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

Although Yue felt a little biased towards Li Xi's reckless and desperate approach, she was still impressed by the composition of the piece and didn't hold back her praise.

"How is it, Lamp?" Lixi looked at Lamp, nervously waiting for his evaluation of the piece she had written.

"..." After thinking for a while, Deng finally gave her evaluation: "Lixi's music... is very warm."

Does that mean it's good?

Aiyin helped Lixi ask.

"……Um."

Deng looked at Ai Yin and nodded, then looked at Li hope and said, "I will do my best to sing this song well."

Once the lamp showed its approval, Li hope finally smiled and said, "Mm."

"There's something else..."

Seeing that everyone was in a very harmonious atmosphere, Aine decided to take the opportunity to make a request.

"Hmm?" Lixi turned her head and looked at Aiyin in confusion.

"Could you slow down the pace a bit?"

Aiyin tentatively made her request.

"No way!!" Li hope's attitude was very firm, and her tone was full of displeasure.

"Forehead……"

Ayane broke out in a cold sweat.

"Alright, Lixi, what's the bpm of your song?"

Seeing that Aine had nothing to say to Riki, Tsukigami stepped forward to help.

"Only 220."

Li hope calmly uttered something utterly terrifying.

When Yue saw Li hope calmly say that the bpm was only 220, even though Yue had seen a lot, she couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

"220 bpm...that's all? Are high school girls this crazy now? Is this really a high school girl band? Or is it some kind of professional band?"

"Lixi... the rhythm of this song seems to be a bit difficult for Ai Yin."

Yue still tried to persuade Lixi to make some changes to the score.

"But... this instrument? Bell ba_ (five) Si Liu %% Qi Qi's first piece of music is all about that sense of sprinting. If it is modified, that feeling will be lessened, and the whole piece of music will fall apart."

Faced with Yue's persuasion, Li hope's attitude softened slightly, and he began to think about where to start making changes.

"Alright, alright, if we need to revise the score, it can't be done right now. We should focus on training now."

Seeing that Riki had fallen silent, Nagasaki Motoyo glanced at the time on her phone and suggested something.

"Okay, I'll send you the sheet music."

Lixi realized that time was running out, so she stopped worrying about it and sent the sheet music on her phone to the band members.

Yue looked at the dense musical notes on the staff in front of her, and they were exactly as she had expected after hearing them. The main notes that she was responsible for filling in for Ai Yin were also complete.

Ai Yin scrolled through her tablet, staring at the completely incomprehensible sheet music in front of her, and cried out in despair: "What is this? There's nothing written on it!"

"Huh? Didn't you write down the chords? Then you play by listening to the sound," Li hope retorted.

"Huh? There's no instruction on how to press it?" Aine asked.

Bassist Motoyo Nagasaki, who also plays a musical instrument, quickly understood what Aine was talking about: "Aine, you mean fingering notation, right? Riki, can it be made on a computer?"

“No.” Li hope turned her head and refused.

"Huh? I can't play without that!" Aine complained.

Just as Yue was about to persuade Lixi to make a fingering chart for Aine, the recording studio door was pushed open again, and Wildcat Kaoru, who had previously said she wanted to join the band but had never been seen, dragged her suitcase in by herself, just like last time.

"Here it is~"

“Ah, a stray cat,” Li hope said, looking at Yao Le Nai.

"Rakuna-chan?" Yue looked at the stray cat who came in with the same question.

Ignoring the puzzled looks from the band members, Lena walked straight to Lixi's side.

“Um…” Aine was thinking about how to greet Ryuna.

“Start the band~” Lena leaned out to look at the sheet music that Lixi had placed in front of her.

"This scene looks familiar..."

Yue silently complained about the scene in front of her that was exactly the same as a few days ago.

"Wildcat, there is no part of you."

Lixi watched as Lena flipped through the sheet music but did not stop her.

"It's alright." Lena glanced at the sheet music once and memorized most of it. "We can begin."

He skillfully took the guitar out of his bag, connected the amplifier and effects pedals, and began to play a tune.

However, as Yue listened, she felt that it seemed to be somewhat different from Li hope's score.

Something seems... a little off?

As the arranger, Li hope clearly noticed that Le Nai's playing was different from the piece she had composed.

"No way……"

Lixi and Yue exclaimed in unison, then looked at each other with disbelief in their eyes.

When the Stage Opens: Chapter Thirty-Nine: Love Sound: I Probably Need a Guitar Hero?

Yue looked at Rakuna, inwardly marveling at her talent: 'Just one glance... and she can make changes?'

"The stray cat seems to meet the guitar requirements of the new song... Ah, this part seems to be even better if it's added in..."

Lixi was wondering if having Lena join their band would meet her expectations regarding guitar skills.

"I need to add this part. No, if I add a guitar, the part on Yue's keyboard that was originally meant to compensate for the guitar will also need to be modified... In that case, the whole piece will have to be redone. That's all for today's practice. Everyone go back and practice on your own to keep up your form. I will send the revised piece to you."

Li hope packed up his things while thinking about how to revise the score.

She didn't forget to tell Lena, who was playing the instrument, "Stray cat, come and practice every day."

"Huh???" The other four people present exclaimed in surprise.

As Yoroi played the instrument, she glanced at Riki and a sly, cat-like smile appeared on her lips.

Without the music, Li hope had to go back and busy herself with revising the score. The others present also had no way to continue practicing, so they had to pack up their things and leave the recording studio with Li hope.

"In the end, I still didn't accomplish anything today..."

On the way home, Aine complained.

"You should just keep practicing the basics."

Lixi said to Aiyin.

"More importantly... should we really let Renai-chan join us?"

Yue was still unsure whether letting Lena join their band was a good thing or a bad thing.

The band members were already harboring their own agendas, and the five of them were maintaining a fragile balance. But if the maverick Renai-chan were to join the band, it's uncertain whether that balance could be maintained.

"All I want is to get back on stage, why does it feel so difficult?"

Thinking of this, Yue sighed silently in her heart again.

"Lixi-chan, you can't stay up all night composing music today, it's not good for your health."

While Yue was worried about the band's survival, Nagasaki Motoyo was concerned about Riki's health.

"Tsk... I know."

Although Lixi outwardly agreed to Su Shi's request, no one knew what she would actually do after returning home.

"Tachikami-chan, you must get some sleep, or I'll consider asking Maki-senpai for help."

Su Shi unleashed a powerful weapon.

"Tsk..."

Faced with Su Shi bringing up her older sister's name, Li hope had no choice but to completely abandon her idea of ​​composing music all night again.

As they walked, they arrived at the station. Just as they were about to part ways in different directions, Aine quietly walked up behind Yue and tugged at her clothes.

"What's wrong, Aine?"

Since Aine didn't ask her directly and loudly, there must be something she didn't want others to know, so Yue turned around and asked Aine in a low voice.

"Could you help me find a guitar teacher?"

Aine made a request to the moon.

"A guitar teacher? That's fine, but Aiyin, didn't you always teach yourself? Why do you suddenly want a teacher to teach you?"

Aine's request was not excessive; in fact, it could be said to be quite reasonable, but Yue still wanted to know the reason.

After thinking for a moment, Ai Yin gave the answer.

"Because of Renai-chan..."

"Lena?"

Because of Riki's excellent example, even though Aine only mentioned the name Rana, she quickly connected the dots and understood the whole story.

"Lanna plays the guitar so well... She can understand the sheet music that I can't understand at all with just one glance, and she can even make changes that make Riki revise the sheet music..."

"Lanna seems to be putting a lot of pressure on Aine... I feel like there's pressure everywhere in this band."

"But a guitar teacher... that's a real problem... Hatsuka probably won't have time to teach Aine."

Yue did know a few people who could play guitar before, but they were deleted from her phone recently because she was cleaning up her contacts. They were also busy and their relationship wasn't good enough for them to take the time to teach high school students to play guitar.

Although Yue really wanted to help Aine, she couldn't find anyone in her network who could teach Aine.

"I'm sorry... Aine, there's nothing I can do about the guitar teacher."