A band simulator, but all girl-heavy!

"It doesn't matter, I want to participate..."

Deng shook his head slightly, and a soft, yet firm word came out of his mouth, "This is... the only chance."

The only chance?

Su Shi slowly raised his head, his blue eyes gradually narrowed, as if he finally realized something at this moment.

60

Chapter 60 Like the sun.

"Hey...it hurts."

Kita gasped, releasing his fingers from the first string and bringing it up to his sight for a closer look.

There was a red mark on the tip of her index finger where the skin was rubbed, and a little bright red blood had seeped out. Although it was not serious, the stinging sensation still made her frown.

Ever since Aoi and everyone agreed to "continue forming a band after graduation", everyone started practicing like crazy. Today was no exception. As soon as school was over, everyone gathered in the recording studio and practiced on their own in addition to playing together.

She not only practiced in the recording studio, but also continued to practice during her spare time at school and at home. Perhaps that was why her fingers were cut by the strings due to the heavy strain.

"Kita, are you okay?"

The rustling sound of clothes rubbing against the seat of a chair was heard beside him. Kita turned around and saw Aoi holding a violin, with her eyes filled with worry.

"Ah, Xiaokui, I'm fine... I just think my finger is cut."

Kita shook his head slightly. Although he said that it was okay, it still took a lot of effort for him to continue pressing the strings in this state. After all, it would be really painful to press the strings without calluses.

"Huh? That's certainly the case... Strings are very hard no matter what they're made of, especially thin ones, which are as sharp as knives."

Aoi raised her eyebrows slightly, with a look of relief on her face. "It's really amazing that Xiduo can stick with it. I also learned guitar before. When I first started, my fingers were often rubbed by the strings. After recovering, they would be rubbed again. That process was really painful..."

She sighed, smiled, and held out her hand to Kita, "Give me your hand."

Aoi had already put the violin aside and took out a cute little medical box from her bag. It was filled with almost all medical supplies such as Band-Aids and cotton swabs for treating minor wounds.

Kita obediently handed over her hand, and watched as Aoi gently lifted her hand, carefully treated the wound with a cotton swab, and finally gently wrapped the injured fingertip with a sunflower-patterned Band-Aid.

Not to mention how skilled her movements were, but she was much more gentle than the nurses in the hospital. From this angle, all you could see was her smooth beige hair, long eyelashes, and her beautiful, distinct collarbone faintly visible from under her uniform collar.

Seeing this scene, Kita couldn't help swallowing her saliva, and couldn't help but take another look before looking away. Although she was obviously injured, she felt a tingling and comfortable feeling spreading all over her body at this moment, as if she had returned to her childhood, when her mother stroked her head and sang a lullaby.

"Okay, it's normal to get scratched by the strings at this stage... Do you want to take a break? It's going to hurt if you press the strings again."

Aoi seemed to be a little distressed as she stroked the fingertips on Kita's left hand, which were left with many string marks. Then, as if remembering something, she took out a bag from her bag and stuffed it into Kita's palm. "Do you want to use this first?"

"this is?"

Kita picked it up curiously and looked inside. Inside were many brightly colored, oval-shaped fingertips. Aoi, standing by, smiled softly and explained, "These are fingertips, usually used by beginner string instrument players. They can effectively relieve pain from pressing the strings, but they shouldn't be used too often. Ultimately, you need to develop calluses to play guitar well."

"Yes, did Xiaokui prepare this specially for me? Thank you!"

Kita was a little flattered holding the finger sleeve, with a light blush on her cheeks, "Looks like I have to work harder in the next practice~!"

"Don't force yourself either."

Xiao Kui smiled gently at her, picked up the violin, and walked towards Xiao Pochi who was standing beside her with a gloomy face.

It's incredible, it looks just like the sun.

In social situations, Kita is always described as a sunny girl by others, who say that her presence brings warmth to everyone. But after meeting Xiaokui, she finally realized that she is probably not a sunny girl.

Even she relied on the light emitted by Aoi and was even a little addicted to it.

During these days, Aoi not only motivated everyone to intensify their training without complaint, but also took time out from her own training to care about all of them, checking in on Kita's practice progress from time to time, comforting the somewhat autistic little Pochi, and discussing the arrangement of the performance music with Hongxia and Liang.

Kita could clearly feel that everyone had involuntarily fallen into a frenzied state of practice. The two-hour daily training plan originally arranged after the band's departure was also increasing exponentially. Now they were almost in a state of going between school, recording studio, and home.

Normally, such high-intensity training should make people feel stressed out, but here, every day is accompanied by the sense of fulfillment of growing strength and practicing hard. I can really feel that we are really serious about forming a band.

Everything was just as Aoi said. While ensuring harmonious relationships among everyone and everyone was in a good mood, they worked together to hone their musical instrument skills.

Practice is painful, but practicing with Xiaokui is full of joy.

We were so happy just getting together to practice playing together. How much more joyful would it be if we could actually stand on the stage with Aoi?

Kita, who was initially a little nervous about the upcoming performance, has now completely changed his mood and is becoming more and more looking forward to the show.

"You really are fickle..."

Kita smiled self-deprecatingly and shook his head.

She originally joined the band for Senior Liang, and of course she still likes Senior Liang very much now, but that was just her admiration for the handsome senior musician, and the feeling that Xiaokui gave her was completely different.

That day, I came to the Livehouse and wanted to join the band just to fill in the gaps. It was really great.

"Everyone~ Do you want to play together again?"

Kita thought so, recalling the warm touch on his left fingers just now, and immediately raised his little hand high and shouted, "I feel like I'm almost done with my rest! This time I'm sure I can do it!"

"It's getting late already, huh?"

Hong Xia sighed helplessly and glanced at the time. "Especially Little Pochi, be careful not to miss the last bus, okay?"

"I, I, I, I...I'm fine!"

Little Pochi, who seemed to have been touched on the head by Aoi just now, also became inexplicably excited and said almost without thinking, "I can practice here all night!!"

"I suddenly became the protagonist of a passionate manga who practices hard!"

Aoi covered her mouth with a smile and said, "Let's practice one last time~ Today is long enough. If you really can't make it, you can stay at my house overnight, okay?"

"Eh? Really?!"

Kita's eyes lit up instantly.

"It seems like Kita is looking forward to it..."

Hong Xia complained, "Anyway, let's do one last ensemble practice! Everyone~ get ready!"

""Okay~""

61

Chapter 61 is like light.

"Everyone, let's take a break! It felt pretty good just now, didn't you?"

As the last note in the recording studio slowly faded away, Hong Xia put down the drumsticks in her hand, picked up the handkerchief beside her, wiped the sweat from her face, and announced with a bright smile, "Everyone worked really hard today!"

"great progress."

Liang nodded expressionlessly, "Especially little Pochi, he's already daring enough to meet my gaze from time to time."

“Everyone is awesome~!”

Xiao Kui gently put down the bow in her hand, a joyful smile on her face. She was obviously immersed in the aftertaste of the performance she had just performed, unable to extricate herself for a long time.

Only about a week had passed since the last declaration of extra training. Although everyone's level was not absolutely excellent, it was still much better than the situation where everyone was "playing their own game" as before.

Kita no longer often makes those low-level mistakes that beginners make, and little Pochi can at least keep up with the rhythm of the overall performance. Now the only one who needs to pay attention is Aoi herself.

The pitch of the violin is obviously higher than that of other instruments, and the human ear has always liked high-frequency sounds and is more likely to capture high-frequency sounds. This results in the violin part being very ear-catching during the performance, to the point where it even covers up Bochi's lead guitar.

In this case, there is a high possibility that the other immature musicians will be misled by the sound of the violin.

However, the feeling of playing music together, working together, and improving together is truly intoxicating. The simulator only provides a dynamic interface like Galgame, and Live automatically simulates the results. If she could really experience a performance in her dreams, she would probably have already become fascinated by the band.

The band is so fun.

She was too obsessed with practicing during this period. She basically ran to the recording studio to train with everyone as soon as she got out of school in the evening. Coupled with the courses arranged by her mother, she was completely exhausted after returning home. Let alone simulation, she didn't even have the energy to check her phone.

"Xiao Kui, Xiao Kui! Do you want to touch my hand again...?"

When the break arrived, Kita immediately rushed in front of Aoi, like a child showing off a new toy to his friends, and with a slightly shy expression, he stretched out his left hand. "The wound from last time has healed, and I feel my fingertips are getting harder! I really like touching my fingertips lately, okay?"

"Is Kita addicted to finger massage?"

Aoi smiled helplessly, but still gently took Kita's hand, and carefully and gently stroked her slightly stiff fingers, and could already feel some signs of calluses.

Kita-san just had a silly smile on her face, which made people wonder if she had a big furry tail behind her, would it be wagging it at this moment.

"That's great! Kita is really working so hard. The speed of his progress is beyond my imagination."

"No way~ It's all thanks to Goto-san's teaching!"

Kita puffed out her chest proudly, and for a moment an atmosphere of joy surrounded her, as if a brilliant light was spreading out, dazzling and blinding.

"Ichiri works really hard too~ Thank you!"

Aoi immediately turned to a certain pink slug sitting in the corner with a smile, and almost instantly, with just a few simple words, she made the other person's face almost melt.

All I can say is that it's a little slug that eats sugar but not salt.

Aoi chuckled secretly.

"Well~ For everyone's hard work, I'll go buy some drinks and reward everyone!"

Hong Xia looked at the scene in front of her with a smile, gently sat up from her seat, and said to everyone, "Remember to tell me what you want to say on Line~"

"Huh? Can't Senpai get some at the store? I think they have quite a lot of drinks."

Kita asked doubtfully.

"Well, it's not impossible, but my sister told me last time that it would be deducted from my part-time job salary..."

Hongxia looked at Liang with a resentful expression, but Liang just looked away expressionlessly, "Maybe someone took the free drink a little too far."

"Then let me go too!"

Aoi raised her hands high and winked at Hongxia, "It must be hard to carry so many drinks by yourself, right?"

"Hmm? Yeah, alright. I'll leave it to you then."

Hongxia tilted her head slightly.

Under the gazes of several people, the two waved their hands and hurriedly left the recording studio. They said hello to the store manager who was yawning at the front desk and walked out of the Livehouse hidden deep underground.

It was evening, and the streets of Shimokitazawa were immersed in a hazy sunset glow. The sky was filled with a charming red halo, and even the clouds were ignited, shyly covered with orange and red luster.

The windows of many office buildings on the street are filled with the evening sunlight, just like a row of orange-red high-rise buildings that are gradually changing color, melted by the romance and tenderness of the sunset, and blending into the sunset.

Perhaps because of the Livehouse's operating hours and the students' schedules, their meetings always take place in the evening. Whenever they look up, they can see the charming sunset over Tokyo, which is extremely romantic.

The two walked side by side on the street, bathed in the hazy sunset, and slowly walked towards a vending machine on the corner.

"Ijichi-senpai, I actually have something I want to discuss with you."

Just as Nijiya finished discussing the strict school ethos of Shimokitazawa High School, Aoi spoke up, her eyes adorned with the look she only gets when she's about to discuss something serious. "It's about the music we're going to play at the street music festival."

"Huh? Xiaokui, do you have any concerns? Any concerns about the selected songs?"

"No, I think that's great, but I have a better way!"

"Hmm... let me guess, Xiaokui, you mean to use an original song?"

A subtle smile appeared on Hongxia's face.

"Does Senior know me so well now?"

Aoi covered her mouth in surprise.

"Ahahaha... Actually, I already had a preliminary understanding of her last time. Xiao Kui is simply a radical moderate band member."

Hong Xia jokingly said, "But wouldn't it be better to discuss this matter with everyone?"

"I still need to discuss this with Ijichi-senpai first, since she's the one who formed the band."

"Well...that matter isn't that important."

"very important!"

Aoi's expression was serious. "I know my words can be very contagious. If I tell everyone like this, Ijichi-san might be forced to agree even if she objects. Although I hope the band will change the way I want it to, Ijichi-san's opinion is also very important."

"Xiao Kui..."

Hong Xia was slightly stunned. The girl's beautiful face, hazy under the setting sun, was reflected in her crimson eyes. She couldn't help but smile from the bottom of her heart. "You think too much. But thank you anyway, and thank you for thinking about the band so much."

"So what does Ijichi-senpai think?"

"My thoughts... of course..."

Hong Xia paused for a moment, turned her little face slightly, stopped in front of the vending machine, threw a 100-yen coin in a cool manner, then caught it in her hand again and glanced at it mysteriously.