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

Chapter 322: Consecrated Mouth

"I don't expect you to be able to rap as fast as Kato, just do your best to stick to the original version..."

“The most important thing is to fully integrate your attitude and emotions into the lyrics and ensure the overall effect of the stage show.”

"The speed of this song's rapping is from slow to fast. Everyone should rap a part first, and then sort by speed to confirm their respective parts..."

Yayoi Tsuki clapped her hands, and the teaching assistant next to her understood and started playing the melody of the song.

"By the way, the one with the best rap performance will get the center position to sing and dance with me."

The stopwatch on her phone was activated, and Yayoi Tsuki glanced at Xia Fan vaguely, adding playfully.

"W-what..."

"With Teacher Yayoi..."

“…A singing and dancing duo?!”

As soon as she said this, several trainees became excited.

In today's entertainment industry, those who are qualified to work with national top-tier actresses like Yayoi Tsuki are all industry leaders.

They originally thought that they would just dance and sing with her, not much different from being a background board, but they didn't expect that they would even have the opportunity to sing and dance together!
Originally, except for Xia Fan, the others were at the bottom of the list. The gap between their popularity and those at the top was too big, and they seemed to lack motivation...

But when they thought about being able to have a shot of dancing with a female artist of Yayoi Tsuki's level, they suddenly felt that it didn't matter whether they made their debut or not.

"Let's get started, I'll be the first one!"

One of the trainees raised his hand first, took out the lyrics, and started rapping without even waiting for the accompaniment.

Maybe he was too nervous to be stared at by Yayoi Tsuki so closely, maybe he was not good at rapping, or maybe he was not familiar with the lyrics and melody...

Compared with the original singer, the overall rap effect he presented can only be described as "awkward".

"This guy is a real warrior."

“It’s much harder to actually sing than it sounds.”

"I can't sing any more. Can I apply to sing the chorus with Teacher Yayoi..."

Listening to their teammate's lagging performance, the other trainees felt relieved, but at the same time, like office workers lining up for a job interview, they dispersed to corners and started to sharpen their swords before the battle by referring to the lyrics.

Most of the rap in "Villain" is spoken at a relatively fast pace, so in terms of the lyrics division, the faster the speaking speed, the more lyrics the person can get and the more opportunities to perform.

Therefore, regardless of whether they can grab a spot to dance with Yayoi Tsuki, they must show their best rap level.

"Are all rap songs filled with such ridiculous lyrics? It's like reading a light novel by a writer who habitually waters down the word count."

Like everyone else, Xia Fan squatted on the ground and read the lyrics carefully.

"Even if my tongue gets tied up from practicing, I have to keep doing it..."

Rap, an imported music, is a completely unfamiliar field for him.

"Forget about the rhythm for now, just treat it as reciting a text..."

Trying to imitate OG Kato's tone, Xia Fan spoke silently, trying to practice...

"I'm a person who speaks my mind. If I can't say what I want to say, my face will itch. Those troubles that have been following me since I was a child, maybe I can't do anything about it. This is me..."

Unlike the obscure and tongue-twisting lyrics he had imagined, as soon as he glanced at the lyrics, the words on it shot out of his mouth clearly and fluently at a terrifying speed...

In less than three seconds, he finished the opening rap segment at an accelerated speed. "Wait a minute...what's going on..."

"When did my mouth become so clever?"

Xia Fan was so scared that he covered his mouth.

At that moment, he felt that his mouth had turned into a Gatling machine gun with out-of-control fire, and without any brain control, it directly fired bullets called "language" madly.

"Could it be that this is the work of that [High Speed ​​Divine Word]?"

After a few seconds of silence, he thought he had found the answer.

As a gifted Dragon, he has been able to recite fluently since elementary school, but his speaking speed has not surpassed that of ordinary people.

Therefore, the only possibility is that one's mouth has been "blessed" by some god.

Because the description of [High-speed Divine Words] is "Your high-speed chanting can activate all the spells of the Age of Gods and the Human World", Xia Fan originally planned to "get" some spells from Jinguji Aoi after the program recording to test privately...

"Hey, why are rap lyrics also considered as 'spells'?!"

Unexpectedly, this protection activated itself during the show rehearsal.

"Except for reciting it a little faster than usual, it doesn't seem to have any 'supernatural effect'. Don't be nervous, even if the rap lyrics are judged as 'spells', they should be invalid spells..."

"Focus on the present and continue practicing."

Concentrating his mind, Xia Fan looked at the lyrics carefully, his lips moving silently...

With the blessing of [High-Speed ​​Divine Words], he found that he could accurately control his speech speed, intonation, syllables, ending sounds and breath. No matter how fast or slow he spoke, his pronunciation could remain exceptionally clear...

While deliberately controlling the speed, he recited the long, complex and difficult-to-read lyrics of "Villain" smoothly and fluently in less than a minute.

"No, there's nothing to be surprised about... After all, chanting a spell is a demanding task..."

But when he thought of some magicians in the animation, whose spells could turn from being effective against people into forbidden spells of destruction with just one wrong syllable, he suddenly felt that the abnormal language control ability of [High-Speech Divine Words] was extremely reasonable.

Xia Fan simply put on his headphones and listened to the original version, reciting the lyrics silently without distraction...

What he didn't notice was that with the speaking speed granted by [High-Speed ​​Divine Words], he had silently practiced five times in the time it took other trainees to "go through it once".

"Tsk tsk tsk, these guys' rap skills are even more embarrassing than expected..."

"Rather than calling it a singing audition, it's better to call it a 'primary school student text recitation competition'."

While Xia Fan was squatting in the corner practicing, Yayoi Tsuki, who was listening to the trainees lining up for audition, had veins bulging on his forehead.

According to her standards, the two trainees who auditioned earlier didn't even pass...

What they presented could only be considered "recitation" at best, and it was not even close to rap.

However, rap has a unique cultural atmosphere and is not in the same field as talent shows. We cannot expect trainees participating in idol talent shows to be proficient in this type of music.

Therefore, even though her ears were polluted by "low-quality rap", Yayoi Tsuki could only frown and continue to endure it.

"Yo, Watts-a-poo, has it started yet?"

At the same time, a short, fat man with a beard walked in carelessly...

(End of this chapter)