Joker's Band Game Story

"I'm back! Mom, I'm back with my friends!"

"You're back, so what do you want later...eh? Is it a boy?!"

When Aiyin's mother heard Aiyin say that she brought a friend home, she was a little surprised. When she came out of the kitchen and was about to say something welcoming, she didn't expect to see a boy.

This is really rare. Usually, the friends that Aiyin brings over are all female friends, and she goes to an all-girls school, but why is there suddenly a boy here now?

A lot of thoughts flashed through Aine's mother's mind at once, but in the end she just smiled and greeted Amamiya Ren: "Hello."

"Hello, Auntie. I'm Amamiya Ren, and I'm Aine's guitar coach."

Amamiya Ren was very respectful and revealed her identity.

He did not respond to Aine's words and say that he was her friend, but responded to her conservatively in a rather unfamiliar way.

From what Aine's mother said just now, it was enough to know that Aine had never brought a boy home, so he felt that he had to show a certain distance in order to reassure the other party. He was not sure whether the other party really welcomed a strange man approaching Aine.

What if she thought that Aine met Amamiya Ren in some strange place? Or that she was deceived by Amamiya Ren in some strange place, etc. Sometimes the Japanese have very strange thoughts, so Amamiya's words directly dispelled Aine's mother's doubts.

She still knew that her daughter had been practicing guitar recently and seemed to be in a band.

"Oh, so that's how it is. Welcome, welcome."

After hearing this answer, the smile on the other party's face became more obvious, and it was obvious that she was relieved.

After knowing how her daughter met the other party, she would not worry anymore. No parent would not worry about their daughter suddenly bringing a strange boy home.

But fortunately, Amamiya Ren did not dye her hair yellow and did not ride a will-o'-the-wisp, otherwise she would really have to drive Amamiya Ren out.

Aiyin was looking for shoes for Amamiya Ren at this time. She didn't pay attention to her mother's slightly unfamiliar response, but she couldn't find any slippers suitable for Amamiya Ren in the shoe rack that was not big to begin with: "Mom, do we have any bigger slippers at home?"

"The larger slippers are only your father's. Just take out the gray slippers that he rarely wears."

Ain's family has quite a few slippers prepared for entertaining guests. Occasionally, Ain's father would bring friends home, so he would also keep some slippers.

After changing into new slippers, Amamiya Ren thanked Aine’s mother again and followed Aine upstairs.

Aine's house is very similar to Amemiya's house, in that both have bedrooms on the second floor. After arriving at Aine's bedroom, Amemiya Ren couldn't help but marvel at the space.

This bedroom seems a little too big.

Aiyin's small bed was squeezed in the corner, and behind the bed was a wardrobe. There was a bedside table at the head of the bed, with only a bedside lamp on it, and next to the bedside table was a computer desk, which looked quite clean and tidy.

This area only occupies a quarter of the bedroom. From Amemiya's perspective, the room is roughly 40 square meters in size. There is a coffee table in the middle of the room with a large tatami mat underneath for sitting. There are also a few cushions placed casually on the ground next to it.

Next to the tatami was a sofa. Aiyin immediately sat on the sofa and took her guitar out of her bag. It was the first time for her to invite a boy to her home, so she was very nervous.

Amamiya Ren was much calmer. He came to Aine's house for important business, so he behaved in a businesslike manner.

Although it was also his first time to come to a girl's home, he had to admit that Aine kept her bedroom quite clean - it was hard to say whether it was because she herself liked cleanliness or because Aine's mother helped to clean it, but there wasn't much of an ambiguous feeling anyway.

So Amamiya Ren put her bass aside, took out her guitar and prepared to start teaching Aine.

"Today's teaching is free. The subsequent lessons are 2,000 per hour. Is that ok?"

"No! Of course not!"

Two thousand per hour is a very reasonable price, the same as what Amamiya and Miao Meng quoted.

That’s right, he also quoted Miao Meng two thousand, mainly because Miao Meng’s family was not wealthy, and he also really valued her talent, so he accepted such a cheap price.

The reason why Aiyin is so cheap compared to Miaomeng is purely because he doesn't think Aiyin can hold on, so he just charges a little money as a token of his appreciation.

Maybe after today's teaching, she won't plan to let Amamiya teach her next time~ After all, Aine doesn't seem like a girl who can persist, and her enthusiasm will probably only last for three minutes.

"Before I start teaching you, I would like to ask you why you learn guitar."

Sitting cross-legged on the tatami, Amamiya Ren placed the guitar on his legs and asked this question first.

"Eh? Is this question important?"

"It's very important. Based on your answer, I can judge to what extent you need to practice enough."

That’s right, people practice musical instruments for a goal after all. Once the goal is achieved, they can stop. There is no need to continue to improve. It is enough to maintain the current skills steadily.

That's why Amamiya Ren wanted to know why Aine wanted to learn a musical instrument.

Miao Meng learns musical instruments in order to become famous and a popular anchor, so the training in musical instruments must reach the level of proficiency. In this world, if you want to be a musical instrument anchor, the more skilled you are, the easier it will be to accumulate popularity. Just like the guitar hero, a video blogger can have 30,000 fans, which is enough to prove how important the proficiency of musical instruments is.

"Learning guitar... I... I want to..."

But Aine seemed to be asked a question. She lowered her head in embarrassment and began to be shy.

Obviously, this question touched upon something she was unwilling to talk about. At this time, Amamiya Ren did not force her, but waited quietly for her to answer.

Is it the same as Li Xi? This question touched upon the most vexing part of my heart.

Amamiya Ren was not in a hurry. He just lowered his head and began to play the guitar softly.

"It's okay. You can take your time to think about the words. I've seen many reasons for learning guitar, and your answer may not be beyond my expectations."

While playing slow music and talking casually, Amamiya Ren was also comforting the other party, telling her not to be so shy.

"Whether you want to play guitar to attract everyone's attention, or you simply think playing guitar is cool, or you want to attract other opposite sex by playing guitar, or you want to make money by playing guitar, I have heard of all these. You don't need to be so entangled, just talk about it in general."

Chapter 37: Aine: Is my goal that high?

"I just feel like... I won't fit in."

Finally, Aine lowered her head and told the reason.

In this music world, a new phenomenon has indeed emerged in the 21st century. Since 2015, the "big girl band era" phenomenon has gradually taken shape.

In simple terms, many girls started playing in bands. Before this era, the ratio of boys to girls playing in bands was about ten to one or even twenty to one, but during the era of big girl bands, this ratio even became one to one or even one to two.

Girls are more sensitive to trends than boys. After school, boys are more likely to engage in sports or games, while girls gradually gather together from all kinds of miscellaneous tasks to play music and form bands.

As for whether this is a good thing or not, at least Amemiya thinks it is a good thing. Musicians will no longer be afraid of having no fans. Before, girls chased stars, but now they chase bands. This is indeed a good thing for him. The increase in bands also brings him more income, and he can also make a lot of money.

If he had not been fully engaged in the music field now, he would have been able to earn one million yen a month. He really has the foundation. With his young age and mature playing skills, it would be easy for him to join a star band.

Having ability alone may not necessarily make you famous, but if you want to become famous and maintain your fame, you must have ability... It's hard to say, but with Amemiya's ability, at least with proper publicity and promotion, he can become famous quickly.

Under this premise, there are quite a few new bands, but most of them are small entertainment bands.

This was the case in Aine's class. Before she came, Takamatsu Deng was the only one in the class who didn't have a band. Everyone else had formed a band with their friends - although they were just forming bands for fun, they were really just having fun.

She didn't have the courage to tell Amamiya Ren that she was a little vain, so she just said that she wanted to fit in, and as a transfer student, she needed to have her own small circle.

There is nothing wrong with this. If she forms a small circle with others according to her idea, she doesn't even need much guitar skills. She can even learn and play together.

But unfortunately, she formed a band with Deng, and the team also included Nagasaki Soyo and Shiina Tatsuki.

Where Lixi is, the pressure is definitely not small. She is a person who even puts pressure on herself. Unless you are really capable, she will definitely put a lot of pressure on you.

She cares too much about 'perfection', so she will stress out if there is anything that prevents her from presenting it perfectly.

"So your idea is that you don't want to leave this band? Didn't I mention it before? You can choose to change bands with Deng, haven't you considered it?"

Amamiya Ren asked seemingly casually, he was also trying to figure out Aine's thoughts.

If Aine is wavering, then her ability doesn't need to be too strong. Forming a band doesn't necessarily require strong skills. Everyone can have fun only when their level is similar. This is generally true for team games.

But Aine’s level can be higher, so that she can become a leader and lead everyone to move forward.

"Light... She really likes this team, so I want to give it a try."

Aine didn't back down, she actually wanted to try to form this team with everyone.

Although Lixi has a bad temper and Shuangshi has ulterior motives, she still wants to play with everyone.

Li Xi has a bad temper but is cold on the outside but warm on the inside. Although Shuang Shi has ulterior motives, he has also contributed to the formation of the band.

That's why she wants to continue staying in this band, she actually likes this atmosphere a little bit.

"But don't you have any other ideas about Shuangshi's second heart? You know, she will exclude you."

If Souyo really did break up the team to welcome Shoko back, there would be no doubt that Aine would be the one who would be hurt.

Aine also knew and understood that Amamiya Ren was indeed helping him analyze the situation, he just hoped that he could be more rational.

but……

"She misses Crychic so much, which means there must be some important bond that left her with good memories, right? But Crychic is over, and she can't go back no matter how much she wants, right? She longs to leave a bond, so let's give her more memories, more bonds. Crychic left her with one memory, so let's leave her ten, leave her a hundred, and let her know that our side is better."

Aiyin seemed to understand Shuangshi's thoughts, and she didn't care about her little thoughts.

Everyone has things they cherish, and Ain also has some things she cherishes. She also hopes to go back to the past, but she can't, so she can only keep looking forward.

The mentality of enjoying the world is wrong and incorrect, so it must be corrected!

She was not unhappy about Shuangshi's behavior, but felt that she should help him. There was no absolute opposition between the two sides, so why couldn't they play music happily together?

After all, Shuangshi is so gentle, why would such a gentle girl be troubled by that? She, Aiyin, will break all these difficulties!

"But... hey, it's nothing."

Aiyin couldn't help but chuckle twice, but she still didn't say what she really thought - she wanted to lead this band.

That's right, she still wants to be in the spotlight.

But when she thought about Maomao joining the team, she couldn't help but feel discouraged again: "But Lenai is so powerful, so I won't have any presence in the team..."

"So that's it."

It was not until the last sentence that Amamiya Ren realized Aine's little thoughts.

She not only wants to perform with the lights, but also wants to be the most dazzling one in the team.

Generally speaking, the most dazzling person is undoubtedly the lead singer, so she wanted to be the guitar lead singer. But Deng can't play guitar, bass, or even drums. She can be said to know nothing.

Then what should I do?

"I see. So your goal is to play the piano as well as Le Na, right?"

"Eh? Eh hey hey!"

Aine couldn’t help but raise her head. She didn’t expect Amamiya Ren to actually say such a goal.

No, wait, can I be as good as Le Nai? Really? Can I do that?

Aine didn't expect that she would become such a grand target. Noticing Aine's reaction, Amamiya Ren also understood her little thoughts.

"Let's test your talent first. If you have good talent, then based on Lenai's level, you can do it in about three or four months. You don't think Lenai is the kind of person who practices guitar every day, do you?"

Guitar is indeed not easy to practice, but Le Na is a genius, so she has reached this level of guitar skills when she was in the third year of junior high school.

But she certainly didn't develop her guitar skills well, otherwise it would definitely be more than just this.

Amamiya Ren also stopped his performance. He had been using music to gradually give Aine a feeling, so that she would dare to speak out her thoughts.

People are more likely to open up to each other in the right environment, so he also improvised a song, just in time for Aiyin to feel the power of music.

When Amamiya Ren stopped playing, Aine finally realized that the music she had been hearing was coming from Amamiya Ren. She felt embarrassed again: "Amamiya-san, what are you doing?"

"It's just to warm up my hands. It's a good time to start teaching. So let's start with the basics. I feel like you don't have much basic knowledge... What do you know?"

"Hmm... C chord... A minor... and F..."

Aiyin did this as she spoke, and her actions made Amamiya Ren thoroughly understand that she really knew nothing.

Her current situation is that she can't even learn the 26 English letters when learning English, just like playing an FPS game where she has just learned how to walk with wasd and use the right mouse button to aim and the left mouse button to shoot, and she is not even proficient in using shift to crouch.

"First of all, that's not A minor, it's A minor triad... and why do you put all three fingers on F one after the other instead of all at once?"

Amamiya Ren's hands easily pressed on the strings, and he began to show Aine the correct way to do it and the wrong way she had just done it.

After having a thorough understanding of Aine's situation, Amamiya Ren began to give her the simplest teaching method, starting from scratch.

The occasional sound of guitar and Amamiya Ren's clear teaching voice coming from the room made Aiyin's mother, who was eavesdropping at the door, feel relieved.

She was still wondering if this boy named Amemiya had some other relationship with Aine. Now, after listening to their interaction, she knew that he was indeed teaching seriously, and not taking the opportunity to do other things.

As a mother, she should of course be more concerned about her daughter’s finding a teacher outside. What if her innocent and lovely daughter is cheated?

So she also delivered two freshly prepared drinks to Aine's room at the appropriate time, looking at the two people sitting at the moment.

The two of them were sitting on the tatami at this time, about a meter apart. This distance made her feel at ease. Both of them were holding guitars in their hands. Seeing Aiyin's left hand struggling with the guitar, she couldn't help but laugh.

"Keep practicing, I won't bother you."

Aiyin's mother was also completely relieved. There was no ambiguity between the two of them, and the boy looked very serious.

I didn't practice guitar for long, only an hour and a half.