“What time is the performance?” Hoshino Ai asked Saito Hiko. She picked up the small cake in front of her and took a bite to taste it.

The sweet cake made her feel happy.

“The other party asks for it to be as soon as possible, but it’s up to you. You can start whenever you want.” Saito Hiko replied.

He took a sip of orange juice, supported his face with one hand and looked at Hoshino Ai.

Although Saito Hiko said that Hoshino Ai was available at any time, he knew that she would never be lazy and would carry out the first half of the sentence.

“Has the song been decided? Shall we practice now?” Hoshino Ai asked him impatiently, just as Saito Hiko had expected.

“I have chosen the song for you, but it may be a little difficult to sing.” When Saito Hiko decided to let Hoshino Ai perform independently, he had already thought of the song for her.

This piece of music was written when I obtained the Music Master Experience Card. I wrote it by constantly searching my memory and relying on my improved abilities.

The system also copied down several high-priced songs that it had seen before, but had hidden them before and not given them to Hoshino Ai.

The song I want her to sing this time is “Gunzun”.

The songs I remember either had bad lyrics or were animation character songs, which needed the addition of animation to achieve the best effect.

The lyrics of “Qunqing” are fine, and the rhythm is also good. It is very suitable for a first performance. The only difficulty is that it is not very easy to sing.

The reason why Hoshino Ai was asked to perform alone this time was because group rehearsal was troublesome, the levels of the members were uneven, and it would take too long to get used to each other.

Hoshino Ai’s talent is higher than other members, and he also has a passive learning aura.

In the past, he thought it was okay to take it slow, and it would also allow B Komachi to get along well, become good friends, and fill in her interpersonal relationships.

But now, because of the countdown of the unknown attacker, he can no longer maintain that leisurely waiting mentality, so he can only temporarily let Hoshino Ai leave the group and become independent.

If the other members are still jealous and hostile towards her after spending three months with her, then B-Komachi can disband right where it is.

“It’s hard to sing?” Hoshino Ai asked Saito Yan for the song in confusion, “Let me see.”

“I’ll send you the document. I didn’t have the music score with me just now.” Saito Hiko took out his mobile phone, opened the document of “Gunjoo”, and sent it to Hoshino Ai’s account in the form of an email.

The file contains the accompaniment, black screen and subtitle video.

During that time, he took advantage of the trial card to write a few high-priced music scores, and immediately practiced in the recording studio and recorded the accompaniment first.

The singing nodes of the song are also marked, so you only need to add the vocals and make some adjustments to reproduce the original song.

Hoshino Ai received the file, clicked on it, and saw the accompaniment and video inside and complained: “You planned it all along!”

She checked the lyrics on her phone, played the instrumental, and finally clicked on the video, found the words in it, and tried to hum along with the rhythm.

Saito Hiko listened to Hoshino Ai singing quietly, and opened the ultramarine black screen to mark the video on his phone, dragging the progress to the part that he just heard wrong: “This part is singing, you don’t have to sing…ah…you don’t need to stretch it too long here, but the sound needs to be higher and penetrating…”

“You have a great memory…” Hoshino Ai showed an envious look when she saw Saito Hiko take out his mobile phone and accurately click on the correct second.

Chapter 184 A Richer Prize Pool

“You will definitely become familiar with the songs by constantly playing them over and over, editing them and adding texts.” When Saito Hiko heard what Hoshino Ai said, he thought of the torture he had experienced before when he worked so hard to add texts to the corresponding nodes of the video.

Because there is no vocal, I need to recall the original song, and when I play it, I accidentally miss a syllable, which is not appropriate…

When you drag the video progress bar, it is easy to go too far, and the screen is black…

“As a creator, can’t you sing it? Demonstrate it to me~” Hoshino Ai heard Saito Hiko point out many problems with her singing style, including the situation where she sang the chorus part alone.

Just now she saw the different colored fonts and thought it was another way of singing.

The girl clasped her hands together and prayed to Saito Hiko, looking pitiful: “Hiko-kun, please, sing for me once~”

“Although I am the creator of this song, I don’t think I am suitable to sing it.” Saito Hiko said, and continued to look at the girl’s pitiful appearance, even supporting his face with his hands, waiting for her to perform.

“Even if you are not satisfied, at least you can sing to the rhythm correctly. What I lack now is the understanding and adaptation to the rhythm.” Seeing that Saito Hiko did not completely refuse, Hoshino Ai felt that he would definitely do it.

“Since you said so, I won’t sing the lyrics. I’ll just hum the rhythm for you.” Saito Hiko felt that Hoshino Ai was right. It was difficult to find the correct way to sing a song just by relying on the lyrics and accompaniment in just a few times. Humming the rhythm was indeed faster than her repeated attempts on her own.

“Well, it’s better than nothing.” Hoshino Ai was disappointed to hear Saito Hiko’s reply. He had only hummed when teaching her before, and she thought she would hear him sing this time.

Saitohiko saw that Hoshino Ai was obviously disappointed, so he stood up slightly, put his right thumb on his palm, stretched out his palm and tightened it, turning it into a knife, and gently chopped the girl’s head. “Don’t show your disappointment. The reason why I don’t sing is because I can’t sing well and I’m tone-deaf. If you heard me singing, you would probably want to cover my mouth and beg me to stop singing.”

“Tetsuya Sato, Kento Yamazaki and others who have heard me sing praised me for my good singing. Don’t sing it next time.” Saito Hiko said to Hoshino Ai with a sad look on his face.

This is a lie.

It’s not that he sings badly, he just doesn’t want to sing.

“Is this how you address your friends? By name…” Hoshino Ai was a little confused when she heard Saito Hiko address his ‘friend’.

“No, I usually just call them by their names. The reason I called them by their full names is so you know who I’m talking about.” Saito Hiko replied, and seeing that they were about to start chatting again, he said aloud, “Okay, it’s time to start practicing.”

“Okay~” Hoshino Ai responded.

An hour later, Hoshino Ai stopped because she felt a little uncomfortable in her throat.

“This song is too straining on your voice…” Hoshino Ai complained.

“It’s just that your foundation is a little weak. If you practice more, it won’t be so uncomfortable. It’s just that you haven’t mastered this way of singing yet, so it’s so hard.” Saito Yan felt that he couldn’t be impatient. After thinking for a while, he said, “Do you want to take the medicine and continue practicing? After drinking it, your throat will be fine, but it won’t be long.”

“Same as the concentration potion?” Hoshino Ai asked.

Saitohiko nodded.

“Then let me try?” Hoshino Ai felt her throat was a little hoarse and uncomfortable, so she chose to take medicine.

Saito Hiko pretended to take out a bottle of stamina potion from his trouser pocket and handed the vial to Hoshino Ai, “Drink some first and see how much you can recover. If you want to practice more, drink sparingly and try to see how much it takes to heal your throat.”

“Well, I will treasure it.” After answering, Hoshino Ai suddenly wanted to know how many bottles of this potion Saito Yan had left, so she asked, “How many bottles of this do you have left?”

“There are probably five more bottles.” Saito Hiko checked the inventory and reported to Hoshino Ai.

This is the number he can use for Hoshino Ai.

He has to reserve it for enchantment.

And given her personality, she would definitely not be willing to use it all up.

“Is it really okay to use it like this?” Although Hoshino Ai didn’t know what kind of medicine Saito Hiko gave her, she knew that it could probably really help her throat recover from the burning sensation in it.

“Use it, don’t hesitate, and continue practicing later.” Saito Yan advised: “If you don’t use it, you will be wasting your time and you won’t be able to accomplish anything.”

“Okay…” Seeing that Saito Hiko said this, Hoshino Ai obediently followed his instructions, opened the bottle, and slowly poured out the potion.

The sweet taste immediately spread in her mouth. She wanted to drink it all in one breath. She resisted the urge and licked the mouth of the bottle with the tip of her tongue to absorb the liquid.

The tip of his tongue rolled the liquid back into her mouth, and after a while the discomfort in her throat was no longer felt.

Upon noticing this, she immediately stopped licking.

Then she felt her body becoming stronger.

“Hiko-kun? You drank this the last time you made a bet with me!” After drinking it, Hoshino Ai felt her strength restored and recalled the scene when she lost the bet with Saito Hiko last time.

Saito Yan knew that the truth had been revealed, but he argued: “You didn’t say that I can’t drink water or medicine.”

“It is well known that doping is not allowed in the Olympic Games. Isn’t what you did even more excessive than doping?” Hoshino Ai saw Saito Hiko refusing to admit his mistake and brought up the Olympic Games as an example.

“Although what you said is a recognized fact, some countries will turn athletes into patients, and then reasonably circumvent the regulations and take drugs containing stimulant effects.” Saitohiko pointed out the problem in Hoshino Ai’s words and said: “Besides, I didn’t take stimulants. It doesn’t have any stimulant effect at all.”

“But your ability to restore your physical strength is even more ridiculous!” Hoshino Ai couldn’t help but complain, “So the agreement is void! Is that okay?”

“I can’t do anything if you want to cheat.” Saito Hiko deliberately shrugged and spread his palms, looking helpless.

“You!…” When Hoshino Ai saw Saito Hiko’s appearance, she suddenly felt angry and thought about just shirking her responsibility. But then she thought about how much he had helped her, so what if she gave him one day?

After thinking it through, Hoshino Ai’s blood pressure returned to normal, and she said calmly, “Forget it… I admit defeat this time, and I won’t do it again next time!”

“Ai, you’re awesome~” Saito Hiko praised Hoshino Ai when he saw that she did not break the contract.

“Even if you praise me like this, there won’t be a next time, understand?” Hoshino Ai crossed her arms across her chest.

So the two practiced for another two hours before disbanding.

After the disbandment, Saito Hiko made another reservation at the recording studio.

Starting tomorrow, he will let Hoshino Ai record while he teaches her to save time.

However, even so, the recording progress was still stuck.

All other preparations were completed, but Ultramarine still could not be recorded.

Because Saito Hiko feels it is still not perfect enough.

Whenever they have free time, they spend it in the studio recording songs.

It took ten days and two bottles of stamina potions for Hoshino Ai to complete the recording of Ultramarine.

Saito Hiko said hello to Fujiwara Yu, and then asked Hase Hiroshi to process the materials and send them to the broadcasting department.

On the evening of the broadcast day, Saito Hiko came to Hoshino Ai’s residence.

The president also came to Kyoko’s house.

Before the show started, the four of them waited in front of the TV.

“It’s almost time…” Hoshino Ai has been holding her cell phone for a few minutes, turning it on from time to time to check the time and then turning it off.

“Haven’t you watched it before it aired? Why are you so nervous?” Saito Hiko saw that Hoshino Ai was looking anxious.

Sometimes he stares at the TV, sometimes he checks the time on his phone.

“But I’m still very nervous…” Hoshino Ai looked at the TV anxiously.

“It’s almost time.” Seeing that there was only one minute left before the show started and Saito Hiko and Hoshino Ai were still talking, the president said, “Everyone, be quiet and wait attentively.”

Hoshino Ai felt like the last few tens of seconds she waited were like years.

“…Please enjoy the song “Gunqing”…” The person on TV announced, and then the picture changed.

The song information appeared on the screen.

Then the accompaniment and singing sounded together:

Wow いつもの様に

(Ah, same as always)

It’s a good time to go out

(The time spent was so boring that I kept yawning)

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