Tokyo: The evil god doesn't want to be the top star

Chapter 177 Manshima Kana's Song
"Come on! I came here hungry today, so I'm going to eat some food!"

"Come on, I've been abused twice, and now I'm a qualified single dog!"

Amidst all kinds of meaningless shouts, Xia Fan and Horie Tsubasa walked onto the stage.

“Thanks to everyone’s support, we were able to make it to the finals.”

"I'm the lead singer, Horie Tsubasa."

Horie Tsubasa walked to the center of the stage and bowed.

"Keyboard player, Xia Fan..."

During this period, Xia Fan quickly adjusted the electronic keyboard and turned the microphone towards himself.

"Today, we bring you..."

Unlike the previous programs, he was responsible for the opening remarks in the latter part this time.

But before Xia Fan could finish his words, dozens of light boards suddenly stood up in unison below the stage.

"Xia Fan! Xia Fan! Xia Fan!"

"Brother Xia Fan, I love you!!!"

"Master Fengjian, please take me away!"

Dozens of women of different ages held up signs with unclear meanings such as "Xia Fan is extremely handsome", "Young Master Feng Jian is beautiful, strong and miserable", "A beautiful boy once in four thousand years", and screamed...

"Hey, where did these women come from..."

"I heard that Xia Fan recently made a guest appearance in a web drama. These should be... fans?"

"But it's not too much of an exaggeration that fans of the drama would follow the show to a campus singing competition..."

This sudden and overly enthusiastic support caused the students of Tokyo University of the Arts and nearby universities who were cheering for "Broken Wings" to fall into silence.

"No matter where they come from, the opportunity to meet big sister is urgent..."

"Xia Fan, come on, Xia Fan, I love you!"

While they were discussing, the boys who were quicker to react had already shouted the same slogan and squeezed into the group of girls with blushing faces...

"Miss, are you also a fan of Xia Fan? What a coincidence, I am too. Can you add my contact information?"

"Wait, I... look at me... Not only have I always been a fan of Xia Fan's dad, but I'm also in the same department as him. We often meet in the cafeteria, and I know a lot of secrets!"

"These shameless bastards... didn't even wait for me... Xia Fan, Xia Fan, my beautiful boy!"

The rest of the male students who realized what was happening could no longer sit still. They shouted slogans and struggled to squeeze towards the girls.

Due to various reasons, the entire stadium was filled with the name "Xia Fan" for a while, and the flow of people in the audience seats began to become extremely chaotic.

“This…what’s going on…”

"How come Xia Fan is so popular?"

Shibata Makoto, who had just come out from the backstage and had not yet taken his seat, had no idea what was going on and stared blankly at the scene of the whole audience shouting "Xia Fan".

He had been concentrating on preparing for his final performance recently and had no idea that Xia Fan had also taken the opportunity to film a web drama.

"I see... these popularity... must be due to the popularity of the video..."

"Originally... all of this... should have been mine..."

It was as if he was isolated by the audience, yet he was extremely envious of the enthusiastic support. The two emotions intertwined and gathered into a crazy force.

"Hey... the more people there are, the better the effect of your mess will be..."

Gazing at the two people in the center of the stage with resentment, Shibata Makoto pretended to be casual and took out something that looked like a remote control from his trouser pocket.

……

On the stage, facing the thunderous cheers, Xia Fan, who was caught off guard, was "forced to remain silent" for a while.

"Ahem... Thank you very much, everyone, for cheering for us here..."

Seeing Horie Tsubasa giving him a look, Xia Fan took advantage of the weaker voice and took back the right to speak. As soon as Xia Fan opened his mouth, the women in the audience immediately stopped screaming and looked at him excitedly.

"Today, we bring you an original song called 'Song'."

"The composer of this song is named Mitsushima Kana, and she is a senior student in the music department of Tokyo University of the Arts in the fourth year of the Heisei era."

Facing the dense gazes from all directions, Xia Fan controlled his speaking speed and introduced himself slowly and unhurriedly.

"Original song? What a unique name!"

"Wait, Heisei 4, that's decades ago..."

As soon as he said this, there was an uproar in the audience.

"I also got to know this song by accident after getting the composition notes of this senior."

"This senior, decades ago, was just like us now, living a serious, optimistic and positive life on this campus, looking forward to the future..."

"Even though she was seriously ill, she still insisted on composing music, hoping to perform this song for everyone at the campus singing competition before she passed away."

"It's a pity that she didn't have the chance to stand on this stage in the end."

As he spoke softly, Xia Fan's nervousness disappeared.

"After so many years, I am honored to have the opportunity to be on this stage and pass this song to everyone..."

"I also hope that everyone can know that there was once such a girl who loved music and loved playing the electronic keyboard, and who once worked hard to live in this world."

"Next, please enjoy the song by Manshima Kana."

His slender fingers touched the piano keys, and the piano sound like the gurgling spring and the lively drum beats blended into a cheerful melody.

"When I die, darling."

"Don't sing sad songs for me."

"No need to place roses on my grave."

"Neither do we need the shade of cypress trees."

Standing at the center of the stage, Horie Tsubasa tapped the ground with her toes as the prelude played, and sang the verse softly...

"Optimistic...elegant...and sad...so beautiful..."

"What kind of mood did that senior have when he wrote this song decades ago?"

On the campus stage, a quiet girl in school uniform, with pigtails swaying behind her, sang softly and purely...

This youthful scene, coupled with the beautiful and sad song, made the audience look intoxicated.

"Humph, some sensational gimmick... This is a singing competition, what matters is singing skills..."

"You've come here clinging to Horie Tsubasa's thigh. Once she can't sing anymore, your true colors as a gigolo will be exposed..."

Outside the audience, Makoto Shibata stared at the two people on the stage with jealousy and pressed the "remote control" in his hand viciously.

"Sizzsssssssssss..."

On the stage, the performance came to an end. Horie Tsubasa, who was waiting for the interlude, found that there was a faint sound of electricity coming from the wireless microphone in his hand.

"There's signal interference... Is it near the stage?"

With rich stage experience, she secretly touched the surface of the microphone with her finger and found that the sound of electricity became more obvious.

Horie Tsubasa confirmed that his microphone was interfered by some abnormal signal at close range.

"Oh no... it has to be at this time... if I sing now..."

At the same time, the interlude melody has passed, and it is almost time for her to sing the next chorus...

The faint sound of electric current could still be covered up by Xia Fan's music, but as soon as he started singing, more ear-piercing noises would burst out.

(End of this chapter)