Am I being simulated by their love affair.

Chapter 163 The Time of Shining
As you walk out of Akasaka Station, you can see the magnificent building of TBS TV station.

"Does Kurusu perform in a place like this at night?"

At this moment, looking up at the glass exterior of the high-rise building reflecting the surrounding buildings like crystal, Jun Matsueda finally felt the reality of the girl watching TV in his living room.

"It's been so long since I saw her on stage, I almost forgot she's a natural idol."

"Are you secretly saying bad things about me?" The girl's playful voice came from behind him.

Jun Matsue turned around, and Yosei Kurusu was dressed as usual. Today she was wearing a pink baseball jacket, a plaid skirt and white bubble socks, the stacked socks giving off a lazy and cute vibe unique to young girls.

"You're going to be on TV, don't you need to wear sunglasses and a hat or something?" The girl waved to him on the side of the road, and Matsueda Jun could only step onto the zebra crossing he had just crossed and walk to her side.

"Let's talk about it after we debut." Kurusu Yoshi waved his hand. "Right now, I'm just a former underground idol. Not many people know me."

"Shall we go in now?" Matsueda Jun pointed to the building behind him. "Is the agent already inside?"

"She's still in the car." Kurusu waved to a silver car parked on the side of the road. "It's not time yet, let's find a cafe first~"

The two sat on the second floor opposite the TBS TV station. The girl sipped her hot coffee and observed the huge monster across the street through the smoke rising from the brown liquid.

"You get nervous sometimes too."

Hearing what Matsueda Jun said, the coffee cup in the girl's hand trembled. Kurusu Yoshi put the cup down and said in a proud and arrogant manner, "How can I be nervous?"

"You're such an energetic person. Normally, you'd definitely take me on a stroll around the neighborhood, but now you're sitting so quietly in a cafe waiting for the show to start."

"If I wasn't sitting right in front of you, I definitely wouldn't believe it." Jun'ya Matsueda picked up the coffee and took a sip.

Kurusu Yoshi let out a long sigh and stopped looking at the bright and beautiful buildings outside the window.

"Although I've always believed I could become the best idol, when that day finally arrived, I still felt a little..."

"how to say?"

"Not ready?" Jun Matsueda took over her words.

The girl shook her head and pointed at the dozens-story building outside the window. "That's TBS, the Tokyo Broadcasting System, right? Even if you don't watch much TV, you know that, right?"

Matsueda Jun nodded. "It's one of the five major private TV stations. They're the ones that broadcast 'Hagane Naoki'."

"That's right! Utada Hikaru has even been on their show!"

Jun Matsueda nodded again. He had heard the theme song sung by Utada Hikaru for "EVA", the Mona Lisa of the Louvre and so on.

It was almost time, so the two walked out of the cafe, crossed the street, and walked to the door of the TBS building.

"I'm about to walk into the TBS building."

"It's no longer just a small underground idol, but a real idol debut."

"Let me correct you. I wasn't nervous just now. I was trembling with excitement."

Kurusu Yoshi turned around and looked at Matsueda Jun. The girl was standing at the door where people were coming and going, and she became the center of the crowd without any movement.

"Matsuzhi, bear witness."

"The road to shining Tokyo begins today!"

Jun Matsueda stood in the brightly lit venue, stroking the sign hanging on his chest.

"Agent's assistant", that's how he got in.

"The next one to appear is Yang Shi." The agent said beside him.

The previous contestant's performance has just ended and the audience is still cheering. Now it is time for the guests to comment.

The two stood in the darkness at the edge of the venue. This was not the audience seats and they would not be captured by the camera.

"Kurisu told me before she came in that her goal was to get first place." Jun Matsueda looked at the guests in the front row of the hall. They were all familiar faces who often appeared on TV.

"Is her goal to be number one?" the woman asked in surprise. "The competition on this show is fierce. The artists participating are all newcomers that are being promoted or favored by various agencies, and there are also quite a few professional singers."

"Taking into account both the judges' scores and the audience's scores, the top-ranked contestants will receive resource support from the various organizing companies based on their rankings. It can be said to be the most brutal debut stage in recent years."

All the spotlights dimmed again and the audience cheered, ready for the next contestant to take the stage.

"I told her before not to expect to be number one." The manager hesitated before the stage curtain closed.

The sound of breathing rose and fell in the darkness, and every audience member who came here was waiting for the real rising star to appear.

The night was already halfway over, and they had already witnessed more than a dozen artists take the stage. Of course, there were people who could make them cheer, but their intuition whispered something.

The stars have not yet appeared tonight.

The curtain rose and people could already see the accompanying band.

The drumsticks raised high fell down, and the heavy drum sound and the rapid guitar sound rang out together.

Some people began to sway their bodies to the beat of the drums, waiting for the main character to appear.

As the drumbeats changed, people finally heard the long-awaited sound.

"A cause and effect were sown there." "It was that flower—such a splendid reason!"

The girl's voice was melodious and had an impressive penetrating power, sending a thrilling feeling from the guests in the front row to the audience in the back row.

Her voice trembled slightly, but it did not make people feel weak. It was like the arrival of dawn, making people feel anticipation and longing.

"One day it will wither~"

"It will become a cycle of cause and effect~"

Kurusu Yoshi entered from the edge of the stage. It was supposed to be a brilliant moment, but the girl sang a song about the cycle of fate.

"Why am I always tormented by what I see~"

"Running across the plains with just these two feet~"

"Galloping, that's all~"

Only then did people look towards the stage floor. The girl's bare feet were walking in the darkness beyond the reach of the spotlight, and each step, following the beat of the drums, touched their hearts.

"Are you ready for tomorrow's journey?"

"I know life is short, so I hesitate to move forward~"

"But fate keeps calling and beckoning me~"

Lai Qi Yangshi's voice gradually became higher and higher, and some people raised their heads unconsciously and looked at the light reflected in her eyes.

"Since it's like this, let's just enjoy life——"

The girl raised her voice, raised her right hand high, and pointed at the darkness above everyone.

The lights were turned on, and the venue was as bright as day. Amid the unrestrained cheers from the audience, Lai Qi Yang Shi walked to the center of the stage.

“No matter how many times, I will always answer like this - the world will always be as dreamy as it was at the beginning.”

"Because you never know how to give up—"

The girl's trembling last tone was like a flame bomb, swaying and blooming above the crowd.

"Now this moment is in your hands~"

Kurusu Yoshi looked up at the light in front of her, and in a trance, she remembered looking up at the TBS building before entering.

The lights on the stage dimmed again. The girl held the microphone tightly with both hands, closed her eyes, and shouted:

"Follow your true self—"

"Shine brightly!!!"

Although it was dark before his eyes, Jun Matsueda could clearly feel an explosive light spreading from the stage.

Listening to the unprecedented screams and cheers around them, the audience in the audience already knew that a star had been born tonight.

The interlude trembled like a taut string, yet seemed grand and loud, and the girl continued to sing.

"Even when that flower withered, I couldn't understand its meaning~"

Once again, the radiant girl passed through the bustling crowd and the crisscrossing beams of light and looked into the eyes of Jun Matsueda in the audience.

"The people around you will definitely know~"

Lai Qi Yang Shi walked forward to the edge of the stage, facing the guests and the audience, with a bright and fiery fire in his eyes.

"In this chaotic era~"

"Looking at the light while covered in mud~"

People clearly felt that a piece of their yearning for all the beautiful things in their hearts was swallowed up by the hungry girl on the stage.

How else could they be so deeply attracted to her that they couldn't even move?
"Even if we walk into the dark night of sorrow~"

"Please continue to be unwavering—"

"Shine brightly—"

Jun Matsueda looked at the agent beside him, and the woman smiled bitterly and shook her head.

"No matter how impossible it is, as long as Yang Shi takes the stage, people will only believe that she is number one."

After Kurusu Yoshi left the stage with "When the Sun Shines", the audience could only feel a lingering regret when facing all the remaining performances.

"It's a huge success." Jun Matsueda walked out of the TBS building side by side with the girl.

Kurusu Yoshi looked back at the building behind him. The coldness of the steel had been completely melted by the girl's warmth, and the audience who left from the main gate were still talking about her excitedly.

"What a shame it's second place."

Even as she said this, the girl smiled triumphantly.

(End of this chapter)