The next day was indeed a sunny day, although it also had the added bonus of the autumn heat.
However, the good weather that he had been looking forward to before going to bed came as expected. Iwahashi Shinichi was still happy, feeling that everything he wished for today would come true and good things would happen.
Life is hard, so I cherish such small happiness even more.
He dragged his sleeping bed to the window to dry, rolled up the clothes he changed out yesterday, and stuffed them into the washing machine outside the door. Amidst the rumbling sound of the washing machine, he brushed his teeth, combed his hair in front of the hand mirror, and shaved.
After breakfast, he opened the door, took out the tangled wet clothes, and threw them into the dehydration sink next door.
At a quarter past eight-thirty, the phone rang.
Iwahashi Shinichi picked up the phone and it was Takenouchi Akihito. After a few words of greeting, Takenouchi Akihito asked him when his part-time job would end today, and Iwahashi Shinichi replied: "At half past five."
"Are you still going to Odyssey tonight?"
"I'm not going today." Shinichi Iwahashi said. He looked at his watch and suddenly remembered the clothes that were still in the dehydration sink. When he was distracted, he heard Takenouchi Akihito tell his friends what happened last night.
From last night to now, this person has been very efficient. Iwahashi Shinichi likes people who are straightforward and straightforward.
"The band is rehearsing tonight. If you are free, please go and have a look."
Takenouchi Akihito told him the band's rehearsal time and the location of the rehearsal room on the phone. Iwahashi Shinichi tore up a cigarette case and listened to the conductor and drew a simple map on it.
What was agreed upon before, there is nothing to hesitate about.
After work in the afternoon, he ate ramen at a restaurant next to the station. Seeing that he still had enough time, he followed the route Takenouchi Akihito told him and found the rehearsal room where the band was.
Iwahashi Shinichi is not a person who lives a life of two points and one line every day, and is limited to activities within the route of work and life. When he has free time on weekdays, he buys travel brochures such as "Tokyo Travel Guide" and takes advantage of it.
Take the train or public bus and walk around Tokyo with the mentality of a tourist traveling abroad.
This kind of browsing has not made him fall in love with the city of Tokyo, but it has gradually made him get used to it.
However, the perspective of a tourist is different from the perspective of life. The travel brochure tells him about famous attractions and famous shops, but it does not help him explore the "underground" of Tokyo.
The roads in Tokyo were complicated, and it took a lot of effort for him to finally find the inconspicuous signboard of "Yamada Building".
It's called a "building", and in terms of appearance, it looks like a toy-like building made of a dozen building blocks. The rehearsal room is on the basement floor of the Yamada Building.
Iwahashi Shinichi walked towards the stairs leading to the underground, went down a few steps, the dim corridor extended to the right, and a door appeared in front of him. He knocked on the door, but no one responded.
The sound of instrumental music seeped out from the cracks in the door. He stood outside the door and waited for a while. When the music stopped, he knocked again.
This time, the door was opened, and a young girl's face popped out, "Excuse me?"
The girl wore the popular permed long curls and found that girls all over the street are pursuing this kind of instant noodles. Although in Iwahashi Shinichi's opinion, this is not the same as the kind of wavy hair favored by middle-aged and elderly ladies in the future.
There are different approaches but the same effect.
But in this era where young people are taking this as a trend, I have seen it a lot, and I think it is quite interesting.
Fashion is a kind of reincarnation, just think of it like this. There is nothing you can do if you don’t think so.
"My surname is Iwahashi," he announced his family name. "One Takenouchi-san asked me to find Miss Amaya."
Mari Amaya, this is the name of the contact person mentioned by Takenouchi Akihito.
"ah."
The girl raised her head and looked him up and down, "Is it Iwahashi-san from Odyssey?" Although it was a question, she opened the door completely without waiting for his answer, and said with a smile: "Thank you for coming."
She is Mari Amaya.
After saying hello, Amaya Mari stood aside and let out the door, "Please come in. It's a little messy, don't mind."
It is said to be a rehearsal room, but in fact, it is more appropriate to say it is a warehouse.
The space in the basement is not small, it is equivalent to four apartments where Shinichi Iwahashi currently lives. However, there are a bunch of sofa booths and other half-new furniture in it, as if they were put into a closed bar.
One-third of the space is used by the orchestra.
This statement is a bit confusing, she is really not being modest.
The name of the band is "Mimi Club", which is like a name with an unknown meaning that came up after being drunk. The composition of the band is complicated, there are eight people, and it may not be able to stand on a smaller stage.
The lead singer is Ishii Ryuya. He is tall, handsome and beautiful. He is popular at first glance, and he is also a male-female type.
They were followed by guitarists Ritsuro Deno and Takuji Sakamoto, bassist Kensaku Okubo, who also served as the band's leader, drummer Ryoushi Sakaguchi, and mascot Yasuhide Onoda and Ryuya Ishii, who claimed that he was the "spiritual symbol" of the band.
Spiritual symbolism...okay.
Such an eccentric band made Shinichi Iwahashi a little worried about what kind of success they would achieve.
In addition, Iwahashi Shinichi, the backup dancer and percussionist Mari Amaya whom I met first, greeted each other. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven... At this time, the voice of the eighth person sounded from the corner, "Iwahashi
Sang, long time no see."
Iwahashi Shin glanced at the red sofa leaning in the corner behind the electronic keyboard. Sitting on it was a girl with a bun and eyebrows that were somewhat similar to Ishii Ryu.
"Is it you?"
Seeing her face, a slightly faded figure appeared in Shinichi Iwahashi's mind. He vaguely remembered that not long ago, she came to the store with a friend of Takenouchi Akihito. At that time, she took the initiative to invite a waiter
He danced when he was alive.
"Please forgive me for not being able to get up and say hello."
The girl's right foot is still bandaged. In fact, she is a girl. She is about 24 or 5 years old. Compared with Amaya Mari, who is the same age as Iwahashi Shin and has a childish demeanor, she should be called a woman.
The girl, or young woman, introduced herself to him. Her name was Ishii Minako, and it was clear that she was Ishii Ryuya's biological sister. According to her, the injury on her foot was sprained while hiking with a friend.
etc.
Iwahashi Shinichi was a little confused, and suddenly felt that something was not right.
This eccentric band has two girls, Mari Amaya and Minako Ishii, as backup dancers. Now Minako Ishii hurt her foot, so I thought of asking him to come over and dance for me.
A band with two female partners whose style is a mystery is now looking for a man to replace the female dancer. What is this? Do you want him to dress up as a woman?
What a joke.
Even if he, Shinichi Iwahashi, starved to death and jumped from here, he would not wear women's clothing for a mere 600 yen an hour.
