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

Aside from Lena, who was still fighting Buffy, everyone turned to look at the lamp in surprise.

Yue was surprised that Akari would take the initiative to communicate with Rakuna. 'Could this be a unique communication skill of eccentric characters?'

"Why is Xiaodeng looking for her? Isn't the guitarist enough with me?" Ai Yin was a little confused by Xiaodeng's sudden invitation.

Su Shi, however, was somewhat troubled. "This band doesn't need any more members, otherwise it will be difficult to ask them to leave later."

Only Li hope seemed somewhat delighted, as if she were on a different wavelength from the others. "Great! Ai Yin's guitar skills weren't good enough to carry a song anyway. Now we can just reassign her as rhythm guitar, which will also reduce her practice pressure."

Despite her initial disdain for Aine's guitar skills, Riki, who was initially reluctant to admit it, still actively helped Aine reduce the difficulty of the songs.

When faced with the invitation from the lamp, Lena readily agreed: "I'll take it."

Ai-yin was somewhat confused: "Why?"

But as soon as she asked the question, she suddenly realized that she might have been a little too hasty, which made her feel a little guilty. She frowned slightly, her expression was a little awkward, and she pursed her lips tightly, trying to hide her embarrassment.

Su Shi glanced at Aine, then turned to look at Le Nai, her spoon unconsciously stirring the contents of her cup. She didn't seem to want to appear as calm as she did.

"Lanna-chan, why did you choose us? With your excellent playing skills, you must have received invitations from other bands as well."

Lena licked the ice cream from the corner of her mouth and said calmly, "The other bands are just a bunch of boring women."

Yue Xin's alarm bells rang. She looked Le Nai up and down carefully, wondering what kind of experience could make this child say such misunderstanding-filled words.

Aine and Sose both seemed equally surprised by Rakuna's words, "Huh?"

Lena turned her head and looked at the lamp with her yellow and blue eyes: "But..."

Lixi immediately shielded the lamp behind her back: "What do you want to do?"

Lena's lips curled up slightly: "An interesting woman."

"Huh?" Ms. Lixi was puzzled by Lena's words, while Yue remembered that Lena had said the same thing when she said goodbye to her that night.

"Could this be some kind of wildcat's special ability?"

Yue is gradually starting to treat Lena like a cat.

Li hope's tone unconsciously turned fierce: "This guy!"

Yue quickly calmed Li Xi down, saying, "Calm down a bit, Li hope, you're scaring Rakuna-chan."

She then turned around and her gaze fell on Aine, who had been silent since the beginning, and noticed that she was not in a good state. Aine had one hand hanging by her side and the other hand tightly gripping her wrist, her eyes fixed on the floor, as if she was deep in thought.

Her brow furrowed slightly, and fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead, revealing a sense of tension and unease. Her lips trembled slightly, as if she were trying to say something but couldn't find the right words.

"Seriously... none of these bands are giving me any peace of mind. If Rakuna-chan joins, it seems like there'll be another problem..."

Yue felt mentally exhausted, but her sense of responsibility prevented her from ignoring these things.

Anyway, let's take care of Aine first...

Without further ado, Yue grasped Aine's hand again and said to everyone, "I'm sorry, everyone. The school's drama club suddenly told me they wanted to find a guitar for accompaniment, and I need to borrow Aine to help them. That's all for today."

Aine looked at Yue with a puzzled expression. She didn't immediately realize what Yue had to do with the drama club. After all, Yue's involvement in directing performances was before Aine transferred schools, and Yue had basically never been to the drama club since Aine came to Haneoka.

Yue then winked at Aine, giving her a hint.

Ai Yin reacted quickly, realizing that this was the excuse Yue wanted to use to help her. A thought struck her, and she seemed to find a sense of relief. She nodded slightly, indicating that she understood.

"I'm sorry everyone in the Yi Erling Qi Si Ba group, Yue-chan and I will be leaving now."

As a fellow member of the Yuu school, Tamamo asked with concern, "Tsuki...Aine, do you need me to help too?"

Yue shook her head, took out a banknote from her wallet and placed it on the table. She remembered that she had said she would treat Lena to a matcha parfait.

"It's alright, Tama. Aine and I were just helping with the music, that's all. You can go back now."

See you tomorrow!

After saying that, the two left together.

Only Li hope watched the two figures leave, somewhat puzzled: "Leaving aside Yue's skill level for now, can Ai Yin-chan's guitar skills really help with the background music?"

Seeing the two leave, Lenai decisively finished the last bite of her parfait, jumped off the stool, and pulled up her suitcase: "Is the band over?"

Before anyone could answer, Lena dragged her suitcase out, politely waving goodbye: "Bye-bye~"

Deng, Su Shi, and Li Xi watched as Le Nai walked past them until she reached the door.

On the first day of the performance: Author's remarks

It will be available for purchase tomorrow. To be honest, after reading novels for so long, this is the first time I've written a novel in such a formal way, and this is also the first time I've written a launch message.

Previously, I had only written some short films, the longest being around 10,000 words. The first volume was actually what I originally planned to write, a short film similar to Hikari no Koi to Rascal Does Not Dream of Red Mansions.

Later, I thought about how We Got Talent and BanG Dream! had collaborated before, so I thought about adding BanG Dream! to the story. Then I got hooked on MygoG Dream! and started leaning towards it. As a result, the story got longer and longer, and the outline was revised many times. Even after it was finally presented to everyone, the outline was still being revised (awkward).

Regarding the update question, the author has a job and doesn't write books full-time, so the focus is generally on work.

Writing books is just a hobby of mine, so I usually update in the evenings. If I get busy, I might have to take a break (hehe~).

That's about it? I'm quite confident in my terrible writing skills, so I don't think the data looks that good, but I still want to thank the readers and group members who have subscribed to my content.

There probably won't be any extra updates tomorrow, Friday, but I'll try to do so if I don't have to work overtime this weekend.

I would like to express my gratitude to all the readers once again (bows).

When the Stage Begins: Chapter Twenty-Two - Let's Visit Aine's House

"Seriously... what are they all doing! And that stray cat suddenly ran over and then suddenly left!"

Lixi was annoyed that her rare rehearsal today had been interrupted.

Su Shi said helplessly, "There's nothing I can do. After all, Aine and Yue have things to do. Let's call it a day. I'll be going now. See you next time, Xiaodeng, Lixi."

The lamp politely bid farewell to Su Shi: "See you next time."

"Lamp, let's go too." Seeing that the matter was settled, Lixi said goodbye to Lamp and prepared to take her back.

"Okay." Deng nodded, picked up his schoolbag, and walked out of Ring side by side with Lixi.

The two boarded the tram together, and as they passed through familiar streets and crossed the pedestrian overpass, Li hope was still complaining: "Honestly, we still haven't accomplished anything today. In the end, we still don't know whether that stray cat should join the band or not."

Upon hearing Li hope's words, Deng suddenly stopped in his tracks. After taking a few steps, Li hope also noticed Deng's unusual behavior behind him.

Lixi turned to look at the lamp: "The lamp? What's wrong?"

The lamps illuminated the night streets, the roar of vehicles echoing through the darkness. Passing cars left blurry streaks of light and shadow on the road, their headlights piercing the night's darkness and lighting up the road ahead. No matter how many times I saw this scene, it was always so familiar.

But today, Akari sensed something different, just like when she heard Rakuna play "Haruhi Kage" today.

"Spring Shadow... has changed."

When Lixi heard Deng's words, her eyes widened slightly, and her lips parted slightly as if she wanted to say something, but in the end, no sound came out.

The two remained silent as cars streamed by on the night streets, their roar echoing in the air and filling the silence between them.

Lixi knew what Deng meant by those words. If Lena hadn't come, the band's lineup would be exactly the same as Crychic's. Excluding Aine's playing skills, Kasuga Kage's tune would be roughly the same as the original.

Now that Rana has arrived, Kasuga Kage's songs have changed in her hands. The original Kasuga Kage songs, which belonged to Crychic, will be marked with new characteristics.

Li hope slowly opened his mouth and said, "You don't need to worry about Xiangzi."

"Huh?" Deng turned around abruptly to look at Lixi after hearing her words.

Lixi gripped her schoolbag slightly, and after thinking for a moment, she finally spoke: "I'm really happy to be able to form a band with Deng again, because I can never forget Deng's songs."

Deng looked at Lixi without saying anything, seemingly unaware of why Lixi liked her songs.

After Lixi finished speaking, the sudden impulse vanished instantly. She felt a surge of heat rise to her cheeks, and a blush appeared on her face.

Her cheeks flushed red, as if ignited by passionate emotions, and she couldn't help but reveal a shyness and nervousness.

Her eyes flickered with shyness, unable to meet the light directly. Her heartbeat quickened and became irregular, and her lips trembled slightly, as if she was trying to hide her excitement and nervousness, but she couldn't completely conceal it.

Goodbye, lamp.

Lixi lowered her head and hurried away, trying to escape from here.

“Li hope… wait a minute…”

The light rang out, stopping Lixi, who had already walked down the overpass.

"Deng... what's wrong?" Li Xi asked, her head bowed. Her face was still flushed, and she didn't dare to look up at Deng.

Deng had always known that Li hope was very good to her, but she never knew why Li hope treated her that way. In fact, when they went on a trip together, Deng thought about asking Li hope why, but she never found the opportunity.

Now that Lixi has finally spoken her mind, Deng wants to get to the bottom of this.

Deng placed his hands, one on top of the other, on his chest. He leaned forward slightly, looking down at Li Xi with a serious expression, and slowly said the words that made Li Xi's heart pound: "I want to know... what my song means to Li hope?"

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Lixi came to Deng's house again. Although it wasn't her first time there, she was still filled with nervousness and unease.

After being asked that question by Deng, Lixi felt extremely conflicted and at a loss, unsure of what to do. She kept rubbing her hands together, as if trying to hide her nervousness and unease.

Her gaze wandered, sometimes looking out the window, sometimes turning to the corner of the room.

The demon Lixi emerged from her head, rebuking the real Lixi: "Lixi, Lixi, tell me why you said those things to the lamp just now! Now, how are you going to say anything to the lamp?"

Angel Lixi peeked out from the other side and fiercely retorted to Demon Lixi, "What are you talking about? Now is clearly the perfect time to get closer to Deng! As long as you can answer Deng's questions properly, your relationship will definitely take a leap forward!"

The devilish Li hope retorted defiantly, "So what if our relationship has progressed? In Deng's eyes, can you really compare to Xiangzi?"

Angel Lixi retorted harshly, "Maybe you can surpass Xiangzi? If you don't try, how will anyone know the outcome?"

Just as the tension between the two imaginary Li hope was escalating to the point of escalating into a full-blown brawl, Deng walked in carrying two glasses of milk.

Deng said apologetically to Li hope, "Is milk all you have left?"

Lixi picked up the milk, took a sip, and said, "It's okay, I quite like drinking milk."

Li hope wasn't lying; after all, chocolate milkshakes were what she and Hai Ling drank most often at school.

"Hmm..." Deng picked up her milk and took a sip, then carefully asked Lixi, "Lixi... you just said you can't forget my song..."

What does my song really mean to Lixi?