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Subconsciously, she glanced at Miaomeng, who was sitting next to Lenai behind her. She could tell that Miaomeng didn't seem to have given up on the idea of leaving the Dong Brothers group.
Does this mean that my own experience will happen to me again?
No, calm down. My teammate is Momoi Taro; he can definitely handle these things perfectly.
But... there's a Japanese proverb that says even monkeys can fall from trees. Is someone as strong as Momoi Taro truly invincible?
Hasn't the actual failure already occurred?
She glanced at Aine, who had returned to normal not far away. What should she do? Should she take the initiative to talk to Nyanmu? But if Momoi Taro had planned this all along, wouldn't her intervention just cause more trouble?
"Yes, yes, I already know that this live performance is very important." Miao Meng casually changed the subject. Although she was embarrassed, she was not interested in the future direction of the band that was about to leave.
But she won't show off; she's very professional. Within her job scope and time, she will definitely do her best.
"So what? Besides these false motives, the general must have something else to say."
"Nyanmeng is so impatient. Just listen to Taro finish what he has to say." Aine commented sharply on Nyanmeng's behavior from the side.
In response, Nyanko just glanced at Aine and said, "Aiko is such a fickle friend. She's already speaking up for Taro before she's even married to him. It's hard to imagine what she'll be like after she gets married."
Hearing Miaomeng's words, Ai Yin blushed and gently stroked her hair, retorting, "No, I was just telling the truth."
"Yes, yes, to be honest, what about the summer festival arrangements?" Miao Meng didn't want to dwell on this topic for too long. Seeing Aine's hesitant manner, she couldn't help but feel annoyed.
Go ahead and A, I really wish I could remotely control you.
Taro didn't dwell on the matter; he had originally intended to discuss the specific music arrangements. It was Meowme who had brought it up first, and of course, Taro wouldn't hold it against her.
"Next, let's talk about the specific arrangements for the summer festival live performance. First, at the start of our live performance, we'll have a self-introduction..."
“Ah~ then we’ll do the syllable count again, right, Taro?” Aine chimed in with a smile. Taro nodded seriously and said, “That’s right. The feedback from the last live performance online was quite good, and I want to continue that.”
“Yes, yes.” Ai-yin nodded vigorously, thinking seriously as she said, “After that, I collected a lot of comments online.”
Because they had just taken off, Ai-yin couldn't connect to the internet and could only say from memory, "The lead singer is really powerful, the solfège is really interesting, and the petite girl's guitar playing is amazing."
"Ah~ there's also praise for Miaomeng and Hailing." Ai Yin nodded and said, "The bassist's performance was really amazing, I feel like I see him all the time, and Miaomeng too, I've been following this band since the last live. Is the drummer's style getting more and more flamboyant?"
"Ah, that one, I also saw a post praising Chihaya-san." Hailing casually chimed in, ignoring Aine's gesture of trying to stop her: "The pink-haired guitarist girl is kind of cute and a bit ditzy, and she always seems a bit out of it. She plays really well, but it feels like she's not quite right in the head."
Ai Yin, deflated, let her hands hang down and said to Hai Ling with dissatisfaction, "You don't have to say it all out loud, Hai Ling!"
"Really? Chihaya deliberately didn't mention goodbye. I thought she was feeling embarrassed," Hailin replied to Aine's words expressionlessly.
"mo—!"
"The piece to be played next has already been decided." Taro ignored the servants' conversation and moved on to what he wanted to say.
If it's not a topic I like, I'll change it.
"First, after the greetings, the first song we play should be one that best represents our band."
“It must be ‘Clear-Mind’~” Meow Dream spread her hands, deliberately giving the wrong answer, because she knew that a certain pink-haired girl would definitely take action: “After all, that’s our band’s debut song.”
“That’s not right, Meow Dream.” Aine replied with a smug smile, “The one that best represents our band is of course the band’s only core member, so Taro is talking about ‘Ore Koso Onriwan’ (I am the only one), right?”
"Yes, yes, Aiko remembers it so clearly!" Meow Dream teased with a grin, while Aine blushed and retorted, "It was already mentioned in the practice room before. It's Meow Dream's fault for not remembering!"
"Yes, yes~ Aiko will remember every word the general said." Meow Dream turned her head to look out the airplane window. This was all she could do for Aine. If she really wanted to do something, it would have to be Aine herself.
"It's not that exaggerated." Ai Yin's face was as ripe as a ripe apple.
“That’s right, the first song was ‘Ore Koso Onre One’.” Taro wasn’t interested in their conversation, but only confirmed Aine’s words after they had temporarily stopped talking.
"Then, the other piece of music is the one we agreed on before."
Miao Meng leaned on the armrest of the chair, supporting her cheek, and tried to recall the piece. Although she had been practicing it, she wasn't particularly familiar with its name. It took her a while to remember:
"Don't Boo! Don't Brass?" General, isn't it a bit strange to put the band's name in the song title?
"There it is?" Taro looked a little puzzled. He explained to Meow Dream very seriously, "In my opinion, this is the band's calling card. As the songs are sung, the band will become more and more famous."
"Yes, yes, so, isn't it all decided now? All the songs for the performance." Miao Meng naturally had no intention of arguing with Taro about these things, and yawned listlessly: "Then, shall the meeting be over?"
"Not yet!" Taro shouted, waking the slightly sleepy Meowmon up. She picked at her ear with her pinky finger, a little annoyed, and replied dismissively, "Yes, yes, we only have two songs scheduled for the performance, right?"
“Yes! We only have two songs scheduled!” Taro answered Nyanmu’s question very seriously. “However, the schedule for this summer festival is quite relaxed. We must consider the possibility of an encore.”
"Then why not just use Clear-Mind?" This time, Miaomeng made a very serious suggestion.
The reason is simple: the drums in "Clear-Mind" are the most difficult, and it's a great opportunity for her to show off in front of her family, so she didn't want to miss it.
That's right, Kumamoto is her hometown, and she's really putting a lot of effort into this summer festival live performance. The reason she's sleepy now is because she spent last night practicing the rhythms of the two songs she's going to perform.
"Sure!" Taro had no objections. The band didn't have many songs yet; besides this one, there was only Hero. And then there were the ones Aine had sent. Of all the tracks, the most familiar one, "Clear-Mind," was still the best, especially considering the request from Meowmon.
It's strange, though. Ai Yin writes excellent lyrics and music, so why is she still reading basic books on songwriting and composition?
He gave Aine, who was chatting and laughing with Miaomeng, a deep look, but said nothing.
"Speaking of which, why hasn't Xiao Le Nai said anything?" Ai Yin asked curiously. Miao Meng turned to look at her side and said calmly, "It seems she fell asleep a long time ago, before we discussed those things."
"Didn't she fall asleep as soon as she boarded the plane?" Ai couldn't help but complain, then leaned forward slightly, extending her hand to hand over a pink (not magenta) camera, pleading, "Nyan Dream! Please, take a picture of Xiao Le Nai sleeping and send it to me. I have an instant camera here, please!"
"It's possible, but why?" Miaomeng took the camera from Aiyin's hand and took a picture of the sleeping Lena.
Looking at the photos, he nodded in satisfaction, thinking, "I did a pretty good job."
So she handed the camera and photos to Ai-yin.
Ai Yin looked at the photos Miao Meng had provided and nodded in satisfaction. She then explained to her, "Because I'm the band's SNS minister, of course I have to upload some photos of the band's daily life, like when everyone's practicing. Xiao Le Nai's sleeping face is definitely cute, so I want to ask her if I can upload them to SNS after she wakes up."
“I see…” Miaomeng nodded.
Taro continued, "The stage arrangements are as follows..."
The group listened to Taro talk for a while longer; it was mostly about stage choreography and such. Taro even asked Aine to relay the information to Aine after Rakuna woke up.
Aine readily agreed.
Next, the plane arrived at its destination. After waking Rakuna up, Aine, as Taro had instructed, told Rakuna about what everyone had discussed on the plane.
Rakuna nodded repeatedly, but her expression remained unchanged. Aine worried whether Rakuna had understood, and asked her several more times, receiving nods of affirmation each time. Only then did she reluctantly move on from the topic.
Hailing watched all this, tilting her head in confusion. Even though Aine didn't believe Rakuna, why did she gain Rakuna's trust...? She really should find an opportunity to ask Chihaya.
Afterwards, Aine asked Lena, "Hey Lena, can I put this photo on social media?" She showed the photo that Miaomeng had taken. "That way, with Lena's cuteness, everyone will definitely pay attention to the band."
Lena glanced at it, nodded decisively, and said softly, "Okay."
"Really? That's great?!" Aine jumped up happily, then asked again to make sure, "Are you sure it's okay?"
"Yes, if it's good for the band, then it's fine." Lena nodded decisively as always.
"Hmm, I never expected Xiao Le Nai to like bands so much," Ai Yin said with a smile, taking a picture and uploading it.
"Yes, I love it." Lena smiled broadly. "I want to be in the band forever, performing live—"
Upon hearing this, Hai Ling and Miao Meng stiffened slightly, their eyes revealing complex expressions...
In the eighth episode, Wakaba Mutsu also wanted to get her car repaired.
Ai Yin didn't pay much attention to the reactions of the two people in front of her. She turned on her phone, uploaded Xiao Le Nai's photo, and her LINE lit up.
Aiyin opened the message and saw that it was a message that had just been sent. The sender was Xiaomu, and she said, "Aiyin, Xiang's matter has been resolved. I am very grateful to you all along."
Aine replied with a bright smile, "You're welcome, we're friends!! #hug #hug"
After Aine sent the text and pictures, she happily waved at Taro's back and shouted, "Taro—Xiao Mu sent me a message saying that Xiangzi's matter has been resolved."
Upon hearing this, Taro stopped in his tracks, raised his head without turning around, and said, "I already knew about this before."
"Is that so?" Aine smiled broadly as she put her phone back in her pocket, looking very happy. "Honest Mutsu, I was more concerned about this than my older brother Taro. Shouldn't you have told me first?"
"Don't misunderstand!" Taro's loud voice attracted the attention of the band members, who looked at him and said, "I saw them come to pick you up four hours ago after they had resolved the matter."
"Huh?" Aine's playful expression suddenly froze. Her eyes widened in shock and disbelief as she exclaimed, "Four hours ago—!!?"
Taro nodded without hesitation. Seeing Taro nod in confirmation, Aine's body seemed to lose all its strength, and she knelt down.
After a long pause, he roared angrily at the sky, "How could this be?!!"
The loud noise reached the sky above Kumamoto, and a green-haired girl in Ikebukuro looked back thoughtfully.
"Aine? (No concern)"
"What's wrong with Chihaya-kun?" Shoko, who was shaking a maracas, heard someone else's name inexplicably pop out of his mouth.
So she asked out of curiosity, unaware of the immense harm she would cause in the next second.
Ruoye Mu shook her head slightly and said softly, "It's nothing, I'm just worried about whether Aine and my brother's summer festival live performance will go smoothly."
"If it's Taro-senpai, then there's definitely no problem." The dazed blue twin-tailed octopus instinctively relaxed half of her body, then noticed the content of the words...
This has happened several times already. Anyway, our lovely little blue octopus suddenly stood up.
He struck a pose similar to the famous painting "The Scream," and said in horror, "Taro-senpai has a live performance planned? How come I didn't know?"
The noise they made made Su Shi, Li Xi, and Deng, who were singing karaoke nearby, turn around and look at them.
Li Xi thought something was wrong, but this was what she heard. She clicked her tongue in exasperation: "Tsk, it's the same as watching the video online later, right? Given their band's popularity, there will definitely be people who go there specifically for them."
“That’s true.” Xiangzi touched his cheek in despair and said unwillingly, “But the courage that the senior showed on the spot and in the video is definitely not on the same level.”
"It's all thanks to a certain young lady that I had to give up going to see Mr. Momoi's live performance." Su Shi closed her eyes, secretly poking at Xiangzi's lungs in dissatisfaction.
Xiangzi immediately grasped the key point, and asked incredulously, "You... all knew that the senior's live performance was about to start?"
She first looked at Gao Songdeng.
“Hmm…” Takamatsu Akari nodded slightly from the side and said softly, “Summer festivals sound lively, that’s true… but I’m not good at crowded places, so…”
Then, turning to look at Lixi, who was sitting on a plate, Lixi closed her eyes, crossed her arms, and said, "There are some notifications on their SNS."
Su Shi struck the same pose and said softly, "Me too."
"No—!!" Xiangzi reluctantly positioned himself in an "orz" position: "Normally, I would pay attention, but lately there's just been too much going on... no!!!"
As for why they are here now, is it really necessary to ask such an obvious question?
Okay, actually, after they reformed their band, Xiangzi said he wanted to come here to celebrate.
That's not a problem, since all five of them really want to celebrate. But the problem is—
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