After dropping out of school, I chose to join a girls' band.

Hearing Suze's words, Aine looked shocked: "Huh? Suze-chan, you didn't know?"

Faced with Aine's question, Su Shi looked completely bewildered: "Uh... what should I know?"

As Aine spoke, she took out her phone: "Tsuki-chan was a member of the famous idol group Sweet Pleas, one of the most famous ones. Haven't you seen them, Suze-chan?"

When Yue saw Aine take out her phone, she realized something was wrong. She quietly moved closer to Aine, knowing that if it was really as she thought, she would stop her immediately.

"Yue-chan's performance was exceptionally wonderful; I have some clips here for you..."

Before Ai Yin could finish speaking, Yue covered her mouth and confiscated her phone.

"Moon-chan, what are you doing?"

Aine complained to Tsuki, but when she saw Tsuki's expression, she immediately became much more obedient.

At this moment, Yue showed a kind expression as she looked at Aine, her tone very gentle, but it gave Aine a chilling feeling.

"Aine, you can just look at this kind of thing yourself, don't take it out in front of me."

Seeing that Aine had no reaction, Tsukigami gently repeated, "You absolutely mustn't play any videos of me from my idol days in front of me, okay?"

"I...I understand..."

Aine felt that if she didn't agree to Yue's request, she might not be able to leave this room today and wouldn't see the sun tomorrow.

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The lyrics of "Fly to the Stars" are actually quite fitting for Li hope.

When the Stage Opens: Chapter Seventeen - The Lamp and Li hope's Song

After confirming that Aine had completely given up on the idea of ​​playing her embarrassing past, Yue returned to normal.

However, in order to prevent Su Shi from bringing up the matter again, Yue decided to quickly shift everyone's attention away from her.

"I've already finished singing, let's get Xiaodeng to sing as soon as possible~ After she finishes, we can sing some other songs. I'm also looking forward to Su Shi and Li Xi's singing."

Su Shi understood that Yue didn't want others to see her past videos in front of her, so she cooperated and didn't bring it up again. As for whether she would search for and watch them at home after returning, that was another matter.

At least for Yue, there are quite a few of his past videos online, and he can't delete them. As long as he doesn't publicly humiliate her, it's fine.

Lixi picked up the tablet and asked Deng, "Deng, do you need me to select a song for you?"

"Lixi-chan, I can do it myself."

Deng then took the tablet from Lixi and started browsing it.

Yue was very curious about what songs Deng would choose, since Deng's specialty, Spring Day Cinema, shouldn't be among them.

Actually, the staff here would be exactly the same if we were to perform, but unfortunately none of them brought any instruments. Ai-yin probably wasn't very familiar with the sheet music for Kasuga Kage either, otherwise we could have heard a live version of Kasuga Kage.

At this time, Yue was unaware of Ai Yin's current guitar skills, only thinking that someone who could form a band in junior high school must have some skill.

As Yue grew curious, Deng finally chose a song. She slowly picked up the microphone, and her singing began almost simultaneously with the intro.

"「Servant(ぼく)の明(いのち)の歌(うた)で君(きみ)が明(いのち)を大事(だいじ)にすればいいのに》【It would be great if my song of life could make you value life】”

""The song of the servant family (かぞく)の歌(うた)爱(あい)を大事(だいじ)にすればいいのに"", [It would be great if my family song can make you cherish love]"

"そんなことを语(い)って本心(ほんしん)はdesire(ほ)しかったのはsympathy(きょうかん)だけ (Despite saying this, what I want most in my heart is to resonate with you).

"Desire(よく)にまみれた人(じょうじん)のなりそこないが, servant(ぼく)だった(This is me who is filled with desires and cannot become a normal person)"

"Bitter (くる)しいから歌(うた)った. (Singing because of pain)"

"Sad (かな)しいから歌(うた)った. (Singing because of sadness)"

"生(い)たいから歌(うた)った. ただのエゴの片(かたまり)だった" (Because I want to live, singing is just a collection of myself)"

"こんな歌(うた)でWho(だれ)かが、saving(すく)えるはずないんだ(Such a song should not be able to save anyone)"

"だけど servant(ぼく)は、君(きみ)の神様(かみさま)になりたかった(But I want to be your god)"

……

The song has a hysterical tone, and Deng did indeed express that feeling, but in terms of playing technique alone, Deng's performance was not perfect in Yue's opinion. There were some problems with both pitch and breathing.

However, if Yue were to give a score, she would think that Deng's singing deserves a much higher score than hers.

The way Deng sang, a style that could be described as heart-wrenching and almost soul-splitting, although not hitting every note precisely, truly conveyed the emotions to everyone who listened to the song.

Yue didn't expect that Deng would choose this song, but upon closer inspection, this song is actually similar to Chunri Kage in some aspects; both are songs that can evoke the emotions of the listener.

Lixi wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and went forward to hug Deng, who had just finished singing: "Deng! That was amazing!"

Tears were streaming down Deng's face. It was hard to tell whether they were physiological tears from singing so intensely or tears from genuinely empathizing with the characters in the lyrics.

Based on Yue's personal understanding of lamps, she actually prefers the latter.

It was just a song. Deng didn't know why he was crying; he just felt very sad, and tears welled up in his eyes.

The lamp didn't know what to do at that moment, so all it could do was gently hug the crying Lixi, "Lixi..."

"Little Lamp...you still sing so well."

Su Shi looked at Deng and Li Xi embracing each other and recalled Xiangzi's description of Deng's lyrics. Deng's lyrics were all the cries of the little lamp. Now it seems that it's not just lyrics, but Deng's singing is also a kind of cry.

"Completely inferior to Akari-chan." Even the pink-haired Aine had to admit defeat after listening to Akari's singing.

However, Ai Yin quickly changed her mind and thought, if the lights could convey emotions to everyone, then our band would probably become famous very quickly. Thinking of this, Ai Yin's smile became even brighter.

Yue looked around at the crowd, who were more or less moved by the singing of the lantern, and said, "It seems that everyone's opinion is in agreement, so there should be no need to make a choice. I vote for Lantern."

Without hesitation, Li hope replied, "Of course it's the lamp!"

Su Shi chimed in, "I'll throw in a little light too!"

Ai Yin, who had previously been trying to become a guitarist and vocalist, also voted for Deng, saying, "There's no way around it, Deng is definitely better suited for vocals."

"Thank you, everyone."

Yue picked up the water and handed it to the lamp, saying, "It's alright now. It's just that the little lamp's own strength is outstanding. But you still need to take care of your voice and not push yourself so hard."

Aine then looked at the two remaining people who hadn't sung yet, "The three of us have finished singing, how about Riki and Suze sing a song too?"

Li hope's face froze after hearing Ai Yin's words. "I won't sing."

Ai-on seized the opportunity to stir things up, saying, "rikki~ are you afraid you won't sing well?"

Lixi seemed to fall for it and immediately retorted, "Huh? I definitely sing better than you!"

"Then Riki, why don't you sing a song?"

Aine set a trap, but unfortunately, Riki didn't take it.

"No way, I'm terrible at rapping."

Finally, the light broke the silence, saying, "Lixi... I also want to hear you sing."

After hesitating for a while, Li hope finally gave up and said, "Seriously, since it's a lamp, I'll sing a song. But let's make it clear, no laughing."

Aine raised her hand and swore, "Riki, I promise I won't laugh!"

"Speaking of which, I've never heard Li hope sing before~"

Nagasaki Motoyo thought back and realized that even at the last Crychic karaoke party, she hadn't been able to hear Riki sing.

A new band is about to create memories that don't belong to Crychic... Su Shi doesn't know if this is good or bad, but she doesn't have any good reason to stop Li hope from singing now.

Lixi closed her eyes, and after mentally preparing herself, she slowly opened them. She chose a song sung by a school idol she used to like very much.

It's strange, but she always felt that her idol's voice was very similar to hers, and perhaps that's why Lixi liked the song.

Of course, her favorite song right now is "The Lamp," so this song has to take second place.

However, Lixi often thinks that if she hadn't met Deng and hadn't formed Crychic, maybe she would have gone back to being a school idol.

Shaking off the thoughts in her mind, Li hope prepared to sing.

"Light, please listen carefully, Chase!"

"Go out and think about it! Think about it and make it strong (thoughts that go out will make you strong)"

"悩んだら君の手をhold ろう (If you are troubled, let me hold your hand)"

……

Ai looked at the music video playing on the screen. The black-haired girl in the music video looked at Shiina Riki at least 8% similar to her, if not 6%.

While Riki was engrossed in singing, Aine sat down next to Yue and whispered, "Hey, Yue-chan, don't you think the main character in the MV looks a lot like Riki? Did you know the person in the MV when you were an idol? Is it possible that she's Riki in makeup?"

Yue nodded. "I also think it looks a lot like him, but the main character in the MV doesn't have a beauty mark under his eye, and his pupil color is different, so it's probably not Li Xi..."

Actually, it's not entirely certain, since beauty marks can be covered up with makeup, and the color of the pupils can be changed with colored contact lenses.

But as Yue thought about it, she replaced the person in the MV with Shiina Tatsuki, imagining the usually icy beauty Tatsuki suddenly singing and dancing on stage, even winking and doing high kicks...

She shook her head; it was too terrifying. The image she had just imagined was simply too horrifying.

“I found the original song… Yueyue, would you like to listen to it?” Aiyin pointed to the wired earphones connected to the phone and handed both to Yueyue.

"The voice can't be the same either, right?" Yue thought to herself as she put the earphones that Ai Yin handed her into her ears, and then a very familiar voice came through the earphones.

Yue was a little unsure, so she took out her earphones, checked Lixi's voice, and then put them back on.

The sound coming from the headphones gradually echoed in Yue's heart. She seemed to be more and more certain, but she was also afraid that her judgment was wrong. She tried her best to concentrate and carefully distinguish each note. Finally, she was sure that the original singer of the song had a 90% similarity to Li hope's voice.

If it were just a resemblance in appearance, Yue would think it was just a coincidence, but now even their voices are highly similar, Yue thinks that Li hope has most likely been a secret idol outside.

She returned the earphones to Ai Yin, took out her phone, and sent a message to her former manager, asking if he knew who sang the song "Chase".

"涙から生まれるHope" (Even if it is hope born from tears)"

"目には见えない力で性がる (also has invisible power)"

"Dreams will shine brightly one day!"

After Lixi finished singing the last line of the lyrics, he noticed that Aiyin and Yue were huddled together, whispering to each other.

What are these two doing?

Just as Lixi was pondering this question, Deng's praise interrupted her thoughts: "Lixi sings very well."

"Thank you, I'm glad you like the lamp."

Lixi could never be tough in front of the lamp; even a slight compliment would send a blush of shyness spreading across her face.