People in Zongman are masters of copying romance novels

"If you want to borrow money, I'm sorry, I also..."

"I'm not asking for a loan," Aokisuke interrupted Yamada Ryo. "Yamada-san, you should know a lot about musical instruments, right? I want you to recommend a guitar that's suitable for me."

Hearing what Aokisuke said, Yamada Ryo tilted his head slightly.

With a hint of subtle doubt in her tone, she said, "I recommend it? My guitar skills aren't as good as yours."

"Um... Actually, I'm only decent at playing, but I know nothing about musical instruments, so..."

Aokisuke explained.

"Oh......"

A hint of interest appeared on his originally expressionless face.

After a pause as if considering it for a moment, Yamada Ryo asked, "So, Aoki-san, do you have any requests?"

This question was similar to the one asked by the store guide just now, but after noticing that Aokisuke and Liang were communicating, the guide was very considerate and walked aside.

Aokiji thought for a moment, then answered.

"As for my requirements... My budget is around 6 yen. I want a guitar with a bit more durability, a harder body, and good quality."

"...?"

Yamada Ryo was stunned for a moment, and looked up and down at Aokisuke as if he were a weirdo.

"Mr. Aoki, no matter how hard a guitar body is, it can't be used as a shovel or a pick."

She immediately reminded.

"No, using it as a pickaxe is too... I just want a guitar that's a little more durable," Aokisuke explained. After a brief pause, he continued, "But... using it as a shovel seems pretty good too? I think it would be so rock 'n' roll if I were playing live and suddenly shoveling dirt."

There was a brief silence. Yamada Ryo did not respond. After a while of silence, he gave Aoki Jie a thumbs up with an expressionless face.

The budget is 60,000 yen, and he requires a durable guitar. After praising Aoki Suke, Yamada Ryo turned his gaze to the guitar counter nearby.

After thinking for a moment, Yamada Ryo pointed his right hand at a cyan guitar on the guitar cabinet and said, "How about trying this guitar? It's not too expensive, it's durable, and the tone is pretty good."

He usually looks lazy and energy-saving, but when introducing musical instruments, he talks a lot.

His eyes were fixed in the direction of Yamada Ryo's finger. Seeing Yamada Ryo suddenly become more serious, Aoki Jie thought for a moment and nodded decisively.

Although Ryo is unreliable most of the time, she is overly serious when it comes to musical instruments. She has no reason to let herself down when introducing the guitar, so after Yamada Ryo pointed to the blue guitar and introduced it, Aoki Jie chose the blue guitar without hesitation.

He pointed out the model he wanted to buy to the salesperson and confirmed the size. After the salesperson took out a brand new guitar, Aokisuke simply paid for it.

The speed was so fast that Liang, who had been expressionless, was stunned for a moment.

"Won't you think about it again?" she asked.

Aokijie shook his head and said, "Let me buy it and try it out first. I think your recommendation will be fine. After all, as long as I can play the guitar, it's fine."

This trust was a bit puzzling. Yamada Ryo remembered that the exchange between him and the guitar master in front of him was definitely no more than 20 sentences.

But she didn't care much.

After a moment of confusion, Yamada Ryo nodded and shifted his attention.

Then, her eyes fell on the blue guitar on the counter worth 4 yen. She blinked and suddenly realized -

His eyes quickly shifted to the Bess counter, and after staring for a few seconds, Ryo immediately looked away and turned his gaze to Aokisuke.

He blinked, and a gleam of light appeared in his eyes, which had been expressionless before.

"Aoki-san, your budget is about 60,000 yen, right? If you buy that guitar, there should be quite a bit left over, right?"

Having just received the packaged guitar from the salesperson, Aokisuke couldn't help but twitched his lips after hearing Yamada Ryo's voice.

"The evil intention is too obvious..." Then he started to complain.

......

When he walked out of the music store carrying his brand new guitar, Aokisuke had already started to consider whether he should continue to work hard to become a corrupt politician in the future.

After all, if the leader of a country is a guy who has no opinion of his own and will easily change his mind because of a girl's crying expression and pleading, then there is an 80% chance that the country will be doomed.

However, considering that most Japanese politicians seem to be in this state of mind, after hesitating for a while, Aokisuke became more determined.

Perhaps this is exactly what he needs to become a corrupt politician who sucks the blood of the country, so agreeing to lend him the money after Yamada Ryo's malicious cuteness is actually the right decision...

After a while of unreliable thoughts in his mind, Aokisuke took a deep breath after walking out of the musical instrument store.

I took out my cell phone from my pocket and checked the time. It was still some time before four o'clock.

But time is probably not enough right now——

[STARRY]'s live performance started at 5 o'clock. Although the closing band was not the first to go on stage, at least they didn't take too long.

During this time, Aokisuke also had to hurry to find Goto Ichiri, who was swinging alone in the park near the huge Shimokitazawa area...

Turning his head to look at Yamada Ryo, who was carrying a brand new bass on his back and walking a few minutes slower, Aokisuke urged him,

"Stop dawdling, Yamada-kun. It'll be too late soon."

At Aokisuke's strong request, taking advantage of the fact that he had borrowed money, Aokisuke also found himself an extra helper.

Although this helper is very unreliable no matter how you look at it——

"Why don't you go ahead by yourself? I'll be there soon, and if I can't make it..."

Ignoring Yamada Ryo's weak muttering in his ear, Aokisuke lowered his head, opened Google on his phone, and searched for parks near Shimokitazawa.

Then, by the process of elimination, after searching and observing, he narrowed down three targets.

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ps: Thanks to my wife Shiki for the monthly ticket! Thanks to Pleiades for the monthly ticket! Aligado~

ps2: There will be another chapter later

Chapter 10 New Nickname

Putting aside the unfortunate incident of becoming an orphan after traveling through time, Aoki Jie always thought that his luck was pretty good—

After determining the three locations, Aokisuke and Yamada Ryo took the tram to the first park according to the navigation instructions.

The intersection in front of the station was not too far from the first park, and it took less than ten minutes by tram for the two to reach their destination.

Then, before he could take a closer look, Aokisuke found Goto Ichiri sitting alone on the swing in the park, carrying a guitar on his back, with his head slightly lowered, and wearing a pink sportswear.

Pochi-chan was found in the first park, which was somewhat unexpected by Aokisuke, who had been prepared for some trouble.

But no matter what, it is a good thing to find Ichiri Goto earlier. After all, the sooner he is found, the more time the band can gain for practice later.

So, without any hesitation, after confirming with the listless Yamada Ryo beside him, Aokisuke walked towards Goto Ichiri first.

"Hello, I see you're carrying a guitar... Are you a guitarist?"

Since they were not too close, he spoke first and talked to Goto Ichiri who was still sitting on the swing in a daze.

A male voice came from his ears. He was stunned for a moment and then quickly looked up. After looking around, he found that there was no one else around. Then Goto Ichiri realized that the young man walking towards him was indeed talking to him.

His expression suddenly became tense, his body trembled slightly, and he wanted to speak, but found that he couldn't make a sound for a while.

"It's been so long since I last spoke to anyone else that I don't know how to talk anymore..."

As an extreme social phobia, Goto Ichiri usually never communicates with strangers. Because she has not socialized for a long time and is too panicked at the moment, she suddenly went into a state of shutdown after being spoken to by Aoki Jie.

"Classmate? Classmate?"

Although he knew that Pochi-chan had serious social problems, Aokisuke never expected it to be so exaggerated.

He waved his right hand in front of her and shouted several times. After a while, he finally woke up Goto Ichiri who was on standby.

"Hello... I'm Goto Ichiri, and I can play the guitar..."

After coming out of the downtime state, Goto Ichiri swallowed deeply, leaned back subconsciously, and then spoke haltingly.

"My name is Aokisuke, hello Goto-san." Aokisuke said.

Yamada Ryoya, who was standing nearby, arrived late and noticed Aokisuke introducing himself. So, after Aokisuke finished speaking, he also greeted him, "I'm Yamada Ryo, hello."

Then, without giving Goto Ichiri time to react, after Yamada Ryo spoke, Aokisuke only paused for a moment before continuing with the previous topic.

"Well, Goto-kun, our band is in trouble right now. The live is about to start, but the original guitarist suddenly ran away. Without a guitarist, the live can't start. I see you're carrying a guitar, so I wanted to ask for your help."

"The song is very simple and you can learn it quickly," added Yamada Ryo.

"But, but, that, that..."

Seeing another stranger appear in front of him, Goto Ichiri's voice trembled even more and he continued to shrink back towards the swing.

Seeing that Pochi-chan seemed to be refusing, Aokisuke didn't hesitate and continued to pursue her.

Relying on the impression he had of Goto Ichiri, he spoke in a tone of praise, as if to cater to his preferences.

"Goto-kun's guitar skills should be quite good, right? It would be great if Goto-kun could come and help... that way the band could get through this difficult time."

"Ah—a stranger praised me!"

His body softened a little, and after hearing what Aokisuke said, Goto Ichiri felt a little elated for a moment.

But she soon reacted -

Because he was not mentally prepared at all, even though he longed to join the band, Goto Ichiri still intended to reject the boy's request.

However, Aokisuke didn't give Pochi-chan a chance to refuse. He continued speaking with a serious tone, "Please, Goto-san!"

With a serious expression, Aoki Jie bowed slightly.

Sitting on the swing, Goto Ichiri swallowed deeply again.

Going on stage for a live performance or something, playing guitar in front of a lot of people, no no no no! I'm not mentally prepared at all, Goto Ichiri, I refuse it——

"Ah... um, ok, okay, I, I can help..."

As a person with severe social phobia, it is impossible for me to say no to such a serious request.

It's all over, it's all over... If I mess up the live, I'll definitely be sentenced to death, right? Goto Ichiri, why did you agree to this...

......

Aokisuke couldn't hear the cries in Pochi-chan's heart, but when he saw the girl in front of him finally agreed, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Without further hesitation or delay, perhaps fearing that Pochi-chan would regret her decision, Aokisuke bluntly concluded, "If Goto-san agrees, then without further ado, let's take you to the livehouse."

......

[STARRY] is in Shimokitazawa, and this park is just near Shimokitazawa, not far away. Aoki Suke and his friends walked towards [STARRY].

During the journey, Aokisuke briefly introduced the situation of [STARRY] to Goto Ichiri and the current situation of the band's end.

Although Pochi-chan might be too nervous to receive any information...

In short, in about five minutes, the three of them arrived at [STARRY].

As he pushed the door open and walked into the store, Aokisuke heard the prompt that the selection was completed.

The task is successfully completed and the 500 points rewarded by the system will be credited to your account in real time.

Aoki Jie ignored the 500 points that came into his account, but looked around the store. After finding Hong Xia at the bar, he walked to the bar.

"Senior Aoki! You're here!" When Hong Xia noticed Aoki Suke, her eyes lit up.

"Good afternoon, Ijichi-san. I brought over the guitarist I mentioned yesterday."

After a simple greeting, Aokisuke spoke.

Then after he finished speaking, he turned sideways again, revealing Goto Ichiri who was standing at the door and hiding behind Yamada Ryo.

Looking past Aokisuke, Hongxia first noticed the girl in pink standing at the door, and then realized that Liang had entered the door with these two.

Tilting her head slightly, she asked doubtfully, "Aoki-senpai, is this the guitarist that Liang went with you to find?"

"Yeah," Aokisuke nodded, "I ran into Yamada-san at the music store at the intersection in front of Shibuya Station, so we talked it over and went to look for Goto-san together."

"Oh......"

Although Hongxia was a little puzzled as to why Liang, who was usually extremely frugal, would suddenly be diligent enough to go find the guitarist with Senior Aoki, Hongxia did not ask any further questions at this time.

Seeing that Hongxia didn't speak again, Aokisuke at the bar continued to speak.

"Then there's the question about the guitarist... Goto-san has a bit of a strange personality, and she's more or less socially anxious... So if she does something strange occasionally, Nijiya, please forgive her."

"Oh, okay!"