Tokyo Wingman King

Chapter 17 17. The Stage of the Immortal River
Immortal Chuan wears a bright silver Barrett bullet necklace, and wears a black skull long-sleeved shirt that reveals his white shoulders. The clothes reach to the top of the navel, and below the navel is a white pleated miniskirt with a belt and a pair of shiny black Martin boots.

The vitality idol market is sluggish, so did you switch to goth punk?
Looking at Futami next to her, she also wore an off-the-shoulder shirt, with black silk with white iris patterns under the white ruffles, exuding the coolness of summer.

The ruffles parallel to the delicate moon-shaped clavicle are connected to the thin sleeves that only cover the middle of the arm.

On the slender neck is a small scarf about 5 cm high and made of the same material as the sleeves.

The bottom is retro jeans with small leather shoes.

In contrast, the Undead River, which is more exposed, gives people a scorching breath.

She stood among several people who looked like performance artists, carrying a large bag that seemed to hold a guitar, and walked towards the two of Asama.

"Li Shi-chan, since you meet someone you know, let's see you later!"

Carrying the same big bag, the girl with dyed light blue hair and a lip ring greeted Undead Chuan, took a few cups of scheduled coffee, and then walked out of BLUEBOTTLE with bold strides.

The blond man with the same skyrocketing hairstyle as "Iggy" in Mario Kart exchanged glances with the bald, tattooed brawny man and Immortal Chuan, who wore heavy eyeshadow, and followed them out.

Looking at their rate of return, Asama felt that these few might be well-known artists around.

Bushikawa walked to the high table where the two of Asama were sitting, glanced at the exercise books and notebooks that covered the table, and laughed:

"Asama-kun, my classmate Futami~ I never expected to meet you here~ Hmm~~~ Are you playing League of Lonely~?"

Can you stop saying the same thing as bullying in a serious manner, Immortal Chuan.

"Yeah, I didn't expect to meet you here."

Asama automatically enters the energy-saving mode, mechanically coping with the Undead River.

"Hahaha, as expected of Robert Asama, I'll just wait for you to learn my words~"

Erjian also joined the chat,

"It's really a coincidence. Did Bushichuan come here to party with friends?"

"It's more interesting than a party~ Do you want to go together?"

"If it's for fun, forget it."

Proficiency in work is more than diligence, and barrenness is more than playfulness. Asama has a high degree of vigilance for entertainment.

In Qianjian's eyes, the proportion of entertainment in his life may be lower than the proportion of gold in the human body.

Entertainment is a privilege like the rabbit sleeping in the tortoise and the hare. If the tortoises also sleep, they may not be able to reach the finish line in their lifetime.

Even watching movies, such as the works of Stanley Kubrick, Wes Anderson, Tim Burton or Christopher Nolan, is for learning purposes and watched at 2x speed.

If it’s about playing ball and singing KTV with a group of people, Asama would rather sleep on the sofa alone and watch the video of Foucault’s pose at the Pantheon and fall asleep.

Well, I have found the fourth reason why I am not popular besides being short, ugly and poor!

- It's boring.

Hearing Asama's resolute refusal, Undead Chuan showed a troubled expression on his face,
"Hey~~~ It's not easy to meet a partner who can share secrets~~~"

"Whoa, Asama-kun, our study has come to an end, it's okay to relax a little bit."

Seeing Asama packing up the things on the table and preparing to go home, Futami began to persuade Asama.

As long as you are with Asama, even ordinary things will become meaningful.

Moreover, this is an opportunity to declare sovereignty to Undead River.

Come on, see you two!
Erjian clenched her small fists to cheer herself up.

Seeing his cheating adults say so, Asama sighed in his heart and said:
"It's okay, but we have classes tomorrow, and we'd better be home before 9 o'clock."

The planning and design of several businesses in Roppongi basically reserve a large public space, which is very suitable for brand pop-ups or art exhibitions.

Immortal Chuan took the two of them to the public square in front of Tokyo Midtown, where an art exhibition was being held.

Generally speaking, the art exhibitions of well-known painters will be exhibited in places such as the New National Museum of Art. Asama went to see the art exhibition of Francois Boucher last month.

This French painter, who had never been to China, actually created many oil paintings of Chinese Qing court subjects out of thin air.

Asama feels that, compared to the truth that often hurts people, human beings inherently love the beautiful illusion that can heal themselves.

A space like Midtown is more suitable for some avant-garde, post-post-post-modern traffic artists to display their works, and achieve a win-win situation with the business that demands traffic.

The theme of this exhibition is "Anoxia and Overlook".

The creative style of this artist is very similar to that of the American painter Edward Hopper in the 30s and 40s.

The gray color scheme, the characters in the middle ground, and the city in the distant view can be said to use a step-back perspective to describe the relationship between the city and people.

Seeing this style of painting, combined with the theme of the exhibition, Asama immediately got the real theme that the artist wanted to express - loneliness.

The exhibition did not introduce the artist's information, but Asama saw the signature in the lower corner of each painting - L. Running Water.

".Is it your work? Immortal River?"

"Oh~ very sensitive~ Asama-kun~"

Shouldn't it be Keen?
"Just a guess.

Although I don't know the meaning of L, life is immortality, and water is river, which is easy to associate.

And when you look at the paintings, you do not browse like a tourist, nor immerse yourself like an oil painting lover, but a familiar and examining attitude.

Even if it is not the author, it has a certain relationship with the creator. "

"It turns out that Asama-kun can talk so much in one breath? Did you upgrade his AI? Second meeting classmate?"

Is this the focus?
Before waiting for an answer, Undead Chuan was carrying a big guitar bag, turned around lightly and asked again,

"Is there any painting you like in here?"

Er Jian felt that these 20 or so paintings were very powerful, but also very sad. She didn't like sad things.

So she pointed to an oil painting - the girl put down her bag, stood by the floor-to-ceiling windows of the apartment, watching the sunset in the distance.

"Where do you like it?"

"If it weren't for the handbag, I would think she was looking at the rising sun. This painting has the most warm yellow."

"That's a good judgment, classmate Erjian is amazing~"

"Where's Asama-kun?"

"Go to the Hopper wind one."

Asama is talking about a top view oil painting.

On the bustling street, everyone's shadow is stretched very long.

Because it is looking down, the joy, anger, sorrow, and joy of all living beings cannot be seen, but the scattered light and shadow give the answer.

Shadow is a work of art created by light.

"Why do you like it?"

Works that seem to be densely packed with human heads, but the content of the expression is not complicated.

Compact frame, geometric planes, clear contrasts, balanced emotions, clean thinking, there are many reasons to like this painting, but Ai Asama is the last one.

"Cleanest."

Immortal Chuan laughed:

"That was the first oil painting I painted a few years ago~"

Although it has become my least favorite one now.

Undead River looked at the sky.

There is still a short time before I can really see these paintings. I want to participate in a LIVE. Would you like to take a look?
Undead Kawa sent an invitation to Asama and Futami.

Following the leadership of Undead Chuan, several people went all the way underground and walked into a venue called livehouse z.
A band had already started performing on the stage, and the huge sound made the ground vibrate. The roar belonged to death heavy metal.

The heart can't take it.

Asama rubbed his chest like an old man.

"Wow, it's a perfect conversion between dead voice and hardcore voice!"

Erjian's eyes sparkled.

The end has not been reached.

Bushikawa greeted the staff, musicians, and passers-by all the way, and led Asama and Futami into another elevator.
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2 floors, -3 floors, -4 floors.
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Stopped on the 4th floor, and as soon as the elevator door opened, the noise broke into my ears again.

A new site with a size of about 1000㎡.

But the level of noise was even worse than the previous venue.

After communicating with the staff, Undead Chuan led the two to the edge of the auditorium.

On the stage, a girl in a bikini acted as a DJ and swayed her body, and the crowd dancing like zombies in the audience gradually synchronized with her.

The lights are too big, too white, too harsh.

Asama withdrew his gaze.

"That's it for now, next is my performance, you have to watch it carefully!"

Undead Chuan showed his signature vitality smile, and disappeared into the crowd in the blink of an eye.

Asama and Futami found an edge and stopped.

I patiently listened to some DJ dance music, Er Jian brought two bottles of alcoholic soft drinks from somewhere.

"Second, didn't you say to go to the bathroom? Where did this wine come from?"

This kind of occasion is still too dangerous for girls, and Asama regrets why she didn't go to the women's bathroom with her just now.

"It's okay, Asama-san, I bought these two bottles of wine from the vending machine next to the passage just now, and they only cost 4000 yen."

"Minors are not allowed to drink alcohol!"

"Well, just drink a little bit, okay?"

"No."

"Ok."

Futami, who likes to listen to rock and roll, has just raised a little bit of rebellion, which is instantly extinguished by Asama.

Asama gave two unopened bottles of wine to a couple who looked like college students next to them.

"Sorry, we thought it was fruit juice, this is for you to drink, you're welcome."

The boyfriend took the wine in surprise, thanked him and started talking with Asama.

"Are you here to listen to Dead Samurai too?"

"Well, yes, it's my first time here, and I'm very curious."

"Then you've come to the right place. Dead Warriors are quite famous in the rock circle. Compared with formal rock, they are more core rock."

"Oh, what does this kernel say?"

"Have you heard Patti Smith's words? Rock and roll is an art form that belongs to the people and has the most raw energy, the possibility of poetry, the power to connect hearts and change.

It was only after I failed three interviews and listened to the song of the dead warrior that I mustered up the courage to pass the company interview. "

After speaking, the boyfriend and girlfriend looked at each other and smiled.

Looking at her boyfriend's immature appearance, he is already a social person.

"Brother and this little sister, have you ever heard of rock and roll before this?"

At this moment Er Jian replied excitedly:

"I have listened to rock since I was in junior high school. The Beatles, The Beatles, Queen, U2, Guns N' Roses, B'Z, Mr. Children, Rainbow and ONE.OK.ROCK. My favorite bands and songs are both hands Can't count."

Do you like rock 'n' roll?

Asama, who has only heard "yellow" and "creep" and can't even remember the name of the band, feels that he has no right to speak.

"From this point of view, you will be pleasantly surprised when the dead warrior comes on stage! Ouch. It hurts."

The boyfriend looked at the second sight admiringly, and wanted to exchange a few more words, but was twisted towards the stage by his girlfriend's ear.

Several people interrupted the chat.

Because, the Band of Dead Samurai is on stage.

Undead Chuan still dressed in the afternoon, without makeup, but wore a red baseball cap on his head, with two big shotguns crossed on it.

In place of tattoos, she wrote graffiti in English on the naked body.

Asama squinted her eyes with her glasses and looked hard. Under this environment, she could barely see the sentence on the left thigh of Undead Chuan.

"Rock my world, Save my soul."

Shake my world, save my soul.

At this moment, the vitality idol Undead Chuan has become a real idol.

She looked around the livehouse like a machine gun, and then turned her back to the audience, holding the microphone in her left hand and raising her right hand high.

"At this moment, let's start!"

It feels like middle school.

All fanaticism in modern society is a deformation of religion or belief.

Asama looked at Futami who was waving his arms high with everyone, and felt that he was out of place.

As a person with poor physical strength, it was the first time to stand under the livehouse stage.

As soon as the show started, he wanted to leave.

Glancing at Futami who showed anticipation, he silently put on the star of □□□,

If you listen to underground rock, you can do as the Romans do without brains.

This 1 to 2 hours of torture passed with patience.

On stage, after Futami's introduction, the first song of Undead River was "Rite of Coming of Age" by the Japanese niche rock band Extremely Despicable Girl.

Undead Chuan's singing skills are impeccable, like a puppeteer, easily mobilizing the emotions of hundreds of puppets in the audience.

The grasp of rhythm and emotional expression made Asama, a layman, marvel at the high level of Undead River.

Undead Chuan hangs a guitar and wears a headset, walks around the stage, and interacts with the tattooed bald keyboard player, the soaring blond drummer, and the blue-haired lip ring bassist.

At the end of the song, Undead Chuan introduced the band members to everyone, and by the way let everyone solo for a while to show off their skills.

The second song is "NAKED" by Avril Lavigne. According to Erjian's introduction, Undead River's version is more rock and intense.

It seems that every utterance of Undead Chuan will vent all the negative emotions in her 16 years of life.

Rock and roll, it's horrible.

After the warm-up, the next performance was the original song of Undead Chuan and their Dead Samurai Band.

Starting from the prelude, Asama was in a trance, attracted by the lyrics.

"I don't want to be blind,
If there is a rainbow in this world.

I don't want to be deaf,
If there is a breeze in this world.

I don't want to be a cup,
Full of unpalatable wine and pain.

I don't want to be a bandage,
After healing other people's wounds, they are thrown into the trash can.

i want a gun

If silence does not represent resistance.

I want a boat,

If this land does not have my shore.

I want an umbrella,

Pretend the sun is still above you and me.

I want to run away,

Ahead is the factory where we were canned.

I want to gag everyone,

I'm tired of hearing repeated lies.

i want to die
If the end is death.

Let me jump in line.
If the end is death.

Let me jump in line.
If the end is death.

Watch me jump in line
If the end point is death.
Let's give in, give in, give in

If the end point is death.
Let's give in, give in, give in

If the end is death."

As expected of a dead samurai band, the first song "junp the queue to death" is so unique.

But Asama's head was already starting to tingle.

He wants to search for [rock lovers, is it possible to win the Nobel Prize] now.

He had an illusion that his intelligence was like a building of poor quality, which was shaken by the sound and kept falling off, shaking and almost collapsing.

At the beginning, Futami, who still had the energy to popularize knowledge to Asama, was like a drop of salt water, perfectly integrated into the sea of ​​frenzy.

Asama had to divert his attention, and began to observe the audience's attire, judge their ability to pay, looked at the decoration of the venue, looked at the number of lights and sound, and hammered the wall to feel the thickness of the sound insulation board.

I just heard that the ticket for this performance is 20000 yen per person, but after estimating the cost and revenue, Asama feels that this kind of livehouse business is still not easy to do.

【Ding】

[Acquisition of Skills, Appreciation (Music-Rock) lv.1]

Sure enough, with Erjian, a cheater, you can increase your skills in everything you do.

But I don't need it.

Can you give me a [Bo Wen Qiang Knowledge], Mr. Erjian.

The performance of Undead River lasted a total of 90 minutes.

After leaving the LIVE, Undead Chuan brought the two of them back to the painting exhibition.

The art exhibition is already crowded with people, there is an endless stream of people checking in and taking pictures.

The three walked in and saw that the oil paintings had completely changed their appearance.

Those lights that didn't look warm at all, but only revealed depressing loneliness, are now replaced by the warm yellow light behind the drawing board.

The scenery outside the window turned into vivid colors.

The characters turned into abstract line drawings, and their movements were changed. Some danced ballet on tiptoes, and some toasted each other.

Seeing the painting that Er saw, the girl embraced Chaoyang with open arms.

I can't underestimate Immortal Chuan.

Loneliness, as I understand it, is a trait of the strong that needs to be adapted.

And the loneliness she understands is a kind of injustice in the world that needs to be fought.

Sure enough, there was no turning point in the content of the painting I saw in the afternoon.The light on the canvas during the day, and the warm light behind it, is a fair and relentless projection.The whole painting gives people a sense of emptiness that seems to be unseen after looking at it.

"Asama-kun, how do you feel now?"

Immortal Chuan asked Asama with a confident smile.

"I'm starting to like all the paintings now, except the one I liked before."

Bushikawa stared at Asama for 2 seconds, then smiled like the sun, and gave a wink in front of Futami.

"Asama-kun, see you again, see you tomorrow~"

Undead Chuan carried a big guitar bag, signed some autographs for a few fans who came with him, and disappeared into the crowd.

Escort the lord to go home,
Erjian once again invited Asama to sit down.

"Asama-kun, I still have a few questions I want to ask you, can I delay a moment? Dad is not at home today"

　Thank you guys for your monthly tickets, thank you for your recommended tickets
　　Thank you for the reward from the boss, what to do if you don’t have money to eat, I wish you a Michelin star every day.

　　In the past few days, because I watched the first episode of the children's animation I promoted, my mentality exploded, and it was really difficult.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)