Crossover Anime: I'm at Shuchiin Academy, and my surname is Uchiha.

Chapter 83 Only by casting a long line can you catch a big fish.

"Guitar—you're carrying a guitar, right!"

Outside the park, a blonde-haired girl ran and shouted.

"Guitar...you can play guitar, right?!"

The blonde girl quickly came to their side, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Goto Ichiri.

"I'm sorry to bother you suddenly. I'm Nijika Ijichi, a second-year student at Toyonosaki High School. Wow~ I know you! You're an exchange student from Shuchiin High School, right? I remember your name is... Uchiha Ryo, Ryo-san, right?"

Uchiha Ryo nodded. This exchange student, who only started classes today, was already so well-known? Could it be that he exerted too much effort in the exams a couple of days ago and stunned the first-year students in Toyonosaki?

"By the way, Ling, I need to talk to this guy carrying the guitar about something."

Goto Ichiri didn't dare look at the sun-like girl, Iji Chi Nijika, and simply turned his head away to say something.

"My name is Goto Ichiri, a first-year student at Toyonosaki High School..."

Ichika Nijika: "Oh, Ichiri-kun, if I may ask, how good are you at guitar?"

The woman immediately greeted me by name, which shows she's of a very high rank! At least several times lower than Goto Ichiri!

Goto Ichiri: "Well... it's alright."

Ichi Nijika visibly smiled, as if she had seen a savior, and stepped forward to stand in front of Goto Ichiri.

"Please! Could you be my band's temporary guitarist for a day?"

"Huh?!!"

Ichiji Nijika then turned to Uchiha Ryo and asked, "Ryo-san, are you a friend of Ichiri-san?"

Uchiha Ryo shook his head. "No, she is my maid."

"Oh, so you're a maid... What? You just said... a maid?"

Uchiha Ryo's expression was serious. "Yes, this is my personal maid, so I've given my consent on her behalf. Let's go."

Nijika Ichi excitedly pulled up Ichiri Goto, who was still in a daze, "Great, let's go to the performance hall now."

Uchiha Ryo grabbed Goto Ichiri's other side, "This is truly an honor. Let's go quickly."

Goto Ichiri—(6д9)!!

Located on the basement floor, in a bar-like performance hall, Ijichi Nijika proudly pointed to the STARRY sign on the door and said.

"This is my performance hall, please come in."

Stepping into Starry Night, the entire store was rather dark and the atmosphere was somewhat somber, probably because it was still daytime and the ceiling lights were not turned on.

However, Goto Ichiri smiled, a rare occurrence for her. This atmosphere... ah, it felt like home. She loved these dimly lit, slightly oppressive places!

In the shadows, a girl with short blue hair saw the newcomer and put down her bass guitar.

"You're finally back."

Nijika Ichichi: "Ryo! Let me introduce you. This is Ryo Uchiha, a first-year exchange student from Shuchiin Academy. And this is the new guitarist I found in the park! Ichiri Goto."

"And then, this is our band's bassist, Ryo Yamada~"

Looking at that expressionless, somewhat androgynous face, Goto Ichiri couldn't help but lean closer to Uchiha Ryo's back.

That's a little scary, is she glaring in this direction...?

Yamada Ryo sized up the two of them. "Are you two... a couple?"

Uchiha Ryo pulled Goto Ichiri out from behind him with one hand. "No, she's my personal maid."

Yamada Ryo nodded. "I see, you're just playing around."

Uchiha Ryo frowned. "I'm being very serious, even though this maid is a bit incompetent."

Yamada Ryo: "Oh, then I'll help you... Maid over there, go get me a cup of tea."

Uchiha Ryo: "I want a cola."

Ichika Nijika quickly jumped out and stood between the three. "Wait! Wait a minute! Ichiri-kun isn't the maid I hired, she's the guitarist! Anyway, let's go to the practice room!"

"Hey, Ling can come too! Be our first listener!"

The four of them went to a practice room behind the performance hall. The band currently consists of guitarist Ichiri Goto, drummer Nijika Ichichi, and bassist Ryo Yamada.

There was only one audience member, Uchiha Ryo.

.....

After the first practice performance ended, Uchiha Ryo helplessly picked at his ears. Yamada Ryo and Ichichi Nijika also turned their attention to Goto Ichiri.

In a band performance, coordination is very important, but Goto Ichiri, who has social anxiety, didn't dare to look up and just played her own tune.

Ichi Nijika: "As expected, it's too much of a stretch to get along well on the first try."

Goto Ichiri: "...I'm sorry."

Yamada Ryo: "Well, I guess I still have to go on stage no matter what."

Goto Ichiri lowered her head even further. Go on stage to perform? How many people would be there! She couldn't even look anyone in the eye, if she were to accept so many people at the same time... she'd break down! She'd definitely lose consciousness.

Uchiha Ryo shook his head and walked onto the stage, placing his hands on Goto Ichiri's shoulders.

"As my maid, how could I let you embarrass yourself on stage because of poor coordination? Let me help you!"

Nijika Ichichi's yellow ahoge (antenna-like hair sticking up) suddenly stood on end. "Ryo-kun can play the guitar too?!"

"Of course not, but I can use psychological suggestion to make Goto less nervous."

Ryoichi Yamada tilted his head. "But...she's about to faint."

Realizing it was her fault, Goto Ichiri tried to find a place to hide, but was suddenly grabbed by a boy from her class, and they were so close! She felt like she was suffocating...

"Well... Goto! Look me in the eyes now... relax—"

[Warning: After using illusion magic on a romanceable woman, you will be temporarily unable to receive G-spot stimulation from her.]

What does a mere system know? You have to cast a long line to catch a big fish; sow seeds in spring and reap in autumn. He's now planting seeds in Goto Ichiri so that there will be a greater harvest in the future.

"Goto...everyone you see today, except for us, are scarecrows—"

Goto Ichiri muttered to himself, "They're all... scarecrows."

Meanwhile, Ijichi Nikka was discussing with Yamada Ryo how to introduce Goto Ichiri during the performance.

"Judging from Ichiri's appearance, he probably won't use his real name."

Yamada Ryo nodded. "Then I'll come up with one... Goto Ichiri... Goto Doku... Little Lonely One, how about that?"

Having completed the psychological suggestion (Sharingan hypnosis), Uchiha Ryo also released Goto Ichiri.

"I'll be waiting for your performance outside. Good luck, Goto-kun... no, little lonely one."

Stepping out of the practice room, I found that some guests were already waiting for the band's performance that evening.

Inside the bar, a woman who looked quite similar to Ijichi Nijika, only more mature, stood there.

The two people sitting at the bar... seemed quite familiar to Uchiha Ryo.

Hiratsuka Shizuka: "Wow! Hoshika, you really have a tough job. You're almost thirty and you have to take care of your younger sister in high school and run this little music bar."

"Shut up, drink your wine. You're the same age as me, okay!"

Haruka Shirasaki: "Hey, you two, stop arguing. We're here to relax, aren't we? You can both go do your own things. Unlike me... I already have a ten-year-old daughter."

Single Iji Tomoka and single Hiratsuka Shizuka: "...."