Joker's Band Game Story

Amamiya Ren had performed with Diamond Dust before, so he wasn't a complete outsider, so it might be a good idea to ask him to help have a good talk with Momoka.

It only takes less than twenty minutes to get from Shimokitazawa to Shinjuku by train, and Amamiya Ren could be said to have run towards Shinjuku at the fastest speed.

He didn't know what kind of conflict had caused Momoka and other members that was so serious that the band had to disband, but he still ran quickly towards that direction.

He didn't want the band Diamond Stardust to disband. He had participated in many bands, and he could feel that some of them were on the verge of disbanding or had signs of disbanding, but he had never felt that with Diamond Stardust. The four of them were so united and loving, so what was the reason that the band, which had been together for three years, would now choose to disband?

And rather than saying it was a disbandment, it was more like Momoka wanted to leave the Reimu band alone.

But Taoxiang is the leader of the band and also the lyricist and composer of the band. If she leaves the band, the difference between that and the band disbanding is not that big.

Her departure from Diamond Dust means the same thing as Xiangzi's departure from Crychic, so it's no wonder that everyone wants to know where Momoka went.

After Amamiya Ren finally arrived at Shinjuku Station, he made another call. This time he called Nana.

"Did Momoka catch up?"

"She didn't want us to follow her, so I stopped chasing her."

Nana, who was breathing heavily, was also explaining the situation to Amemiya at this time. It seemed that she had also discussed the situation with other team members during these twenty minutes.

"She's in a izakaya right now. It's not convenient for me to go in. Maybe you can have a good chat with her."

"So what exactly did the conflict break out between you? I need to understand that first."

Compared to other things, this is the most important point. If he doesn't know why the conflict occurred, there is no point in going over it.

So he quickly understood why they were arguing.

The reason for the dispute was simple—Diamond Dust could no longer hold on.

It is true that this is the era of big girl bands, but when there are too many bands on a track, the situation where even good wine needs no bush will indeed appear.

This is what happened to diamond stardust. They did not rise in this trend, but instead became a grain of sand and were swept away by the sea.

It’s not that they don’t have the ability. On the contrary, they have the ability, so some firms come to them hoping to cooperate with them.

But as part of the contract, their style had to change to one that appealed to the general public.

Originally they were a traditional band, but the agency asked them to make changes and packaged them as an idol girl band to debut.

Of course, in this environment, the agency's approach is not wrong. Catering to the masses and pleasing the masses are the reasons and ways for many bands to develop smoothly, but Momoka refused this change. She stubbornly denied it, especially when the other three people in the team were going to agree with the agency's approach, she completely collapsed.

She ran away. After countless arguments with the band, she chose to run away.

She had no intention of returning to Diamond Dust, and she went into hiding on her own.

Indeed, she is a loser, she is also an "old antique", she wants to sink into depravity with her own style.

But Amamiya Ren felt that what she did was not wrong. Yes, as a musician, he felt that what she did was correct.

The actions of the other band members were not wrong either. What happened between them was the result of the collision between ideals and reality.

Other band members thought they were not famous, so they planned to adapt to the market first and then make changes, and planned to be hypocritical first. But this approach is difficult to succeed, because when they become famous, they will certainly attract a lot of fans, but those fans like idol girls, not traditional girls. This approach can win money and honor, but it can't find their original intention.

Taoxiang is stubborn and sticks to her original intention. She is unwilling to make any changes and does not want to become a cute girl singing and dancing on the stage. She thinks that the fame gained from such behavior is fake and disgusting to her.

"It's impossible for Taoxiang to go back."

Amamiya Ren gave the answer directly. The conflict between Momoka and others is an unchangeable status quo and no one can change it.

"We all know that, but...we just hope Momoka won't be upset about it."

Taoxiang will definitely be very sad, and may even fall into depravity because of this incident.

They didn't want to see this side, so they wanted to talk to Taoxiang, but Taoxiang obviously didn't want to talk to them.

"I see. Then I know what to do next... I wish you good luck in your career."

Amamiya Ren hung up the phone and did not communicate with them anymore.

As a musician, he would not be so naive as to think that the other party's behavior was wrong. The reality is that playing in a band is not that simple.

So he gave the other party enough respect, but he gave up his original intention for money and didn't plan to say anything more to those girls.

So he simply adjusted his mindset and walked straight into the izakaya they mentioned.

"Welcome...Minors are not allowed to come in~"

Because Amamiya Ren was wearing a school uniform, the izakaya owner looked at his appearance and immediately planned to kick him out.

It is not a good thing to come to such a place at this time. You may encounter some troublesome gangsters here, so the boss letting him go is also a disguised way of protecting him.

But Amamiya Ren just bowed to the other party and said, "I'm not here to order some wine, I'm here to meet someone. The other party came out without any money, and I don't think you would want to meet a customer who drinks but doesn't pay, right? And I know Jincheng, you can rest assured about that."

Amamiya Ren's two words made the boss lose the desire to continue preaching. He just looked at the customers in his shop. There were not many customers at this time, so he soon noticed a customer who was suspected to be the one Amamiya Ren came to look for - a woman in the corner who had ordered several beers and was already a little drunk.

Chapter 40: The Pig Goes Home

It was the first time that Amamiya Ren saw someone drink several bottles of beer and almost pass out.

Although he has never drunk alcohol in this life, he drank a lot in his previous life. After every live performance, he liked to go out drinking and eating barbecue with his brothers. That time could be said to be the happiest time in his heart.

So in his opinion, this beer is sometimes really no different from horse urine, especially those inferior and crappy brands. The one with the worst taste is horse urine.

Oh, it’s hard to say. Some big names also like to use some horse urine. Anyway, after drinking so much, he would choose to drink something better.

As for the situation in front of him... he picked up an empty bottle at random and looked at the degree on it.

Three degrees, tsk, how come you’re done with this degree?

"Ah...how did you...come here..."

Just as the shop owner guessed, Amamiya Ren came to find the young woman who was drinking silently in the corner.

He did give her the wine after confirming her age. After all, she looked like a child. Facts proved that his guess was correct. She was exactly 20 years old, which was a sure thing.

Although there are rumors that the drinking age will be lowered from 20 to 18, it has not been clearly revised yet. However, the other party happened to be 20 years old, so he didn't care about her anymore and just sold the wine to her.

"Come here to pick up the body. I didn't expect you to drink so much."

That’s right, not a lot, but a little. Amamiya Ren began to doubt her drinking capacity.

After hearing what Amamiya Ren said, she couldn't help but sigh: "What the hell are you talking about, kid? I didn't drink a drop."

"Yes, yes, you didn't drink a drop, the dog drank it all."

Facing the drunkard, Amamiya Ren had no intention of saying anything nice, so he was soon punched by the other party.

But she was already a weakling, so when she was sitting she could only hit Amemiya's legs with one punch.

"I... don't want you to care."

"What about the money? You don't have your wallet with you, do you?"

Amemiya was right. When Momoka had an argument with her teammates and fled the scene, she didn't take her bag with her, and her cool clothes didn't look like they could hold money.

Of course, it’s fortunate that this store is not a nightclub, otherwise who knows how many men would come here to have fun with Taoxiang. A drunk woman with a pretty face would inevitably have some bad intentions.

"I... then I will, will, negotiate with Yiyi (seven) to remove the Ling⑦ seal and then..."

"Want to eat a free meal? Be careful or you might get arrested and sent to the police station."

As Amamiya Ren said this, she kicked the trash can next to her casually and kicked it over. Then she grabbed Momoka's neck with her right hand and pointed her little mouth towards the trash can. The next second, the sound of vomiting was heard.

In his previous life, he had a good alcohol tolerance, but there was someone in the band who couldn't drink much but always clamored to drink, so he had long learned how to read people's conditions. Once there were signs of vomiting, he would directly let the other person aim at the trash can or garbage bag for precise disposal.

After all, cleaning up afterwards is troublesome, and he doesn't want to cause trouble to others just because the other party drank.

"Please give me a glass of plain water without ice cubes, and pay the bill. Can you give me a few more plastic bags? Oh, by the way, do you have hangover medicine? Yes, I want some too, thank you."

The plastic bag was prepared to prevent her from vomiting on the way back. She definitely couldn't get on the tram in her current state and had to take a taxi back.

If they took a taxi, he felt it would not be appropriate to let Taoxiang vomit in the car, so he prepared some plastic bags to avoid getting himself covered in vomit.

Oh, there is one thing he must make clear, a beautiful girl's vomit does not smell good, it smells the same as an old man's vomit, so don't glorify anything about beautiful girls.

While patting Momoka's back and listening to her not-at-all-pleasant vomiting sound, Amamiya Ren felt that she might want to vomit out everything in her stomach.

To be honest, drinking to this extent is quite scary. It is very easy to get into trouble. You will regret it only when you are taken to the hospital by ambulance for an IV drip.

But maybe Taoxiang simply can't drink alcohol? If she doesn't drink that much, there's no need to worry too much, just take some medicine and it will be fine.

As for the rest... I'll fix it for her after we get home.

I haven’t eaten all night, so I’ll just go home and cook a meal.

Yu Gong seldom cooks at home, mainly because it is easy to overcook anything when cooking by yourself, which is why he had invited Li Yaoling to have dinner at his home before.

It's a good opportunity that I can go home today to eat the vegetables I just bought, before they go bad if they are kept in the refrigerator for too long.

"Here, here you go."

Amemiya Ren noticed that Momoka was stretching out a trembling hand, as if she wanted to drink something, so he put the boiled water that the store owner had just brought in front of her. Watching her drink it up, he coaxed her to take the hangover medicine like he was coaxing a child.

After taking the medicine and drinking water, Taoxiang's condition was completely stabilized. After paying the bill, Amamiya Ren casually put the plastic bag into her pocket, carried Taoxiang on her back, and went to the street to hail a taxi.

It’s not that he didn’t want to support Taoxiang, but the problem was that Taoxiang was now completely confused. The communication she had just had with him seemed to be her last bit of consciousness, and now she was completely in chaos. Even if he supported her, she couldn’t walk at all, so he could only carry her on his back.

What? Princess carry? Although there is nothing wrong with this method, it is not suitable for moving. It is more comfortable to carry on the back.

Taoxiang is not a child, she is 20 years old, an adult. Although she is only 164 cm tall, she weighs over kg. It would be even more troublesome if she was hurt when being carried as a princess.

But even though he was carrying her on his back, Amamiya Ren didn't feel much more comfortable. Momoka was completely unresponsive, so he had to hold her butt with both hands to prevent her from falling off him.

It feels really good. She is wearing thin black body stockings and hip-hugging jeans on the lower body. Just by touching her in this position, you can tell that she has a physique suitable for having a baby.

As for the soft hill behind her, there is no need to mention it. The feminine feeling made Amamiya Ren's body react subconsciously.

There is no way. No matter how mature you are, can your big head control your little head? The little head is still young.

But Amemiya did not do anything inappropriate. Instead, he took a taxi, pushed her into the back seat, and then sat next to her.

He also sat in the back seat so that he could get the garbage bag to prevent her from vomiting again. If he sat in the front seat, who knows what would happen to her.

After skillfully announcing the location of her home, Amamiya Ren sat in the back seat and took care of Momoka.

Momoka had unconsciously leaned on Amemiya Ren's shoulder, and Amemiya let her lean on her like that. Anyway, the body would show signs when one wanted to vomit, so he tensed up and waited for her to explode again at any time.

Fortunately, she did not have a second outburst. It seemed that she had vomited everything out of her stomach in the pub. Or perhaps the hangover medicine took effect, and she did not vomit any more.

He carried her back home again, and it was only then that Amamiya Ren began to think about how to deal with her situation.

She smelled of alcohol and it was obvious that Amamiya Ren would not throw her onto the bed. A place like the bed had to be cleaned before going on it. It would be troublesome to deal with the bed if she went on it like this.

So Amamiya Ren simply threw her on the tatami in her room and found a blanket for her.

Her room wasn't cold, so it wouldn't be a big problem for her to just lie there. Even if she vomited, she only needed to clean the tatami and throw away the blanket. He had plenty of blankets at home.

Wait until she wakes up and then open the window to ventilate the room. If the window is open now, the wind may easily cause her to catch a cold.

In this state of hers, Amemiya had no intention of giving her a bath. There were no other women at home, so there was no need to ask other women outside for help. So Momoka could just stay there alone. She deserved it anyway.

After the quarrel, I even had to go to the pub to drink alone. It was really embarrassing.

Dinner is stewed soup. If she wakes up in the middle of the night, she can drink some soup to calm her stomach. If she doesn't wake up at night, I will heat it up for her the next day. Her stomach will be empty and she will be starving when she wakes up.

After finishing a simple meal, he went back to his room and lay down on the bed to rest. He didn't care at all about Momoka who was sleeping like a dead pig on the tatami.

On the contrary, I feel a little nostalgic. It has been a long time since I last brought my drunk brother home. Now I think about it, I miss him a little.

"Uh... ah..."

Taoxiang woke up in a daze. She covered her head and felt a headache.

It was obvious that she was still drunk, and after drinking yesterday, she felt dizzy and had some pain in her head when she woke up today.

Did you drink too much?

Yawning in confusion, she felt in her trouser pocket and pulled out a cell phone with a screen that was broken beyond repair.

I glanced at the time. It was nine thirteen in the morning.

It’s still quite early.

Confused, she fell to the ground again, closed her eyes and looked like she was fast asleep.

Wait? Where am I?

When she opened her eyes again, she realized that she was not sleeping on the bed, but on the tatami.

When she opened her eyes again, she found that the ceiling was so unfamiliar, and she realized something was wrong.

She quickly got up from the ground and lowered her head to touch her clothes.