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Chapter 232, Page 229: Serious Yamada Ryo

Just as Doraemon knows every gadget in his pocket, Hachiman is also well aware of his own awkwardness.

only.

He has never cared.

Or rather, it's an escape.

Yukino Yukinoshita is like a mirror, clearly reflecting his past actions.

Ah, I suddenly feel so ashamed!

"Oh, okay, don't worry about it."

Kind-hearted Nijika didn't continue to mock him. Instead, she encouraged him with a bright and cheerful tone: "Don't let Hachiman's appearance fool you, he actually has many good qualities."

Hachiman's mood eased a little, and he agreed, "Yes, you're right. It's like how loving your younger sister is a great virtue."

"It's a bit... inappropriate of me to say it like that..."

Hongxia's face turned ashen, like a bitter gourd. She silently took a step to the side, creating distance, her previously friendly attitude instantly turning sour.

Wait a minute, why are you looking at me like that? Isn't loving your sister a virtue?

At the same time, Yukinoshita's sarcastic voice drifted from not far away: "Hey you over there, siscon, can you please stop revealing your fetishes? It's really disgusting."

"Hey, tell me clearly who's the siscon?"

Hachiman responded defiantly to Yukinoshita's provocation.

But at that moment, the other party slyly narrowed their eyes, half-covering their cherry lips and coldly smiled.

"Oh dear, didn't that certain brother-complex gentleman already take it personally? Now that the evidence is conclusive, should I call the police?"

Damn it, the fighting power of the Kanto Plain is too strong...

To put it another way, he is indeed a sister-complex character, but is being a sister-complex illegal?

It's not a relationship between Sora and Yu.

Our love is pure and innocent!

[Damn it, pure love isn't used here!]

Despite his resentment, Hachiman didn't believe he could win an argument with Yukinoshita, so he decisively changed the subject.

"Well, although it was my own idea, I borrowed a really good set of filming equipment from someone I know a few days ago, so we should be able to make a pretty good video of this performance."

The person I knew was none other than the wealthy Kaguya Shinomiya.

As for the borrowed equipment, Kaguya Shinomiya did not provide details, only saying that it was a spare machine she had discarded.

Driven by a thirst for knowledge, Hachiman did a quick online search for the model number of this backup machine.

I didn't know until I searched, and once I did, I was completely stunned.

The backup camera that Kaguya Shinomiya mentioned was actually a flagship camera with a retail price of nearly one million yen.

Currently on secondhand platforms, if this camera is in good condition, it can still fetch a high price of hundreds of thousands of yen.

This isn't a camera, it's practically a mini-vault...

No wonder Hayasaka Ai repeatedly gave him instructions when she handed him the camera—

"Even if it's a spare machine that Kaguya-sama discarded, you absolutely cannot treat it carelessly. If you break it, you're finished."

When he first received it, Hachiman's arms trembled. He had seen cars worth a million yen in his life, but he had never seen a camera worth a million yen.

Like its price, the camera is of excellent quality, fully meeting Hachiman's needs for both video and photography.

On the contrary, processing the files after shooting is very troublesome.

In this regard, I can only ask Kaguya Shinomiya again to lend me a computer that can edit videos.

"Filming?"

As if he had heard a forbidden word, Goto Ichiri paused slightly, then his body twitched uncontrollably, and his entire appearance became more abstract.

"H-Hachiman, please have mercy! Don't, don't record that kind of shameful stuff!"

Wait a minute, what did he film?

[Amateur, Infantry, JK]

Thinking that Goto Ichiri had misunderstood, Hachiman explained, "It's just a normal photoshoot, it won't affect your performance..."

"Oysters! Oysters! Oysters!"

Goto Ichiri shook her head frantically, her hair whipping around like a small, pale pink tornado: "If you really want to see it, can I ask my mom to take pictures of the family photo album and send them to you?"

"B-Qi-Gu, I can't pretend I didn't hear what you said. Could you please explain it?"

Yukinoshita cast a chilling, murderous gaze over Hachiman, sending shivers down his spine: "No, no, no, that thing is completely useless to me."

Nijika looked helpless: "Seriously, it's one thing for Yukinoshita, but how can Hachiman still think like that after knowing Pochi-chan for so long?"

"What do you mean?"

Yukinoshita crossed her arms, looking quite resentful at being provoked.

"Poch-chan is just shy, Hachiman, don't listen to her. To be honest, we're worried about not having anyone to help with the recording."

"Ah That's good."

Hachiman breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he had unfortunately stepped into a minefield unknown to Goto Ichiri.

Kita patted Goto Ichiri's nervous back: "Poch-chan, Hachiman will definitely take a beautiful picture of you, please trust her."

"Waaaaah."

"Copyright fees and such, right...?"

For no apparent reason, as Yamada Ryo said this, he suddenly felt a gaze that could freeze him from behind.

The girl was sweating profusely and swallowed her words: "No, I mean, please make me look handsome in the photos. If that's not possible, please give Beth more screen time."

"Me too!"

Hongxia dropped her terrifying expression, her eyes sparkling, and a gentle, kind smile returned to her face.

Hachiman calmly gave an "OK" sign.

"Finally, don't say I'm being too talkative, but everyone should have checked all the instruments and equipment they're going to use on stage, right?"

"Of course!" Hongxia assured him confidently.

"That's good."

Since it was his first time performing in front of so many people, Hachiman felt he should take it more seriously. He calmly activated Hawkeye and carefully checked the progress bars of the four instruments.

He can roughly tell the condition of the instrument by the color of the progress bar.

Aside from Erxiduo, everyone else in the band is a veteran; there shouldn't be any issues with their instruments before going on stage...

According to Murphy's Law, when he thought there would be no surprises, the surprises just happened.

In his field of vision, everything turned gray and black, and each item had a different progress bar, almost all of which were green.

Only on a guitar in the corner, the progress bar was a dark, almost black red.

A bad feeling crept into my heart.

Did I see it wrong?

Even after closing and reopening Eagle Eye, the progress bar remains red.

"That guitar..."

Hachiman pointed solemnly at the guitar in the corner. Goto Ichiri exclaimed "Ah!" and raised his hand: "This is my guitar. What happened to her?"

"Goto-kun, are you sure your guitar is okay?"

"Oh no, I checked it yesterday."

Yukinoshita glanced sideways and asked, "What's going on?"

"That guitar, well, maybe it's just my imagination, but something about it seems off."

"Hachigaya-kun, I know you're worried about the performance, but please don't say such stupid things."

Just as Yukinoshita was about to unleash her sharp tongue, Goto Ichiri exclaimed, "Oh dear, the first and second strings seem to be tuned too tight. If you go on stage like this, they'll easily snap."

The first and second strings of a guitar are extremely important; once they break during playing, there is almost no chance of salvaging them.

Upon realizing this, Goto Ichiri's back was immediately soaked with cold sweat.

If Hachiman hadn't reminded her, the consequences of her going on stage like that would have been devastating.

Changing the subject, Yukinoshita frowned and warily eyed Hachiman.

"You noticed it was so far away?"

"I already said it was intuition."

Hachiman hastily offered a lame excuse, but fortunately the problem with the strings was more important. Goto Ichiri and Yukinoshita didn't press the matter too much, instead focusing their attention on tuning the strings.

With lingering fear, Goto Ichiri readjusted the strings, his handsome face clouded with the gloom of surviving a disaster.

She held her chest with her hand, trying her best to calm herself down.

Thanks to Hachiman's help, the problem with the strings has been fixed, but for some reason, I feel like crying...

With a thud, Goto Ichiri collapsed to the ground, her legs giving way beneath her. She pressed her lips tightly together, trying hard not to let the tears well up in her eyes.

"I'm sorry, everyone. It's all my fault for not doing a thorough check yesterday. I was so stupid, I'm so sorry..."

Ah, I'm completely exhausted. What am I going to do about the rest of the performance...?

Hearing her apologies repeatedly, Hachiman felt a pang of sadness, but he forced himself to speak in a low voice, "Everything's been resolved, Goto-san, please cheer up. The real challenge is yet to come."

Yukino: "That's right. Please don't let that man's miraculous intuition go to waste. After this, I'm afraid he will never show any more quick thinking."

If you want to comfort me, then do it; why hurt me?

Hachiman rolled his eyes.

But fortunately.

Whether it was due to a change in mindset or the effect of the two people's comforting words, Goto Ichiri nodded slightly.

"Ah."

She hastily wiped away her tears with the back of her hand, unaware that her tender and lovely face was now covered in tears.

Seeing this, Yamada Ryo couldn't help but chuckle: "Poch-chan, you're old enough to perform on stage, though not by playing the guitar."

Hongxia glared coldly: "Cool..."

"sorry."

Yamada Ryo rarely showed a serious expression, and patted Goto Ichiri on the shoulder like an experienced person: "Poch-chan, whether before going on stage or on stage, the band will always make all sorts of mistakes, so don't worry too much about it."

"Is it the same with Liang?"

Goto Ichiri looked on with a relieved and expectant expression. If even the best member of the band, Ryo, could make a mistake, then it was perfectly normal for her to make one too.

"No, I have never made a mistake."

Yamada Ryo proudly gave a thumbs up.

"Hey! Hey!"

Hongxia instinctively wanted to retort. However, Yamada Ryo quickly followed up with a retort.

"Although I have never made a mistake, I have seen countless excellent musicians falter before going on stage due to various reasons. Therefore, Boqi-chan, you don't have to feel useless."

"An excellent musician rarely makes mistakes, but that doesn't mean that if a mistake is made, the musician is not excellent."

"Or rather, everyone except me makes mistakes, but there are many other excellent musicians in this world besides me, aren't there?"

Yamada Ryo spread his arms wide and spoke earnestly, as if he truly believed he was a world-class bassist.

Is she really a genius?

No.

It's just simple narcissism.