My anime/manga fandom can't be that lazy.

Meanwhile, Nakano Azusa stood to the side of Hirasawa Yui. Although she didn't see what was happening there at first, in the last second before the curtain opened, she vaguely saw that Dongfang Bai and Akiyama Mio seemed to be holding hands.

What happened?! What happened without her knowledge?!

The red and gold-trimmed curtain slowly opened, and Dongfang Bai looked down at the stage. The entire venue was already full of people, and many even had to stand because there weren't enough seats.

In the dimly lit stands, all that could be seen was a dense crowd and everyone wearing the same white clothing.

"This...this is?!" Ritsu Tainaka was dumbfounded. She couldn't be seeing things, could she? All the audience members in the venue were wearing the same white K-On! uniforms they were wearing.

Could it be!?

Everyone couldn't help but look at Sawako Yamanaka, who was leaning against the wall with her arms crossed on the right side of the object. She smiled and waved to everyone.

Did she make all the clothes herself?!

This is terrifying. There must be at least several thousand people here, and all of them are dressed by Xiao Zuo. It's not that their bodies are full of livers; it's more like a person is growing on their livers.

Even Dongfang Bai couldn't help but look at her with awe; the Liver Emperor was a worthy respect.

Chapter Sixty-Seven: The Best School Festival [Please Subscribe Automatically]

"The clothes were all made by Ms. Sawako, and every fan who entered the venue received one."

Even the student council president, Manabe, had changed into the same white shirt as the members of the light music club. While quietly speaking through the microphone, she pointed to Sawako Yamanaka not far away.

"This is it, this is it~" Yamanaka Sawako felt the praise and awe in the eyes of everyone on and off the stage, and felt the pressure on her body gradually disappear. She could even feel her body becoming lighter, as if she could float.

Yes, that should be a warning sign of sudden death.

With his right hand holding an electric guitar, Dongfang Bai gave a thumbs-up to Yamanaka Sawako with his left. He was truly impressed by this hardcore gamer; she was like a clothing manufacturing production line all by herself.

"Hello everyone!! We are the After-School Tea Party! '150'!" Hirasawa Yui shouted loudly, holding the microphone in her right hand. The crowd below immediately cheered, and the entire venue was packed with people.

Dongfang Bai also saw his own family members sitting in the crowd, and waved gently towards the direction of the fairies with a smile.

Not only fairies, but Eriri also came today. However, she had to make a point of hiding in the crowd, wearing her black-rimmed glasses and a large hat, and curling her long golden hair.

After noticing Dongfang Bai's gaze, she blushed, gave a soft snort, and turned her head away. If the two of them were closer at this moment, she would definitely say something like, "I was just watching the previous performance, and it just so happens that you're next. I didn't come here specifically for this purpose."

Seeing her familiar face, Dongfang Bai smiled helplessly. Then, his dark eyes began to scan the dimly lit venue. His eyesight was excellent, and this time he spotted Gokou Ruri in the corner again.

Beside her were Hui and Fumino Furuhashi, who were chatting. The two of them seemed to have secretly talked about something afterward, and their relationship became even better than before, which made Dongfang Bai worry for a while whether Hui had changed her sexual orientation.

"What will Dongfang Jun say?" someone suddenly shouted from below the stage. Dongfang Bai paused for a second, then coughed lightly and tentatively said, "Hello everyone."

ah!!

As if receiving a signal, the audience immediately raised their flags, and a chorus of screams erupted from the crowd of female fans. Dongfang Bai's lips twitched, and he took two steps back without saying anything more.

"Then please listen to the first song, 'Rice is a Dish!'"

"One! Two!!"

As the drumsticks struck the air with a crisp sound, upbeat and rhythmic music began to play. Kotobuki Tsumugi closed her eyes in enjoyment, her slender fingers dancing across the keyboard.

ごはんはすごいよ~なんでも合うよ~ホカホカ!

Rice is amazing; it goes with everything, and it keeps things warm.

ラーメン,うどんに,お好み焼き,これこれ

[Ramen, udon, and fried vegetable pancakes, all of these~]

Carbon hydrate and carbon hydrate の~

[Carbohydrates and carbohydrates~]

梦のコラボレーション☆

[A Dream-like Collaborative Performance]

Hirasawa Yui started shaking her little head. She had written most of the lyrics for this song. Although she hadn't practiced it much, she sang it with ease.

Moreover, her soft and lovely voice gives the song a soul that seems to have been tailor-made for her.

Dongfang Bai squinted, his electronic keyboard playing fast and lively notes. Pingze Wei glanced at everyone, then suddenly grabbed the microphone clipped to the stand and sang the lyrics loudly.

"Really..." Dongfang Bai looked at Hirasawa Yui, who had abandoned the guitar in his arms and grabbed the microphone instead, and shook his head with a wry smile. Then he immediately changed the tone of his guitar.

In an instant, he handed over the role of the consonant guitar to Hirazawa Yui and became the lead guitarist.

Hirasawa Yui happily raised the microphone and sang loudly, drawing the attention of several girls around her.

1?2?3?4?go?ha?n!！ ！

At that moment, the people on stage seemed to understand her meaning. They exchanged glances and raised their hands as well. Meanwhile, the audience below had already been drawn into the rhythm of the song and sang along with the people on stage.

1?2?3?4?go?ha?n!

1?2?3?4?rice?

The Light Music Club's school festival performance turned into a concert, with this song instantly energizing the entire audience and reaching the level of a top-tier band.

As the performance progressed, the last song finally came to an end, marking the conclusion of the school festival for the Light Music Club and bringing a small end to their high school life.

"This was truly the best school festival performance ever!" Akiyama Mio said with a smile, hugging her bass guitar 'Elizabeth'. Everyone was completely immersed in the performance.

"Ah, that was the best! I wonder when the next concert will be..."

"Next month." Dongfang Bai glanced at his phone and suddenly spoke, forcing Tainaka Ritsu to swallow back what she was about to say.

"Next month? Oh, speaking of which, you said you arranged a performance for everyone, right? I almost forgot about it." Kotobuki Tsumugi suddenly remembered this important matter.

Because everyone was so focused on preparing for the school festival, they completely forgot that Dongfang Bai had previously said that they would perform on a very large stage. It wasn't until he reminded them that they suddenly remembered.

"But to be honest, where exactly are we going to perform? They wouldn't tell us until April 4.9th." Ritsu Tainaka said slowly, holding the back of her head with both hands.

"Martial Arts Hall".

"Haha, a martial arts gym, Shiro-chan actually wants to go... Eh?" Hirasawa Yui said halfway through, as if she felt that something was wrong. She glanced at Nakano Azusa next to her and saw that her expression had frozen, as if she had seen a ghost.

"Go, go, go... Where are you going?! Martial arts hall?! Senior Bai, the martial arts hall you're talking about, could it be that 'dance hall' that just opened before? It should be, how could it be a martial arts hall?"

The shock on Nakano Azusa's face gradually faded. Thinking about it carefully, how could they possibly be allowed to perform at a place like the Budokan, where only top bands or idols can perform?

[P.S.: The progress is a bit too fast...]

Chapter Sixty-Eight: It's Really Going to the Martial Arts Hall! [Please Subscribe Automatically]

"What? It's a newly opened live music venue? Seriously, you scared me, hahaha..."

Ritsu Tainaka chuckled and hugged the back of her head in relief, but then she noticed that Dongfang Bai's expression hadn't changed at all, and suddenly she had a bad feeling.

"So, it's a martial arts dojo. Ah, Tsumugi, I need my black tea with yokan (sweet bean jelly), thank you." Dongfang Bai said helplessly, resting his chin on his hand. Even though he had clearly stated it several times, they still didn't believe him.

"Is it yokan? Okay~" The young lady was completely different from the others. She didn't feel anything was wrong. Instead, she happily took out the dessert from the cabinet and handed it to Dongfang Bai.

"Tsumugi!? Are you even a little surprised?" Akiyama Mio couldn't help but grab Kotobuki Tsumugi's arms and shake her back and forth, making the young lady a little dizzy.

"Hmm... I don't feel like anything's wrong. It's the Budokan, right? Wasn't the Light Music Club's initial goal to have 04 perform at the Budokan?" Kotobuki Tsumugi frowned her cute, radish-like eyebrows and looked at Akiyama Mio in front of her with surprise.

Nakano Azusa covered her cheeks with her hands; she didn't know how to respond to her senior.

"That being said, the goals we set at the beginning were like dreams, we set them really high, we never thought that one day we would actually perform at a martial arts dojo. A martial arts dojo, a martial arts dojo, what does that even mean!?"

Akiyama Mio's tone was very excited, with a hint of longing in it. Being able to perform at the Budokan was definitely one of the highest honors for a band, especially since they were just a high school band.

"Is the Budokan really that good?" Hirasawa Yui sat to the side, completely bewildered. She had been struggling to keep up with everyone's pace since the beginning, having heard since her first year of high school that the Light Music Club's goal was the Budokan.

Although she didn't know what a martial arts dojo was, she still foolishly followed everyone toward that goal, only to realize today that she never really understood what it was in the first place.

"Wei? You don't know about the martial arts hall yet..." Dongfang Bai's left hand, which was holding the red tea, trembled slightly. It can only be said that Wei is indeed a bit clueless, and it did not surprise him at all.

"The so-called martial arts hall is a music mecca in Japan, used to host all kinds of grand martial arts competitions, as well as various cultural performances, ceremonies and events."

"Getting on the Budokan is not just about having a name; you also need to have enough money. So the bands that can perform there are all world-class top bands and stars."

At this moment, Akiyama Mio changed her previous demeanor and used an astonishingly fast speaking speed to quickly pour knowledge directly into Hirasawa Yui's mind. Although she was still confused, she roughly understood.

"In short, it was an amazing live event, right!" Hirasawa waved excitedly at everyone with an expression that said, "I totally understand."

"If that's how you see it, then there's nothing wrong with it." Dongfang Bai chuckled. That's exactly the kind of reaction he wanted. He wanted to see everyone's surprised reaction and the dream of the Light Music Club before he made up his mind.

Otherwise, even if Dengeki Bunko offered him double the royalties, he wouldn't have gone to perform at some martial arts dojo.

"Tell me... tell me the truth, Bai Jun, what's really going on with your family? It seems like after three years of high school, I still don't know anything about your family situation, yet I can only find out in a place like a martial arts gym..."

Ritsu Tainaka even began to suspect that Hikaru's family might be like Kotobuki's family in the Light Music Club—someone from an extremely wealthy and influential background.

"Could it be that he's like Tsumugi!? Actually super rich?"

"More or less." Dongfang Bai glanced to the side. Although it seemed that his ability to attend the martial arts gym had little to do with his family's situation, he still had a vague feeling that the old man had given him a push.

However, the main reason is his fame, the fame of the Light Music Club, and the financial resources of Dengeki Bunko as a leading Japanese paperback publisher.

"Is that so?!" Ritsu Tainaka swallowed hard, then looked at Mio Akiyama beside him.

While she was changing clothes earlier, Akiyama Mio secretly told her that she and Dongfang Bai had confirmed their relationship. To be honest, when she first heard the news, she was so moved that she almost cried.

Finally, someone was willing to buy the cabbages that her family had been growing for many years. It was worth all the hard work she had put in since the first year of high school to help them sell. She felt that she should be awarded a "Gold Medal Wingman Award".

But this time she discovered that her childhood sweetheart seemed to be with someone extraordinary.

"Your family is really powerful!" Kotobuki Tsumugi suddenly praised, and Ritsu's eyes immediately turned strange.

Even that young lady herself said that Dongfang Bai's family is very powerful. Doesn't that mean she's admitting that Dongfang Bai's family is actually richer than Tsumugi's family?!

This guy is a monster; he's been hiding for three years!

"Alright, alright, being able to perform at the Budokan has nothing to do with my family; it's all thanks to our own efforts."

"Really? A small band like ours with less than 150 members usually just does live shows at livehouses, how could we possibly be performing at the Budokan?!"

Nakano Azusa's tone was quite insecure. She felt that the band 'After School Tea Party' usually just drank tea and ate snacks and didn't practice much. It was already good enough that they could perform in ordinary live venues, and top-notch venues like the Budokan were just a pipe dream.

"Not necessarily."

Dongfang Bai smiled. Although everyone was usually drinking tea and probably didn't notice, he would increase the difficulty of the training every time he trained, so that everyone could improve quickly without realizing it and keep up with his pace.

Even if the training time is not long, three years is enough for the members of the Light Music Club to reach a top-notch level.