"If we can't say hello properly at the train station, then we can at least say 'good morning' to each other when we meet in front of the elevator on our way to school in the morning, right?"

Thinking of this, the dark cloud in her heart that was previously brought by "Haruhi Shadow" gradually dissipated without her noticing.

In addition, the warm piano sound of "Sunflower" came to my ears again, as if the sunshine was falling into my heart.

However, what she and Shiina Mahiru didn't know at this moment was that the sunshine and warm piano sound had just returned.

The 'First Temporary Internal Operations Meeting of the Light Music Club' has also reached a new resolution at the suggestion of Himemiya Karen.

That is......

"Since You has to go to the music arrangement class after school this afternoon and has no time, and you have to eat lunch during the lunch break, which is too short, then let's practice in school at 7: every morning like we did last time!"

At first, Kitagawa Yu, who was "shaking his head" in front of the piano, using slightly exaggerated body movements to tell everyone that he was not in a bad mood, was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then laughed in his heart, and did not take Himimiya Karen's suggestion seriously.

After all, in his impression, Yanami Anna was a bit lazy.

Asking Yanami Kyoto to get up so early every day to come to school for practice is as difficult as asking Yanami Kyoto to eat only snacks once a day.

However, what Kitagawa Yuu never expected was that after Himemiya Karen made this proposal, Yanami Kyouna was actually the first one to speak up and support her!

Even though Kitagawa Yuu whispered to Yanami Anna, "If you come to school so early to practice, you won't be able to prepare delicious snacks," Yanami Anna was very generous and said it was okay.

This almost made Kitagawa Yuu reveal a black question mark face. He didn't know what she was thinking.

"But Ji...Hua Lian-chan and Xingcai-chan haven't bought any musical instruments yet, so they can't practice even if they come over, right?" Kitagawa You raised the question again.

"Stupid tape! I saw people sharing their learning experiences online saying that because drum sets are difficult to move, many people put them in the school's club activity room and then draw fake drums on paper to practice at home. In this case, I can also draw them on paper first and simulate practicing at school!"

Himemiya Karen explained with a sweet smile. Maybe it was because Kitagawa You finally agreed to call her "Karen-chan", but the smile on her face was obviously brighter than before. Combined with her already very delicate facial features, Kitagawa You couldn't help but feel a little dazzled.

"That apricot sauce——"

"I can learn to read music first, and learn fingering and so on. If You teaches me, it will definitely be faster than watching video tutorials on the Internet, right?"

Chapter 106: Change of mentality and the blue-haired girl arriving at the battlefield (Important)

"Well... that's right..."

Kitagawa Yu looked at Yanami Anna suspiciously, always feeling that this guy had other purposes behind him, and there seemed to be more than one.

However, after Himemiya Karen and Yanami Anna gave such reasons, he obviously had no choice but to support this proposal, right?

Therefore, after Yanami Kyouna expressed her support for this proposal, there was no need to seek the opinions of Hakamada Kusuke and Shirakawa Tsukiai. It was passed cleanly on the spot with 3 votes in favor.

Then, to Kitagawa Yu's surprise, when lunch break was over, the three of them returned to the classroom and told Hakamada Sosuke about this.

Hakamada Kusuke, who had been very active in the light music club before, was stunned for a moment after hearing it. Then a constipated expression flashed across his face quickly, and his eyes revealed a reluctant look.

This made Kitagawa You puzzled again and felt very confused.

"If it's inconvenient for you, Hakamada-kun, you don't have to come."

"No! I'm not inconvenienced!"

Hakamada Kusuke forced a smile from the corners of his stiff mouth, and finally agreed to come to school to practice together tomorrow morning.

Then... as soon as the class bell rang, he immediately took out his cell phone and sent a message to Baihe Yueai.

"Shirakawa-senpai, are you free after school today?"

"If you have time, how about we go to the Metropolitan Library in Go-chome?"

"I heard there are guitar and bass learning materials available for borrowing."

Neon has a very developed public library system. In the Tokyo area alone, there are more than 300 metropolitan libraries, with a total collection of more than million books and more than million borrowings per year.

Therefore, most people, especially students who don’t have much money, have the habit of going to the metropolitan library to read and borrow books for free.

Libraries are event scenes and therefore often appear in many anime and light novels.

When Hakamada Sosuke didn't have enough pocket money and wanted to spend more time with Shirakawa Tsukiai, he naturally set his sights on the free Metropolitan Library.

"Okay! I have time!"

As expected, Bai He Yue Ai is the same as always. Even though she doesn't have a boyfriend, she will accept any boy's invitation without hesitation.

"Then I'll wait for you at the entrance of the teaching building after school."

After Hakamada Kusuke quickly agreed with her on the time and place to meet, the tension and urgency in his heart finally eased a little.

Yes, Kitagawa Yu’s feeling was correct.

Hakamada Sosuke's attitude towards participating in light music club activities has indeed changed significantly.

First of all, after releasing those two songs, Kitagawa Yu has become a big star in the class and has become even more dazzling.

In the past, although he knew that Kitagawa Yu was better than him, he did not realize how big the gap between the two was.

He knew that the songs written by Kitagawa Yu were 'very nice', but he didn't have a clear idea of how nice they were.

So in his opinion, everyone is an "ordinary high school student", so who is worse than who?

However, when Kitagawa Yuu became a "big star", no matter how confident he was, he knew that Kitagawa Yuu's brilliance had completely crushed him.

The two sides are no longer on the same level.

Especially when he noticed that even the school's most beautiful girl, Narumi Seina, who was also a "star", and Shiina Mahiru, whose appearance and popularity were no less than Narumi Seina, also looked at Kitagawa Yuu with a "crazy look on their faces" as soon as Kitagawa Yuu walked into the classroom this morning, just like the other girls in the class.

He suddenly felt a great deal of pressure.

Few boys in adolescence would be willing to get too close to a current figure who completely crushes them and be completely crushed by the other's dazzling brilliance.

I would not want the girl I like to get too close to such a guy.

In addition, he has discovered that Shirakawa Yueai is much easier to date than he thought. He does not need to increase contact through the light music club's club activities. He can just send a message to Shirakawa Yueai to date her.

So his attitude towards the light music club naturally changed. He didn't want to continue participating in the light music club's club activities, nor did he want Shirakawa Yueai to participate.

The reason why Yanami Anna spoke up to support Himemiya Karen was not only because she really wanted to learn guitar or bass quickly so that she could perform at live houses with Kitagawa Yu, but she also wanted to use Kitagawa Yu's more dazzling halo to attack Hakamada Sosuke.

After all, when a noble and elegant white swan and an ordinary gray swan stand together, who would prefer the one?

In comparison, Himemiya Karen's purpose is indeed the simplest.

She suggested "extra practice" because she wanted to spend more time with Kitagawa Yuu, and at the same time try her best to reach the level of joining Baisha before the performance.

In this way, she can go to the Live House to perform with Kitagawa Yuu and will not be "abandoned" by Kitagawa Yuu.

Unfortunately, even with a relatively simple drum set, it is not easy to master the performance of five songs within three weeks and reach the standard of live performance.

What's more...she is not the only one who wants to join the Baisha Band.

I don’t know if it was because Kitagawa Yu played "Haruhi Shadow" at noon, or because by the end of the first class in the afternoon, the playback volume of "Sunflower" and "Horizontal Line" had reached 17000+ and 35000+ respectively, and even the number of Spotify listeners and Instagram followers reached 4076 and 974 respectively.

Just when Kitagawa Yu was using the two afternoon classes to write a 'quick digital drum beat sequence' for five songs for Himemiya Karen.

In the brand new and bright classroom of the Hanegaoka Girls' High School near Ikebukuro, a beautiful girl with long light blue hair and an aristocratic and elegant aura finally made up her mind and skipped class and left the school without even asking for leave.

First, he ran to the prestigious private Tsukinomori Girls' Academy to pick up his childhood sweetheart, and then he went directly to the gate of Ishifu High School, waiting there nearly half an hour in advance.

So after school in the afternoon, Hakamada Kusuke once again left the angry Yanami Anna alone and "ran away", while Kitagawa Yuya left the school with Himemiya Karen and Yanami Anna as usual.

I had just walked a few steps out of the school gate when I was blocked by two beautiful girls running from the opposite side of the street.

"Hello! I'm Toyokawa Shoko, a sophomore at Hanegaoka Girls' Academy. I've been following you since I heard your masterpiece "Time Paradox" at Shinjuku Loft. This is my good friend Mutsuki Wakaba, who I grew up with. He's currently a sophomore at Tsukinomori Girls' Academy. We have something we want to talk to you about, is that okay?"

Chapter 107 Customer service Xiaoxiang’s scheming!

"hiss--"

"Customer service Xiaoxiang!?"

Without even waiting for Toyokawa Shoko to finish her words, just hearing Toyokawa Shoko say his name coupled with that familiar look made Kitagawa Youqing's pupils tremble uncontrollably, and he almost called out "Customer Service Xiaoxiang".

At the same time, Toyokawa Shoko, who was used to observing the other person's facial reactions while speaking, also realized something from Kitagawa Yu's astonished and even shocked micro-expressions.

So without waiting for Beichuan You to respond, she continued with a hint of doubt: "Does Beichuan know me?"

do you know it?

Of course!

As a senior otaku in his previous life, how could he not have watched "MyGO", a girl band show in which "everyone is crazy", and not recognize the "customer service Xiaoxiang" in front of him?

When following the anime, Kitagawa Yuya was really shocked.

If "K-ON!" and "Lonely Rock!" are three with one, "Crying Girls Band" is a bit too much, becoming two with three.

Then "MyGO" can support four people at once.

Apart from Chihaya Aine's harmless character flaw of being vain, the other four members of the band all have too many problems!

The trigger for all this was Shoko Toyokawa, who quit the band due to family changes.

Of course, he certainly couldn't say these thoughts directly.

"I've seen the performance of the CRYCHIC band you and Wakaba were in before, and heard you sing the song "Haruhi Shadow". In fact, I played "Haruhi Shadow" in the piano club's activity room this afternoon~"

Beichuan You quickly calmed himself down and thought of a reasonable excuse.

After he finished explaining, Himemiya Karen and Yanami Kyouna also showed surprised expressions: "So you are the band that wrote "Haruhi Shadow"? That song "Haruhi Shadow" is really beautiful and touching!"

"So that's what it is-"

On the opposite side, when Toyokawa Shoko heard the three words "Kasuga Shadow" which brought back so many memories, she couldn't help but feel a pain in her heart. She clenched her fists and the smile on her face froze for a moment.

But then she quickly adjusted her mood, her expression relaxed again, and at the same time a look of realization flashed across her golden eyes. She couldn't help but feel an indescribable strange feeling for such a coincidence.

"——That's a coincidence! I just happened to know Kitagawa-kun because I watched his first live performance~"

Toyokawa Shoko tilted her head slightly, with a nearly perfect, kind and sweet smile on her lips, like a lady from a noble family. She spoke softly, half sincerely and half utilitarian, and then took the opportunity to tell her purpose of coming to find Kitagawa Yu.

"Due to some reasons, our CRYCHIC band separated and disbanded after graduating from junior high school, but I still don't want to give up on the path of music, so now Ruoye and I have been looking for people to form a band."

After a short pause, Toyokawa Shoko continued, "Wakaba is a great guitarist and is also good at bass. In terms of bass skills alone, she is not inferior to Hiroi Kikuri, the lead singer and bassist of the band 'Sick Hackers'... and after listening to Kitagawa-kun's "Sunflowers" and "Horizontal Line", Wakaba really admires and respects Kitagawa-kun!"

"I started learning piano when I was five years old, and I also studied composition and arrangement professionally, so I have always been the keyboardist in the band. I also composed and arranged the music for Kasuga Shadow. But I am also very good at bass and drums, and I think I am not inferior to Iwashita Shima."

"So Kitagawa-kun, can you try to form a band with us?"

"......" Beichuan You was speechless after hearing this.

"He deliberately blurred the real reason for the band's disbandment and directed it to 'graduation from junior high school', and even said that Ruoye 'respected and admired' me... Has this guy become so utilitarian?"

Beichuan You subconsciously glanced at Wakaba Mutsu, who was standing beside him like a puppet, with no expression at all. Although his expression did not change, he could not help but complain in his heart.

But to be honest, Wakaba Mu is indeed the most beautiful woman in the entire work, having inherited the beauty of her famous actress mother.

Although the devil fruit is a little small and it is estimated to be only C-level, its appearance is not inferior to Narumi Seina and Shiina Mahiru, and it is even better than Himemiya Karen.

Moreover, her lack of independent opinions and indifferent expression make her like Kanao Kuriraka in "Demon Slayer". It may seem strange to ordinary people, but in the eyes of veteran otaku, it is a rare and precious cute point.

At this time, Toyokawa Shoko also noticed Wakaba Mu's "non-cooperation", so she explained very naturally: "Wakaba has been lacking in emotions since she was a child. She is also introverted, timid and has no opinions. Even when she is bullied, she will be expressionless and have no reaction. However, when she hears Kitagawa's "Sunflower", she will smile, and when she hears "Horizontal Line", she can't help crying, so... Kitagawa, please! Please at least give us a chance!"

At this point, Toyokawa Shoko bowed 90 degrees, and her eyes became red unconsciously.

"So this is also part of the calculation? Such scheming, such means, such utilitarianism... You are really worthy of it! Customer Service Xiaoxiang!"

Feeling like he was being framed, Kitagawa Yu couldn't help but twitch his lips and complained in his heart again.

In fact, Toyokawa Shoko is not a bad girl by nature. In fact, before her family encountered a major change, she was a little angel who was more like Ijichi Kouka than An and Subaru. She was as pure and clean as a blank sheet of paper, very gentle and caring.

Even after experiencing major family changes and being beaten by society, he learned to use scheming and tactics. And after seeing his former friends re-form a new band, he became more aggressive.

His goal was just the same as that of Satoshi Ebizuka, who wanted to form a band and make money by playing the only genre he was good at: music.

However, compared to Satoshi Ebizuka's patience in waiting while working at Yoshinoya, she was more anxious.

That's why in the original story, she first found Sumimi, a third-tier girl idol group whose popularity had reached a bottleneck but had excellent singing talent.

Then we found Yutenji Wakamugi, who is ambidextrous, has a gorgeous drumming style, and is also quite popular as a beauty video blogger.

Finally, he brought Wakaba Mutsu, who is a second-generation star and is also very popular among students, into his new band Ave Mujica.

This will allow Ave Mujica to become a 'galaxy battleship' and make its mainstream debut as soon as possible.

As for the reason why he still brought Wakaba Mu along after giving up on forming a new band, it was not only because he wanted to use Wakaba Mu to gain sympathy so that he could successfully join the Baisha Band.

She also wants Ruoye Mu to use the amazing potential of Beichuan You and the Baisha Band to quickly gain fame and wealth that surpasses her parents. This is to help Ruoye Mu realize her wish of getting rid of her parents' high-pressure control, and it is for Ruoye Mu's own good.

Such a 'Customer Service Xiaoxiang' can only be said to have become more realistic and mature, but it cannot be said that she has become a bad girl.

At least, Beichuan You actually doesn't dislike Xiaoxiang, a customer service representative like this.