Traveling through time? You can reach another world as soon as you leave your house

What did she just hear?

Street performance?

Yourself?

No, it could just be hallucination...

"As for the audio equipment and stuff, I'll ask my band friends to bring it over later, so don't worry, they just happen to live nearby, so it'll be quick."

Hiroi Kikuri, who had already started making phone calls and was very active, instantly broke Goto's fluke mentality.

This made the introverted and unlucky child so panicked that he almost lost his human form.

But this does seem to be a solution.

After all, the ticket sales target set by the performance hall is 5 tickets per member of the band.

Although it doesn't sound like much and other people can handle it easily, poor Pochi-chan is only familiar with her band members and family, and she hardly has any normal communication with even her classmates.

Therefore, the mere quota of 5 tickets seemed like an insurmountable chasm to her.

This is the biggest crisis in my life!

"Oh, by the way, as for what song to play later... well, landlord, give me a suggestion."

He didn't notice Goto Doku's tangled emotions that were about to cause his brain to crash.

Hiroi Kikuri, who was tuning her bass, suddenly looked at her landlord and said, "It's rare for me to play a song for you, so I'll play one that you like. You must cherish this opportunity~"

As she spoke, she also threw him an exaggerated wink.

Lu Ren, who looked speechless, did not refuse. He just thought about it and casually said, "Then let's go for 'The Old Man and the Sea'. Although it's not rock music, it seems to be quite popular recently."

"OK, as you wish, this is the song."

Hiroi Kikuri nodded and agreed readily.

"Then, in order to make the street performance later a little more lively, please go around and promote it a little bit."

She gave a cute, sly smile and stuffed a stack of flyers into Lu Ren's hands.

These were what she had just found in Goto Doku's bag.

Because she didn't want to disappoint everyone, Pochi-chan tried to make some flyers for the "Bonds" band at home and wanted to hand them out to passers-by near her home to promote it, but...

Unfortunately, she soon realized that this was undoubtedly wishful thinking.

Because she really underestimated the extent of her social phobia and was too optimistic about the quality of her homemade flyers.

Lu Ren subconsciously took the stack of flyers, lowered his head to look at them, and couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth slightly.

This style of painting...

It should be barely at the level of a fourth-grade primary school student, right?

He scratched the back of his head with a look of shame on his face, thinking that if he distributed these flyers, he would definitely receive "pitying" looks from passers-by.

But Lu Ren did not complain. He just looked a little distressed. After a little hesitation, he turned around and tried to distribute flyers nearby.

In response to this, Hiroi Kikuri smiled with the corners of her mouth slightly raised.

Then, she turned to look at the pink-haired girl who still seemed flustered.

"Xiao Du, if you feel scared, you can close your eyes and play, but I still want to remind you that you have to understand that you are not fighting with those who are about to listen to your performance..."

Hiroi Kikuri tuned the instruments skillfully while holding her beloved bass in her arms. Her originally drunken and silly temperament seemed to have changed.

Or rather, this moment.

There wasn't even a hint of drunkenness in those deep, beautiful purple eyes; they were sober to the extreme.

"Don't mistake the enemy."

She smiled sweetly.

After saying this, he continued to drink the cheap wine happily.

But Goto Doku, who noticed the gaze just now, stood there in a daze, no longer panicking.

Although she didn't actually understand what the other person said...

But the fleeting and powerful spirit that Hiroi Kikuri had just displayed completely overturned the other person's impression of her.

The nature of the person in front of me doesn't seem to be just a simple drunkard?

Looking at the bassist who was still drunk, the guitarist thought uncertainly.

......

Half an hour later.

Audio equipment and other equipment have been delivered and the tuning of musical instruments has been completed.

Looking at the many spectators gathered around, and a man in the crowd who gave a thumbs up to show that he had done it.

Hiroi Kikuri, who was ready, sat cross-legged on the ground without any image. She looked up at Goto Doku who was taking a deep breath beside her, and smiled softly with a gentle tone.

"Get ready, it's time to play~"

"Huh? Good!"

The guitarist panicked for a moment, but finally nodded heavily.

As soon as he finished speaking, the bassist, who was no longer drunk, began to improvise without any confusion.

"Untie your shoelaces and let your feet bathe in the sunlight under the mottled shade of the trees, with only the sound of your breathing caressing your ears~"

The picking movement plucked the strings neatly and gracefully, and the gentle and melodious singing voice instantly attracted the attention of all the audience members who were originally uninterested at the scene with its extremely high level.

Then, the bassist winked at the guitarist playfully, indicating that it was time for the next sentence.

Then, a somewhat timid but still pleasant playing and singing began -

"You suddenly stood up from the chair, and from that old chair, the breeze blew the faint fragrance of linen~"

The playing was accompanied by a slightly trembling a cappella singing.

Just as Hiroi Kikuri had suggested before, Goto closed his eyes and typed blindly out of fear.

She was uneasy, afraid of being digested by the audience, and even afraid to raise her head, but at this moment——

A man's voice came into her ears.

"come on!"

It was just the simplest words of encouragement, but it made Goto Doku, who was originally extremely nervous, open his eyes subconsciously.

Then, she saw Lu Ren standing in the crowd. He smiled and raised his thumbs up to show his approval to the girl who just lacked self-confidence.

Said seriously.

"I'm optimistic about you."

Hearing this, Goto was stunned, and all the chaotic emotions in his heart miraculously disappeared.

Because after looking at the man in front of her and the expectant eyes of other people around her, she understood.

So this is ah......

I haven't had any "enemies" from the beginning. So this is what it means.

So, I faced the audience who stopped just because they wanted to listen to my performance and were looking forward to my music.

Goto, the guitarist, who was in full swing, finally started the soul-stirring improvisation with the bassist next to him!

So, the next moment——

"It's far away, it's far away, it's far away, it's too far away, it's a long way to go, it's a long way to go -"

(Towards the distance, the far distance, let the soul escape from the heavy shell——)

"It's far away, it's cloudy, it's cloudy, it's far away -"

(Towards the distance, through the sea of ​​clouds, chasing after the other side——)

The loud singing voice, whose level instantly rose to a higher level, immediately made many passers-by nearby stop in their tracks.

Because the music is attracting their attention.

"风に仱 Blind Tired 瑑W のimagination というGravity のdirectional こうへ!"

(Ride the breeze and let your imagination float me to the sky like the opposite of gravity!)

"It's far away, it's far away——"

(Towards the distance, the distance beyond the clouds——)

"The sea is here!!!"

(Where the sea is!!!)

......

five minutes later.

When the bassist and guitarist finished their song, the beautiful aftertaste lingered and the onlookers burst into excited applause.

Standing in the crowd, Lu Ren looked at the smiling faces of Hiroi Kikuri and Goto Doku on the stage, put down his cell phone that was used to take photos, and clapped along with them.

He said softly with a smile on his face.

“You sang beautifully.”

ps1: "The Old Man and the Sea", a new Japanese song released two years ago, is quite nice. I recommend readers to listen to it if they are interested. It is available on Bilibili, and it is the lonely rock version.

ps2: This chapter is 3K4, isn't it conscientious enough? The next chapter will go to a new different world_(:3」∠)_

Volume 25: Chapter : Saiki K.'s Disaster

Dusk fades and night falls.

The starry sky replaced the original gorgeous clouds and allowed the beautiful bright moonlight to fall on the city.

However, compared to the night view above her head, a pink-haired girl sitting on the steps is more concerned about the faint light emitted by the mobile phone screen in front of her.

"Hey, all my tickets are sold out~"

It's like a happy little hamster with its mouth full of melon seeds.

Goto was alone in a corner where no one noticed him, with a simple smile that showed a little pride on his face, while fireworks were blooming in the distant sky.

She was thinking back to the street performance at dusk today, the expectant eyes of the audience, and someone's encouraging look and thumbs-up.

And most importantly, she (thought she) made two friends!

"Hehe~ I've taken another step towards becoming a heartthrob. I guess I'll be popular soon, right? Oh, and I have to tell Hongxia and the others about this."

Goto Doku murmured to himself with a warm feeling in his heart, while his slender fingers typed quickly on the phone screen.

I really hope that the next performance will be successful~

I sent the news that I had bought the tickets to the band chat group, Pochi-chan thought happily in her heart.

At the same time, in an exhibition hall somewhere.

The three beautiful girls, one in red, one in yellow and one in blue, looked at the messages in the chat group and couldn't help but look at each other.

"What should I do? Pochi-chan has learned to lie?"

......

Some apartment.

The sound of dripping water came from the bathroom, and soon the door was opened, letting out a hazy warm air.

"Phew—comfortable."

Lu Ren, who had just finished taking a bath, was wearing slippers and a bath towel wrapped around his lower body. He was wiping his wet hair while looking for the hair dryer that he had lost somewhere.

In the laundry basket in the bathroom behind him were several pieces of dirty clothes that smelled of alcohol.

However, this does not mean that he drank alcohol himself, but that he was forced to get infected when he said goodbye to Goto and carried the drunk Hiroi Kikuri on his back while going home together.

And the most annoying thing is that halfway through the walk, the little drunkard actually vomited!