Girls' Wishing Tree

Taoxiang was also sitting by the flower bed, with one leg bent to support her guitar, and a few cans of beer beside her.

Between them, the one not drinking or sitting down was Jingqin Rencai, who was singing. Rencai sang very hard, but there were only a few sparse audience members around her.

The three of them did not seem depressed by the small number of admirers.

The piece they performed was one Sakura had never heard before. It wasn't a particularly intense piece, and Nina was trying to make it as lyrical as possible.

Compared to the practice at the shrine a few days ago, Nina has made great progress - she can already keep up with the accompaniment very well. At least after listening to one song, Sakura did not find that Nina was obviously unable to keep up with the rhythm.

With some doubt, Sakura moved closer, and Momoka and Nina also saw Sakura.

Momoka knew that Sakura was coming, so she just shook the big blue headstock of her guitar as a greeting while playing.

Nina was a little surprised by Sakura's arrival, but her eyes just flickered for a moment, which did not affect her singing.

After another song was sung, Sakura Takagi joined passers-by in applauding them - not out of encouragement, but because they thought their street performance was indeed very good.

Renai came over and grabbed Sakura's hand: "Sakura, you came to see our street performance? I've been singing on the street these past few days!"

Ying scratched her head. "Um... I remember you were attending a cram school, right? How do you have time to perform on the streets every day?"

"I asked for leave because my sister broke her leg and needs to go back to Kumamoto." When Nina said this, it was obvious that she had some psychological burden, but it was very limited.

"This... isn't it a bit... Never mind, I'm not in a position to criticize you." Takagi Sakura looked at Nina, who had one hand on her hip, and shook her head slightly. "We'll be practicing again in three days. Are those songs okay?"

"Don't worry, I've been receiving special training from Momoka these days, so there will definitely be no problem! I can sing for Sakura right now!" Nina's confidence has been cultivated.

Her voice is very distinctive. As long as there is no obvious problem of not being able to keep up with the accompaniment, Zhi and Rupa should be understanding. As for Miaomeng, she can ask Miaomeng to join the live broadcast, so it should not be a problem for her to stay in the band for the time being.

Chapter 78 Shrines, Festivals, and Monsters: 37. The Girl and the God

When Takagi Sakura returned to the shrine, Ogihara Sayu was wiping the dust off the shrine.

She seemed to be trying to fill her life with work every day, eating very simply, as if she wanted to live in the shrine with the lowest cost of living.

Sometimes Sakura would initiate a conversation with Sayu, but she would rarely say anything and would often act dumb when it came to crucial moments. Sakura felt that Sayu had suffered some kind of psychological trauma, and she had never once embarrassed her.

"Sayu, let me ask you, do you get bored working at the shrine all day?"

"No...I won't." Sayu bowed to Sakura: "Sakura, thank you very much for taking me in."

"I have a friend who is taking a cram school for college entrance. If you want to go, I can lend you money to go and see if you can get into college." Sakura remembered that Nina was taking a cram school and asked Sayu casually.

But Sayu's performance was far beyond Sakura's expectations.

Sayu's eyes froze for a moment, her neck almost shrinking into her shoulders, and the emotions revealed in the corners of her eyes were fear and resistance.

This could definitely be considered some kind of PTSD.

"No... don't go to school..." Sayu muttered softly, curled up beside the shrine, and gradually hugged her head with her hands, as if trying to immerse herself in a non-existent world.

"It's okay. If you don't want to go, then don't go." Takagi Sakura didn't know what happened and stepped on Sayu's "landmine". She had to squat beside her and comfort her: "Sayu, cheer up. I just mentioned it casually. We are just at the shrine and not going anywhere else."

"I didn't kill Yuiko... No, I killed Yuiko... I... had no choice but to leave..." Sayu muttered in pain, looking like she had failed to protect something important to her.

Her wandering from Hokkaido to Tokyo seemed to have had a very tragic beginning.

Sakura hugged Sayu and patted her back gently for more than ten minutes before her trembling subsided.

Just then, Sakura's phone lit up—it showed a message from Hikawa Hina.

She continued to hold Sayu, but used one hand to pick up her phone to see what the message from Hina was.

It's an invitation.

Hanasakigawa Girls' Academy and Hanaoka Girls' Academy are going to jointly hold a school festival, and the shrine maidens club will be putting on a show, and they hope to invite themselves, a genuine shrine maiden, to "help out".

She sent back an "OK" emoticon and continued to comfort Sayu.

Even though she didn't mention school anymore, Sayu was still in a low mood.

"You come to this shrine because it is destiny that guides you." Takagi Sakura had to use the dialog box.

"Fate... destiny?" Perhaps startled by the voice that struck her head, Sayu raised her head.

All she could see was Takagi Sakura holding her and the empty shrine.

"Sakura...what's wrong?"

"The gods will communicate with those who are blessed." Sakura pretended to be pious, let go of Sayu, and stood in front of the shrine.

The moonlight, together with the dim light, created a subtle angle between Sakura's two shadows.

Sakura reached out and gently stroked the top of Sayu's head: "Perhaps, the God likes you."

"Like... me?" Sayu covered her face with her hands, but through her fingers, one could still see the disbelief in her expression.

Takagi Sakura had a rough idea of ​​Sayu's psychology—she must have been mired in intense self-blame, perhaps even to the point of self-denial. Running away from home and living a simple life were her ways of "punishing" herself, a way to alleviate the constant pain deep within her heart.

She shouted that she killed "Yuko", but she definitely didn't really "kill" her. She probably failed to protect her friend, or because of some coincidence, she accidentally caused someone's death. But she couldn't ask about the specific events, and could only wait for Sayu to slowly untie the knot in her heart and tell it herself.

Sakura consoled Sayu for two hours before she finally calmed down. She bowed deeply to Sakura, returned to her room, and lay down on the mattress.

Takagi Sakura followed her into the room, picked up her phone and read the message Hina sent her again, only to discover something - RAS invited her to watch the performance, which conflicted with the joint school festival of Hanasakigawa and Haneda.

The words "declaration of war" from RAS piqued Sakura's curiosity, and she decided to go and watch their first live performance. But just now on her phone, she agreed to let Hina lead the shrine maiden club in the performance.

Then she could only take the JKs to perform the miko show earlier and then go to the RAS Live. She quickly told Hina to set an early time and then let her consciousness return to the cherry blossoms.

In the space of cherry trees, Kaoru Miyazono playing the violin has almost become a "regular feature".

When Xun couldn't wake up, she could only practice piano intensively in the space. Now she wakes up for a very short time every day. Apart from the time she has to eat, clean, etc., she can only communicate briefly with family and friends.

Takagi Sakura also wanted to help her more, but her current task was only to improve her violin playing skills to an advanced level, and this was not something that could be achieved overnight.

"Xiao Xun, are you still practicing this song?"

"Well, I have to strive for perfection. When I can't wake up, I can do more violin training. It's just that..." Xun looked away at this point, with a hint of unrelieved sadness in his eyes: "I have been cooperating with the rehabilitation training during this period, but I haven't been awake more often. Fortunately, I can still play the violin in my sleep and communicate with Sakura in my sleep. This is already a blessing from God."

For Xun, being awake for only two and a half hours a day undoubtedly has a great impact on her quality of life.

"Why don't you come to the shrine to relax during the Cherry Blossom Festival next year? Maybe it will be better." Sakura gave her a suggestion.

At the last Sakura Festival, Sakura used the Stage Manifestation Card, which left a very deep impression on Xun, and Xun's awakening time also increased by one hour every day.

For Xun now, every extra moment of waking up every day is precious.

"Of course I'll go to the Sakura Festival!" Xun swung her bow, her eyes lighting up. "The Sakura Festival was amazing last time. I also saw your Harvest Festival performance online later. You invited a lot of bands, and everyone performed great!"

"Next time at the Sakura Festival, Kaoru should continue to perform the violin. Several people have told me that they want to hear Sakura's violin music at the Sakura Festival again."

This was a lie, and Xun, who was good at weaving lies, could also tell that it was a lie.

When Xun woke up, he couldn't go out without his family, so he could only do things like surfing the Internet. If the audience had gone to Ying's place, there would definitely be comments, and there would be a high probability that they would find him.

But Xun didn't point it out.

Chapter 79 Shrines, Festivals, and Monsters: 38. Miko and "Dirty Things"

When she woke up the next morning, she received another message from Hikawa Sayo.

The messages sent by the Glacier Sisters were of a completely different style.

Hinata is straightforward and speaks to the point, while Sayo will use a series of honorifics before she delicately expresses what she wants to say.

Saya thanked Sakura for inspiring her in terms of guitar tone, and also suggested that she would have the opportunity to communicate more with Sakura in the future on composition and sound design.

The recording of the accompanying track for the fifth guitar interview did indeed lead to a certain degree of "evolution" in Sayo's guitar playing.

And being able to connect with Roselia is definitely a good thing.

Sakura sent a message to Wakamiya Eve, asking her to help contact the people from the Hanasakigawa Miko Club and prepare to go to Hanasakigawa during after-school activities.

As for the time before get out of class is over... it’s just right for practicing the piano and live streaming.

In order to practice guitar, Sakura has relaxed her violin training recently. Even for the sake of her friendship with Kaoru, she is determined to find a way to upgrade her violin playing skills to an advanced level.

The live broadcast part is to stabilize the fans in the Chinese area.

Although the audience in the Chinese area has a strong ability to post pop songs, if there is no live broadcast for a long time, the fan stickiness will drop quickly.

There are many foreign anchors broadcasting live in the Chinese area, and many of them can speak foreign languages ​​and have talents.

Today Miao Meng was in class at school, so Takagi Sakura started broadcasting alone.

Because she has already broadcast live twice and posted some clips, she has some basic fans, and several of them have become captains.

With a certain fan base, live streaming will become easier - as long as there are people who continue to interact, it will be easier to achieve results. If one person performs a "solo", it will test the live streaming skills even more.

Sakura held the bass in front of the camera and said, "For beginners, don't try lowering the strings or using special strings. 45-105 tuning to EADG is fine. The special tunings in some tutorials will affect beginners' memory and understanding of the fretboard... Ah, if you have a basic understanding of music theory, you're not a complete beginner..."

She was still answering questions when she suddenly saw a comment: Is the host suffering from insomnia, upset, or dizzy?

Takagi Sakura's first feeling was that this was the trick of a charlatan.

But Sakura Takagi still chose to interact with this barrage, because such funny barrages are part of the show's effect.

"The anchor is not suffering from insomnia or upset. Ever since the anchor got mental illness, he is very energetic every day." Takagi Sakura responded to the barrage in a relaxed manner.

[Mental illness is okay wwww]

[Host, I'm also mentally ill. Can we be a couple?]

Sure enough, after Sakura said this, the barrage quickly became active.

The guy who asked Ying if she was dizzy before posted another comment: [No kidding, I suspect you are possessed by something dirty.]

"Pfft—dirt?" Takagi Sakura laughed. "My netizen named Otte, I'm a shrine maiden, specializing in removing dirt. How could this happen? Are you questioning my professionalism? The anchor is a real shrine maiden, not a cosplayer. Brothers and sisters on board, remember this. I'll mail everyone an amulet when I have the chance!"

According to the website's convention, gifts are required when boarding the ship. After much thought, she decided that an amulet would be more appropriate.

However, there is a problem at present. All her amulets are purchased from Yiwu. If they are sent directly from Yiwu, she is afraid that the captains will "get angry" with her. But if she imports them from Yiwu and then sends them by international mail from Tokyo, then the live broadcast will become a charity.

The barrage was also amused:

[Is the anchor raising a child on TV?]

[Host, please talk about purifying dirty things, please!]

The guy named "Otte" posted another comment: [Master, please take a look. Your situation is very complicated. Please send me your address. Master asked me to go to Tokyo to find you.]

A barrage of “666” floated across the screen.

[So you wanted to have a real live streamer offline. This method is too outrageous.]

[I don't even need to lean on the wall to respect you!]

Sakura smiled, and two dimples appeared on her face, and her cherry-colored hair swayed a few times in the camera.

"I wrote it in the live broadcast room. Everyone is welcome to visit and pray at the Aikuoka Sakura Shrine in Toshima Ward. The shrine will hold two live shows every year during the cherry blossom season and the harvest season. Everyone is also welcome to watch it in person!" Takagi Sakura was going to make a clip of this and send it out, and she also promoted her own shrine by the way.

[Wait for me to book a discounted flight, and you’ll know when you get there.] Otte left the live broadcast room after posting this comment.

Takagi Sakura shook her head. "I hope this fan doesn't get dizzy on a budget airline flight. I can get her a motion sickness amulet."

[What? There's also a motion sickness amulet?]

[What is an airsickness amulet?]

"An airsickness amulet, of course, is one that protects you from airsickness." Takagi Sakura counted on her fingers for the audience. "No matter where you pray to a deity, you always have to have a request, right? For example, in Chinese tradition, people pray to Wenquxing (Wenquxing) for good luck on exams, and to the God of Wealth for prosperity. It's the same at shrines. To pray to the gods for airsickness, of course you have to ask for an airsickness amulet! And if you're praying for a successful live performance, then it's the AllPerfect amulet—"

In the live broadcast room, Takagi Sakura deliberately made up stories about the effects of the amulet to create a show effect, which unexpectedly attracted several people to board the ship, and some people even played SC to ask for an amulet to help them get out of being single.

After chatting with netizens for another half an hour, Gao Muying finally left the broadcast. She checked the private messages in the background and found that the guy named Otte had sent her several private messages.

[You are really entangled in something dirty. I am not kidding you.]

[You're a pig if you don't listen to me. If the dirt in you didn't explode and affect my cultivation, I wouldn't care about you.]

"Master said you're a monster. Damn, I've never seen a monster as stupid as you. Even silver isn't as stupid as you."

[Forget it, I still have to go. If you explode, it will affect my cultivation and bring bad luck.]

Although the tone was not very pleasant, the other party did point out his identity as a "monster".

Takagi Sakura had to take it seriously.

Monster... She is indeed a monster now, and according to the system, she is a "big tree monster".

If the netizen is just trying to play a prank, it is unlikely that he would say something in this direction.

If she was entangled with something "dirty", what kind of "dirty thing" was it? She really didn't feel any discomfort, she was just using the system to exchange her shining points for what she wanted -

Wait, system?

Takagi Sakura suddenly had a terrible idea.

Once this idea comes to mind, it is difficult to simply suppress it.