, he blinked for a second to react. Then, without any hesitation, he stood up, waved his hand to indicate that he would not disturb him, and then walked out of the room decisively.

After a slight hesitation, the phone rang for a few seconds.

After hesitating, Aokisuke chose to answer the voice call from Kita.

In handset mode, hold the phone to your ear.

Kita's energetic voice came to my ears.

"Hey, good evening, Senior Jie."

"Good evening." Aokisuke responded.

Then he paused, intending to say something.

"Well, Kita, there's no need to be so late..."

But before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Kita.

"Wait a minute, wait a minute, Senior—"

There seemed to be a slight tremor in her energetic voice, as if she was explaining to Aoki Jie, or perhaps trying to convince herself, she said, "This is the first time I've called someone to sing so late at night. Well... I'd be embarrassed to speak if you were talking, so, so... ahem - Senior Jie, please don't say anything and just listen to me sing! Please!"

Aokiji paused in his attempt to speak.

The words stopped at his lips, and finally turned into a simple "hmm".

"Ahem... Then I'll sing, Ohsuke-senpai."

Kita's voice became a little softer, and after he said this, there was an even softer sound of strumming guitar.

Then, a familiar accompaniment sounded.

Even if he only listened to the few seconds of the guitar prelude, Aokisuke could tell what kind of music it was.

"Ordinary but also shining".

This song was not written by him. It was completely composed by several girls in the End Band. Aoki Jie had listened to it countless times when they were practicing.

But it was different from every previous performance——

Perhaps because it was too late and he was afraid of disturbing his family, or perhaps for some other reason, Kita's singing and playing were very soft, even so quiet that it was almost inaudible.

But when played in this situation, compared to the original "Ordinary Yet Yi Yi" which has more rock style, it now has a softer sound.

"I once naively believed that I was a genius."

"This little bit of confidence fell to pieces."

"..."

Through the megaphone, Kita's voice seemed to be right next to my ear.

Compared to before, Kita has made great progress in both guitar and singing.

Good to hear.

The girl's gentle singing voice is still in my ears.

"I'm clearly feeling that beauty and longing for it."

"But dreams are so far away, and reality is everywhere."

"It's not enough. This is not enough at all—"

"Can't touch anyone's heart..."

"..."

After about four minutes, Xiduo finished playing and singing.

The sound of guitar and singing stopped in the receiver placed next to my ear, and the sound of faint breathing was heard instead.

Then, the breathing suddenly stopped.

Kita said, "Senior, how is it—"

"..."

How should I respond?

This question that had been hanging in his mind became a reality the moment Kita asked himself, "How was my singing?"

Aokijie took a deep breath and remained silent for a moment, without giving any response.

I thought Kita would wait for my answer silently, or ask again.

But what Aokisuke didn't expect was——

After a moment of silence, Kita continued speaking.

She chuckled as if she was talking to herself, and answered her own question.

"Hehe, well—this level still needs improvement. It feels a bit too inflated, right?"

Then, changing the subject again,

"By the way, Senior Jie, I heard from Senior Liang that..."

However, before Kita could finish his words, he was interrupted by Aokisuke.

"It sounds great, Xiduo. It sounds really great."

Chapter 153 About 'Work'

The call ended with Kita sounding a little flustered.

It took a long time for Hikigaya to return from outside - he went to the convenience store downstairs, and when he came back, he brought a can of Coke for Aokisuke.

Aokisuke didn't drink the Coke. He had already brushed his teeth before Hikigaya came.

After thanking him, I ended the chat and started reading the light novel again.

Hikigaya didn't ask anything, but just continued watching the video for a while. Around 9:30, he stopped disturbing her and returned to his room.

At ten o'clock, Aokisuke went to bed.

......

Silent all night.

The next day was the third day of the school trip, October 27th.

Wednesday morning, I still didn't go to Uji.

In the morning, we visited Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine and saw the famous Thousand Torii Gates on Inari Mountain.

While having lunch, I held on to my last thought and looked forward to visiting Uji in the afternoon.

Then after lunch, at noon, I received a call from Niijima Yusuke.

In recent days, because he was in Kyoto and had no contact with any musical instruments, he was no longer paying close attention to the music industry as before. Therefore, Aoki Jie was not particularly concerned about the "work" of music.

However, because of a sudden call from Niijima Yusuke, he was pulled out of this state directly -

After lunch, during the lunch break, looking at the incoming call displayed on his mobile phone, Aoki Jie was stunned for a moment, then decisively answered the call.

I previously asked Niijima Yusuke to keep an eye out for the time when Imai Takashi will be soliciting submissions for the KL Society's project. Now that he has called me back, there may be news.

After answering the phone, Aokisuke spoke,

"Good afternoon, Niijima-san."

"Good afternoon, Aoki-san. I hope I won't disturb you at this hour."

It's just after lunch time, and many people will be taking a nap during this period, so there is indeed a possibility of disturbing others.

But Aokisuke doesn't have the habit of taking a lunch break.

"No, I was just reading." He responded, then paused and brought the topic back to the point, "Is there anything I can help you with, Niijima-san?"

"It's like this—a few days ago, Aoki-san, didn't you ask me to keep an eye out for the time when Mr. Imai Takashi would be participating in the call for submissions? Just this morning, I heard the news from the KL Club's event supervisor."

Just as Aokisuke expected, Niijima Tomosuke responded.

"According to the event's producer, Mr. Imai Takashi's participation in the call for submissions will be approximately four weeks from now. And according to the event organizer's planning and preparations... the next call for submissions will probably be scheduled for Sunday, which means—"

"The exact date that Mr. Imai Takashi participated in the call for submissions for the performance was December 3rd."

He gave the exact time, and after saying all this, Niijima Tomosuke paused for a moment before continuing to speak again, asking Aokisuke a question.

"We already have a specific time... Aoki-san, are you planning on avoiding the call for submissions in three weeks?"

Aokisuke thought for a moment.

To be honest, Aokisuke currently has no accurate idea about whether to avoid this call for submissions.

If Imai Takashi, who is known as the "No. 1 middle-aged singer of the 21st century", were to face off against the other party, Aoki Jie would not be able to determine the final outcome.

If you choose to avoid it, depending on the results on the scene that day and the subsequent evaluation, you may indeed have a slight advantage.

But this advantage is very small, and here lies the problem -

Four weeks later, at the beginning of December, KL will close the submission deadline. That is to say, if you want to avoid it, you need to complete the practice within three weeks and then participate in the submission deadline.

Rather than making adjustments based on this, Aokisuke felt that it would be more appropriate to make adjustments based on the deadline and when the band could practice perfectly...

But just as I thought, I'm not sure what level of music Imai Takashi will produce, so I haven't decided which song to choose right now.

These two issues really made Aokisuke feel troubled about whether to avoid them or not.

It still depends on which music you choose in the end.